fox news and talk radio it was about gelilte fish and that's all. that's it. scandal. that's all. it's not code. scandal. "first look" is up next. it's wednesday, september 2. right now on "first look," a massive man hunt for killers of illinois cop is underway now. complete with helicopters and blood hounds on the trail. there could be relief today. jeb bush gets down and dirty to go on the offensive against the surging donald trump. on the heels to pope francis message to women who's had an abortion. how facebook made bono richer than his music. a very busy wednesday. "first look" starts now. good morning. a massive man hunt underway now

for three suspects believed to be responsible for killing of illinois police officer. federal, state, local authorities used helicopters, ground teams in their search is. the officer was found shot after reporting he was chasing three male suspects on foot. john has the latest on the man hunt. >> reporter: from the air and on the ground, massive intensive man hunt for killers of veteran police officer. swat teams and canine units searching wooded areas, local businesses and homes. the suspects are considered armed and dangerous. >> two male whites and one male black. we have the evidence processing at the scene. we have the investigation into exactly what occurred here today. >> authorities say the officer was on routine patrol and radioed he was checking on suspicious activity.

he was on foot pursuit when communication was lost. moments later, backup arrived. they found the officer shot, gun and pepper spray gone. the officer was a 32 year veteran of law enforcement, husband and father of four sons. >> residents knew him as gi joe and remember him as someone deeply committed. >> his death, a scene all too familiar. this this year, 84 officers killed in the line of duty, up 15% to this time last year. >> law enforcement feel they're in greater danger. >> as the man hunt continued, commuter trains shut down, schools on lock down and warning issued for residents. >> be on alert. anything out of ordinary in s subdivisi subdivisions. we're asking for the community's help.

>> that was john reporting. on wall street, anxiously waiting the opening bell. dow jones industrial fell almost 500 points. some speculate the explosion could have led to economic instability in that country. analysts contributed tuesday 's declines to sharp reverse until oil prices. a 15-year-old boy evaluated at a mental hospital after he made threats on instagram. when authorities went to his home, they found arsenal of high powered weapons that prompted two school closings. the initial post included parts of a rap song by eminem. he then added words of his own. >> mac 11 and ought to solve a problem of mine, and that's a whole school of bullies shot up

all at one time. >> an air soft rifle, handgun and more many in his home. the boy could face felony charges of making terrorist threats. it is a 32-year-old cold case involving a wwe wrestling legend. jeremy now faces charges in the 1983 death of his girlfriend including one count of third degree murder and one count of manslaughter. nancy's autopsy report says she died of traumatic brain injuries and had three dozen cuts and bruises on her body. according to the grand jury report, he told paramedics he hit her in an argument and she struck her head on concrete. he later told her she slipped and fell. he was admitted into the wrestling hall of fame in 1996. desperate time, desperate

measures for jeb bush. sagging in the polls. >> hillary clinton is a terrific woman. i'm a little biassed because i've known her for years. know her well. she's talented. i live in new york. she lives in new york. i like her and her husband both a lot. >> trump campaign hit back with a sound bite of bush praise ago the democratic front runner. >> hillary clinton put herself in the middle retweeting this from the website. no need to fight guys. we both agree hillary was a great secretary of state. we get it. the government officials say the e-mail was classified information. >> we go through these things

all the time. of course "the new york times" and washington post, cocktail party, dinner party crowds get out of breath screaming and yelling. it turns out to be nothing. >> in the polls, carly fiorina is on the rise. cnn is mending the rules of the republican debate happening two weeks from tonight, adding an 11th spot on the stage adding a spot for the former hp ceo. now overnight, new word on what catholics here at home think about is this issue and what is and is not a sin. according to the poll, more than half agree it is a sin. look at this. this is the amount that say it's not a sin to live together without being married.

sinful to ingauge in homosexual behavior. two employees at a daycare center for allegedly instagram gait -- allegedly insta gaiting brawls. two women staged fights between a dozen kids age four to six and video taped them and shared on snap chat. none of the kids were injured, but those women have been fired and face child abuse and child endangerment. daycare officials call it isolated incident. let's get to landon dowdy on a wednesday. >> good morning. this sounds good. you'll soon get your egg mcmuffin fix day or night. it will be offered october 6th.

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you get the picture with the heat. thunderstorm complex in southern minnesota. a lot of heavy rain and lightning. minneapolis, soaking light rain. lack of rainfall is the story. ohio valley, portions of great lakes and northeast, you need the rain. here's the forecast over next seven days. little of any chance of rain in the northeast through tennessee, kentucky. we'll get soaked in the northern plains. things are dry in the northeast. drought is starting to get worst. >> thanks. a clash at the courthouse. the clerk refused issuing license to same-sex couples. they didn't hold back against her. all this comes the day after the supreme court dismissed her appeal based on religious beliefs against same-sex marriages. she stopped issues licenses in

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according to the reuters poll. bernie sanders taking 30%. biden has time to wait, but not long. supporters say people know biden. he has foreign policy experience, highest favorability ratings of any candidates of any party and seen as authentic although sometimes gaffe prone. power words from the man who said biden would make a good president. biden will appear on colbert's late show. donald trump makes his return the to air ways a week from friday september 11th when he appears on "the tonight show." last night fallon was focused on president obama and his survival show appearance.

>> nbc announced president obama will appear on episode of "running wild with bear grylls." i guess it shows obama on a golf course that hasn't been mowed several days. disaster. what do i do bear? >> that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." in washington, joined by jonathan alan, report per with vox. let's start with carly fiorina moved off the kids table by cnn. is this slippery slopes changing the rules as we go along? >> generally speaking it could be a slippery slope. could end up with candidates not having rules adjusted with them. when cnn weighs the possibility of not having carly fiorina who's ranking in the top ten and the only woman on the republican side, when they weigh that against the possibility other candidates are drawing like 2-3%

of the vote are going to be angry, it's obviously t her bein the debate is the right move. >> they're going other long any way. >> i think it's basically a situation where first of all -- i don't think they're going to face repercussions from it. number two, there's demand to see carly fiorina in the the debate. if they suppress had, it would have been bad for them. >> jeb bush going after trump. do trump supporters really care? >> no. i don't think so. i think trump supporters like trump and don't like jeb bush. i'm not sure it's going to peel away any of jeb bush's reescape ma -- remaining support. i'm not sure it's valuable for trump necessarily even to be in

the fight with jeb bush now. may be valuable for bush. >> do you think this is a panic move? >> it starts to sound that way. i don't think they're hitting the panic button yet in the bush campaign but probably soon if things don't start getting better. >> in the time we have remaininging, when do you have the president gets the vote on the iran deal, and who is it in. >> might be on the floor when they put it down. there are several senators there i think the president could rely upon. in some ways, i think an interesting question would be who is the 35th vote. if you have 34 votes you win, but each of the democrats who vote with you could be can be hung with the idea they were deciding vote. 35th might be important in releasing everybody else. >> live in washington, jonathan, thanks so much. just ahead, bizarre ideas floated for smuggling out of ecuador's embassy. and this terrifying steam

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good morning. it's wednesday, september 2. we begin in fox lake illinois, north of chicago where a massive man hunt is underway for three men suspected of killing a police officer in that town. lieutenant gliniewicz sent word out on radio he was pursuing three men on foot, two white men and one black men before he was shot and stripped of his gun and pepper spray. our correspondent has the latest from illinois. >> reporter: good morning to you. coming up on 24 hours, three fugitive ts on the run. two white men, one black ma