i'm heather childers. business and for the latest headlines, log on to foxnews.com. >> another u.s. city is growing broke. this time it's san bernardino, the beautiful city known for the mountains and a mountain of debt. and this municipality to file for bankruptcy since june, it sounds bad, but dagen, you said that going bust in this case is pretty good? >> you've got to do what it takes if you with a nt to get rid of the liabilities, if you want to cut the payouts in retirement to workers, if you want to right yourself, if you've got to go bankrupt. so be it. it's a warning sign for municipalities across the country of the damage it can do. the people in the towns, maybe till keep people and keeping them from getting drunk on debt. nobody is scared about california one of the best performing municipal band categories in the country this year, second only to-- >> if this is good news, imagine, you get three limits and this is the third bankruptcy, but it's good news. do you agree with that? >> no, i will

i am heather childers. oo i'm heather nauert. homeland security documents revealing that you are going to get stuck paying for the controversial immigration plan. it will cost taxpayers over $350 millions in just the first year. it would let young illegal immigrants to stay in the u.s. it would allow illegals with felony convictions into the country and more shocking illegals convicted of crimes under state immigration laws will be allowed to stay here. >>> an ohio deli owner shows someone opening the security door as the president talks about his records for small business. the owner of the delhi says she never gave the campaign commission to use her store and says the store has lost business because of it. the manager told her the filming was for a survey on stores. they admit that may be true. >>> dramatic video showing firefighters rescuing a woman from a raging fire. >>> the firefighters helmet camera capturing the daring rescue in an apartment complex in saint charles, missouri. the blaze tearing through the building. lucki

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us at the top of the hour. >> they are examining billeing billed as america's come back team. paul ryan and mitt romney will be campaigning in florida and iowa. the two men leaving ryan's home state on a high note after one of the largest rallies to date. heather nauert is live in brookfield, wisconsin. it was an especially emotional night for congressman ryan. >> it sure was as he took the stage and looked out across the crowd of supporters he has a huge family in the state of wisconsin. it brought tears to his eyes you can see him wipe those tears away. you don't see anything like that from a presidential candidate. >> this is the largest campaign event more than 10,000 people turning out. backed up more than miles to get in. >> it is no surprise as many people turned out as they did simply because congressman paul ryan has been pretty darned popular in the state. >> his congressional district which is not too far from here he has con reelection by more than 51

i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne. today is august 29th. thank you for watching "fox rand friends first. a touching night at the republican convention. ann romney and chris christie making their case to the country for mitt romney. >> he loves america. he will take us to a better place just as he took me home safely from that dance. give him that chance. >> it is time to end the era of ab sen see leadership in the oval office and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and america needs them right now. >> we will have more on the rnc in a moment but first an update on hurricane isaac. category 1 storm bearing down on the gulf coast right now. we have live team coverage for you. in a moment we will go with phil keating live in theodore, alabama. >> meteorologist ma roa molina right here in the extreme weather center. but first we go to jonathan live in new orleans where isaac has been hoovering all night long. jonathan? >>> johnathan can you hear me? a windy situation as isaac makes land fall. >> in

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. it is tuesday august 14th. thank you watching "fox & friends first". >> if i am totime for your top . fox news confirming new jersey governor chris christie will give the covenant keynote address at the national convention. christie saying quote the challenges we face as a country are great and require the boldness of the romney ryan team. they have >> he will deliver that keynote speech at the convention. >> a gag order in the aurora movie massacre case. it prevents them from releasing information about suspect james holmes. it keeps documents like the rays and search warrants from becoming public. the judge says releasing the information would jeopardize his right to a fair trial. >> george zimmerman's lawyer says he does not plan to use florida's controversial stand your ground statute in his defense. omira plans to argue zimmerman was acting in self defense when he shot trayvon martin in self defense. if the suj agrees the charges could be dropped omira is filing an appeal to get the current judge removed f

. >> live interest america's news headquarters, i'm heather childers. iran claims it successfully test fired a short range ballistic missile. this is iranian state tv. what it claims as the fourth generation rocket. and if the defense minister has improved accuracy and a range of 185 miles, iran is pushing to upgrade its missiles which can target israel and other parts of the region. and a close call at a detroit metro airport. f.a.a. officials saying a delta flight from phoenix and a small regional jet coming dangerously close to each other while attempting to land last night. one passenger saying that he could see the other plane clearly from his window. and coming days after three u.s. airways jet, at reagan international airport. i'm heather childress. back to you. >> your next airport patdown could cost you even more. the clueded from this deal, which is not about the work they're doing, this is about like vacation hours and work shifts and actually we haven't seen the deal yet. but they're also not included in the deal and you're going to see happ

i'm heather childers. >> rick: i'm rick folbaum. thanks for joining for a brand-new hour.and congressman paul ryan appearing ashland, virginia as official running mates after the announcement. new g.o.p. team headed to virginia for a third and final rally for the day. carl cameron is on his way and journeying us live on the phone. carl, is there a bit of change in the atmosphere. you've been out for governor romney for months now. what is it like today? >> there are days he is up and down and there are days like today he is really up. you could see it. he was more enthusiastic and more interacting with the crowd and interacting with his new running mate mr. paul ryan. not the thing that has happened with him in the early stages of the primary battle. paul ryan has an effect. clearly the crowd welcomed him to the ticket. they are enthusiastic about the prospects of the house budget chairman bringing his brand of conservative to the romney agenda, marrying that in campaign that will out of the president and create a mandate. they believe by putting paul ryan on this ticket i

. >> i am heather childers. it is thursday august 2nd. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". now time for the top 5 at 5:00. we begin with a major scare at reagan national airport where three planes reportedly came within seconds of crashing mid air. the crisis involves three u.s. airways commuter jets carrying a total of 192 people. air traffic controllers apparently became confused after bad weather caused several flight delays in the area and planes were rerouted. that's when they reportedly signalled two planes to take off in the flight path of a third plane that was coming in for a landing. the faa is investigating. we will have a live report with more coming up shortly. heather? >>> after two-days of testimony the judge in the drew peterson case could declare a mistrial today. this after the defense argued peterson's former neighbor tainted the jury by testifying peterson left a bullet in his driveway to intimidate him. possibly because he was one of the first people to discover the body of peterson's third wife kath

i am heather childers. >> good morning. i am heather nauert. it is august 3rdrd. >> now time for the top 5 at 5:00. the latest turn in the fast and furious scandal as the former director of the bureau of tobacco firearms has less the agency william hoover who was the atf from douse 9 to 2011 was reassigned during a staff shake-up. his resignation comes days after a scathing congressional report on the operation with him and other officials. >>> announce syria for the ongoing violence taking place there. this is kofi annon because russia and china won't sign for allies who are pushing for stronger actions against the regime. >> the increase in mill tearzation on the ground and the clear lack of unity in the security council have fundamentally changed the second census for the effective exercise of my role. >> annan saying assad must leaf office as the violence continues to escalate. >> nuclear plant built after the 9-11 attacks nuclear protestors temporarily shutting down the nation's only plant for handling processing and storing weapons grade

i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert. it is 30 minutes past the hour. the top five stories making news for you at this hour. astounding news that our nation's deficit is at the highest level since 1946 during world war ii. accumulating over 31,000 worth of debt wakesup americans about the debt crisis. the national debt around $16 trillion. >> an update on the case of the two missing cousins from iowa. the f bishg is now sayi -- fbi s saying the driver of this white van is not a suspect. they contacted police after he saw a news report about that photo that was taken a few miles from where elizabeth collins and cook were last seen on july the 13th. he said the van belongs to his family business and this is a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> watch as this driver goes on a wild ride through a texas gas station crashing right through the front of the convenience store. the clerk goes flying and amazingly gets right back up on his feet. heather who wouldn't. he suffered a couple of bumps and bruises. they charged the woman behind the wh

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> time for the top 5@5:00. we begin in the state of colorado where accused dark knight shooter james holmes is ready to appear in court today. they are trying to release his college records. he was a medical student at the university of colorado before he dropped out in june. not one but three mental health professionals he consulted them in the months leading up to the massacre. he faces 24 counts of first degree murder that is two for each victim he shot and killed. pretrial hearing from accused thp is going to hurt at the end of the nigh approaches. no new date has been set for the hearing. >>> a terrifying freak accident left two people dead. they were trying to help victims of a car crash. the live wires from the power pole hit the water. then they were electrocuted. five others felt the volt. >> they couldn't help the woman on the ground because of the live wire. nobody could do anything because of the live wire in water. it was hor

i am heather childers. >> good morning. i am heather nauert. it is august 3rdrd. >> now time for the top 5 at 5:00. the latest turn in the fast and furious scandal as the former director of the bureau of tobacco firearms has less the agency william hoover who was the atf from douse 9 to 2011 was reassigned during a staff shake-up. his resignation comes days after a scathing congressional report on the operation with him and other officials. >>> announce syria for the ongoing violence taking place there. this is kofi annon because russia and china won't sign for allies who are pushing for stronger actions against the regime. >> the increase in mill tearzation on the ground and the clear lack of unity in the security council have fundamentally changed the second census for the effective exercise of my role. >> annan saying assad must leaf office as the violence continues to escalate. >> nuclear plant built after the 9-11 attacks nuclear protestors temporarily shutting down the nation's only plant for handling processing and storing weapons grade

. >> heather: i'm heather childers.ng up the political world with the addition of paul ryan. they are not wasting any time going after president obama. listen to this. >> president obama with his party firmly in control first two years had everything pass in the law that he wanted. now, we're living under those policies. now, we're witnessing a nation in debt, further in doubt, deeper into despair. now, we're seeing a country where after the recession so-called recovery is the worst we've seen in 70 years. unemployment above 8% the entire time. >> heather: and now with more on all the big happenings today that have been following the story, carl cameron. >> reporter: we're on our way to menassus for the third and final stop with running mate paul ryan. during the first two outings lots of boisterous enthusiasm as well as from mitt romney that has backed a little juice from his presence on the trail. there is no question they will try to specify the day to day attacks. what whether paul ryan, he made it very clear they a

i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne. it is 29 minutes after the hour.an extreme weather alert for you. you are looking at lake ponchatrain, louisiana. you can see strong winds. they are already picking up wild waives. tropical storm isaac closing in on new orleans expected to hit tonight or early tomorrow morning as a hurricane. elizabeth is live on the ground with the latest. >> hi, heather. you said they were start to go deteriorate. they are. we are start to go get a little bit of rain. that is consistent with this type of storm. it is spore ratic a huge storm people being affected hundreds of miles away. authorities told us if you didn't leave yesterday and you live in a low lying area you were under a mandatory warning. it's too late. they wanted people to get out yesterday. they had a false sense of security. people who stayed are hunkering down for the next 42 hours. the system will cover over the state of louisiana dropping anywhere from 18-24 inches of rain after that it is still a flood issue. a lot of the area the water has nowhere to go. aut

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the hour. >> it is time for the top 5@5:30. a san francisco couple accusing united airlines of losing their child and not even seeming to care. an any and carrie say their 10-year-old daughter was traveling by herself to michigan when she missed her layover in chicago. they called united and begged several different reps to figure out what happened. they say two hours and several brushoffs later the airline finally admitted the unaccompanied minor service simply forgot to show up and escort phoebe to her next flight. she did end up getting safely to michigan. the luggage arrived three-days late. united is apologizing and rev w reviewing their complaint. >>> the long island neighborhood rocked by this a house explosion an 18 months old boy was killed. 17 others injured. they felt their own home shake and debris was scattered every where. many rush to do help police and firefighters rescue people from the rubble. >>> we need help, we need help we heard. i ran to the house. i tried to help as much as i can. >> i see the house shat

i am heather childers. it is 31 past the top of the hour. now to an extreme weather alert.ropical storm isaac coming toward the caribbean. folks from florida to alabama bracing for a possible land fall. it could prevent a huge problem for the thousands who are set to gather in tampa this monday for the republican national convention. rick scott insists they have a backup plan should it make land fall there. but it is too early to tell if this need to use those backup plans: >> anywhere from new orleans to the florida keys you need to be paying close attention to the storm. it is frustrating as a meteorologist because you want to be able to tell people where it is going to hit. but at this point in time we just don't know. 4-5 days out we don't have a good indication. one thing is for sure the storm is trueing to get its act together. you see the deeper reds and purples that is colder cloud pops that indicates a strengthening process but almost looks like it is splitting in two. it is a huge storm. once it moves into the bull of mexico it is going to reach many different are

i'm heather childers. >> i'm kelly wright and governor romney coming off a big night on friday.clint eastwood announcing his support for the governor's bid. molly henneberg has more details. dirty harry coming out in support for mitt romney, make my day. >> molly: very good. klinlt eastwood, in 2008 endorsed mccain. at a fund-raiser in idaho last night, he says his leadership is now more important than ever. >> i think the country needs a boost. >> molly: meanwhile, president obama is celebrating his 51st birthday. he and his family will spend the weekend retreat in maryland. july job numbers and he focused on the 136,000 jobs added last month. more than expected and almost 100,000 more than what was added in june. still he says there is more work to be done. >> we knew when i started in this job that this was going to take some time. we haven't had to come back from economic crisis this deep or this painful since the 1930s but we also know if we were persistent and kept at it and kept working that we'd gradual to get where we need to be. >> molly: on the other hand governor rom

i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne. today is monday august 27th. thanks for watching fox and friends first. >> tropical storm isaac now setting its sights on the gulf cos. the storm is expected to strengthen to a hurricane. it could hit the u.s. wednesday. 7 years to the day that hurricane katrina hit. residents from louisiana to florida we are preparing for isaac some areas even evacuating. senator what is the situation there right now? >>> we are under a local state of emergency at pensacola beach evacuations volume trier evacuations already underway. those began last night. shelters here tote to open first thing in the morning for any one who may need assistance. yesterday we were able to get out with the crew and look what locals are doing to prepare. many are boarding up homes not as many this week. that is many residents rebuilt what is called high impact glass. they are able to sustain winds of 50 miles an hour. one woman i spoke to actually said she is not leaving. she has the high impact glass. she is going to ride out this storm. in the p

. >> i am heather childers in for harris falker it is bottom of the hour and time for the news. >> which campaign has the healthiest plan for medicare. president obama in new hampshire today. and governor mitt romney's running mate in florida. congressman ryan speaking to senior citizens accused president obama for making medicare a piggy bank and the congressman vows to protect the program president obama said the romney-ryan plan for medicare will only cost senior citizens more. >> both florida and new hampshire are key battle ground state. florida with 29 electorial votes. >> a 270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency medicare is taking center stage. look closer at where both sides fall on the issue. here's more on that from washington. >> both president obama and mitt romney say they are trying to save medicare, but they do have very different ways of going about it at campaign stop necessary new hampshire today, the president said since he's been in office there is reforms to extend the life of medicare and expanded the offered. he would eliminate waste and fraud in the

welcome. >> heather: i'm heather childers.ms that it has a missile that can strike with pinpoint precision, sea and land targets. we will have an in-depth report about what this means for our forces in the region and our allies. >> kelly: a trial years in the making, drew peterson faces a jury in the murder case charging him with killing his third wife. judge jeanine pirro joins with us how the trial is going so far. >> heather: some of america's top drivers are making a special effort this weekend to get out the word about two iowa girls missing for over three weeks. we begin with this fox extreme weather alert. upper midweeks the threat of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes are not out of question. a high fire danger across oklahoma. firefighters gaining control of a wildfire there, but not before it destroyed 56 homes, forced evacuations and burned thousands of acres. >> i don't want to lose my home. i don't want my neighbor to lose his house. that's his house there. that's his rental property. it's going. they've been work

i'm heather childers. >> rick: i'm rick folbaum. thanks for joining for a brand-new hour. governor mitt romney and congressman paul ryan appearing ashland, virginia as official running mates after the announcement. new g.o.p. team headed to virginia for a third and final rally for the day. carl cameron is on his way and journeying us live on the phone. carl, is there a bit of change in the atmosphere. you've been out for governor romney for months now. what is it like today? >> there are days he is up and down and there are days like today he is really up. you could see it. he was more enthusiastic and more interacting with the crowd and interacting with his new running mate mr. paul ryan. not the thing that has happened with him in the early stages of the primary battle. paul ryan has an effect. clearly the crowd welcomed him to the ticket. they are enthusiastic about the prospects of the house budget chairman bringing his brand of conservative to the romney agenda, marrying that in campaign that will out of the president and create a mandate. they believe by putting paul

i'm heather childers.come it a brand-new hour inside america's election headquarters. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. glad you're with us. medicare reform, the hot button issue on the campaign trail today. president obama in new hampshire where he is blasting governor mitt romney's proposal saying it would force older americans to pay more so the wealthy can get a tax break. >> heather: but vice presidential nominee paul ryan pitched the plan in the key state of florida. the state with the highest percentage of seniors in the country, by the way. the wisconsin congressman defended the proposal, saying that you have to reform medicare so it doesn't go bankrupt. >> medicare should not be used as a piggy bank for obamacare. medicare should be the promise that it made to its current senior, period, end of story. [ cheers and applause ] >> heather: we have fox team coverage. steve centanni is in washington but we begin with carl cameron. he had a interview with congressman ryan. hi, carl. >> hi, heather. both side

. >> i am heather childers. it is thursday august 9th.or watching "fox & friends first". >> top stories making news at this hour. alaska air jet bound for seattle washington going to san jose. the flight are ontario, california losing enough cabin pressure to alert the passengers that something on board was wrong. the passengers reporting excruciating ear pain. they were able to land safely. they will undergo a detailed inspection. does ohio senator rob portman know something when he talks about becoming vice president. he has been in the senate two years and quote i think that's where i am going to end up staying. congress needs leadership and he can help tackle the deficit and healthcare. >> they are also humble, too. >> now to an update at the temple massacre in wisconsin. the fbi now revealing the gunman mieblg page took his own wife. he shot himself in the head after hit by an officer's bullet in the stomach. page killed 6 people and critically wounded 6 others. he is walking and talking, too despite a bullet lodged in his neck. a st

. >> i am heather childers. it is thursday august 2nd. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". now time for the top 5 at 5:00. we begin with a major scare at reagan national airport where three planes reportedly came within seconds of crashing mid air. the crisis involves three u.s. airways commuter jets carrying a total of 192 people. air traffic controllers apparently became confused after bad weather caused several flight delays in the area and planes were rerouted. that's when they reportedly signalled two planes to take off in the flight path of a third plane that was coming in for a landing. the faa is investigating. we will have a live report with more coming up shortly. heather? >>> after two-days of testimony the judge in the drew peterson case could declare a mistrial today. this after the defense argued peterson's former neighbor tainted the jury by testifying peterson left a bullet in his driveway to intimidate him. possibly because he was one of the first people to discover the body of peterson's third wife kath

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i'm heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> kelly: good to be with you. i'm kellogg kel. d i'm kelly wright. the g.o.p. pair now pitching itself as america's comeback team. we have team coverage of the presidential contest. ed henry is standing by at the white house and carl cameron. he is the road with mitt romney and congressman ryan in the badger state that is where we will start. >> heather: we're starting where carl cameron is. you are there in wisconsin awaiting the home coming rally. how has the reaction been so far? >> big crowds and big enthusiasm. selection as a vice presidential running mate is already done. that was to turn the debate to the issues of balancing the budget will dealing with the government's fiscal pro problems and righting the economy. democrats are trying to say ryan's budgeted is too extreme. republicans are saying these are exactly the issues that have to be faced and democrats should talk. huge crowds in north carolina. more than 89,000 in high point just a short time ago. mr. romney was clear in the type of rhetoric we heard from him for a

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news this hour, a fox news exclusive, our own jennifer griffin has just landed in afghanistan with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. one-on-one interview with the general when she joins us live coming up. >> gregg: this police captain and devout christian is suing his department after he says he was punished for refusing to go to a mosque for a mandatory cultural event. our legal panel weighs in. >> heather: remembering the 9/11 fallen, traveling to ground zero to pay their respects. >> we begin with the race to the white house. democrats and republicans fine tuning their campaigns in the run-up to the party convention. red hot debate over medicare shows no sign of letting up with 79 days left until voters pick the next president. it's anybody's game. latest rasmussen poll gives president obama a very narrow edge over governor mitt romney leading by two points is 45-43. steve is live with more. the issue of medicare continues to be in the spotlight. what is new on

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. man that millions of americans watched step on the dusty surface of the moon nearly four decades ago has passed away. his family says that he died following complications from cardiovascular procedures. he was 82 years old. for a closer look and legacy of the former here is jon scott. >> the eagle has landed. >> i think perhaps a plan plan to be sent to the lunar surface. it's very challenging. >> for a pilot it was a wonderful experience. >> reporter: on july 16th, 1969 neil armstrong blasted off to the moon. his voyage would take him where no man had ever landed before. traveling had women had edwin bus aldrin and michael collins. >> after landing they had hours to stand there 15 feet above the surface. long before we actually got out on the surface we already pretty good appreciation for what the moon was like. >> it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> armstrong made world history when he stepped off the eagle and set foot on the moon on july 20th. hundreds of

. >> i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum heather: we just learned governor romney will head to new orleans to survey the damage. gregg: the governor used much of his speech last night to tell americans that he has a winning with strategy to get them back to work. >> now is the moment we can stand up and say, i'm an american. i make my destiny. we deserve better. my children deserve better. my family deserves better. my country deserves better. [cheers and applause] today the time has come to turn the pain. today the time has come for us to put the disappointments of the last four years behind us. to put aside the divisiveness and recriminations. to forget about what might have been and to look ahead to what can be. now is the time to restore the promise of america. [cheers and applause] president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and heal the planet. my promise, is to help you and your family. [cheers and applause] gregg: steve brown is live in tampa. he joins us now. steve, both campaigns agree that this issue is about jobs and governor romney was pitc

. >> i'm heather childers in for that mack. alongwith the six dead, three children injured including a police officer arriving on the scene. a 20 year veteran of the force and another officer quote, put down the shooter. >> officers responded to a 911 call. because of the heroic actions of our officers they stopped this being worse than it could have been bill: rings leventhal at the shooters house in wisconsin. what do we know about the alleged shooter at this point, rick? >> reporter: we're still gathering information, bill. what we're told wade michael page was 40 years old. he is is an army veteran. served out of the fort bragg and fort list, from april 92 to october of '98. never deployed. received army good conduct medal. humanitarian service medal. he was a psychological operations specialist. he apparently moved into the duplex behind me a couple weeks ago. nabe pours that we had spoken with didn't know the buy. may have just broken with his girlfriend. described as heavily tattooed. some sources say he had white sue pr

. >> heather: this is heather childers. i'm on the air here, too. the community? do you live in the community as well and do you go to the temple? >> i go over there but i live farther away. i don't live in the community. >> gregg: best information you have on your uncle is what? >> he is in critical condition and they took him to the hospital and i haven't heard anything from them. >> heather: you were at work when you received the call? >> yes. >> heather: that your uncle was hospitalized. what did they say to you and who called you? >> i talked to my brother. he was there. people came and told me your brother was on the news. this happened at the temple. so i called them and asked him what is going on. that is all i came to know. at that time, they were not letting go anywhere. so the last thing i talked to him was like two hours ago. he said uncle was in critical condition and they took him to the hospital. that is the last i heard. >> gregg: majik, thank you very much. best wishes to all of you. thank you very much. >>> obviously a difficult da