Reporter ice and the kkk have a lot in common. Growing outrage after a 2020 democratic contender draws that parallel. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning, you are watching fox and friends first this friday morning. A very snowy one in parts of the northeast including new york city. We got dumped on yesterday. The clouds over the empire state building, a beautiful want to start your friday and we begin with this. The first ever statewide hand recount just ordering floridas hobby contested senate race. The decision comes after Broward County missed the deadline by two minutes. Rick scott accusing brenda snipes of doing it intentionally. Griff jenkins live with what happens next. One thing that is not going to happen, remember coming home apparently. Reporter nobody was more stunned than the people in the building behind me. The guy that did the counting saying off camera, i went through hell for nothing. Brenda snipes, the election supervisor took responsibility for it. Heres what she had to say. We were told completion was 302 on the button. I take responsibility for every act in this office, good, bad or indifferent. I hold myself accountable. Reporter the numbers in broward were favorable. Rick scotts margin increased by 865 votes, time to end, time for nelson to concede. That is not going to happen because we will have that hand recount beginning, six people per table, two from the county, they will be looking at 18 bins of over and under votes. Look for a lot of talk about these over a vote, could be 20 or 25,000 or more and that is where they will contest that voter intent was for for their candidate. The resolution in the governors race, Ron Desantiss margin above a quarter of a percentage point over andrew gillam, this returns remain clear and unambiguous just as they were on election night. At every point throughout the process gillam issuing a statement of optimism saying our race has fallen outside the window for a recount but we still believe before the Election Results are certified the state of florida must count every legally cast vote. We expect these numbers for the governors race will be certified and you will have run to santos as the governor. They are having problems but expect to get going at some point today. Shannon it is clear something is wrong down there. They need to fix this problem whatever it is. Thank you so much, appreciate it. The other story we are talking about, 650 Illegal Immigrants busted in arizona in two days. Border patrol agents say they are mostly family units, unaccompanied minors from guatemala. Troops along the border hard at work awaiting the Migrant Caravan laying barbed wire and cleanup barriers. The first wave of the caravan arriving in san diego could take six weeks to process asylum claims. Progress on the border wallace thousands more migrants are expected to arrive by the end of the year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell meeting with donald trump before funding bill next month. The kentucky lawmaker says he expects to reach a budget agreement and is optimistic about securing our border. The president did not threaten a Government Shutdown over border wall money. Thousands of migrants approaching us oil are adding to the already backlogged asylum claims. Brian dean wright says it is not straight on the immigration system but stressing out americans. What we will end up seeing as the caravans continue to flow, not just at the border but we see these numbers go up from 4000, 2000 plus which because there is a new president in mexico, that is looking more likely to happen, you see these numbers hitting our border and some degree of response to stop this, to fix this and they want everybody in washington to focus on this and whichever Political Party puts forward a plan to do so, talk about abolishing ice or ignoring the problem politically you will see the American People demand and reward people who stand up. Shannon recent fox News Analysis shows immigration is the second most important issue facing the country according to voters. The first snowstorm of the season claiming at least twee 7 lives. It was a powerful noreaster, causing a mess on roads. Lauren blanchard looks at commuter chaos. Reporter cleaning up after being slammed by a prewinter wallop, the first major storm of the season dumped several inches of snow, freezing rain and ice across the eastern part of the country thursday. This is crazy to have snow before thanksgiving. First snow of the year looks great. Reporter people from missouri to alabama to new england hit with the blast that impacted schools, roadways, especially during the evening commute. The roads are really bad. When you hit an exit, tractortrailers everywhere. Reporter hundreds canceled and thousands delay. At one point thursday roughly 400,000 people across the region were without power. Many said they were not prepared for what is large storm brought. Others enjoyed mother natures winter wonderland. We are weeks away from the official start of winter which is december 21st and this unseasonable storm spanned 1000 miles. In washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. Heather pretty but chaotic. Officers, honoring someone killed trying to save lives, ron heller ron helus shot dead in thousand oaks, california. [amazing grace] Heather Billy ray cyrus paying tribute to the 29 year veteran of the force in front of a packed memorial service. His community in Southern California lining the streets as his casket passed by. The 54yearold was the first inside the borderline bar when the suspect opened fire, 11 other people killed. He leaves behind a son and wife. He lost his life at the same restaurant where he proposed three decades ago. Donald trump reinforcing support for veterans in the military at the Marine Barracks at the white house. Military families are the backbone of our nation. It is our sacred duty to support americas servicemembers every single day they wear the uniform and every day after when they return home as veterans and he rose. We take care of them. Heather this comes as va officials were grilled over a computer glitch that delayed benefits for hundreds of thousands of veterans. One of the key witnesses at the hearing, executive director of Education ServiceRobert Worley reassigned over that entire ordeal. Country music legend roy clark has died. Around like a clown heather is best known for hosting the hit show for 24 years was also a member of the Country Music hall of fame, passed away thursday from pneumonia complications at his home in oklahoma. Keith urban two messaging in remembrance, my first memory of sitting on my living room floor watching roy clark ting tearing it up. Roy clark was 85 years old. What about this . Incredible moments at century link field in seattle, air force veteran and washington native raising the flag to kick off thursday night football. 96 years old and we thank him and all the men and women who serve. Seahawks not letting him down, throwing a 15 yard touchdown with just over 5 minutes remaining and that is the difference in the win over the green bay packers. Thank you for your service. Fox news alert. The death toll rising in the California Camp fire with 600 people missing, 600, a closer look at the growing devastation as donald trump prepares to head west. Recount chaos. Governor rick scott railing against the missed deadline saying it was done on purpose. How can we be sure the results are legitimate . Our next guest was there in 2000 and has a major wakeup call for the sunshine state. . . No, you goof. I cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my Car Insurance with geico. Nice. I know, right . [nose plays a jazzy saxophone tune] believe it. Geico could save you 15 or more on Car Insurance. Julie are watching fox and friends first and it is all about florida and the big debacle, florida recount deadline has come and gone in Broward County. Missing the vote by two minutes. Rick scott slamming election she brenda snipes saying this was intentional because she didnt like the results. With the race heading for a hand count, can she be trusted . Brian blakeman, and advisor in the 2000 florida recount, joined me now. Thank you for joining us. Been there, done that. This is like deja vu all over again. No doubt. Out of 67 counties in florida it always seems to come down to the same two democratic strongholds, broward and Palm Beach County. The entire state can get it right but these two counties in terms of lack of integrity on the part of officials and lack of confidence the public should have that things are being done according to law. Heather brenda snipes said this was due to an employee not understanding the status website and even though the countys votes were tallied in enough time all those folks that to quote one of them worked their tail off for nothing, they did all that but then began to upload them to the website at 2 45 and upload to 17 minutes. That is the fuse we are hearing now. I dont buy it. There was a whole host of things these counties have done wrong including combing going ballots, provisional ballots with actual ballots that should have been counted to. This is not the way the system works. The law is the law. You have deadlines and youre supposed to meet those deadlines and if you dont have the equipment, you should be doing your job. This is a breakdown of the integrity of confidence. By incompetent officials and fraud at worst. Heather this keeps happening in Broward County as you mentioned. Why should folks in Broward County trust the system or even go out and vote next time . They should be mad as hell. Nothing has changed since 2000. You would think they would get their act together after the debacle of the recount back then but nothing has changed. The same ineffectual incompetent system and add to that incompetent employees and leadership. Nothing has changed. If i were looking at broward and Palm Beach County i would be mad as hell and demand change for 2020 because we have to have integrity and confidence in the electoral system. We are america, not some third world country. Heather you mentioned in 2000, refresh peoples memory. You were in the middle of that. Originally, this was not going to be called until they were counted. You initiated something that became known as the Brooks Brothers riot. What we did was understood it was a 3pronged approach to the recount. Once was in the courts because we had to fight there. And make sure the recount itself was done correctly and there was transparency and fight in the streets to keep the public aware of what was going on. The courts and the ballot centers. The reason we shut down the miamidade recount center is they were committing fraud, subjectively looking at ballots determining voter intent. That is not the way things are done in america. The place was shut down because what they were doing was illegal. Heather you are watching this unfold on tv. You know you are seeing people play the role you played back then. There are people, good for them, taking to the streets making their voices heard and trying to watch what is being done so elections are not stolen and voters are not disenfranchised. Democrats should be out in droves, you dont see the numbers you are seeing republicans and that is a shame. A vote that is taken away is a vote that is taken away from democracy whether republican or democrat. Heather counties have until november 18th at 12 00 pm to submit manual recount results. We will see if they make that. Thank you for joining us, appreciate it, have a great weekend. The time is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. Is Julian Assange about the face charges in the us . New documents revealed overnight. The possible impact that could have on Robert Muellers investigation. Band from facebook for being conservative, the new social media site, Donald Trumps biggest supporters. [ phone rings ] what . ready for christmas . No, its way too early to be annoyed by christmas. You just need some holiday spirit thats it this feud just went mobile. With xfinity xfi you get the best wifi experience at home. And with xfinity mobile, you get the best wireless coverage for your phone. Youre about to find out you dont even know where i live. Hello see the grinch in theaters by saying get grinch tickets into your xfinity x1 voice remote. A guy just dropped this off. Hehehehe. Breaking overnight wikileaks founder Julian Assange facing secret charges in the us and could have major implications for Robert Muellers russia probe. Allison barber joins us with more on the explosive court ruling we werent supposed to see. Reporter prosecutors inadvertently identified Julian Assange in the court filing in an unrelated case according to the Associated Press, suggests prosecutors with apartment of justice prepared charges against the notorious founder of wikileaks. This news was reported by the Washington Post. They described it as a, quote, development that can significantly advance the probe into russian interference in the 2016 election and have major implications for those who publish government secrets. The court filing unrelated again to assange prosecutors said charges and an arrest warrant for assange would need to remain sealed until assange is arrested in connection with the charges and the common complaint and therefore no longer evade arrest in this matter. How or why assanges name is in his court filing remains to be seen. The Washington Post says people familiar with the matter say the disclosure is true but unintentional. A spokesman for the Eastern District of virginia told the Associated Press in the Washington Post the court filing was made in error and was not the intended name for this filing. Wikileaks is part of the social councils investigation into russian meddling, the publication known from the dnc, emails from Hillary ClintonsCampaign Chair and communication between former Trump Campaign advisor roger stone and wikileaks. The president tweeted about this yesterday, about the russia investigation, call Robert Mueller conflicted and accused him of protecting people on the other side. The special counsel investigation is ongoing. Muellers team turned to 30 people and got guilty pleas from some people including four former Trump Campaign aides. Heather interesting to see what happens on this today. Donald trump has repeatedly said he has no plans to fire Robert Mueller. Molly hemingway points out so far the investigation failed to serve its original purpose revealing any evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. You have seen for a while the special counsel which was set up to investigate treasonous collusion with russia to steal an election hasnt gotten anything of that nature at all but found a couple russian trolls doing facebook means and wrapped up a ton of Trump Associates on process crimes, things Hillary Clinton and her people when they were caught up in similar things, like to the fbi, didnt even bother prosecuting them. When it comes to trump affiliates mueller has shown himself to be tenacious so i wouldnt be surprised if he had more things coming. The question is what happened to treasonous collusion with russia to steal an election . This is just a political prosecution to go after anybody who is friendly with trump that is not a Healthy System we have. Heather it has been 548 days since the probe was launched and it cost american taxpayers as much as 17 million. A fox news alert. Entire communities turned to ash as the death toll climbs in california. A closer look at the shocking devastation and the new numbers in overnight. He had no family but he sacrificed his life for this country. The emotional farewell for an American Hero is hundred to didnt even know him show up to say goodbye. We are back with a fox news alert, 66 people confirmed dead and 600 missing as wildfires carve a path of destruction in california, the president will get a firsthand look at this devastation tomorrow. Todd pyro has new images from the disaster zone. It is heartwrenching. Reporter the numbers staggering, the reality heartbreaking. Our hope is if there are missing people we can find them and bring closure. Reporter the images beyond belief. The search for remains continue today with the president scheduled to visit with those impacted by the devastation over the weekend. Details on the time and place yet to be determined but donald trump says he has spoken with california governor jerry brown to let him know he is ready to help, quote, all the way. Check the massive this of the fires as seen from space. Ryans inky on the ground in california saying the nation needs to come together now. It is unsustainable to have this happen year after year, have a season like this where you have 100,000 acre fires becoming routine. We are a great nation. This is not a republican or democrat issue, this is an American Issue and we should address it as such. Reporter Governor Brown adding that a sea change in how we think about the potential for these fires is vital