What happens now . Are you listening, alexa . Amazons plans to eavesdrop on everything you say all the time. Fox and friends first starts right now. Heather you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning midway through the week. Thank you for joining us, straight to the extreme weather alert. A mile wide tornado demolishes homes, dozens of people injured outside kansas city. The dangerous weather stretching from the midwest to the northeast. Watch this twister uproot a tree in pennsylvania. The nightmare is not over yet. Ray bogan joins us bracing for historic flooding. Reporter a severe thunderstorm came through this area. There were moments of hail, strong winds and lightning and thunder still going, looking around, none of the lightning appears to be hitting the ground but it is shooting across the night sky, almost as bright as day, something to see. Just when you thought it was going to pass, the Severe Thunderstorm Warning was renewed for another hour. We will keep watching the weather here as we speak with meteorologists. One thing they are concerned with is the concern for flash flooding because there is already so much water in this area, the rain that falls now has nowhere to go and it keeps piling on top of and inundated Arkansas River. We mentioned the kansas city tornado area. That happened east of kansas yesterday. The debris was all over the place. At the kansas city airport they had to take some of their customers and move them into parking garage tunnels. They had to delay the flights because there was debris on the airfield. Listen to how this person described the powerful storm. I could feel the air moving the walls and coming from above and heard stuff flying around. My walls and my furniture. Reporter those storms went across the country yesterday including as far as new york city where there were very rare tornado warnings, two in staten island. There were also people sharing pictures on social media of hail in staten island. Being from that area very rare to get a tornado warning. Donald trump is paying close attention to these storms, he has spoken with the governors of arkansas and ohio promising federal assistance for the floods in arkansas and tornadoes in ohio. We will keep watching the severe thunderstorms here and the Arkansas River is going to get deeper and deeper. Heather lots of folks impacted by this, much more coming up. To another fox news alert, isis claiming responsibility for arson attacks in iraq and syria claiming to use wildfires as a weapon of war. Look at the satellite images that show the fires in two cities in syria. In a bulletin isis says militants are targeting apostates, dissidents and those who dont agree with them encouraging other extremists to use arson this summer. One of the isis now admitting his role in the imprisonment of american journalist james foley. Telling itv news he was responsible for extracting money from several prisoners in syria. Foley and british aid worker were beheaded by the terror group in 2014. Cody says he hated two attackers in a london terror plot aiming to create sleeper cells in europe. It was brought to light in 2016. He is currently held by British Forces in syria waiting potential extradition to the us, one of four british terrorists nicknamed beatles due to their accents. The battle is brewing over a crowd funded effort to build the southern border wall. A city in new mexico ordering private citizens to suspend construction on private land. Mark merritt has more on the legal fight ahead. This is over compliance issues . Reporter it is happening in summit park, new mexico. They say the group is trying to build the border wall needs to stop construction because the city never issued proper permits to begin building the wall. Sunset park issued a ceaseanddesist order against the owner of the property where the structure was being built, this happening in a town outside el paso, texas. The towns mayor spoke to local media and discussed how the project has evolved in the last few days. On thursday denied entry to the location. On friday the owner of the property submitted an application for a wall in that area. Reporter the mayor says the application was not completed never approved. Construction must stop at least for now. The people behind the project say it is a misunderstanding. They claim they received a green light to begin building. One official said so on friday. Less than 60 days, we conceptualize the project and people have a lot of private matters. Reporter we build the wall has been raising money for their project, some 22 million have been raised to build the wall, this is us customs and Border Patrol said 2200 people were apprehended in the el paso sector on monday alone. Heather thank you for joining us. In the meantime, former Trump Campaign aide joins the fight to uncover the origins of the russia probe. This has been a huge head went for the administration and once the truth is out there our country will keep growing and continuing to do all the great things Heather Carter page is taking part in investigating the Investigators Panel hosted by judicial watch, telling fox news he had extensive contact with and confided in an alleged fbi informant at the center of the investigation. Helper is accused of befriending Trump Associates while secretly working for the government. The former director of the fbi james comey taking shots at donald trump for wanting to look into the russia probe, telling the washington post, quote, there was no corruption, no treason, no attempted to. Those are lies and dumb lies at that. The president accused the agency of undermining his 2016 campaign. Comey who was fired two years ago defendant former agent peter stzrok who was fired for antitrump text messages. What are democrats afraid of when it comes to William Barrs declassification of the document . What are they afraid it will reveal . Political analyst britt hume says the hysteria is politics at its worst. The idea that william barr, himself a former cia man, that is where he started his career, twice been attorney general, a pillar of the nation is going to willynilly declassify information on the advice of dan coats and it is ludicrous. It is not in any sense plausible. To see these journalists buying into that is distressing. Heather there is no timetable for declassification but Michael Horowitz is expected to release his report in the coming weeks. The country of nepal refusing to restrict the number of climbers on Mount Everest even after 11 people have died this year. The mountains glowing popularity is drawing in more people with less experience who are causing deadly delays leading to the peak. Two americans are among the dead. The rescued hiker we told you about spent 17 days in a hawaiian forest is now speaking out about her incredible survival. Standing on rocks and passing over and not you lose hope. It was an opportunity to overcome fear of everything. Every step, that was the only thing that kept me going. Dont know how they spotted me. That is a miracle. Heather she was not on any drugs that would have impacted her mental state. She left her phone and wallet in her car not thinking she would get lost. Her rescuers are joining the search for missing hiker noah mina who was last seen 18 miles from where ellis was found. Lets hope theres a good ending their too. 10 minutes after the top of the hour, Bernie Sanders will play his hand in nevada as the state emerges as a campaign wildcard. The west is anyones game. And milano versus voigt, the actress taking aim at the actor for supporting donald trump but has no problem criticizing him. Social media calling out the hypocrisy. In a crossfit gym, were really engaged with who we are as people and making everybody feel welcome. Ordering custom ink tshirts has been a really smart decision for our business. I love the custom ink design lab because its really easy to use. They have Customer Service that you can reach anytime. Tshirts help us immediately get a sense of who we are as a group. From the moment clients walk in, theyre able to feel like part of the family. [spokesman] custom ink has hundreds of products for your business and free shipping. Upload your logo or start your design today at customink. Com. Welcome back to fox and friends first. John bolton says ships sabotaged off the United Arab Emirates coast were almost certainly attacked by iran, bolton making those comments overnight ahead of todays planned meeting with officials. He said there was, quote, no reason for iran to back out of the nuclear deal with World Leaders other than to seek atomic weapons. Irans foreign minister insists the country is not seeking any nuclear weapons. We will follow that. Back at home nevada could hold the key to the 2020 president ial nomination and several top contenders are taking note. Bernie sanders heading there today with others like harrison booker. What makes the silver state so crucial . Thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. Lets look at the latest polling, joe biden slightly in the lead, 29 to 24 , buttigieg and harris together, beto orourke doing pretty good bringing up the rear with 4 . Why or how important is nevada . Nevada is huge for the democratic field and that one image doesnt show entirely how Many Democrats are swinging at this, last, 24 president ial hopeful so none of those has a clear definitive advantage in nevada. This is the kind of state where one of the dark horses that doesnt have a ton of money or got in the game late might be able to punch above their weight and establish a little bit of an advantage for democrats. Over time the state has been shifting republican. It started to be viewed as a republican target, democrats are frightened of that and where they need to be defensive of the state coming into 2020. Jillian if you look at hillary clinton, one of the first to set up shop in nevada, to call on staff and begin campaigning. Elizabeth warren has done that this time around, kamala harris, cory booker, what about anyone who is not set up yet . Are they behind the 8 ball . Already behind the 8 ball but there is still time because the field is so broad and so fragmented. Could bill diblasio get traction . I dont know if he is too late in but interesting space and because there are so many bolts in this field there is great opportunity for one of the other challengers in the top 3 or 4. Heather there are three projection models that showed donald trump will win in 2024 couple reasons. Incumbent president first and foremost, during good economies, rarely ever lose. Will that continue to be the case . These are economic rather than polling base, they have a good track record, nailed the Obama Presidency is, and the exact numbers not quite right. It is extremely difficult to be a person who is doing well with the economy and is an incumbent, just a fact and when you combine that with the other thing we spoke of, this extraordinarily crowded democratic primary with a lot of democrat upon democrat and fusion fueled by that, this will be a tough race for democrats to win in 2020. Heather one of those three polls are the fair model estimate and we can look at that saying trump will win by 56 whereas if you look at the poles that 41 but to be fair, joe biden, no estimate for him although he is currently polling at 49 . Heather over time it has demonstrated how powerful those factors are, gdp growth rate and inflation growth rate, those tend to say you could almost say the numbers are less important than the trend of economic models. That tends to be the case with economic models. Heather i wonder if this administration and the weight is covered so differently and you dont hear about the economic success in the mainstream media. You hear the negative things, negative coverage, how that will impact because it seems different than any other administration. Absolutely right. I think there will be a discount to that. They modeled the president winning, 54 , 56 in 2016 and he ended up with a smaller percentage but still won. They call that the personality discount. I think it is a coverage discount. I think what the modeling will be potentially less than the rosy picture but i think he is going to win. Those economic factors are difficult to beat even in the face of less than complete coverage of them. Heather thank you for joining us. Have a great day. The time is 20 minutes after the top of the are in the Measles Outbreak had a 25 year high. Summer camp turning away unvaccinated children. Should be a requirement for everyone . Hes charged with extortion, wire fraud and Identity Theft but Michael Avenatti says it is all Donald Trumps fault. Im facing the fight of my life against the ultimate goliath, the trump administration. Social media says not so fast. Hit the road jack and dont you come back no more this thing is beautiful. I love the lights. Oh man, its got a mean face on it. It looks like a piece of candy. Look at the interior. This is nice. This is my sexy mom car. I would feel like a cool dad. Its just really chic. I love this thing. Its gorgeous. I would pull up in this in a heartbeat. I want one of these. That is sharp. The allnew chevy blazer. Speaks for itself. I dont know who they got to design this but give them a cookie and a star. Hey i live on my own now ive got xfinity, because i like to live life in the fast lane. Unlike my parents. You rambling about xfinity again . Youre so cute when you get excited. Anyways. Ive got their app right here, i can troubleshoot. I can schedule a time for them to call me back, its great you have our number programmed in . Ya i dont even know your phone anymore. Excuse me . what . I dont know your phone number. Aw well. He doesnt know our phone number you have our fax number, obviously. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Ill pass. Heather Michael Avenatti facing charges of extortion, wire fraud and Identity Theft says it is Donald Trumps fault. Im now facing the fight of my life against the ultimate goliath, the trump administration. I intend on fighting these charges and i look forward to a jury verdict in each of these cases. Of the 20 Carly Shimkus with serious xm 115 here with the reaction and you can imagine what it is. Blaming donald trump for your legal troubles. Carley those legal woes include allegations he stole Stormy Danielss book deal money to pay for things like up for are a, dinners and hotels and trying to extort nike for 25 million. He pleaded not guilty to all of those charges in two separate backtoback arraignments. Where does donald trump come into play . Your comments are pouring in, lisa says was trumps fault he tried to extort nike . Michael avenatti is blaming donald trump for all his problems. Nike and Stormy Daniels were not on the trump train. Another twitter user says might be time to move on, giving him any credibility is ridiculous. Is facing charges facing a combined maximum sentence of 404 years. Heather he can thank donald trump for a book deal. We have some dueling actors. Alyssa milano is never afraid to give her opinion and john voigt. Carley all is a milano slamming john voigt for posting a video that praised donald trump. That a stand with our president , let us stand up for this truth that donald trump is the greatest president since abraham lincoln. Carley high praise from john voigt. Milano responding to the Academy Awardwinning actor tweeting now i understand why republicans like to discredit actors and their political views, quote, stay in your ln. John, trying to stay relevant. Nobody cares what and out of touch after thinks. They accuse her of operating under a double standard. When instagram commentor says free speech for you but not anyone on the right. Chiming in the saying i hope you take your own advice. Heather i dont think she will take her own advice. It is in her best interest not to criticize an actor. Carley only if they share the opinion. Heather mother natures fury in full effect. Millions in the midwest to the east coast as millions more, lifethreatening floods. Live on the ground with the latest. Whoooo. Did you know the exact same hotel room. Can have many different prices . Thats why tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the lowest price on the hotel you want. Your Perfect Hotel room for the perfect price heather half past the top of the hour. Claiming responsibility for arson attacks in iraq and syria, the terror group claiming to use wildfires as a weapon of war. Isis is encouraging other extremists he is arson this summer. A battle brewing over a crowd funded effort to build the southern border wall. A city in new mexico forcing private citizens to suspend construction on private land. The el paso suburb claiming the we build the Wall Organization does not have proper permits and is out of compliance. Carter page taking part in investigating the Investigators Panel today. It is part of the effort to uncover the origins of the russia probe. Vicious tornadoes carving a path of destruction through several states. At least 12 people injured after this milewide twitter twister demolished homes near kansas city. Freaking huge tornado absolutely huge. Heather the nightmare not over yet. In arkansas, bracing for historic flooding. Reporter in the last 45 minutes a severe thunderstorm brought hail, heavy wind, strong downpour and lightning shooting across the sky and lighting it up as bright as day, still some lightning and thunder shooting across the sky now. The severe storm we just got is working its way to the northeast, parts of arkansas under Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 9 00 am and we are forecast to get severe rain throughout the day, causing a concern for flash flooding. Meteorologists here say because there is so much flooding in the Arkansas River there is no place for this new rain to go so it will keep building up and up and up into areas where there are homes and businesses