Caleb says, this is foul theres no harm for an atheist to hold hands with his gridiron brothers and listen to a prayer. Tammy writes the most positive words i know come from the bible and the most positive person i know is jesus. Thank you to everyone who respond responded. Fox friends starts right now. Good morning. It is wednesday, august 27th. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. A fox news alert. Hes the face of the newly homegrown terror. This american killed in syria fighting for isis. And this morning the u. S. Being warned he is not alone. Great. And a big primary night last night but an unlikely candidate steals the spotlight. Could the man who captured Saddam Hussein be one step closer to working in washington . Well break down all the races on our postgame show. Hey, dont mess with this school in texas. Theyre armed, theyre ready and letting everyone know about it. How do you feel about it . And by the way, mornings are
better with friends. Youre watching f fox friends, the number one morning cable news show in america. Yeah, you see that sign going into one of the argyle texas schools, you think twice. Of course you do. Knowing that some of the teachers might be armed. Yeah, if youre a lunatic looking to shoot up a school. Great warning there. That is meant to protect the kids. Of course, theres another side to that story. But the biggest story again today at some point were going to cover is how ainsley gets all the way up here, taking the stairs. Thats the biggest story . Ive decided to track her to find out. You did track her . Yes. Record time today. Yes, exactly. Well, leah took the last little block of the show so i could make it down. Thank you to leah. Filling in this morning. Glad to be with yall. Primary results are pouring in from four states this morning. In arizona retired air force combat pilot Martha Mcsally easily winning her republican
house primary. She got 68 of the votes. Shell face former Gabrielle Giffords aide ron barber in the fall. We need people in d. C. Who are going to make sure that those things that the government should be doing like protecting americans, securing the border, taking care of veterans, they do well. And then the things that they really shouldnt be doing they stop overreaching like get out of the way of Small Businesses so they can thrive and grow the economy. Stick around because shes going to be on fox later this morning. Also in arizona, state treasurer doug ducey, he was the ceo of coldstone creamery, hes taking the gop primary for governor. Now to oklahoma where steve russell, a member of the military team that captured Saddam Hussein, won the republican nomination against patrice douglas. Russell is going after the seat being vacated by republican congressman james langford. And then down in florida, the former republican Charlie Crist won the democratic primary for governor. Hes going to face the incumbent, rick scott. Florida has not elected a democratic governor since 1994. Developing overnight after two years of captivity, an american hostage finally arriving home from syria. Brandnew pictures just released show journalist peter theo welcomed home by his mother in boston. They are all smiles, of course. And then back in 2012, he was kidnapped by a terrorist group with links to al qaeda near the Syrian Border. The u. S. And qatar negotiated his release without paying a ransom. A football hero now under investigation. University of Southern California star josh shaw sprained his ankles jumping from a balcony, allegedly. He said that he was doing that to save his drowning nephew. But Emergency Response teams say that they never got a call about a drowning or an ankle injury. Were also learning that shaws reportedly named in a burglary report on that very same night. His coach says that he has no reason to doubt his story at this point. This famous rock song making history this morning. Way way down inside i want to give you love im about to give you every inch of my love oh wanna whole lotta love led zeppelins song just voted the greatest of all time. It beat out sweet child o mine and back in black by ac dc. Rockin headlines. Whole lotta news i was junior high clarinet, so i know music. But i just clarinet. I played kindergarten accordion. Thank you. So you understand where im coming from. What is a riff . You make it up, right . A riff is like just your part. Your little solo. So it was written down. Theyre not saying he adlibbed like that. Im not going to riff this,
though, s becaubecause its a s alert. Thanks. An american jihadist born in chicago killed fighting with the terror group in isis in syria. Brandnew information emerging about his connection to the group and the new threat here at home. Doug is live in washington. Doug, when we heard this, everyones head sort of just nearly twisted. What information do we have this morning about this man . And you know, the scary thing, not a unique story behind this guy. The u. S. Officials say they were aware that doug mccain was over in the region, but the fbi thinks there are about 100 americans perhaps fighting in syria, and the real concern is that they wont just contain their fight to syria and parts of iraq alongside isis. That some of them could return here to the United States to carry out an attack. We dont know much about this gentleman, and we cant really confirm that he is, in fact, an American Foreign fighter. But i will tell you this. It does bring home to us, and
its a stark reminder of the real threat of foreign fighters inside an organization like isil. And while the white house has been back and forth on this, the state Department Yesterday acknowledged that isis is a real threat here at home. But its important to note that they, of course, have threatened to attack the homeland. We take those threats very seriously, and i think what youre seeing here is a response to our growing concern about the counterterrorism threats. And the state Department Also acknowledging yesterday what has been widely believed by many for some time that isis has gained a lot of power, a lot of strength, a lot of land over the past six months or so. Elisabeth, steve and brian. All right. Doug, thank you very much. Whats so terrifying about this, and weve been detailing how blood thirsty isis is in the last week or so its become even more evident, when that british speaker, that english speaker, the british guy, cut off the
head of jim foley. And now the second most famous member of isis who we know of is a guy who was, as doug just told us, born in illinois. He went to school in minneapolis. He used to love pizza hut. He was a rapper. There he is right there. Douglas mcarthur mccain, described by his friends as a regular kid. And yet he became so radicalized apparently on his own that he decided to take up arms with isis. Why do young kids do this . Douglas hunter who is an iraq war vet had this idea. Duncan. Last century you had a lot of especially liberal elitists downthe communist party. They went to europe. Ernest hemingway wrote about it with whom the bell tolls. This happened. Instead of joining the communist party now, you have disaffected youth joining radical islam. And i think youre going to see this more and more. Youre always going to have disaffected youth. Youre always going to have that
pull to go fight for something greater than yourself. People like me join the yits marine corps. People like mccain join isis. So i think youre going to see as long as our Homeland Security agency, the fbi, the cia keep tabs on these guys and the women, and for gods sake, if we could secure the border once and for all. You know what the crazy thing is, mccain and mcarthur, two famous American Military names. I almost thought that was the joke. That was the antiamerican joke by using two proamerican names. But he was called a goofball in high school but a fun guy. Converted to islam in 2004 and then all of a sudden decides that islam is everything. Declared that on twitter and his handle and his bio, showing his commitment. They go through his pockets. They find a passport and 800 cash, tattoos on his neck and go my goodness, this is another american. And the fbi says yeah, we were tracking him along with dozens of other americans. So this isnt the regional
issue. This isnt, quote, their problem. Its actually a problem thats being home grown here and other nations. And were wondering why Duncan Hunter just gave us insight into how serious this is and how its been happening for quite some time. Were talking a deck ate back as it related to this gentleman. But yet the president says no boots on the ground because it just might give extremism a snack. And let me say it again. American combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq, will not allow the United States to be dragged back into another ground war in iraq. The answer is not to send in largescale military deployments that overstretch our military and lead for us occupying countries for a long period of time and end up feeding extremism. Really. Shocking. Troops on the ground equal extremism. When you listen to things like
that, Andy Mccarthy whos been on this program a number of times, hes a writer as well, he likens the lawyerish white house language on isis to the same response it had to fort hood. Theyre ideologically entrenched in the idea of the threat not being that serious to the point where theyre now also politically invested in that because thats the story that theyve been trying to run for six years to the point where, you know, you have the jihadist atrocity at fort hood where twice as many people get killed as were killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that you just mentioned in my background. And they wont even call it a jihadist attack. They wont call it islamic terrorism. I dont think theyre taking this seriously enough. The president also, according to the New York Times today has called jordan, not egypt, strangely, but called asked turkey to shut undo the border,
has asked britain and australia to join us in air strikes. Now theyre up to 1,000 advisers. Now air strikes in two separate countries. But were not going to get too involved. I dont care who hes calling. You should never call out the fact that our military occupancy would feed extremism. In fact, it does quite the opposite. Terrorists certainly dont fuel on the fact that were fighting for freedom. Theyre just doing it because they are filled with hate. Were going to shift here now. Theres a School System at argyle that the staff, theyre warning everybody theres a sign out there catching some attention of those moving by. The sign says please be aware that the staff at Argyle Independent School district are armed and may use whatever force is necessary to protect our students. What do you think about that . Thats right. In january, they decided to allow teachers to carry guns there as long as they go through all the checks and all the safety lessons and things like that. How do the parents feel . Well, one parent said this. Quote, i trust that the administrators of this School District will put my kids best interest at heart. I think if a tragedy does occur, lives can be saved by guns being in the right hands. And i think teachers here might be able to stop Something Like that, and lives can be saved. Coming up on the show, we have a special forces veteran. Hes out there training these teachers and schools with the shield 91 program. Really letting them understand how they can properly enforce safety to protect the students and avoid events that weve seen too often. So many people profile the targets of the killers that go into these schools and theyre looking for soft targets and easy access. Theyre not going to get either with that school. So do background checks on the teachers carrying guns, absolutely. But then again, if you want to drop your kid off and know theyre going to be protected, you know at least in that school theyre going to be protected. How do you feel about that . Email us, tweet us, send us a facebook note and well read them. Thousands of illegals, some
convicted murderers now back on the streets. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the president is rewarding criminals, and he joins us live from arizona. And blackhawks get a bubble bath . But this was not on purpose. The mistake that should have never happened. Can this decadent, fruit topped pastry. With indulgent streusel crumble, be from. Fiber one. New fiber one streusel. Thousands of illegals, some convicted murderers are now back on the streets of america and free to kill again, but who is to blame for this . Well, in a new letter, arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio writes, quote, our country is under attack. And barack obama is the aggressor. Thats right. Our own president has overseen the release of thousands of illegal immigrants, hundreds of whom are convicted criminals, even felons which are flooding into america. The man who wrote that letter, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, joins us live right now from arizona. Good morning to you. Well, i run Maricopa County jail, Third Largest in the country and did a little survey recently, the last seven months, and we looked into all those booked into the jail for serious crimes, and checked 3,000 that happened to be here illegally, turned them over to i. C. E. , the
federal government, and guess what . About 36 had been coming back into the jails that i run. Either theyre being deported and they keep coming back, or theyre let out the back door on the streets of phoenix. So something has to give. Ive written letters to the new Homeland Security and inspector general. I want an answer. But you know, i get the typical bureaucratic letters back. But i want something done. Well, we all do, especially when we hear from the administration, sheriff, that, you know, we catch people, but if they dont have a criminal record, we just release them. Well, theyre releasing the bad guys, too, and thats disturbing. You wrote in your letter that you felt that the president of the United States was rewarding criminals. How so . Well, i guess if his agencies are letting them out on the streets and not being deported or theyre being deported and keep coming back, what do you
call that . Now, the president has stuck his nose, which is good but maybe the wrong way, into this immigration situation. Its been going on for years. In fact, when he took office, he started a department of justice investigation against me and my office, and its still going. Why dont they spend their money enforcing the laws and catching people crossing the border . Sure. All good points. You know what, sheriff . Theyve got a cable tv outfit in the white house, theres a real good chance the president is watching. What would your message be to him . Well, id like to meet him. I met him three years ago before i started an investigation regarding him. I wont get into that. But id like to meet him. You know, i spent 34 years at the border. I was head of the federal Drug Enforcement in mexico city, south america, central america, texas, arizona, plus sheriff for 22 years. I think i know where mexico is. And id like to meet him, but i dont think hes going to invite me to the white house. Well, you just never know. All right, senator Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Maricopa County out in arizona. Sir, thank you very much for getting up real early with us today. Thank you. Thank you. Its exactly 20 minutes after the top of the hour on this wednesday. Coming up, when nobody was looking, two terrorists being held in a u. S. Prison just got released back to yemen. But why were they let go, and why didnt anybody know about it . Until now . And cops lay their lives on the line for us each and every day. How do they train . Leah gabrielle goes behind the scenes with one of the most highrisk forces in the country to see what their job is really like, and she joins us live in the studio. Good morning to you. Again. Its the eye of the tiger whos more excited about back to School Savings at staples . The ladies . These guys . Or these guys . When you get guaranteed low prices on everything you buy the most, everybody gets excited staples. Make more happen for less. Virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. Now its quicker and easier for you to start your business, protect your family, and launch your dreams. At legalzoom. Com we put the law on your side. A few quick headlines now. The u. S. Has turned over two suspe suspects over to yemen. They were held at the u. S. Prison in afghanistan. Their release can be seen as a trial run for the transfer of yemeni terror suspects being held at gitmo. The problem with yemen is they let their prisoners go. And the justice departments the decision is a huge incentive for guatemalans to cross the border to get instant u. S. Citizenship as well as our benefits. Nice immigration reform. Take a look at this. On average, 15,000 Police Officers in the u. S. Are injured each year. And more than 150 are killed each year in the line of duty. They lay their lives on the line each and every day for all of us. But following events in ferguson, missouri, misconceptions are running wild. Leah gabriel got a firsthand look at what their job is really like, and she joins us live this morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me. I recently trained with a new jersey s. W. A. T. Team, and theyre a group of men who are volunteers who handle some of the most dangerous situations. I also got their thoughts on current attitudes towards cops. Take a look. Reporter in the wake of the controversy surrounding the death of unarmed missouri teen Michael Brown and the firestorm surrounding the video of eric garner who died after new York City Police locked him in a chokehold,