Cheating during opening arguments but the White House Defense team says his for our speech only helps their case. We are live on capitol hill. Growing petition telling the duke and duchess to keep their hands off taxpayer dollars. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning to you. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. Thank you very much for starting the day with us. We begin with a fox news alert come a three americans are dead after a firefighting plane crashes in australia overnight. Water tanker went down on its way to battle a new fire. Witnesses say there was a large fireball on impact, no word on what caused the crash. The firefighting fraternity is a fairly small family and the crew on board were wellknown. Our hearts out to those who were suffering. The loss of 3 remarkable, wellrespected crew. Canberras are borders shutdown the smoke from the new flames blankets the runway. Not clear when flights will resume and we are continuing to get more information on the story, we will bring it to you. Back at home amendment intensifying overnight after a deadly shooting in downtown seattle. One woman is dead 7 people injured including a 9yearold boy. Police say the shooting stemmed from some sort of flight outside mcdonalds sending people running for their lives during rush hour. We heard all these shots like firecrackers or am 80s going off, i counted 20, 30, 40 shot in quick succession, we turned around and saw these people running towards the mcdonalds and around the corner. Police believe the victims were all innocent bystanders. At least two suspects are on the run. Congressman adam schiff kicking off Donald Trumps impeachment trial with a nearly three our opening statements. The california democrat being slammed for dragging arguments against the president. They knew what it was like to live under a desperate and they risked their lives to be free of it. For a man who believe the constitution gave him the right to do anything he wanted, a man who believes he was above the law and beholden to no one, would be a king. Griff jenkins live in washington with highlights, maybe some low lights depending on what you think. 4 hours or 3 hours regardless is a long time. For eight hours for house managers came out of the gate swinging out evidence making the case you abuse the power of his office by putting his personal interests at of the countrys and using his personal attorneys to do so. Giuliani is not the secretary of state. Is not an ambassador. Is not a member of the diplomatic corps. Rudy giuliani is a coldblooded political operative for Donald Trumps reelection campaign. Both sides will get 24 hours over three days, look for house managers to dive deeper into the law and constitution, the president s defense team already addressing that before their moment comes on the senate floor. This is not impeachable. These policy disputes are not what the founders had in mind when it came to the seriousness of an article of impeachment. Every american knows instantly about fairness and that comes from the bill of rights and the fact of the matter is the house managers have to prove their case, the president doesnt have to do anything. Theres still the question of whether witnesses mail to really be called a mistrial. There were reports that there was a trade in the works, trading hunter biden for john bolton to appear but Chuck Schumer says that is a nonstarter. That is off the table. The republicans have the right to bring in any witness they want, they havent wanted to and that trade is not on the table. Cell house managers resume today at 1 00 pm through friday evening presumably. On saturday the white house starts their turn and after their three days you will get 16 hours of questions from the senators. We will see, thank you so much. As the trial is in full swing, attorney generals from 21 states are urging the senate to reject impeachment. Republicans claim the oracles have legal and factual problems. Democrats case set to dangerous historical precedent reading and part even an unsuccessful effort to impeach the president undermines the integrity of the 2020 president ial election because it weapon eyes is a process that should only be initiated in exceedingly rare circumstances and should never be used for partisan purposes. Now to a fox news alert, the deadly corona virus can soon be declared a Global Health emergency the will take center stage in the World Health Organization meeting. The mysterious outbreak killing 17 people, sickening more than 570 in eight countries. Aishah hasnie joined us in studio as more us airports start screening passengers. Reporter thats right, china is making an unprecedented move to quarantine an entire city. The country just shut down all public transport that includes planes, trains, ferries in and out of the epicenter of this outbreak. It will be a tall order considering rouhani is home to 11 Million People bigger than new york city. A busy Holiday Weekend for travels anyone leaving the city is being screened for a fever. Officials are not convinced those efforts will actually work. Trying to contain the city of 11 Million People is new. It has not been tried before as a Public Health measure. We cannot at this stage say it will or will not work. A number of sick people jumped over china alone. 17 people are dead. The virus is in twee 7 other countries including the us and screenings are officially underway at airports in atlanta and chicago, a patient visiting china returned to Washington State before airport screenings took effect. And you this morning, 3yearold girl hospitalized in california, this one is not the same strain causing the outbreak but is more common strain. It looks like the corona virus spreads through human to human contact and through the are. The symptoms include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough and in more severe cases pneumonia and death. The World Health Organization not yet declared a public Health Emergency but leaders say this is an evolving situation and they are meeting again today. Shannon a huge story today. The pentagon finalizing plans to send antimissile systems to iraq after the attack on american troops by iran earlier this month. It is not clear when the patriot system will be deployed. A dozen servicemembers are being treated for concussionlike symptoms. The base attack was revenge for the killing of general soleimani. Mike pence arriving in israel overnight to speak at the fifth annual holocaust for him. Remembering the 70 fifth liberation anniversary of auschwitz concentration camp. The Vice President will head to the us embassy in jerusalem to discuss iran with benjamin netanyahu. Donald trump will become the first us president to attend the march for life. He confirmed the announcement on twitter writing see you on friday. 100,000 activists are expected to hear the president speak in washington. He has been a staunch supporter for like policies like ending federal funding for organizations that perform abortions. The time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. Adam schiff calling the president a cheater. Trump withheld military aid to a Strategic Partner to secure foreign help with his reelection. In other words to cheat. Did he make his case or make a mess of the democrats argument, Robert Charles says there is no evidence of a crime and he joined us up next. The internet going nuts over the demise of Mister Peanut, stay with us. Guys, its time to step up your game. Force factors alpha king boosts total testosterone for more lean muscle in the gym, more energy, and more passion and drive so you can rule the bedroom. Unleash your potential with alpha king. Now available at gnc. Dealing with our finances really haunted me. Ttle cranky. Thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeepers helping customize it for our business. live bookkeeper youre all set up janine great vo get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. Trump withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in misery into a Strategic Partner to secure foreign help with his reelection. In other words to cheat. The president s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box. We cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won. Adam schiff attacking donald trump right off the bat during opening arguments, Democratic House manager accusing the president of cheating for 2020 reelection but the democrats uninterrupted hours of the senate floor make a case for impeachment. Former assistant secretary of state for george w. Bush Robert Charles joins me now with his indictment. What did you think about what adam schiff had to say yesterday over and over and over again, do they make their case at all . In and impeachment is in litigation you can use a work of fiction is your theory of the case filling in gaps with presumptions against the president. In my view, in my opinion it was a week presentation. It was selfindulgent with lots of poetic pauses but ultimately he didnt deliver the goods and that is what most americans will take away. A lot of senators were standing behind their chairs just to stay awake for his 2hour presentation that tells you something. Shannon this isnt the first time or the last he has been accused of fudging the details, is he going to get away with that continuously . He has the prerogative, he can say whatever he wants but the weight is received is very important and one of the things you are seeing, both of these articles are inherently we, neither of them state a crime even though we have a federal code with thousands of crimes you can choose from nevermind a high crime or and impeachable crime in both of these articles are week. The first is for abuse of power. You have to dig down and say what would happen in terms of witnesses. Of hunter biden were call this thing would collapse like a house of cards. Of a Vice President takes his son to a foreign country, two Foreign Countries that individual then comes away with a multimillion dollar contract and the Vice President makes an admission against interest that he tried to get fired and did get fired the prosecutor who was investigating his son then you have what amounts to a colorful framework and the corrupt practices act. You cannot use your Public Office in order to create a financial advantage for a relative. The first one falls away. Shannon lets listen to the argument in reference to that. A legitimate concern that the reason the end the bidens were engaged in clear as day corruption. He wasnt in the white house, he doesnt work for this president , he wasnt involved in those conversations, hes not relevant witness. This began when he was in the white house. I was just going to say it is completely relevant because if the president was entitled to make the inquiry under the us ukraine 2001 treaty against public corruption which encourages you to seek information on a crime. If he was entitled to do that than the first article falls away. As to the second article, the second medical obstruction of congress, there is no instruction of congress in history books. Its a made up term and it was made up because obstruction of justice was undermined by the mueller reports. We are almost out of time. While biden was Vice President in the office, the Obama Administration also withheld aid not only to ukraine, 1 billion but threatened to move from pakistan to the philippines, egypt, the list goes down from there, all the circumstances for these incidents were different but still this is when biden was in office. I will add on the second article which he spent 10 minutes on he said an individual who resists a congressional subpoena and we did them all the time when i was working on the Oversight Committee is somehow should be arrested and detained and that is not true. Everybody can seek to quash a subpoena and the president can do it on executive privilege or National Security reasons which is what he is doing. And they are making an argument for that right now. Thank you for joining us, appreciate it this morning, 18 after the top of the hour and got milk . These senators certainly do, the drink of choice during the impeachment trial getting a lot of attention. Carly shimkus joins us with wild social media reaction. When you move mes, you move more than just yourself. Thats why xfinity has made taking your internet and tv with you a breeze. Really . Yup. You can transfer your Service Online in about a minute. You can do that . Yeah. And with twohour Service Appointment windows, its all on your schedule. Awesome. So while moving may still come with its share of headaches. No kidding. Were doing all we can to make moving simple, easy, awesome. Go to xfinity. Com moving to get started. Welcome back, the man charged with murdering his estranged wife will appear in court today, he wants to go straight to trial, this comes as the connecticut prosecutor asked the judge to change the terms of his relief after dulos was seen removing items from his wifes memorial. Her body has never been found was an alarming blog posted by jennifer in 2012 is surfacing. She discusses the struggles of sleeping with a newborn say i know this too shall pass but i fear i may be in a body bag by then. The woman who encouraged her boyfriends suicide through Text Messages will be released from prison today. Michelle carter is getting out early for Good Behavior at the corrections facility in massachusetts. She served less than ten months of her 15 month sentence. He was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter back in 2017, she urged conrad boyd to take his own life when they were teenagers. As prince harry and megan markel settle down in canada some canadians are demanding the exroyals pay for their own security in a viral petition. Carly shimkus is here with how social media is responding. To we still call him prince . They are the duke and duchess of sussex, he retained his prince title that they are receiving a chilly reception from their new neighbors up north. Over 80,000 canadian citizens have signed a petition demanding they pay for their own security. They say canadians are happy to welcome the couples long as they pay their own way but we need to be clear about one thing, canadian taxpayers shouldnt have to cover their bills. The petition was delivered to Justin Trudeaus office on tuesday. This security could cost upwards of 10 million. A lot of people on social media say they should pay for it. One twitter user says it shouldnt cost us a nickel. They lost their own money. This tweet says it isnt even fair that is what they expect, nobody should have to pay for the decision of another, larry says are they not seeking Financial Independence . Despite this concern it doesnt seem they want canada or expect them to pay for their own security which is why Prince Charles might step in and fund their lifestyle for a year because security costs will be high. I have a feeling they wont have a problem. I think they will be fine. Twitter freaking out because they drink milk or water and some are drinking milk. Republican senators break ranks by drinking milk during the impeachment trial. Tom cotton had a funny tweet, it is true i had some milk with my chocolate. I guess i could have added a White Russian minus the kahlua but congressman schiff wouldve accused me of collusion was one twitter user says take a pic, it didnt happen. Jp tweets i hope he snuck in some chocolate chip cookies too a twitter user said he wasnt even the only one. Where is this milk coming from. To answer your question senators have to supply their own milk, it is not taxpayerfunded milk. It was created for senators with ulcers, also medication. You have to drink pretty quickly because it will get warm and you dont want to drink warm milk. This is horrible, this is awful. Why in the world, they are killing off the iconic Mister Peanut mascot at of the super bowl. Watch this. No maybe he will be all right. Maybe not. What did you do . You they confirmed the tragic news on twitter saying it is with heavy hearts we confirm Mister Peanut has died at 104 years old, the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him the most. Please pay your starts with ripnuts, some popular brand are morning including skippy peanut butter, a toast to you, or your chiming and help us your 21 gun salute our nuttiest sweet friend and you know dropping a reverse card. I love it when other Brands Exchange messages on social media. They are publishing what they wanted to do. Everybodys talking about it. We will all tune into the super bowl. Their first viral commercial. Maybe he is not that. We can cross our fingers. The time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour and the Trump Administration stepping up to help cops who risk their lives every single day. We are taking a closer look at what the doj is doing to address police problems. 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