. >> ainsley's betting on it. belmont stakeses the longest and most difficult of the three races that make up the triple crown runs tomorrow night and "fox & friends first" right in the thick of it where all the action will take place. what are you thinking? >> reporter: hey, ainsley and heather, good morning and to you at home. the horses will start coming out on the crack and start stretching their leg but 90,000 will pack the park for the third leg. many are hoping that american pharoah can end the longest drought in horse racing history since affirmed won in 1978. this is the longest, most grueling leg of the triple crown here at belmont stakes. 1 1/2 miles long and last year if you'll remember california chrome had also won the kentucky derby and preakness in a similar situation. the owner was really complaining after afterwards because he hadn't completed in the derby or preakness and the owner said there wasn't a fair flaying field. "in my life of time i will never see another triple crown winner because of

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. >> reporter: you got it ainsley and heather. good morning to you and all of you at home. we will get a confession from a corrections officer in just a moment. first heading into day 7 of the manhunt authorities say a scent picked up by blood hounds may be their stronger lead in the case as they search for the escaped killers. picking up that scent in new york neighboring this area blood hounds picked up the scent of david sweat and richard matt. they found food print and food wrappers they may have been using to camp. they may have been so desperate they were searching in a garbage can looking for food at a gas station reportedly. meanwhile a tip that the two men were picked up in philadelphia proving to be false yesterday proving the search back north. a few mills away from the maximum security prison where matt and sweat used power tools it is wooded swampy and full of black flies and ticks. if matt and sweat left the area there would be signs. >> we have heard from many they would they are very dangerous they would not stop at anything. >>> residents are still on edge

heather and ainsley? >> thanks may you rhea.they mocked our ingenls. >> huge advantage. call it the stupid of theity of the american voter. >> gruber was much more involved in shaping this. he was in frequent contact with the white house. 20000 pages of e-mails show he was keeping track of media reports and offering advice on the healthcare policy. 20,000. this contradicts gruber's argument he had a limited role in creating the policy. >> call it a parting gift washington d.c.'s american university offering $500 gift cards to those who agree to move off the campus. why? because the dorms are over booked. this fall the number of returning and new students has increased resulting in a higher demand for on campus housing. they provided incentives for students to reconsider last may. incentives fall short. >> the time is about 20 minutes after the hour. in an airline attack dozens of flights grounded at the haendz of hackers the information they took control of. >> farewell to the fake feedback. brand new moves that has reviews much

ainsley? >> kelly wright live for us in the studio. thank you. >>> convicted killer and infamous escape pee david sweat two-days after he was shot in new york. sweat is revealing he and some of prisoner richard matt wanted to head south down to mexico but turned north when the get away driver prison worker joyce mitchell never showed up. that's a move some say might have saved her life. >> she is somebody who has a psychological issue but once she gets into something can't separate what is correct and what is not correct based on what it is. she is not a mastermind. she would have been dead as soon as 24e got away from that prison. >> sweat also telling police he was with matt until six days ago when he decided the older man was slowing him down. the bombshell admission about the prison guard accused of helping the men escape. jean palmer the man who gave him the meat tools was not involved in the escape. the fbi is investigating a possible heroin ring at the clinton facility involving prison workers and two escapees. law enforcement o

>> good morning, ainsley.covered the tsa missed 95 percent of hazardous items at security checkpoints a new bombshell report from the department of homeland security inspector general showing the tsa hired 173 employees with ties to terrorism. they were working for airlines airport vendors across the country. the process for hiring tsa workers is being blamed the agency does not have full access to terrorism related information. they don't have all clearances to terror watch list information. in some instances it was discovered they were farming out hiring process to local airports with very little over site from a national level. the report also kiss discovered the employment records had incomplete or inaccurate information like the lack of a first name or missing social security numbers. many were legal presidents who came to the u.s. on student visas. this report recommends the government gives the tsa more clearances in the future. >> this is ridiculous. cheryl casone live in the studio. cheryl. you can lo

good moaning, ainsley. >> good morning to you, ladies. the city here of charleston our beloved charleston grew up in the carolinas and love this city so much. it is now grieving. grieving with the families who are left without loved ones. nine people murdered here behind me in this church at bible study on wednesday night. then today the suspect will be in court here in charleston south carolina. he was extradited from north carolina. 14 hours ago the suspect was arrested in shelby north carolina thanks to a woman who is considered a hero because she potential slaved other lives. debbie dills saw his picture yesterday by watching our show "fox & friends first" and then "fox & friends" saw the picture as the information unfolded as the description of the car taken at the surveillance video. she saw this guy and she calls her boss and says i think this is the suspect. her boss while he's on the phone with her calls 911. mean swhieflz following the-- meanwhile she was following the suspect in her car. take a listen. >> i was on my way to wor

heather and ainsley, back to you. >> we appreciate it, cheryl.d what you think about the case and comments are pouring in. >> nels writes us no one wants to work around people who have pot in the their systems especially around machinery. >> if it is the company's policy and everyone is made aware of it yes it is fairment>> seems like this would prevent pot smoeshgs were being a productive part of society. >> it's like saying you can't take your insulin or blood pressure meds. >> it is now 46 minutes after the top of the hour. a day at the amusement park turning deadly. what happened to a young girl after she stepped off of that ride. >> super hero photo shoots to death threats. e-mails are up next. >> let's check in with brian kill need on "fox & friends." >> let me tell you what we have planned. we have expecting a major announcement of donald trump. it is not that he is a billionaire. i think it is the9 times a billion. the naacp leader resigned after lying about being black. you won't believe who else she sued. gretchen carlson is here, jeb b

heather and ainsley. to you. >> things are warming up. >> secretary of state john kerry returns to boston a day after breaking his leg in a bike crash. the 71-year-old was bicycling in the french alps when he hit a curb and crashed. he will return to the states for surgery on his right femur. the injury forced him to end a crucial four nation trip early. he will still be a part of the scheduled anti-terror meeting via video conference. a man begging for money impersonating a soldier. another case of stolen valor. >> was your name tag -- >> where is your name tag? i know you are telling me what your name is. you are a freaking piece of work. >> the veteran who took that video and discovered the fraud said patrons of that store had been thanking the man for all of his service. at one point the supposed imposter even claims to have three purple hearts. >> football player devin still asking for prayers as his young daughter has a setback in the fight against cancer. lia was diagnosed with dancer a year ago. s

good morning anna. >> good morning ainsley.ially since tsarnaev showed little to no emotion at all during the trial. tsarnaev praised allah several times and thanked his lawyers for making his life easy the last two years. he then took responsibility for the bombing. quote, immediately after the bombing which i am guilty of. if there is any lingering doubt about that let there be no more. three people were killed more than 200 injured in the 2013 attack. a rookie police officer some were inside the courtroom. tsarnaev saying i am sorry for the lives i have taken for the suffering i have caused you for the damage i have done. i pray for your relief, for your healings for your well-being, for your strength. i asked allah to have mercy upon me and my brother and my family. his apology drew mixed reactions from the victims. >> it is really justdoes not change anything for me. what he took from me i am never going to be able to regain. >> he is younger than me and that has been something that really has been a hang-up for me to reco

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ainsley. >> reporter: hey, steve.urreal, all of my friends in charleston and my family in south carolina we can't believe this is happening in our state because it is such a tight community and such a community that just rallies around one another and loves one another. i did live on smith street which is a few blocks that way when i interned at the nbc affiliate. this is the church behind us where the shootings happened on wednesday. nine people killed here. you can see the flowers and wreaths and white bows representing those lives that were lost. today will be a bond hearing for the suspect. he is back here. he spent the night in jail here in charleston last night and we'll have a bond hearing at 2:00. we'll be reporting on that. we talked a lot about the suspect. let's talk about these victims because they were the ones doing the right thing. i want to start with the reverend clementa pinckney, he was 41 years old, a state senator. leaves behind two kids and a wife. also there was reverend that rhonda coleman sing

is tracking it all for us. >> good morning heather and ainsley.ers and storms across the country today. some of them could bring severe weather across parts of the plains and also into the great lakes area and the northeast. tornadoes large hail and also damaging winds will be possible. that risk really continues as we head into tomorrow as well across the areas into the plains and into the northeast. across parts of the west and the rockies we have potential for flash flooding. we had trop tal mace-- tropical moisture that brought tropical conditions in baha. a number of watches are in effect as far west as california and nevada and widespread across the rockies there. showers and storms are in the forecast. temperature wise you are on the warm side already across the center of the nation. temperatures there this morning already in the 70's. they should climb to the middle to upper 90's for tomorrowsome of you. 89 in raleigh 82 in new york city. expect the temperatures to climb into the 90's as we head into tomorrow and for many across the the ea

heather and ainsley. >>> thanks.'re learning more about their tie to terror, former jihadist and coauthor of "undercover jihadi" warns this is a new wave of terror. >> isis put out this call sometime ago and we've seen a number of incidents where they've answered that call in that message. it says basically attack police. it says specifically attack police, military personnel. they don't want formal alliances. you just have to support them. you have to will it declare your allegiance to it. you don't have to say it outloud and you're on their side. and if you cosomething, they will take credit for it. >>> the pentagon's anthrax problem getting worse every day. 17 states have received shipment of the deadly spores and that number is expected to grow. christian fisher is live for us in d.c. tracking the latest developments. >> good morning, heather. well the present gont continue to stress that these shipments do not pose a threat to the general public. but still 31 people who worked inside the lab are on protective an

>>> ainsley reports on the viral videos. "hannity" starts right here right now. >>> president obama's completely out of touch with reality. here is but the latest example. >> people don't remember when i came into office the united states in world opinion ranked below china, and just barely above russia. and today once again the united states is the most respected country on earth. and part of that i think, is because of the work we did to reengage the world. and say that we want to work with you as partners with mutual interest and mutual respect. it's on that basis we're able to end two wars while still focusing on the very real threat of terrorism. >> unbelievable. the president's statement could not be further from the truth. here are some of the foreign policy failures during his time in office. russia's invasion of crimia. and capturing more territory by the dave. libya collapsed and become a safe haven for terrorists. israel has all but been abandon abandoned by the president with a nuclear deal on iran. just look at

>> good morning ainsley.ident obama reengaged global partners and their opinion of us was better than it was when he took office. he points to growing economy in iraq and syria. the president in awith a year and a half left are is talking legacy. >> people don't remember when i came into office united states opinion ranked below china and barely above russia. today once again the united states is the most respected country on earth. part of that i think is because of the work that we did to reengage the world and say we want to work with you with mutual interest and mutual respect. >> foreign policy is a failure they point to recent capture of key cities in iraq and syria. this is iraq case prime minister says his country's military lost 2,000 humvees to isis while the u.s. officials question the u.s. army's will to fight. greta van susteren was told they are converting them to explosives inside them. iraq case partners need to have a greater sense of urgency in addressing these issues this as the administrat

ainsley, thank you. >> yeah. greta, can i add more thing. my sources in columbia, south carolina two hours away where he did grow up. they do have evidence this is a hate crime. they searched his mother's house. he lived with his mother. they found videos that are anti-african-american videos. they found skin head paraphernalia. we just learned this information from my sources there. that they talked with a roommate of his or a friend of his. they haven't clarified that yet that he lived with in the past, apparently, that person said that he had been planning this for six months and he wanted to start a civil war and he was for segregation. >> and, of course that friend kept quiet and so now today we have got nine people to bury because that friend and everybody else was well aware and expected it: thank you. >> reverend clamenta pink -- pinckney. south carolina state senator sean bennett joins us. senator, your thoughts tonight about your colleague and the pastor. >> i understand you are having trouble hearing me. senator, i'm curious if yo

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back to you. >> ainsley earhardt live for us in south carolina.> out of this mail storm of evil one of the worst stories. there are brightness and hope and decency and goodness. here is the story the story of that within tywanza sanders. he took a bullet for his aunt in south carolina. >> he said you don't have to do this and roof says back to him it doesn't matter, i'm going to kill you all. as he is pointing the gun at his 87-year-old aunt susie jackson, he jumps in front of the bullet. unfortunately they both ended up dying. he ended up getting shot and bleeding to death in front of his mom who was playing dead. his mom was in court yesterday at this bond hearing and she said this to her son's killer. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautiful people i know. tywanza sanders is my son but tywanza was my hero. tywanza was my hero. but we say and the bible study, we enjoyed you but may god have mercy on you. >> unbelievable. that's echoed on the front page of many newspapers lik

ainsley, thanks so much and all our best to the community out there.ack to fox news senior correspondent geraldo rivera who is on the ground for us tonight. i look at the life of this pastor and this senator. he began preaching at the age of 13. he was a pastor at the age of 18. graduated from allen university in '95, studied at princeton, the university of south carolina, lutheran theological southern seminary. he became the youngest african-american elected to the legislature when he was just 23 years old in 1996, got in the state senate in 2000. he was named as one of the african-american community's 30 leaders of the future by "ebony" magazine in 1999. he is survived by a wife and two young daughters. such an incredible story. what a future he had in front of him. what a sad, tragic loss of a great hubie all accounts. >> you know, i have to say something. what you just recited has made me more emotional than anything since i got here today from new york. to have that life wasted by this savage racist, selfish, narcissistic sociopath, what a waste.

good moaning, ainsley. >> good morning to you, ladies. city here of charleston our beloved charleston g

. >> we have the answer from ainsley. >> we were in the commercial break.said i never asked a woman to get me coffee. i said, what, i worked with you how many weekends as sweet intern or assistant, gets coffee. now i will say -- >> my office in washington. i make my own coffee. >> you have an office here too, buddy. let me say this, you get away with it you pay for everyone's coffee. >> i try. look the idea of thinking of yourself as victim, thinking yourself above a low task, thinking of yourself persecuted these are real obstacles to success. don't think of yourself as victim. you won't win if you do.o >> i agree with that. >> they're asked to do some of these things that it is keeping them from getting to an elevated status in the work place where men often are. >> i think there is probably some truth to this. i, they can't totally be wrong but to tucker's point i do feel like i have to defend tuck ear little bit he would ask a guy to get him coffee. he treats women you really do. >> i like women better. >> i know you do. >> i do think that there are pro

i am ainsley earhardt. >> made it to the end of the week. i am heather childers.ou for starting your day with us. right to the fox news alert. a manhunt for two escaped murderers. new clues overnight as blood hounds track their scents not far from the prison where they broke down. >> residents on edge of the news that they may still be in the area. anna kooiman has been live where they believe they are closing in on the killers. >> reporter: you got it ainsley and heather. good morning to you and all of you at home. we will get a confession from a corrections officer in just a moment. first heading into day 7 of the manhunt authorities say a scent picked up by blood hounds may be their stronger lead in the case as they search for the escaped killers. picking up that scent in new york neighboring this area blood hounds picked up the scent of david sweat and richard matt. they found food print and food wrappers they may have been using to camp. they may have been so desperate they were searching in a garbage can looking for food at a gas station reportedly. meanwhil

. >>> joining me with reaction "fox and friends" co-host ainsley earhardt. picture that i saw of them you know body language you kind of look at it and you see a family that's supporting each other, kind of leaning on each other, close together. a well-spoken young lady and parent. >> imagine that times nine. that's how every family member was. everyone we talked to that goes to that church it was remarkable how these victims handled the situation. you heard them all speaking in the courtroom, which is very rare for a judge to even allow that. so the family members that we were talking with and their friends, were saying they were so grateful that the judge allowed that. because it was a chance for them to share their faith, just like the simmons family just did. to tell the rest of the world that their loved ones did not die in vain. there is a purpose in this they feel like god is in this. they don't understand they will miss their loved ones. they trust them enough to know there is good that's going to come out of this evil. >> you're from the palmetto st

ainsley earhardt is in charleston south carolina. >> the church is behind us. morning for sun school and the regular church service will be at 9:30. there have been a lot of memorials around charleston this week. a march and a vigil with singing out of emanuel. you can hear some singing in the background actually right now. let me tell you about the gunman fbi and charleston police investigating a possible racist manifesto we as a news network don't want to spread his message of hate. we have some new pictures of the suspect with him standing in front of his car with confederate flag license plates and him holding an american flag that is burning. we have funeral arrangements for one of the victims, clementa pinckney. he will be back here at home at emanuel church. friday funeral services will be at the college of charleston arena in downtown charleston at 11:00 a.m. we'll be covering that. back to you. >> thanks for your coverage. >>> dylann roof apparently was holding a confederate flag in one of his pictures in one of the white supremacist postings he made o

back to you guys in the studio. >> ainsley, thank you very much for that report. >>> it was a woman on her way to work at a florist shop 250 miles north of charleston who helped bring the manhunt to an end yesterday. listen to debbie dills' incredible story of how she helped the police nab the racist murderer. >> i'm not a hero and i'm not brave. i got a little nervous. but i just started talking to the lord about it. i wasn't sure it was him. and i didn't want to get anybody else in trouble or be overreacting. so i called my boss. and he said well we need to call somebody. and he got on the phone with the kings mountain police. he stayed on the phone with me. i was able to catch up with him and get right behind him and get his tag number. and the kings mount police and the shelby city police caught him within a matter of minutes. >> and now that he's been caught and charged let's bring in mike tobin outside the courthouse where today's hearing took place. mike tell us a little bit about that. >> reporter: well the one thing we know about the perp right now he is not going to get out o

and even what he was talking about his joke. >> ainsley? >> people are so sensitive. i agree with you. we have to learn to loosen up lighten up and laugh a little bit. this all started when he was on colin cowherd's show talking about not wanting to speak or not wanting to do his comedy routine in colleges because they didn't get his humor. and they're so pc. >> they're so pc. real quick, caitlyn jenner bruce jenner, i don't know what the proper term. >> caitlyn jenner. >> whatever. and his mother calls him bruce. >> right. >> right. >> so whatever. >> he is getting this arthur ashe award for courage. bob costas is upset about it. what is your reaction to this? >> many people do agree with bob costas because see says there are better candidates. i was crying when i watched that interview. i felt sorry for bruce jenner. i'm glad bruce jenner is now caitlyn if that make herself happy, because she was struggling so much. however, i do think -- you've got noah galloway that iraq vet that lost his arm fighting forcountry, lost his leg as well. >> reaction from tammy? >> th

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> hope you had a great weekend. >> i did. >> there's a shawshank redemption style prison break in up state new york may have been an inside job. a female i prison worker now being interrogated as a possible accomplice. >> those two killers on the run here are their pictures at this hour have a 100,000 dollar bounty on their heads. >> good morning to you. this is quite a story unfolding right now. one of the escape pees richard matt has a way with the ladies. they think he may have wouldn't youed a female employee help him and another inmate pull off the escape. a massive manhunt is on the way. helicopters search dogs and road blocks through out the up state area and even parts of canada. police are looking for 34-year-old david sweat and 48-year-old richard matt both pulled off their dramatic escape using power tools to break out of maximum secured clinton correctionnal facility. they also found a note with t

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for waking up this early with us.chools in up state new york are on high alert at this very hour as the hunt is intensifying for two escaped killers. brand new information is em americaing about-- emerging about the worker who taught tailoring. kelly wright has the developments. >> they are looking at every lead questioning and searching the home of the female prison employee trying to determine how the men pulled off the greatest scape. joyce mitchell reportedly taught inmates to tailor clothing and has been removed from her job investigators trying to see if she had a personal relationship with one of the suspects. convicted murderers richard matt and david sweat were last seen in their cell on saturday morning they were gone. each cut scare holes into the air vents the paint on the walls so old you could hardly notice the holes. they followed

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. forgot to say my name. >> enemies eliminated. a key suspect in the deadly attack killed in a u.s. drone strike. the pentagon confirming that alharzi was killed mows el where he was serving as an isis commander. he was named a person of interest in the benghazi attack after video placed him at the consulate on that fateful night. four people were killed. his >> speaking of benghazi the house panel now releasing 60 e-mails between then secretary of state hillary clinton and long time advisor cindy blumenthal. she was forwarding intelligence information in the days following the attack. trey gowdy say he leased the e-mails because they weren't included in the previous state department releases. all of this coming as goudy says he will not release the transcript of blumenthal's testimony noting no other transcripts have been released. they can run but they cannot hide for much longer. closing in on the killer

>> healthcare for illegals where it is happening and what welcome to "fox and friends first" yaim ainsley earhardt. it is half past it top of the hour. we will start with that fox news alert. a suspected terrorist shot and killed ipboston. a police officer gunning down the knife wielding man. that suspect under 24 hour government surveillance. a second man has just been arrested. patricia stark has the latest. >> boston is on edge this morning after police are forced to shoot and kill an armed terror suspect. it was just after 7:00 yesterday morning when police and the fbi approached a 26-year-old outside the boston cvs. they have been monitoring him for 18 months. recently he's been on 24 hour surveillance. the suspect made statements about wanting to attack the police. when they tried to ask questions the suspect pulled out a knife and charged at them. >> the officer was retreating and that's from the video we have available. they kept retreating verbally giving commands to drop the weapon. >> he refuse today drop it and the officers were forced to open fire. he was shot twice once in t

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for waking up this early with us. a terror take down in boston. a police officer and an fbi agent shoot and kill a knife wielding man who has been under 24-hour government surveillance. >> a second suspect is under arrest. patricia stark has the breaking details. >> a terror suspect is shot dead in boston after a man charges at police armed with a knife. that suspect now identified as 26-year-old usama raheem. he has been sur slains for the last 24-hours. a police officer and member of the fbi joint terrorist task force approached rahid outside of the cvs where he worked in boston. >> we have a gentlemen black male coming out without a knife.-- with a knife. >> what was meant to be an interrogation turned deadly. >> we thought it was appropriate to question him about his doings today. unprovoked he came out with a knife. >> this is the large military knife he charged

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us.with a fox news alert. al qaeda's number two man is dead. the terror group confirming overnight in a brand new video that nasser abu hasi was killed in a cia led drone strike. his secondhand man was -- has taken his place. >> he was once osama bin laden's personal secretary. and ahead of the dangerous splinter group in the arab pens will he who claimed the responsibility for the charlie hebdo attack in paris. >>> we will have more on the story through out the hour. now to extreme weather you need to know about. millions of the americans across the country bracing for dangerous weather. southern texas on high alert as tropical storm bill priechs. >> the system barreling straight to the coast packing 50 mile per hour winds. the flood ravaged area still trying to pick up the pieces from the wettest month in the state's history. >> heavy rains turning yards into ponds. then in chicago dangerous thunderstorms sending people running for cover. you can see a menacing funnel cloud hovering ove

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. let's get to the fox news alert for you. a bombshell investigation revealing huge failures at our country's biggest airports. under cover agentsable to smuggle weapons and fake explosives through security checkpoints in 96 percent of the tests around the country. jackie ibanez is here with the department of homeland security's reaction to all of this. >> shocking isn't it? this troubling new report finding an under cover team posing as passengers trying to ban get banned items through at 67 percent of the tests. they were challenging pushing the boundaries of the screening systems set up after 9-11 to prevent weapons from getting on planes. an agent was stopped after setting off a body screener. but it failed to detect the explosive device taped to his back. they are taking immediate reaction. melvin care away he took over as acti

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for getting up this early. 5:30 on the east coast.wshank redumpings style prison break in up state new york might have been an inside job. a female prison worker is being interrogated as a possible accomplice. >> the two two killers still on the run and now they have a 100,000 dollar bounty on their head. kelly wright is live in the studio with the breaking new details. >> new york governor andrew cuomo pointed out it opened in 1865. he says this is the first escape from the maximum security portion of the prison. it took a lot of planning to pull it off. as a manhunt conditions he questioned the female worker with the escape. one of the inmates may have seduced a woman to help him and his partner to escape. the public is urged not to approach them. matt was serving a sentence of 25 years to leafife for beating a death. swep was sentenced for murdering a sheriff deputy killing him 22 times. people living in broom county are on the edge. >> deputy kevin tarceal was a tragic event and traumatic not only for members of this agencies but

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. >> a prison worker arrested in connection with the prisoner escapees. >> the manhunt enters day 20. >> when we talk about a second arrest of a prison worker this is not any one who worked there a 20 plus year veteran, a corrections officer. he is he is behind bars at the clinton county jail. he is being held in lieu of 20,000 dollars bail and 50,000 dollars bond. he is accused of a number of charges. among them prison contra bands he provided a screwdriver to the escapees but there's no knowledge that the two ever used any actual escape. palmer gave the items to the inmates who said they needed them to repair a circuit breaker they kept tripping in their cell. official misco

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us.o last minute deals on the hill. the powerful post 9-11 has expired. >> senate could not move past the gridlock. they had plenty of time to throw accusations at one another. >> james rosen tells us what this means for you. >> it seems like all of the official washington is crouched in a familiar posture and they are finger p pointing. after a rare session failed to renew three expiring provisions of the patriot act collecting bulk data from telephone records was ready to officially stop. this was what edward snowden drew attention to soyears ago. it is a program that both of the last two presidents despite their world views have occasionally argued was integral for the detection and thwarting of ter rits plots. the military maverick and

i am ainsley earhardt. the hunt is now over. david sweat is captured after more than three weeks on the run. >> he is in critical condition after being shot by a loan police sergeant just two-miles from the canadian border. his arrest two-days after his accomplice was kill bide police. >> peter doocy is live with the dramatic take down. peter? >> the convicted cop killer david sweat was traveling alone and he didn't have a gun but he did have pepper shakers that he had been using to throw off the scent of canine units trying to pick up his trail. it was not his scent it was the site of the fugitive who stayed out of jail for a few weeks by a hero new york police sergeant jay cook on control by himself that ended the massive manhunt. >> at some point running across the streetfield he wasn't going to make it to the tree line and possibly was going to disappe

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your monday off with us. a pair of escaped killers still on the lose 17 days after breaking out of prison. >> a dramatic shift in the search area as the investigation moves from one side of new york state to another. kelly wright is here now following the latest developments. >> police in new york are investigating what they call a credible new lead in the massive search for two convicted killers. here are the latest developments. hundreds of police are on the lookout as at first they were searching in new york near the fence pennsylvania border where there were reports of escapees following the train tracks. the news search is based on evidence found in a hunting cabin in the woods in the village of owl's head. dna evidence was reportedly found showing the men may have broken into the camp. the manhunt for convicted killers david sweat and richard matt is causing people in the area to stay vigilant. >> we are prepared because being in the country we think we should be ready for anything like this. not really

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. let's get right to the fox news alert. small town. >> we are learning brand new information about exactly who was supposed to be behind the wheel of the get away car that never showed up. jackie ibanez joins us on the search. >> reporter: the manhunt for the killers heading south to the tiny up state new york town of wills borough. they hoovered over head as u.s. marshals and department of corrections officers turned their focus to one local farm. this in response to a tip of two suspicious men spotted walking a i long a deserted road at night then darting into the woods. one local farmer describing the manhunt. >> i was a little concerned that it was more than just a call that they had gotten. so the next thing i know they are filing in here one car after another. then they start bringing the

fox co-host ainsley earhardt is with us. >> we all hate this that it's happening here in this great city. i'm here with a represent it tiff who represents this great area. i know europe reallyyou were really good friend with representative pinckney. you were a republican he was a democrat. >> there are hundreds of people behind me waiting to take a picture, waiting to lay flowers. he was a senator and a great man that was called to serve god at a young age while he was still a teen-ager. he is what the president the of student body at allen university. he was a man who always thought before he spoke, he had a fantastic big booming voice. when he spoke, people listened. a man of honesty and integrity. he will be sorely missed. >> any stories that come to mind? >> absolutely. being one of the more conservative members in the south carolina house, it's sometimes unusual to work with democrats. my very first bill dealt with concussions in student athletes and dealing with children. senator pinckney took a fantastic interest. once i passed it out of the house, i went to him and he was the fir

. >> i'm ainsley earhardt. thanks for waking thumb early. 59 minutes after the hour.ederal government hit by a massive cyberattack and china might be behind it all. information of millions of federal workers stolen. >> kristin fisher live for us with the latest on the data breach. good morning. >> reporter: this is a massive data breach. perhaps the biggest cyberattack in american history. the fbi is investigating but u.s. officials are already saying that they believe chinese hackers are behind it 4 million federal employees have had their identifying information compromised. we're talking names, addresses and social security numbers of the entire federal workforce. almost every single federal agency could be affected. now, almost as soon as the news broke u.s. officials pointed fingers at hackers based in china perhaps with ties up to the chinese government but they say the -- the chinese government says they had nothing to do with it and a spokesman said "jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusations is not responsible and counterproductive." if that p

. >> ainsley? >> people are so sensitive so defensive. i agree.tle bit. this started when he was talking about not wanting to speak or do a comedy routine in colleges because they didn't get his humor. they're so pc. >> katelin jenner bruce jenner. i don't know. >> yes. >> his mother calls him bruce, so whatever. he's getting this arthur ash award for courage. what is your thoughts? >> he says other candidates better ex better exemplify. you've got noah galloway fighting for our country, lost his arm, his leg. >> this is like barack obama getting the nobel peace prize. okay? >> why do you say that? >> there are so many when you comes to other people a young woman playing basketball with brain cancer who died he should get an award for courage for coming out as republican. when you look at the international reaction. >> sigh dyan >> this is women going through something tough every day. i think jenner could refuse the award for these reasons >> i guarantee other people are more deserving. you have a veteran, someone who died that would be a good mo

. >> celebrate with a donut who wants to toss to ainsley. the commemoration well. >> why don't you enjoy your breakfast. i'll tell you what's happening in the newsroom. let me start with this the family of the boston terror suspect who plotted to dehead police officers say they're sfun stunned he's being connected to isis. usaama rahim's track to isis has been years in the making. ranting on facebook about getting a call from the feds. rahim was shot and killed on tuesday when he lunged at police with a knife. his nephew is now under arrest. >>> a group of good samaritans comes to the rescue of this tourist in new york city. they tackle a mugger who stole her bag in broud day right. he briefly got away but the cops arrest him two blocks away. the woman was not hurt. he got her bag back with everything still in it. >>> and a while ride caught on camera after an inmate steals an ambulance. wow. chicago police say that michael buckner was being taken to the hospital from jail after having a medical issue. he escaped his restraints hope in the a

. >> what happiness about ainsley earhardt? >> she's going to join us in just a little bit.ctually returned from charleston south carolina. her home state. we begin with this fox news alert. >> the charleston community coming together to grieve yesterday. hundreds of people packing the emanuel church since the first service since the gunman murdered nine innocent people in hate. >> ainsley joins us now with some of those details. what she saw and where we're going. >> it was an incredible, emotional service. the church opened four days after the shooting rampage. ♪ ♪ >> hundreds of people packing those pews joining together in prayer and in song with a focus on forgiveness. ♪ >> our spirits may have been crushed but we're not broken by any means, standing taller knowing god. you will never, ever leave us alone. >> hundreds more stayed outside of that church singing along as speakers on the street broadcast that service. hours later, a stunning scene across charleston's ravenel bridge as many as 20,000 including my sister who was in the group, to honor the people who were kil

i'm ainsley earhardt filling in for elizabeth this morning. a fox news alert. captured -- look at this david sweat on the run no more. the cold-blooded killer shot twice by police and now lying in critical condition. >> the nightmare is finally over. took 22 days now that we have mr. sweat it gives us the opportunity to ask more questions and provide more facts on the overall situation. >> we are live on the ground straight ahead with peter doocy. >> and republicans fired up about the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage. >> when we believe the courts have a right to bypass the process of law, and we've seen it this week in two cases. >> but is it the court's role to make law? we're going to report and you will decide. >> and it's arnold and me finally one-on-one. >> you know what? i want to show my body too. let's be honest. >> the question is have you gotten rid of your chest hair? >> what? he asked me -- he's allowed to ask me questions because i'm italian. i have a lot of chest hair -- half italian. wasn't i supposed to be asking the questions? the for

ainsley, good morning to you. what do we know?ce are now questioning this female prison worker who they believe was wooed by one of the escapees richard mat. they think she wooed her to help him and david sweat in this escape. helicopters, search dogs and roadblocks throughout upstate new york and even parts of canada. >> they can be literally anywhere. we had a rapid response. we're leaving no stone unturned. >> police say these two. here interest their pictures. they are extremely dangerous men. and the public should not approach these guys if you see them. 48-year-old richard matt ruthlessly tortured then kill his 76-year-old boss back in 1997. then he fled down to mexico where he killed another man in a bar fight. and then 34-year-old david sweat is a cop killer serving a sentence of life without parole convicted of first degree murder for killing a sheriff's deputy back in 2002. police are trying to determine how these two guys got ahold of power tools, cut their way out of their cells, a plan that officials say took a lot of