. >> i am heather childers. it is monday january 14th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time for your 5@5:00. top five stories making news at this hour. a new york newspaper's controversial position to name the addresses and names of people with guns may be the reason for a robbery. no one was home at the time of the break in. one of the two suspects has been caught. the editors of the jourm news continue to defend the decision to publish the information. many say it would help criminals target certain homes. >>> the flu epidemic has people scrambling for vaccinations. doctors and pharmacies are running out of the flu vaccine for kids ages 6 months to four years says it is sold out. there's word of a shortage for the liquid form of tamiflu which is given to children who have the flu to slow or stop the sympto symptoms. the security details returned fire but the gunman sped off. the incident took place four months after the terror attack on the u.s. cobs lat nsulate be which left four people dead including chris steve

. >> i am heather childers. >> we begin with extreme weather. right now there are tornado sirens going off in louisville, kentucky. the storm being described as wild and dangerous. late last night a tornado touched down in mississippi. there are reports of two others hitting arkansas and missouri. several homes have been damaged trees down. this morning there are still tornado warnings as twoeld you in place. then there is indiana. severe storms also damaged homes there knocking out power and forcing roads to close. maria poll lemolina has been tr the storms. >> we are talking about severe weather on this january. we typically don't see temperatures this warm that is why we are eeiseeing severe wear outbreaks. another widespread risk over the panhandle mississippi and through southern pennsylvania. another day where many cities will be impacted by the strong to severe storms possible damaging wind gusts 60 miles an hour. others in itself can cause damage. we have reports of flooding and a flooding threat across places in the great lakes and midw

i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne. it is january 15th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". time now for the top 5@5:00. lance armstrong always denied it. >> i am never taking drugs and incidents like that could never happen. how clear is that. >> that was then this is now. >> a bombshell confession. he admit to do oprah winfrey he took performance enhancing drugs during his career. he visited his live strong cancer foundation before the interview with winfrey. he offered an apology to staff members. there's word armstrong may return some of the $30 million the u.s. postal service paid to sponsor him and testify against cycling officials who knew he doped. the interview is set to air on thursday. >> vice president joe biden will announce his recommendations on the task force to curve gun violence. president obama is working on 19 executive orders which would bypass congress. it will push to renew the assault weapons ban and universal background checks. you can't support the second amendment and restrictions. >> it is like the bib

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for joining us. it is friday january 25th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". time now for the top 5@5:00. a vigil held last night for beloved philadelphia pediatrician melissa katanuchi. her body was found bound and burned earlier this week. an exterminate tore confessed to killing her. he told police the two got into an argument during an argument at her home. he strangled her and set her body on fire. surveillance video shows smith's truck parked nearby him following her into her house and driving by twice after the murder. he's facing several charges in connection with the pediatrician's killing. >> diane fine stein introducing a new proposal that would ban certain kinds of so-called assault weapons. in a press conference democrats say they want to block the sale manufacturing and i am port tation of weapons like these. >> enough is enough. these weapons don't be long on the streets of our cities. their purpose was to kill large numbers of people in close combat. >> critics claim the proposal would have done lit

. >> i am heather childers.ou so much for joining us and for watching "fox & friends first". time now for your top 5@5:30. the top five stories making news at this hour. the self proclaimed mastermind of the september 11th attack and ladies and gentlemened co conspirators begins today. a key issue in the trial is whether u.s. agents tortured the men to get their confession. the mraurs pl lawyers plan to af they were taken to is evidence. >>> new lawsuits challenging president obama's mandate requiring employers to provide birth control coverage are filed every week but lower court judges cannot agree on a decision. some cases are thrown out others get approval. religiously affiliated institutions and private employers are suing the government saying their mandate violates police. >> more will be on the food stamp program than originally thought. they revised the participant reports at the end of the year. new numbers show a sharper rise in july of 2012. originally 11,000 new people joined the program from june t

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. that means it is now time for your 5@5:30. the top five stories making news for you at this hour. joe biden is going on the road to push the obama administration's gun control plan. biden who led the gun violence task force heading to richmond, virginia this morning with other administration officials including democratic senator tim cane. virginia is very much a pro second amendment state. president obama wants background checks and to ban assault weapons for high compasssy is it magazines. many are concerned the proposal slett threatens the right to bear arms. >> republican house speaker john boehner with a grim warning about what he expects about president obama. >> we are there over the next 22 months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to annihilate the republican party. >>age nile late the republican party. giving the speechl the day after the inauguration at a washington court. >> two guys filed suit against the restaurant chain. this picture went viral last

. ♪ >> i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne.r watching fox and friends first. >> it is time now for your 5@5:30. the top 5 stories making news at this hour. dramatic calls about the crash in the hudson river. >> it is impossible to get out. >> i need you to get out. >> let's go. get out. get out. >> >> that man and the pilot were rescued after 30 minutes. they are expected to be okay. >> global warming has been over stated for the last 20-years. an early draft of the u.n. climate change report shows a chart shows four temperature models the intergovernmental panel on climate change has published since 1990. each model claims temperatures increase more than they did. some say it doesn't mean the models are gone. sara joris was seen walking home from a bar in minutpennsylvaniae she works. they caught her crossing the bridge into new jersey heading toward her home but never made it. over 100 volunteers also joined in the search. friends and family are desperate for answers. >> we love her and we are just hoping. it's breaking our h

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is thursday the end of the week. it is january 3rdrd. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". it is a new day at a new school for the students at sandy hook elementary. they will return to class nearly 3 weeks after 20 of the classmates and 6 faculty members were killed in one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history. teachers and volunteers have been work to go make the new school as comfortable as possible. >> at one point there were 80 people in the building cleaning up the building doing the kinds of things painting to make it really look cheerful and happy. >> the student's backpacks which were left behind were take tone the new school to make them feel at home. grief counselors will be there and security will be tight. >> that will be a tough day. >> secretary of state hill clinton out of the hospital this morning. her husband former president bill clinton and daughter chelsea seen here walking her out of new york presbyterian hospital. she under went treatment for a potentially life threatening blood

. >> i am heather childers. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> glad you are with us. topping the news at this hour u.s. tax funder deal gave egypt some of the advanced military technology in america's arsenal. can we trust morsi's young regime with these weapons. >> temperatures plummet to dangerous levels. a winter storm is brewing and we will tell you how long the freezing cold will stick around. >> paul ryan coming out swinging setting the stage for a new round of budget battles in president obama's second term. he just wrapped up his speech at the national review institute warning fellow republicans to carefully pick their fight with the democrats or risk being miss cast on divisive issues. >> the way he felt it it's the president and only the president who is trying to fix our bridges to feed our children to care for our seniors to clean our water. frankly, he must be exhausted. i know we are. but we can't get rattled. we won't play the villain in his morality plays. we have to stay united. we have to show that if given the chance we can govern. >> molly henneber

i'm jamie colby in for heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour.this hour, some hospitals taking extra precautions including in minnesota where officials are trying to cut down on the number of visitors there and in some cases closing their doors entirely. molly henneberg is following it all live from washington. >> molly: distribution say this year's flu shot is a good map for the flu virus going around. it will be effective more than 60 than of the time and there is still time to get your flu shot that takes two to three weeks to become effective. but doctors are concerned about this flu season because hitting early and it's a influenza "a" strain which is similar to the flu that hit hard in the went of 2003-2004. >> whenever you have the flu which is so early, november, december because the type of flu that we have is influenza "a". this particular virus is aggressive and deadly one and has put thousands of people in the hospital. dozens of the kids have died as a result of it. >> molly: here is the map of the latest information on where the flu

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i'm heather childers heather: lawmakers grilling her on the september 11th raid that left our ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. after an independent review blasted the state department, and the steps the obama administration is taking to beef up security at u.s. facilities worldwide. >> as i have said many times, i take responsibility, and nobody is more committed to getting this right. i am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger and more secure. heather: doug mckelway is live for us on capitol hill with the very latest. doug, we're learning new details seems moment by moment. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, most recent thing, senator rand paul absolutely skewering the secretary of state moments ago calling the attack on benghazi the worst since 9/11. he said he would have removed the secretary of state from her post because of that. among other new revelations she was asked directly if she was made aware of requests by ambassador stevens and others for heightened security in benghazi in light of 30 previous security threa

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news, brand-new details of the deadly terrorist siege involving americans and other international workers in algeria will. we will have a live update. >> gregg: battle lines are drawn on capitol hill as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle sound off on the president's gun control agenda. we'll have a fair and balanced debate. >> heather: plus the fallout in two high profile scandals involving lance armstrong and mantai teo. our legal panel weighs. >> gregg: we begin this hour with president obama officially getting for four more years. his first term is now over, one for the record books and second one is just now beginning. president sworn in for the second term by chief just john roberts. ed, this time went off without a hitch. >> reporter: four years a little bit of a hiccup when roberts couldn't quite remember the oath. he had tried to memorize it. this time he brought note cards. he got it right. the president was teased by one of his daughters about him

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby in for heather childers today.he news this hour, president obama is discussing the future of america's mission in afghanistan with president hamid karzai. the two laying out the plan for afghan forces to take over security as the u.s. troops withdraw. >> gregg: faa ordering a comprehensive review of boeing's brand-new dreamliner jet after 787s suffered a string of frightening incidents this week, including a cracked cockpit window and a battery fire. >> jamie: former cycling champ lance armstrong reportedly considering an admission to doping. those close to him say he plans to open up in an interview he will do this week with oprah winfrey. first a fox news alert on the serious concerns today about the flu outbreak our country is seeing. it is gripping most of the country. take a look at this map. according to the centers for disease control, 47 states are reporting widespread flu activity, up from 41 states last week. 20 children have lost their lives to the flu so far. and the cdc says the flu outbreak has surpas

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. we are hearing from some of the lucky ones at this point one hostage who escaped how the attack all started. >> wednesday morning i was outside the facility and terrorists came. they stopped the gate and inside the office buildings and started to take hostages. i barricade made recess with another colleague of mine in one of the offices. we locked the door. we put a desk on the door. >> heather: gregg pat pal could the is following this live from london. >> reporter: we are n getting some signs that the standoff is just about over. algerian officials saying we are getting signing of how bloody this long siege was and more questions about the fate of the americans. the algerian special forces were the ones that went in and did this final assault against the armed al-qaeda militants holding hostages at this natural gas complex in algeria. according to algerian government officials, they are saying that both militants and foreign hostages were killed in today's final attack. the governme