hard it was to get the sweater on, but we have our new rita matters gear for the fall because heating oil is going t laura: you have no idea how hard it was to get the switch on. we have our new freedom matters year for the fall because heating oil is going to be expensive from electricity forget it. president biden's america you are going to be freezing all for charity. these are awesome and doubts, you will love them. america now and forever and gutfeld is next. >> thursday october 7th, this is a very special day, do you know why? . i read the prompter and guess. 25 years exactly since fox news made its on-air debut. we've been on for a little bit

of that. >> good morning, you're watching "fox and friends first". we -- a lot of people don't know this, started around the same time, we've always been partners in crime even before we knew we were partners in crime, started months apart. >> the first of i got here we would go into your office and talk and introduce ourselves, talk about our lives, get to know each other because we had nothing else to do. coming here for 8 others -- stare at each other and then from there. >> it has been fun. it was 2017, this was my first day on the air on "fox and friends," may 15th, 2017. i have no idea where i was looking or what i was doing. all i know is every single person has been so welcoming. that team on "fox and friends" in our team on "fox and friends first" of the best people you

will ever meet in your life. >> we hear this, what makes fox news different from other places is fox news allows you to be yourself. >> with your blonde or brunette. >> where else could i be me? i'm not even allowed to be me like this at home. i'm a lot to take and i have aged horribly as you see by that picture. i look very very young. there is me in my old house and there's me with my best friend dave, this is our opening package that aired on june 14th but you will hear that a lot today, you are allowed to be yourself and that is why we've been so successful. >> your favorite part? >> the friends i met. it has been an amazing work experience i've not had during my entire career. i call you my work wife and carly my work sister. i'm not just saying that to make a joke. you are my family.

jillian: i agree with what you said. on top of that we get to cover stories and unique stories, tell people stories, we've all covered stories on local news but it has been different here in one of my favorite stories to tell is that of ray lambert, a dj veteran and i had a chance to sit down and talk with him in 2019 and he told his story of d-day and these are stories these men have not wanted to open up and speak about for their entire lives and they get older and realize there are so few people left until those stories and he told it to me and i just thought that was really special and i have his wife barbara's cell phone number. ray hasn't passed but he was honored by donald trump at the 75 tube anniversary of d-day and talking about it, we have such a unique job in the sense that

people trust us with their life story and to be able to tell what and have those moments is so special. >> we matter to you and that matters a lot to us because of responsibility we take very seriously. >> happy 25. >> live look at the white house. president biden's approval ratings plummet to their lowest point yet. >> good jenkins as the president prepares to convince america and democrats in congress to support his stalled tax and spending plan. you have a lot of stories to tell from 25 years as well. >> the majority of my adult life an amazing place to work. must get to the news. democrats appear ready to accept sanity mightily leader mcconnell's extension kicking the can down the road to december as the president heads

out of town blasting republicans for failing to deliver on a massive spending deal. >> my republican friends need to stop playing russian roulette with the us economy. if they don't want to do the job just get out of the way, we will take the heat, we will do it. we will do it. let us do it, but democrats vote to raise the debt limit without obstruction or further delays. >> this as the new quinnipiac poll gives the president his lowest score since taking office, 38% of americans approve, 53% disapprove. on the economy 39% approve, his lowest marks come on immigration with 25% approving and 23% approve of his handling of the mexican border. democrats resolve the growing war between moderates and republicans, progressives. senator sanders turning up the heat on senators manchin and kristen sinema. >> people don't have the right to sabotage what 48 want, that to me is wrong.

>> reporter: they either must raise the debt ceiling alone through reconciliation or negotiation with republicans who appear unlikely to cave. >> the point is i'm not trying to burn the place down. if you want to spend this much money not on roads, bridges and ports you are not going to get help from me to raise the debt ceiling. >> we will see if the president has anything to say about this as he visits a construction site and delivering remarks on vaccine mandates for businesses. todd: ernie sanders refusing to sign a statement condemning the aggressive protests against kristen sinema which began when she was followed into a bathroom. sanders was holding out against it, did not involve a rebuke of her political views. the mitigations were different around independent did write in

part what happened in that video is a violation of privacy that has no place in our public discourse. >> some democrats refused to condemn arresting lawmakers, others are justifying it. victor davis hanson calls out the intolerance. >> whether schumer goes outside and says we are coming after you, that is okay. it is okay to go after kristen sinema but it is not okay if you are conservative and there's consistency because people with superior morality feels the means are justified because the ends are so much more noble, they are intellectual, enlightened, the rest of us are the dregs, the chumps, we do what they tell us and that is the consistency, ideology and power. >> several republican lawmakers condemned the harassment against

senate colleagues. turning to the border crisis republican governors unveiling a 10 point plan they say will solve the situation at the southern border. >> marion reverie joins us as texas national guard rivers are being taunted along the rio grande. >> the crisis at the border not showing signs of letting up and fresh pictures showing suspect is a gunman dressed in tactical gear and holding ak-47s seemingly taunting members of national guard since the border to assist with the constant influx of illegal crossers which texas governor greg abbott calling out alejandro mayorkas for his lack of candor. >> i cannot count the number of misrepresentations that have been made by secretary mayorkas. he has continuously misled the american public, he is a disaster and what he has done and no one should put any trust or confidence in anything he says. >> the dire situation at the southern border prompting republican governors to unveil a

10 point plan for dealing with it, many terry into the biden administration officials for doing nothing. >> the president must act. he cannot continue to ignore this humanitarian and security crisis any longer. >> president biden has done nothing to confront the self-inflicted crisis. >> vice president harris has been the worst possible choice to be border czar, never showed any care about this issue or acted with seriousness and president biden has never even been to the border. >> key points of the plan include dedicated funding, national guard troops to secure the border, arresting and jailing trespassers and laws to aid in prosecuting human and drug smugglers. blinken and mayorkas plan to hold meetings in mexico friday on security issues but it is unclear if that will include discussions on immigration. >> thank you. >> for cvp chief rodney scott

says drug smugglers are not the only criminals freely walking through the open border. listen to this. >> anybody who thinks and uneducated celebrating cocaine and marijuana across the border gives a password to patrol agents is the only threat is naïve. there's a lot of other threats and those 400,000 people who avoided arrest clearly didn't stay at the border. they might be living down the street from you. who are they, what is the threat? i can't tell you that because we didn't interact with them. >> he later added the remain in mexico policy help to weed out fraudulent asylum cases. >> the isis k bomber responsible for the bombing that killed 13 servicemembers in kabul was reportedly released from prison days before. >> the shocking revelation is republicans demand for answers about the biden administration's withdrawal from afghanistan. benjamin hall. >> one of the first criticism leveled at president biden when he handed over bags of the ram air base is there are hundreds

of isis fighters inside. now we know among them was a man named abdul, thest named by isis in the attack that killed 13 american soldiers and 200 civilians. had he had bagram not abandoned in july they might still be alive. in the us republicans are demanding answers through dhs about resettling afghan refugees demanding the administration answer a few simple questions. what are the total numbers of afghans being resettled, what is the definition of vulnerable afghans. were all vulnerable afghans paroled in the us, his parole granted before or after vetting is completed, are the vetting procedures adequate to ensure that actors do not make it into the united states? and more on lieutenant scheller who was locked up for criticizing the evacuation. he has formally been charged with 6 violations. 's lawyer hit out yesterday.

>> claiming this man who is married with 3 children, who lives in north carolina was a flight risk. absolutely ridiculous. here is a man who spent 17 years of his life, multiple deployments as an infantry officer who has taught young marines who had the guts to say what he said. somebody needs to be held accountable. somebody needs -- >> the point is there are so many questions about afghanistan withdrawal that are not going away and people are clamoring for answers. >> thanks. >> facing charges and never-ending russia probe wants proof of his alleged lies to the fbi. michael sisson is accused of telling federal agents to look into donald trump on behalf of hillary clinton. he denies acting on behalf of anyone but himself and wants special counsel dondero to produce a transcript.

>> and obama nominated judge's block of its new abortion law, that is the spinning a ban on abortions once of fetal heartbeat is detected. the decision is the first legal blow to the texas law since the supreme court allowed it to take affect last month. >> los angeles passes the covid vaccine mandate considered one of the strictest in the nation. mayor eric garcia requiring everyone age 12 and up to show for proof of vaccination to enter most indoor spaces, restaurants, movie theaters, malls, gyms and more will be included. businesses that violate the rule can be fined $5,000. is expected to go into effect next month. todd: hollywood ending, the dodgers to the national league divisional series in the wild-card game. take a listen. >> deep left field. laura: nice to have a shortstop

like tyler hunt. the game-winning to run walkoff to keep la postseason dreams alive, san francisco giants tomorrow with their first postseason matchup. they played in brooklyn and new york but the fact this is the first time in decades. jillian: 14 after the hour, incredible footage of a police officer putting his life on the line to save a fellow officer's life. todd: we had a big anniversary show still ahead. pete hegseth, will cain, rachel campos does it, joe concha and brandon judd. ♪♪

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fbi is requesting the fbi not commenting and it is not clear when his father will start assisting. brian's parents believe their son is in the carlton reserve, he left to go hiking on september 13th. brian laundrie is the only person of interest in the gabby petito's case. her body was found after a cross-country road trip. texas high school student in custody after shooting four people. police vowing to understand what has happened. >> i want to reemphasize this is not a random act of violence. the student that got into a fight andrew a weapon. >> working with our partners here to figure out how he got this weapon in his hands and caused this tragedy.

>> one of the students inside the school joins us now. i am sorry to talk to you under these circumstances but glad your family is okay. your son jaden his freshman year. tell me what happened yesterday. >> yesterday it was apparent's worst nightmare. i got text from my son that active shooter was in the building and my heart, you want to think it is a joke but he assured me this is real. knowing there was not much you could do but try your best to become and wait and waiting was the most difficult part. todd: what goes through your mind when you get where your son is in a school, i tried to put myself in that circumstance and can't figure out what i would do. what goes through your mind? >> you hope for the best and you

worry, is it my kid? is he close by? every situation or worst possible scenario, this was very scary. >> has your son said anything about knowing the suspect? >> he doesn't know either. todd: a video of people fighting at the school. todd: the most important thing i can ask is how is your son doing this morning? >> he is a bit frazzled but doing well, wants to put the ordeal behind him at this point. jillian: there were two research officers on campus who were able to respond immediately there has been so much conversation over the last year and a half about defunding the police, should we have officers at school, where

do you stand on this now that you've experienced it firsthand and the school did have officers? >> i think having a police presence is great. allows them to respond quickly but they can't be everywhere at all times. even metal detectors would help with that as preventative measures. >> following julian's question following the horrific tragedy at newtown in december of 2012 there was bipartisan resounding support for school resource officers, to have somebody in the schools with a weapon to prevent something like that from happening again and over the course of the year it seems to have dissipated. do we need to get back to that bipartisan nationwide consensus but we need to do everything we can to protect our children? >> yeah. i definitely feel to my point police presence is great, makes

me feel better knowing there's an officer the can respond quickly to the situation that escalates like this. jillian: thank you for joining us. we are glad for your family, that jaden is safe and your family, your son, it was a good outcome for your family yesterday. we will keep tabs on this situation, just devastating when this happens anywhere in the country, thank you for joining us. >> if that happened anywhere near me i would hold on to my little one. 23 after the hour, two police billboards defaced by self-proclaimed guerrilla activist group just days after an officer was killed in the line of duty. the head of the memphis police association joins us with her message to the people who thought that was okay. >> the white house doing damage control after john kerry admits the president had no idea about the french some deal, we will be right back.

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>> we are back with fox news alert, dangerous night for law enforcement is two staterooms are shot in ohio and michigan and ohio fire control trooper taking fire northwest of columbus. officials have not given an update on an officer's condition and in michigan estate are shot following a traffic stop. authority say the suspect was shot and is in the hospital right now. the trooper is in fair condition. we are following these developing stories and will bring you any updates. in virginia a quick thinking police officer saving the life of a colleague by pulling her away from an out-of-control vehicle. matthew stewart and just come across senior investigating the crash on a highway on sunday when the driver of that white car loses control, slamming into the officer's car. stewart pulling the girl away

just in time, thankfully nobody was hurt. that is in real. jillian: memphis police blasting a self-declared couple activist group for defacing billboards with anti-cop messages, the group changing one billboard to read defund the police above another line that reads see our lives you could save into the 70 where memphis officer was killed during the weekend. memphis police association president joins me, sorry for the loss in the memphis police department that was experienced over the weekend. that is absolutely horrific. can you tell me what the mood is among law enforcement after seeing these billboards? >> very frustrating, officers are suffering the loss of a coworker, the third officer we've lost in as many months so officers are already feeling a

sense of, they are very sad about the loss of their coworker and to see this in the same area, saying defund the police. jillian: how did this happen? seems like this is quite the undertaking to be able to get this done? >> this group clearly took over someone else's billboard, very brazen and very unnecessary. jillian: law enforcement officers get support primarily in that area? >> absolutely. the citizens of memphis overwhelmingly support police and fire here, they passed a referendum, voted for tax increase on benefits, citizens understand the importance of having first responders have qualified police officers. jillian: tell me about your background because i know you

became an officer, joined the department at the age of 18, you were elected vice president of the mpa, vp for eight years and appointed president, you have been able to climb your way to the top which is very impressive. in that time and in all those positions you held i am curious how you have seen policing change over the years. >> used to be a career where little kids wanted to be police when they grew up and over the years that is changed. they talk about defunding the police, several years ago, our budgets were cut and there was a hiring freeze. they were not calling it defunding the police. our department wasn't funded. we lost 500 offices, we still have not been able to rebound from those cuts and that was 2014. over time the way people view

the police has changed budgets not a career little kids come up to you and say want to be police when i grow up. it is still worth it. there is good work to be done, still citizens who appreciate the work we do and we are still needed. jillian: the school shooting we were talking about is another example how officers were able to react in an appropriate time and save lives. did you ever envision a scenario we would be sitting here talking about a billboard that reads as it does? >> absolutely not. the difficulties they have with police agencies and different in memphis and always room for improvement, one thing doesn't take away the other thing. you can help police officers -- it would be better for every city, not just memphis.

jillian: thanks for what you do for your community. >> thank you for having me. todd: 32 after the hour. did she just say that. rashida tlaib making a shocking admission on masks that has republicans crying foul. a few of our favorite friends fanning out across america, that is pete hegseth and we have two others. we won't tell you who they are, you can probably guess, our special anniversary edition of "fox and friends" when we continue. ♪♪

jillian: back with a live look at the white house where they are attempting to rock that claims the president biden had no idea the french were upset after being cannot a summer and deal with australia. >> john kerry's remarks. >> the simmering controversy continues, the started last month when the united states entered a deal with australia to give nuclear powered submarines and that deal infuriated france because it circumvented the deal they had with australia, john kerry was on french tv doing cleanup on that front and some

say he made things worse for biden at home. >> what is the situation? i explain he had not been aware of that, what had transpired. >> white house press secretary jen psaki responding to the claim the president biden was unaware. >> you know about the french being displeased. i would encourage you to ask john kerry about the context of his comment but that is not what he was intending to convey. >> if he was unaware of the negative consequences of the submarine deal you want to run a foreign policy front, an expert about one of the things is he unaware of coming off of the

withdrawal from afghanistan. >> then what is up with the complete miscommunication between the president and john kerry q he literally said the word literally. >> a lot of that. >> big-time fallout, merrick garland's decision to call on the fbi to investigate parents who may threaten school board members, something a police department does, kristin clark was testifying on capitol hill and was asked about it multiple times. >> to label them domestic terrorists. >> the attorney general's memo deals with threats against public servants and that is not only illegal but run counter to

our nation's core value. >> some say this is big-time government overreach. >> be afraid of your government. what merrick garland did is attempting to stifle dissent, to say beware, big brother is coming after you view speak against my policies of the biden policies. >> from the political standpoint this issue will come up during the midterm election, republicans will use this as fuel. t-shirts of parent saying i'm not a domestic terrorists. i'm a concerned parent. 20 fifth anniversary on fox news. i've been here since i was an intern. i interned in 2008. the lady on the left serving

things up. i was don imus's assistant his whole time at foxbusiness. that's me as an intern at the dc bureau where i met griff jenkins. i told him the story many times. one of the reasons i want to to work here, was so nice to me, i got to work here after i graduate from college and i watched "fox and friends" in high school so it is cool to be part of the family. todd: and i got a sister. meantime speaking of friends, we start by having breakfast with friends. >> pete hegseth, will cain and rachel campos duffy. happy anniversary.

in the top box with us, next to us. >> i didn't know what box i was in and we should start here. appropriately on this twentieth anniversary we are at mel's diner, not the first "fox and friends" diner we did, that was in new hampshire but was the most frequently visited we've done in fort myers. folks are amazing. i've been here a couple times and the award-winning gravy is fantastic but it is a moment you got to think about the way fox news has changed our lives and we will get a chance to talk to people today and sound off like we always do. >> how consequential his fox news been not only to the media landscape but the american landscape. >> it was avoid that stood from

the crowd meaning everywhere else you get a monolithic, 1-sided point of view veering into nothing but the untruth, fake news and fox is the one place you hear people stand up and say that's not right. it is independent and i am here at the carolina drive in greenephil south carolina. i will forgive you for letting him go first, he has security. i've only been here for 14 months but i've learned how to do this so first thing when i worked in is what is your most popular item in because we were in the south it had to do with sweet potatoes. >> i'm from texas, sweet potatoes our conduit for sugar, marshmallow, syrup and sugar, that is what sweet potatoes are. >> you are cowboys fans i couldn't go to you first so by default.

>> we go to you because one of the things we can all agree we love about working here is it is a truly family environment and for you that includes your gigantic -- all part of the fox family. >> absolutely. having worked for fox, you have gravy and sweet potato pancakes. farmhouse restaurant i'm standing in front of is famous for blackberry cobbler so you can be sure i have some of that with my coffee this morning and congratulations, happy anniversary, fox. it is just fitting we are crushing the ratings this weekend for the last 33 weeks we've been at the top and for the last 25 years crushing getting cable news. what a great way to celebrate 25 years and you're right, this is different than any other network and that is why our viewers are so loyal to us. >> and our lawyers.

we are loyal. that goes without saying. we are going to check back in with all three of you in the 5 am hour, looking forward to it, have a great morning. have fun. >> still and, does this background the loft? >> president biden ridiculed for using a fake white house set again. jimmy phelan next. it's a sunny day. nah, a stormy day. classical music plays. um uh, brass band, new orleans. ♪ ♪ she drives hands free... along the coast. make it palm springs. ♪ cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyriq.

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>> good morning and welcome back, the daily mail obtaining pictures of hunter biden's art exhibit, the first filing with potential buyers despite the white house saying the identity of buyers would be kept anonymous. sugar ray leonard and eric garcetti among familiar faces in attendance. the white house press secretary deflecting after questions on the ethics of garcetti attending since he is the president's nominee for ambassador to india. >> president biden coming live from not the white house using a fake white house set featuring a digital monitor showing the rose garden in full bloom in october to speak to reporters. >> reacting to the bizarre set

up and have to ask why. >> the scary part is not that. it works on biden. he didn't know the difference. the internet was all over this but biden was okay, great, get my putting cup now, this is scary stuff because it doesn't make sense. why would that be going on. my only real assumption is whoever was really running the country needed to do something in the oval office at the time. todd: look at some of the sweets attacking this. is this an snl parody, that is a standard one. if trump did this they would be asking questions. i like this one. i don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night, a reference to those truman show where everything was staged. in reality, is this the truman show president? >> reporter: a lot of people feel that way.

it is hard when you hear john kerry tell french media the president biden had no idea were making a nuclear sub deal with australia. you would like to think the president of the united states is involved with what is going on with our nuclear subs. there's and engines running and nobody is behind the wheel scenario but i'm trying to look for optimism here. maybe, he referenced hunter's painting, maybe hunter was painting the oval office yesterday. is making big money, 500,$000 for a painting if you think the price is high you should read the painter. >> let's talk about rashida tlaib for a second. todd's laugh is funny, she was at an event in detroit featuring the hud secretary earlier this week and caught in an exchange about mask wearing. listen to what she had to say.

so if you couldn't hear her clearly she said i'm wearing it because i have a republican tracker here. your reaction. >> the whole thing, we've seen so many examples where nobody is following their social distance guidelines. how many times have we seen a democrat official tell us don't go out and they get caught at an airport, democrats say we are in this together they mean delta sky lounge. it is back and traveling. we know this is a fraud. at this point we think we should start going on offense because we are fighting each other harder than we are fighting the pandemic and it is absurd at this point and rashida tlaib is the epitome of why no one buys into public health initiatives. if people don't trust your message they don't trust you and there is no way you can look at her and trust her. todd: she knows she's being tracked.

the tracker is feet away from her and i am being tracked so that is why i'm wearing a mask. that that wouldn't be reacted to in society, how does she have the gall to say that. todd: defeat the purpose of wearing a mask. >> i 2 point out the covid is a sophisticated virus and it has an exemption for attacking you. unless you are being followed by a republican tracker. it is like jen psaki saying people who walked to our border didn't need a vaccine because they weren't going to stay long. it is a time-released virus, it was walking -- looking at his watch. it is an insult to our intelligence. they weren't walking 1000 miles to our borders to get steps on our fit bit but she presented they were just like proceeded tlaib pretends masks matter but we know they don't think the masks work or they would be wearing them was remember when we saw aoc doing a photo op on the capitol steps with a group of girls and they put on the

masks just for the picture? we covered it on this show and i was telling you in aoc's defense the delta very into something you catch flying commercial but there is no other excuse other than they don't believe any of this stuff but because it doesn't affect their quality of life they don't have to adhere to it they keep shoveling it on to us. i'm pretty cranky at this hour of the day. the giants won the game. i don't understand. >> we were confused, a lot of mixed emotions. >> you are not going to have them. >> we will be 116 this year. coming up in the next hour of "fox and friends first" checking back in with the "fox and friends" weekend crew. >> joe cons a, brandon judd, live in the next hour.

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>> the is. >> babies this on. we are looking live at fox news headquarters, the ticker lighting up the night sky in. thursday october 7th and 25 years since your fox news channel made it on her debut and with that you are watching "fox and friends first" kicking off your big day. >> a lot of people don't know todd and i started around the same time, a month apart so we've always been on this path together.