heather: and i'm heather childers, first day of february, can you believe it in supreme court showdown of monumental proportion. abby: president trump nominate ing niel gorsuch. heather: good morning, garrett. >> good morning. this could end up being the most contentious of all of president trump's confirmation. president trump said he's living out to nominate someone who loves and respects the constitution and with the looming battle in mind that's ahead he pointed out that judge grosuch was appointed to the tenth circuit court of appeals. >> the qualifications of judge gorsuch is beyond dispute. it's what our country needs badly to ensure the rule of law and the rule of justice. >> as this process now moves to the senate i look forward to speaking with members from both sides of the aisle. >> even before the pick was announced and democrats were vow to go fight it and last night more confirmation of battle would be a long one. >> a hostile appointment, well fellow, well family, i'm sure. as far as your family is concerned, in any way interact with the courts, this is a very bad decis

i'm heather childers. clayton: i'm clayton morris, it's 29 after the hour. against furry over president trump's trip calling the media the enemy. clayton: griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. following the latest on that story. >> it wouldn't be president's day unless there was a fight between the president and the press. a particular tweet on friday has official washington in a furry, the president writing, quote, the fake news media abc, cbs, cnn is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the american people. the pushback has been widespread and yesterday republican senator john mccain fired back suggesting this is how dictators get started. >> if you want to preserve democracy as we know it you have to have a free and many times adversarial press and without it i'm i'm afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that's how dictators get started. >> but white house chief of staff reince priebus defended the president on the sunday shows. >> there are certain things that are happening in the news that just aren't honest and we are no

heather: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" i'm heather childers. ayton: and i'm clayton morris. the white house will face off in a high-stakes hearing on the immigration order. heather: president trump demanding that it be restored immediately to keep america safe. griff jenkins. >> the federal government defends travel ban executive order before the ninth circuit court of appeals. relying on expressed statutory authority to suspend entry of any class of aliens, the president directed temporary suspension and countries previously identified link to increase risk of terrorist activity. and in central command yesterday the president was met with cheers. >> we need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country allowed in. not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. [cheers and applause] >> as you mentioned, he also took a shot at one of his favorite targets, the dishonest media. >> you've seen what happened in paris and nice, all over europe it's happening. it's gotten to a p

i am heather childers, we all made it to the weekend. abby: we made it. happy friday. ks for starting your day with us. the white house working at lighting speed on communications direct o. heather: trump goes head to head with the mainstream media outraged over coverage of intelligence leaks. abby: breaking detail. >> good morning, to you, earlier this morning fox news learned that mike will be named as the white house communications director and he's the founder of several median communications companies and he's been involved in politics going back to 1998. until now shown spicer has been filling that role and that of press secretary. this announcement comes after another busy day at the white house which included a wide-range prison conferences with no other, continuous reporting of fake news and in particular he pointed out the leaks that have been coming out of his administration, some of which he admitted were true. >> you could talk all you want about russia which is all fake news, fabricated deal to make up for the loss of the democrats and the press plays righ

i'm heather childers. heather: and i'm heather. we start with fox news alert. appeal's court refuse to go reinstate president trump's immigration order and now he has a message for the judges, i will see you in court. heather: garrett live for us in washington, d.c., has reactions on both sides of the aisle and garrett we were just talking about this, this is not the end of it. >> oh, absolutely not. a long way to go from here, weeks even months, potentially over a year that this could be playing out. if there's any question where things go from here, president trump cleared that up to ninth circuit court of appealses unanimously refuse to go reinstate executive order. on twitter he tweeted, see you in court. security of our nation is at stake. in later at the white house, he told reporters that ultimately it's the case he believes his administration will win easily. >> it's a political decision and we will see them in court. >> you believe the judges -- >> we have a situation where the security of our count rip is at stake and it's a very serious situation so

i'm heather childers. thank you for starting your weekend with us. abby: it is the number one killer for the united states. make sure you put on your red today. heather: be aware of the signs. president trump refuse to go rule out military angst against iran and threatening new sanctions as early as today. abby: live for us in washington, d.c. with the very latest on the escalating tensions, garrett, good morning, where do things stand this morning? >> good morning to you, the trump administration is not wasting any time turning that tough talk into some tough action. we are told that those new sanctions could come as soon as today and would likely target multiple iranian entities and this comes in response to iran's string of missile test all in violation of un security resolutions. president trump didn't rule out taking further action as well. >> military off the table in iran? >> nothing is off the table. i haven't eased anything. >> in response to that and the reports of new sanctions, a top adviser to iran supreme leader called them useless threa

good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first", i'm heather childers. abby: i'm abby huntsman. e over president trump's immigration battle could come down any moment. heather: the decision in the hands of three federal judges, griff is life with what is next, good morning, griff. >> any minute now the ninth circuit court of appeals deciding whether the travel ban should remain in effect. a hearing that got heated last night at three-judge panel hammered away at the administration over motivation for the ban. >> has the government pointed any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism? >> in 2015 and 2016 both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. and in doing so, restricted visa waiver to people who had even traveled to those countries over the last five or six years. the executive order relies on that determination. >> the judges also pressing the attorneys from washington state and minnesota to proof harm. >> executive order itself that caused harm to our states, minnesota and residents. >>

i'm heather childers. we start with president trump ready to roll out a brand-new immigration order. fox news hearing from the first time from his team, what is in and what's out. abby: it comes just hours after the dhs unveils a tough new stance on targeting criminal illegals. griff jenkins latest with the latest on immigration crack-down. griff, good morning. >> you're right, a hard stance with new dhs compliance to address the problem. it includes prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens, hiring 10,000 new ice agents and 5,000 border patrol agents expanding the 287g program which allows local police to act as immigration agents. they will start building that border wall and they will end the catch and release policy of recent years. in speaking exclusively last night to martha macallum, steven miller say that is revised executive order is coming. >> because of the situation and the need to protect our country and to protect our citizens, the president is going to be issuing a new executive action bas

. ♪ ♪ ♪ heather: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first", i'm in for heather childers. >>chmit. heather: straight to fox news alert. search for new national security adviser front and center after a major white house shake-up. >> michael flynn resigned overnight after misleading the vice president about phone calls from russia. griff with details. >> 25 days into this administration national security adviser general michael flynn resigning. general flynn issuing the statement late last night. unfortunately because of the fast-pace of events i briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian embassador, i sincerely apologize to the president and vice president and they have accepted my apology. flynn indicated that he had not discussed the lift of u.s. sanctions with his russian counterpart later admitting that he mislead them and as a result the justice department became concern, flynn would be subject to blackmail, lieutenant colonel, a fox news contributor who serveed in bush administration call to go kelly

the super bowl, good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first", i'm heather childers. 'm clayton morris. washington state and minnesota filing legal for president trump's trump immigration order. reinstating will unleash chaos. heather: top tech companies join the legal battle. clayton: good morning, griff. >> the ban would, indeed, unleash chaos and the tech industry news ramping up the fight in the fight against travel ban. google, apple, microsoft filed an amicus brief opposing the order, america has long recognized the importance of protecting ourselves against those who would do us harm but it is done so while maintaining fundamental commitment to welcoming immigrants to increased background checks and other controls on people seek to go enter our country. this comes just as the president escalated his attacks on the judge who lifted the ban tweeting this, quote, just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such par parel, if something happens, blame him and court system, bad. mike pence made it clear that they will use every tool in this fight at their dis

good morning, to you i'm heather childers. clayton: end of the month. almost march madness. just hours from now president trump making his first major address to congress. heather: prime time message to the world will center around renewing the american spirit. griff jenkins live with exclusive preview of what we can expect. good morning, griff. >> hey, heather and clayton. the renewal of the american spirit to president delivering his first speech before congress, it's his day 40, by the way, the white house calling this an optimistic speech and a look forward for the next four years. the president will begin by recounting promises made and promises made on campaign trail. he will keep and dig in policy agenda and talk about protecting the american people. that protection includes building the wall on the mexican border, something that president trump talked about when he sat yesterday for an exclusively interview airing later today. >> all i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. we have a really terrific, i believe, healthcare plan coming out. we have to

you're watching "fox & friends first" this morning, i'm heather childers. >> and i'm rob schmit, good morning to you. the first president to do so since ronald reagan. heather: that's right, a rousing first day with headliner mike pence rallying the crowd. rob: good morning, griff. >> hey, rob and heather, good morning, i'm outside the hotel where cpac is being held because the secret service has cleared the building and sweeping it in anticipation of the important and historic speech in the many ways because president trump will be the first president to speak to cpac in first time and that's exactly what vice president mike pence did last night. take a listen. >> folks, this is the a team, president trump has assembled the conservatives cabinet in my lifetime. an opportunity that only comes in a few generations. >> mercedes sclapp said that what mike pence said it brought together the populist and conservative establishment in which they believe that trump's agenda is a good movement and important one and a lot of people are excited about it and we heard from a rare person in the wh

i'm heather childers. >> and i'm rob schmit. orville dam threatens to unleash catastrophic and deadly floating. heather: anticipating the failure of the largest dam, sending nearly 200, running for their lives. >> kelly wright has been following the story and has details this morning. >> rob, kelly, good morning to both of you. authorities in california trying to overt the crisis. now race against time to keep man-made reservoir from unleashing puree on the valley below. at least 188,000 terrified residents ordered to flee their homes and leave everything behind in a mass exodus that left major highways at a standstill. >> i was in shock a little bit. i grabbed what i could. i'm in pajamas right now. >> a lot of praying going on. >> evacuation orders coming after a horrifying discovery, erosion on orville's dams emergency spillway which was activated for the first time in nearly 50-year history. it was supposed to be a second line of defense after rushing water tore a gaping hoe, chunks of concrete crashing down below. >> when we

world, but thank you very much for joining thus morning and you're watching "fox & friends" i'm heather childersclayton morris. a full week ahead for president trump with lawmakers returning to capitol vow to go repeal obamacare. heather: that's where we find griff jenkins live with details of very busy week ahead. good morning, griff. >> hey, heather and clayton, it may be cold but busy with health care front and center just one day before president trump's first address to joint session of congress tomorrow night a speech the white house says will focus on renewal of the american spirit and priorities like immigration, health care and tax reform but first today he will be sending 2018 budget proposals to agencies to boost defense spending and slash spend to go epa with no reductions to social security and medicare. last night he welcomed the nation's governors taking the opportunity to raise top priorities with him in a coast and preview the focus in preview today. >> tomorrow we are going to meet and discuss things like -- perhaps health care will come up. most of you know the obamacare has h

i'm heather childers. rob: and i'm rob schmith. es president obama's transgender guidelines. heather: the decision is sparking instance reaction, both sides of the aisle, some saying it's a federal issue and some are saying that it is up to the states. jackie ibaÑez with the latest this morning. good morning. jackie: brand-new video of protests immediately sparking outside the white house overnight this after president trump ends guidelines. president trump saying the issue should be left up to the states. charles says it's something that former president obama should have left alone in the first place. >> why the federal government under obama felt it had to weigh in and dictate to the country is beyond me. one example that the administrative state totally out of control and not knowing any boundaries. >> now, one of the legal reasons according to attorney general jeff sessions is the guidelines did not have enough legal analysis to fit, nancy pelosi firing back, withdrawing the historic guidance from the obama administration to pr

heather: and i'm heather childers.h fox news alert for you, breaking overnight, unhinged liberals destroying their own liberal campus. abby: protestors claiming to be protecting american rights blocking conservative comment at a timer from speaking. as you can see setting fire with fireworks and reports of flag burning. all of this to stop breitbart editor mylo from giving a speech on conservative viewpoints, the event canceled after hundreds swarmed the union, berkeley a sanctuary campus that wants to protect illegal immigrants now destroyed by the protestors who are against the president's immigration crack-down. rioters targeting a president trump protestor, supporter, rather with pepper spray. >> i think the people watching tonight should look at the people protesting and look at what color hat they're wearing, certainly not red. abby: luckily the woman will be okay. disturbing but also says it is a dangerous trend, take a listen. >> students who come don't necessarily agree with me but want to be on the other side

watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning, i'm jackie ibaÑez here for heather childers >> we want to begin with the fox news alert, russia ramping aggression at this hour first sending a spy ship miles off the east coast then violating a nuclear treaty with the nuclear launch. >> good morning, jackie and abby, new concerns over russian aggression on multiple fronts back to cold era, first the administration says russia has deployed nuclear tip ground launch cruise missiles in violation of the 1987 intermediate range or inf treaty, john mccain calls a significant military threat to u.s. forces in europe and nato allies. the second move, a russian ship was spotted patrolling in international waters just off the coast of delaware moving north. it's not the first this has happened but officials finding unusual nonetheless and finally russian jets buzzed a uss porter over the course of several hours in the black sea coming within 200 yards of our ship as it sat in international waters off the coast of romania. these moves appear intended to test president trump. jack: what t

heather: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" i'm heather childers. ton: and i'm clayton morris. the white house will face off in a high-stakes hearing on the immigration order. heather: president trump demanding that it be restored immediately to keep america safe. griff jenkins. >> the federal government defends travel ban executive order before the ninth circuit court of appeals. relying on expressed statutory authority to suspend ent

heather: i'm heather childers, we begin with fox news alert.ng a stern warning to the judicial system as the immigration order is blocked again. >> garrett is live for us in washington with reaction on both sides of the aisle, good morning. >> that reaction came in throughout the night after the ninth circuit court of appeals unanimously refused to refuse to president's executive order and starting with president trump who tweeted shortly after the ruling, see you in court. the security of our nation is at stake. later at the white house, he told reporters it was a political decision and that ultimately he will prevail. >> no. it's just a decision that came down but we will

i'm heather childers.ith president trump ready to roll out a brand-new immigration order. fox news hearing from the first time from his team, what is in and what's out. abby: it comes just hours after the dhs unveils a tough new stance on targeting criminal illegals. griff jenkins latest with the latest on immigration crack-down. griff, good morning. >> you're right, a hard stance with new dhs compliance to address the problem. it includes prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens, hiring 10,000 new ice agents and 5,000 border patrol agents expanding the 287g program which allows local police to act as

good morning, to you i'm heather childers. clayton: end of the month. almost march madness. rs from now president trump making his first major address to congress. heather: prime time message to the world will center around renewing the american spirit. griff jenkins live with exclusive preview of what we can expect. good morning, griff. >> hey, heather and clayton. the renewal of the american spirit to president delivering his first speech before congress, it's his day 40, by the way, the white house calling this an optimistic speech and a look forward for the next four years. the president will begin by recounting promises made and promises made on campaign trail.

you're watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning, i'm jackie ibaÑez here for heather childers> we want to begin with the fox news alert, russia ramping aggression at this hour first sending a spy ship miles off the east coast then violating a nuclear treaty with the nuclear launch. >> good morning, jackie and abby, new concerns over russian aggression on multiple fronts back to cold era, first the administration says russia has deployed nuclear tip ground launch cruise missiles in violation of the 1987 intermediate range or inf treaty, john mccain calls a significant military threat to u.s. forces in europe and nato allies. the second move, a russian ship was spotted patrolling in

heather: and i'm heather childers.yton: white house fighting back over the president's tweet calling the media the enemy of the people. griff jenkens & gilchrist is live for us. always nice to see him. live in washington, d.c. with the latest, good morning. hey, heather and clayton. the president versus the press. the dishonest, they just don't want to report the truth. >> a particular seem today struck a nerve in washington. president writing,

i'm heather childers. thanks for joining us. here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon in san francisco. an appeals court is preparing to hear arguments on president trump's travel ban. the justice department insisting we need to ban to keep the country safe. attorneys for more than a dozen states are fighting it arguing the ban has more harm than it prevents. our judge andrew napolitano here to explain both sides. vice president pence casting a historic tie-breaking vote to confirm betsy devos as education secretary. now with president trump's most controversy nominee locked in, what is next? and the trump administration claiming the media doesn't pay enough attention to terrorist attacks. we'll talk about the truth. so let's get to it. and this tuesday afternoon, president trump says the legal battle over his controversial travel ban should go all the way to the supreme court or could, at least. he says it hopes it doesn't come to that. >> we're going to take it through the system. it's very important for the

you're watching "fox & friends first" this morning, i'm heather childers. >> and i'm rob schmit, goodo you. the first president to do so since ronald reagan. heather: that's right, a rousing first day with headliner mike pence rallying the crowd. rob: good morning, griff. >> hey, rob and heather, good morning, i'm outside the hotel where cpac is being held because the secret service has cleared the building and sweeping it in anticipation of the important and historic speech in the many ways because president trump will be the first president to speak to cpac in first time and that's exactly what vice president mike pence did last night. take

heather: i'm heather childers and thanks for starting your day was.ews alert, a decision could come at any moment in the high-stakes legal battle over president trump's immigration order. abby: fate and epic showdown now in the hands of the ninth court of appeals. heather: griff with the very latest, this was something to listen to. >> it is, good morning, heather

heather: and i'm heather childers, first day of february, can you believe it in supreme court showdownmental proportion. abby: president trump nominate ing niel

i am jon scott coming and we welcome heather childers today. >> i am an am emperor jenna lee presentoday. nice to be here. the senior white house officials saying that mr. trump executive order which could be signed as early as tomorrow will target the cms have been mostly muslim nations as the first one. a green card holders and dual citizens of the nation will be exempt. >> jon: one big difference, the new draft will no longer single out syrian refugees. more from south florida where the president spent his weekend. >> well, according to secretary john kelly, the new executive order will likely be tighter and more streamlined. a very similar to president trump's original travel ban. over the weekend president trump at this big rally in melbourne, he said that in terms of timing we can expect the new executive order to be rolled out sometime over the next couple of days. he told her supporters that they think they will be impressed with this. the goal stays the same. keeping america stay safe. they are trying to tweak it to uphold in court. by this time second kelly says that he wil

. >> i'm heather childers and for generally, very busy day again while we wait for any new action fromhe president, vice president mike pence was speaking at nato headquarters earlier today in brussels. reassuring are allies of america's commitment to preserving freedom and peace in europe. >> whatever our differences are to confidence share the same heritage, same values and above all the same purpose, to produce peace and prosperity through democracy and the role of law and to those objectives we will remain committed. >> heather: chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us now live with the latest. >> good afternoon, update on the new executive order on the immigration band likely to come sometime by the end of this week, what we will get prior to that, though, as early as today or maybe tomorrow a couple of memoranda for how some orders that the president signed a month ago will be unlimited. more on that and just a second or first of all, or continuing search for a new national security advisor. mar-a-lago over the weekend, the president of a fork of potential candidates

i'm heather childers. thanks for joining us.ere's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon in san francisco. an appeals court is preparing to hear arguments on president trump's travel ban. the justice department insisting we need to ban to keep the country safe. attorneys for more than a dozen states are fighting it arguing the ban has more harm than it prevents. our judge andrew napolitano here to explain both sides. vice president pence casting a historic tie-breaking vote to confirm betsy devos as education secretary. now with president trump's most controversy nominee locked in, what is next? and the trump administration claiming the media doesn't pay enough attention to terrorist

heather childers is helping us today. heather: i can't believe that's been 25 years. attack. that according to brand new report from the house homeland security committee it is blowing the lid off of the very real security vulnerabilities like the 900,000 u.s. airport employees who regularly bypass routine security checks. a 2015 investigation also uncovering that 73 workers would w. possible ties to terrorism, those red flags not found in their background checks. the tsa says it is reviewing the report. another democrat defying orders from the white house. the mayor of prospect park, new jersey declaring it a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. the syrian-born muslim says is he following the national trend because is he an immigrant. he also says there is nothing to lose since his city does not rely on federal funding. and faith wins out. a story we have been following. a cross at a veterans memorial park will stay put. vets and supporters restoring the display after atheists demanded that it be taken down. they had argued that the cross violated the separation of chur

steve: right now we have the news and heather childers joins us with a fox news alert. this is breaking right now. two police officers were shot on the job. just one mile from the u.s. capitol. they were responding to reports of a shooting when more gunfire rang out. both officers were shot, one in the torso, one in the leg. they will be okay. the suspect killed in that shootout. and some brand new details for you in the bizarre murder of kim jong un's half-brother. police say that the assassins used a highly toxic chemical. it's classified as a weapon of mass destruction, in fact. vx nerve agent completely odorless and completely tasteless. kim jong-nam ambushed in airport by two women who used nothing but bare hands to poison him. former rivals coming together hours from now. ohio governor john kasich and he is sitting down with president trump in the oval office. who called for the meeting though? that's the question. and it depends on who you ask. the white house claims that it was kasich, but the governor's former campaign manager says it was the president. now, you

i am heather childers, we all made it to the weekend. abby: we made it. happy friday. ks for starting your day with us. the white house working at lighting speed on communications direct o. heather: trump goes head to head with the mainstream media outraged over coverage of intelligence leaks. abby: breaking detail. >> good morning, to you, earlier this morning fox news learned that mike will be named as the white house communications director and he's the founder of several median communications companies and he's been involved

i am jon scott coming and we welcome heather childers today. >> i am an am emperor jenna lee presentere. the senior white house officials saying that mr. trump executive order which could be signed as early as tomorrow will target the cms have been mostly muslim nations as the first one. a green card holders and dual citizens of the nation will be exempt.

>> heather: heather childers. i'm in for shannon bream.n a senate farewell speech last night he thanked the president and pledged to uphold the rule of law. >> he believes in immigration that serves the national interest and within bounds those things are may from time to time come before the office of attorney general. and i look forward to lawfully and properly advancing those items and others that we as a body share, the american people believe in. >> heather: peter doocy is live on capitol hill. how long before sessions get to work at the justice department? >> we understand he is heading to the justice department just after being sworn in at the white house and his replacement, luther strange, alabama's attorney general until this morning who was just appointed by alabama's governor robert bentley to be a senator takes his oath in the early afternoon. if you're wondering how different strange will be from sessions, the answer may be not much because part of his statement about becoming a u.s. senator says this. i pledge to the people

abby: let's get over to other headlines with heather childers. white house just hours after president trump revokes president obama's transgender guidelines. the policy allowed students to choose their bathroom based on gender identity. president trump now leaving it to the states to decide. judge napolitano joined us earlier saying it is a win for liberty. >> the order to all school boards that receive federal funds. that is all of them reconstruct bathrooms doesn't exist anymore. the case is moot. meaning the decision on bathrooms is going to be resolved by local school boards and not bureaucrats in washington. gvote with your feet go. and live where the laws are that you like them. heather: already promised to continue allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. in just a few hours secretary of state rex tillerson and dhs secretary john kelly sit down with mexican president nieto. come over immigration crackdown and construction of a border wall. and we just learned that the new executive order and travel ban will not co

heather childers has the news. of barcelona spain. firing stay truck packed with gas cylinders as the driver sped toward the heart of the capital. these are live pictures from their right now. this is where police say that the driver stole the truck and was going the wrong way down one of the city's main streets. witnesses saying that gas canisters fell into the street, hurting one person. according to local news reports, the driver is a swedish national under arrest. right now we do not know if this is a foiled terror attack or if the driver was on drugs. they are looking at all possibilities. well, a police officer shot and killed in the line of duty by a gang member out on parole. the officer was responding to a car crash when the driver pulled out a gun. police say the gun maine was released from jail just two weeks ago also killed his cousin and stole his car hours earlier. officer keith boyar a 27 year veteran of the department died at the scene. >> the impact to the department is going to last for years. you