heather: very good. the woman left irate because they ran out of jim achan beef -- jamaican beef patties, she had to wait 10 minutes for a new batch. finally the ugly, this is awesome, wildlife center will let you name salmon after exafter valentine's day, naming salmon will cost you 20 bucks. your break-up was kind of bad, this wraps up this hour of first &friends first. >> the president's number one priority is national security. this is going to get built with or without congress. jillian: monday february 11th and the white house says nothing is off the table including shutdown or national emergency after democrats issues first hour ult

heather: beyond stunning. new calls for investigation into what he's calling a bureaucratic coupe after fired fbi director andrew mccabe of alleged plan to secretly record president trump in hopes of removing him from office. joining me attorney general in doj criminal division, john malcolm, thank you very much for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. >> good to be with you, heather. heather: let's begin conversation with a little more what andy mccabe had to say on rosenstein and the 25th amendment on 60 minutes, listen. >> discussion of the 25th amendment was simply rod raised the issue and discussed with me in the context of thinking about how many cabinet officials might support such an effort, the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he was not joking, he was absolutely serious. heather: not joking, absolutely serious. definitely different than what we heard from rosenstein and also trying to take a poll as to what other cabinet members may support the move, what do

tracee: thanks, heather. heather: 8 minutes until the top of the hour, playing defense, why a head coach is standing by players who kneeled during national anthem and wait just a second, those aren't pineapples in the package, $19 million worth of cocaine that you have to see. presidents day sales event, get 0% financing for 72 months on this all-new silverado. drive yours away this presidents day. we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/save and get 2 months free. heather: welcome back, jussie smollet's tv dad speaks up, posing video with real son with smolett saying, we love you, plays t

heather: read my mind. that is what i was going to ask you, if you will get pushback or if you think it will pass. >> over the past couple years, six years in a row this bill has been brought up. the last two years it passed the house. this is the first year in the state senate that move past the first of many. we have a governor in ron desantis that said he -- this is a priority. we have speaker a lever, president bill galvani know committed to the right thing. it is about public safety and cooperation. we have a local sheriff named tom night who has been using basic operating agreement and cooperating and this is not about any country, immigration policies. this is about making sure we do the right thing. 504 locations in 25 states. heather: peeping people in this country safe and alive. thank you for joining us. keep us updated on what happened. the time is 6 minutes until the top of the our. a plot to torch a statue of robert e lee goes up in smoke when the vandals pick the wrong guy. heather: the perfe

heather: distraction? >> not quite, trump called this a witchhunt, continues to call it a written witchhunt. >> it become a trump hunt. >> this is the same person who said there should be an investigation into obama's birth certificate. let the investigations play out and if they don't find anything they don't find anything. the purpose is to see, if mueller hasn't found anything, the investigation is not over with. heather: that is the point, should adam schiff, should he not have waited until the mueller investigation and his results comes out? >> you think he thinks it is important. the purpose is to find out if the president is financially compromised and has financial dealings with a foreign nation. i don't know why anyone wouldn't want an answer today. if you're a trump support you want to know he's clear and you use that to support trump. if you don't support trump and thinking is compromised you would want them to look into this. that is their job. heather: why not wait until the mueller investigat

carley: thanks, heather. heather: 28 minutes after the top of the hour, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are ready to make a deal on border security. >> the chances of us reaching an agreement are slim but it could happen. >> i know we can sit down and work that if we don't get any outside issue. heather: how serious are democrats about coming to the table, we heard it before, we will debate it up next. speaking of debate could howard schultz make it to debate stage, the new numbers from his team. ♪ did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? using multiple cleaners on grease can be expensive, and sometimes ineffective. for better value, tackle grease with dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. it provides 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, which cuts through tough kitchen messes, pre-treats laundry stains, and even tackles grease build-up on car rims. tackle tough greasy messes around your home, and save money with dawn ultra. brand power. helpin

heather: thank you, working hard. donald trump praising legal law-abiding immigrants in the state of the union address. >> we have a moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens. this includes our obligation to the millions of immigrants living here today who followed the rules, legal immigrants, strengthen our society. heather: will his speech bring democrats and republicans together and fix the immigration system and avoid another government shutdown? a daca recipient who attended last year's state of the union joins me with more insight. thanks for joining us, great to have you back. what did you think of the president's be? >> it was incredible. as someone who loves this country and believes in free market and the economy, and i loved his speech and more hopeful than ever and proud to be part of the country. heather: did you hear what you wanted to hear why would you want to hear more? >> he set out the message, we heard it over and over, putting america first, of law

heather: what is the answer? you are on the frontlines of trying to change things when it comes to the university level and getting more conservative voices out there. how do you do that? >> conservative students can't be intimidated by them. easier said than done but that is what they are doing, socially intimidating students that are there every day. speakers come and go but students who stay there have to live around these hooligans. i would say those students have to be empowered and remind themselves they can't be intimidated by these people. heather: this deals with diversity and different voices whether they are conservative or liberal and we have a panel in new york, new york city public schools, that say the schools should be evaluated based on diversity, not test scores. the question is what diversity are we talking about? heather: they wanted to be race-based and economic based but focus on improving reading and math skills, not reshuffling them according to their race. because what he is doing is gran

heather: thank you for joining us. i think he will declare a national emergency tonight or this week. >> we will see. heather: 19 minutes after the top of the our. remember the woman who confronted jeff flake in an elevator over his support for brett cavanagh? >> you are allowing someone who is unwilling to take responsibility for his own actions in the higher court of the country. heather: she is going to the state of the union as a guest and you won't believe who invited her. the reaction pouring in online. ♪ heather: three patriots players planning to skip the super bowl visit to the white house. jerome harmon saying he would rather celebrate the win with president obama after the nba champion golden state warriors, in dc last month after declining donald trump's invitation. the super bowl brings 98 million television viewers, the big game getting its lowest rating since 2008. losing 5 million viewers from last year. 2.6 million people streamed the game online. the nfl rating was up 5% for the year which donald tr

heather: from all of us. in terms of looking specifically for a woman for his vice presidential pick, what are your thoughts on that? there are a lot of views on it. >> he would have been criticized had he not said that. it is brilliant having been a candidate. you are a strategist. you strategize the best ticket for the best when. women make up 50% of the population and you look at the chamber the other night, you saw a number of women, gender diversity aside he knows who his constituency is. heather: you used a good word, strategy. is that what this is about? strategy to get votes versus a real push toward diversity and equality? >> a combination. when he made this announcement, he has a mother, sisters, very comfortable, not something he's picking out of his hat saying this is what i'm going to do to win. he is very comfortable. the best candidate runs with the best strategy and the best ticket. i think it is wonderful and it is time someone came ahead of the curve. you will have women who are already decl

heather: gun safety under fire. pop superstar pink and her husband responding to critics for teasing their 7-year-old daughter how to shoot. "fox and friends first" right now. ♪ ♪ i got feelings ♪ woo hoo ♪ tonight is going to be a good night ♪ tonight is going to be a good night ♪ tonight is going to be a good good night ♪ feeling ♪ heather: good morning. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. thank you for starting the day with us. today is where red day. we are thinking about and making sure people are aware of heart disease the entire month of february, beware of that and thank you for joining us. the battle over the border wall is what we talk about. it is heating up between the white house and capitol hill, the deadline to come up with a compromise is two weeks away. we could face another government shutdown. donald trump and nancy pelosi are doubling down on what they think is best for border security. >> nancy pelosi is hurting our country very badly. doing what she is do

welcome to heather. >> heather: i'm heather childress in for sandra smith. the white house is defending the president's decision insisting the crisis at the border is a very real threat. top democrats vowing swift and aggressive action to block the declaration, even some republicans are coming out against the controversial move. the president and his allies are standing firm. >> this is an emergency. what are we on, the fifth caravan? i would ask those senators how many caravans do we need, six, seven, or the one that never stops? >> to take money away from defense and d.o.d. to build this wall that is a campaign promise i think is really wrong priorities and i think it's harmful to the country. >> certainly expansive authority congress has given past presidents. this president has the same authority. i wish he wouldn't use it in this case but i understand his frustration. >> we should take action to disapprove of this excessive use of executive power and make it clear the article 1 branch, the congress, is going to jealously defend our right to be the body

heather: could there be a part 2? lawsuits. the first of what we expect could be many involving this covington teenager. >> attorneys for nick sandman who was the face of the covington catholic controversy filed a lawsuit against the washington post for $250 million. a portion of the lawsuit says the post ignored basic journalistic standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented bias agenda against donald trump by attending individuals perceived to be supporters of the president. the washington post says they are reviewing the lawsuit and plan to mount a vigorous defense but sandman has supporters on social media. great news hashtag standing with covington catholic students, their rights, freedoms and liberty, fighting back for abuse and what they were adult from leftist media in hollywood. hooray for accountability says another twitter user and sharon says good for them. i hope they get every dime they are suing for. heather: he one person mentioned hollywood elites. interesting to see if any lawsui

heather: thank you. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour, nancy pelosi taking aim at donald from calling his emergency declaration a desperate move but what do americans think? carly shimkus is talking with those americans or monitoring them and she's here with reaction that is flooding social media. ♪ whooo! want to take your next vacation to new heights? tripadvisor now lets you book over a hundred thousand tours, attractions, and experiences in destinations around the world! like new york! from bus tours, to breathtaking adventures, tripadvisor makes it easy to find and book amazing things to do. and you can cancel most bookings up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund. so you can make your next trip... monumental! read reviews check hotel prices book things to do tripadvisor you may want to get the flu shot, the vaccine is working better than the past two years but health officials warned flu season is still heating up, the vaccine 40% effective in preventing the virus compared to 40

heather: none of that was addressed. we were hoping to get more american servicemembers's remains back home. that was not discussed. the possibility of liaison offices not off the table as well. we will see if he is listening to what you are saying in the next few months. thank you so much, we appreciate it. we will be right back. with my friends to our annual get-together, especially after being diagnosed last year with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. (dr. kloecker) i started katy on keytruda and chemotherapy and she's getting results we rarely saw five years ago. (avo) in a clinical trial, significantly more patients lived longer and saw their tumors shrink than on chemotherapy alone. (dr. kloecker) it's changed my approach to treating patients. (avo) keytruda may be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment if you have advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer and you do not have an abnormal "egfr" or "alk" gene. keytruda helps your immune system fight

heather: what is the stated reason behind this? >> from this perspective the inf treaty prevented short range missiles on either side of the cold war between russia or nato. in his interest to not have that. he wants that to be kept in place, he wants to threaten nato in the united states to not deploy any new missiles and that is in our interest because we don't want to ratchet up tensions. it is not in our interests to poke the bear unnecessarily. heather: is that what we were talking about in terms of they were not keeping their end of the bargain, doing what they were supposed to do? >> that, we are claiming the css 8 missile was in violation of the treaty. they have a counterclaim that our interceptors are violating the treaty as well so we are both claiming the same thing but the bottom-line is we pulled out of it, they pulled out of it and it opens the possibility of the introduction of new missiles but it is not in our interests, we don't need to do that because we are capable of overwhelming anything russia might do with t

heather: sure. a little less than a year ago, the department of defense gave a new department of defense instruction on deployability. and what we released last week was how the air force will implement that new policy. and it's basically, if you have been nondeployable for over a year, you have to be referred for a review. to say, is this something that continues to be temporary? what's the plan for getting you back to deployable status? what you expect it to do to the forces? there are some cases where somebody is in a field that doesn't deploy at all. and the fact that they are prevented from taking anti-malaria drugs or something for some medical condition doesn't matter to us. as an example, if you're an interop ballistic missile operator, we don't care if you can deploy because you'll always going to be in a silo in the upper midwest. it is just not an issue for some of our airmen. so we'll deal with those on a case-by-case basis. susan: when you have done the analysis, how many people do you

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heather: we will see what happens. it is something donald trump, the first sitting us president to meet with a north korean leader, his second sit down with him happening a few hours from now. we appreciate it. time is 18 after the top of the hour, donald trump's border emergency facing a wall of opposition in congress while he is overseas. house democrats voting to overturn it. where does it stand in the senate. we are live in washington up next. - in a crossfit gym, we're really engaged with who we are as people and making everybody feel welcome. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. i love the custom ink design lab because it's really easy to use. they have customer service that you can reach anytime. t-shirts help us immediately get a sense of who we are as a group. from the moment clients walk in, they're able to feel like part of the family. - [spokesman] custom ink has hundreds of products for your business and free shipping. upload your logo or start your design today a

heather: you had been there for eight years. do you find that the use of politics over policy has become more prevalent during the trump administration? >> sure. we know everything taking place is about 2020, the next election, here's a duly elected president that a few years into this administration still by a certain group of people will never be accepted as our president. look at what happened in the past and this is a man who came out of the private sector, that's where he doesn't fit in with politics as usual. i will give this president and his first family the courage for standing up to a group of people that will never accept, constantly degrade them and criticize them. it is absolutely deplorable what is taking on, a very deplorables in the country there are and those are the people who refuse to follow the constitution, the fact that we have a duly elected president and administration did in two years change this entire economy around and all-america is better for it. julie: speaking of a constitutional crisis what is m

heather: sure. a little less than a year ago, the department of defense gave a new department of defense instruction on deployability. and what we released last week was how the air force will implement that new policy. and it's basically, if you have been nondeployable for over a year, you have to be referred for a review. say, is this something that continues to be temporary? what's the plan for getting you back to deployable status? there are some cases where somebody is in a field that doesn't deploy at all. and the fact that they are prevented from taking anti-malaria drugs or something for some medical condition doesn't matter to us. as an example, if you're an interop ballistic missile operator, we don't care if you can deploy because you'll always be in a silo in the upper midwest. it is just not an issue for some of our airmen. so we'll deal with those on a case-by-case basis. heather: when you have done the analysis, how many people do you expect to be impacted by this? heather: right now,

heather? >> heather: let's talk about this. nike investigation that bizarre situation from wendnesday night. zion williamson, the duke basketball star, falling after his shoe exploded open. williamson forced to leave the game with a knee sprain. nike says it is an isolated occurrence. the company has been ridiculed and its shares are dropping 1%. >> bill: keep an eye on that. congratulations to the tar heels, they played a great game on the road. you are 36 second into the biggest games of the year and arguably one of the best players there. >> heather: people played major money to watch him play. >> bill: long-time college basketball coach, jim b boeheim striking and killing a man on the highway the other night. >> heather: trade talks going on with china. will negotiators get to a deal before the deadline. art lapper will join us. up next. reserve is the only precious metals company led by a former director of the united states mint. and as one of the largest us gold coin distributors in the country, us money reserve has prou

heather: december 12th and this is "fox and friends first". happening right now at 4:00 am a fox news alert, donald trump rallying in el paso as lawmakers reach a possible deal on border security. what it means for the wall is democrats digging on a new sticking point. the former lawmaker taking a stand against the president and his old district, how the president fired back. up in smoke, kamala harris setting social media ablaze with her take on legalizing pot. "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ >> good morning to you. we want to wake you up, time to get up, you are watching "fox and friends first" tuesday morning, don't want to miss it, thank you for starting the day with us. let's get to that fox news alert. an agreement is reached in principle to avoid a second government shutdown as donald trump takes his national security message straight to the southern border. >> walls save lives. my administration has put forward a compromise. it is compassionate and it is going to solve our problem. >> the clock is ticking for lawmakers to hamme

>> heather: yeah. there's a lot of homeless people in greenfield. >> anthony: what do you think now when you see somebody who's clearly junk sick on the street? >> heather: it gives me that yuck, sick feeling. and it scares me. like it reminds me why i don't want to be out there. it's just scary. a friend of mine overdosed january 1st of this year. and my brother-in-law overdosed in wendy's bathroom and they found him. and they brought him back to life. he was dead in the bathroom. >> anthony: uh-huh. >> heather: so this is my narcan. i carry this around, i have one of these in my house and i have one of these in my car. i have a fear that my husband's going to relapse and i'm going to find him dead. you just put this in here and squirt it up their nose. >> anthony: now in most cases, as i understand it, they're right out of it. >> heather: yeah. they're right out of it and they're instantly sick. >> anthony: they don't wake up happy. but they wake up. >> heather: but they wake up. >> anthony: you walk

heather: they will consider their strategy. billions in additional funding that can legally go to the wall, democrats vowing to use the money for border security. capitol hill producer chad program has the latest. >> reporter: one of the big issues is how much can the president move around? they talk about $8 billion, let's look at the department of homeland security appropriations bill, he can go up to $750 billion, that will not get you to $5 billion but start to move around from defense or military construction, he can get there. you can't technically do that. even if you move around in one homeland security bill or another bill you have to have sign off by appropriators and that is why people think this is constitutional. we talked to the chair of the house judiciary committee and he said this is a terrible power grab unprecedented in american history and upset the separation of power. the chair of the house appropriations committee, she may consider putting riders in future legislation to harness the press. heather: all ad

heather: what do you think of that? >> according to recent testimony, his top lawyers brought a case, mister comey will not confess he let hillary clinton get away with the crime, he will not confess that he ignored putting information on her server in violation of rules against handling classified information. is not going to admit he destroyed evidence or much of her team lied without consequence, he's not going to admit that and everyone of the for the half-million americans with security clearances know she should have been prosecuted but what is problematic about what comey said is what about this justice department and this fbi, do they still concern or ratify comey's position here. it speaks, extraordinarily disappointing and outrageous this justice department and this fbi haven't taken up the issue of whether hillary clinton should or shouldn't have been prosecuted and as far as judicial watch is concerned, they have been opposing her from for this. we've gotten discovery from a federal court judge in these emai

. >> >> heather: this is a different experience i've been speaking on college campuses recently, you know what that means. i've received the walk-out, the storm the stage strategy, the blockade that prevented anyone from attending my talk. so-called students of color at nearby pomona college announced that i was a "fascist white supremacist war-hawk year folk classist -- and ignorant of interlocking systems of dom nation that produced a lethal conditions under which oppressed people are forced to live." so to actually have an audience still in its seats and apparently willing to listen is an unusual experience. it may take me a while to get accustomed to. we've been hearing a lot of late about the crisis of free speech on college campuses. but not much about its rooted cause. the narsistic victimology that is rapidly spreading to keep in mind academia to modern culture. the world is in the grips of mass hysteria. students believe they are victims of oppression, at risk of their lives from circumambient racism and sexism. the degree of modern caterwauling is impossible to state. at br

heather: i see opposite. i don't see it is ridiculous to talk about what success looks like because we are not going to get anything out of this if they don't. both parties are coming to the table here. >> i agree with both the panelists on several points. we need a tit-for-tat, step-by-step exchange. i agree with olivia that this is already a win. coming to vietnam, having the president come to vietnam is a win for kim because he's coming to kim, close to his domain and kim takes his luxury train instead of having to fly somewhere but you don't enter negotiations with an enemy, you don't try to get an enemy to give up his weapons by threatening him. we already threatened him, brought him to the table, donald trump got what he wanted by stopping the threats against the world. kim is no longer threatening the destruction of los angeles, and the chinese parable, the northwind, to take his coat off. pulling it closer around him. the sunshine warmly and the man says it is hot here. donald trump was the northwind

heather: numbers we got that are interesting. when you take wall out of the equation and show what people want at the border, 66% of people are all for some kind of barrier at the border. that is a pretty solid number. if you are a republican or the president does this show he shined a light on the issue by showing border patrol agents say they need a barrier, he pushed public opinion. >> no question about that. in my district it is 83% the we need a barrier of some sort. we all know barriers work and that is the issue, isn't it? we want a safe and secure border. it is ultimately although there is more involved than a wall it is also true that you cannot ultimately have a secure border if you don't have some sort of barrier keeping bad people out. the american people understand that and once it. heather: you look at the numbers, 56% oppose the president bypassing congress and declaring a national emergency to build the wall, some people wonder if he even finds this would he still declare a national emergency? >> ultimately the qu

for deborah, heather, and madison from reading, california, they represent three generations of their family that has been devastated by the status quo of our border situation. i am grateful that president trump is shining a bright unmistakable light on this issue and the urgency with which we must address it. every single day we do nothing is another day that another family is being potentially harmed in some way by the inaction and inability of both sides of the aisle to come spogget to get something effective done -- come together to get something effective done. i wish it was under other circumstance that is deborah, madison, and heather would have to be here tonight. their grief must be immense but tonight their story will be front and center for all america to see. .t's certainly no consolation nothing dissuades the pain they must feel. i hope their presence might help spark some positive change in this country that is long overdue. i thank the president and first lady for inviting them. i thank deborah, heather, and madison for their courage, for having to share this tragedy an

it's heather. the firs first national emergeny under president wilson to prevent the transfer of u.s. ships to foreigners during world war ii. so do you think this should have been issued, this type of congressional power in the first place? >> yell, that' well, that's a gt question. if congress thinks they've extended national emergency power too broadly then they can go in and change the law. but the supreme court said in 1981 that congress can't delegate a broad authority and veto an action by the executive branch that's vested with that authority simply when they disagree on policy. congress would have to go back and change the law in order to narrow this. and that may be a good idea. >> jenna, this is garry smith. two questions. there is, i believe, 31 national emergencies existing, even some from the quarter administration that could go on in purpose duty. perpetuity. but it looks like 30 of them relate to terrorists activities. don't sell ships to north korea, that kind of thing. my first qu

jillian: heather: it is wednesday, this is "fox and friends first". a fox news alert, deal or no deal? a bipartisan plan for border security and fund the government is heading for a vote. if the president signs at what does it mean for the wall? we are live in washington to break it down. no collusion, a senate panel finds no

heather: they got that in dollars. and got $1.3 billion and started $25 million, came down to $1.7 billion, the republicans in this committee, how is this the negotiation. >> that is really serious, and criminals go out and many of them commit other crimes, and others hurt by it. jeff sessions was starting to get into it. let's put judges, immigration judges on the border. if someone is released from detention, over 1300 day average, most don't show up. if they remain in detention a 40 day average. if you put judges on the border. and they have the hearing, moving right out, and not legitimate asylum and we would need those extra beds. it is an important one. heather: should the president sign it? some say sign it and declare a national emergency but other people argue if you declare the national emergency and sign your give leverage to democrats in the future for national emergencies. is that trading into dangerous waters? >> you had presidents like obama. president obama declared bird flu. it was serious. there have

heather: freeze paralyzing the midwest blamed for 15 death. a quick moving band of snow from northern kentucky to philadelphia. in chicago a pipe burst in union station forcing travelers to grab their luggage seconds before the ceiling collapsed. frightening times for the entire nation. janice dean brings us what we need to know. >> the last day of the extreme cold, temperatures will warm up rapidly over the next 24 to 48 hours, current temperatures the last day of single digits and below freezing temperatures, the windchill-5 in chicago, far cry from-40 which is what it felt like yesterday. is your forecast windchill, cold air retreating northward. this is the good news, as we head and the weekend, temperatures in the 40s and 50s in chicago. that could be a problem for the pipes. even though this is a good news story we will have problems with this rapid melt. the arctic blast is gone for day. in minneapolis 18 °, average 25 sunday, 36, chicago 45 sunday, 15 on monday, new york city 22, 42 sunday. the groundhog will make his prediction tomor

it's going to be state department spokesperson heather nauert. this raising eyebrows because it's never sent to the senate and others think this is just washington. last night we learned that nauert stepped away and asked to withdraw her name from consideration and the state department issued a statement on her behalf and i'll read it to you. now we are all caught up because it was after this statement was issued that we learned about this nanny who was legally in the united states but not legally allowed to work in the united states and not paying taxes. she had imple nauert employed this nanny before she worked at the state department. she did disclose this information when she was tapped for this post but even though the back taxes were paid, it became apparent in about the last week, this was going to cause a big problem for nauert and she agreed she needed to step aside. you might be wondering how exactly it got this far. well, we have learned from sources that president trump actually made this announcement that he was going to pick nauert

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heather nauert backs out of the nomination to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n. the controversy that may have influenced her decision. >>> we begin with explosive, new details this morning. the alleged attack on actor jussie smollett. the chicago police department investigation has now shifted into whether or not the actor paid two men who were questioned to stage an assault. joining me now, nbc news correspondent kathy park. good morning to you. this is just a sad story any way you look at it, but can you give us the latest on this probe? >> alex, you're absolutely right. i mean, if you've been following this story ever since it broke on january 28th, there seems to be a new twist and turn every single day. so, overnight, we have learned that a police source close to the investigation, they're now looking into whether or not the actor, the "empire" actor allegedly may have paid the two men to stage this attack. you know, chicago police still have a lot of questions for the actor, and he has lawyered up. he has hired a high-profile attorney who issued a statement

heather nauert might have done a fine job. she didn't have the same diplomatic or political or academic experience than that of her most illustrious predecessors but thshe might ha grown into the job and figured it out. you have to wonder what path the white house wants to take. this is somebody who has to think on their feet and somebody has to deal with very, very sharp and aggressive adversaries. people from adversaryial nations in many cases have longstanding deep, rich experience. so whoever is going to sit there and defend america's interests in the u.n. day after day, is going to have to be somebody who really has got a lot of talent or a pedigree, some experience they can fall back on. we will see which way the white house goes. i don't think hiring one of his buddies out of mar-a-lago is the way to go but this white house has surprised us time and again. >> when you speak about defending america on the world stage, yesterday, we saw joe biden doing just that. he was in munich for the security conference and he didn't

president trump selected her from a handful of candidates. >> heather will be nominated to work with nikki haley to replace nikki at the united nations. >> as for the vacant position, the state department spokesman says the president will make an announcement for the u.s. ambassador to the denominations soon. other includes names here previously considered, craft, the ambassador to canada and burnell, and dena powell and john gaines, if former candidate from michigan. fox news. >>> details about what could have prevented a deadly shooting outside chicago. the initial background check did not stop a felony conviction that should block the man who killed five coworkers and wounded six others from buying a gun. months later, a second background check of martin found his aggravated assault conviction in mississippi involving the stabbing of the x girl from. that prompted a letter saying the gun permit had been revoked and ordered him to turn over his gun to the police. struck hundreds of people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil. five crosses were erected for the v

for me heather in —— having her brings up my me heather in —— having her brings up my best performances, especially over the high jump. up my best performances, especially over the highjump. i was sad and i do not like to see athletes getting injured but i've been through that in the past and i know how horrible it is. she has won everything there is to win and she has scored 7000 points which is very difficult to do. as well asjohnson thompson — britain's laura muir, asha philip, richard kilty and andrew pozzi will all be defending titles at the european indoors... follow the action from 9.30 tomorrow morning on bbc two. now it's always a captivating event to follow. the bobsleigh world championships begin in canada tomorrow. and there will be added pressure for the british teams, knowing they're likely to need a medal if they re to secure funding for the next winter olympics in 2022. nick hope has been to meet the gb's men. the british bobsleigh for man team believed they were genuine 0lympic medal contenders but they were left devastated after finishing 17th and 18th which led to t

with pete underneath and heather with pete underneath and heather is very dry at the moment and it catches fire and the fire gets down into the peat and it can travel underground. we saw a similar situation here in the summer when you remember those fires that went on for several weeks and covered many miles of moorland and the difficulty with their was that fire crews just couldn't keep up with it andi crews just couldn't keep up with it and i had to wait until it rained, basically, to put fire out. more land fires are becoming more and more common during the summer months as we enjoy some warm summers. very unusual at this time of year. let's not forget, we're still in and february, each day this month except for when the temperatures have been well above what you would expect in february. that has made the ground very dry and that is what helps these fires to spread. we also a safe westerly wind which also spread the flames and smoke overnight. thankfully, not many properties nearby, so no property or lives damaged as a result of this fire. it was spectacular last night. it does now see

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heather: international relations including north korea? >> he will talk about the fact we are moving ahead with north korea, the president has another summit planned with the leader of north korea and things are progressing. donald trump has done more with regard to north korea. we've seen a standdown on additional testing in the nuclear program so the president made great strides, something nobody has done for decades. heather: a number of house democrats plan to skip the state of the union tonight is a couple of them on the screen in a second. were you surprised when you hear some will not be attending? >> this is part of the resistance, democrats coming out saying people should not listen to the president. the state of the nation is divided but in spite of that we are a strong nation. the president will unite or try to unite the country and say we are all in this together. heather: you use the word divided and unite. we heard the theme is going to be unite. what is so important for people at home? what do you need to absorb? >> the pres

for me heather in —— having her brings up my me heather in —— having her brings up my best performances, especially over the high jump. up my best performances, especially over the highjump. i was sad and i do not like to see athletes getting injured but i've been through that in the past and i know how horrible it is. she has won everything there is to win and she has scored 7000 points which is very difficult to do. as well asjohnson thompson — britain's laura muir, asha philip,

host: that was "newsmakers" with heather wilson, the air force secretary. that will be sunday at 12:30 p.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. what do you make of what you heard from the secretary? guest: getting out there and seeing the housing is phenomenal. that is what the families were hoping for. they want someone to come look at this and know that it is real. as far as the idea about concern for retribution, i do not think members of the senate armed services committee could have been clearer about the fact that there will be no tolerance of that, and the leaders of the services, absolutely. i think everyone is in agreement that the concept of retribution for reporting something like this will not be tolerated. i am absolutely gratified to hear that. host: let's start taking calls from our guests. rich is in virginia. thank you for joining us. what would you like to say? caller: thank you for taking my call. this has bothered me -- i have a house in jacksonville, north carolina, and i was shocked to find out after the last storm, i was talking to people about it

as heather said, the army has its own audit agency. we give them a -- i work with them closely in terms of this is what i want you to accomplish in the next year. audit these things and come back and give me feedback. it's a great tool. audits are great tools to help you perform better. kathleen: we'll open it up to the audience. i dwoont to make sure we hit on people which i have not given you an opportunity to talk much about. you know, as service secretaries, you own the schoolhouses, if will you, the training element, all under your watch. and here we have this significant shifment in the climate or acknowledgment of a shifting in the environment, both this high-end competition but also shifting landscape of challenges below the levels of warfare. what are the most pressing priorities for each of you with regard to how to move forward? again, education and training elements of the force and the retention element? secretary esper: again, for me it will go back to the budget, the army budget. what we've done in there is we r and shit

is entering illegally really worse than what heather heyer's death was about? the president played to the petty, bringing racism where it wasn't with spike lee. and he's poisoning us by ignoring bigotry but while it would be great to have leadership come from the top, last night in the oscars we got to see how the rest of you can make things better on your own, rewarding those who speak truth about our reality, that truth and embracing diversity, those are the best hope for america becoming greater still. and i hope that this president if he's going to keep taking these shots, at some point he at least owns why he does it. just like we always say on this show, why lie? if you have nothing to hide, why lie? that applies to russia, some ancillary matters around that and applies to this, too. if you're going to ignore somebody like steve king and ignore racism where it's staring us in the face, you should tell the american people why you do it because it's obvious to everyone. thanks for watching. "cnn tonight" with don lemon starts right now. >>> so according to

next on our panel is heather carol. heather is the manager of public policy at the alzheimer's policy of massachusetts, the new hampshire chapter. she is a social worker and has been working in the field with elders for over 15 years and has a very good understanding of the importance and the challenges of caregiving. heather: thank you very much, and welcome to new hampshire, senator. we know that you are a leader when it comes to alzheimer's disease in congress currently. we are so appreciative for your support of the bowl infrastructure act that was an excellent bipartisan -- if you can believe it or not -- bipartisan. if you have a brain, you can be affected by this disease. we have 14,000 individuals with alzheimer's and a couple thousand more with related diseases. the caregivers are giving 17 million hours of pre-care per year. as chris alluded to, the direct care staff in new hampshire is extremely tough. it also leads to the issue of staff that is trained, properly, to care for individuals with needs come with