news alert, law enforcement attacked in phoenix, as a teenager armed with an assault rifle. jillian: two gunman opened fire on the home of two officers with their baby inside. the manhunt underway. >> biden wants to surrender our country to the violent left-wing mob. anarchists, arsonists and flag burners, they win. jillian: in the background donald trump rallies in wisconsin as biden deals softball in pennsylvania. the clock winds down to election day. todd: happy birthday to the united states air force. to mark 70 years of amazing service. ♪

>> if you were here yesterday. celebrity the birthday of jillian, today we celebrate the birthday of the united states air force. jillian: a live performance later this hour. todd: the privilege of flying with the thunderbirds, experience of a lifetime. jillian: you are watching "fox and friends first" friday morning. todd: donald trump and joe biden head to minnesota on the heels of the president's rally, for far left policies. jillian: joe biden partaking in his first prime time townhall, on the latest from the campaign trail. >> donald trump and joe biden will be back on the campaign

trail, going to minnesota, what focused on last week as the president held a rally in wisconsin. governors and local leaders prevent large gatherings. >> you are not allowed to have a political rally for more than ten people, to stay in a prison. your home has become your prison. >> the virus did not stop thousands of the president's supporters, by 23,000 votes. >> biden wants to surrender our country to the violent left-wing mob. arsonists and flag burners, they win. >> reporter: the president criticized the questions cnn asked biden during its townhall, the vice president criticized the administration's pandemic response.

>> quite frankly they are sick. i've been doing this a long time and never thought i would see such a thoroughly totally irresponsible administration. >> reporter: biden said he would trust people like anthony fauci but not donald trump when it comes to vaccine development. he would implement national mask standards. >> i would like to see the governors enforce mask wearing period. i can do that on federal property and as president i could do that and we can have a fine for not doing it. this is about saving people's lives! >> reporter: the president campaigned on biden's efforts to reduce fracking, he would like to see the country become less reliant on fracking and focus on clean energy. the president said that would cost millions of americans their jobs. as for the president he holds another rally in northern minnesota, in north carolina saturday biden will be in

minnesota today touring a union trading center. todd: molly hemingway says both candidates spoke to their strengths last night. >> it is a good example of what they both excel at, with donald trump in front of a large crowd, having fun, going through a list of policy achievements or desires for a second term. joe biden is in his safe place which is a friendly media outlet asking questions the give them an opportunity to talk about the basis of his campaign, dislike of donald trump, friendly audience but haven't seen a lot of campaigning from joe biden. this is the closest we have gotten to what he did tonight, donald trump seems to be doing more of what works well for him four years ago. todd: we will see what candidates do when they go head to head for their first presidential debate on september 20 ninth. jillian: fox news alert, manhunt underway for two suspects

accused of shooting up the home of two new jersey police officers was the couple and their 10 day old infant were inside when 6 rounds of bullets struck and penetrated the house. >> we were coming to get you. prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> the van driven by their gunmen you see on your screen, there is a 25,$000 reward leading to an arrest. nobody was injured. todd: massive manhunt underway for the suspect in a brazen attack on an arizona trooper. >> his alleged accomplice still on the run. jackie ibanez joins us with more. >> the 17-year-old suspect is

under arrest, the result is a part of public safety says one trooper was sitting in his cruiser when a car pulled up. the passenger got up and opened fire with an ak-47. >> our trooper was clearly visible, there was no question, he was identifiable as a police officer. >> reporter: the trooper was helping other troopers, when the ambush happened. troopers ran over and opened fire on both suspects when a car drove away and strippers arrested 17-year-old lewis espinoza, gps is looking for the driver who escapes, they say he was last seen in this vehicle, a 2013 infinity. this is the latest act of violence against police officers in los angeles, sheriff's deputies, accused of opening fire with two deputies outside the train station. alex villanueva has been spotted

on surveillance video. >> you want that person to come forward. >> reporter: the reward has been raised 675,$000, we are learning about the death of the jean kizzee, they fight 19 shot that him after he was riding his bike on the wrong side of the road. newly released surveillance video shows the deputy in a struggle with kizzee, he fell from his jacket and reached out to pick it up. >> he picked it up at the second deputy didn't recognize it and have the barrel pointing at it. >> reporter: the gun was stolen and kizzee was barred from owning a weapon is a restraining order. attorneys:sheriff phil and away the to resign over.

sean: todd: they are cutting millions from police. financial analysis, $55 million cut, the office and just removing department perks, what they consider a perk, uniform allowances. leaving police jobs unfilled, they retired from the force. jillian: the man accused of killing a patriot for supporter, before he was shot and killed. officers, self-described anti-fascist, shot and killed aaron j danielson during a clash between protesters in portland. he was shot and killed during a confrontation. in an interview with fox news radio donald trump seeing a surge in violence, one thing in

common. >> they -- their philosophies are not working well. certainly their philosophies on law and order working badly. in portland, the radical left democrats, it is a disaster. jillian: a dozen major cities, 40% spike in homicide. todd: intense search and rescue underway for missing firefighter battling the el dorado fire, driving through the flames. new evacuation warnings issued near the bobcat fire, torching 50,000 acres, 9% contained. rain in the forecast, when you have fires, mudslides in that situation.

jillian: the dwight eisenhower memorial opens to the public. they gather for a dedication ceremony. ♪ jillian: the $150 million monument pays tribute to the country's 40 fourth president and 5-star general who led the nation to victory in world war ii. todd: my late grandfather was one of the mps, interesting story. 10 minutes after the hour. they wanted to abolish the police, minneapolis leaders are wondering why there is a spike in crime. a reaction to the far left's about-face. jillian: a new stance on the steelers social justice messaging.

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the crime is spreading out. where are the police? that is the only public safety option at the moment. >> officers telling them they are not enforcing crime. what do we do? jillian: minneapolis any counsel is at the forefront of the defund the police movement but are shocked by the rise in violent crime in their neighborhood. todd: congressman, clear up confusion for the councilman. what did they think would happen? >> good morning, it is pretty interesting. we shouldn't be surprised that they are confused. clearly they are the radical left but they also believe the

garbage they spew about how people can live peacefully without police. there idea of reform is cutting police, taking tools away from the police officers to maintain law and order and what they have done is sent a clear message to criminals, violent criminals that minneapolis is open for business. you have shootings on the rise, violent assaults on the rise and now they have the audacity to question the police chief about why is this happening? clearly it is because of what you have done. clearly this is what elections are all about, why people have to take close attention to these radical left policies and incompetent leaders that put our cities at risk. jillian: you mentioned crime is on the rise and a lot of people noticing the uptick in crime. some of them are just starting to notice. look at these numbers, 2019-2020, a 1-year difference, almost 81% rise in arson, 90%

rise in homicide in minneapolis, robberies up 37.2%, assault on the rise, 7.5%. do you fear how bad these could be or how it could get if nothing is done? >> 100% increase in homicides in one year. i don't have any fear about how bad the violence might get. it is already here and it will only get worse. unfortunately until you get leadership that recognizes you have to pick a side on this. this isn't about peaceful protests. this is about violent criminals let loose in our cities and on our citizens. you have to have leadership that backs the police. the minneapolis police force have 800 police officers, the police chief told the city council in the last couple days he needs another 400 by 2025. i think he needs more right now. think what they have done to the

morale of police officers, they've not just embolden the criminals but told police officers we don't have your back. todd: with 46 days until the election the question many in your party are asking, can you flip the house? as you can see that does not look great on the surface. it does appear republicans would need 17 feet to flip the house. do you think you can do it? >> with democrats in the majority, in 2018 on a platform they were going to be moderate problem solvers, work with republicans and work with this administration. they've done none of that. they have been the most obstructionist, the most partisan majority ever in the us house of representatives. they have accomplished a thing. i feel very bullish on the election. we won a special election in los angeles a couple months back. nobody expected us to win that seat. that is a bellwether for the

fall. we have 43 democrats in seats that are better positioned for republicans than the one we won in the california suburbs and only need 17 to take back the majority. jillian: great discussion, thank you for joining us. todd: it was a tale of two townhall's, one with tough questions and the other not so much. >> would you commit to accepting the result of the election? >> biden downplayed the pandemic. jillian: reacting to the mainstream media's double standard next.

will you commit to accepting the result of the election? >> shore.

i would like to see governors and squaring period. i can do that on federal property. >> why would you downplay a pandemic? >> should preexisting conditions be removed? >> now. >> please stop and let me finish my question. >> reporter: critics calling out cnn for their softball questions during last night's townhall, joe biden, different from the treatment donald trump got from abc earlier this week. black voices for trump advisory board member has a reaction on the townhall. good to see you, thanks for being here. my question to you is do you think the people who end of losing out the most as a result of something like this are the american people who might still be undecided and wants to hear the same questioning to both candidates? >> 100%. there is no doubt the american people many of which are voting right now today because of early

voting and absentee voting are people casting their ballots and deserve to hear from both candidates and have the same level of scrutiny, the same level of accountability from the republican candidate, donald j trump and joe biden. when joe biden goes to his townhall and given softball question after softball question and no follow-up about serious questions a lot of americans should know about, calling black men predators, having him defend the crime bill that led to incarceration of black americans and the issue of fracking, refused to call china our opponent. he needs to have a more serious questioning from the media and townhall's, might accurately support. jillian: from what you have seen

so far, do you think this makes the debates coming up more important especially the first one? >> no doubt the debates are critical for every american to watch and understand. an opportunity to hold joe biden accountable. for 47 years he has been unable to be held accountable by the american people in the media in terms of his horrible policies, political gaffes, bigoted comments. he needs to be held accountable and the american people need to know what joe biden believes and why he believes it because we have seen what donald trump is done, the most accessible president in united states history and the most accessible candidate to the media, the american people, is campaigning good. we should have more debates, not less. jillian: we want your opinion on this new poll that shows support for black lives matter dropped

12 points since june. this is from the pew research center. what is your reaction? >> i'm not surprised the black community is rejecting the black lives matter movement. we have seen the lawlessness, the rioting, death and shooting, joe biden in his basement, donald from taking action and they want to see more, democrats on the ground, local mayors, local democrat governors take action against these writers and this aggression and say enough is enough. this violence, this lawlessness, this riding including has to stop. we are better than this. that is why you see the decreasing support for blm. jillian: thank you for your time, appreciate it. todd: keeping tabs on antifa. >> you can't negotiate with

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>> reporter: we do have quite a number of domestic terrorism investigation and an artist extremist who self identify with the antifa movement. todd: confirming antifa is a real domestic threat and not a conservative conspiracy. are you confident that more of our nation is waking up to the fact that antifa are the bad guys? >> absolutely. i applaud chris ray and the fbi for opening investigations on what i think are classic

racketeering enterprises. drug cartels, all under the statute of antifa and self-described followers, classic criminal enterprise racketeering enterprises and also terrorists, trying to effect political change through violence and intimidation. todd: someone who agrees with your assessment is the detroit police chief. >> you can't negotiate with domestic terrorists, not saying all protesters. and embedded are these criminals focused on one thing and we cannot negotiate. todd: the fbi and the feds are aware of what is going on and

ready to fight back against the and local law enforcement. local law enforcement have the tools, with other similar groups. >> the chief is spot on. you can't negotiate with terrorists which they are, trying to effect political change through violence and intimidation. they need the domestic terrorism statute, and local police departments can't do that. they provide protection for deep deep and investigate, you will see the same people in different cities doing the same things, arsenic, violent assault, property crimes, that is what the organization is about.

todd: the doj considering charges against city officials after weeks of violent unrest in portland. this is what the doj spokesman said, looking at the way portland officials were handling or not handling the riots and violence. in the real world of how this works if these charges are brought would they stick? >> almost a political question, statutes do apply, the aiding and betting, rioting and looting does apply and it would not surprise me if there is a preliminary inquiry by the fbi underway in the doj, but whether you could actually in this political climate bring those charges. todd: what consequences are attached? jail? >> jail time. under official rights, and the constitutional rights. it carries 10 years.

todd: have a great weekend. >> reporter: condemning violence protesters in american cities. >> we support peaceful demonstrations. that does not include looting, starting fires. or rioting. those should be prosecuted. that is lawlessness. jillian: pelosi speaking out about the lawlessness saying, quote, the democratic left has turned certifiably insane. one definition of irrational behavior, recognizing the damage being done. and catastrophic violence, voters began to notice. lawmakers strike a deal to take taxes on millionaires, and they will have no reason to stay.

>> the state of new jersey doesn't pay attention to what is going on where everybody is moving to florida. they don't have to go that far, jumping to delaware or pennsylvania to get lower taxes. >> the gross income tax rate on earnings, nearly 2%. the tax increase will raise $40 million in revenue. that is live tv. the department of education opening an investigation into princeton university, admitting racism is, quote, embedded in the ivy league school, and the claim of admitted racism as well as whether the school lied about not discriminating based on race.

princeton denies the allegations. donald trump against the 1619 project vowing to defend the nation's history in the curriculum taught in america's schools. >> we must clear away the twisted web of lies in schools and classrooms and teach our children the magnificent truth about our country. we want our sons and daughters, the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world. jillian: the president plans to sign an executive order establishing a commission to promote patriotic education would be called the 1776 commission. todd: let's look at our forecast with janice dean. so much to get into but obviously the two of us talking about teddy for the last 24 hours. what have you got?

>> janice: let's talk about sally, we are kind of done although we have potential for some showers and thunderstorms in the forecast in parts of the mid-atlantic cold front sweeping the rest of sally offshore. here is hurricane teddy, category 4 storm, 130 mile-per-hour sustained winds. we expect it to weaken a little bit but then come close to bermuda and computer models show more of the maritime province event but certainly main will keep an eye on teddy, potentially could impact parts of new england as we head into next week. one a reliable forecast models brings it towards the maritime provinces of canada but main will have to watch this. this is tropical depression 22, we expect this to become wilfred, our last named storm on

the list and bringing heavy rain on the coast of texas and louisiana. we don't want to hear that news and when it gets into the gulf of mexico we are concerned. this is something we have to watch over the weekends. we think it will get a name. tropical storm strength but certainly could impact and bring quite a bit of rainfall along the coast. we will keep you up-to-date lose cooler air coming into the upper midwest and the great lakes and the northeast this weekend but bottom line, still busy in the fox news weather center. i will be here all week. jillian: thank you. todd: bill diblasio sending parents scrambling after a last-minute decision to delay in person learning. it signals the end of the city, the new york post columnist explains why next. jillian: stress eating all too, and in 2020, the foods americans

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todd: a california family who lost her home to devastating wildfires calling out kamala harris and gavin newsom posted photo from the wreckage online. carley: it started when kamala harris posted this picture that shows her in the governor standing in what appears to be a burned down home. folks who claim to own that home say those two lawmakers were not given permission to be there let alone take footage a property. one of those family members writing on facebook for friend of mine who don't recognize the fireplace the background that is what is left of my parents house. what has me frustrated is the fact these two politicians used

my parents loss for a political opportunity, that home is under evacuation orders so the owners who have not been able to check their own property, see it with their own eyes, when asked about the situation the harris campaign declined to comment. jillian: seven talking about the pittsburgh steelers and we have another player who isn't sure what he will do going forward. >> reporter: on monday the pittsburgh steelers announced every player will hold a helmet decal honoring antoine rose junior who is a black teenager killed by a white police officer in pittsburgh and we told you earlier this week about alejandra oh the way of a who wanted someone else that you see. down another player saying there are some details regarding the police involved shooting of a teenager that he was unaware of and posted on social media, moving forward i will make my

own decisions about what to wear on the back of my helmet, i am against racism and i believe the best thing i can do is help repair relationships between the police and their communities, the pittsburgh police chief responded to that, thanking him for his ongoing commitment to bringing the police and community together, a lot of work with police in pittsburgh and florida. todd: let's talk about food. carley: this is so funny and understandable. a majority of americans are letting it go into thousand 20 and eating their favorite comfort food at least five times a week, two things americans are eating the most, your favorites are on the list. >> i am not eating it five times a week. carley: five times is aggressive. i love this graphic by the way.

carley: i'm not embarrassed. >> tacos are my favorite but i saw there's a restaurant near where i live that has burgers with macaroni and cheese on the burger and i never had that. jillian: we are getting burritos today. carley: i am so hungry. jillian: the finest fighting force in the skies market 70 third anniversary, live performance by the air force next. todd: special live performance on "fox and friends". >> reporter: a tale of two townhall's, the difference in george stephanopoulos's questions and anderson cooper's questions, even joe biden supporters, getting a little embarrassing. we will tell you about that and the president had his big rally last night. judge janine. we'll talk about her conversation with general

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jillian: the 70 third birthday of the united states air force, and joint base andrews.

todd: the commander of the air force district in washington, and for so short, member of the air force honor guard and one of the outstanding airman of the year, thanks to both of you for being here. >> at joint base andrews, behalf of secretary barrett and general brown, and 600,000 active-duty air force members were excited to celebrate our heritage and what we accomplished in the last few years. jillian: you were appointed 12 outstanding airman of the year as we just mentioned. what does that honor mean to you? >> i was selected for my great accomplishments. at the end of the day it was a team effort and with

disappointment, our team with honor guard, the team rallied around me and allowed me to be in that position. todd: you heard staff sergeant short described the team, what stood out to me about the air force, you think flying but there are so many members of the air force team that never get inside a plane. talk about the amazing work done from all aspects of the air force. >> fantastic work being done across the service. she has a bright future but you are right, whether it is in the fiber field or medics, with the covid-19 going on across the country, we are proud of all our airman.

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health and safety and we don't care about our families i would have rejected that. let's focus on health and learning and not safety i would have rejected that. we said we have to do it all, and we have to do it right. todd: deep sigh. de blasio latest shift in school strategy. in person learning. karol markowicz says it sends a clear message to parents give up on new york city. can a roll joins us livkarol. >> the message to kids school is not that important. it's september 18th and new york city children haven't started school yet. two days ago something called remote learning an hour or so. we have no hope of really getting a real schooling going this year. so far at every turn, mayor de blasio has been incompetent tent and all the people around him have been incompetent.

i have no faith that school ever actually opens for in person learning. todd: september 21st was the day that everything was going to reopen. now take a look on your screen. here is what it is looking like october 1st for middle and high school students is the delay right there. september 29th for kindergarten through fifth grade. what amazing germ free panacea is going to be achieved with this delay? >> that's exactly it. i was on this show, i think, last week saying september 21st date wasn't happening. i will say it again september 29th or october 1st is an extreme stretch. i would love to be wrong. i would love for them to suddenly get it together and open schools. i don't see what changes in the next few days that makes that possible. they say they need 4500 new teachers before september 29th and then another 6,000 or so for october 1st. we can't grow teachers, so it's not happening. jillian: karol, what do you think the reason something behind. this a lot of people, and rightfully so, make the argument schools and officials have had

months to get themselves prepared for this school year to get their plan in place. why haven't they done that? >> well, i would say that the teachers union really is very strong in new york city and mayor bill de blasio is folding to them at every turn. is he a leftist politician and is he incapable of fighting back to them. i think another point that i don't see made very often is where is the conquering hero governor cuomo? where is he to step in and saying what should happen with schools. schools around the state are open in ohio and west chester in new york city we don't have schools open and that's okay and the governor is quiet about it. it's all encompassing problem. governor cuomo put schools in phase 4 at the beginning. i complained about that. because i thought phase 4 was too late for schools to be opening. so here we are middle of september, no hope of any kind of schooling for some time. todd: karol along those lines this is a national show fox and friends first. every single day we have a story

about de blasio doing something moronic. my question is there never seems to be accountability on anything that he does. why is that? >> well, i fully agree with you. i think that de blasio is a special kind of terrible leader. but, actually, this is a national problem. cities across the country have not opened schools for in person learning it. just seems like these cities have put schools last. and i don't understand how we open to anything in these cities. how are bars open? how are nail salons open but schools aren't? it is a new york centric problem because we have done it worse than anybody else. the rest of the cities across america are having problems with this as well. jillian: about 10 seconds left. would you consider leaving new york city? i know a lot of people have. >> it's the first time my husband andry halfway serious about that. we are new yorkers. if you don't open schools that's a rock bottom we need to be here. the most important thing to us. jillian: wow, karol, thank you very much for joining us.

keep us updated. set your dvr 4:00 a.m. each morning so you never miss a minute of fox and friends first. todd: it was a busy week and fun week. we are looking forward to come back next week. with that fox and friends. have great one. >> 47 days from now, we're going to win wisconsin, and we are going to win four more years in the white house. [cheers and applause] >> have you ever been to an event like this. >> you won't ban fracking? you would like to see all americans wearing masks. do you think it's still possible to reach across the aisle. >> this town hall for biden should be an inkind correction to the biden campaign. i mean, is this serious? >> nancy pelosi is finally condemning violent protesters. >> that is lawlessness. it's been about 100 days and in that time she had time to compare cops to storm troopers, she had time to get her hair done, washed. she had no time to defend law enforcement until the polls started tightening. >> phil