Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Fox And Friends First 20171228

Jillian good morning from new york city. On thursday morning, hopefully all of you had a great christmas. We begin with a fox news alert. Breaking news, 35 are dead and Dozens Injured after bombing attacks, three explosions. As she ate Muslim Cultural Center and afghan news agency. Many victims are students, no one has claimed responsibility but tell a man denies involvement. Breaking overnight Vladimir Putin calling a bombing at a st. Petersburg supermarket terrorism. A homemade device with shrapnel injuring 13 people. No terrorist organization has claimed responsibility either. Earlier this month, thanking donald trump for tips that helped stop other bombings in russias secondlargest city. A former state Department Employee with ties to john mccain subpoenaed over connections to the fake trump dossier, the House Intelligence Committee demanding answers from mccain and david kramer about his firsthand knowledge of the bogus report. According to support records, hired by fusion gps to run the dossier that helped kickstart fbi russian probe, a lot broking this morning throughout the day. In the meantime donald trump ending 2017 a high note visiting the nations heroes in West Palm Beach fire station while touting his accomplishments and firing back at his predecessor. Griff jenkins joins us with more on this. Reporter welcome back, the president spending final days of 2017 in West Palm Beach fire station number 2, firefighters, paramedics and First Responders and delivered a report card on his own administrations accomplishments. 84 times since november 18th. That is something to be proud of. Stopping ridiculous regulations and proud of that. Addressing a member of things, next us legislative agenda, the russia probe, president obamas news, and comparing the day he was inaugurated on january 20th, 30,000 isis fighters with swath of territory in iraq and the area, since last week, 1000 firefighters, isis fighters left but the former president obama hasnt remained silent. In an interview he took aim at donald trump without mentioning him by name and making it clear he was referring to donald trump. One of the dangers of the internet is people can have entirely different realities, they can be cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. Reporter there are no Public Events scheduled today, the president remains in florida but we do know already the president scheduled a meeting with paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell at camp david to talk about the new legislative agenda. Stay tuned, we may hear more about what he hopes to accomplish. Heather you, have a great day. Taking a jab at president obama, taking a jab at donald trump without saying his name. Opinion editor for the Washington Times calling out the former president saying twitter is way for donald trump to get around the vicious media that despises him and communicate directly with the american people. This reminds me how much is president obama can be, talks to prince whatever his name, william, whatever his title is, whatever, he does this interview where he is clearly attacking the president and this notion that you attack the president for using twitter is akin to attacking fdr for using the newfangled radio to do his fireside chats, just a form of communicating with people and the way to communicate with people around the media that viciously despises him. Not the first time president obama has criticized donald trump, he took aim at the current president at the paris Climate Change speech thank womack we have a temporary absence of American Leadership on the issue. A lot of people talking about whether he is violating the logan act, walking a close line. Recordbreaking snowfall burying parts of pennsylvania and new york, huge amount as bitter cold temperatures gripped the nation, issuing a state of emergency and travel advisory. Lived here my whole life and a couple years here, really got hit this year. Lorraine firefighters rescuing a woman trapped in her home using shovels and a plow to get her out. Small planes getting off a snowy runway in indiana sliding right into cornfields. A major arctic blast in the northeast temperatures feeling like 20 to 30 degrees below 0, that is below 0, the winter cold expected to last through the new year. Power is restored at disneyland after a massive outage that brought rides to a standstill. A lot of people stranded in the dark during one of the parks busiest weeks of the year. Allison barber has the latest on what went wrong. Reporter walt disneys original theme park, the happiest place on earth, wins, one of the busiest weeks of the year. Disrupting a number of park attractions for hours leaving some passengers stranded for 20 minutes on several popular rides. Although i go up. The idea of a power failure affecting your day. Reporter the guests said they had to wait to be escorted. Disney blames an issue with a transformer, fantasyland sections of the pork. It is pirates of the caribbean ride among the attractions affected. Them park visitors voiced complaints and asked for refunds communitys station reported the park was packed near capacity. No rescues, the 85 acre park received 44,000 visitors a day. Wednesdays power outage unfolded at 10 405 am. Electricity by 4 30 p. M. Local time. Heather Powerball Jackpot surging to 384 million overnight after no one hit the jackpot. After 37 million drying tied to the 24th largest in us history. Check your tickets, two smaller winners in case you didnt see, 3, 9, 16, 56, 60, powerball number of 3. The next drawing is saturday. Your odds of winning, one in 292 million. The odds are 0 if you dont play. 9 minutes after the top of the error, new years eve lockdown from new york to las vegas, how police are preparing for anything in the wake of recent attacks. It will be a hefty new year for dozens of convicted criminals who just got a get out of jail free card from new york governor andrew cuomo. Illegal immigrants included. The kremlin wants to play middleman between america and north korea. It is all smoke and mirrors. Heather 18 convicted criminals no longer face deportation thanks to andrew cuomo. The new york governor passing down 61 total pardons 39 of which involve teens with minor crimes. This is the second time he has pardoned immigrants, defiantly challenging Donald Trumps promise to crack down on illegal immigration and he is not alone. Illegal immigrants catching a break in california. The Orange County Sheriffs Department will no longer check the immigration status of inmates. Deputies were not alert ice agents of undocumented offenders, visiting more nations in the sanctuary state the bill going into effect january 1st, governor gerri brown signed the bill in october prohibiting local Police Officers from helping enforce immigration law. Switching gears, Vladimir Putin is ready to play peacemaker, the russian president offering to mediate talks between north korea and the United States. A spokesperson for the kremlin say russia cleared the way for deescalation is obvious and really helped ease tensions or russian involvement further strain the situation. Here to way and his Foreign Policy analyst, thank you for joining us. Does this sound like a good idea to you . Russia as peacemaker between the us and north korea . No it doesnt. And the entire International Community, and unanimously passed against north korea and its nuclear test and Intercontinental Missile test. And north korea probably a pariah, the most pronounced pariah in the International Community. By trying to have russians mediates, trying to redefine this problem as a Us North Korea problem and north korea versus the rest of the world first and foremost. The russians the top five countries violating International Norms and international law. By rewarding the russians who long sought to gain the soviet union superpower status, a mediator or moderator or broker position with the International Community and north korea, elevating them back as a responsible actor that they are not. Jillian what would russias goal be . We know their goal was to completely disrupt in the United States, this would further enable democrats to use this as leverage in Upcoming Elections as well. Look what russia has done, they are accused of having tried to interfere in german, french, british and us elections, having waged attacks online on social media and creating emotional and political mores with various factions. Russia has been trying for years not to influence Political Action and political calculations and equations in the western world and hit one western country and one nato country against another. By elevating to the status, granting another free get out of jail free card, there will be serious questions, the president has the is to enforce sanctions against russia, to take proper measures against russian interference in ukraine, russian interference in europe and so on and so forth and to tell us whether he agrees with his own Intelligence Community analysis the russians tried to interfere in the us election and in the western world, if the president does bring the russians and as mediators will be major questions. Heather i seriously doubt that whatever happened along with the fact there are allegations of aiding north korea and iran in terms of nuclear developments. Thank you for joining us, we appreciate your time, have you back. Have a great day. 18 minutes after the top of the hour, wounded and whimpering in pain, the amtrak Train Derailment begging 911 for help. An overpass, hanging off the overpass. Bodies everywhere. Jillian new call showing the shock and chaos. Going to part, turning to weed to help with morning sickness. Doctor mark siegel joins us with dangerous consequences. Heather a shocking new study revealing number of expectant mothers who smoked during pregnancy is on the rise. How is this impacting future generations. Here to break it down is doctor mark siegel. Thank you for joining us this morning. Tell us about this study. More pregnant women are using pot, why . 275,000 people have kaiser permanent insurance in california, 7 up from 4 since 2009 to 2016, 7 of women in this group are smoking pot while pregnant. This is especially a problem because in a few days california is going to legalize Recreational Marijuana use and you will be able to legally use marijuana during pregnancy. In california, dont necessarily realize how dangerous this is. Heather we can show people you can break those numbers down further. When it involves pregnant teens younger than 18 the usage climbs to 21. 8 and you have women age 18 to 24 that rose to 19 . Tell us about the possible effects. We can put those up as you speak about them on the baby. A great point, younger women are more at risk, using the more often when pregnant, the risks are really huge. They havent proven actual birth defects, but they have shown more preterm labor, women going into labor earlier on, underweight infants being born and the bigticket item here is developmental delay, hyperactivity, a study out of canada, and problems with memory, risk of adhd, attention deficit disorder, this is a real problem in terms of behavior, cognition, and longterm development. We are not talking about marijuana use but the effect on your unborn child. Heather trying to do this to ease morning sickness. There are other options available for pregnant women, right . Morning sickness is not easy, anxiety while pregnant is not easy, the number one tell my patients is dont take any, something that is hard to treat but to use something that harms your infant, staying well hydrated helps, antinausea medicine, you can take mylanta but you have to be careful. Do not want to use this. Heather there has to be an option better than marijuana. You are dealing with another life at the same time. Lack of information. Nobody is trying to carry a child to term and find out later they are Development Lead disabled as a result of behavior. We are doing a public service, stick with mylanta, stay away from this. Have a great day. Unprecedented security from coasttocoast from snipers to barricades, drastic steps to keep americans safe wherever you are on new years eve. Defense of our nation the most important decision a president of the United States can make is the appointment of a Supreme Court justice. Heather appointing neil goresuch, one of the first and most import accomplish, next guest explains why the future for the high court couldnt be brighter. Heather millions of americans ringing in 2018 under the highest security seen in years. Labors, bomb sniffing dogs, new york to las vegas. Casey steagall here with what is being done to keep americans safe. I will be leaving in time for the new years eve celebration but regardless where you are, Law Enforcement Officials Say get ready to see security like you have never seen before across the country. The nypd beefing up its counterterrorism unit, heavily armed officers will defend on times square as people pack in to watch the annual ball drop. The big apple has been the target of two recent terror attacks in the city is on high alert especially on the heels of a new threat from isis urging fighters to kill drunk party years ringing in 2018. Cops not only looking for the obvious but hint of trouble too. Look for the individual whose bag doesnt match, the thousand dollar bag and wearing nikki, or white knuckleing it back, holding onto that site, with those eyes steaming towards the direction, holding a bag, it is a problem. There will be increased to be at and on top of Office Towers and hotels in response to the las vegas massacre. Lawmakers approving 350,000 for new years eve security compared to 120,000 last year. The National Guard will have boots on the ground. Years past, we had two Quick Response teams on the east and west side of the Las Vegas Strip to assure we had response in cases of Critical Incidents but this year we are breaking them into smaller teams and the numbers are going to be doubled. Nothing is off limits, even the internet will be heavily patrolled, Law Enforcement vetting social media, scouring the web for credible threats. Heather back in dallas, a new years eve celebration as well. Great to have you here. Caught red handed, china accused of illegally selling north korea oil defying un sanctions, south korean media showing images from us spy satellites say the two countries traded oil 30 times since october. The United Nations capped in response to kim jung uns missile program, china claims it was, quote, strictly enforcing the Un Resolution but doesnt look that way. The north korean economy worth 28 billion which is not huge but it has grown 3. 9 in the last year. That are number one trading partner is china which means china is not doing what it promised to do. Here is what the Deputy Commanding general in afghanistan said, the United States needs to do to make china understand. We need to tighten the screws on china. Diplomatically, you think of fighting a war in north korea, just not a hot war, we have diplomatic information, military, economic elements of national power, trying to do diplomatically to tighten the screws on north korea and russia and china to pop them but not doing their part heather the general went on, participating in sanctions. Cutting back on the trade agreement. One of the most transformative years in the federal Judiciary Branch beginning with Donald Trumps historic confirmation of judge neil gorsuch to the Supreme Court. I always felt after the defense of our nation the most important decision a president of the United States can make is the appointment of a Supreme Court justice. Depending on their age a justice can be active for 50 years, his or her decisions can last a century or more and can be permanent. Heather the white house moving at record speed to move vacancies on lower federal courts, surefire way for donald trump to implement his legacy, what can we expect next year . Joining me at the judicial crisis network, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. Donald trump and gop senators deserve credit was as we can speaking with you there is construction going on in washington dc but the president hoping to construct the future of the court as well. Not 12 court of appeals judges on the courts this year, the most in a president s first term since courts were established and that is incredible, these are outstanding nominees so it is a great bench not just for being on the court of appeals now but on future Supreme Court confirmation so heather could have been one of the people confirmed this year and that is very exciting. Heather explain how the process works and how that be the case. Normally the president will look to someone with federal judicial experience for Supreme Court confirmation so when another vacancy comes up these other people they will look at but also 99 of cases are decided and end at the court of appeals level so the Supreme Court, you need to have great people in these visions which is why it is good to see this group, just outstanding. People in their own state Supreme Court have taught at leading law schools, a Stellar Group of nominees, you got to keep this pace going, 12 court of appeals nominees and 160 vacancies, you cant keep going, 19 total nominees this year confirmed, to keep their foot on the gas. Heather you mentioned specifics out of this pool of people available, donald trump will choose from, look at four of them. Out of these, anything stand out to you . We can put those on screen, judge thomas, judge joan larson and diane sykes as well. All of those are part of the president s list of nominees that he put out during his nomination to be president , they show diversity. The first s. Asian on his court of appeals, justice joan larson, one of the state Supreme Court justices now a federal judge, judge diane sykes, recognized as someone who is a leading conservative jurist and judge hartman who sounds like one of the finalists for the spot so any of those would be Excellent Choices to open on the Supreme Court. Heather apologize for the construction that you powered through it. Appreciate it very much. 20 minutes until the top of the hour, trying to take advantage of deductions before the reform bill takes effect but the chaos for nothing . Politics collided with controversy with the nfl national and kneeling protests. Dominating the headlines of 2017. Welcome back to fox and friends first, many people scrambling to prepay 2018 property taxes, maybe they shouldnt. Tracy is here to explain, talking about this this morning, teresa in the hair and makeup area. What is the deal with this . Reporter the irs came out with something new but taxpayers who want to pay their property tax bill before the new tax code hits next week because it caps the state and local tax income, property Tax Deduction attend dollars. We saw 1700 people in fairfax county, virginia paying 16 million collected in these prepayments but now the irs is saying this may not help you out because the prepayments may only be tax deductible in certain circumstances so all the people waiting could be for nothing. At this point it is best to consult with your accountant to see if it benefits you to pay. Heather dont listen to me. In the meantime 10 companies that will be hiring thousands in 2018. This is from glass door, they compiled the list, a few of them, amazon, home depot, panda express, kohls, geico, ibm and target will be hiring, thousands of people across the country in 2018. Benefits of working for companies, great perks for employees and give back to communities. These are companies to check out if youre looking for a job. Heather great news to begin the new year, not such great news for ryan seacrest. This is a funny story. A jetblue flight from lax to jfk. There was someone on board according to the pilot. Someone won a competition to appear or attend Ryan Seacrests new years eve event, the pilot giving special clearance to land early and priority. Ryan seacrest, we dont know who this person is if they actually exist, a strange story but the person who won the contest, katie roberts, and residual flight delays. Heather if you are out there, let us know. Thank you so much, have a great day. Heard, wounded and whimpering in pain to switch gears entirely, the victims of the amtrak Train Derailment begging 911 for help. It is an overpass, landed on vehicles. Bodies lying everywhere. Heather brandnew calls from survivors showing the shock and chaos. New questions after a plane turned around mid flights, someone on board, not ryan seacrest, should have been there. A former commercial pilot explains the danger with Security Policies now in question. Look around look around look around julie closer look at the chaos. Terrified survivors of the amtrak Train Derailment begging 911 for help. We have been on an amtrak train over olympia. Tons of people are hurt. It is an overpass, the train is hanging off the overpass, landing on vehicles. Bodies lying everywhere. Heather emergency calls this released, three people died, 100 were injured on the trains inaugural trip to dupont, washington, ntsb trying to figure out why the train was speeding at 80 miles an hour around curbs where the limit is 30. One new jersey Town Planning to ban outoftown drivers during rush hour. Cutting through to get to the George Washington bridge making traffic so bad residents cant get out of their own driveways. Residents have yellow tags to hang on their rearview mirrors so officers can identify them. Anyone not there, cut but driving there between 6 and 9 am and 4 and 9 am can be fined 200 so be aware of that. A plane going from la to tokyo caused by someone who boarded the wrong flight. The pilot forced to return to lax four hours into the journey. How does that happen in this day and age . Here is commercial Airline Pilot and aviation consultant, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. There were a two brothers on two flights. One was scheduled on united, there were boarding passes, and they are both appearing on one flight. How do they go through tsa security, two different boarding passes, a gate agent check, Flight Attendant saying what seat do you have and looking at your boarding pass and saying wait a minute, this is a United Airlines boarding pass, youre on the wrong flight. Now problem where the Airline Takes off some four hours. Heather a eight our flight. A third of the way but nevertheless after four hours you decide to turn back but with both going to tokyo, theres something afoot with security problems. Because now you have to come back and i can assure you that was a very expensive flight because of the return, cost of fuel, ground facility terminal. Heather some passengers not too happy. One of them happened to be christie teagan. And actress and model and she live tweeted the entire event as it happened, here is what she had to say. I believe we had that but there she is. Welcome to los angeles. Heather she wasnt too happy. The airline did apologize with this tweet saying we apologize to all passengers on flight 175 it failed to deliver the service we strive for, thank you, all your comments and allowing us to connect and serve you better. We welcome feedback, how we can work to make this right. How could they work to make this right . Dont see how they could do it, it is done, it is finished. They took off the next day and landed again, you lose a day when flying. Heather ever seen anything like this happen . No. I have had people on board a flight where i discovered they were on the wrong flight but never taken off and found out, nor what i unless in extreme circumstances on board that flight those two individuals turn the flight around, why would i do that. Heather more will happens in a statement from the airlines. From tsa, go to the boarding, through the check point. How did two individuals with separate boarding passes, two separate airlines, 6, 7, 8, united with a small segment, how did you go through these procedures, Flight Attendant standing by the door with boarding passes accepted. Heather they have got to figure out how and why this happens. That is the data with unscheduled people sitting on board an aircraft. Heather thank you for joining us, nice to see you again. Still to come, the top a little moment of 2018 up next. Heather challenges met, promises kept, scandals galore, no shortage of drama in 2017, Lauren Blanchard looks back at the year in politics. I, Donald John Trump do solemnly swear. Reporter the inauguration of the 45th president ushering in the new year with a solemn moment of unity is a marking a notable turning point, a nation increasingly divided. The president changing the law of travel issuing an executive order stopping people from predominantly muslim countries from entering the us, welcome in judge chaffetz into the Supreme Court but out the door was the president S National Security adviser Michael Flynn as well as chief of staff rights priebus, press secretary sean spicer, chief strategist steve bannon, and Anthony Scaramucci among others. The firing of fbi director james comey, the appointment of Robert Mueller to lead the investigation into russias election meddling and the trump administrations alleged collusion with moscow, the president fulfilling Campaign Pledge in the spring. The United States will withdraw from the paris climate accord. Reporter another pledge in the fall. It is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. House majority whip steve scullys shot at a congressional baseball practice, the Louisiana Republican returning to the house for 15 weeks later. Another lawmaker, senator john mccain dealing with phyllis announcing his brain cancer diagnosis, fears over Nuclear Conflict with north korea escalating the mid back and forth between kim jung uns regime and the trump administration, the president inserted into the debate over protests during the National Anthem personally attacking nfl players who chose not to stand when the National Anthem was playing, democrats made gains in off year elections winning big in new jersey and virginia, shortly before the me 2 Movement Began rocking washington with congress man john conyers, trent frank, and senator out franken among those facing allegations of Sexual Misconduct reaching a fever pitch after roy moore lost the Alabama Special Senate election, the end of the year not without controversy with the gop delivering on tax reform. Allies on donald trump in his second year in office and how he handles a wide range of issues from north korea to whether his party can have healthcare reform. Here to cover it all. Today, friday, saturday, sunday, we will see what happens was that wraps it up for fox and friends first, at 11 00 am, goodbye. December 28th, from las vegas to new york city, new years security expected to be the tightest ever, brandnew measures being taken coast to coast. Anyone who broke the record of harry truman. Legislation of all legislation. Ending of the year on a high note, touting victories and talking taxes as the war of words heats up between him and former president obama. She quit her job to lead to resistance, took aim at first lady melania trump, now she is upset because donald trump is