Declared in florida ahead of a white supremacist speech, Richard Spencer takes the stage. Rob another school spooked by halloween, parents not happy about it. Fox and friends first continues right now. Jump around jump around jump around jillian if this doesnt get you going i dont know what does. You are watching fox and friends first this thursday morning. Rob thanks for starting your day with escalators 5 01 on the east coast, fireworks erupting on capitol hill is democrats grill attorney general Jeff Sessions about his claims of russian collusion. Jillian sessions refusing to back down while defending the president. Griff jenkins joins us with more on that hearing. Reporter Jeff Sessions was jumping around in the hot seat before the judiciary committee, defending Donald Trumps decision to fire james comey but declining to answer questions about his conversation with the president citing executive privilege. He did criticisms the clinton email of the investigation. I dont think it has been truly understood the significance of the error mister comey made on the clinton matter. He said he thought he did the right thing and would do it again. We were concerned he reaffirmed he would do it again. That was the basis that called for a fresh start at the fbi. Reporter the focus on russian meddling in the 2016 election in the fbi investigation in which sessions refused himself, sessions citing executive privilege. That the president mentioned to you his concern about lifting the cloud on the russia investigation . That calls for communication i had with the president , i believe it remains confidential. Reporter when senator our frank and accused him of changing his story, sessions, who once served on this committee as a senator had enough. I conducted no improper discussions with russians at any time regarding a campaign or any other item facing this country. I dont have to sit here and listen. You are the ones that argued without having a chance to respond. Give me a break. Reporter he told the committee he has not been interviewed by Robert Mueller on russia but said he would cooperate. We might hear about this. Jillian i am sure we will. This morning, host of the next revolution calling the heated hearing on capitol hill a complete waste of time. Washington at its worst, waking the best wasting time, who cares about this . Doesnt affect anyones lives. The support thing about the russian collusion story, is what Jared Kushner said. We couldnt even collude with our own campaign let alone russia. There is a serious issue about russia interfering in our democracy and the chinese, theres an argument about what we do about authoritarian regimes and what they are doing in cyberspace. Rob donald trump doubling down against allegations he was insensitive towards a gold star family vowing he did not tell the widow of Army SergeantDavid Johnson that he knew what he signed up for. That accusation coming from democratic congresswoman frederica wilson. The white house ripping her for politicizing a condolence call. General kelly was present for the call and thought it was completely appropriate. He thought the call was respectful and that the president did the best job he could under those circumstances to offer condolences on behalf of the country. Rob even a call to army widow becomes a politicized fight. The author of the grown warrior has to say about the tit for tat politics in washington right now. A sad day we have sunk to a new low where we are using a Service Member who gave everything to our country, sacrificed everything and using that death as a Political Tool to divide is even further. This man is a hero, this soldier is absolutely a hero and the fact is this tit for tat politics is not needed, we have to get away from the military. At jillian the convicted felon accused of gunning down three coworkers after leading police on a massive multistate manhunt accused of opening fire at a Business Park outside baltimore and shooting outside a used car dealership in his home state of delaware. Prince has a long criminal history including 15 felony convictions, 42 arrests and a history of workplace violence. He was fired from a job earlier this year after hitting a coworker and threatening others. The university of florida bracing for violent clashes ahead of a speech by Richard Spencer, the White Nationalist who helped organize the rally in charlottesville, which turned deadly when a car mode through. Half 1 million in taxpayer money being spent on extra security where protests are already taking place, prompting Florida Governor rick scott to declare a state of emergency, the Florida National guard is on standby for this. Spencer calls scotts move overkill. A live report from the university of florida later in this hour. He has been out of office 10 months but barack obama is about to return to the campaign trail in newark, new jersey to stump for democrat gubernatorial candidate murphy. The former president will head to a rally in richmond, virginia for democratic candidate for governor. Rob switching to football. We talk a lot about football lately and it is halfway through the season. Jillian but nothing to do with what is being done on the field. Yesterday meetings continued in new york, annual meetings and players were involved. Interesting because a lot of people were hoping to hear something change, something good from these meetings but that is not the case. Listen to what Roger Goodell had to say. Everyone should stand for the and some but they are focusing their attention elsewhere. Everyone should stand for the national anthem. That is an important part of our policy. It is also an important part of our game that we all take great pride in. I understand the way our fans feel and we feel the same way about the importance of our flag, the importance of patriotism and i believe our players feel that way. They will state to you and have stated to everyone publicly they are not doing this to be disrespectful to the flag but they also understand how it is being interpreted. That is how we deal with those issues. Rob the president had a tweet on this, too much talk, not enough action, stand for the national anthem. I think the commissioner has been put into a pickle what to do in this situation because the optics of telling players not to protest something they believe in in the pc climate in this country looks terrible. You have the president barking at you. I would hate to be in his situation. A tough one to be in. Jillian a lot of people unhappy with the outcome of what Roger Goodell had to say including mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas who called him out. The said thing is Roger Goodell acted like a parent who says to his child you really ought to eat your vegetables but im not going to make you and if you would rather eat ice cream go ahead because there is no consequences. What kind of statement was that you get the most worthless statement he could have made, we have no rules, totally unable to demand that our players respect the flag and the anthem so it is every man for himself. Jillian the game changer here, chris long of the eagles yesterday said he is donating his remaining jackets, playing the season for free and donating them for educational equality. If we start to see action like that, that is what good will come of this. Rob let us know how you feel, we have twitter, email and fancy stuff. Turn it over to us. It is 10 minutes after the hour, coming up, a brandnew threat from isis, terrifying plot to take down planes and inflict mass casualties. Jillian stories about the Trump Administration retracted since the last administration, how america feels about the Fake News Media and the next guest says he is not surprised. Rob the cup controversy is back. Wake me up when he called over mchi bbq. Amazing honky tonk . I cant believe you got us tickets. I did. I didnt pay for anything. You never do. Send me what i owe. I got it. I mean, you did find money to buy those boots. Are you serious . Is that why you dont like them . Those boots could make a unicorn cry. Yeah, tears of joy. The bank of america mobile banking app. The fast, secure and simple way to send money. And you look amazing. You ly comfortable. When your vneck looks more like a uneck. Thats when you know its halfwashed. Add downy to keep your collars from stretching. Downy and its done. 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International baccalaureate elementary in jackson, mississippi will be named after barack obama starting this year. The change was initiated from students who are 98 africanamerican. Rob a war memorial in place for 92 years rules unconstitutional. It is known as the piece cross, it stands xl feet tall in maryland and honors world war i veterans with an Appeals Court ruling because it is paid by Government Funds it entangles government with religion and the American Legion that put up this memorial in 1924 does plan to appeal the ruling. Jillian donald trump tweeting fox news thank 46 of americans think the media is inventing stories about trump and his administration, the present chiming in saying it is much worse than this. Rob referring to a new poll by politico that revealed nearly half of voters believe the news media fabricates stories about him and his administration. Here to weigh in on this is chief of the Daily Caller News Foundation and author as well, the art of the donald, thanks for joining us today. Just give me a general idea what you think of the problem of fake news in this country . Obviously i would say the bulk of stories the media comes out with are accurate and true, i would hope. That is largely true. Here are the problems we have seen with the media. They are not intentionally lying but they are getting it wrong all the time. There is construction going on over here. One of the reasons they are getting it wrong is they are breaking a central ethical of journalism, that rule is you should not ascribe malice to something where you cant prove that. If they they shouldnt go with it and consistently do. It has distorted a lot of news stories and made things that are pretty normal seem evil and making the American People not pay attention. Jillian a couple graphics, a number of corrections issued in the media since Donald Trumps inauguration and the New York Times 6, cnn 3, Washington Post one. 46 of people at this point in time think the media is inventing stories but i found this interesting, there was a gallup poll in 1976 asking how much confidence do you have in the media, take a look at that, 72 of people had a great confidence. Look at that, look at the numbers today, the amount of retractions, where did we go wrong . Why dont people believe in the media . It is worth keeping in mind in a 70s and 60s the United States saw a decline in public face in these institutions. It has gotten worse. Since donald trump has become president and since he ran for president it pulled the closs off of the mascot. A lot of people use to say dont talk about the crazy conspiracy of the media, they saw such obvious media bias in the runup to the election, people around me in dc and new york going crazy over donald trump, exposed by is on a level that before was unconscionable, people would hide it more frequently. Is called the major networks, nbc, cbs, abc fiction writers and he has a history of calling stories in a lot of peoples opinions are accurate but negative towards him as fake news. What im wondering is does this have a boy who cried wolf affect . When you call everything fake news, when the fake story does come along like those 6 from the New York Times and a few from cnn, is there any credibility to say that is fake news if you cant stories that might be true but just negative about you fake . That is where he hurts himself. One of the great things he has done, that turn came out just after the election when people on the left were trying to figure out how did people in america not like Hillary Clinton and tried to blame crazy things on facebook and a lot of calls for censorship. Reporter after reporter asking josh earnest what do we do about fake news . He had to remind the media the First Amendment. Donald trump took that term and made it meaningless, turned it on its head so people couldnt use it and the weapon iced it. That was a good thing for the press because places like fox news and daily caller were next to be targeted by a lot of folks as fake news because they didnt like the story that he did change the term. Jillian i also the immediacy of our generation, who is first to get the story on twitter and sometimes you get things wrong. 19 minutes after the hour, going one on one with a security guard, the shooting timeline riddle, why did ellen degenerate below it and get no answers . 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Jillian she has been ripped over her vulgar attacks on the first lady and Chelsea Handler is putting her career aside to focus on her plot to take down the president. Mika brzezinski Carly Shimkus is here. That is what is going on. Chelsea handler invested in two things, her trump hating commentary and her show on netflix. She decided to ditch the show to focus on political activism. Here is a quote from her announcement which i decided not to return for another season of chelsea and instead devote as much time as i can to becoming a more knowledgeable and engaged citizen and focus on projects of significance to me. As one can expect, people who dont like her are responding. Brett says because you lost a ton of former fans who dont watch you for your political humor and would rather watch your comedy and john says you are an entertainer, numbers were bad, you lose money, dont forget theres a movement to make america a proud strong country once again, 63 million of us. Shes not stepping away from the spotlight, shes coming out with a netflix documentary. Brett and john will be excited to see it. Rob true if the numbers are down. Netflix is keeping her on for the documentary. Might have some fans out there, no halloween for some kids. Donald trump talked about end is searching the war on christmas but what about the war on halloween . Another Elementary School in massachusetts is doing away with their halloween parade. Students in massachusetts will celebrate black and orange spirit day and some parents are angry. Take a listen. We have numerous events that are not allinclusive. We cancel one event on that thought process we have to cancel every event. The news spreading to social media. Why do they have to ruin everything . What is next . The easter bunny . The easter bunny has no chance. Why man halloween activities robbing kids of their fun . Pc police are out, your Halloween Costume a the offense of government go through a checklist before picking one out. Rob in this climate too. Free press for dr pepper. There was serious drama on capitol hill but didnt have much to do with attorney general Jeff Sessionss testimony. What it had to do with was ben sass having a slippery finger syndrome and dumping dr pepper all over ted cruz. Take a listen. There was some drama that distracted you. Paying enough attention dumped it on ted cruz. That was distracting us on the side. I would love to see a picture of ted cruz after that. Now that we have your attention with dr pepper lets not forget the real substance of todays hearing, ted cruz said put a picture of ben sass above the dr pepper bridge in our lobby. He is now cut off. There is a dr pepper fridge in the lobby completely devoted to dr pepper . I didnt know there was such a thing. 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