Heather jumping into action after coast guard member faints on stage. Fox and friends first starts right now. Im on top of the world time for a lockdown breaking silence a rainy start to the day but feels like spring out there in new york city, not the case in other portions of the country. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. Appreciate you starting the day with us. Lets begin in virginia. The state of virginia and political turmoil, the embattled Lieutenant Governor lawyering up to fight back against an explosive Sexual Assault claim in virginias attorney general is now under fire for admitting to wearing black face. Todd pyro joins us with new scandals rocking the state. Virginia. Reporter what should will drop today after a whirlwind day and the soap opera of virginia politics, the Lieutenant GovernorJustin Fairfax responded to Sexual Assault allegations writing in part this allegation has been surprising and hurtful i also recognize no one makes charges of this kind lightly and i take it and the situation seriously. Fox news later learning fairfax retain the same law firm that represented brett kavanaugh. His accuser coming forward with her statement too graphic for morning tv writing in part what began as a consensual kissing quickly turned into a Sexual Assault as she hires doctor christine fords attorneys, cant make this up. And mark herring posting a statement that he donned blackface during a College Party in 1980 in 1982 look like a black wrapper. He writes, quote, because very parents and glib attitudes and we did not have an appreciation for the experiences and perspectives of others we just up and put on wigs and brown make up. Always follows controversy surrounding governor ralph northron for denying a decadesold blackface photo with him. Friday to now, when bit of bad news after the next and it has all been shocking. We look for any Silver Lining is virginia and i think clearly and loudly the behaviors are unacceptable. Next in line to lead virginia is the republican speaker of the house of delegates. He rose to that post following a drawing out of a ball to break a tie. If you sent the script to hollywood they would reject it. He would be number 4 if you keep going down the list. Probably nothing happens to him today. The virginia controversy highlighting the hypocrisy of the left some say. Chris stierwald say democrats are playing their own game and if they dont play it well 2020 is sure to be a loss. Democrats are the moral majority against racism against sexism and me too and instead of ensnaring republicans who dismiss this stuff, you are snowflakes, we dont want to hear about it, these arent the real issues, republicans dont make themselves subject to the rules, democrats are subject to the rules entertaining themselves apart. If they do this with their own nominees in the 2000 cycle they will leave the door open for donald trump to walk into a second term. Northrons administration is working to bring back, quote, normalcy of government. Donald trump and congressman adam schiff going to do as democrats open a new russia probe. Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, announcing he will lead a wideranging investigation into the president s foreign business relationship and Russian Election meddling. We will not be intimidated or threatened by the president , the American People have a right to know and need to know the president is acting on their behalf and not for another reason. The committee voted to hand over several transcripts to robert mueller, donald trump reacting going after shift. He is just a political hack who is trying to build a name for himself. That is fine for that is what they do but theres no reason to do this. No other politician has to go through that. It is called residential harassment. Robert muellers investigation is thought to be winding down and maybe. And senators expect a report in a month and we expect more with tom fitton of Judicial Watch. Tensions rising on the southern border as a once sleepy texas town faces an influx of thousands of migrants, Border Patrol agents only allowing 20 people to cross into the us per day. Griff jenkins joins us from the shelter and mexico were migrants applied for asylum. Good morning. If you take a look at is pretty calm and quiet, we are not seeing as strong a security presence but there are guards, military police and on the other side federal police. Migrants giving them cable tv for a big soccer game. They are on the path to get asylum. If they dont have a little record they will get their one year temporary visa card. 139 have been given it. On the other side, the us side, Border Patrol taking every preparation they need, the Border Patrol chief, sector chief says not only is he getting ready but he is sending a message to do it the right way. We have increased our presence between ports of entry along the area in eagle pass and increase the amount of Border Patrol agents and support from our partners, the texas to permit of Public Safety and want to make sure the message is clear that there is a right way to see country into this country and that is using a lawful port of entry. Reporter the pentagon announcing 250 troops moving from arizona to eagle pass will help things as well but on this side they are taking it seriously. We spoke with the man in charge of reparations, jose corona and here is what he said americans to take to heart about how hard they are preparing to secure the area. It is important to us that week stay safe. That is why we have them here, respecting human rights, respecting all the needs, giving them all the support. Reporter here is the kicker. A new caravan set to start this morning in hunter us. That is where this caravan began on january 15th. We continue to follow the caravans, another one popping up. Thank you. The illegal immigrant charged with murdering Police Corporal ronald thing ronil singh shot him on the day after christmas, they are indicted on federal charges, hiding from police and lying to investigators. We will hear from his brother in the 8 00 hour of fox and friends. A marine veteran killed in the line of duty, the Milwaukee Police department mourning the loss of matthew whitner, shot while serving a warrant. How officers, firefighters and the community saluting a fallen hero. It is a hard thing to watch. Police officers are doing their job and look what is happening to them. One person is under arrest. He is the third milwaukee officer killed in the last eight months. Milwaukee bucks honoring him with a moment of silence before last nights game. He received several awards throughout his 17 year career and leaves behind a wife and son. He is the seventh officer killed in the line of duty this year. The man accused of kidnapping jayme closs and murdering her parents appearing in court for the first time, jake pattersons hearing only lasted three minutes. He will be arraigned next month. Patterson was arrested after 13yearold jayme closs escaped activity after 88 days. He admitted to the kidnapping and the killing. He has not entered a plea. Lets talk about the weather, some parts of the country not feeling like spring, they are dealing with freezing rain and snow threatening millions as a deadly storm sweeps across the nation. Look at this turmeric video showing the moment a school bus flipped on its side after hitting a patch of ice, no students were seriously injured. In michigan dozens of people were forced from their homes after floodwaters turned into chunks of ice. In wisconsin traffic coming to a crawling stop thanks to a jackknifed semitruck and janice dean will be up with much more on that. And if you are as donald trump will speak at the National Prayer breakfast in washington. The event gathers religious leaders and diplomats from around the world, the third time the president will address the breakfast and we will bring you his remarks live, stay tuned for that. Ivanka trump set to be a new Program Helping women around the world, the womens couple developed and Prosperity Initiative will be unveiled today, the white house says it will promote jobtraining and Economic Growth for 50 million women. Ivanka, senior white house advisor writing wall street jalopy, quote, by investing in women we are investing in a future in which countries can support themselves by unleashing the potential of their own people. The time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour and donald trump says isis could lose all of its territory within a week. How realistic is that timeline. Dan hoffman says the fight wont end even after our troops leave syria and he joins us live next. And outrageous rainy day fund. One state wants to tax the rain. Hoo want to take your next vacation to new heights . Tripadvisor now lets you book over 100,000 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. The United States military, our Coalition Partners and the Syrian Democratic forces have liberated virtually all the territory previously held by isis, it should be formally announced sometime next week that we will have 100 of the caliphate. Donald trump making a big prediction that isis could be completely decimated by next week. How likely is that timeline and is that what he meant by that statement, heres the former station chief in moscow who is about to join the intelligence advisory board. Thank you for joining us on this important topic. Lets begin there. You heard the president speaking, by next week, 100 of the caliphate. Is that possible . Yesterday was a powerful moment with the president addressing representatives from 79 nations altogether in the coalition, the Global Coalition to defeat isis in the president saying he was honored to be among them, thanking them for the work to destroy the socalled caliphate but reminding them there is work to do Going Forward for many years to find and fix and eliminate what he called remanence of isis. Heather you can compare january 2015 the area ice is controlled and compare that to december 2018 and it is pretty dramatic. How have we managed to do it . It is a team sport. It sure is. To highlight the importance of illuminating the socalled caliphate we know from 9 11 the most important lesson is when terrorists enjoy ungoverned space they will plot against the homeland. We laminated a magnet for jihadists to travel to a place where they could fight illuminated isis, the value for isis of having the socalled caliphate, the propaganda boom for them. We mount a lot of air attacks against them and a credit to our military and intelligence, something that requires boots on the ground and intelligence collection on where these guys are and how to get at them. It is painstaking work but our team is outstanding. They deserve all the credit the president gave them. Todd 1 way theyve been able to recruit people is the use of the internet and the president talked about that as well. So in terms of the internet usage. Yes, he did, absolutely and it is important we were able to eliminate their access to the internet which was important for them in terms of propaganda. We struggled with this for years in iraq. Denying them cyberspace angiographic space is key to a limited in their ability to recap, region and beyond and the other thing the president highlighted was how many innocent civilians we have rescued from this brutal isis rule. Heather still a lot to do that we have to locate the isis leader. He still at large. We eliminated many of his leaders but there is still more targets out there and more work to be done but that is why yesterdays be was important. Heather we appreciate your expertise as always, have a good day. The time is 19 minutes after the top of the hour and mike penn sleeping into action after a coast guard member faints on stage. I came to say thank you. The praise pouring in on social media. Im a veteran and the army taught me a lot about commitment. Which i apply to my life and my work. At comcast were commited to delivering the best experience possible, by being on time everytime. And if we are ever late, well give you a automatic twenty dollar credit. My name is antonio and im a technician at comcast. Were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. Jillian former espn jamal hill facing back lash following a deleted tweet alluding to assassinating donald trump during the state of the union. Carly shimkus with fox News Headlines serious xm 115 here with the full scoop, what in the world . Reporter it started when hill posted a sweet suggesting alexandria ocasiocortez yellow the phrase get your hand out of my pocket during the state of the union address. That is the same phrase an assassin yelled before malcolm x was murdered in 1965 so after that tweet started getting unwanted attention, hill deleted it and apologized saying let me be clear. I have often disagreed with many of the president s policies, his behavior and rhetoric but i would never call for violence against him or any person. I apologize for breathing life to such an absurd assumption. He posted some old tweets that show she used the phrase in a lighthearted context before. Donald from junior responded in a tweet to her Current Employer the atlantic saying is this acceptable for one of your writers . Do you condone it or will you the visual your inevitable in action speak for itself . Asking for rational americans. The atlantic has yet to publicly respond. So a ocl that out . He was making a joke on twitter and suggested alexandria ocasiocortez yellow that, the same phrase yelled before the murder of malcolm x. Instagram craziness, apologizing to kaylee mcinerney for removing a post saying she was bullying. Instagram is apologizing for suspending kaylee mcinerney after she posted elizabeth foreigns registration card where she identified as an American Indian, kaylee mcinerney says instagram accused her of harassing, bullying and blackmail. Now instagram saying it was a mistake, we incorrectly removed this image for including personal information. On secondary review we confirm it included an Office Address and not a personal home address. The content has been restored and we apologized for the mistake, kaylee is understandably not happy. Look at her social media and what she has to say about it. The Vice President leaping into action. Coast guard work every single day tirelessly to protect us, now mike pence is giving back in a way, he sprang to action when a coast guard member fainted during the recent speech, watch this. It became close. What are the odds of after situation . The Vice President being praised on social media. Mike pence is a class act, once we thing good job, amazing you move so quickly to help someone. Heather the person is okay, appreciate it, have a great day. The time is half past the top of the hour, live look at capitol hill, Congress Battling over the border wall with another shutdown looming in just eight days, the possibility of that, tom fitton calling out Republican Leaders for not ending the gridlock and joins us live up next. Forget illegal immigrants, one mayor wants to build a wall to keep out teslas. The joke that has fallen flat this morning. I want to ride it all night long. 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Upload your logo or start your design today at customink. Com. Welcome back to fox and friends first, 4 30 on the east coast. A look at top stories this morning. Democrat from the state of virginia and political turmoil, the embedded Lieutenant GovernorJustin Fairfax is lawyering up against expose of Sexual Assault claims as mark haring is under fire for admitting to wearing black facing College Intentions rising on the southern border, thousands of migrants, Border Patrol agents will only allow 20 people to cross into the us today, migrants could stay in mexico for 3 months as they wait for asylum. Another caravan will leave for the southern border today. Donald trump calls adam schiff a, quote, political hack after the california democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee announced a new investigation i