. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> griet to be back with you. thank you for starting your day with "fox & friends first". we begin with a fox news alert. terror strikes again in russia. a bomb blast tearing through a bus killing at least 14 people. officials saying it was the work of a suicide bomber. vladimir putin calling for increased security in the region. it is the second terror attack in that city in two-days. yesterday a suicide bomber set off an explosion inside a packed train station in bolorad. they called for attacks on people including the olympics. >> a knocking report says nsa intercepts delivery and puts bugs in them. they are revealing an elite hacker unit excludeing hardware vulnerabilities. their mission quote getting the ungetable. microsoft responding to the report says if true they would have significant concerns about the operation. >> shocking new details about a bank robber juned down by police after a nationwide manhunt. 40-year-old mario garnet the same guy arrested back in 2010 for allegedly threatening to kill obama.

. >> i'm heather childers. >> i am dana kooiman.ideo of a deadly plane crash in california where the aircraft smashed right into a house. >> crashed into my neighbor's home. (bleep) on fire. >> a man and 9-year-old boy were killed when a small plane crashed 800 feet from the runway in fresno. they were the only two people on board the plane. the house was not damaged and no one in the neighborhood was hurt. the faa is opening an investigation into what caused the crash. another fox news alert this time in louisiana a shooting spree. ben free man has been identified as the shooter. he went to the home of the councilman lewis go and shot the councilman along with his wife and daughter. deputies arrived to find his wife dead. the councilman and his daughter are critically injured. he was married to go's other daughter. he went to a home and shot a hospital administrator and his wife. the administrator killed the wife hospitalized. the current wife was also found dead at their home. a motive remains unclear this morning. >> they will re

. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us.are going to begin with the family behind duck dynasty breaking their silence. >> he was suspended for expressing their faith creating a firestorm of controversy. >> the family is calling into question the future of the show. anna kooiman is here with new information. >> we have an update this morning. the robertsons are rallying behind their suspended patriarch saying phil is a godly man who follows what the bible says love the lord god with all of your heart and your neighbor as yourself. fill would never incite hatred. a&e suspended phil after he told gq magazine homosexuality was a sin. is this the end for the hit show? the family p went on to say quote we have had a successful working relationship with a&e but as a family we cannot image the show ngoing forward without our patriarch at the helm. meantime both sides of the de ta bait have weighed in. >> this is not a free speech issue. the defenders of phil robinson is freedom from consequence. if you stand with him you are not sta

send a tweet to @billhemmer, at heather childers. do you have a resolution, heather. >> i have the same one i always make. bill: want to share it now or end of the show? >> i think we should wait until the end. we'll find out yours too. bill: right on. sending a dark cloud of ash miles in the sky. we'll tell you what happened here, heather. >> race against the clock for a teenage declared brain-dead. she is set to be taken off life-support hours from now. her family's desperate search for help. bill: outrage of "the new york times" report that saying no al qaeda involvement in the attack. fox's own sources on the ground saying that is simply not true. reaction from peter king from new york next. >> what did they get wrong? >> that al qaeda was not involved in this. there was some level of preplanning. we know that there was aspiration to conduct an attack by al qaeda and their affiliates in libya. we know that. heather: el salavador seeing its first come van i can eruption for the first time in 37 years. look at that. a cloud of ash a

i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. dallas, thousands of travelers stranded. many were forced to sleep on cots after findings out their flights were grounded. it is so cold -- bill: how cold, is it, heather? >> so cold in the lonestar state planes getting stuck on ice moments after landing on the tarmac. bill: air travel is a mess across the country. 1200 flights canceled today. better than 2800 canceled on sunday. casey stiegel getting a taste, live at dollars fort worth international airport. day four of troubles there continue, casey. >> reporter: they do, bill. the lines are a big improvement from over the weekend. this started last thursday when north texas was hit with a whopper of an ice storm. on friday more than 90% of the total flights canceled. that is affecting thousands an thousands of people. it continues to do so here on this monday morning. walk here to take a look. this is what we saw rolled out by airport officials all weaken long. cots. nothing like sleeping at the airport, right? airport hotels filled up quickly. friday we're told 4,000 trav

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour.begin with a fox news lart a potentially serious situation on the international space station. it is going on right now. a cooling pump malfunctions and now the crew is struggling to get the system working. it provide life support and other systems. it could be a serious issue if unresolved. nonessential equipment has been powered down in case. the space walk like the one you have seen in gravity, that might be a possibilities. the repairs could take up to two weeks. >> the bombshell con sfefession court. she admits she pushed him off a clip 8 days after their wedding. she said quote i pushed him and i took off. graham originally said they were fighting when he fell. >> shocking video shows asian gnaw flight 214 landing at the san francisco airport. the pilot was very concerned about landing that jumbo jet without the help from the runway's automatic warning system which was out of service at the time because of construction. the pilot's misunderstanding of the auto thrust system which

. >> i am heather childers. the big red ball is ready to ring in 2014. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.appy new year. >> a final test drop went smoothly as the nearly 12,000 ball of 2600 waterford went up and down the 130-foot bowl. the giant ball. >> when you have a billion people watching you want to make sure you get it right. >> absolutely. taking a live look now right there at time's square where 1 million people are ready to brave the cold and watch the ball drop. ainsley will be one of them from the crossroads of the world. >> i have never seen the ball drop in person. this will be the first time we are actually in the city for new year's eve. >> we see it on tv all of the time. figured we might as welcome and check it out. >> all of the excitement it is really electric. >> it will be cold but it will be worth it. >> people traveled from all over the world to celebrate in new york city. >> sonia sotomayor a bronx native will lead the count down. >> i am working at night but you are working during the day tomorrow filling in for some of the anchors here. working over time. >> the

i am patti ann browne in for heather childers.ity crews from michigan to maine and into canada are working nonstop to restore power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses left in the dark by heavy ice storm. heavy ice replains an issue and snowfall could hamper line crews from getting to remote spots. >> bring back our power, please. >> there are kids out here who have no power. my kids are in a warm place playing xbox and these kids are trying to stay warm. >> the storm is being blamed for 17 deaths in the u.s. and 10 in canada. carbon monoxide poisoning mainly from generators responsible for 8 of those deaths. >> a kidnapped american recorded a video message calling on the obama administration to negotiate with the captors. warren weinstein is a government contractor kidnapped by al qaeda militants in back stan in 2011. he pleaded for a they renewed interest in his case and urged him to step up to get him released. >> you are now in your second term as president of the united states. that means you can take hard decisions

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is 31 minutes after the top of the hour.ox news alert this morning on the deadly train derailment in new york. >> new details show the train was racing nearly three times the speed limit wihen it hit a dangerous curve. all 7 cars jumped the track killing four people injuring dozens of others. the ntsb still trying to determine if the crash was a result of human error or mechanical problem like brake failure. >> he tried to apply the breaks but they didn't work. the train's black box shows the brakes were not fully engaged. they remembered the victims at a vigil at the crash site. a friend of the nurse who died in the crash talked about the good work he did with children. >> he took amazing chair of the children. if you were to ask any other staff or any of the families of the children who live here, they would say she always, always smiled. >> also killed james ferrari and donna smith and james love vel who was an audio technicians heading to rockefeller center to help set up the christmas tree. >> newly released surveillanc

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.are going to begin with this. >> a severe weather alert extreme weather. millions of americans waking up to a messy murn day morning commute. dangerous ice and snowstorm pummelling the northeast. a 50 car pileup on the pennsylvania turnpike left one driver dead and dozens stranded for hours. check out the crazy white house conditions at the giants eagles game. this one in philadelphia. you can barely even see the players. over to the midwest more than twho dozen cars colliding outside of milwaukee. the football game was crazy. in plano, texas look and listen to this. sheets of ice coming off of a roof. holy mole lee. >> the airports at this hour more than 1200 flights canceled. >> a lot of people spending the night at the airport. maria molina tracking the storm for us. >> everyone wanting to know where is it headed next, is it over yet? >> at least the worst of it is over in terms of snowfall accumulation. parts of delaware picks up 8 inches of snow sol setting records out there. we h

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. welcome "fox & friends first".ng family two adults four children all found alive. two-days after they vanished during a day out playing in the snow. they were found yesterday after rescue crews honed in on a cell phone signal. that is when the family's jeep was spotted upside down in the distance through binoculars. >> it went up a slight enl bank. and flipped over. >>> they used the overturned vehicle for shelter and warmth by burning the jeep's spare tire and warming up rocks. they had food and water there with them in the jeep. amazingly no one suffered frostbite and all six of them are expected to be just fine. >> oo the flight 216 will be delayed after being delayed a day from weather. they will look at whether the pilot relied too much after they hit a sea wall in san francisco leaving three people dead. the pilot will not be they are suing the airline and intend to go to the hearing as well. >> oo she lost part of her leg when a taxi jumped a curb and hit her is suing the city of new york. shawn green filed

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. it is half past the top of the hour.e speed of the train is under the microscope. seven cars jumping the tracks in new york killing four people and injuring more than 60 others. think plan to be here for 7 days they were teetering where the harlem and hudson rivers meet. was it a track problem? a train problem a mechanical issue human error? could speed be a factor. the engineer at the controls said he tried to apply the breaks but don't r couldn't slow down. >> we will interview the train crews in the next day or two. >> one of the nation's two busiest train stations hit a sharp turn in the bronx around 7:20. >> it is not the fact that there is a curfew. we have always had this so there has to be another factor. >> ntsb investigators say the speed limit for the curve is 20 miles per hour. that's coming from the area where the speed limit is 70 miles per hour. one stopped on the banks of the river. one told their cousin what happened shortly before the impact. >> she felt the jerking movement and then everything happened

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. thank you for joining us. people are waking up multi millionaires now. one winning ticket were sold in atlanta, georgia the other in san jose, california. the winning numbers are 8, 20, 14, 17 and 39. the mega ball is 7. >> closing arguments expected in the murder trial. michael and his codefendant accused of murdering british soldier back in may will soon learn their fate. they are facing murder and attempted murder charges. the judge will make a summary judgment and the case will be handed over to the jury. a man charged with conspireing the 9-11 attack was thrown out of a guantanamo bay courtroom after two major outbursts. he refused warnings to stop addressing or trying to address the judge. the judge ordered him removed when he shouted about a secret cia prison and he was booted again later that day after yet another outburst. investigators say he was a potential 9-11 hijacker until he was denied entry into the u.s. before the attack. >> the man shot and killed while trying to protect his wife at a north

. >> i'm heather childers.new evidence shows the train was raying at nearly three times the speed limit when it took that dangerous curve. the metro north train clocked i. all 7 cars jumped the tracks killing four people injuring dozens of others. the ntsb trying to determine if the tracrash was the result of mechanical error. >> he tried to apply the brakes but did not work. the brakes were not fully engaged. mourners remember the victims. the son of one man killed says his family is heartbroken. >> she came home, all of my brothers came into my room and she said he's gone. >> james lav vel was an audio technicians heading into the city to rockefeller

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day off with us.are going to start with this. nearly 24-hours after a deadly train derailment the speed of that train is under the microscope. 7 trains jumped the tracks. anna kooiman is at the scene in the bronx. >> good morning heather and ainsley. a lot of questions in the bronx in new york city. we are sitting here where all 7 of the passenger cars in the metro north train did de rail. the lead locomotive did end up teetering inches away from the water. a track problem, was it human error, mechanical error? was speed a factor the ntsb is looking into all of those factors. the metro north train that was southbound was headed toward grand central station t. derailed in the bronx around

. >> i am heather childers.rican veterans at the center of a budget battle as the senate is set to vote today on a deal that would cut military retiree benefits. >> it is causing a nationwide protest against the bill. doug luzader is live with more. >> this vote will be very closely watched they will need democrats and republicans to move things along. it is beyond the increase of the spending. many are also uneasy about a cut in military pensions. they are being asked to ka ir rethat burden which is expected to save more than $6 billion over a decade. >> understand military retirees get hurt on this agreement where the federal employees the changes only go to new hires. the military didn't get the same protection. i don't understand why that unfair treatment you would think they would treat them the best. >> i think where they struck that down ryan and murray. i wish we would have done something bigger. i think in many ways a bigger deal is easier to do than a small deal. on a small deal when you hit federal em

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. we begin with a fox news alert.kydivers are dead causing them to plummet to the ground. the two had their parachutes open when they collided causing their canopies to collapse. this happened at sky dive arizona. the company web site says that tsz the largest drop zone in the world for sky divers of all skill levels. a neighbor says it is a reminder of the danger. >>> it is a sport that has its risks. there's going to be mistakes. >> a third sky diver was hurt. >> he was falling asleep at the controls william rockefeller the engineer of the train that derailed said he caught himself nodding off but it was too late. the metro north train derailed in the bronx area of new york killing four people and injuring dozens of others. ntsb investigators would not say if he admitted to falling asleep at the controls. it is too early to tell if the crash was caused by human error or mechanical issues. >>> the man accused at lax will be in court for the first time today. the alleged shooter 23-year-old paul siancia is not expecte

. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> griet to be back with you.nk you for starting your day with "fox & friends first". we begin with a fox news alert. terror strikes again in russia. a bomb blast tearing through a bus killing at least 14 people. officials saying it was the work of a suicide bomber. vladimir putin calling for increased security in the region. it is the second terror attack in that city in two-days. yesterday a suicide bomber set off an explosion inside a packed train station

i am heather childers. >> i am answer lay air hea -- a earhar earhardt.ion about a man who went missing oo iran. he was a rouge agent for the cia. >> elizabeth prann is live for us in washington. >> they said he was a private citizen traveling on his own term when is he went missing 7 years ago. but according to new associated press reports levinson was on the cia payroll for unapproved intelligence gathering in places such as iran. he meant missing investigating the regime for the u.s. government. there has been no communication or proof of his location until they received an undated photo of him. they were holding off publish can the story three times because the government was working leads to bring him home. the national security council responded to the latest article writing in part we regret the ap would run a story that does nothing to further the cause of bringing him home. the investigation of his disappearance continues and we remain committed to finding him and bringing him home safely to i see had family. they made money for a lawsuit. elizab

. >> i am heather childers. you are waking up with us.e house calendar. president obama met with kathleen sebelius once in the past three and a half years. this according to government accountability institute president peter switzer. last night on "hannity" switzer says the president's treatment of sebelius has been unfair. >> the launch of obseramacare h been a disaster. to a certain extent they are leaving sebelius out there to kind of dry, hang out on her own. >> despite being left high and dry some

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for joining us. half half past the top of the hour. the 30-year-old man is dead after being shot in the head during a car jacking in the parking lot of the shore hills mall. he was killed in front of his wife. two men took off in the car. his wife was not injured. >> he had been shot they just left the mall and were going to their vehicle. >> the two suspects are still on the run. law enforcement agencies across the country are making sure that people are safe by offering holiday shopping safety tips. listen to this. parking and well lit areas very important. be aware of your surroundings have keys ready before you get in your car, don't shop line at night and look inside your car before you get in. and as if the soft sentence wasn't enough we are looking at how ethan couch lived before killing four people back in june in a drunk driving accident. he lived in his own mansion where he had unsupervised boosy parties the home a gift from his father after his mom and dad diff vosed. they would brag about

. >> i am heather childers. >> thank you for having me. >> speaking of dc today is the deadline day tofor obamacare if you want your coverage to begin on january 1st. a lot will be in for a shock when their plans kick in. >> doug luzader is in washington with more on why people may be surprised. >> good morning. after all the issue of course is the law and we know the many problems with the web site. the enrollment numbers are not going to meet white house expectations. they have spoken for a last minute surge in enrollment here. advocates and opponents are watching the deadline very closely. >> the bottom line is there are a lot of good things in obamacare that people like. the more people see that the more positive it is going to be. >> obamacare right now causes people to spend more money, have less choice, have a higher deductible and have less freedom. after weeks of advertising including videos, print ads, countless tweets the enrollment numbers are growing according to the white house. there has been one change after another including now hardship exemptions, confusing tax work

. >> i am patti ann browne in for heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us.nternational space station set to undergo more repairs on a faulty pump module this morning. two american astronauts stepping out in a rare christmas eve space walk to wrap up repairs. this following a better than expected repair day on saturday. repairs are getting extra attention after the movie "gravity showed how dangerous it is. >> the emergency landing of a southwest flight. >> i just heard a big boom like crashing into a wall. >> the plane shook a little bit then we smelled a lot of smoke. >> airline officials say the birds were tustuck in the plane right engine moments after takeoff. it made an emergency landing at lambert airport. more than 100 holiday travelers waited for a new crew to arrive. passengers were able to board another plane and they arrived safely in kansas city. >> target is facing a dozen

welcome this morning it is thursday, i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.t is 30 minutes after the top of the hour. montgomery health officials are on a mission to find out why. there were 8 parents with flu like symptoms one testing positive with the swine flu. it was the same as the one that caused the pandemic. two other patients tested negative for the strain. the patients range in age from 41 to 68. >> a massive fire at a strip mall in california destroys two businesses. as many as 200 firefighters were on the scene trying to gain the upper hand on flames that ignited just before 9:00 p.m. pacific time. frames reached up to 100 feet into the air before it was contained. >> target stores across our country had a data breech on black friday involving credit and debit cards. the crooks may have accessed the numbers through software installed on credit card swiping machines. >> it sounds like the actual payment software was hacked with mal wear or security breech in the credit card processor itself. >> it is unclear how many customers are affected. they sa

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> we begin with a fox news alert for you.er gunned down in a mall parking lot. this happened in north jersey. the 30-year-old man is dead after being shot in the head during a car jacking in aparkin. he was killed in front of his life. two men took off in the car. his wife was not injured. the two had just finished holiday shopping. >> he got in the driver's side and started -- (indiscernible). >> the two suspects are still on the run. law enforcement agencies across the country are trying to make sure that people are safe by offering some holiday shopping safety tips. take a look. this includes parking in well lit areas. be aware of your surroundings, have keys ready before

. >> i am heather childers. you are waking up with us.orts reveal a shocking detail off the white house calendar. president obama met with kathleen sebelius once in the past three and a half years. this according to government accountability institute president peter switzer. last night on "hannity" switzer says the president's treatment of sebelius has been unfair. >> the launch of obseramacare h been a disaster. to a certain extent they are leaving sebelius out there to kind of dry, hang out on her own. >> despite being left high and dry some lawmakers say sebelius needs to go. >> the advantage would be this. your viewers at home say if it happened to her it could happen to me, too. maybe we can slowly start building something harder to repair than a web site which is trust. my fear is people have given up. their expectations are so low this web site, almost $800 million. >> according to the president's calendar he met with other cabinet secretaries a total of 277 times. >>> meantime 29,000 people have enrolled for healthcare on the rev

i'm heather childers. >> thank you for starting your day with us.l, we begin with the mega story that everyone is talking about. two lucky people are waking up multimillionaires this morning. two tickets to match the winning numbers in last night's $636 million mega millions jackpot. it's the second largest prize in the lottery's history. one winning ticket was sold at a newsstand atlanta, georgia, another at jinny's gift shop. 8, 20, 14, 17 and 39. the mega ball is 7. the cash payout for the jackpot is $341 million. what a way to wake up this morning for two people anyway. urgent space walks to fix a cooling line on the space station. two space walks will be required to fix the problem. astronauts will be forced to shut down after the cools system shut down. the space walk is scheduled for saturday. >> the family of a girl

. >> co-anchor of "fox & friends" first heather childers joins with us a look at an organization sendingear. it helps by sending 20,000 care packages to our troops each year. i had the honor of working with them at joint base mcguire in new jersey. it's called operation troop aid. a big impact bringing a little piece of home to the troops serving overseas. >> we're about to send 10,000 for christmas. >> reporter: mark woods is the founder and ceo of operation troop aid a navy veteran of 24 years. he came up with the idea after organizing the garth brooks concert on board the uss enterprise after 9-11. >> a lot of troops, they may not have family or their family because of the economy can't afford to send bags. so we're just trying to stand in the gap for them. >> now mark hosts concerts all around the country and uses the money to pay for care packages. ♪ >> marine and country music star jason michael carol was more than happy to perform for troops at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. >> every opportunity we get to be part of operation troop aid is amazing. being in the military was a di

i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum.nd leaders from around the

. >> co anchor heather childers. >> and there you go, angsley air heart and her husband. >> nice lookingnd her new baby and their dog. great picture. and samantha hoenig. she celebrates hanukkah. and our head writer. kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kramer. >> i thought you were stuck. >> and production assistant alley cordy. >> and one of our writers nicole pagano. >> i want to say pagano. >> so we are talking about our favorite christmas songs. i couldn't pick mine. >> i have so many. >> which one did you pick? >> um, i don't want to go first because mine is so silly. ♪ grandma got run over by a reindeer ♪ >> she had hoof prints on her forehead and incriminating paw prints on her back. >> we had the him on our show. ♪ grandma got run over by a reindeer walking home from our house christmas eve ♪ ♪ you can say there's no such thing as santa but as for me and grandpa we believe ♪ >> i have a confession here, i know there are people who agree with me on this. but it is not the most popular comment opchristmas morning. i find a lot of christmas music depressing. when you live far away f