i am heather nauert. >> i am heather childers. let's go to the fox news alert. the crisis in iraq exploding. president obama autizes targeted air strikes against isis. elizabeth prann is live for us. what's he saying now? >> he's calling for air strikes if necessary against militants in the northern region if they advance to the northern city in iraq. they will drop humanitarian aid to tens of thousands religious authorities stranded on a mountain top. >> targeted air strikes to protect our american personnel and a humanitarian effort to take action if these terrorist forces threaten our personnel or forces anywhere in iraq. >> those who are stranded are christians and other minorities from the religious security. they have been prosecuted with isis many face the choice convert to islam, flee or die. some news agencies are saying the number of freeileeing chriss are much larger than reported and they are without food, water or shelter. isis is taking control over the two-mile wide mosul dam. there are those in the u.s. who suggest the administration needs to act

in the meantime we turn to heather nauert and heather is going to talk to us about something scary inedo. from a crisis here to a crisis here. in america's heartland another fox news alert. toledo ohio, overnight there are new tests revealing that drinking water is still contaminated with an algae toxin. it is coming from lake ere. that water doctors say can make you extremely sick. it is in fact so dangerous that your pets can't drink it and not even your children can bathe in it. and boiling that water which a lot of people tend to do thinking that sterilizes the water, that makes it worse. toledo's mayor says more testing needs to be done. >> i'm not going to make a decision and then turn around 24 hours later and say we're back to where we were. that would be absolutely irresponsible. >> officials are saying if you've been exposed to that toxic water see a doctor immediately. >> new investments on the search for -- new investments on the search for a missing oregon mother. video from a ferry boat last week that may show jennifer huston and her car headed to san juan island off the

we turn to heather nauert who joins us. >> good morning.ot of things going on this morning. i want to start in the middle east. after three days, the war is back o. this after hamas launching octobers at israel this morning. israel responded by resuming air strikes across gaza and mobilizing at the border. israel launched ten strikes and seven people have been hurt. this all unfolding after those peace talks that were brokered by egypt hit a deadlock. >>> back here at home, while you were sleeping, tennessee senator lamar alexander cruised to another primary win. he defeated joe carr with 50% of the vote. alexander says the problems facing our country could be absolutely overcome. >> you read much history, you know there is much more that we have many more difficult problems back in the earlier days of our country. we're just as strong as we ever were as a country. we just need a different kind of leadership. >> the matchup for the governor of tennessee come november, voters will choose between republican governor bill haslam and charlie br

and heather nauert joins us with some news. >> good morning.a charges not dismissed against the mother who carried her registered gun across state lines. a judge now ruling that she will have to go to trial for being found in possession of this gun during a traffic violation in the state of new jersey. here is what happened. she presented her concealed carry permit for pennsylvania, but that isn't recognized across state lines in new listen. >> i hope that -- i didn't know about it. it could happen to anybody. >> she can now face at least 3 1/2 years in prison. you got to know the gun laws. >>> the search for a missing six-year-old girl in washington state intensifying by the hour. this as we just learned that police are keeping a close eye on the little girl's father. james wright was once charged with molesting his eight-year-old stepdaughter. that charge was later dropped. police aren't calling him a suspect, but both parents have taken lie detector tests. those results have not been made public at this time. two of their other children have

heather nauert, good morning to you. all that's going on, you have it. >> we've been talking about texas and the national guard going to the border. as they head to the border to bolster security, the feds are buying a border fence but not for the united states. for the ukraine. the state department is spending more than $400,000 on razor wire to defend the borders between the ukraine and crimea, part of a multimillion-dollar aid package announced by the white house in april. what do you think about that? >>> your tax dollars going to the dogs. no, really, it actually is. the government spending money meant for the less fortunate on doggy day care and that is just the geng. a new report from senator tom coburn says federal tax credits meant to help out low-income communities are also going to recording studios, breweries and $65,000 sculptures. this seems to be pretty loose rules on what would stimulate those areas. coburn say, quote, when the government picks winners and losers, the losers usually end up being the taxpa

summer is here. >> i believe it was just 55 minutes ago when we saw heather nauert's throwback picture >> for headlines? >> yes. >> good morning, heather. >> good morning. anybody ever broken their foot here? broken a toe? anything? >> ankle. >> i know elisabeth had a broken heart. >> a couple of times, i did. >> listen to this story. it is an ugly bust for a wanna be beauty queen. a 22-year-old pageant contestant busted because of this video right here. investigators say at the same time she walked on stage in a bikini and high heels, she was collecting workers' compensation for a broken toe. she claimed her toe made it impossible to work as a grocery store clerk burks she could walk that big old catwalk. if convicted, she could spend up to a year behind bars. >>> good news for those battling insomnia. a new sleeping pill works by blocking chemicals that control the sleep cycle and can keep people awake. it was approved after studies of 500 patients showed that they fell asleep faster after they took it. the f.d.a. warning, however, that higher doses of it could cause next day drowsin

and take a look, ladies and gentlemen, heather nauert back in the day. e same. but please explain, if we can take down the banner for a second, explain what is in front of you screen left. what is that? >> dead pheasant. >> a dead pheasant. exactly what you put in front of a two-year-old. >> of course. my parents are so negligent. this is in wisconsin growing up. my mom and my grandfather and everybody went pheasant hunting a lot and i liked to play in the dead birds. >> wow. >> and make that face. >> look at that beautiful face, yes. my mom also tells this charming story about how i loved to pull out my hair. and you can see it right there. that's probably a dr. keith segment. >> wow. good job. >> that's the way we roll. >> so they went hunting, then dragged the pheasant, put it in front of you and take a picture? >> you would clean the bird, take the feathers off and that was always a lot of fun pour me. i like the gizzards. >> who didn't? >> parents do that with the leaves in the fall. >> what are those? >> the gizzards. >> it helps digest. it grinds s

. >> heather nauert, there's so much other news in the world. >> good morning. let's start out with a fox news alert. moments ago health officials in madrid at a hospital there confirming a spanish missionary priest has been infected with ebola and that he died. the 75-year-old was evacuated from liberia last week after he tested positive for the virus, the ebola death rate in west africa rising to 1,013. there is no licensed vaccine for the virus and now officials are saying the experimental treatment drug is running out. the remaining doses is heading to liberia to treat infected doctors. >> violence erupght for a second night -- erupting for a second night in missouri over the death of teen by a cop. this in st. louis, ferguson. that looting and vandalism that started sunday night has stopped. the f.b.i. opening an investigation into the death of 18-year-old michael brown as civil rights leaders begin to make this a racial debate. the police officer who shot brown is expected to be identified soon. protesters say they plan more demonstrations today. >>> tony

first to heather nauert. a lot has been happening overnight. >> they might squeeze right m and sit as close as you guys. let's start off talking about politics today and key primary races taking place. we've got the results. all eyes on the state of minnesota. political newcomer mike mcfadden will take on senator al franken after winning the republican primary. >> i'm so honored to have won the primary. i can tell you we did it without saying one bad word about another republican. period. we immediate to unify our party -- wree need to unify our party. >> another key race tom emmer beating out the commissioner and county commissioner jeff johnson wins primary for governor beating three major rivals. he'll face the democratic governor in november. we'll keep watching these races. >> a storm sliding across the country and this morning leaving two people dead. we start in arizona with this dramatic video. a man sitting on top of his car forced to jump on to a fire truck to get out safely. look at this video out

heather nauert standing by with a look at the news headlines for us. >> good morning.of that nurse who has ebola. she is infected with the virus and she's now on her way to the united states. we're talking about nancy writebol and now being flown to emory hospital in atlanta and expected to land later today and undergoing an experimental treatment and appears to have positive effects. she will join dr. kent brantley, her colleague, who has already been in isolation since saturday in atlanta. this is feared that the virus may have spread throughout the united states after a new york city man is now being tested for possible exposure. doctors at mount sinai hospital in new york saying it's unlikely that he has ebola, but they are still awaiting the test results. >>> let's talk about extreme weather. six inches of rain within hours in naples. roads turning into rivers there during rush hour, stalling cars and stranding drivers. imagine that, six inches in an hour. then let's talk about california. clean-up now beginning in southern california. devastating floods and also

. >> and i am in heather nauert in for jenna leeh. >> the administration is starting to work to line up allies to fight the islamic terrorist. we have a briefing that is about to start. >> doug has more from the white house. doug? >> reporter: that's right, jon. washington is gearing up for return for business after labor day. there is tremendous pressure building on the president to come up with a long- term strategy to address the isis threat not only in iraq but syria as well. >> unless the president comes up with a strategy, and articulating his goal, i think we will continue to flail and we'll continue to see isis maintain and expand their influence there and throughout the region. >> and the president hasn't defined the strategy. and he expressed that yesterday in charlotte. >> and american combat troops will not return to fight in iraq and will not allow the united states to be dragged back to another ground war in iraq. >> and while he expresses that retissents. the white house is working to build a international coalition to dress the growing isis' threat. >> secretary hagel

heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. we have a lot of news to cover this hour. jon: we do. heather: this brings us close to a potential airstrike in isis where they continue to operate far beyond our reach. fox news military analyst major general bob scales says confronting isis in syria, absolutely must happen in order to root them out of their safe havens. listen to this. >> is a stepped process of increasing surveillance and reconnaissance over time, gather the information, find the targets and eventually i guaranty we start bombing them. that's their headquarters. if you can't strike isis in their homeland, and where they're protected, the idea of taking them down over time is virtually impossible. jon: so would congress go along with expanding missions in inside syria? chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live in washington with more on that angle. mike. >> reporter: jon, good morning the congress has the power of the purse strings and clear from hearing members of both parties they want the president to clearly lay out what he plans to do to take on the isis

heather nauert is here as well. fox news alert regarding ebola which has america in sort of a startled state. >> it has killed about 700 people overseas and that deadly ebola virus is coming to u.s. soil. two infected men's who are aid workers helping people in africa who have this illness right now, these aid workers will be brought to the united states. one of them will be treated at emory hospital in atlanta. that patient is expected to arrive there sometime within the next few days. a medevac jet left yesterday afternoon to pick up the patient and in the plane there is some sort of isolation unit on it. take a look at this picture. these were built and designed by the department of defense and also the c.d.c. they apparently were told to ensure flight crew will remain safe from that disease. we'll keep watching the hours after the start of the cease-fire between israel and hamas, it is already falling apart. there is new violence to tell you about this morning. it broke out just moments ago. both sides are accus

heather nauert and vicki fergon. mad as hell because president obama recently celebrated a muslim holiday at the white house. has he ever celebrated a jewish holiday". >> ramadan. he celebrated it a few weeks ago. celebrated ramadan, muslim holidays as well as jewish holidays in equal number. >> jewish holidays were celebrated. >> passover, hanukkah. >> it's an even deal. >> it's an even deal. >> vicki shouldn't be mad as hell. >> sorry. she's wrong. >> okay, second letter, ed "i'm aggravated when i see smug liberals like kirsten powers and alan colmes on the air." if the liberal view were not represented we would be liars. that's ridiculous. how many of our contributors e aar are -- do lean left. >> we have 19. out of the likes -- a lot are military contributors. all of that so we're just talking about the political one, 19 liberals including bob beckel who, of course, is a host. evan bayh, pat caddell, james carville but then the rest of our guests that we have on who are not paid contributors such as wesley clark,

heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee today. as u.s. hits isis targets in iraq and reports are coming in on the death of another american isis fighter. sources tell fox that he came from minneapolis, minnesota, not far from where douglas mcauthur mccain grew up with his fam lynn. both men reportedly died in the same battle with syria. talk about this with conor powell with all the breaking developments from our bureau in jerusalem. hi, conor. what do we know about this guy? >> reporter: heather, u.s. officials are becoming concerned about the large number of american citizens fighting in iraq and sir along islamic militants. the family of abdirahmaan muhumed be learned about his death not from government officials but a picture sent to them in syria. like douglas macarthur mccain, the first american reportedly killed in the battle. he was working with the pro-syrian army. 300 americans are estimated to be fighting iraq and syria. some 12,000 foreign-born fighters flocked to the middle east to be part of battles over there. not all the f

heather nauert and vicki fergon.s hell because president obama recently celebrated a muslim holiday at the white house. has he ever celebrated a jewish holiday". >> ramadan. he celebrated it a few weeks ago. celebrated ramadan, muslim holidays as well as jewish holidays in equal number. >> jewish holidays were celebrated. >> passover, hanukkah. >> it's an even deal. >> it's an even deal. >> vicki shouldn't be mad as hell. >> sorry. she's wrong. >> okay, second letter, ed "i'm aggravated when i see smug liberals like kirsten powers and alan colmes on the air." if the liberal view were not represented we would be liars. that's ridiculous. how many of our contributors e aar are -- do lean left. >> we have 19. out of the likes -- a lot are military contributors. all of that so we're just talking about the political one, 19 liberals including bob beckel who, of course, is a host. evan bayh, pat caddell, james carville but then the rest of our guests that we have on who are not paid contributors such as wesley clark, you h

heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee today. it is serious news day, a tough news day to bring you. there are new reports of a massacre by isis. this comes as al qaeda linked group captured more than 40 u.n. peacekeepers in the golan heights area between israel and syria. all of this coming as president obama put brakes on expanded us air strikes targeting growing isis threat in syria. listen to this. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think, what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are. and i think that's not just my assessment but the assessment of our military as well. heather: conor powell live in jerusalem with the latest. hi, there, conor. >> reporter: heather isis's brutality once again on display in both iraq and syria. two new videos coming out by that militant group shows how far they are willing to go to establish their islamic caliphate across the middle east. in the first video

she joins us this morning, in for heather nauert. >> been up since early early. but good to be with you guys, thanks for having me. we do want to start with this fox news alert. moments ago julian assange speaking at a press conference. he says he is ready to leave the ecuadorean embassy in london after hiding this for two years. he did not go into details about why or when he is leaving. assange asked for political asylum to avoid extradition to sweden where he faces assault charges. the u.s. has been investigating him since 2010 when wikileaks published leaked military documents. >>> the united states widening its air campaign in iraq. video shows u.s. airstrikes taking out militants, the barrage of militants allowing iraqi and kurdish ground troops to take back part of the area. u.s. defense sources tell fox news is the fighting is far from over. >>> texas governor rick perry will turn himself in today. he will be photographed and finger printed in downtown austin after an indictment of two felony counts of abuse of power. the problem stems from perry promisin

heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee today. as u.s.d reports are coming in on the death of another american isis fighter. sources tell fox that he came from minneapolis, minnesota, not far from where douglas mcauthur mccain grew up with his fam lynn. both men reportedly died in the same battle with syria. talk about this with conor powell with all the breaking developments from our bureau in jerusalem. hi, conor. what do we know about this guy?

heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. we have a lot of news to cover this hour. jon: we do. e to a potential airstrike in isis where they continue to operate far beyond our reach. fox news military analyst major general bob scales says confronting isis in syria, absolutely must happen in order to root them out of their safe havens. listen to this. >> is a stepped process of increasing surveillance and reconnaissance over time, gather the information, find the

heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee today. is serious news day, a tough news day to bring you. there are new reports of a massacre by isis. this comes as al qaeda linked group captured more than 40 u.n. peacekeepers in the golan heights area between israel and syria. all of this coming as president obama put brakes on expanded us air strikes targeting growing isis threat in syria. listen to this. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think, w

heather nauert is off today. and in her place, leah gabriel.this morning. great to see you. the department of justice now suing a small town in minnesota over its decision to reject a mosque. the feds say that st. anthony broke the law when it rejected the islamic center in 2012. the town is 20 miles from where those two american terrorists went to high school. the town officials say it's a zoning issue and it has nothing to do with religion. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell admits he got it wrong giving runningback ray rice a two-game suspension after he was caught on camera hitting and dragging his unconscious fiance at a casino in atlantic city. he now is making sweeping changes to the domestic violence policy, announcing harsher punishments that will result in a six-game suggestion pension for first offense and a lifetime ban for a second offense. >>> remember when passengers helped rescue this man trapped between the train and the platform in australia? it happened again. this time in ireland. dozens rushed to save a school girl trapped

heather nauert is here. >> i've got a story out of missouri and it started as an evening of peaceful prayer vigil and turned into violent protests exploding after an unarmed teenager shot by police over the weekend. hundreds of protesters looting stores and stealing from a.t.m.'s in a st. louis suburb. they grab items from a shoe store and run out of the smashed windows. the storefront destroyed. one of the protesters set a convenience store on fire near a gas station. police in riot gear on the streets trying their best to control the situation. at least 32 people were arrested. >>> a desperate search underway off the coast of hawaii for a sailboat that was caught in hurricane julio. you can see that boat. it is a 42-foot boat, three people on board. it sent out a distress signal. it was about 400 miles off the coast. a plane was able to reach it but 30 foot waves prevented a rescue of the crew. a 660-foot container ship is in route to try to help out. >> a day at six flags turns into a nightmare when a roller coaster rider gets stuck. they are tilted on the side for about five hour

heather nauert has the day off. you're in her shoes. >> i am.ing person's story we first told you about yesterday. 21-year-old lucius roby has been missing for a week after he didn't show up to college at the university of montana. now this surveillance footage from a chevron station in garden valley, idaho, appears to show his green subaru. you can see it there. it was last seen on tuesday. search teams and volunteers are now scouring the mountains of the boise national forest for any signs of him or signs of his car. kenneth long was the last person to see roby and he's going to join us live about 15 minutes with the latest on this search. >>> a united airlines flight heading from newark to denver forced to land in chicago because of a battle over leg room. a passenger using a banned knee defender device, you can see it there, to stop the woman in front of him from reclining. the knee defender essentially locked her seat into place so she couldn't move back. that made her angry. flight attendant intervened, asked the man to remove the gadget,

thanks, heather nauert reporting. tough questions that she brings up, the things you would ask.re a fence around it? are there guns in the house? are there other sorts of things you need to be worried about as a parent? >> those are more statements. guns are scary. gun owners are a threat to you and your children. and the truth is, well, obviously a child death is the worst tragedy imaginable. far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns. so i'd like to see a package on do you have a bathtub at home? because i need to know that before i send my child over to your house. a little perspective might be helpful, i think. zploo we ha >> and we talked about the dangers of pool safety. >> how about bathtub safety? >> well, yeah. that's a great question, too. >> but the point of that was gun owners are scary. and any gun owner could be a threat to your child. you know, take a look at the places with the highest levels of gun ownership. they're also the safest. maine, wyoming. you're not going to hurt. vermont. >> it's also engrained i