. >> i am heather nauert. hope you had a great weekend. it is monday october the 1st. october the 1st. >> it is time for the top 5@5:00. the supreme court begins a new term today. it could include significant cases following last term's landmark decision to uphold obama care. on the docket an affirmative action place where a white woman claims she was rejected from the un oo university un of texas because of her race. gay marriage laws and hear challenge to the voting rights act. >>> a fox news alert for you. three nato troops and a translator killed in a homicide bombing in eastern afghanistan along with at least 10 other people. the attacker drove a motorcycle packed with explosives right into the troops that were patrolling a market. the taliban claiming responsibility for this. the attack comes a day after two americans were killed in a shootout between afghan american troops. >>> two people are dead and one person in critical condition after a shooting at a florida vfw post. a motorcycle club several arms men reportedly showed up firing weapons. it looked like a f

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. it is wednesday october 17th. thank you for watching "fox friends -- "fox & friends first". >> president obama and mitt romney squared off in the second presidential debate. the candidates hitting each other really hard through out the night on so many issues facing our country right now. >> we have some of the most intense exchanges for you in just a moment. what everyone is saying president obama called the benghazi attack a terrorist attack right away. >> the day after the attack governor i stood in the rose garden and i told the people in the world that we were going to find out what happened that this was an act of terror and i also said we are going to hunt down those who committed this crime. >> i think it's interesting the president just said something which is on the day after the attack he went in the rose garden and said this was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration. >> please proceed, governor. >> i want t

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is tuesday october the 2nd.hank you for watching fox and friends first. we start with your 5@5:00. a bombshell new report detailing massive waste of tax payer money leading to the resignation of a top veteran's affair official. stepping down after the inspector general report revealing last year costs $6.1 million. >>> some of you i know are wondering what someone like me is doing in a place like this talking to people like you. what i don't know -- >> this spoof of the movie patton was produced just for that event. it had a price tag of 50,000 dollars. in addition the conference org nierzs gave themselves 43,000 in bonuses. an amtrak train derails after it collides with a tractor trailer. 20 people were hurt. the train was headed from oakland to bakers field that's when the truck through right through the gate. passengers were tossed around including a new born baby. >> the seat in front of us was ripped out and fell on top of him. i had to lift the seat up and i found him in his car seat. >>> a thank goodness

. >> i am heather nauert. thanks for watching fox and friends first. it is october the 3rd. >> it is the final count down to president obama and mitt romney tonight. the first presidential debate taking place in denver, colorado. peter doocy is here. we are going to get right to it. he is live for us in washington with a preview. good morning, peter. >> good morning, heather. vice president biden was down in charlotte north carolina yesterday talking about tax policies and the differences between democrats and republicans when he came out and said the middle class has been buried since president obama took office. >> this is deadly ernst. how they can justify raising taxes to the middle class has been buried for the last 4 years. how in the lord's name can they justify it? >> now instead of focusing solely on tonight's debate in denver the obama campaign is doing damage control even though the vice president changed had. some of the harm done once to the strong middle class republicans are taking the comments and running with it. >> vice president bide

heather nauert was actually at.hiring they think about 7,000 people at least right now globally. but 6,000 of those jobs in the u.s. and in particular spending in lum bus, o-- columbus, ohio. they have been focusing on the columbus, ohio area. ohio has been covering with the elections horrible employment situation in the state of ohio. they are looking for people who can do tech jobs. diamond has been credited for being a strong leader. >> thank you as always. if you want to find out where the jobs are log on to casone knee exchange.com. if you have a question log on to fox and friends.com. >> questions answered next week. e-mail me. >>> any company hiring our veterans big thumbs up. 10 minutes before the hour. two coaches get into an all out foot brawl on the field at a football game. we will tell you all about it. >> what do you expect from tonight's vice presidential debate? we will have e-mails next. >>> good morning. who is going to be in a bikini today? >> it will be steve. it will be a bit of a surprise. ask

. >> i am heather nauert. it is wednesday october the 31st. thanks for getting up with us and watching "fox & friends first". >> we begin with an extreme weather alert after the monster storm devastated so much of the area. >> the devastation she left behind up and down the east coast it is unimaginable. >> now i have nowhere to go. >> the entire new jersey coastline changed forever. portions of the state's iconic boardwalk swallowed up by the sea. >> thoemotions are overflowing. >> i grew up here. i have been here since i was born. this is absolutely sickening. >> the pictures of devastation te seem never ending. the resilience prevails. a quiet beach front community in new york that became the scene of a horrific destruction now coming to grips with all of the devastation more than 100 already flooded homes in breezy point burned to the ground by this raging fire. as residents there ban together firefighters who responded to the scene are saying it was unlike anything that they have ever seen before. todd starns joins us with the lathes. >>

. >> i am heather nauert. it is half past the hour. it is time for 5@5:30. in just a few hours friends and family say their farewells for nicholas ivy. ivy's funeral will be held this morning in arizona. hundreds of loved ones attended a visitation last night. authorities believe ivy was killed by friendly fire. he and two other agents responded to a sensor alarm in an area known for drug smuggling. more problems for the tsa at newark international airport. according to a new report 80 percent of the tsa screeners did pat downs did them incorrectly even failing to confiscate banned items from the bags. 75 percent of the time. a team of under cover tsa agents discovered these security lapses. the agency says it will use the report to improve procedures at airports nationwide. >>> a day of joy turns into a day of tragedy after a deadly brawl breaks out during a wedding celebration. it happened in philadelphia. >> guests from two different wedding receptions were partying at a hotel bar and began fighting. a 57-year-old man dropped dead of a heart attack believ

. >> i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is tuesday october the 30th.hank you for watching "fox and friends first. let's get to the extreme weather we are experiencing that is monster storm sandy lashing out at the northeast leaving millions and millions of people without power. at least 16 people dead so far. take a look at some of these incredible images we have gotten in. in queens new york towned power lines sparking a massive fire there. you can see that in the top box. in norfolk virginia front yards completely flooded there. one of the hard ets hit areas jersey shore. atlantic city is now under water. >> we live team coverage for you this morning. todd is live and marine awe molina in the weather center kelly wright in virginia beach. >> i am being told we are going to start with you, maria. we need to find out where this storm is and where it is heading. >> it made land fall yesterday outside of the atlantic city area. not so much because of the rainfall mostly because of the storm surge. that is also a record that we set across the area. motor

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. it is monday october the 29th. we have a busy morning to bring you. thank you for getting up with us and watching "fox & friends first". the entire northeast including major cities from washington to boston bracing for sandy. it is a monster storm. it is projected to bring life threatening storm surges with hurricane force winds and even heavy snow to some parts of west virginia. in the meantime sandy has shut down some airlines mountain transit into the new york area. the new york stock exchange stools a schools and banks as w. >> we have live team coverage for you. peter doocy sis live in delawar. mriz bette pran in the outer banks of north carolina. first we start with maria molina for the latest on sandy's path. where is sandy now? >> it is more than 300 miles away from the new york city areas to the south and southeast. we have an update from the national hurricane center. hurricane center moves through the storm and found out sandy has further intensified. the pressure dropped m

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. i remember getting a quarter. it is 31 after the hour. the top five stories making news for you at this hour. it is being called one of the biggest medicare fraud busts on record. >> series of coordinating nationwide law enforcement action, charges have been brought against 91 defendants including doctors, injuriesnurs other licensed medical professionals for their alleged participation in fraud schemes involving $430 million in false billings. >> the justice department says the themes were based in 7 cities including new york, chicago, los angeles and miami. holder says one doctor in dallas allegedly was behind over $100 million worth of false bills. 91 people were charged in medicaid fraud case last year. >> they say it has nothing to do with politics. >> analysts have on several occasions recognized the men who appears freed. >> it is osama bin laden. >> we are talking about a really controversial movie about osama bin laden and the raid. this will air on television two-days before the presidential election. th

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. it is wednesday october 17th.for watching "fox friends -- "fox & friends first". >> president obama and mitt romney squared off in the second presidential debate. the candidates hitting each other really hard through out the night on so many issues facing our country right now. >> we have some

i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. it is tuesday october 16th. thank you for watching fox and friends first. >> big day today. the fievenl count down for round two. we are hours away from the town hall debate between president obama and mitt romney. we are learning more about who will go first. >> that can be important in a debate. kelly wright is live for us in washington with a preview tonight. hi there. >> hi. how are you. tonight is round 2 of the presidential debate. both candidates know there's a lot at stake. today's town hall style debate between the president and mitt romney will give each candidate ample time to connect with voters. that is extremely important. the two sides agreed in advance to answer questions from the audience. moderator of cnn may choose to ask follow up questions and insert herself into the discussion contrary to the memorandum of understanding. that is a concern for some of the candidates of course. the president has been off the campaign trail spending the past three-days in williamsbu

heather childers. >> i am health e nauert. hope you had a good weekend. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> this morning a week of pretrial hearings begins at gitmo for the self professed mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed and 4 of his conspirators. there's an argument whether they have the right to hear what happened to the man and whether the u.s. constitution applies at gitmo. all five of the terrorists are expected to attend in person. despite it being closed to the public relatives who lost loved ones can watch the trials at u.s. military sites. >>> now to an extreme weather alert, severe thunderstorms in chicago prompting tornado warnings through out the city. >> you can certainly hear the vines going off in the background. wind gusts clocking in at 50 miles per hour. take a look at this. it's time lapsed video. it shows the storm as it rolls right through one neighborhood. that is spectacular looking. fortunately no reports of major damage or any injuries. >>> a california man head to do the 49ers game with a group of friend was stabbed

i am heather nauert. >> i am patti ann grown. >> joe biden and paul ryan trading blows on the economynd the benghazi terror attacks. let's talk to doug luzader on that. >> both of these guys are probably waking up this morning a little bruised after this pretty lively debate last night. joe biden for one thing was under a lot of pressure to try to turn his ticket fortunes around after a tough presidential debate last night. he was more full more aggressive. watching this on a split screen it may have hardened them on both sides with biden laughing and interrupting ryan. >> this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself but unfortunately it is indicative of a broader problem. what we are watching is the unravelling of the obama foreign policy which is making the world more chaotic and us less safe. >> we did not know they wanted more security. by the way, at the time we were told exactly -- we said exactly what the intelligence community told us they knew. that was the assessment. as the intelligent changed their view we made it clear they changed their view. >> but biden did

i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time for your 5@5:00. the deadly meningitis outbreak might effect more people than originally thought. 13,000 people might have received that tainted shot. so far 8 people have died. 105 cases are being reported in nine states. experts say there's no way to know how many people will get sick. the pharmacy which made these shots which are used to treat back pain has now shut down and recalled all of the products. >> the house committee hearing on the benghazi attack. andy wood head of the special forces security team will testify before congress. security were ignored by the state department. this while more details emerged knew within one day the attack could have been tear rim. fox news learning patrick kennedy aid of secretary of state hillary clinton calls it a sophisticated complicated attack. bob corker is searching for answers for the attack. corker revealing they are examining security camera footage from that compo

. >> i am heather nauert.presidential debate turn will into a real slum fest last night between president obama and mitt romney. the most talked about moment from the moderator. doug luzader is following this angle for us. he is live in washington can mo with more. i think we are talking about libya here. >> this image may say it all. most of the questions came to deal with domestic issues but it was an exchange over libya that is getting all of the tanks this morning. it started with the voter asked the president about security failures that led to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya last month. that raised questions about why the administration initially insisted the attack was about an anti muslim movie. the president said last night he immediately called it an act of terror. here's what followed. >> it's interesting the president just said something which is on the day after the attack he went in the rose garden and said this was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden the day after the

. >> i am heather nauert. it is wednesday october the 10th. thank you for getting up with us and watching "fox & friends first". it is time for your 5@5. >> a man wearing a bulletproof vest and flame retardant pants was arrested at the airport. what was in his bag was even more disturbing. yonda harris was his name. he was stopped after arriving on a flight from japan n. his bag they found a smoke grenade, body bags, a bio hazard suit, handcuffs, knives, a hatchet, billy clubs hard to image even more than that. he was heading to boston. that's where he lives. no word why he has all of those items. he faces 5 years in prison. could the book be closing on affirmative action at colleges? they will hear arguments on whether race should be considered in admission to public colleges and universities. the case centers around abigail noel fisher. her rights were violated when they rejected her in favor of minority students instead. >> the letter s is for stop. sesame street telling the obama campaign to stop showing a big bird in a new campaign ad. it

. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for joining us. thanks so much for watching fox and friends first. we have a busy morning. let's get right to our extreme weather alert. >> at the hour more than 50 people are bracing for what could be the worst storm in two generations. >> the eye of hurricane sandy is making land fall in atlantic city new jersey bringing this 75 mile per hour winds heavy rains and life threatening storm surges. >> new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c. and boston already shut down. we have live team coverage for you this morning. peter doocy is live in delaware todd barns in new york city. what can you tell us? >> the center of sandy is located 280 miles to the ooets of north carolina. we are seen with tropical storm like conditions in southeastern virginia and even across the state of maryland. we are talking about rainfall situation that could receive 10 inches. now again the outer rain bands already producing heavy rains on the order of half an inch of rin fer hour. already picking up through wind gusts 3

. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for getting up with us. it is tuesday october 30th. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". sandy slamming the east coast with a direct hit moving on to ravage even more of the northeast. nearly 5 million people. 5 million people are in the dark this morning. the monster storm is also responsible for at least 16 deaths so far. >>> take a look here at some of the images that are coming in. in queens new york downed power lines sparksing a massive fire. 50 homes destroyed overnighted. in norfolk virginia front yards completely destroyed by the fire. some of the hardest hit areas the jersey shore where strong winds really whip around these traffic lights in see side heights. atlantic city sunder water. >> we have live team coverage for you. kelly wright is in delaware, todd starnes in new york city. maria molina in our weather center tracking the storm telling us where it is going. we are going to start in new york with todd. good morning. >> good morning. i have to tell you the big story is the fire in queens new york. it is a sect