welcome back to fox and friends first. >> i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. the top five stories making news for you at this hour. the white house officially changing its tune on whether the attack in benghazi was the work of terrorists. now saying it is i think self evident what happened in benghazi is a terrorist attack. our embassy was attacked violently and the result was four deaths of american officials. so again that's self evident. bun kay before carney said this. >> based on the information we had at the time we have now we do not yet have information that it was preplanned or pre-meditat pre-meditated. >> the mystery of madelein mccann's disappearance may lie under a driveway in the town she was last seen. the 3-year-old vanished while she was on vacation in portugal with parents. a real estate developer claims what he found what could be a burial site by using a gowned penetrating radar system. the property is owned by the mother of a former suspect in the case. we will stay on this one for you. >> a texas cop paralyzed on the job is being denied b

. >> i am heather nauert. it is wednesday september the 5th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> the democratic national convention it is in full swing if you were watching it last night. the speakers wasted no time to use their platform to slam mitt romney. joining us with details is peter doocy. >> since sasha and malia's birthday was at school they watched their mom's speech at the white house with their dad. even though the president wasn't in charlotte she told stories about his up bringing and record in office to explain he has the right values to continue leading the country. >> like so many american families our families weren't asking for much. they didn't bee grudge any one else's success or care others had much more than they did. in fact they add mired it they believed in the fundamental american promise. even if you don't start out with much, if you work hard and do what you are supposed to do you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and grand kids. that's how they ra

. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for getting up with us and watching "fox & friends first". >> a fox news alert. a new round of anti protests turning violent overnight. thousands of demonstrators throwing rocks at a u.s. military base and shouting death to america. the spike in violence coming as hezbollah calls for more protests in the mid eels. gregg palkot joins us more with more on the situation there. good morning, greg. >> ainsley, heather, we had a transmission difficulty the last couple of minutes. they continue to spread out in tunisia as well because of the muslim film. the latest reports we are seeing is that they are beginning to die down. they happened near one of the main u.s. bases near that city. a lot of rock flowing a lot of cars being burned. this comes after violent froess in pakistan in the business capital of karachi. protestors breached a security barrier went right up to the main walls. the word we are getting from the consulate there is all u.s. people were safe there was casualties

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. time for the 5@5:30. group trying to take down fox news working with the justice department to stop the press. they filed a freedom of information which had e-mails collaborating with media matters on stories would plan the critics bike the botched fast and furious operation. the daily callers editor in chief believes eric holder is aware. >> it is getting together with media matters which is a tax exempt left wing poll lal organization to create news that would not have happened otherwise. i think eric holder is aware of this. she is doing this at his direction. >> the justice department is declined to comment. >> two mnts before the presidential election and the voter id law is stuck in cord. they are deciding if voters could get id's in time for the election. if they can't the court must stop the law. a decision must be made by october the 2nd. >> a chemical in children's food items. children between the ages of 6 and 19 who were exposed to high levels of bpa were twice as likely to be obese. researche

i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert. it is half past the hour.ive stories making news at this hour. we begin with a scathing report blasting the justice department for showing disregard for public safety. jason weinstein a deputy assistant attorney general resigning in the wake of the report. it says he was the heist ranking employee that could have stopped the program but didn't. former atf acting director also retiring. he was faulted for not asking enough questions about the operation. house oversite committee chairman darrel issa says the report shows eric holder also shows dig can't blame. >> the fact is just because you are not convicted doesn't mean you are vindicated. holder didn't ask the questions didn't read the memos and up and down the chain the people that worked for them. the political appoint sees failed to do their job. >> 14 officials were sited for sticking to wrong doing. >> there are growing calls this morning for the justice department officials who is in cahoots of the media matters the group trying to destroy fox news. the

. >> i am heather nauert. it is tuesday september the 18th. thank you for watching fox and friends first. fox news alert. overnight a homicide bombing killing people in afghanistan. >> this as anti-american violence continues to escalate across the mideast. the u.s. is suspending controls with afghan police after a spike in insider attacks and connor powell is live for us from afghanistan with the latest. >> just a few hours ago a mini bus killed at least 9 foreigners and several south africans and wounded many more including afghans sitting there waiting to go to work taking the bus to start their day. an off chute of the taliban has claimed responsibility. most shockingly they say the suicide bomber was a 22-year-old girl. that is a rare thing in afghanistan. i can only remember wheone or t cases when it was a young women. they say it was a response to the anti islamic film that is causing chaos around the world. nato announced insider attacks where they turn their guns on their partners. this does undermine the strategy where the u.s. is me

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt.ays president obama fail to do tdeliver on his promises but the president says he is the best choice to lead the country forward. for four more years as the dnc kicks off tomorrow in charlotte, north carolina. doug luzader is live with more. hey, doug. >> good morning, guys. even at this hour we are seeing people scurrying around the floor getting things ready for this thing to start. charlotte is full of democrats open whoing to ma-- hoping to m 2012 a repeat of 2008. we have been watching some of the final preparations take place from what is essentially a big three-day pep rally. this will culminate thursday when president owe bau ma'am -a arrives in the swing state. there was a stop in iowa. >> we will win iowa again. we will win this election. we will finish what we started. >> the romney ryan ticket meantime hitting some swing states of their own over the weekend. big college football week in jacksonville, florida and a enjoying appearances and mitt romney was talking unemploymen

. >> i'm heather nauert in for martha maccallum. heather: in indonesia another attempt to burn down an american embassy. throwing makeshift bombs and starting fires outside the mission. bill: we want to starting with the i don't know nor powell in afghanistan. what is the latest. conor? >> we have controlled protests not only in kabul. today's protest was more of a riot. hundreds of afghans took to the streets not far from the american embassy. they were throwing robs, burning tires. 45 afghan police officers were injured as part of this riot. it has more after staged protest as opposed to a genuine outpouring of anger over the anti-islamic film. many of the protesters were young boys, eight, nine, 10 years old and teenage boys. this didn't seem like a mass protest but something whipped up to create anti-american anger here in afghanistan. bill: four americans were killed in what is considered an insider attack. what is the level of concern about this, conor is it. >> reporter: not only four americans but two british soldiers were ki