i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for joining us it is tuesday june 21st. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> here is the top 5 at 5:00. >>> minnesota declaring a state of emergency at this hour. take a look at this unbelievable video. you will understand why. water flooding the streets and homes in duluth, minnesota 10 inches of rain falling in 24-hours and more rain is on the way. check this out. a zoo nearly wiped out. a polar bear swept away. he managed to survive. two seals also washed away. here is one that turned up on the street outside of the zoo. >> looks like godzilla came through took chips out of the concrete. it is unreal. >>> 20 animals did not make it out of the zoo alive. a 6-year-old boy did survive. he was swept 6 blocks away in an under ground pipe. apparently minor injuries luckily. >>> sanford florida police chief who handled the trayvon martin investigation fired. he did not rays george zimmerman. he was protected on the stand your ground law, lee tried to rezine b

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. this is friday june 22nd. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". it is time for your 5@5:00. an assault by the taliban on a lakeside hotel in kabul ending overdmiet leaving 17 people dead. >> security forces and gunmen armed with rockets exchanging fire after dozens of people taken hostage. the standoff lasting over 12-hours. the five taliban militants also found dead including 3 homicide bombers. >>> it is dangerous and deadly conditions there. the rain washing out a highway in wisconsin killing three people who tried to drive through that rain. they estimate the flooding is at least $80 million in damages. more on that later. the u.s. and south korea holding the largest joint live military firing drill fighter jets attack helicopters and 2 how ally troops all involved. the war games meant to be a strong warn to go north korea against any type of aggression. the drill taking place ahead of money days 67th anniversary of the start of the korean war. developing storing reovernight a mountain ranger was k

. >> i am heather nauert. it is june the 20th. thank you for being with us and watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time now for your five at five. we begin with a fox news alert. must be b mubarak on life support after suffering a stroke. the 84-year-old has beens transferred. he was clin kically dead but quickly revived saying he's being kept alive with a respirator. there is unrest over who will succeed him a. runoff election with the former prime minister and candidate with muslim brotherhood claiming victory. back stan pastoring what it considers an important leader of al qaeda. he was raised during an operation near the pakistan and iranian border. the french national is believed to have had links with militants in europe. reports say he may have had a role in the 9-11 attacks here. an explosion rocking a national hotel late last night. brand new video of the scene moments after the blast. (alarm sounding) >> are you okay? any one hurt? >> de preall over the floor at the ap preland hotel. the blast happening in a mechani

i am heather nauert. >> i am angsly air heart. it is tuesday june 19th.hank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> our top five at 5:00. we start with afghanistan. an insider attack leaving an american service member dead and nine others are hurt. their injuries are considered minor at this point. the three gunmen that opened fire were wearing afghan police uniforms at the time. we will keep you posted on developments. >>> a chili meeting between obama and putin. president obama looking away from putin with a frown on his face and putin giving obama a cold stair. >> during the meeting it must end in syria. >> it hasn't been open for business for more than a decade. why is a tv plant in georgetown costing the taxpayers 3 and a half million dollars. that question they are hold ago hearing today. they say the gsa is spending millions of dollars each year on federal loined buildings that are barely used and some are completely vay can't. >>> want to get people back to work. it is an opportunity to sell the property we are paying maintenance and upkeep rig

. >> i am heather nauert. hope all you dads out there had a wonderful father's day.t is monday june the 18th. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". >> the top five stories making news at this hour. hours ago president obama arriving down in mexico for the g 20 summit. world leaders joining there for the global economy. they are also meeting privately with russian president vladimir putin. they are discussing the situation in syria. that could be tense following claims last week from secretary of state hillary clinton that russia was supplying syria's government with attack helicopters potentially to be used to attack civilians. >> relatives in the trayvon martin case, six jail house phone calls between george zimmerman and his wife shelly will be released. they were speaking in code about receiving money through donations at a web site he created a. judge eventually revoking his bond saying the two lied about their finances. his wife charged with perjury. >> a standoff between an armed off duty officer and police in pennsylvania. it was all after they

i am heather nauert. >> it is friday. i am ainsley earhardt. june 1st. the beginning -- almost the beginning of summer. thank you for watching fox and friends first. we begin with brand new developments in the mistrial of john edwards. it is unlikely the justice department will retry him after jurors found him not guilty on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. with details is doug. >> obviously relieved at the not guiltyer verdict on the one count of the mistrial. this was not a vindication as much as a repudiation of the government at tremendous tax payer expense to bring the charges. many believe from the beginning it was a reach. the gifts of $1 million total from two wealthy donors to keep his love affair was never traced to campaign coffers and were never withdrawn from campaign accounts. that was in all likelihood a fundamental problem for the jurors. the defense pointed out it was not about his bad behavior it was about misuse of campaign funds. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers.nk you so much for joining us it is tuesday june 21st. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> here is the top 5 at 5:00. >>> minnesota declaring a state of emergency at this hour. take a look at this unbelievable video. you will understand why. water flooding the streets and homes in duluth, minnesota 10 inches of rain falling in 24-hours and more rain is on the way. check this out. a zoo nearly wiped out. a polar bear swept away. he managed to survive. two seals also washed away. here is one that turned up on the street outside of the zoo. >> looks like godzilla came through took chips out of the concrete.

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. this is friday june 22nd. it is time for your 5@5:00. an assault by the taliban on a lakeside hotel in kabul ending overdmiet leaving 17 people dead. >> security forces and gunmen armed with rockets exchanging fire after dozens of people taken hostage. the standoff lasting over 12-hours. the five taliban militants also found dead including 3 homicide bombers. >>> it is dangerous and deadly conditions there. the rain washing out a highway

. >> i am heather nauert. it is half past the hour. time for a look at the top five stories.oming out of minnesota declaring a serious state of emergency right now. raging water flooding streets and homes in duluth. take a look at this thing. perspective from the sky. buildings, homes and cars completely submerged there. close to 10 inches of rain falling in 24-hours and even more is on the way. check out this zoo nearly wiped out. a polar bear swept away. he survived. two seals also washed away. here is one that turned up on the street outside of the zoo. 20 animals there did not make it. a car swallowed up by the ground with two brothers inside. both managed to escape without any injuries. a 6-year-old boy survived after being swept 6 blocks in an under ground pipe. how about that. >>> new video we are hearing an emergency from a pilot of a jetblue flight. a flight passengers describe as a ride from hell. >> the nature of the emergency? >> the flight was on the way from las vegas to new york. they had to circle the airport for 3 hours in order to dump extra fuel. the plane

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. now it is time for the top 5 at 7:5:30. it could come as early as today. top questioning from justices led a lot of people to believe the individual mandate or healthcare law could be ruled unconstitutional. looking to north the intat el ground of the state of wisconsin. he will be rallying with support of governor scott walker and congressman paul ryan. this is the firs visit he made to the state since governor walker's recall victory. that win will reach votes for november. he had head to iowa then off to michigan as well. >> a story causing quite a controversy. a 5th grader wanted to deliver a speech about same-sex marriage to a school assembly in queens, new york. the principal said no because he felt it was not appropriate. the principal reversing her decision. the student will get to deliver his speech today. the school's chancellor says the extra day give th gave them enoe to look at the speech. enhancing god bless the usa but would deliver this. >>> brand new revelations about john edwards and rielle hunter a prison

. >> i am heather nauert. it is 31 minutes after the hour. time for the top five stories at 5:30. eric holder and darrel issa set to meet today at 5:00 p.m. eastern time over the fast and furious scandal. ice saw is demanding more documents be handed over otherwise he's going forward with a contempt vote to go forward tomorrow. ice s issa wants a retracted letter that the united states claims it didn't help smuggle guns to new mexico including those found at the murder scene of border agent brian terry. >> federal judge from the 9th circuit still planning to have a lavish conference in mow key. alex kaz zsky defending the pla. travel costs are cheaper for hawaii. republican senator says he's disturbed by the response. >>> express very much unconcern and very unapologetic about spending a million dollars for a conference in maui, hawaii. it could be done by teleconferencing. >> the plan coming on the heels of the gsa spending scandal. >> hard to image that is cheaper than holding something at a airport marriott or something. >>> the cover of this morning's negotiating post. there i

. >> i am heather nauert. hope all you dads out there had a wonderful father's day.t is monday june the 18th. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". >> the top five stories making news at this hour. hours ago president obama arriving down in mexico for the g 20 summit. world leaders joining there for the global economy. they are also meeting privately with russian president vladimir putin. they are discussing the situation in syria. that could be tense following claims last week from secretary of state hillary clinton that russia was supplying syria's government with attack helicopters potentially to be used to attack civilians. >> relatives in the trayvon martin case, six jail house phone calls between george

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. a>> now for your top five stories. in contempt of congress over the fast and furious debacle now moves forward later this morning. this after a failed meeting with house oversight committee chairman darrel issa. he said he would postpone the vote if he handed over more documents but holder refusing to do so saying the justice department has already done enough. >> he said in the meeting if we go forward with contempt we get no cooperation from that time forward. on the other hand he said if we take a briefing we have to close the case. we are between a rock and a hard spot. >> we have made today available an unprecedented number of documents. the ball is in their court they rejected what i thought was extraordinary alibi. >>> if it pass it is will be the 4th citation against the executive branch in 30 years. we will follow that through out the day. >> frantic phone call rodney king's fiancee 911 moments before finding him at the bottom of the swimming pool. >> he is not moving. >> he's at the bottom of the swimming poo

. >> i am heather nauert. thanks for joining us. now to politics. mitt romney hitting president obama where it really hurts. he made a surprise visit to solyndra. that's the solar company that we know the bankrupt despite getting $528 million, taxpayer dollars from the obama admin straugs. joining us live to talk about this is doug luzader with the details. >>> this comes down to jobs and economy. romney and obama bracing for the new numbers released. both sides are sharpening their nods on the economy. we saw this play out as mitt romney headed to the california former headquarters of solyndra which was really supposed to be the poster child for white house energy investment. instead it went belly up taking with it $500 million in tax payer loan guarantees. >> in this building behind us this is not the kind of building built for private enterprise. this is the kind of building that is built with half a billion dollars of tax payer money. it is not just the taj mahal of corporate headquarters you probably heard inside there are showers that have lcd

. >> i am heather nauert. it is half past the hour. it is time for the top five stories at 5:30 this morning. a day at the pool turns really scary in indianapolis, indiana after a chemical skill sickens dozens of people mostly children. witnesses say it seems like a big acid explosion of chlorine followed by a foul smell and lifeguards then started yelling at the kids to get out of the water. a lot of children reportedly coughing and throwing up as well. 71 people in total were sent to the hospital. none of their injuries considered life threatening. >> passengers evacuated from this alaska airlines plane after not one but two of the tires blew out. the plane was able to land safely at john wayne airport in california. none of the passengers were injured. the faa is investigating. >>> an egyptian terrorist invited to the white house? the daily beast is reporting that aldean is one of several egyptian parliament members who met with the obama administration to talk about diplomatic he is part of the egyptian islamist group designated as

. >> i am heather nauert. it is june the 20th. thank you for being with us and watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time now for your five at five. we begin with a fox news alert. must be b mubarak on life support after suffering a stroke. the 84-year-old has beens transferred. he was clin kically dead but quickly revived saying he's being kept alive with a respirator. there is unrest over who will succeed him a.

i am heather nauert. >> i am angsly air heart. it is tuesday june 19th.hank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> our top five at 5:00. we start with afghanistan. an insider attack leaving an american service member dead and nine others are hurt. their injuries are considered minor at this point. the three gunmen that opened fire were wearing afghan police uniforms at the time. we will keep you posted on developments. >>> a chili meeting between obama and putin. president obama looking away from putin with a frown on his face and putin giving obama a cold stair. >> during the meeting it must end

i am heather nauert. >> it is friday. i am ainsley earhardt. june 1st. beginning -- almost the beginning of summer. thank you for watching fox and friends first. we begin with brand new developments in the mistrial of john edwards. it is unlikely the justice department will retry him after jurors found him not guilty on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. with details is