patti ann. patti ann: we heard very emotional testimony from travis alexander's family and that has to weigh on them. >> reporter: friday we heard, sorry, thursday we heard from a brother and a sister, very emotional testimony how the eight siblings of travis alexander have not gotten together since his death in 2008. reason, yes don't want a empty seat at table and he was the glue that held everybody together. very emotional testimony. even jodi arias cried in court as she heard people speak, people like samantha alexander, travis's sister. >> the thought of what travis must have went through that day. the pain, the agony, the screams, the fear, that travis must have felt when he was brutally being taken. >> reporter: court starts here shortly. as you know, patti ann, we'll have all the updates throughout the day. it will probably finish tomorrow. there were thoughts they could be done today but that might stretch into tomorrow since they ended early on thursday. we'll keep you updated. patti a

patti ann?>> for more headlines now, the search continues for two passengers who fell overboard from a carnival cruise ship. surveillance video shows the couple falling off the ship wednesday night before it docked in sydney. the australian couple has been identified as 30-year-old paul rothington and 27-year-old kristen schroeder. it is not clear, though, from the video if they fell by accident or jumped. >>> it sounds like the plot of a movie. a $45 million cyber heist hit banks in more than 20 countries. elvis rafael rodriguez and ambir yasser yajae are two of seven arrested in the new york branch of this attack, which stole $3 million of the total amount. overseas, hackers stole bank data and created fake debit cards, sending them to crews all around the world. altogether, more than 40,000 transactions were made during two separate heists in december and in february. >>> millions more in taxpayer money is going to be spent to promote obama care. health and human services secretary kathleen s

ann brown. >> i am heal -- patty ai ann br. >> i am heather nauert. >> while you were sleeping three huge stories have been developing. >> first texas where three tornadoes touched down one a mile wide. 6 people are dead and 14 are still unaccounted for. brand new details about benghazi. the white house releasing dozens of e-mails and documents that show the state department had a heavy haunnd in watering down t account of the attack. the developing story at the irs the head of the agency was out but was he resigning anyway? take a look at this video from last evening. at least three twisters tearing through leaving at least 6 people dead this morning. more than 100 people have been hurt and 14 are missing at this hour. >>> joining us now with the breaking details, ainsley earhardt. >> good morning patti ann and heather. the city hit the worst gran berry texas. 30 miles southwest of fort worth. officials rushing as many as 50 people to the hospital. crews are searching for even more. >> we have i think 18 personnel had bulldozers out there trying to get people in and get people out. it was a war

i am heather nauert. >> i am patti ann browne. time for your 5@5:30 as we begin with a fox news alert. we have learned that three people who were pulled from their cars after a bridge collapse in washington state are in stable condition this moing. they plunged from 50 feet high into the river just after last night's rush hour. this happened about an hour north of seattle. luckily no one was killed. state officials believe an over sized truck hit the bridge causing the collapse. the bridge which was built in 1965 is considered outdated. >>> we now know that attorney general eric holder personally signed off on the search warrant that had identified fox news chief washington correspondent james rose enas a possible, quote, co conspirator in violations of the espionage act and had his private e-mail take evenlt holder authorized t -- tn holder authorized. state department advisor accused of leaking information about north korea. karl rove going on the record saying the whole thing is outrage gugs. gus. >> i think the administration

patt patti ann? >> back to the top story.ople want to know how did the three cleveland women and a little girl go undetected for a decade. >> i went to his house the first couple years i met him for rehearsal and everything. two years back i was moving out of my house and i sold him some appliances and he took a buven of stuff from my garage. he said can you help me take some of this stuff home. sure no problem. we unloaded the appliances in the driveway. helped him take some of the stuff inside the house. so i got as far as the living room pretty much. we didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. >> now that these women are free what are the next steps for them? let's ask psycho therapist thomas. >> we are hear being jaycie dugard who was held for years and she is giving advice to women this is not who you are, this is just what happened to you. a lot to take in. >> 10 years of psychological manipulation that becomes your norm now. what you are saying and what other women are saying who am i? who am i that's the question.

certainly a lot of pain at the pump patti anne.nn. >> there were reasons they were going down why are they going up? >> there are a lot of reasons contributing but with demand going up it contributes to it. >> open up the pocket book. >> there are new airline ratings. virgin airlines are number one? >> first time they were on the list who knew. consumer reports ranked all of the airlines based on comfort cleanliness and service. >> jetblue came in number 2 thanks to the network. the average banked airline rounding out the top 3 with southwest famous for the bag slice healthy. a week after someone last year alone. the loan has returned the entire industry patti ann solvency. that's how much they collected from us. thank you for joining us. >> 18 after the hour. still to come we have been telling you about the department of justice tracking james rosen's phone call. turns out they were also targeting his parents. we will have those details ahead. she may look like a lady but she definitely doesn't act like it. why police are looking

patti ann? you're getting ready for work this morning, you may want to read ingredients in all those lotions, creams and makeups you're using. some could contain deadly toxins. here to explain is safe beauty expert, industry expert david pollin. we worry about the food we drink, -- food we eat and water we drink. >> up to 60% of ingredients we put into our body can be absorbed into our body. we need to look at what's on the ingredient statement. i've done work for almost every major brand, not just makeup but even skin care and personal care. over the years i've watched family members and friends fight the battle of cancer. it's been a tough battle. being in the room when a doctor tells you that if it's this type of cancer, it's because of this chemical or this type of cancer because of this chemical, i had to ask. they said we don't know all but we know certain ingredients cause certain problems. i said i've got to make a change. i don't know how it's not on the news every day. i said i've got

patti ann: yeah. one of the reasons people are citing for the lack of injuries or fatalities is that the early warning, in fact the national weather service put out this tweet to the folks in your area and all of the affected areas, it is not subtle. it says, quote, you could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. complete destruction of neighborhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur. flying debris will be deadly to people and animals. i understand, sharon, that they went to this very heavy-handed type of warning because of the 158 people killed two years ago in joplin, missouri. they said people just didn't get the message the first time around. so they wanted to be very clear. so do you think that early warning really helped? >> yes. and i think, you know, there is still a lot of people studying that to see exactly the effect of it but we definitely noticed that

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. it is monday may 6th. you are watching f"fox & friend first". the top 5 stories at this hour. anti missile battles from the north as it braces for possible retaliation from syria. syria warning all options are on the table after the late he is air strike on military targets. israel says it will not hesitate to stop chemical and other weapons from getting into the hands of terrorists. this comes as president obama comes under fire for failing to act. >> the whole situation is becoming more and more expansive and unfortunately the red line that the president of the united states written was apparently where is ten in disappearing ink. >> mccain says they should establish a safe zone and give weapons to quote the right people. >> a night of celebration turns tragic. a bride and four friends were killed when their limo was engulfed in flames. the fire was caught on tape by other women. 9 women were headed to a bachelorette party in san francisco. three women escaped through the back door one climbed through th

patti ann? >> there is already video and internet access in many cars but now you may be seeing commercials on your dash board. lauren simonetti is here with more. >> good morning everybody. did you ever take a drive to just clear your head? long toward peace and quiet if general motors has their way. gmc is exploring ways to bring advertising to car's info tanment system. it may be replaced by the voice of a tv star. the oil change reminders sponsored by a gas station. video screen flashing a logo duri from an insurance company. >> it is a way of the future. >> more revenue for the car companies. >> small businesses that show up on these reality shows not only do they get paid for their appearances but their businesses really flourish. >> business owners turning into tv stars have been a winning formula not only for the tv producers, think pawn stars. announced before the show airs and duck dynasty's season finale was the most watched in 29 year history. they are demanding raises on top of boom

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers. three brothers have been raised in connection with the case. ainsley earhardt has been covering the developments all night. brand new developing details. >> unbelievable story with a very happy ending. >> they were kidnapped and locked up for more than 10 years as prisoners in a house in cleveland. the three are finally free. these three escaped when one of their captors left that house. she immediately started screaming a neighbor heard the cries for help and here is his 911 call. >> i came fr >> that man charles ramsey started helping her. >> i looked and i see this girl and she is just going nuts on the door. what's the problem? just open the door. she said i can't he got it locked. i look how he has it it's enough to reach your handout and grab the mail and close the door. we had to kick open the bottom. on that door was aluminum. she climb out. she went to my house and called 911. >> finally free. berry disappeared back in 2003 the day before her 17th birthday. about a year later

patti ann? >> it is time to brew on this. here's what i would like you to brew on. is known for her amazing body. she admits she pays her kids to eat healthy. klum gives them a dollar every time they finish eating something nutritious. some experts caution parents against bribing children to encourage healthy habits. if your child isn't eating healthy would you do the same? send us your comments you can tweet them to us at foxfriendsfirst or e-mail to us at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. >>> coming up, does this woman look like a drug smuggler? her family says she has been framed. we are hearing from one of her daughters next. >> sleep bingeing on the weekend? does it work? our sleep doctor is up next separating fact and fiction when it comes to get those z's. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. angie's liat angie's list,ily i autyou'll find reviews. on everything from home repair to healthc

hits and misses of the week. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> patti ann: time for hits and misses.his is hit to the chicago school board which took a hard but important vote to close 49 public schools so the resources from those schools could be redirected to improve the system. chicago teachers unions has been raling against this. chicago school system needs a lot of reform and hope this is good first step. >> cadmium as a heavy metal on the list of ingredients, don't eat them. they were according to a survey found in 44% of the rice samples that they looked at. this comes from toxic runoff, use of contaminated plastic. its sign that all of our friends that china is going to lead the environmental ways of future weren't quite looking at what was in the rice bowls. >> a qualified hit to tesla for this week paying back early it's $465 million loan guarantee to the federal government thereby taking taxpayers off the hook. tesla is being called an obama green success story but the truth is what few cars have been heavily subsidized. we demote the model is sustainable. as compared to s

patti ann? >> heather, thank you. well, the american neurological association has issued new guidelines on psa screening advising men to think carefully before getting screened for prostate cancer. our next guest says fewer screenings could put the health of younger men at risk. joining us now is doctor sim mo simoti. men 40 to 50 shouldn't get tested if they are at average risk from 55 to 69 that's the testing that makes most sense and men over 70 can probably skip it. what do you make of all of this? >> i think this was the news that came right before we got to the aua a couple weeks ago in san diego. we didn't expect to get news like this. basically what they are saying is the risk of screening could be too much. you are going to find a lot of cancers that may not threaten your life but i think also the argument against this is you are going to miss out a lot of aggressive cancers among younger guys. we see in our practice a lot of 40-year-olds, 45-year-olds that have having aggressive cancers and was found because

first". >> i am heather nauert. >> i am patti ann browne. she is finally free.lking about the american mom of 7 children who had been jailed in mexico for a week now on drug charges. she has been released and this is brand new video of her leaving the country. >> hi there anita. >> great to have a happy ending to the story. she is on her way back to arizona. this is the new video of her car crossing the border into the united states. it's believed around 10:00 p.m. last night. the mother of 7 locked up on drug charges walked out of a mexican jail and into her husband's arms. >> glory god i am free now. he sented me good people. i am grateful for my family, my children. >> a judge dropped the charges after court officials had surveillance video of her boarding a bus with only blankets bottles of water and a purse in her hand. this started last week. she was with her husband on the way back to arizona from a funeral in mexico when authorities arrested her. they claim they found this 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat. thanks to the crucial security footage

i am heather nauert. >> i am patti ann browne. it is 29 minutes after the hour. is time for your 5@5:30. the top five stories making news at this hour. we have learned former cia director general petraeus will be doing more than just teaching college students. the four star general has hooked up with private equity firm kkr. it will focus on public policy macro economic forecast and advice for emerging market. he resigned after admitting he had an extra marital affair. >> president obama is set to nominate cia official turned hedge fund director. he served in the bush administration but refusing to a reauthorize a warrantless wire tapping program. no word from the white house on his nomination just yet. republicans gearing for a fight in a statement senator juk grassley said if he was nominated he would have to ask t answer questions about the recent work in the hedge fund industry. he wants to know if he could build a case against former col peeings if he ever had to go up against wall street. he made nearly 150,000 dollars in illegal campaign contributions sena

i'm patti ann browne. back to you. ashley: patti ann, we thank you so much.ack to the markets. call it a case of the tuesdays. the dow less than two hours from extending the win he can street of 18 straight tuesday as the market is on track to finish in record territory yet again. joining me, above pavlick, from banyon partners with his take what he is watching to drive the market higher. bob, thank you so much for joining us. so you say, look there's lots more room to the upside. i don't say that you say a lot of room but there is room to the upside. what is driving the markets right now? we've gone through earnings. the economic date at thaa is so so. by all economic accounts we're drifting but we continue to move higher. >> absolutely. if you look at the fundamentals, if you look at the economic reports, like you say they're not really anything to write home about but there is an reason behind it. you could easily explain it away. because of the fiscal cliff, because of the sequester and because of the higher taxes but yet the economy has not fallen off a

thanks for the update, patti ann. >>> breaking news on the financial markets.reaching fresh intraday record with a gain of 90 points, 15,424. 15,43 is intraday today. we're at 15,425 now. put away your 15,000 hat. people are looking for 16,000 hat. someone was joking about that earlier. he may not be far off the truth. remember, 4:00 p.m. eastern is the close. it will be the 22nd record close this year. ashley: and counting. stick around a couple minutes we'll have another new record. lori: the fed, everyone is expecting the foot to stay on the gas. ashley: that's true. former is commissioner in congressional hot seat. peter barnes in washington, d.c. with the latest on this story, peter? >> ashley, while this hearing was going on there were also protests around the country by tea party activists against the irs. want to show you video right now of the protests that took place outside of irs headquarters here in washington, d.c. this morning. about 20 to 30 tea party activists out there with signs and out on the sidewalk in front of the irs building, protesting

jon: patti ann browne, thank you so much. jenna: new concerns today about the attack and then got to be killed for americans. fox is sources say that 18 suspects are wanted in connection with that attack on september 11 of last year. the united states has enough evidence to justify capturing him by military force. but there is not always enough to try them in a civilian court. as the obama administration shows, there are questions about the dangers to americans. as long as the suspects were still free. ambassador john bolton is a fox news contributor. let's start there. the danger to americans overall, the suspects are free. how would you characterize that? >> there is a danger of the suspects themselves can carry out further attacks against americans, whether official or private citizens. there is a broader danger that the terrorists around north africa and around the world look at the way we handle the benghazi attack and say that attacks on americans can be carried out with impunity. the standard is built beyond a reasonab

i am patty ann brown. now back to cheryl and dennis. dennis: thank you.rom the scandal. cheryl: elizabeth macdonald is on set with us. she joins us now for the bottom line. these terminals are on every trader's desk. they are very commonplace. those at home are worried that there could be more snooping on. liz: that is right, cheryl. the bank of japan is questioning the use of information that is posted on the bloomberg terminals. the potential snooping by bloomberg reporters. also the ecb and central bank of germany weighing in on this. the latest chapter unfolding problems has to do with 10,000 messages between traders and clients dumped onto the internet accident late by a former worker at bloomberg. the user identified traders e-mail addresses. confidential price info and trading activity. let's take a look at what bloomberg is saying about the latest chapter. if this report is true. these types of messages only would have been collected and cooperation with the clients. the spokes person says they would consider legal action. the issue is, these were

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. it is monday may 6th.ching f"fox & friend first". the top 5 stories at this hour. anti missile battles from the north as it braces for possible retaliation from syria. syria warning all options are on the table after the late he is air strike on military targets. israel says it will not hesitate to stop chemical and other weapons from getting into th

ashley: patti ann browne, thanks so much. something unusual happened this week.ett did something he rarely if ever does, sell some of his position in a stock that the markets know right away, instead of waiting quietly to file through the sec. buffett sold more than a million of his 26-million share stake in moody's ratings agency as it finally recovered from multiyear lows. the man for 30 years has been on the other end of the phone when buffett says, sell, he will join liz claman in a fox business exclusive live in omaha. liz? liz: yes. not just when he calls and says sell. but what he calls and says buy. john freund is very often on the other end of the phone. he is with citigroup. a long-time broker. now managing director of institutional equity. we're thrilled to have you in a fox business exclusive today. >> nice to be back again, liz? liz: this is your 20 something? >> 25th consecutive year. liz: what was it like back 20 years ago? >> it was terrific. the first one i attended at the johnson museum. warren gave out doughnuts and coke, you know. there are on

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers.ee brothers have been raised in connection with the case. ainsley earhardt has been covering the developments all night. brand new developing details. >> unbelievable story with a very happy ending. >> they were kidnapped and locked up for more than

. >> i am patti ann browne. >> thanks for watching fox and friends first. >> we begin with a fox newsy free, overnight the american mom jailed in mexico on drug charges was released. this is new video of her car crossing the border into the united states. >> anita vogel is live for us in los angeles with breaking details. congratulations to her, right? >> that's right. she is one happy camper this morning. good morning to you guys. she is on her way back to arizona. this is brand new video of her car crossing

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert. it is friday may the 24th.ning with a fox news alert. brand new video coming out of washington state. you are looking here at a bridge collapse. it sends carts plunging into 10-foot deep water. this happened in washington state an hour north of seattle. three people were pulled from the water. right now there's no word on the extent of their injuries. officials confirming no one has died in that

patty ann brown the notorious p.a.p. he is so sharp he can mow lawns with his thoughts. he is will ron deputy editor of the daily caller. his e-book is called the lizard king. i suggest you peruse it. in norway he is considered lip stick. steve schultz. his family is here today. poor family. and his fearless commentary were a flute snake charmers would blow him in front of a bunch of cobras. next to me imus in the morning executive producer bernie mcgerk. >> the lead. a the first story. if you let me out now i promise i'll take the whole incident to my grave. >> sooner than you think my friend. all right. the goat missed the boat. i speak of the ill tempered talking goat in mountain dew's new ad which is called are you the most racist commercial in history? the spot is part of a series produced by tyler the creator and features five members of his hip hom collective known as good future. who cares? i never heard of them. roll tape. >> all right ma'am. we got them all lined up. nail this little sucker. come on. point to him. which one is it? >> should have gave her some m

i am patti ann browne. >> thank you for joining us. it's may 29th.atching "fox & friends first". we begin with an extreme weather alert. this morning millions of people in the midwest they are bracing for more violent storms. massive twisters caught on c camera tearing through parts of northwestern kansas. one tornado completely destroyed this home. no one inside at the time. the wild weather is not at hoov yet. >> this heartbreaking scene out of the kansas area. today we are talking about more severe homes possible with moefr widespread area through texas and the midwest. we are talking a moderate risk in place. we continue to see more tornadoes and some could be ef 4 or 5's. oklahoma city you are included in that area. again you remember the city of oklahoma where we saw the devastating storms rolling through the area. a lot of damage ongoing. active hours and into the overnight hours how to g -- hav way to get the warnings because they will be issued through out the night. we have been talking about flooding in iowa. several more inches possible s

. >> i am patti ann browne. it is thursday may 9th. thanks for watching "fox & friends first".begin with a fox news alert. we are following three big stories developing right now. first in cleveland. amanda berry and gina dejesus return to hugs and cheers. their captors are charged with kidnapping and rape. how they were able to keep the girls trapped so long. >> the benghazi

i'm patti ann brown. >> and i'm ainsley ear hart. it's may 10th.for watching "fox & friends first." >>> new details in the house of horrors. prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty now for ariel castro as more family members, including his mother, are now speaking out for what actually happened over the last decade. >> marianne rafferty is here now with the latest developments. good morning, marianne. >> good morning. ariel castro is held on $8 million, charged with four counts of kidnapping, one for each of the women plus the child

i am patty ann brown. >> i am heather cheryleds. it is wednesd -- i am heather childers.hank you for watching "fox & friends first". the white house trying to contain three growing scandals this morning. they are struggling to reflect a barrage of questions. >> clamoring why the justice department swiped associated press records, how the administration handled benghazi and the irs targeting of conservative groups. as you wake up there is brand new information on all three. we will get to that in a moment but first your

patty ann brown, will ron, at 11:00 o'clock east coast time. going to bring good newser. the united states economy added 165,000 jobs. the unemployment rate was down to 7.5%. the last 7 two unemployment figures were increased. commodities aren't great.st stock market is on a great run. the obama administration is on a great run.20 >> our intern, majory heckman, isou sadly leaving us today. he's done an excellent job. thank you so much for the good work you've done for the show. we appreciate it. everybody, can get a round of applause. [ applauseun ] >> i will say thanks for. watching. weekend early. (speaking spanish). >> have a great weekend, everybody. weekend, great everybody. "special report" up next. i'm sure bret loves them wearing that. >> thank you for joining us and welcome to brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> topping the news this hour, brand-new developments in the hot button debate over illegal immigrants and border security. what president obama said today south of the border. we will go live to latin america. >

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert. it is thursday may the 30th.hanks for watching "fox & friends first". we begin this morning with a fox news alert. you are looking live right now at london where any moment from now one of those two suspects charged with the murder of a british soldier in the muslim terror attack that occurred last week will occur in court and we will bring you that when it happens. the 22-year-old was charged late wednesday for that gruesome attack on soldier lee rigby. he was off duty when he was run over and stabbed to death. both men were shot and wounded by police and taken into custody. the other suspect is still at the hospital. >> we have learned former cia director general david petraeus ln doing more than just teaching college students. the former four star june rale pi general hooked up with an internal institute focusing on public policy mac troe economic forecast and advice for emerging markets. he resigned as cia director after admitting he had a extra marital affair. >>> a tragic accident late last night and it lef

ann brown. >> i am heal -- patty ai ann br. >> i am heather nauert. >> while you were sleeping three huge stories have been developing. >> first texas where three tornadoes touched down one a mile wide. 6 people are dead and 14 are still unaccounted for. brand new details about benghazi. the white house releasing dozens of e-mails and documents that show the state department had a heavy haunnd in watering down t account of the attack. the developing story at the irs the head of the

patti ann brown has more of that. >> reporter: social media is not just for fun any more. sites like twitter are being usinged by government agencies at all levels to convey vital information. for example, before the tornado urgent tweets were sent out by the national weather service to its followers in moore, oklahoma. one reading, quote, large, deadly tornado moving into moore near 134th and western. the weather service says its new strategy is to take a very urgent tone in it's warnings. two years 158 people died in tornadoes in joplin, missouri and some people tragically did not take the warning seriously. now they are being specific and graphic, warning of death and destruction, and emphasizing that people should not wait to take shelter. they sent this tweet to residents of moore not long after the first one, it says, tornado approaching area near warren theater in moore, please take shelter. this is as bad as it gets. indeed, here is what that theater looked like just after the tornado blew through. and the national weather service by the way is not the only agency