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patti ann? >> thank you, heather. foundation nickel and diming visitors for ticket reservations. the nonprofit has long vowed admission to the site would be free. it is charging $2 per ticket for advanced reservations on-line or by phone. we are live in lower manhattan with this growing controversy. good morning teresa. >> hey, good morning patti ann. the feeling is this is just a move by the foundation that runs the memorial to profit up to 3,000 people who died in the world trade towers. to give our viewers a history here the memorial opened back in 2011. admission is free but a ticket is required. last month the foundation quietly rolled out this $2 service fee for all reservations made on-line or by phone. 911 families are exempt by this but they stais like charging to go to a cemetery. >> i am not worried. it is a tourist attraction rather than a memorial. it should be for free. >> now the 9-11 memorial says the money is needed to safely manage visitor capacity. they say once the memorial is complete the reservat

patti ann? >> thank you, heather.9-year-old boston bombing suspect has been charged with using a weapons of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property. here now to breakdown the charges is criminal defense attorney arthur aidala. >> the article in the boston haro herald introduces attorneys saying it seems cut and dry but there are a lot of problems with this case. first of all the guy is 19 has no criminal record. people say he was influenced his older brother it may help him get a lighter sentence. he was mir ran diessed. are there holes in the case? >> it is a little stretch to say there's a hole in the case. don't be surprised if they ask for a change of venue. timothy mcveigh did it with the oklahoma bombing. if it says it is wrong that city has been rocked in a way new york city was rocked. i believe we are going to see swift justice here. all of those factors you mentioned has to do with the death penalty phase. they don't have to do with his liability did he do this or didn't he do this? i think it

patti ann?ather, the associated press seemed to have sent out a very teggen own president o loma that sent wall street and the dow plunging. turns od. the twirt feed was urace re at urere now with more on thaty is diane macedo with fox msiness networtree >> panic hit wall street as a tweet came down from the twitter account saying close breaking two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured. while weictnow that report was the true and was sent by hackers not the associated press it only took a few seconds for it to send our mare ret into aagan pet free fall. ac corporate communications sen. a correction tweet and the man andets recovered there afte. but it raised questions about incrs s !ulnerabilities trading algorithms. scanned news and traded quickly on it. two months > thio twitter resete pass words on 350,000 accounts after hackers broke into the system. while the company has aempounce plans for an authentication option that made it impossible to hack into the accounts the s

patti ann? >> moments ago a florida couple booked into a florida jail. joshua and sharon hakken are accused of kidnapping their sons and fleeing with their children. now the boys are back with the grandparents. >> those from the fbi and our office, sheriff's officer are with the children right now. our understanding is they are doing well. >> cuban authorities turned the family over to the united states after discovering them in havana. phil keating has more on this sag dau. >> an american couple accused of kidnapping the couple hiding out in cuba. he took his son 4-year-old coal and 2-year-old chase from his mother in law's home in florida and fled on this 25 foot sale boat in havana with his wife. it happened after the grandparents were given permanent custody of the boys. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> my son-in-law just kidnapped my two grandchildren they have been in my state custody. >> they lost custody of their sons after he lost custody. he tried to take the children from foster home at gun point. >> that was phil keating. 18 after the hour.

patti ann? >> those automatic budget cuts in washington just got real for any one who boards a plane. the faa claims they have no choice but to furlough air traffic controllers and hope for the best. that triggered washington's latest blame game with passengers stuck in the middle. peter doocy is live from washington with more. >> the most recent day we have flight data for is tuesday with 975 flights were delayed by the weather and other factors nobody can control. that same day more than 1,025 flight delays were because of flight sequestration. now they are accusing the faa from turning it into law into a 10 percent cut of controllers so people peel the -- feel the pain. >> the imperial attitude on the part of the administration and you are the most recent example of that imperialism. if is disgusting. >> we have been talking about general impacts. >> they know about general impacts. >> reduction of controller hours of 10 percent. >> you didn't tell them which air force which airlines? >> we t

patti ann?m the boston bombings is not just physical there is also a devastating emotional tole. >> it is a sad day for all of us but even more so for the patients and the relatives. i had the pleasure of interacting with many of the relatives, and obviously they are sat tened by the event. we are suffering emotionally for what happened to the people of boston and many others. >> psychiatrist and fox news contributor dr. keith ablow is live to talk about this. thank you for joining us. there's the emotional impact on those who were directly impacted and then the effect on all of us. start with those directly impacted. what advice for them? >> well, you know, one person can heal another. what i would say is don't try to hold this all inside. feel free to share yurek election, share your fears with somebody close to you or with the cons -- a counselor. people wait until they are deep into the woods to talk about this. think of it as preventative medicine, if you will. people were injured by being

heather patti ann behind this system will be colder in denver. today in the 60s, 20 degrees the high temperature with possibly a foot of snow. people in the east heyed of this system very happy 70 will be the high temperature today in new york city. >> they are the lucky ones i guess. maria molina thank you. >> now to stories you can bank on this morning. if you are prepare to go get in your car and head to work we have new information about traffic you might be interested in. adam shapiro joins us with the details. >> good morning to you, patti ann. we know who has the worst traffic in the country, or actually north america. >> los angeles is number one. it is a firm that makes gps devices. vancouver up in canada number 2. number 3, honolulu of all cities. honolulu, hawaii. of course san francisco, seattle. you know who is missing from the top 10? new york city. i would have figured after sitting on the expressway in the cow cowan nis it would be there. >> i have my personal limo to the number 6 train. >> marijuana now legal in a couple of state

patti ann? more than 90 percent of on-line pass words are at risk from hackers and with recent attacks how do you know your pass word is safe? fox business network diane macedo has tips to make sure you are pass word protected. >> hacking is becoming more and more common and causing major headaches not only from big companies like the associated press and their famous hacking recently but also for average americans. for those of us who don't want to follow in the foot steps here are the steps. avoid an easy pass word. you also want to make sure it has at least 8 characters since longer pass words are harder to crack. play around with characters and spelling. for example if you wanted to make your pass word diane you can use 1 or exclamation point or spell out the word eye instead. never disclose the pass word to any one. if you think someone knows your pass word change it immediately. even if you don't, change your pass word regularly. that doesn't mean recycling by adding a number 2 actually ch

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert. it is friday april 12th. >> we open up with an extreme weather alert. they are now to blame for at least three deaths. one twister caught on camera in the state of mississippi look at this damaging mobile homes toppling over trees and flipping over an 18 wheel truck. >> two people were killed and others injured when a tornado hit a business. debris from the business is scattered through the woods across the street. let's get to maria molina for more on this wild and dangerous deadly weather. >> good morning heather, patti ann. good morning everyone. 119 reports of severe weather during the overnight hours. yesterday from the storm system yet again we are looking at a threat for more severe storms as we head into later on today. those 119 reports of severe weather were reported from kentucky all of the way down to parts of louisiana and also parts of the florida panhandle. another widespread area that saw sever weather yesterday, 9 reports of tornadoes is what we saw. on the other side

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time for the top 5@5:00. it was in the cards for the cardinals. yeah, fireworks there startling rick pat teen no after louisville won the championship. they came back from a 12 point deficit. pat teen no becomes the first coach to win the national title from two different schools. the cardinals bringing down the basket so kevin wear can cut it down. he inspired the team after leg injury. >> i really wanted to stay up and watch that last night. >> it is too early to decide whether fox news reporter janna winter should have to reveal her confidential source behind her breaking story about that note that was kept by the accused movie massacre gunman james holmes. the lawyer says the source violated a gag order. they need to decide if the no vote will be there during the trial. if she refuses to give up her story she could go to jail. >> the pastor locked up in an iranian prison for his faith is not getting the care he needs. brutal i

heather and patty ann possibly producing flash flooding. >> it is time for the 5@5:00. a terrifying hostage situation comes to an end with the gunman shot dead. >> there was an explosion there that was set off by a swat team after several hours of negotiations. then they stormed the gunman's home where evidences holding 4 hostages. officers exchanged fire with the sus speblth. one officer was shot in the hand. the gunman called 911 faking a heart attack. 5 firefighters responded but when they arrived he took them hostage let one go to remove the fire truck. >> i kept looking out the win t doe to obviously see what was going on then you heard it and it was such a relief. >> the gunman was demanding his power cable and cell phone be turned back on. his home was reportedly in foreclosure. >> the american parents accused of kidnapping their own children and sailing off to cuba will make their first court appearance in florida today. joshua and sharon hawkins last year they lost custody after police found them in a louisiana hotel room with their two sons coal and chase. tho

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather cheryleds. -- heather childers. a town of 2800 people. half of the town has been evacuated so far as a result of this explosion that happened as at this fertilizer plant. we have been talking about the danger of the ammonia, anhydrous ammonia getting into the air. that's a major concern for responders and people living there as well. >> people are complaining of breathing problems as the toxic fumes spread. there's a talk of the change in the wind direction. they have already evacuated people on one side of this town 20 miles north ofwaco. they are talking about possibly evacuating others if the wind shifts directions this can be dangerous in terms of breathing. that is only one type of injury as you can see in the photograph. nearby you had a nursing home, you had a school which was vacant but which was apparently decimated. you have an apartment complex that has 50 units also said to be nothing but a skeleton at this point and you had 50 homes. all of these were attempted to be evacuated. once the fire officials got there and realized t

i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne.bing suspects. there are unconfirmed reports that the 19-year-old is awake and answering questions at the hospital. >> molly lion has more. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev is under heavy car at beth israel medical center. sources tell us he is also in stable condition. we are still waiting word on the charges he will face. but we are told the u.s. attorney's office could at any time level the charges. it is possible it could happen while he is still in a hospital bed. we are getting encouraging word on the condition of the officer who was shot during a gun battle with two suspects in water town. richard donahue 33 years old still in critical condition at mount auburn hospital in came blivenlg illy sedated and on a ventilator. he was able to wake up long enough to squeeze his wife's friends. he was also friends with sean collier the mit officer killed in the course before the manned hunt got underway on the streets. one of the victims will be laid to rest. a funeral is being held for 29-year-old k

patti ann browne live from our new york newsroom. patti ann?reporter: jon, the latest fire was last night off the road deep in the woods as many have been. it was abandoned two-story wooden structure. this is the latest more than 70 fires set deliberately on virginia's eastern shore since november. almost all have been set at night in abandoned or vacant buildings in desolate areas on the peninsula that separates the chesapeake bay from the atlantic ocean. this is 450 miles mainly farmland. so far no one has been hurt but investigate, are concerned that the fires will spread or someone will be hurt putting out the blaze. they don't know what the motive is. pyro mania is a possibility, that the arsonist is fascinated with fire and not looking to harm anyone. investigators say the arsons may be work of more than one person since some have been set almost sultly at separate buildings. they have gotten 200 tips but no solid leads. a $25,000 reward offered for information that leads to arrest and conviction, jon. jon: what a mystery. patti ann brown

. >> heather and patti ann, good morning to you. what a long night it has been. it is just beginning as we expect the sunrise to happen in a few hours. only then will we get a better feel for just how much damage was done with this blast. it happened about 8:00 local time last night. that is about 9:00 eastern. the sun was already pretty much going down and on its way down. really once the helicopters got up in the sky it was really hard to see just how much of a neighborhood was leveled. we are hearing the damage is quite significant. some of the people on the ground here have called it a war zone. they have been in there and they have seen up close and personal the damage for themselves. i know we just showed you this youtube video moments ago, and we really cannot show it enough. a man was just videotaping what was originally a fire, and then happened to catch the explosion on camera. it is making the rounds on youtube. let's show you again. >> are you okay this. >> i can't hear. >> cover your ears. >> get out of here. please get out of here. >> you can hear a

patty ann brown had a scheduling conflict and roy rossman was very drunk.else said yes. we thought that was great. >> that was a beautiful, beautiful moment for all of you. you're not going to see that on some other show with a different name. >> this isn't even airing. we have to take a break, but we'll be right back. autographed copy, i'll start signing them soon, i promise. >>> target the store has apologized after the color of one of their plus-size dresses was listed on their website asma as manatee gray. an angry customer pointed out that the color in a smaller size was listed as heather gray. the manager came out and said manatee gray was a common color for many of their products, including fat person feet pajamas. should they apologize? >> they're a corporation, so yes, they should apologize because they don't want to lose customers. if you go around and think a label refers to you directly, you're a little self-conscious. and all the heathers around there, they're going to be pretty offended, too. >> weren't they really apologizing to the manatees?

those are the headlines, i'm patti anne brown. now back to tracy.ann, thanks very much, very much. >>> more evidence of the housing recovery remains on track. case-shiller home price index shows prices in 20 cities are up 9.4 in february. that is the biggest increase in close to he have is years that was. joining us s&p index committee chair, dave blitzer. thanks for coming back and talking to us about this. bob schiller, who is one of the coauthors as well was on earlier with dagen mcdowell and said, regardless of the numbers, we're not off to the races yet. how do you feel about that? >> well, i guess it is how long the race is. or how far you want to run as much as athing else. think numbers are very good. i think bob would agree they're good numbers about. it is very much a positive report. the real question is, will the economy sustain itself and, if that happens, housing should sustain itself. but if the economy faulters, housing might be at risk. from what i see of the economy, we have less fiscal stimulus than we had six months ago. we had t

patti ann browne good to be with you also patti ann: it was gate to see you. have a good day, everyone. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: brand-new stories and breaking news. jon: -p the tribute to the victims of the boston marathon bombings underway. president obama attending a church service a mile away. as many as 15 people may be dead and more than 160 hurt in a massive fertilizer plant explosion. letters tainted with deadly poison are set to the president and a united states senator. it's all "happening now." a lot of news to bring to you on this thursday morning. "happening now" president obama will speak at a memorial service for victims of the boston marathon bombings in just a few minutes. good morning i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. we will dip in and out of this interfaith service at boston's cathedral of the holy cross. you can see just a beautiful cathedral the service just getting underway. this is just about a mile from the site of the twin opl bombings on monday where three people were killed and 176 wounded in the worst terror atta

patty ann brown had a scheduling conflict and roy rossman was very drunk.else said yes. we thought that was great. >> that was a beautiful, beautiful moment for all of you. you're not going to see that on some other show with a different name. >> this isn't even airing. we have to take a break, but we'll be right back.@ttttttttt >>> target the store has apologized after the color of one of their plus-size dresses was listed on their website asma as manatee gray. an angry customer pointed out that the color in a smaller size was listed as heather gray. the manager came out and said manatee gray was a common color for many of their products, including fat person feet pajamas. should they apologize? >> they're a corporation, so yes, they should apologize because they don't want to lose customers. if you go around and think a label refers to you directly, you're a little self-conscious. and all the heathers around there, they're going to be pretty offended, too. >> weren't they really apologizing to the manatees? they're often taken advantage of. they don't hav

jon: patti ann brown in our newsroom. thank you.na: it's a disturbing trend deadly violence targeting law enforcement and it's on the rise. recent incidents include the murder of colorado's corrections director tom clements killed march 19th when he answered the doorbell at his home outside colorado spring. eleven days later if texas kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland and his wife cynthia were killed in their home near dallas. the killings came two months after the murder of another prosecutor from that county, assistant deputy district attorney mark h ash a*rbgs kke. mingo attorney eugene crumb was gunned down and killed in his car. and a decorated detective was shot dead inside police headquarters. there seems to be evidence beside these stories we've been covering for you that this dead here trend is rising. the latest fbi statistic show a dramatic increase in the number of law enforcement officers killed jumping from 41 in 2008 to 72 in 2011. mark fuhrman ace former homicide detective for the los angeles police depa

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. >> i am patti ann browne. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is friday. made it through your workweek. it's april 26th. >> a shocking admission from dzhokhar tsarnaev. he told officials he and his brother had their sights set on attacking times square in new york. >> molly has more of this claim. >> this comes from a new york city press conference in which officials say they believe the boston marathon bombers were

. >> i am patti ann browne. great to see you. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". it is time now for your top 5@5. the top five streers making news at this hour. >> three people are severely burned and in critical condition after that fuel barge explosion. investigators say two barges exploded 7 times. the fire was so intense fire officials had no choice but to

. >> 23 minutes past the hour, i'm patty anne brown with the fox news minute.er university's decision to firemen's basketball coach, mike rice, this, after a video surfaced showing rice verbally and physically abusing the players. christie said, quote, the way the young players were treated by the head coach is completely up acceptable. mill at that particular times exchanged rocket fire with israel in the gaza strip this morning, the first israeli retaliation since the cease fire. no injuries reported. israel's military spokesman says they will not accept fire from ma mas -- hamas ruled territory. they barred workers from going into a jointly run factory, and the defense secretary calls north korea's nuclear ambition a growing threat. that's the fox news minute. depp nighs, back to you. dennis: thank you. the boom in energy jobs is abating in a midwest manufacturer l oil extraction equipment. jeff flock is weld auld manufacturing in wisconsin, justify? >> great american company. this is what you see only on fox business network, up close and perm with the adp