. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is tuesday october the 30th.hank you for watching "fox and friends first. let's get to the extreme weather we are experiencing that is monster storm sandy lashing out at the northeast leaving millions and millions of people without power. at least 16 people dead so far. take a look at some of these incredible images we have gotten in. in queens new york towned power lines sparking a massive fire there. you can see that in the top box. in norfolk virginia front yards completely flooded there. one of the hard ets hit areas jersey shore. atlantic city is now under water. >> we live team coverage for you this morning. todd is live and marine awe molina in the weather center kelly wright in virginia beach. >> i am being told we are going to start with you, maria. we need to find out where this storm is and where it is heading. >> it made land fall yesterday outside of the atlantic city area. not so much because of the rainfall mostly because of the storm surge. that is also a record that we set across the area. motor

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is tuesday october the 2nd.hank you for watching fox and friends first. we start with your 5@5:00. a bombshell new report detailing massive waste of tax payer money leading to the resignation of a top veteran's affair official. stepping down after the inspector general report revealing last year costs $6.1 million. >>> some of you i know are wondering what someone like me is doing in a place like this talking to people like you. what i don't know -- >> this spoof of the movie patton was produced just for that event. it had a price tag of 50,000 dollars. in addition the conference org nierzs gave themselves 43,000 in bonuses. an amtrak train derails after it collides with a tractor trailer. 20 people were hurt. the train was headed from oakland to bakers field that's when the truck through right through the gate. passengers were tossed around including a new born baby. >> the seat in front of us was ripped out and fell on top of him. i had to lift the seat up and i found him in his car seat. >>> a thank goodness

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. hope you had a great weekend. it is monday october the 1st. october the 1st. >> it is time for the top 5@5:00. the supreme court begins a new term today. it could include significant cases following last term's landmark decision to uphold obama care. on the docket an affirmative action place where a white woman claims she was rejected from the un oo university un of texas because of her race. gay marriage laws and hear challenge to the voting rights act. >>> a fox news alert for you. three nato troops and a translator killed in a homicide bombing in eastern afghanistan along with at least 10 other people. the attacker drove a motorcycle packed with explosives right into the troops that were patrolling a market. the taliban claiming responsibility for this. the attack comes a day after two americans were killed in a shootout between afghan american troops. >>> two people are dead and one person in critical condition after a shooting at a florida vfw post. a motorcycle club several arms men reportedly showed up firi

in new york, ainsley earhardt, fox news. during tooight's presidential debatee... some experts will pe busy analyzznn the ody contenders. professor karen bradley has been stuuying the movements of the politicians for years. as a certified movement verbal behaviors of political - leaders... and has some advise for the this year's presidenniil conttnders. (on romney)"i would really work with mitt omney on breathing.. and becoming more grounded in his body so he doesn't do that shifting"(on obbma)"i would work with barrack obama ((butt too)) he has a strange phhasing takes strange pauses.. " " the debate takee pllae tonight in denver. stay tuned to fox45 morning news for continuing coverage pf the debate.we goolive to denver with a prevvew.. coming up in our 6 o'clock hour. many parents, teachers and students are leavinggthe car beeind this morning..and are walking to school. today is interrational walk to school day.many area pre-school, elementary, and middle schhols are particpating.the dayss s creating safer routes for waaking and biking... a cleaner enviornment..

i am ainsley earhardt. it is monday october the 8th. it is time for your 5@5:00. new developments in the case of a missing colorado girl who vanished while she was walking to school in westminster colorado last week. cops are expanding the search after they found a backpack a water bottle in a neighboring town. they say they believe it belongs to 10-year-old jessica ridge way. the items were found about 6 miles away in the town of superior. ridge way's grandmother says the girl visited missouri 6 weeks ago. >> it is really hard we can't be there with the rest of her family and be there in a door to door search. >> the father is also fighting for custody of the little girl right now but they do not believe she is with them. >> overnight a member of the house committee is searching for a fact finding mission in libya this after a major hearing probing the terror attack which killed ambassador and three americans. utah congressman telling fox news it was clear those on the ground asked for more personnel to secure the consulate in be benghazi. rather than letting sec

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. thanks for watching fox and friends first. it is october the 3rd. >> it is the final count down to president obama and mitt romney tonight. the first presidential debate taking place in denver, colorado. peter doocy is here. we are going to get right to it. he is live for us in washington with a preview. good morning, peter. >> good morning, heather. vice president biden was down in charlotte north carolina yesterday talking about tax policies and the differences between democrats and republicans when he came out and said the middle class has been buried since president obama took office. >> this is deadly ernst. how they can justify raising taxes to the middle class has been buried for the last 4 years. how in the lord's name can they justify it? >> now instead of focusing solely on tonight's denver the obama campaign is doing damage control even though the vice president changed had. some of the harm done once to the strong middle class republicans are taking the comments and running with it. >> vice president biden just tod

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt.e top of the hour. >> we begin this half hour with a fox news extreme weather alert after monster storm sandy. >> the trail of ruin she is leaving behind up and down the east coast is unimaginable. it could be days or weeks before we actually know the full extent of sandy's effect. >> i am shocked. i heard one cottage had been taken out to sea then you found out there were four that just vanished. they are completely gone. >> total despair this morning as new pictures emerge at the damage of this historic and deadly storm. we have live team coverage as people try to pick up those pieces. >> the new jersey shore one of the hardest hit areas for us in the northeast. sand washed over several toacoal towns burying them unber water. many are saying they will start to rebuild. >> in southern new jersey, the hardest hit state by the storm. good morning, jennifer. how are things looking there to you? >> good morning to you guys. new jersey certainly took the brunt of it. the small community we

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. it is monday october the 29th. we have a busy morning to bring you. thank you for getting up with us and watching "fox & friends first". the entire northeast including major cities from washington to boston bracing for sandy. it is a monster storm. it is projected to bring life threatening storm surges with hurricane force winds and even heavy snow to some parts of west virginia. in the meantime sandy has shut down some airlines mountain transit into the new york area. the new york stock exchange stools a schools and banks as w. >> we have live team coverage for you. peter doocy sis live in delawar. mriz bette pran in the outer banks of north carolina. first we start with maria molina for the latest on sandy's path. where is sandy now? >> it is more than 300 miles away from the new york city areas to the south and southeast. we have an update from the national hurricane center. hurricane center moves through the storm and found out sandy has further intensified. the pressure dropped m

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for watching fox and friends first. >> state department leasing more chilling information about the benghazi terror attacks. hillary clinton trying to down-play the e-mail. >> tonenesia arrested a suspect in the assault. good morning peter. >> good morning patti ann. we got our hands on another e-mail that was sent to dozens of military state department personnel in washington about the attack on the state's house where ambassador stevens and other americans were hiding out. the shelter we know was a cia state house was a kilometer away from the consulate and the new e-mail was sent at 11:57 on september 11th the night of the attack while the attack was still underway. it didn't say anything about an angry mob that was enrageed by a movie trailer but it says state department personnel were under attack by mortar fire. even though we now know within hours that they were under attack by mortar fire we also now know the man in custody right now connected to the attacks posted s

ainsley earhardt is standing by. >> nato ambassadors holding an emergency meeting to discuss a deadly incident between turkey and syria. and turkey military responded by shelling several syrian targets. tensions between the two nations have been flaring since turkey began providing refuge for thoses of seeins fleeing civil war. a rare and deadly meningitis outbreak leesdz to steroid inspections -- injections is spreading. there are 26 reported cases in five states, 18 of them intense-in tennessee. and i'm ainsley earhardt, back to greta. >> as president i will sit down the day after i get elected silt down with democratic leaders as well as republican leader autos governor romney is going to have a busy first day because he's gok also repeal obama care which is not going to be very popular. >> did it help the governor get a foot in the white house door? and your thoughts about the debate? >> this is the night great for the president he delivered on laying out choice for american people and laying out for them this plans for the economy and plans to protect medicare from being voucheri

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt.achusetts taking action against the pharmacy at the center of a deadly outbreak of meningitis. moves are underway to revoke the license of the new england compounding center. a preliminary investigation found visible specks of fungus in steroids link to the outbreak and the drugs were sent out before test results could determine if they were sterile. 23 have died and more than 300 sickened. 300 more non-citizens suspected on the colorado state voter rolls. the office said that 141 people who received letters appeared to be noncitizens, based on the federal immigration database. i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to gret a. thanks for watching fox. the fox business k giving you the power to prosper. >> greta: 13 days until election day and it leads straight to ohio. why? ohio, griff jenkins spoke one on one with john kasich. >> reporter: governor, a matter of days now, what is going to drive ohioans to vote for governor romney? >> i think people are trying to figure out what we're going to

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt.e prices in california hitting a record high for the third day in a row. triple-a says the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is $4.67, the highest in the nation. supply problems raising california price, 50 cents in the past week. the governor ordering the early production of a winter blend of gasoline to bring those prices down. that's not expected to happen for several days. the first privately-runned supply mission to the international space station is expected to arrive on wednesday. this is how it looked when the space "x" dragon capsule launched in may. it was bring egg half ton of supplies to the three-member crew. nas's contracted with space "x" to handle 12 supply missions. i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to "on the record" with gret a. thanks for watching fox. n infected across nine states. eight have died. the manufacturer pulling its products off the market. now back to greta. >> greta: okay. we need some viewer help on this one. help us understand david axelrod's

. >> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt.ecords show there were calls for more protection in libya, leading up to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi on september 11. the u.s. mission documented 230 security incidents during the past year. two security officers claim they asked for additional security but they didn't receive it. the aparticular on the u.s. consulate in benghazi killed four americans, including ambassador chris seven stevens. the national highway traffic safety administration is about to announce that thousands of cars might have faulty airbags that were illegally install during the past 3 years and might not inflate properly. you can check online it see if your vehicle model is affected. an announcement is scheduled for later today. back to "on the record," thanks for watching fox. have a great morning. earhardt,o "on the record" with greta. >> the mideast is exploding with anti-american violence and our nation is $16 trillion in debt. what is the focus of the presidential race right now? you guessed

let's go to the newsroom, where ainsley earhardt is standing by with the other headlines. >> hey, thankformer penn state assistant football coach, jerry sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, sentenced to 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. three of the victims addressing the court, fighting back tears as they describe what they went through. sandusky spoke and painted him as an innocent victim. he is expected to appeal. a fungalmengitis outbreak is spreading, with more cases in more states. 11 people have died and the number of infected patients growing to 119. new jersey has joined 9 other states reporting these cases. the outbreak linked to a steroid injection, linked to back pain. the company recalling all of their product it is. i'm ainsley earhardt, back to "on the record" with greta. >> the mideast is exploding with anti-american violence and our nation is $16 trillion in debt. what is the focus of the presidential race right now? you guessed it -- sesame street. the obama campaign putting a new ad. its star, big bird. >> one man

. >> i'm ainsley earhardt. state department voicing concern over a lack of cooperation between the u.s. and libyan investigators. the statement comes three weeksar the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. libya's president saying tuesday, they welcome u.s. investigators, but the fbi says it's too dangerous for its agents to reach benghazi. the september 11 attack killed u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three others. the whistle-blower in the case against jerry sandusky, suing the university for million, claiming that the university's handling of the case caused him distress and embarrassment. he maintains that he told the school he witnessed sandusky abusing a boy in 2001. sandoveningy was convicted on 45 counts of sexual abuse. i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to "on the record" with greta. has debate advice for governor mitt romney. we spoke with donald trump earlier. nice to talk to you. >> hi, greta. >> greta: all right. i read your twitter account all the time, apparently, you have lots of

i'm ainsley earhardt.nks for watching. >> the former head of the cia bin laden unit expressing utter disbelief to the administration's response to the libya attack. >> question number 1 is who with good conscience could sit and watch 7 hours of videos of americans being attacked and no one going to their rescue? >> joining us, our political panel. now -- that's not a good sign that you are celebrating your 25th wedding anniversary with us with the four of us. you get the first question... the libya impact on the story on the election? >> yeah. i don't know. because it's so close to the election, at this point, the administration is saying, hey, look, this was raw intelligence. it was not a final report. the big problem i think is less in what you see in those three or four emails, but the whole question of why there was this security lapse and why there was no plan to sort of come and help these people? >> greta: i have a question to you, steven, if the president of the united states, if people are suspici

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am patti ann browne. it is friday october 26th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> let's get right to it. an extreme weather alert hurricane sandy taking same at the east coast. deadly in the caribbean. 21 people have been killed so far. >> now they are bracing for impact. in the northeast people here preparing for sandy. combined with a snowstorm to become frank enstorm. janice dean is tracking sandy. >> the stoecrm is still a hurricane. we are going to watch the track as we head into the weekend and early next week because we think this storm will make land fall not as a hurricane but as a hybrid sort of a hurricane inside the center of a foehr easter. somethi -- another eanor' easter. the perfect storm scenario will unfold instead of it being offshore like in 1991 it will come on shore and cause perhaps a lot of problems. you can see some of the outer bands spreading across florida. we will update you on that. looks like we are still going to see the potential for some surf certainly some big waves rain waned along

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time for your 5@5:00. the deadly meningitis outbreak might effect more people than originally thought. 13,000 people might have received that tainted shot. so far 8 people have died. 105 cases are being reported in nine states. experts say there's no way to know how many people will get sick. the pharmacy which made these shots which are used to treat back pain has now shut down and recalled all of the products. >> the house committee hearing on the benghazi attack. andy wood head of the special forces security team will testify before congress. security were ignored by the state department. this while more details emerged knew within one day the attack could have been tear rim. fox news learning patrick kennedy aid of secretary of state hillary clinton calls it a sophisticated complicated attack. bob corker is searching for answers for the attack. corker revealing they are examining security camera footage from that compo

. >>> our political panel here in just 60 seconds but first, ainsley earhardt with deadlines.. >> international union stripping lance armstrong of his seven titles. accepting a u.s. antidoping agency report of a doping program involving armstrong saying armstrong has quote no place in cycling and he deserves to be forgoten. the tour defrance director wants all of the money armstrong won to be returned. massachusetts pharmacy linked to that deadly meningitis outbreak was cleared after an inspection. that inspection of the new england compounding center was not the result of a complaint. waits required because the company was planning to update it's facility. the outbreak tied to steroid shots. 23 dies and 300 sickened. back to greta. >> i will not cut our military budget by a trit yil dollars a combination of cuts as well as sequester cuts. that is making our future less sek tour. >> there is not something i proposed. >> into the dinl debate, the president and governor in a dead heat so did this chaempk it? sam youngman from routers and doing the impossible tell me what you think viewers thought

and i'm ainsley earhardt, back to greta. >> as president i will sit down the day after i get electedilt down with democratic leaders as well as republican leader autos governor romney is going to have a busy first day because he's gok also repeal obama care which is not going to be very popular. >> did it help the governor get a foot in the white house door? and your thoughts about the debate? >> this is the night great for the president he delivered on laying out choice for american people and laying out for them this plans for the economy and plans to protect medicare from being voucherized i think we came away with look, american people don't want an attacker in chief they want a commander in chief. the president was calm and steady. they're going to have a clear understanding what he'll do in four years. >> you've seen people have said i hate this win, lose bit but people have been disappointed tonight but after tonight and tomorrow, when the sun prizes -- rises is there anything that governor romney said tonight that you think tomorrow we're going find out the fact was wrong? th

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for joining us. thanks so much for watching fox and friends first. we have a busy morning. let's get right to our extreme weather alert. >> at the hour more than 50 people are bracing for what could be the worst storm in two generations. >> the eye of hurricane sandy is making land fall in atlantic city new jersey bringing this 75 mile per hour winds heavy rains and life threatening storm surges. >> new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c. and boston already shut down. we have live team coverage for you this morning. peter doocy is live in delaware todd barns in new york city. what can you tell us? >> the center of sandy is located 280 miles to the ooets of north carolina. we are seen with tropical storm like conditions in southeastern virginia and even across the state of maryland. we are talking about rainfall situation that could receive 10 inches. now again the outer rain bands already producing heavy rains on the order of half an inch of rin fer hour. already picking up through wind gusts 3

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for getting up with us. it is tuesday october 30th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". sandy slamming the east coast with a direct hit moving on to ravage even more of the northeast. nearly 5 million people. 5 million people are in the dark this morning. the monster storm is also responsible for at least 16 deaths so far. >>> take a look here at some of the images that are coming in. in queens new york downed power lines sparksing a massive fire. 50 homes destroyed overnighted. in norfolk virginia front yards completely destroyed by the fire. some of the hardest hit areas the jersey shore where strong winds really whip around these traffic lights in see side heights. atlantic city sunder water. >> we have live team coverage for you. kelly wright is in delaware, todd starnes in new york city. maria molina in our weather center tracking the storm telling us where it is going. we are going to start in new york with todd. good morning. >> good morning. i have to tell you the big story is the fire in q

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt., american airlines inspecting the seats on eight 757 jets. passenger seats coming loose during american flights on saturday and monday. a spokesperson says there could be a problem with the way the seats are secured. the faa is investigating now. there is no indication that the situation could be related to the tensions between labor and management for the airline. the airline filing for bankruptcy and cutting labor costs and laying off maintenance workers. we have new information on last thursday's shooting in a minnesota sign shop, where five people died. the gunman was an employee. he worked his shift. he was told to meet with his boss. he was fired for poor performance and then opened fire after getting his last paycheck. he later took his own life. i'm aindz. back to "on the record" with greta. thanks for watching. turning president obama's secret weapon against him. the american crossroads ad takes vicious hits at president obama, but the brutal blow comes when the president's r

i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to greta. donald trump has debate advice for governor mitt romney.spoke with donald trump earlier. nice to talk to you. >> hi, greta. >> greta: all right. i read your twitter account all the time, apparently, you have lots of followers -- >> lots. >> greta: lots indeed. one of your recent tweets is, if president obama mentions governor mitt romney's tax returns in tomorrow's debate, then governor romney should ask for president obama's college records and applications. you really think he should do ha? >> absolutely. i don't know that he will. i hope he does. maybe one of the mod raters will do t. it's a question that she we should know and an answer we should know. he is supposed to be the transparent president. he is the least transparent president in the history this country. many people have done it. many people have given those records and many presidents have given them. there would be nothing wrong with him going it. >> greta: suppose it's the modserator and president obama is just fine with the number of tax returns that governor rom romney h