i am heather cheryleds. >> i am heather nauert. >> brand new details about the boston marathon bombing are learning it was considered a target of opportunity for those bombers. >> the tsarnaev bombers were planning on a 4th of july attack but the bombs came together quicker than expected. peter doocy is live with more. >> we are concerning dzhokhar tsarnaev told us he ait didn't take as long to build the bombs. here on poil ston street it was a target of opportunity. the tsarnaev brothers built four different types of ied's and explosive devices which is unusual for home grown terrorists to build one kind. these brothers built four and they were all effective. sources saying these bombs were likely built inside tamerlan's house not at the dorm at u.s. dartmouth even though we have been learning this week dzhokhar's friends found a backpack in his on campus dorm room containing hallowed out fireworks emptied of their powder. tamerlan tsarnaev's body was released from the medical examiner's office we have no idea where it is. we were able to follow the hearse to a funeral home dire lake

i am heather cheryleds. >> -- heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. another scandal rocking the obama administration this morning. shocking news the justice department secretly obtained two months of phone records from reporters and from editors that work for the associated press. >> this comes as the white house is already on the defense about benghazi and the terror attacks and the irs targeting a conservative group. kelly wright with the newest details on

i am heather cheryleds. >> -- heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. yet another scandal rocking the obama administration this morning. shocking news the justice department secretly obtained two months of phone records from reporters and from editors that work for the associated press. >> this comes as the white house is already on the defense about benghazi and the terror attacks and the irs targeting a conservative group. kelly wright with the newest details on the benghazi investigation. but we start with anna kooiman and the government seizure of secret procedures. unprecedented violation of the freedom of the press. the justice department under fire as attorneys for the associated press say it secretly obtained records for 20 phone lines both work and personal. they scanned several bureaus the press gallery and house of representatives. more than 140 reporters work in the offices where the records were taken. >> they haven't told us what they were looking for or why we didn't get prior notice. this seems to be very broad and we don't really know w

i am heather cheryleds. >> i am patti ann browne. it is 30 minutes after the hour.means it is time for the top 5@5:30. israel is moving anti missile batterys to the north as it braces for possible retaliation from syria. syria warning all options are on the table after the latest air strike on military targets. israel said it will not hesitate to stop chemical and other weapons from getting into the hands of terrorists. this as president obama is coming under fire for failing to act. >> the whole situation is becoming more and more expansive and unfortunately the red line the president has written has been written in disappearing ink. >> the president should establish a safe zone and give weapons to the right people. >> ricard go petilo is a young soccer referee who died after being punched by a player over a disputed call. he had been in a coma over a week. he says she hopes this tragedy will prevent future on-line violence. >> they should think before they do something stupid. i don't want another family to suffer as we have been suffering. >> i should have said o

. >> i am heather cheryleds. it is wednesd -- i am heather childers.hank you for watching "fox & friends first". the white house trying to contain three growing scandals this morning. they are struggling to reflect a barrage of questions. >> clamoring why the justice department swiped associated press records, how the administration handled benghazi and the irs targeting of conservative groups. as you wake up there is brand new information on all three. we will get to that in a moment but first your

. >> i am heather cheryleds. it is wednesd -- i am heather childers.hank you for watching "fox & friends first". the white house trying to contain three growing scandals this morning. they are struggling to reflect a barrage of questions. >> clamoring why the justice department swiped associated press records, how the administration handled benghazi and the irs targeting of conservative groups. as you wake up there is brand new information on all three. we will get to that in a moment but first your 5@5:00. >> brad pitt breaking his center lines about his long time partner's decision to have a double mastectomy. angelina jolie under went the radical procedure after learning she carried the gene mutation. her chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to less than 5. pit says quote it is such a wonderful relief to come through this and not have a specter hanging over our heads to know that's not going to be something that is going to affect us. my most proudest thing is our family, this isn't going to get that. >>> o.j. simpson exp

i am heather cheryleds. >> i am patti ann browne. it is thursday may 9th. thanks for watching "fox & friends first". we begin with a fox news alert. we are following three big stories developing right now. first in cleveland. amanda berry and gina dejesus return to hugs and cheers. their captors are charged with kidnapping and rape. how they were able to keep the girls trapped so long. >> the benghazi whistleblowers finally get their say. >> as a dying declaration, what precisely did he say to you? >> he said it's greg, we are under attack. >> why did no one go to help? we are live in dc breaking down the exclusive testimony. >> the jody arias trial has spoken. >> count one first degree murder guilty. >> you heard it arias guilty of first degree murder. in an exclusive fox interview she says she wants to die. >> i said i would rather get life and it's true today. >> let's get right to the fox news alert out of cleveland. >> police finally charging the 52-year-old former school bus driver who kept three young women locked up in the house of horrors. ariel ca

i am heather cheryleds. >> i am patti ann browne. it is thursday may 9th.nks for watching "fox & friends first". we begin with a fox news alert. we are following three big stories developing right now. first in cleveland. amanda berry and gina dejesus return to hugs and cheers. their captors are charged with kidnapping and rape. how they were able to keep the girls trapped so long. >> the benghazi

i'm heather childress, now back to cheryl.d a bridge collapses. good to see you. over 31 million americans expected to hit the road this holiday weekend. judge nearly $0.14 since last month. peter is checking gas prices. i imagine some serious recommendations. >> the unofficial start of the summer holiday season. the moral the weekend. the highest gas prices for our moral they hate states it's about $4 per gallon. the aaa says this is due in par to higher oil prices. recently also because of problems and maintenance at refineries. take a listen. refineries' spring often conducts these amendments in order to maintain a continue operations throughout the year. we have seen some of the larges refineries in the country and midwest that shut down for maintenance. we also had a few other reductions have problems. >> they did survey travelers. two-thirds are not appointed changed their plans. higher gas prices would affect this travel plans. there would economize in other areas. a percent said they would take shorter trips and 3 perc

cheryl mills yes, hillary clinton no. bill: we have a couple more aged to get to. including democratic reaction to what we watched yesterday. that's forthcoming on america's newsroom. heather: we are going to take a live look at capitol hill where where -- where hearings on the boston bombings are getting underway. bill: new trouble for carnival cruise lines after two passengers small overboard on the coast of australia. a search underway for the missing couple. surveillance video shows the couple falling off a deck 65 miles offshore. they are not sure if the couple jumped or if that was an accident. heather: the first hearings on the boston bombings is underway on capitol hill. lawmakers looking into answers for potential intelligence failures that could have let the two suspects slip through the cracks. among those testifying boston police commissioner edward davis. catherine what is the focus of today's hearing? >> reporter: at the hearing they are investigating whether stove piping or the lack of sharing of information, what was associated with the 9/11 attacks had a role in the leadup to the boston marathon bombings. in 2011 the fbi and the cia were contacted about it