. >> and i'm heather childers. malaysian jet shot down by a missile in war-torn ukraine. 298 people are dead. >> ukraine and russia are blaming one another for the shooting down of that plane. >> let's get started with that. doug is live in our d.c. bureau. doug, what do we know? >> heather, we know that the black boxes have reportedly at least been recovered and that will tell us the altitude for instance of the aircraft in the moments before it was apparently taken down by a missile, but the real evidence may be on the ground there. all of that debris, some of which made their heat signatures of a missile that struck the aircraft. that's why they'd be looking for big pieces of fuselage, for instance, that may have distinctive markings on them. beyond that, when you look at the video of the crash site itself, this is strewn over a considerable area. that in and of itself may be an indication of what happened to the aircraft. there seems to be little doubt it was taken down by a surface-to-air missile. earlier this

i'm heather childers. >> i'm heather i am heal an m missile in the ukraine.al an m 23 americans dead. russia and ukraine blaming each other. a second black box was discovered from the wreckage. >> the second story we mentioned israel's military says they are now expanding the ground offensive that is underway in gaza. the goal to target the leaders of the terror group hamas. >> the latest on the investigation as to what brought down that plane. >> doug luzader is live for us in the washington, d.c. bureau just coming in. what can you tell us? >> where are the black boxes? there is a report out a second one may have been received a second group. the real clues may be on the ground with all of that wreckage. that's why access to the crash site is going to be another issue today. there has been talk about creating a humanitarian corridor an agreement between the ukrainian government and rebel groups. this is in the middle of a war zone. when you tolook at the distancen which it is spread there iss wa of a surface to air missile strike something malaysian officials addressed just a short

i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with a fox news alert. right now a raging wildfire in north central washington is the largest in state history. the complex fire sparked by lightning last week burned 379 square miles. that's more than four times the size of seattle. 200 homes are destroyed and 1200 more homes in 12 towns are threatened. families are deaf stated. >> it all burned down. our retirement home that we looked forward to spending our older years in, it's gone. >> we never thought in a million years this community would go up. i am just shocked. >> one person died trying to protect his home from the flames. the fire is only 5 percent contained. >> a daring heist looked look like a movie like ocean's 11. >> we are supposed withto walk of there with 150 million in cash? >> that's exactly what happened. police say two mass thieves walked in and pulled out guns before grabbing two buildings full of cash. they got away with 181,000 dollars. >> if the federal govern

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thanks for starting your day off with us. we are going to talk about the unthinkable happening now for malaysia flight. pro russian specialists are sealing wreckage and even bodies. they are expected to demand international access to the scene as new evidence points to russresponsible. >> kelly wright now with the new information from the scene. he joins us live. >> good morning to you as well. the scene at the crash site is total chaos. they are removing the bodies from the crash site. they are placing the dead on a refrigerated train that is not working properly. also they are removing plane parts and disrupting the crime scene. evidence smounting russia played a role in the missile attack. >> russia arms these separatists, russia supports these separatists. russia has spoken out and refused to call on them publically to do the things that need to be done. i think this is a fundamental moment of truth for russia, for mr. putin. they need to exert all of the influence they have in order to protect the full integrity of this

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. we have the news for you.t is one minute after the top of the hour. the u.s. border patrol saying they will stop bringing immigrants to san diego. heated protests in california had nothing to do with the decision. >> this as a backlog of immigrants in texas has reduced allowing them to process more migrants. jay johnson heads to the border today as we could be closer to an immigration bill. elizabeth prann is live for us in washington with new information. elizabeth? >> he will travel to new mexico and texas today a day after telling lawmakers the situation does need to be turned around before funds go dry. >> doing nothing is not an option. ice will run out of money in mid august. given the added transportation costs, given the added enforcement costs customs and border patrol will run out of money by mid september. >> we may be getting a better look at compromise on capitol hill. they are not ruling out speedor deportation. the deportation requirement says it was something the white house initially supported

>> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. a fun day at a california amusement park turns into a nightmare. a roller-coaster heading 55 miles an hour around a corner skrashs into a hu-- smashes inta huge tree branch and then it derails. passengers left tangling 30 feet in the air for nearly 3 hours. >> i was really shocked at first. i had no idea that could even happen. it is a really big shocker. >> you can see firefighters bringing the trapped riders down one by one. four people suffered minor injuries. >> happening today the benghazi suspect cat tabu cat tal law is back in court. we learn more about the attack that killed four americans. court documents are pointing to a pre-meditated attack about the anti islam video. a rookie judge is assigned to preside over the trial. tries cover cooper three months into his tenure and was part of the obama transition team. this as it is reveal the house republicans want to spend a million dollars on the probe that's more than the ethics committee. just moments ago oscar pistorius close

all these stories and much more coming up at the top of the hour when heather childers joins me for "erica's news m headquarters" live from the capital. >>> welcome back, everybody. you know what, it pays to be hillary clinton. on the same week she yucked it up with jon stewart, a new report shows hillary clinton raked in $275,000 for a single speech at a public college in buffalo. all this as college tuition is skyrocketing and student loan debt is at a record high. michelle, help us out here. tone deaf or what? >> well, what bothers me is the media destroyed mitt romney for being rich, yet hillary clinton makes almost $3,000 a minute to talk to poor college kids who have a 15% unemployment rate who 23% of them are living at home with their parents. she doesn't care about them. her daughter, hillary clinton's daughter makes $75,000 a speech. they don't care. they act like they're populist. they're the kardashians of politics. they're just in it for the money. >> we're not against making money but we're against talking about how poor you are and then getting 275 grand for a 45-minute

i'm ainsley earhardt. >> and i'm heather childers.g to start with extreme weather of ours. it's a killer twister and it sends hundreds of families at a campground down in virginia running for their lives. >> something crazy is going on outside! i am so scared. >> look at the tree. >> it's down on that guy's camper! >> oh, my gosh! >> the tornado packing 120-mile-per-hour winds. there was heavy rain and softball-sized hail. a couple from new jersey was killed when a huge tree crushed their tent. dozens of other campers were injured as well. take a look at that aerial view. this is all the damage. huge campers and trucks flipped upside down and trailers left flattened. >>> breaking overnight on the air algeria plane crash, one black box just recovered from the wreckage. soldiers now guarding the crash site in a village in mali controlled by al qaeda. it is 30 miles from the border of burkina faso. the passenger jet with 116 people on board disappeared from radar 50 minutes after taking off from burkina faso. the flight was heading to al

i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt.or starting your day with us. a hostage used as a human shield is dead this morning after a wild chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police in california. >> holy (bleep). wow. >> three people robbed a bank in the stockton area of california. they took two bank workers and a customer hostage. they sped off in a stolen suv. sometime during the 45 minute long chase the workers were thrown from that vehicle. the customer was killed during the gun fight that left cars and houses in the area riddled with bullets from an ak-47 style rifle. two of the robbers are dead this mo

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for waking up with us.banning them in flying into israel after a rocket strike less than a mile from the airport. >> john kerry landed despite the ban. >> despite faa ban john kerry flies to tel aviv to push for a cease fire between israel and hamas. it brings the topic closer to home, closer to americans. delta, united and u.s. airways are banned from flying into tell av vooef. one jet close to landing to tell av vooef has to turn back. fighting to shoot down a malaysian fight mh17. u.s. airlines are cancelling their flights to

i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt.'s start out overseas right now. we have a fox news alert. breaking coming in overnight. minutes after israel accepts a proposed cease fire deal hamas rejects it. >> moments after that rejection more rocket fire from gaza. three rockets hitting a resort town in southern israel injuring two people. hamas's military leaders seemingly offended by the proposal saying this, quote, does not deserve the ink it was written with. egypt's plans for a cease fire would have ended what has been more than a week of violence between israel and hamas. in gaza 185 people were killed more than 1,000 wounded. >> back here at home as the immigration battle on our border wages on in texas. lawmakers one democrat and one republican are now announcing legislation to speed up removal of illegal immigrant children at the border. doug luzader is covering this for us. he is live in washington. we may see compromise later today. what's this all about? >> it is always possible. the president wants more money to de

i'm heather childers as the sun comes up over central park. >> i'm ainsley earhardt. a rare tornado bear relation through a massachusetts suburb just five miles from boston. >> that twister packing winds up to 120 miles an hour and ripping a path of destruction nearly two miles long. look at this car. it is totally flipped over. there on the sidewalk. and from above, you can see roofs completely torn right off of buildings. the national weather service says this is the first twister to hit that area since they began keeping records back in 1950. >>> and then the scene from out west. at least three tornadoes touching down in denver, one of them caught on camera near the airport. no reports of any major damage. >>> police are hopeful that new surveillance video will lead them to the possible break through in the case of a missing oregon mom. jennifer houston disappeared last thursday running errands. the tape which has not been made public shows her withdrawing cash from a local bank before heading to a gas station. then her cell phone was turned off. >> we're focused o

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us.iego shopping center now the site of a fiery plane crash. >> i knew it was coming on the ground and flames and a lot of black smoke. >> the single engine plane went down inside of a parking lot outside of costco. the plane clipped the top of a target store and hit a light pole before slamming into the pavement before bursting into flames. the pilot is in the hospital. the passenger died. there's no word on the cause of the crash. the faa is investigating. >> after a nine-hour manhunt the suspect believed to have fatally shot a cop is now in custody. he allegedly shot officer scott patrick in the head in broad daylight. he leaves behind a wife and two teenaged children. the search for the suspect ended when he got out of a mini van firing at officers. police returned fire striking the 39-year-old. the suspect's condition is

i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us. a hostage used as a human shield is dead this morning after a wild chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police in california. >> holy (bleep). wow. >> three people robbed a bank in the stockton area of california. they took two bank workers and a customer hostage. they sped off in a stolen suv. sometime during the 45 minute long chase the workers were thrown from that vehicle. the customer was killed during the gun fight that left cars and houses in the area riddled with bullets from an ak-47 style rifle. two of the robbers are dead this morning and the third is hospitalized. we will keep you posted. >> to another fox news alert for you this morning. terrorists targeting the up coming u.s. open tennis tournament. in the extremist magazine "inspire" the al qaeda group suggests the billy jean king building as a target. the government says there's no specific threat right now, but security will be ready. the u.s. open runs two weeks start

i'm heather childers. we are hearing the pro-russian rebels finally hand over to authorities two of the black boxes from the downed flight. bill: middle east is on fire. fighting in gaza intensifies overnight. [gunfire] secretary of state john kerry is in cairo, egypt renewing his push for a cease-fire. we have two big stories we're watching again this morning. we have team fox coverage around the globe to bring it to you. conor powell is live in gaza city but first we want to go to steve harrigan live from ukraine. he was at the crash site. was kicked out by separatists in order to let international inspectors do the work they need to do but, steve, at this hour, what do you see? >> reporter: bill, 50 yards behind me what we believe is the nose of the that downed plane, for first time five days in international inspectors from malaysia, along with group of europeans from the osce are finally looking at that crash site a couple of things they will look for, any evidence tampered with, not just looted perso

i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt today.t is half past the hour. let's get right to the fox news alert. we have brand new details on army sergeant bergdahl's defense. "fox & friends" can confirm bergdahl hired a civilian attorney. kelly wright is here with what that means into the investigation of his capture? >>> a well-known military law attorney who teaches at yale is representing army sergeant bowe bergdahl. eugene fidell is the co founder of the military justice. he spoke briefly over the phone with fidel. he confirmed bergdahl hired him and they met with berg stom last week. he declined to comment fur der on the investigation on allegations bergdahl left the army four years ago. john kirby tells fox news they said that bergdahl is under no restrictions as the army conducts the investigation as to why bergdahl wandered off base in afghanistan five years ago. >> as you know he returned to full duty last week. i know the investigation into his departure will continue. it will include an interview with him. i don't know if

. >> i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt this morning.e the happiness place on earth. lightening strikes the monorail and forces 100 guests to be evacuated from the ride. firefighters were able to help everyone out by climbing through the roof. >> they took to twitter sharing their panic. literally struck on the monroe rail, lightening struck immediately stuck. i am convinced i am going to die. >> we will have more on this. live report from disney world at 5:50 a.m. >> that would be scary, though. wouldn't it? this would also be scary an air india flight packed with people was forced to make an emergency landing. someone on the ground snapping this photo of the plane circling the airport dumping fuel before it is forced to land. the flight took off from newark liberty airport bound for mub by, india yesterday about 4:30 in the afternoon. one engine burst into flames before it finally shut down. none of the 313 people on board hurt. amazing. they had trouble towing that plane away because it had multiple blown tires from the really rough l

i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. u.s. investigators are heading to ukraine to help with the investigation. ukraine and russia blaming each other for the crash. but ukrainian bought now releasing intercepted audio of russian separatists talking about shooting down the plane. >> translator: the plane fell apart in the area in the area of the mine. the first 200. we found the first 200, a civilian. what do you have there? in short 100% passenger aircraft. are many people there, holy shot. debris fell into the yard. what kind of aircraft. i haven't ascertained this. i haven't been to the main site. only surveying scene where first bodies fell. there are the remain of internal brackets and seats and bodies. bill: latest to our national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the meant gone. -- pentagon. in our studio. jennifer, good morning to you. break down who is talking on these messages again? what can we report about these intercepted messages we're listening to now? >> reporter: bill, u.s. defense officials tell me t

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> half past the hour.ith a fox news alert. the tsa beefing up security in an effort to keep terrorists from blowing up planes. the tsa they want to them to be turned on if they can't they will not make it past security. the new measures in response to fears terrorists are developing more sophisticated ways to sneak bombs on to flights. iraqi officials are working to determine the authenticity of this new video released by sisi militants. the video shows him declaring victory on the video after restoring muslim kacaliphate in iraq and syria. he tells them to continue to fight for quote enemies of god. he has a $10 million bounty on his head is rarely being seen in public but intelligence officials believe this is legitimate. there are only two known photographs of the man and this is leaved to be the only video of him. >> fengss are mounting as they launch new air strikes on the gaza strip. we have more on this. >> he is still receiving condolence calls sunday the burned body of the palestinian teenager fou

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. thank you for joining us.ne person is dead in fairfax iowa when a building collapses and traps him inside. >> taking out car wind shields and knocking holes in the sides of houses. while the storm only lasted half an hour, the damage will take weeks now to cleanup. thankfully no one was hurt there. a small funnel cloud caught on video in person missouri. the tornado knocking down trees but no other major damage or injuries were reported there. more severe weather expected today. maria molina joins us by phone from chicago where the severe storms caused her flight to be canceled. what can we expect today? >> we expect the storm system to move eastward. there were 500 reports of severe weather including damaging winds, hail and at least 7 reported tornadoes. want to share with you the video i was able to share yesterday when the storms were rolling through parts of iowa and moving incredibly fast at 50 miles per hour. they headed east through flooding in illinois and this was the storm system responsible for the

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us.un day at a california amusement park turns into a nightmare. a roller-coaster heading 55 miles an hour around a corner skrashs into a hu-- smashes inta huge tree branch and then it derails. passengers left tangling 30 feet in the air for nearly 3 hours. >> i was really shocked at first. i had no idea that could even happen. it is a really big shocker. >> you can see firefighters bringing the trapped riders down one by one. four people suffered minor injuries. >> happening today the benghazi suspect cat tabu cat tal law is back in court. we learn more about the attack that killed four americans. court documents are pointing to a pre-meditate

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.o much for starting your tuesday off with us. wicked weather in fairfax iowa when a building collapses and traps a man inside. >> oh my god. it rolled right over that guy. >> also in iowa 80 mile per hour winds blows a tarp across a baseball field in cedar rapids. several team members were hit in the head and had concussions. the team manager also dislocated his shoulder. >> illinois also getting hit hard by these storms. in rockford blowing trees down on top of houses and cars. >> check out this amazing li

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is 30 minutes after the top of the hour.s new nafta image showing the size of that tropical storm. his or her name is arthur. i don't think we have a p gender. the monster storm is threatening to wash out 4th of july celebrations across the east coast. they are prepping for the wet weather. they have lowered the coastal canal levels to make room for more rain. >> maria molina is in the weather center. he or she, there's not a gender, right? i heard there's not a gender when we talk about tropical storms? >> it is a storm system so we are going to go ahead and go with arthur. it is a tropical storm. the hurricane watch was issued for eastern north carolina right along coastal areas. that is the area that could see land fall from this storm system. it is pretty compact off in the coast of florida. we are seeing showers moving on shore but overall most of the rain is remaining out over open waters. the big concern is going to be beach erosion and also very rough surf out here. we have tropical storm watches along melbourne and

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your monday with us.it up or leave it behind the tsa telling travelers headed to the u.s. to turn on your cell phones. the reason, agents want to make sure they are not bombed. >> this new waive ve of securit measures is terrorists are trying to find out now ways to sneak bombs on to flights. we have more on what you need to know. >> charge your cell phones and other electronic devices if you are traveling overseas at some international airports that offer direct flights to the united states. tsa screeners will be asking passengers to power on their electronic devices before they board. devices like cell phones that won't turn on won't be allowed on planes and travelers may have to undergo additional screening. >> our job is to try to anticipate the

. >> i am heather childers. half past the top of the hour.et's get to fox news first arthur upgraded to a hurricane. >> they are showing the storm expanding as it is traveling up the east coast. >> maria molina has more from the weather center. >> that's right. hurricane arthur has been intensifying. it has maximum sustained winds at 75 miles per hour. temperatures dropping and all of the data from the national hurricane center from hurricane hunters is what determines har thur -- arthur is a hurricane. it is looking better organized even on the tropical satellite image. some of the outer rain bands reaching parts of south carolina. we have tropical storm warnings in effect along coastal areas of south carolina and hurricane warnings have been extended across parts of north carolina. we have hurricane warnings in effect from surf if i north carolina up into the north carolina virginia border. all of this area is looking at the hurricane warnings in effect. some will have heavy rain 6 inches of rain possible. that will be a concern in terms of

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with a fox news alert.nt bowe bergdahl hires an attorney. "fox & friends first" confirming the two have already met once. >> kelly wright is here now with what it means for the investigation into his de certification. what can you tell us? >> fox news confirms army sergeant bowe bergdahl is represented by a civilian attorney eugene fidel a military law attorney who also teaches at yale law school. "fox and friends spoke briefly over the phone with fidell. he confirmed bergdahl hired him and they met last week. he declinedo talk further about the investigation that he deserted the army five years ago. you may recall bergdahl walked off his base in afghanistan. the taliban then captured him and kept him as a prisoner for five years. the u.s. traded five taliban leaders in guantanamo bay

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thanks for starting your day off with us.e are going to talk about the unthinkable happening now for malaysia flight. pro russian specialists are sealing wreckage and even bodies. they are expected to demand international access to the scene as new evidence points to russresponsible. >> kelly wright now with the new information from the scene. he joins us live. >> good morning to you as well. the scene at the crash site is total chaos. they are removing the bodies from the crash site. they are placing the dead on a refrigerated train that is not working properly. also they are removing plane parts and disrupting the crime scene. evidence smounting russia played a role in the missile attack. >> russia arms these separatists, russia supports these sear

i am heather childers. >> i am answer lay air heart. thank you for starting your day with us. case of chris kyle. the jury awarding ex pro wrestler jessie ventura nearly $1 million. >> how did the jury go from deadlocked to this? >> the judge wanted them to keep deliberating. some are asking is justice being served or a case of disgrace. in an 8-2 decision they award jessie ventura $1.8 million in this case against the hero navy seal chris kyle who was murdered last year. because of the death ventura filed suit. it claims kyle the most decorated sniper in america lied when he wrote in his book, american sniper, that he punched ventura at a bar in california in 2006. kyle told fox news why i hit

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for joining us. >> appreciate it. shopping center now the fight of a fiery plane crash. >> knew it was going down and then they were on the ground in flames and a lot of black smoke. >> the single engine plane went down in the parking lot outside of costco near a city airport yesterday evening. the plane clipped the top of a target store and hit a light pole before slamming into the pavement bursting into flames. the pilot is in the hospital. her passenger died. no word on the cause of the crash. the faa is investigating. >>> the suspect believed to have shot a cop is now in custody. he shot officer scott patrick in the head in broad daylight. the officer leaving behind a wife and two teenaged children. the suspect got out of a mini va officers. police returning fire striking the 39-year-old. that suspect's condition is unknown. >>> a carbon monoxide square ucla, six people cleaning up the university flooded basketball arena treated for exposure for the toxic gas. they were helping pump 140 inches of water off of the

. >> i am heather childers. it is midway through the week. the faa banning u.s.rlines from flying into tel aviv, israel ar a ro after a rocket strikes. >> kelly wright is live to tell us the impact here at home. good morkning, kelly. >> the faa banned americans from flying to israel. the faa ban is temporary but it means delta, united and u.s. airways are banned from flying to tell cleave>> before the ban one jet had to divert to paris that after a rocket hit close to the airport in tel aviv after the malaysian flight mh17 was shot down. >>> the faa makes these decisions when they feel it is warranted against the united states citizens. mike bloomberg flew from teto t afford the airlines. >> it is safe and sufficient and a great way to travel. it is a great airline. we have a lot of american airlines that are great, too. i want them all to be able to fly around the world and land safely and in peace. >> some critics say the ban is the wrong message a move to punish israel on its attacks on gaza. >> international public opinion can take a flying leap. wh you do wh

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your thursday off with us.nts ago arthur upgraded to a hurricane. >> people gassing up and getting out before the monster storm hits. maria molina is tracking the storm. >> arthur just upgraded to a hurricane maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. taking a look at it on the satellite image it is starting to fill in and become more circular. some drier air is trying to wrap around it. on the northern side we are seeing thunderstorms blowing up. as early as later today and into tonight we can already start to see tropical storm conditions along coastal areas of south carolina. across the outer banks that's where we could be seeing

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.ou for starting your thursday weekend wicount down t the weekend with us. >> tahmooressi ordered back to prison. >> marianne rafferty has reaction from his lawyer and mother. >> good morning. after 101 days in a mexican prison for accidentally crossing the border with three illegally owned firearms this was his first chance to tell a judge his side of the story. two witnesses spoke ex complainings why it took so long to be delivered to a prosecutor's office. he found multiple irregularities in the story including a search order dated three-days before his crossing the border and 11 pages missing from the record. >> at this point i would say the irregularities are not to war aren't o -- warrant our full election this morning. they will result in -- they will have positive results. >> his attorney saying those are grounds for several legal actions which he plans to take in the next few days and remains optimistic. >> we feel the hearing was a success. we feel we are on the right track in

. >> i am heather childers. that you for starting your day with us. we appreciate it. we have a fox news alert for you today. while you were sleeping fa lifted the ban on flights to and from israel. the agency saying after assessing security and safety measures they decided to end restrictions. the 36 hour ban was put into place less than a mile. the death toll is over 700. they were trying to start a cease fire between hamas militants. they had criticism including michael bloomberg who flew to tel aviv anyway. the israeli transport ministry calling it an over reaction. >> they are putting a hold on allstate department nominations until they get answers. >> because of the ban they put a boycott on israel while handing hamas a public relations victory. >> congress deserves to know and the american people deserves to know with this pwas this politi the white house or an airline safety decision. i think the fact strongly suggests it was politics in an effort to strong arm the nation of israel. >> the state department says senator krudz is completely wrong on this. >> as's

i'm heather childers and we are in for uma pemmaraju. "america's news headquarters" starts right now. >>> the ukraine is calling on moscow to insist that pro-russia rebels give international experts access to the crash site and fear that vital information is being taken from the scene. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has been following the developments from the very start and she joins us now with the latest. hi, jennifer. >> reporter: hi, heather. senior u.s. intelligence officials tell me they believe that this video shows the actual sa-11 missile launcher used to bring down the malaysian plane. it is missing two of its four missiles and shows the missile launcher heading toward the russian border at dawn yesterday. u.s. officials now believe they have pinpointed the launch site for the missile that brought down the plane inside ukraine. in fact they say the sa-11 buk missile was brought across the border from russia in recent weeks. since the malaysian plane went down, russian-backed separatists have been frantically

. >> i am heather childers. let's get to the fox news alert. tomorrow rtam res tahmer jail. >> what his lawyer is saying now. >> after 101 days in a mexican prison for accidentally crossing the border with three legally owned firearms this is his first chance to tell a judge his side of the story. he explained to the judge step by step how he ended up crossing the border. two witnesses spoke explaining why it took so long for him to be delivered to a federal prosecutor's office he found irregularities in his story. >> there are 11 page missing from the record. he did not have an adequate

. >> i am heather childers. that you for starting your day with us. we appreciate it.e have a fox news alert for you today. while you were sleeping fa lifted the ban on flights to and from israel. the agency saying after assessing security and safety measures they decided to end restrictions. the 36 hour ban was put into place less than a mile. the death toll is over 700. they were trying to start a cease fire between hamas militants. they had criticism including michael bloomberg who flew to tel aviv anyway. the israeli transport ministry calling it an

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us.begin with a fox news alert. right now a raging wildfire in north central washington is the largest in state history. the complex fire sparked by lightning last week burned 379 square miles. that's more than four times the size of seattle. 200 homes are destroyed and 1200 more homes in 12 towns are threatened. families are deaf stated. >> it all burned down. our retirement home that we looked forward to spending our older years in, it's gone. >> we never thought in a million years this community would go up. i am just shocked. >> one person died trying to protect his home from the flames. the fire is only 5 percent

heather childers has more on the frantic effort to save almost two dozen people who were stranded up there on the coaster. >> how does it happen and what does that feel like? sunday at a california amusement park turns into a nightmare as a roller coaster heading 55 miles an hour aun a corner smashes into a huge tree branch that apparently had fallen on to the tracks and then derails. 22 terrified riders on the ninja coaster at six flags magic mountain were left dangling 30 feet in the air for nearly three hours as day turned into night. >> it comes around, hits the tree. the fire department had a chain from the cart to the track for precaution. >> you can see fire fighters bringing the trapped wrierdz down one by -- trapped riders down one by one. four people who were sitting in the front of the ride suffered injuries to their knees and necks. >> i was really shocked at first. i had no idea that that could even happen. and it's just a really big shocker. >> the ninja roller coaster will remain closed until a full inspection is complete. can you imagine three hours stuck up there? wo

i'm heather childers.ht. bill: middle east is on fire. fighting in gaza intensifies