shot this evening. >> laura: responding to reports with a person with a firearm in the 911 caller said man was chasing a woman down the street with a gun. when approached, the suspect ran and shoter m the officer multipe times. s anr was on the fourth refive years before the public servant. we are praying for the officer, this family and for an entire city of chicago. gutfeld is next. ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert, the police officers flooding the streets outside of a hospital after one killed in a shoot-ou. a five year veteran of the department, a bright future ahead of him. you are watching "fox & friends first" on thursday morning i'm todd piro. >> ashley: ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the southside of chicago, the officer responding when chasing a woman down a street. the shots exchanged in close range leaving one of their own in critical condition. that man later on lost his life.

>> policing is a big family of people who know at some point they may be asked to make a sacrifice. but you never wish or hope that it actually happens. and tonight, this tragedy, there are some broken hearts that will take a long time to grieve. >> todd: hundreds of police officers gathering on the sheet to carry the body of their colleague. the department calling it a tremendous loss. >> we will try to get through this, it is a difficult time for chicago police department. we are heartbroken, this young officer we had five years on this department had a bright future ahead of him. and this is something that no family should have to face.

>> todd: investigators reviewing body cam footage of the the suspect is shut in critical condition. >> ashley: the officer's death comes as chicago police chief david brown announced her resignation after lori lightfoot's laws. the head of the u.s. attorney's office in chicago john also resigning. lightfoot failed to secure enough votes for the april runoff and brandon johnson battling for the seat. both candidates said they would replace superintendent brown if elected. the crime in the city up 61% from last year. fox news analyst gianno caldwell lost his brother to violence on the streets of chicago. he's hoping lightfoot's loss is a step in the right direction for the city. listen. >> today i woke up thinking of the experiment known as mayor larry wow lori lightfoot s officially over. absolutely thankful [applause]

she is gone, and i'm going to tell you the truth. my brother was murdered june 24 of last year and he would have been 19 years old. but there has also been thousands of people murdered in the city of chicago. almost 10,000 people shot. this may or who tried to coalesce black voters around her candidacy at the end of her term was clear to me her message, i believe, black lives didn't matter to her. it didn't matter to her. black votes matter to her. now that she is out of office, it is a clear indication that we need to coalesce around leadership who support the police. you can't defend defund the police. >> todd: and happening today the suspect trying to check an explosive in his bag at the airport. seen here in airport surveillance facing criminal charges. before the security discovered the device before spreading his bags.

the x-ray with explosive power of a short fuse. the airport, he was struck down at his pennsylvania home. malik garlin facing accusations that he is politicizing the justice department. this all happening during a hearing on the hill that covered a lot of ground. >> ashley: brooke singman has more in all of this. question by senate republicans over surveillance of certain groups including parents at school board meetings and pro-life activists. mike lee had this stern warning for the attorney general, listen. >> the politicized nation of the department is a problem. and you can tell your department not a chance in we will be reauthorizing that thing without some major, major reforms. the department is not trusted because it has been politicized. i know you are a good person. you have the ability to rein it in and asked her to do so properly. >> the department rode a memo to

the fbi urging the parent to investigate parents who spoke out at school board meetings under domestic terrorism loads. also at that senate hearing was josh hawley in texas senator ted cruz pushing the attorney general over treatment of pro life activists in 2022. he was acquitted on federal charges of violating the freedom act as to the clinic reference act and defending his son and aggressive volunteer philadelphia abortion clinic, watch. if you are a pro-life activists what can you expect? in this incident, according to mr. houck's wife, two dozen agents clad in body armor and ballistic helmets, shields, and a battering ram showed up at his house and putting rifles at his family. >> you use an unbelievable show of force with guns that usually liberals used to cry. we are supposed to stop weapons but you are happy to deploy them

against catholics and innocent children. >> the attorney general promise not to them peer into hunter biden's shady business dealings after being questioned by iowa senator chuck gracefully. speak with similarity of the information for the department investigation the truth and speak with similarity of the accuracy information for the department of the information. >> i promise to lead and for the district of delaware who was appointed in this administration. >> grassley said a dozen sources came to his office to accuse the president son of criminal conduct, ashley, shaw todd. >> todd: chris winkler let's start with the pledge to not interfere in the hunter biden investigation but still refusing to appoint a special counsel. were you sold by merrick garland's assurances that you heard yesterday? >> not a bit. he didn't, he could not explain

why the might and power of the justice department under his supervision only seems to fall on the right wing of the political spectrum who have conservative ideology. i was looking for answers to the questions but i saw were dodges and passing the buck could peer the agency did it, it wasn't me. i think he is probably the poorest leader, the weakest attorney general i have ever seen in my 40 years of this business. >> ashley: chris, is there any type of oversight that can be given to garland? he ensured that they wouldn't be interfering with this investigation, those two investigations with the house and with the federal government, but is it one of those situations where we have to trust that he says, "no, we will not interfere." it is his word good enough? >> this is the way it works. the u.s. attorney knows what it's supposed to do. merrick garland knows what he supposed to do. he is a surrogate for the

administration and proven fact. so, it is a wink and a nod. he can pledge that he won't interfere all he wants, but there is no reason why the u.s. attorney in delaware should be sitting on this case for well over a year. it is very clear to me as someone a man of the criminal division of the fbi and former prosecutor before i went in the fbi, that they have the evidence. whatever evidence they have, they are just sitting on it. they are delaying decision and round the clock out here. they need to make a prosecutor decision. he can force that prosecuted decision and doesn't have to dictate what it is, but he can force them to make a prosecuted decision instead of just sitting on it. >> todd: chris, you meant nailed the key point, you have grassley's whistle-blowers and troves and troves of evidence a lot of which we disclosed on the program. you have to imagine there is more stuff behind the scenes. why is it taking so long to potentially charge hunter?

i think you got to the bottom of it. in the meantime, agent garland pressing for concern parents at school board meetings. listen to this fiery exchange between garlin and senator john kennedy. >> you issue a directive to your criminal division into your counter intelligence or counterterrorism division to start investigating parents who are angry. >> nothing in my memorandum says to investigate parents who are angry. quite the opposite. it says the first amendment protects that kind of vigorous debate. >> todd: garland went on to say the fbi went to these meetings because of threats of violence. but you worked in the fbi and fbi handles big pictures of national things. why is that we are going to local school board meetings with a call of the threat of violence? something i thought was handled by local police departments. >> since i ran the criminal

division it seems like the fbi got selective about what they work. i know that firsthand knowledge and i bring cases to the fbi's attorney. you know, he needs to reread that first amendment. we see in that memo, we see it in other areas, for example, the social media. the efforts to suppress first amendment rights and their relationship in exercising their power and relationship with the social media companies is off of the charts. that is an egregious violation of the first amendment. along with this, domestic terror list only exist on the right wing again. you don't hear anything about the left wing domestic terrorists or prosecuting black lives matter or antifa in the summer of love and police cars were burned and officers were injured and buildings were torched. the police departments taking over city hall, damaged.

you just don't hear about that because there aren't any prosecutions on that side. i hate to get vitriolic about it and political opinion but merrick garland is the perfect surrogate for this administration. >> ashley: i mean, put yourself in the shoes of these parents with concerns of what is happening at their school and you hear what you said yesterday. would that be good enough? >> his answers weren't good enough and this certainly has a chilling effect on parents exercising their right and influence what's going on in a school where their kids could attend. nine grandkids come i don't want any part of it. this is not the justice department's duty or responsibility to police school board meetings. >> it is not jim jordan putting this in. received for documents unless

those are 1,000 page documents each peer that is not a good response. there should be significant follow-up. my gut tells me there will be. chris, thank you. >> thank you. g.o.p. senators to declassify all intel at the origins of cova covid-19. senator josh hawley with a bill explaining most recent action last night. >> tonight if you minutes ago unanimously in the senate my bill will declassify all the information the federal government has on covid origins. we need the house to pass it, we can get this done. the american people, it is past time. let's show them what the government has let everybody see for themselves and read it. >> todd: but some house democrats already pushing back on the vote. one thing in a deep classification on the origins of covid should be left to president biden. such a review they don't want the truth to come out for some reason signed the bill was introduced in 2021 but never made it to a vote in the

democrat controlled house has the bill comes up as the department of energy recently said the virus misplaced likely came from a a lab leak in china. and the origins of the fbi said the theory is how a pandemic began. >> it was all about shutting down the virus and how hard it is for families with an empty chair at the kitchen table because of covid. white not try to hold them accountable? >> i will flip that on its head for a second. it was because of this president that -- you can't tell me how to answer the question. i'm going to answer it for you. so just give me a second. >> that went well. the white house maintaining there was no consensus with the biden administration over the origins of the virus. >> ashley: assess successfully launching latest mission to the

space station just after midnight with a big assist from spacex. >> full power and lift off. >> todd: and seeing these things often take off from florida, we go live to phil keating from cape canaveral with all the details. great to see you as always, fill. >> good morning to you as well. the three astronauts and one russian cosmonaut is on their way and likely sleeping right now after enjoying the first two hours traveling towards the space station enjoying flowing around the cabin of the dragon capsule and looking out the windows at this out of this world view. this time, there was no launch scrubbed like monday morning. it was perfect and flawless and spectacularly nighttime launch sending off car alarms and the

parking lot as it blasted out from the kennedy space center. about 30 minutes after liftoff with the dragon on cruise control, the relaxed astronauts gave spacex and nasa a big shout out. >> that was one heck of a ride. thank you. an absolute miracle of engineering and i feel so lucky i get to fly on this machine. >> the crew nasa astronaut steve boeing and woody holberg, russian cosmonaut and the first astronauts to launch from florida from the united arab emirates. once again, spacex nailed the return of the rocket's first stage planting a bull's-eye on the floating drone ship out in the atlantic. the ride wants to talk with this space station 24 and a half hours and that will happen just under midnight friday morning. then it is going to be getting to work the next six months

orbiting earth with 200 science research projects on deck. back to you guys. >> todd: awesome stuff. live from cape canaveral, even if you are not into space, just to see the images awesome. >> ashley: seeing it from earth sounds great. >> todd: ashley. turning to america's federal crisis and the emotional pleas from american absolutely shattered by the deadly drug. >> these cartels are being made to derive addiction peer that is what they want. they want these kids to be addicted. it is a business. >> todd: families are begging for action but wait until you hear president biden is responding. you are not going to believe it. >> ashley: plus jaw-dropping $10 billion on the homeless crisis but not the city of vornado the lowest rate of homelessness in the entire region. the mayor is here to explain what they are doing differently. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> todd: chucking new images obtained by the port of dulles in arizona. senior officers hearing seven huge stashes of meth and 597,000 fentanyl pills. this happening in three days.

agents finding that drugs taped to an inside the smugglers bodies. they also found pills one and the interior of the car. >> ashley: the fentanyl crisis at the forefront as merrick garland said the mexican cartels are doing it on purpose. >> todd: lucas tomlinson in washington with the details, lucas. >> good morning, todd and ashley. senator graham said fentanyl is responsible for more than guns and extends. >> it is a horrible epidemic but it is an epidemic unleashed on purpose by new generation cartels. >> they were not stopping the desk. >> they are put to the task. >> we are putting the resources congress provides to us that are not working. fentanyl seizures have skyrocketed in recent years on capitol hill a mother who lost

her son addressing lawmakers. >> our kids are at risk every single kid is at risk and even if there are kids that we are not seen, some kids are not dying but they are dealing with addiction issues as well very young because he's cartels, these pills are being made to drive addiction. that is what they want. they want these kids to be addicted to. it is a business. >> a former dea agent describe the cartels in more detail. >> we are at work with the cartels but trading like drug traffickers. they are not drug cartels. please stop saying drug cartels. they are local terrorist like we have never seen. they intimidate, corrupt, chopping off heads, dismembering bodies and the problem is the government is still using old talking points. this is not grandpas opioid crisis. >> many republicans were not impressed when president biden's had the following and left. >> isn't she amazing?

[laughter] she's very specific recently saying a mom, lost two kids to fentanyl and i killed her sons. the interesting thing, that fentanyl they took during the last administration. anyway, i don't want to get started. >> in a statement house majority steve scully said it was disgraceful the democrats refused to show up to those hearings on capitol hill. he said president biden could fix these problems but refuses to do so, guys. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson live for us, thank you. california spending $10 billion over three years spent in an effort to curb its homeless crisis. the problem is just getting worse as the state struggles with ever-growing homeless and campus the seeds except for one, the city a time and in the roug. after the mayor enforced no encampment policy as a result

with one homeless person in their city. richard bailey is the mayor of coronado, california, and joins us. thank you for being with those. >> thank you for having us on. >> tell us what you are doing different where you only have one homeless person in your town. >> that was as of the last count and we actually got that person off of the streets. but there are several factors that contribute to coronado's success in one of those factors as we take an approach of making saying yes to getting help and off of the street the only option available. because on a human level in coronado and san diego region and the state of california we want to see people get back on their feet and willing to fund reasonable services and shelter spaces to accommodate that. but the fact of the matter although there are a myriad of reasons people end up homeless, eventually then we fall into two camps, those who want help and

those that do not want help. those that are refusing to get help, those refusing to get help should be granted additional to break laws, tenants on the sidewalk or in public, we need to enforce these policies to ultimately help them get into another camp to get help. >> ashley: you said you have zero homeless in your town but you got that one person help. but what resources are you offering them and where do they go once they do get that help? >> that is a great question. so, what we have done is partner but they homeless service provider so that if the homeless individual is encountered in the streets of coronado, the police officers will make contact with individual, let them know there is help available and that we will personally escort them to make sure they get the help they need to get back on their feet and get a roof over their heads and get additional services that they need. however, we make it clear we don't tolerate tent encampments

along our sidewalks, and we don't tolerate other code violations such as being drunk in public or in public or in public. we don't tolerate basic violations. what happens is an individual chooses to get help or end up leaving. >> ashley: how long ago did you put this in order to where there were no encampments? >> this has been a general policy over the past several years and this is one we've been doubling down on especially as we have seen homelessness rise throughout the state of california that is one thing i want to make sure the viewers are aware of. from 2012-2022 we saw homelessness fall throughout the entire country by 40,000 individuals peered over in the state of california over that same time. matt, we saw homelessness increase by 30%. from 122,012 all the way up to

170,000 as of last year. some parts of san diego county, we have seen homelessness almost quadruple with the same time. make a pair of the policies in place at the regional and statewide level that are tolerating this type of behavior that is personally destructive and to the surrounding community enabling the situation to increase throughout the entire state and the entire region. in this changing these policies to have a major impact. >> ashley: or richard my question for you, is california spent $10,000.03 years on homelessness but it's not working, they are throwing money at something that really it's not working so where's the money going, is it being wasted? >> most of that money is actually going to try to build new housing for homeless individuals appearance of the state of california is taking what is known as "housing first mythology," which is to build housing units for homeless

individuals without any preconditions. the l.a. county actually building these units somewhere near $800,000 at a cost per unit. so, we are spending a lot of money on building housing for individuals that, unfortunately, addicted to drugs or mentally ill and not actually in a position to get back on their feet without additional services. we had to change the mentality. >> ashley: it sounds like governor newsom and having a problem with homelessness need to give you a call. it seems like you have it under control. thank you for being with us, richard bailey. >> thank you for having me. >> ashley: of course. the money to burn after new york city agrees to millions to writers. you are not going to believe this. >> todd: take a look at this. >> oh, oh, oh! running off and now they need to be separated. >> talk about march madness

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gotten a blackout and opens fire range. >> the pressures on this man, unbearable and all reaching a crescendo the day his wife and son were murdered by him. >> on wednesday jurors with 170d the area near the kennel where maggie and paul were shot and killed. and went inside the home a close look at what was left behind the scene including a bullet hole. murdaugh testified the home was for away and may not have heard the gunshots. >> it could provide some convincing evidence to the juror that may be on the fence and ten jurors have made up their mind come even 11 and may be on it's on the fence. >> in less than two years the case has gone from shocking

murders that started with a 911 call by alex murdaugh to report his wife and son were shot. and the indictment for killings of not guilty plea in the bond hearing and the trial beginning january 23rd with jury sele selection. murdaugh charged with two counts of murder and possession with a weapon which could carry 30 years to life in prison if convicted. jurors will begin deliberations today. todd, ashley. >> todd: all right, marianne thank you. let's bring in dan. great to see you as always. what do you think? did the jurors get anything from the visit to the crime scene? >> i think the big take away will be the distance from the kennels to the house. because it really helps the prosecution on the timeline, which i think has really been the focus of the jury to convict this individual. let's not forget at first he said he was sleeping and he had nothing to do with the dog kennels. he got in a car and went to see his mom. but little did he know, his son

paul has a video of him at eight: 44, minutes before the murder. now when he comes forward in this testimony, he says he took a golf cart from the house to the dog kennel. it takes about 2 minutes, 3 minutes in a golf cart. that distance is critical to the timeline really putting him at the crime scene at the time of the merger. i think that is the biggest takeaway as well as the emotion of being at a crime scene where two people were brutally killed. >> ashley: you know, david to come it is my understanding that you do believe murdaugh should be convicted. my question is if he was in severe financial trouble, what would they have to do with him killing his family? when you look at how the murdaughs were with their families, they went through leaps and bounds to cover up and protect their family. so, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me as to what the prosecution would have brought in -- he may have been a liar and a scummy person, but that

does not make him a murderer. >> great point, ashley, and i'm in your camp also secured always had a problem with financial crisis problem. i never saw a next is why he would kill his wife and his son because of that. also, i think legally, it is really got to be an appeal issue. because we don't want juries convicting individuals based on bad character. but mode of evidence, that is the reason for the killing. i think that is where if there is a not guilty, that may be the jury saying to the prosecutor, we don't leave this mode of evidence. but at the same time, they have this horrible bad character evidence out against alex murdaugh. the fact he is a thief, liar, took advantage of his law partners and very sympathetic victims. and i think that pushes the jurors over into a guilty, given the timeline that i just went through. >> todd: okay, if you were

giving the closing arguments as a defense attorney, what would you say? >> well, look, the crime scene was not preserved properly. there were a lot of errors made in the investigation. so, you have to attack the credibility of the investigation as well as the fact it is a circumstantial case. there is no admission and no direct evidence that alex murdaugh was there. and there are some forensic evidence on the phones that could be argued as well or maggie's phone was being moved. it could be argued that alex murdaugh's phone is not being moved. there are some things to attack, but i think if the jury focuses on the timeline. and i meant that jury room, my vote would be guilty. >> ashley: i want to follow up quickly on jury. how difficult because this is a complex case. a lot of us brought up years prior but how difficult is it going to be for the jury to come to an agreement on this?

>> look, even in my office we talk about this regularly. you guys know we are on the same page, but there are people in my office that think it is not guilty. so i will tell you what, this is going to be an interesting day. the defense has slept on a closing argument. they heard the prosecutor yesterday, and they had every opportunity to prepare for a very persuasive argument. look, the prosecutor yesterday, it was long. they got back into the forensic, the financials, which dragged on for a while. and the powerpoint was something that they probably could have got a high school kid to do. this defense will come out on fire today. they will make the arguments that i think they need to make. the jury needs to be unanimous. so, we will see what the jury decides. it could be guilty. it has to be unanimous. not guilty has to be unanimous and if there is one juror that doesn't agree with a jury, that

is a mistrial, hung and comes back without a decision. >> todd: the key thing in this saga so far, you have lawyers that are very, very bright coming down on both sides of this guilty versus not guilty. that is not normal in a situation like this. typically, you have consensus. you don't have it here. i think this is going to be an absolutely shocking result either way, david bruno thank you for your time and insight, we appreciate you. capturing the moment they suspected a serial bomber targets a police car in fresno, california. take a look. the suspect speeds off with a vehicle to burst into flame and the police believe the suspect is responsible for seven other bombings in that area over the last ten weeks. arrested for the traffic and four others in connection to the bombings were taken into custody with 11 illegal firearms, 90 pounds of drugs and $90,000 cash. >> ashley: the ceo of northern

anorfolk southern over the toxic east palestine train derailment and east palestine leaders gave this eerie warning, watch. >> as a father, i would not advise anybody adult or child plaintiffs streets and creek. what we said as the drinking water has been tested. the drinking water has been tested in the green light given, we are feeling confident that. >> ashley: two east palestine residents will join us to react. >> todd: no pun intended a players injected in the florida gators kentucky wildcats women's basketball game after one florida player through april at the back of a kentucky player's head. watch. >> come oh, no, the players are running and out the players need to be separated. the bulk that up in the face and now technical there! >> llama, the first sec

tournament getting off to a weld star in even the coaches get into the mix. one wildcat assistant knocked over and kentucky's head coach lost her heel. we have all been there. the contest delay 22 minutes and a score of 72-57 but you are the expert at women's basketball. >> ashley: you know, i played basketball and it is a rough sport for some reason, women's basketball, we are scrappy, what can i say? >> todd: you said you had a scar. >> ashley: i have several scars. >> todd: wow i don't know if i want my girls playing women's basketball that may be men's basketball. >> we will switch gears, buckhead taking a major step closer from crime-ridden atlanta. the man leaving the movement and a victim of the crime spilling into the community are up next. >> todd: plus meghan and harry apparently signed after served a notice by the king. it is the wildest sentenced i've

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protesters who say they were handled unfairly by the nypd in 2020 in the wake of george floyd's death. 320 protesters took part in a protest or set to get more than $21,000. they say they were wrongly encircled and corralled by the police in riot gear. the nypd making arrests across the city that night after setting a curfew of days of violence and looting. the protest battered at least 450 businesses across new york city. many never reopened. and the police captain david dorn who was killed during 2020 riots in st. louis as district attorney kim gardner has blood on her hands. the police sergeant who served in law enforcement tells that stumptown policies directly connected to her husband's death. >> i believe with kim gardner sections about prosecuting

anybody in past riots and the mayor come i think that is in direct correlation. the criminals get more rights than the victims do and i can almost speak for st. louis. yes, they agree she should be gone. >> ashley: she will be joining us will live next hour, todd. >> todd: as early as today on allowing the wealthy buckhead neighborhood to break away from the city and form its own. if the ceo of buckhead city community, a resident of buckhead, they join me now. mayra, your story encapsulates why buckhead wants to break away, split from atlanta. briefly tell us what happened to you. >> so last summer in june, first off, good morning, todd, and good morning bill. last summer in june i had a break-in in my home where i was actually upstairs in my office working when i heard glass shafter in my living room area.

it was about 2:30 on a friday afternoon right about the time where my children come home from school. so, i figured it was one of them clowning around and doing something. so, i went outside of my office to see a strange man in the middle of my living room and a light, robbing me. so, i was on the phone with 911 multiple times and could not get a line operator to pick up the phone while this man was inside my home. feeling extremely helpless, i did scream and say a few choice words to the intruder. i went over to my safe to try to grab my firearms. during all of this commotion all at this time, i'm still trying to get a hold of a live operator on 911. it was an eye-opening experience. i was extremely, extremely lucky and fortunate that the outcome ended the way that it did and i was safe and my kids still had a mom. but i know that there are some

not as lucky. at the end of the day, the intruder got away despite my efforts to try to capture videos and photos and license plate numbers and finger prints. i still don't have closure as to what exactly happened because we are still trying to get the investigation report to see what the outcome has been. >> todd: you are not alone going through this. look at the buckhead numbers. they are stark. a new era of crime of 44% in buckhead. that is murder, sexual assault 70%, aggravated assault 18%. okay, bill, that is pretty sorry but there are proponents including republican governor who argue it would be a nightmare for school funding and also debt. what is your response? >> look, that story and the once we have heard is the reason because the american way, we are

just asking to vote. our polls show 70% of buckhead would like to vote. the governor had good questions. all of those questions were answered in 90 minutes yesterday when that memo went out to senators asking about bonds and revenue bonds, appeared buckhead city is already committed to pay their fair share of the debt in atlanta when it separates. so we have a very, very good plan. guess what, todd, today is historic because there will be a vote on the georgia state senate floor today. we are counting on lieutenant dura dimmick general bert jones to bring this over the top. people like marianne and myself who have had my sister-in-law's home rated with nice. nothing has changed. everybody wants to vote and let us vote, it is the american way. >> todd: bill white, marianne, keep us posted a lot of the

nation paying attention to this. >> it fox news alert out of california where brand-new information overnight about the veteran police officer shot and killed by a teenage suspect. >> ashley: flooding the streets outside of the hospital chicago's finest, one of their own with breaking details next.

>> todd: fox news alert, police officers flooding the streets outside the hospital as one of their own is killed in a shootout. he was a five-year officer. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier. it happened in chicago, responding to an alleged gunman chasing a woman down the street. shots were exchanged at close range, leaving one of their own in critical condition.