was not heather childers.nice. 22 days. >> you would have gone? >> maybe, or not. breaking overnight, people leaving a christmas church service are mowed down by an out of control car. this happened in redondo beach, california. a woman ran a red light, jumped the curb and hit dozens of people, including a child. one person was killed and cops say she was driving under the influence. >>> a manhunt underway for the person who shot a tv weather guy. this happened in waco, texas. patrick crawford, weatherman at kcen, was shot at least 13 times. and it happened in the parking lot of the studio. he managed to get into his car. he drove away. he flagged down a construction worker for help. crawford is in stable condition. 13 times. >>> a brand-new disaster for the nfl. the 49ers releasing defensive lineman ray mcdonald over allegations of sexual assault. last month mcdonald was investigated for domestic violence case against his pregnant fiance. now a second woman is claiming that she was assaulted by mcdonald. no c

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us as always. they release a scathing report in the aftermath of 9-11. they save lives. >> peter, it seems there might be worries terrorists could use this report for propaganda. >> there are more than 6,000 marines abroad on high alert ready to respond from terror threats that stems from the release of this report. some elected officials are especially concerned for cia personnel who may not have participated or known about the harsh details. >> now you have this growing problem and now you have a taste officer who works in a dangerous place in the world who expects the united states will stand with them because we have asked them to do very hard and difficult things to protect america. do we have to turn around and look back and wonder if the united states is going to be with them? >> president obama joins many democrats who believe admitting to america's friends and enemies that methods used for gathering intelligence that methods were harsher han realized. here is why. >> we engaged in brutal a

-- heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle. president obama's leadership under fire as members of his own party blast the administration's handling of the agency. >> doug mckeller is live for us. >> what does the administration say now? >> cia director john bren nonin the aftermath of the intelligence report that found the cia engaged in such tactics waterboarding rectal feeding to get information. many condemn the report as a one-sided hatchet job now they say bush administrations helped over sea the tact -- oversee the tactics. >> he needs to purring those instrumental and in the running and development of this program. they are willfully providing information and misrepresent the efficacy of torture. in other words, the cia is lying. >> henry asked press secretary about that. >> how can the president appoint john brennan and james cowan to cia and fbi if he believed they endorsed unamerican tactics? >> i can tell you he fall noose the same category as mr. brennan in terms of somebody whose advice the president is pleased he

um heather childers. the plane vanishing from radar in route from indonesia to singapore on sunday. the president of indonesia expected to address the most recent findings in just a few minutes. let's get right to david kipper who has the latest. >> indonesian officials say search teams recovered several bodies from the sea close to where the plane went missioning. they seem certain objects seen floating in the sea are from the plane. indonesia search and rescue agency chief was quoted as saying he was 95 percent certain the objects were from the plane that went missing two-days ago. these pictures just released to show parts of an aircraft. one seems to show an aircraft exit door that is red white the colors of the air bus. another a life jacket one indonesian official was quoted as saying the bodies recovered didn't have life jackets on. the search plane spotted a shadow in the water which could be the remains of the plane. divers are now at that location. the air and see search has been focusing on an area about halfway into the flight of the airasia jet sunday morning local time

i am heather childers. we made it. >> i am ainsley earhardt.nk you for starting your day with us this morning. let's get right to the fox news alert. the house passing $1.1 trillion spending bill in the 11th hour. >> now the bill is in the senate's hands. but a civil war between democrats could hinder a deal. doug luzader is live for us in washington with more details. good morning, doug. >> this was a nail biter up against the midnight deadline. many democrats were in open rebellion against the white house. >> why in the last minute when you head out the door and a spending bill must be passed are you making it a priority to do wall street's bidding. who do you work for? wall street or the american people? >> we shall fighting anybody who is lobbying to tell people to go for this bill. if the president is lobbying we don't like it and we are saying don't be intimidated anybody. >> democrats were concerned about a couple of provisions in this one that would allow banks to makes riskyer investments there's another matel involving donor limits. m

i am heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle from ainsley earhardt.hank you your starting your day with us. double trouble, storms bearing down on both coasts creating nightmares for 90 million travelers hitting the roads and the skies two-days before christmas. >> in colorado whiteout conditions bringing traffic to a stand still. look at this deer passing dozens of cars through the snow and ice. >> that's the way to go. >> mix of heavy rain and thunderstorms will bring in wet not a white christmas. >> maria molina tracking the weather for us in the weather center. good morning maria. >> hello everyone. a busy weather pattern through out the day especially as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow the day before christmas looks to be the worst travel days across the country. coming up we have a storm system intensifying. expect to see a lot of rain windy conditions across portions of the east coast and thunderstorms. you mentioned the severe weather that will be a big concern through out the day today along the gulf coast. that includes the florida panhandle

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. in an unprecedented move sony postponing the release of the movie. >> anna kooiman is here with the latest. good morning heather and ainsley. good morning to all of you at home. $42 million movie that will likely never be seen by the public. the christmas day release of "the interview" scrapped bison knee after major movie theaters hacked them. the world will be full of fear. her the 11th of september 2001 we recommend you to keep yourself distance from the places at that time. while some people are clamoring for sony to release the film on-line the temperature says it has no plans to do so a move that is being criticized. soment claim the most tonight ver shall hole meant of the film kim junk uncould be toned down to an eventual release. >> it would cave to the bin for the bad guy. >> there was a discussion internally about how graphic and strong to make the conclusion of the film the thing that is probably really angering the north korean government conceivable that they might pull i

welcome to "fox and fends first. >> i am heather childers. you for joining us. >> a hack attack on one of hollywood's biggest movie studios. >> this as sony is trying to erase all evidence of the movie "the interview." let's go to doug zoo laider wo n has the latest. >> they won't make an outright accusation yet but they are getting clo he isser and closer to that. there are a number of indications north korea was involved in this. administration officials were asked to screen the movie "the interview" and didn't offer objection. >> they underestimated the impact this would have? >> no because it was not dictating outcome or dictating changes to a film. >> if in fact north korea is accused in the attack it is not clear what options are available for the u.s. the regime is already isolated. sony meantime has come under enormous criticism for what some including many celebrities have called complete cab pit layings of cyber terrorists. while the target in this attack was a movie studio there are earn concerns other sectors could be next includi

in the meantime let's turn our heads and say good morning to heather childers.o much going on in the football world as well. >> new overnight, a missing ohio state university football player found dead. the body of 22-year-old kosta karageorge was found in a dumpster with a gun near campus. police think that he shot himself. kosta karageorge disappeared wednesday minutes after sending a text to his mom saying concussions were messing with his head. his family claims he has a history of concussions and sometimes gets disoriented. last night friends and teammates gathering on campus to share memories. >> everyone loved being around him. he had great stories, always laughing. [inaudible] a great guy. >> he's in a better place. i know god will be taking care of him. >> buckeyes head coach tweeting this: our thoughts and prayers go out to kosta karageorge'she will be. >>> at this hour most flights across the country getting back on schedule after a nightmare day for millions of holiday travelers. look at this. this is the security line at chicago's midway airport. mo

we'll turn now to heather childers. >> good morning to you. news exclusive learning lawyers for clint lorant convicted of killing two afghan natives are accusing army prosecutors of withholding evidence that would have acquitted him. in 2012larrants and his platoon were in afghanistan when he ordered troops to shoot and kill two afghan men he believed to have terrorists. now there's new evidence that suggest they did have terror background and larrants is seeking clemency. coming up we will speem exclusively to his mother. >>> today a federal appeals court will reconsider a decision forcing youtube to take down an antimuslim film which sparked violent riots in the middle east. earlier this year a three-judge panel ruled in favor of a woman who had a minor role in the film. she claims she was never told the movie was about religion and received several death threats as a result. youtube was forced to remove the film and is fighting back claiming infringement on their first amendment rights. >>> to extreme weather now. hitting kansas, a rare dec

heather childers, what else is going on? >> we have news from overseas. big developments to talk about. any big hits for the leader of isis? al bagdadi's top lieutenant taken out by u.s. air strikes in iraq. he was one of three top level isis leaders killed. without these three men, we are told that it will be much harder for the terrorist group to fund and arm their forces. >>> michael phelps should be swimming upstream in just a few hours. he's headed to court in baltimore on drunk driving charges. the swimmer pulled over in september. his blood alcohol level, almost twice the legal limit. he faces a year behind bars. >>> and police are closing in on the man who shot at a tv weatherman 13 times. they just this sketch of the gunman who shot at patrick crawford in the parking lot of his waco television station. it happened in the middle of the day after an argument with the gunman. patrick is in stable condition. >>> a mark coat university professor did she it -- marquette university professor suspended for standing up with a student with conservative vie

i am leah gabrielle in for heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.hank you for starting your day wugs. let's start with a fox news alert. the star studded premiere of "the interview" new canceled. they are verifying the threat and the stars cancel all up coming ail peppearances. robert? >> the film's premiere was canceled by landmark theaters. it follows hackers threatening a 9-11 style attack. guardians of peace wrote the note. soon the world will see all the world what an awful movie sony pictures has made. this world will be full of fear remember 11th of september 2001 we recommend you keep yourself a distance from places

i am heather childers. >> and i am ainsley earhardt. we are going to start with a fox news alert. terrorist armed with a gun holding more than a dozen hostage in sydney, australia. >> the gunman demands an isis flag. joining us live in london with breaking details is gregg palkot. >> good morning. we have been tracking the story all through the night. it is 9:00 monday night in sydney, australia right now. now it is approaching 12-hours of the hostage situation going on with a link to or better described as an association with the isis islamist group. it happened in a busy cafe monday morning australia time. in the center of sydney. sydney is the biggest city in australia. the equivalent of new york city for australia. a middle aged man wearing some

. >> i am heather childers. we are going to get first to this fox news alert.troversial torture report filled with cia secrets set to be released hours from now. >> rapid response ready as they brace for backlash. chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge has the latest. >> the program included kalid sheikh mohammed,al beau abizaid as well as the ladies and gentlemened planner of the u.s.s. cole bombing in 2000. they support democratic senator diane fine stein's decision to make the findings public. >> this is a cia that is completely out of control. it is outside of the system of checks and balances of the constitution. they have lied to the white house. they lied to the justice

i am heather childers. >> i am lia gabrielle in for heather childersled -- ainsley earhardt. >> millionseady to ring in the new year. more than a million of them right here in new york city. hard to belief another year has gone by. with the new year becomes a major chill. maria molina is life already getting the party started with the latest. good morning maria. >> hi good morning heather and leah. good morning to you. happy new year's eve. it is a chilly morning. behind me we have the new year's eve ball. the famous ball. you can see the waterford crystals on it. it is estimated it is 6 tons in weight. a billion people around the world will be tuning in to see the ball drop as we count down for 2015 begins in new york city. you mentioned

in the meantime, we'll turn to heather childers. >> a busy friday.ing stories for you. a massive manhunt underway right now for a cold-aren'ted killer. he is accused of killing three people, including his wife, another woman, and a pastor. police near tampa, florida, searching for 33-year-old andy avallos. he murdered high school wife, a neighbor, and church where his wife worked and shot the minister. police not revealing a motive. >>> it is confirmed, the woman who killed an american in a mall in abu dhabi was targeting americans. police now saying that after she stabbed the woman, the suspect left a home made bomb at the home of an american doctor. police were able to dismantle that bomb. authorities also saying that she wasn't working alone. others were arrested. but their connection to the attack is not yet known. >>> and finally, it is official, in a few hours, president obama will announce ashton carter as his pick for the next secretary of defense. carter served as deputy secretary of defense between 2011 and 2013. if confirmed by the senate,

. >> i am heather childers rment it will be a different scene a couple hours from now.illions of people all around the world they are ready to ring in the new year including more than 1 million right here in new york city. >> how much bundling to we need to do? maria molina is already warming it up for us there. >> good morning. i have thermals on a hat on and chevroleters on and i am still very chilly out here. you really have to bundle up. the longer you are exposed to the full conditions you start to feel the cold temperatures. they are bone chilling. behind me is the new year's eve new york city ball. it is very impressive. very large. it is 6 tons in weight and also 12 feet in diameter. it was tested yesterday at noon. at 11:59 eastern time tonight it will be making its way down the pole to ring in 2015. the first ball drop was in 1907. this one behind me is a 7th generation ball. we have seen a number of them through out many, many years. it does have over 2600 dry angles in the ball here i am not sure if you can really see on hold. but these are unique waterford

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.pected terrorist armed with a gun holding more than a dozen hostages inside a cafe in sydney, australia. >> the sandoff going on for almost a day now when the hostage taker holds an isis flag. joining us now is gregg palkot. good morning, greg. >> heather, ainsley it is monday night in sydney, australia now. we are approaching 12-hours into the hostage situation. the hostage taking with at least a reference to the islamist group isis. at this point no injuries no deaths no injuries. it is a busy morning period in that town. a man walked into a cafe, at least 13 people were there, maybe more. the hostages were forced to stand at the window. one held a flag, a banner with an islamic decoration written on it. they were claiming there were bombs inside the cafe. those have not been confirmed at all. six-hours into the seeing -- siege. apparently they had escaped. a real isis flag being brought into him and a talk with australian prime minister tony abbott. >> here's a little bit of what th

. -- heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle.resident obama's leadership under fire as members of his own party blast the administration's handling of the agency. >> doug mckeller is live for us. >> what does the administration say now? >> cia director john bren nonin the aftermath of the intelligence report that found the cia engaged in such tactics waterboarding rectal feeding to get information. many condemn the report as a one-sided hatchet job now they say bush administrations helped over sea the tact -- oversee the tactics. >> he needs to purring those instrumental and in the running and development of this program. they are willfully providing informio

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us as always.e a scathing report in the aftermath of 9-11. they save lives. >> peter, it seems there might be worries terrorists could use this report for propaganda. >> there are more than 6,000 marines abroad on high alert ready to respond from terror threats that stems from the release of this report. some elected officials are especially concerned for cia personnel who may not have participated or known

i am heather childers. >> i am leah gab yerielle in fo ainsley earhardt.he president's condition. >> the 41st president needed an ambulance to get to the hospital last night. we don't know a ton about his condition right now but the office passed this along. president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president age 90 will be held for observation as a precaution. the president is vacationing in hawaii. the president has been made aware president bush has been admitted to the hospital. president obama and first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire family during this holiday season. he had a bad case of bronchitis and other problems

i am heather childers. >> i am insuranainsley earhardt. >> we start with a fox news alert for you.ing overnight more than 80 people killed in pakistan after a taliban attack on an army run school. about half a dozen gunmen stormed the school and began firing at random. most of the victims school children a teacher and security guard also killed. 500 people were in the school at the time. security forces are still there on the scene for the rescue operation. there are reports of people being held hostage. we are going to stay on top of the breaking story and bring you the latest. >> disturbing new details about the muslim extremist who unleashed australia's worst terror attack. (gun fire) >> gun fire exploding as they stormed the cafe ending the latest in a string of lone wolf attacks. >>> good morning. he was by many counts a disturbed individual but he had been ceased by an ideology that relies on people like him to spread violence around the world. australia is a grieving nation this morning. where he was accused of going an accessory to his ex-wife's murder and sent disturbing l

i am cheryl casone in for heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle in for ainsley earhardt. >> a plane vanished off the indonesian coast. mysterious objects and oil spots have been seen in the water. let's get right to david piper. he has the latest details for us. >> indonesian officials say australian planes spotted octobers floating in the sea in the area they have been searching for the missing aircraft. indonesia's vice president says they could it could be debris from the planes. >> >> the search has been focusing about one hour into the airasia plane to singapore monday morning 160 people were on board. the pilot said he was

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. n an unprecedented move sony postponing the release of the movie. >> anna kooiman is here with the latest. good morning heather and ainsley. good morning to all of you at home. $42 million movie that will likely never be seen by the public. the christmas day release of "the interview" scrapped bison knee after major movie theaters hacked them. the world will be full of fear. her the 11th of september 2001 we recommend you to keep yourself distance from the places at that time. while some people are clamoring for sony to release the film on-line the temperature says it

. >> i am heather childers. we are going to get first to this fox news alert. a controversial torture report filled with cia secrets set to be released hours from now. >> rapid response ready as they brace for backlash. chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge has the latest. >> the program included kalid sheikh mohammed,al beau abizaid as well as the ladies and gentlemened planner of the u.s.s. cole bombing in 2000. they support democratic senator diane fine stein's decision to make the findings public. >> this is a cia that is completely out of control. it is outside of the system of checks and balances of the constitution. they have lied to the white house. they lied to the justice department. they lied to congress about what they were doing. >> in an interview aboby the la times they undermine quote societal and constitutional values we are very proud of. anybody who reads this is going to never let this happen again. michael hayden says the report will be tray u.s. allies overseas and make agency officers at risk. >> this report will lead to an

. >> i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.'s get right to the fox news alert this morning. new information into fox news. the wife and son of the leader of isis detained in lebanon and. they captured them more than a week ago using fake id cards. officials not releasing many details but saying the woman is believed to be one of the wives of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. he was believed to be critically injured during an afr attack back on november 8th but days later an audio tape of him surfaced calling for an increase in lone wolf attacks. >> a suspected serial killer wanted for murdering four people in west virginia is now dead. they found jody p hunt in his truck in the woods. he turned the gun on himself after an hour's long manhunt that errs toed the lock down of many schools. they identify one of hunt's victim as an ex-girlfriend who filed a domestic violence case against him just last month. he wrote this chilling facebook page. you will not hurt me any more. you will not destroy my soul and heart as you tried so ha

i am leah gabrielle in for heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day wugs. let's start with a fox news alert. the star studded premiere of "the interview" new canceled. they are verifying the threat and the stars cancel all up coming ail peppearances. robert? >> the film's premiere was canceled by landmark theaters. it follows hackers threatening a 9-11 style attack. guardians of peace wrote the note. soon the world will see all the world what an awful movie sony pictures has made. this world will be full of fear remember 11th of september 2001 we recommend you keep yourself a distance from places at that time. they can opt out of theirç commitments to show the movie. they are unclear if it is a credible threat or not. police chief spoke out to allay the concerns of movie goers with a christmas day release of the film. >> people should not be afraid to see a movie in los angeles. there is no credible threat. we are well aware of the e-mails we will take pretaugss to make our movie theaterings as safe as we can make them

. >> um heather childers. the plane vanishing from radar in route from indonesia to singapore on sunday. the president of indonesia expected to address the most recent findings in just a few minutes. let's get right to david kipper who has the latest. >> indonesian officials say search teams recovered several bodies from the sea close to where the plane went missioning. they seem certain objects seen floating in the sea are from the plane. indonesia search and rescue agency chief was quoted as saying he was 95 percent certain the objects were from the plane that went missing two-days ago. these pictures just released to show parts of an aircraft. one seems to show an aircraft exit door that is red white the colors of the air bus.

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day and your week with us.e begin with a serious story. fox news alert tear gas and shattered windows. more violence in berkley, california. protestors smashing windows setting fire lootling stores and even hurling explosives at officers. marches clogging up main highways and intersections. storming the disney store in times square terrifying the shoppers. >> it is the 5th night of protests since a new york city police officer was cleared ain the choke hold death of eric garner. members of the nypd now the target of a very serious threat. officers both on and off duty are ordered to take extra precautions after the department learns a militant group plans

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. we are going to begin with a fox news alert.er in new york city and across the country. protests over the grand jury decision to clear an nypd officer. they arrested dozens of people for blocking the streets yelling "i can't breathe. he is live in new york city with the latest. >> this grand jury listened to at least three different videos and heard from as many as 22 civilian witnesses before they made the decision not to indict officer daniel pantalayo in the death of eric garner. there were similar demonstrations taking place across the country. but by far the greatest number of demonstrators hitting the streets in manhattan. protestors brought traffic to a halt. dozen activists laid on the floor at grand central station to disrupt the commute. nationally televised lighting in rockefeller center. despite demonstrators trying to break through police lines and barricades it took place without disruption. unlike recent events the protests here in new york were for the most part largely peaceful. the cell phone video seen around

i am heather childers. >> i am lia gilbert. thank you for starting your way with us.? chilling last words from a cop killer executing two new york police officers who sat inside their patrol car. >> we are learning more about the hours leading up to the killing. jonathan hunt is live with the details. good morning. >> good morning, heather and leah. this all cull minute ated on saturday with a chase of ishmael brinsly into a nearby subway station. listen to this. >> this is crazy. >> what you are hearing there are tellicops telling people to on the ground and stay on the ground. they found him dead from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. his day had begun with him shooting a former girlfriend near baltimore. she is in critical condition but is expected to survive. he then took a bus from baltimore here to new york posting a dire warning on his instagram account which read quote i am putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours let's take two of hears #shoot the police #rip eric garner and #rip michael fwroun. this may be my final post. i'm putting pigs in a blanke

. >> i am heather childers. rush hour rage. anger over a grand jury decision to letting a policeman go who killed a man in a choke hold. they are saying they are not respect i have to their own city. >> the protests you talked about take place not only here in new york city but they were protests across the country in a number of major cities. the demonstrators angry new york city police officer dani was no indicted in the death of eric gardener. here in new york the activist targeted a number of major roads, bridges and tunnels. they did their best to try to bring rush hour to a halt. only a few hours earlier new york city officials held a news conference to discuss what they called a cutting edge three-day retraining program for police officers. one of the goals is to instruct police on using more talk and less force when confronted with a situation. among the topics smart policing techniques. officers wergo training on how to physically retrain suspects. you may remember the yoke hold used in the eric garner incident are pro

thank you very much. >>> now we turn to heather childers. there is more that's happening.going to begin talking about north korea. the most disturbing news coming in, threats, bizarre accusations from north korea. the country now threatening to, quote, blow up the citadels of america dwarfing the sony hack. they are used of. leaders there now claiming the u.s. government was behind the make of "the interview". sony is now saying that it has plans to release the film online. the new threats come as north korea skips out on today's u.n. city council meeting. the country's human rights issues are expected to be discussed for the first time. >>> new video just in of pope francis giving his annual report to the vatican. but instead of a merry christmas message, he scolded them, the pope saying that they're complaining, gossipping and lust for power makes them hypocritical. needless to say, the cardinals not too amused. few were smiling as pope francis listed one by one the 15 sins of the church that he wants drawn up, complete with footnotes and biblical references. >>> terrifi

i am heather childers. >> i am leah gabrielle from ainsley earhardt. your starting your day with us. double trouble, storms bearing down on both coasts creating nightmares for 90 million travelers hitting the roads and the skies two-days before christmas. >> in colorado whiteout conditions bringing traffic to a stand still. look at this deer passing dozens of cars through the snow and ice. >> that's the way to go. >> mix of heavy rain and thunderstorms will bring in wet not a white christmas. >> maria molina tracking the weather for us in the weather center. good morning maria. >> hello everyone. a busy weather pattern through out the day especially as we head into tomorrow.

. >> i amhead heather childers. watch what i am going to do.ose words seconds before he ambushed two new york city police officers executing them as they sat in their patrol car. >> chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in brooklyn with new information about the hours leading up to the killings. jonathan? >>>> good morning. there is a makeshift memorial now a memorial for the two slaen offic slain officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos who were murdered assassinated by ishmael brins lee. this is where he shot his former girlfriend. she is in critical condition but is expected to survive. he took a bus from baltimore to new york and made his way to the streets of brooklyn on the way posting a prophetic warning

. >> i'm heather childers in for harris faulkner and this is the fox report. an uncertain future for former ferguson police officer darren wilson, no charges for the man who shot and killed michael brown back in august, but no pension for him either. wilson resigned from the forget on police department yesterday citing the safety of fellow officers as well as citizens. >> more than 100 people protested outside police headquarters overnight but there were even more police officers standing guard. one protester burned an american flag, two others were arrested and charged by a ferguson officer. two police are now under the microscope and now investigates. state of what aharrigan is live ferguson. >> the 28-year-old former police officer is now out of a job. he said his resignation was the toughest decision he ever had to make in his life, but he had to do it four security officerser for himself, for -- officials say the veteran will not be getting any pension. it's not clear whether he'll be able to maintain his privacy after all these events and for now his wif

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it would help. >> that's better. >> right now we're going to turn to heather childers who is breakingght finally get combat benefits. there is new language in the 2015 defense spending bill that is working its way through congress that will make victims eligible to receive the purple heart. the bill officially recognizes the attack as an act of domestic terrorism rather than the workplace violence designation that the obama administration had used. 13 people were killed and 32 wounded when nidal hasan opened fire. he said that he was inspired by al-qaeda. he was sentenced to death in 2013. >>> first lady michelle obama vowed to end veteran homelessness, but thousands who called an emergency hot line had to leave voice mails due to mismanagement. this coming from a new inspector general report finding nearly a quarter of the vets couldn't get through to a real person. the department says they can eliminate veteran homelessness by next year. >>> and the five st. louis rams players who took to the field with their hands up as a way to honor michael brown may be honored by a u.s. congress

i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. trace: i'm trace gallagher in for bill hemmer. the java sea. it is day three in the search for flight 8501. authorities believe they located the main fuselage. stormy seas are starting to spread wreckage across the seafloor. let's get to david piper live in bangkok, thailand. david? >> reporter: trace, strong winds and heavy seas are hampering the rescue effort at this time. the divers can not go down under the water because of these heavy seas. in the past 24 hours they recovered seven bodies as you said. the first two bodies arriving at surabaya airbase in full honor guard. where majority on the plane came from. indonesian officials believe sonar pictures show upside down fuselage on the bottom of the sea. the water notice java sea are relatively shallow. once the weather clear divers are likely able to search the ocean floor. ships and planes from many nations are currently involved in the indonesian-led operation. uss sampson, a destroyer out of san diego is using sonar to pinpoint the main body of the aircraft and debris fiel

heather: and i'm heather childers in for martha.ght disappeared in stormy weather on sunday with 162 people onboard. pieces of the plane's interior were found just six miles from the plane's last known location. trace: mike boyd is an aviation security analyst and fox news aviation analyst. mike, good to see you. the wreckage found six miles from the last known location of the plane a pretty good indication that whenever this plane, whatever happened it came down pretty much straight. >> yeah. it was, it looks sudden because there were no life jackets on the bodies they found according to reports, would indicate there was no preparation for a crash landing. it looks like something happened very quickly and very decisively that brought that airplane down. trace: kind of scary not know what happened in the meantime because we've got thousands of planes flying through bad weather every single day. >> yeah, there's over 3500 flying actively and another 3000 on order, so you're looking at a very safe airplane but in this case something h

heather childers is here to explain.ied about this. >> elisabeth, we were warned about this you may remember, months ago. the strain is the h3-n2, a mutated form of the influenza virus and can have a devastating impact on the respiratory system of healthy children. at least three children died in minnesota and two dozen states are reporting high levels of the virus. doctors warn the virus could enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain and thalt body may also overproduce white blood cells to help fight the virus but that actually causes respiratory complications especially in children. the biggest problem is that this year's vaccine is mismatched against the h3n-2 strain. what does that mean? it does not mean that you should not get vaccinated. >> even when the strain and the vaccine is not a perfect match, it still gives protection. >> some protection better than no protection. the vaccine is still 50% effective. the c.d.c. warning the flu could cross over to epidemic levels but doctors say take every precaution nec

. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us. start with this, breaking overnight more than 80 people killed in pakistan after a taliban attack on an army run school. gunmen stormed the school around 11:00. most of those killed by bombs and gun pifire were children. a teacher and security guard also among the dead. about 500 people were in the school at the time of the attack. police forces are still on the scene for rescue operations. there are reports of people still being held hostage. we will stay on top of the breaking story and bring you the latest of course. >> in other fox news alert disturbing details about the muslim extremist who unleashed the worst terror attack. >> gun fire ex employeesing as you can hear as police storm the sydney cafe ending that hostage standoff. three people were killed including the gunman. we have new information on the attacker. >> there's a lot of new information this morning about the hostage taker mann, hannan char rear. he acted alone it seems. he has a violent

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. all of the christmas ornaments out on the streets.e are going to begin with parents planning to -- terrorists planning to blow up planes. >> evacuation at jfk airport. >> good morning heather and ainsley. some breaking news right now as well. we are getting a report from the daily news on-line in long done that 400 troops are around heathrow airport because of the threats. an article in london sunday express reports jihadists are planning to carry out this plot. here's the plot according to the christmas spectacular would include smuggling bombs on to five planes during the holidays. an attack on the u.k. is almost inevitable due to many british jihadists from their row of isis iraq. no chances being taken