she later hugged schmitt and poed pictures o them together.ought you schmitt's story she battled depression. michael phelps encouraged her to get help. for some time she thought she was done with swimming. now she wants to inspire others. >> definitely have two passions now. swimming and mental health. thank you. this platform to -- to let everyone know that it's okay to not be okay, tt's what i wan to do. >> schmitt now qualifies for an international c ipetition tokyo. we do want to mention we here at nbc4 are committed to raisingar ess about mental health challenges. for education information and hope, open our nbc washington app and search changing mindw >>> we k he didn't seek the job for the money. fairfax city's newly elected councilman is donating his salary to charity. it helps veterans transition to lian life will benefit. he's a navy veteran. he's restricted from outside income. he wantso keep fairfax's small town feel and the city will benefit from his experience. >>> got some dental work you've been putting off, just too pricey, ca

a hot day, good morning to you, you're watching "fox & friends first" on monday morning, i'm rob schmittey: i'm carley shimkus in for jillian mele, thanks for starting your day was. straight to fox news alert. nomination, president trump announcing judge bret kavanaugh as his choice to sit on the nation's highest court. rob: democrats are promising a big confirmation fight, garrett tenney live in washington with the next steps in the process, hey, garrett? >> rob and garrett, good -- car, good morning to you. the process is have kavanaugh confirmed before next supreme court term begins. he served in george w. bush white house for 5 years including as white house attorney and spent the past 12 years in powerful dc circuit court of appeals. last night president trump says the resume and strong reputation played a big role in this election. >> judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed qualifications and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law. throughout legal circles he is considered a judge's judge, universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal mind

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and michael schmitt back with us as well, pu rudy is in the room there tonight at the white house. at one point greeting rob rosenstein and other points greeting current u.s. senators. how does that work? how does it work nominating a justice to the supreme court when you're under federal investigation? and what if that justice is then asked to rule on your case? >> i think this is problematic. look, i don't think that he should be able to nominate a justice while he's under investigation. i think this puts the president in the lame duck category that mitch mcconnell put president obama in when he was, you know, too close to the election and under the mcconnell rule. it seems that ship has sailed and this nomination is going to happen. i think what democrats need to do now is really look at what kavanaugh has said about the presidential power and about a president being -- whether a president should be under investigation. and there is some debate about what his article that he wrote -- >> the minnesota law journal. >> exactly. >> we think he'll get grilled on that. >> and he shoul

then angie schmitt on the future of driverless cars. we'll be right back. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] fairbanks, alaska, asking people what is the most important issue in alaska? >> the issue that is most important to me is the environment. -- in terms of volume, and as you can imagine -- in the seafood industry. environmental changes in my community, that industry has the potential to be wiped out. >> when i run for governor of alaska -- i was born and raised in the state of alaska. i have three platform issues i've been needing to take care of. one is abortion, one is the budget plan, one is protecting -- and giving the money back to from the -- that took place two years ago and the one from this year. i want to give it back with interest. i think it is the right of the people to keep the resources of the shareholders of the state. >> what has been on my mind lately is the children suffering throughout the united states, people who come in for -- i

rob: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends" i'm rob schmitt. jillian: and i'm jillian mele.ns passed bill supporting ice agents but democrats calling it a stunt. rob:

. >> it's really not oman, oh wham i'm todd piro in for rob schmitt.is willing to do just that if it means securing border. griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. where congress is not expected to take action any time soon, good morning, griff. >> the president wants a wall and wants it now and wants to do whatever it takes to get it. i would will willing to shut down government if democrats don't give us votes for border security, let's get rid of lottery and go to system immigration based on merit, we need great people coming into the country. the threat reverses where things appear to be heading into the weekend, majority leader mitch mcconnell met with the president last week over avoiding a shutdown suggestin

i'm todd piro in for rob schmitt. president trump is willing to do just that if it means securing border. griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. where congress is not expected to take action any time soon, good morning, griff. >> the president wants a wall and wants it now and wants to do whatever it takes to get it. i would will willing to shut down government if democrats don't give us votes for border security, let's get rid of lottery and go to system immigration based on merit, we need great people coming into the country. the threat reverses where things appear to be heading into the weekend, majority leader mitch mcconnell met with the president last week over avoiding a shutdown suggesting a bridge bill to keep open that would be preferably with standoff with democrats. this comes after mcconnell told kentucky radio station on friday, funding for wall will likely wait after midterms. now, reaction from democrats to the president's threats suggest things could escalate. >> this president is a bully and he'll tr

rob: you're watching "fox & friends first" on monday morning i'm rob schmitt.lian: and i'm jillian mele, thank you so much for starting your day with us. rob: gunman opening fire in busy street in toronto overnight killing one person, injuring 13 others, police say this was not random. [shots fired] jillian: shooter dressed in all black opening fire with handgun in the neighborhood known as greek town, the terrifying gunshots heard from blocks away. [shots fired] [sirens] jillian: police say a young woman is dead and 9-year-old in critical condition. >> i heard at least 20 shots in intervals, clipping, reloading, i saw at least four people shot here by the fountain. jillian: gunman was shot by police and investigators not ruling out terrorism as possible motive. rob: another fox news alert, officer diego more eno was trying to stop a run away suspect with spike strips when he was hit by another police officer's car, this happening south of seattle, washington, the officer crashed and was certify juicily hart but expected to certify vief, the suspect also crashe

rob: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends" i'm rob schmitt. jillian: and i'm jillian mele.epublicans passed bill supporting ice agents but democrats calling it a stunt. rob: spending bill that would give $5 billion to secure southern border. jillian: gillian with reaction from the hill. >> good morning, this was direct response to #abolish ice. 244 to 35. 120 dems voting present. now after the vindication of yesterday's vote, ice supporters are firing back including the agency's recently departed leader. >> what's incredible is politicians, members of the legislature would much rather abolish law enforcement agency than to fix the law. we are -- ice is enforcing the laws they enacted. rather than do job and fixing it let's abbottish ice, it's ridiculous. gillian: accused republican colleagues of playing politics. >> it is just a meaning less political stunt to change the subject from the international and domestic shame unleashed on us by president trump. gillian: the men and women of ice are staying focused on the task at hand. statement from director reads, quote, this re

good morning to you, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning, i'm rob schmittllian: and i'm jillian mele, thank you for starting the day with us. world leaders starting meeting in brussels and this morning the president pressing nato allies on defense spending during bilateral breakfast in brussels. rob: kevin corke traveling with the president, kevin, it's been a fun morning. >> boy, it certainly has. let me tell you as you pointed out a full day of meetings ahead for president underway in fact, here in brussels, by the way, i should point this out that for the folks at home whether he recollects have a family photo that we will be able to tell you later, the family photo will include the first lady melania trump but all the smiles during family photo will not hide the considerable tension that we have seen already here at this nato summit. why? frankly because the president is standing up for the american people and in particular for the american taxpayer in calling on nato allies to do more to secure their own well-being, safety and security. the president m

rob: you're jillian mele and i'm rob schmitt. thanks for starting the day as i'm going crazy.sident trump hard at work in round 2 of nato summit, we are awaiting appearance appearance with other leaders regarding afghanistan. jillian: steering comments aimed at allies that are dragging their feet on defense spending. rob: greg palcock with what we can expect. >> hi, rob, more meetings this morning on various side bar issues president trump involved with, you mentioned afghanistan, also dealing dealing with ukraid former soviet republic of georgia. already we are hearing from president trump on core points that he has been making and ruffled so many feathers yesterday and again tweeting early this morning that nato members should pay their fair share into the defense spending in each of their countries demanding that they spend 4% of their gdp on defense, most of them actually don't even come close to 2%, he also, again, tweeted this morning that germany shouldn't be paying billions to russia for a natural gas pipeline that's being built over the next several years while the u.

here's how former long-time republican political strategicist steve schmitt reacted to those words today earlier on this network. >> when you're able to convince somebody what is sermt true is not, when you can embrace the big lie with the same type of feckiveness that facist movements used, that hitler used it, that mussolini used it, soviets used it, then you're well on your way to doing grave and lastings damage to the fundamental institutional pillars of a democratic republic like the united states. >> with us for this important discussion tonight, doris kearns goodwin, presidential historian and author. she's written bestsellers about, oh, for starters, the kennedys,ings l b.j. and others. her book will be available on september 18th. i happen to know you became a grand parent for the third time this 340r7k. >> hoor ray. >> and back to reality we snap. what do you make of folding tonight's lead story into the times and the way to snop size it, what happens when one sees the president's word as no good anywhere. >> the ie debitity of ourselves as a people depends on a common politica

recently been spotted in the san francisco bay area, gold leaf applied by artist and designer eric schmitt. what does this signify? >> for me it's an artistic gesture. it's so expensive to live here it's only attainable by the most wealthy. >> reporter: for many that means leaving their heart in san francisco but making their home somewhere else. john blackstone, kpix5. >>> still to come, we'll take you inside a unique bay area summer camp. >> it's called inclusion films and it's giving kids with autism and intellectual disabilities a ticket to hollywood, the famous name behind the groundbreaking program. >> a call of fire causes an animal sanctuary to make a preemptive strike, its big purchase from a local fire department. >> a golden glow to close out sunday evening with beautiful blue skies around the bay area, the forecast coming up after the break. i, i think i'm as ready as i can be. i'm ready. but, clearly, i'm a little nervous. there are so many expectations. like, on the sticker, "city mileage this, highway that." uh, that's a lot to live up to. but i heard no gas gets better mile

>> eric schmitt from at the "new york times." i want to look at this point as an inflection point to follow up on the last response. as we see the demise of the islamic states success on the battlefield at least, do you see the trajectory moving forward, consolidation of these various islamic extremist groups? or do you see, for instance, competition between al qaeda and the islamic state. what direction do you see this taking? let me give you a slightly different answer. from what your question would otherwise lead me to. i'm going to answer your question by saying here's what i'm worried about the most when it comes to the future of terrorism. it's the convergence of two things i talked about in my prepared remarks. the convergence of -- and unfortunately, isis is a pioneer in both of these arenas and they've been -- therefore, they've been a model and example for aspiring extremists around the world. as indicated in the prepared remarks, no longer did someone try to recruit a terrorist ever have to physically meet an aspiring

rob: iem rob schmitt beard live in helsinki with correspondent ed henry. rob: kevin corke.i, kevin. >> great to be with you guys. it's easy to understand why he loves to have conversations with world leaders with whom we've had past problems. the idea of being you can't get anything done if your unwilling to listen and then talk. the backdrop from which the president will operate as he meets with russian president vladimir putin. consider what happened back in singapore come this conversation with north koreas later kim jong un. today a very different circumstance, but a similar opportunity. a chance to have the conversation and advance the american agenda with israel. and and i use that word defensively, buresh is destabilizing behavior led many to believe they have been a quite some time. the president this morning at the breakfast with the president of finland, with whom we work very carefully and closely at the nato summit took time out to thank them for their support. >> nato was i think never been stronger and it was a little bit tough at the beginning and it turned o

the gold leaf designed by artist erik schmitt. >> reporter: what does this signify? now. it's so expensive to live here, it's only atailable for the wealthy. >> reporter: if many that means leaving their heart in san francisco but making their home somewhere else. for "cbs this morning," i'm john blackstone. >> that's not good for the city. >> no. >> there's something deeply wrong with the housing market if you can be making $120,000 and be consresi ld ow such a transient city. people can't stay for long. >>> up next, a look at this morning's other headline, including payback for america's oldest world war 2 vet >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" spo mccafe. it's colder than cold brew. they're colder than cold brew. my secret visitors. hallucinations and delusions. the unknown parts of living with parkinson's. what plots they unfold, but only in my mind. over 50% of people with parkinson's will experience hallucinations or delusions during the course of their disease. if your loved one is experiencing these symptoms, talk to your parkinson's specialist.

harrison schmitt is with us, the second to last person to set foot on the moon.m, great to see you. >> good to see you again. you are looking well. stuart: astronauts are going to get there and stay there, are we trying to colonize the moon? >> it certainly could be done. i like to think of it as settling the moon. there are resources there that can support settlements and very large settlements. just about everything you need, you can make water, you can make oxygen, you can have power of various kinds including fusion power, there is fusion fuel on the moon, helium-3. settlements are feasible on the moon and i suspect that is going to happen. isis think it will be more and effort by the private sector and should be. nasa needs to get the infrastructure put together but the private sector could be there as well. stuart: do you think this is a space race, get to the moon and stay there before china gets to the moon and colonizes? >> i don't think there's any question we are in a geopolitical race much like apollo but there is a strong commitment to be dominant in

our only janice dean, rob schmitt and jillian were there and joining us right now live. janice: hi.olfed i not know you golfed. janice: i did not golf. i meant well this was a project near and dear to my heart. you know i'm married to a firefighter who has been a firefighter for over 20 years. we knew ray. my husband knew ray for 20 years. he was a wonderful guy that loved "fox & friends." actually the summer concert series, he used to come to the summer concert series. jillian: did he really? janice: did he. he saw bret michael's from poison. he was part of our "fox & friends" family. he died last year of 9/11 related cancer and first annual golf outing happened last month i had some help from my friends. take a look. >> ray never stops. even when he was sick he always had one liners and quick whit. >> he wanted to train all the new firefighters make sure no one was hurt and goes home safe. >> even with his illness, he kept going and going and going. janice: on the morning of september 11th, 2001, ray made his way down to the world trade towers where they once stood to dig for his

todd: rob schmitt joins us live from new york newsroom with the breaking developments. rob?ter a gunman opened fire sunday night on a poplar street in toronto's greek town neighborhood and police say this was not random. >> is it from that car? [gunfire] just horrifying to see that video there. the surveillance video showing the gunman in all black firing with a handgun at anybody he could find as he walked down busy dan forth avenue. that's lined with restaurants and shops on toronto's near east side. police say a young woman was shot and killed and a little girl 8 or 9 years old was said to be in critical condition earlier this morning. we are not sure at this time if she is the second person who has now been pronounced dead. >> i heard at least 20 shots in intervals. you know, clips being spent, reloading, clip being spent. i saw at least four people shot here by the fountain. >> i thought it was fireworks at first because it was rapid fire. more people were running so we started running and reran down the side street. rob: it's terrible a busy area. a lot of families out