Policy. Dhss it is time to step in to protect american citizens. Bill diblasio versus domino. New york mayor taking on the giant new years by. The internet told him to put a fork in it. Fox and friends first starts right now. Dancing to the music. It dj on the radio. Heather good morning. A big party in new york city for new years eve. A little rod stewart to get your morning started, good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, the first show of 2020 and we appreciate you joining us for a brandnew year, a brandnew decade. A fox news alert, tensions are high is the iran backed melissa withdraws from the us embassy in baghdad, hundreds of troops deployed to the middle east following two days of clashes. That was a live in washington as democrats slam the president s foreignpolicy. The worst of the violence may be over but the us embassy in baghdad had suspended public operations canceling future appointments and even morning us citizens to avoid even approaching the us embassy and that follows significant violence there. Iran backed melissa groups breached parts of the compounds, part of the outer perimeters setting fires and throwing projectile that us forces guarding the facility, donald trump responded by deploying more troops to the middle east and he tweeted this. That equipment and finest military in the world onsite quickly but Many Democrats of criticize the president over actions in iran and iraq. Donald trump has proven over and over again that he is the weakest foreignpolicy president of our lifetime, of my lifetime anyway and we are seeing this play out in iran where basically since day one he has played into the hands of the hardliners in iran. And while again the violence there has subsided for now the situation was serious and a us secretary of state mike pompeo to cancel a scheduled trip to europe and central asia. Doug luzader live with the very latest, thank you. We will have much more on this coming up but in the meantime back here at home a 13yearold boy charged in a College Students murder is due in court today. He claims his friend slashed tessa majors during a new robbery in new york city park last month. He is one of 3 teenagers accused in the stabbing attack. Police released the other two suspect after questioning them last month and the mother of those two missing children in idaho now linked to a recent murder attempt. A relative says someone shot at him outside his arizona home. He believes a doomsday cult is behind the incident and the disappearances of joshua val oh and timely ryan. I dont know what happened to those kids. If i can say anything to them i would say tell the truth. Police think the children are in danger and that lori and chad know what happened to them. Chad is believed to be the leader of that called. The exfiance of houston avenue started died in a drug overdose. Sources tell the daily mail nick gordon passed away after a series of heart attacks on new years day in florida. Three years ago gordon was found liable in the death of Bobby Christina brown who overdosed in a bathtub in the home they shared in 2015. Browns mother Whitney Houston drowned in a bathtub in 2012. Pete buttigieg and Bernie Sanders kickoff 2020 on a high note. The president ial hopefuls boasting big fundraising numbers but a new ranking shows joe biden poised to take the nomination. Aishah hasnie joins us one month before the first caucus. It is crunch time and we still are not seeing that one candidate with all the cards. Lets follow the money first. Buttigieg raising a whopping 24. 7 million in the final three months of 2019. It was before and had 17 million for the final quarter and joe biden with 15 million. And regaining warning not to count them out just yet. We are going to break by a significant margin. I think people will be very very pleasantly surprised and even shocked by the fundraising total. That is the money side. The National Polls painted different story. According to real clear politics former vp biden still ahead by significant 10 points, the whole ranking sanders, warren, buttigieg and klobuchar in the top 5, tulsa gathered near the bottom of the list but also not out yet, gabbard trying to make a splash, hitting the freezing waves of New Hampshire on new years day. Comedian who predicted Donald Trumps urgent 2016 thinks gabbard still has a shot at being the nominee. It would more be the tulsa gathered typo has intensively with a sort of dignity and a more middleoftheroad approach to politics. It will be someone a little closer to the center. And andrew yang type or who is a much different version but very authentic. They still shaken out. One month away, still anybodys game. Thank you. Speaking of democrats, House Democrats would have impeached lincoln. Rod blagojevich slamming his own party writing in part democrats would have impeached lincoln for obstruction of congress and abuse of power when he unilaterally issued the emancipation proclamation. He is serving a 14 Year Prison Sentence on federal corruption charges for trying to sell former president obamas u. S. Senate seat. He was impeached as illinois governor in 2009. The impeachment inquiry was the most important story to americans in 2019. This is according to a new hill harris asked paul. 37 of voters agreed it was the top of their minds last year. Other stories making the top five the usmexico border, the mueller report, the Government Shutdown kicked off of the year and the trade war with china. Lets switch to College Football kicking off 2020 with some big all game starting with the citrus bowl. Matt jones tossing to three touchdown passes to help alabama roll michigan 3516. And minnesota up 3124 in the rose bowl, Justin Herbert gets it done on the ground for oregon. Overshot it, quarterback in the clear, had to can touchdown from justin. Is three watching touchdowns helping to beat wisconsin 2827. In georgia taking down baylor 2614 in the sugar bowl. Love college sports. The time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour and more american soldiers heading to iraq to safeguard the us embassy after days of attacks by iranian backed militia. For more boots on the ground the actual answer, from the marine corps technician joey jones weighs in on the president s move to everyone not in this room to try. Coming soon to a big screen near you a transgender superhero, stay tuned. Robinhood believes now is the time to do money. Without the Commission Fees and account minimums. So, you can start investing wherever you are even on the bus. Download now and get your first stock on us. Robinhood. We are back with a fox news alert. American soldiers head overseas in the wake of the violent attack on the embassy in baghdad as iran taught donald trump over the violence and iraqi leaders push to expel us forces from the region. Is a show of military strength the next best move. It with expert insight is Fox News Contributor joey jones. We appreciate is insight especially today, thanks for joining us. Thank you, good morning. A friend of mines son found out yesterday, hes with the second airborne and is heading to kuwait in 45 days. Is this the best answer, increasing our military presence there at this time . I dont know that you would call it an answer. At an immediate action or response. We trained for this and planned for it. But thats not an answer or a strategy. It is a tactical decision, not a strategic one. The strategic decision is to understand what is happening in iraq, is iran, what can we do about the greater problem which is iran and the fact that terminating the Iran Nuclear Deal and apply next mom pressure, iran is going to lash back out and how are we going to plan for that and balance that moving forward . Is what donald trump tweeted about our military, he says best equipment, finest military in the world onsite quickly but then the ayatollah responded and is saying the iranian nation and i strongly condemn the uss malice, that guy being donald trump tweeted we see iran responsible for the events in baghdad, we will respond to iran. Obviously that is an expected response from him . You only look at twitter and public statements, iran has never been responsible for anything yet they are the number one state sponsor of terror in the region. This is what we call posturing, donald trump is letting iran now hes not afraid to order strikes and take military action in iran is doing what iran has always done which is posture and find ways to be active or reactive, will iraq become a proxy war with iran . Lorraine become approximate war with russia and china . A lot has happened in the last week. One thing donald trump does so well is incorporate diplomacy in places like economy and trade and stuff like this. Can he put pressure on china through economic trade to not be involved or at least be part of pressure on iran . That is a bigger Strategic Plan the Trump Administration is trying to enact . The us sanctions that are right now underway against iran. I talked with a lot of people yesterday, veterans, for military people that served in this region and it was interesting because i got two different takes, one person would say we need to pull our troops out of alien someone elses we need to show our strength and increase our presence there. Which side of the aisle do you stand . For me it depends on what happens immediately after that determines how i feel about it. If we put 10,000 troops in iraq and wait 10 more years to decide what to do in iraq and why we are there the American People get lackadaisical and dont demand answers at the polls and we continue to nurse along a war then now i dont want another troupe to go there but if our government proves to be American People having at least a contingent there provides information, intelligence that shows it stops terrorism, especially stopped attacks on our soil than that is what our military is for and there should be a end date to do that, thats a Continuous Operation to keep our country safe. The problem is the government hasnt done a good job explaining why we have been in this war for 20 years. Final question because were out of time. I want your response to some in the Mainstream Media preferring to protesters who breached the embassy as mourners versus the proxies that they were. If you mourn someone who directly attacked us, a terrorist sympathizer or part of the enemy, and those at the embassy, they see them as civilians and if someone is attacking you they are not a mortar, protesters all but solidified themselves as such, they are primarily unarmed and didnt go beyond vandalism and the marines responded appropriately but that is what the American Press is doing, trying to label our enemies as victims of american expansion or oppression and that is an area that has lasted too long and the New York Times or other outlets that would label them this way is shortsighted and plays into politics. Thank you for joining us and thank you for your service. Have a great day. 18 minutes after the top of the hour, a new state of emergency triggered by australias deadly wildfires, the race to get out next. The stock market ending 2019 with huge gains. What is to come in 2020 . Our next guest explains why impeachment wont change much but the election will. 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Paradise turns into a living hell for australians, there is no sign the raging wildfires are stopping. You can hear the roaring fire as 1 responders driveby all those flames. There trying to rescue people, 18 people have died, 17 are missing, 1200 homes have been destroyed. Officials in the New South Wales region just to cleared a weeklong state of emergency. Can you imagine . 2019 was certainly a wild year for wall street. The major indices dipping and soaring as the markets shattered record after record, what does this mean for investors in 2020 . Here with expert insight, thank you for joining us . We just said 2019 up and down up and down primarily up. What is 2020 going to look like . The best is yet to come. This economy has been fantastic, people are working, people feel good. There are some rifts in the market but things look very very good. What are the primary risks to the market . The impeachment inquiry . The impeachment inquiry isnt going to affect you unless it changes peoples feelings about the world and the economy. American 6 are extremely positive. There have been fundamental changes in the way the president has handled the economy from prior administrations and things are better because of it. Does the impeachment inquiry end the discussions as we get closer to voting . It is a change peoples and when. Sentiment is very positive it has a big effect on the market. Timing has a lot to do with the too. We can look back, the yeartodate numbers, the dow up 22. 35 , the s p, 28. 8 , nasdaq up as well and all three indices up and what we were just looking at was what we were going to next which was the lowest almost a year ago when the dow was down 18. 3 , the s p and the nasdaq up as well, it all has to do with lots of timing. It has been straight up. There have been little dips where people expressed concern. As long as you go to the fundamentals of the market, low Interest Rates where you have people who are working, a lot of the fundamentals are necessary for strong market. What about events overseas and how they impact the market . The geopolitical risks, the president has put things in perspective and said we have an incredible military, the ability to handle risks to the market and the economy and america and this morning it looks like the stock market to open higher. Heather how can the average person benefit in a banner year . The best way for the average person to benefit is remain positive. Things are good. Enjoy the new year, as long as people remain positive and feel good about the fact that things are better, then things could continue to get better and people can enjoy their lives more. Beyond those invested in the stock market, jobs, Small Businesses across the board. As long as consumers are positive that is a major driver of the economy and consumers are positive and have good reason to be. Thank you for joining us with some good news, we love it, thank you. The time is 26 after the top of the hour. More american soldiers heading to iraq to protect our embassy. Democrats slamming that move but shouldnt supporting our troops be something we can all agree on . Congressman fred keller backs the president s move and he will explain why when he joins us live up next. More american soldiers heading to the middle east after the iran backed siege of the us and in baghdad ends but instead of offering support democrats are playing politics and slamming Donald Trumps response. Joining us to react, representative fred keller, appreciate your time this morning. A pleasure to be with you this morning. I would like you to respond to this. Immediately the Mainstream Media referring to the protesters as i mentioned earlier as mourners instead of iranian backed militia men, ted cruz responding to something joint read has said, we root for american soldiers, what is wrong with you . Is partisan hatred really that deep . We root for american soldiers, not against them. What is your take on the Immediate Response . I would agree with ted cruz. When you look at what has happened in iraq, you have these iranian backed people supporting this the democrats are vastly overplaying their hand in criticizing the president. Look at what has happened, this has happened because the president believes in negotiating from a position of strength and people on the other side believe negotiating from a position of weakness is better and i agree with the president , we need to show the world that america is strong, america stands for good and we are going to stand up for that and keep our promises and make sure the other foreign governments are keeping their promises to us. Heather cruzs response was in response to joy read tweeting out this was trumps benghazi, handled completely and totally different from how that was handled under the Obama Administration. A lot of democrats running for president who responded immediately. We can pull those up, Elizabeth Warren saying trumps reckless decisions, larger airstrikes in iraq without Iraqi Government consent have brought us closer to war, Tulsi Gabbard saying the military strike was impulsive, shortsighted, lacked strategic purpose, senator chris murphy saying trump has rendered america impotent in the middle east, no one fears us, no one listens to us, what a disgrace and senator marcy saying this mismanagement of the middle east. Go through with us the significant differences and what the Obama Administration did and how they responded not only to benghazi but overall issues in the middle east, the Iranian Nuclear agreement as well with what donald trump has done and handled. As a matter of whether america negotiates from position of strength or weakness the Obama Administration paying people and entering into agreements, look at the Iran Nuclear Deal president obama got into with iran basically saying i will pay you today not to make Nuclear Weapons tomorrow. He didnt want anything on his watch, donald trump is looking at a longterm strategy for stabilization in that region and around the world and when you look at Donald Trumps policies some people are looking as you mentioned saying it is his benghazi know it is not. It is handled totally different we. When somebody attacks americans or american interests donald trump stands up for them and i think the world needs to understand that. He is willing to show americas teeth in these situations around the world and when they dont respond appropriately, showing americas bright and our Foreign Policy to advance good around the world is taken seriously. It hasnt been done in the past. When he is trying to get these things on the criticism coming from the left is people had these policies that have not worked, donald trump has tried some things that are different from what has been done in the past and look at the success he has had not just around the world but here at home. He said we are going to start making people pay their fair share in nato everybody criticize that but more nations are doing that. When you look at the success he has had a little before and can criticize everything she wants, she always talks about people in america paying their fair share but donald trump goes out and says we are going to make foreign governments pay their fair share. Heather she is against it. Respond to this before we go because we have troops, additional troops headed over there for support, donald trump campaigned on bringing our troops home and he stands by that and you do as well. Absolutely. And again the longterm strategy is what you need to look towards and right now this is responding to we had an American Contractor killed and the president responded to that and hes making sure americans are safe by sending additional troops over there. Some of the criticism youre seeing from democrats, others before and it establishment, nancy pelosi, look at people who have been in politics for decades and what have they really shown and donald trump is a businessman who says im going to run for president , do things differently and as a nonpolitician he has done more in three years than they have done in decades and their disdain for him is probably because he is successful in doing what is right and answering and advancing american policy around the world and helping our economy here at home and unable to accomplish. Shannon we appreciate your insight this morning and im sure all our troops and family members that are watching as well do too. Thank you to our troops and the work they do every day. We need to be supporting them and making sure we support them every way we can, donald trump is committed to doing that and they have done so much for us. Thank you. Back at home we have other headlines. Two women are under arrest accused of attacking a jewish man in new york city. This video showing them grabbing his cell phone and punching him in the throat. Police say they yield antisemitic comments. The victim took this video. He is in stable condition. This is the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks in new york. Bill diblasio says there will be enhanced Police Presence in new yorks jewish community. A hate crime suspect is in custody after being arrested for the third time in five days. We follow the story for you, Tiffany Harris was arrested for assaulting three jewish women last week. She was released under the new criminal Justice Reform in new york only to be arrested the very next day for another assault. A judge ordered a mandatory psychiatric evaluation after she pinched a social worker on new years eve. Harriss lawyer denies the accusation. Don larson has died. He pitched for 7 teams during his 14 year career in the majors. He was best known for throwing the first perfect game in postseason history, in game 5 of the 1956 world series against the brooklyn dodgers. The yankees won that series. The team saying he will be missed at extending their condolences to family and friends. Don larson was 90 years old. More sad news in the sports world as well. Hall of fame nba commissioner david stern has died just weeks after suffering a brain hemorrhage. His successor adam silver saying in a statement, quote, because of david the nba is a truly global brand making him normally one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but one of the most influential Business Leaders of his generation. Shakeel oneill tweeting rip mister david stern, the best commissioner to ever do it. Off 30 nba teams will honor stern by wearing black to the stripes for the rest of the season. David stern was 77 years old. New year new laws was a wave of state laws and attacked tackling everything from data security, gun rights to other things. Jonathan hunt looks at some of the biggest. Californias 2020 vision is consumers will be able to see a lot more clearly exactly what personal Data Companies are keeping and allow those consumers to ask the companies to delete their personal information and not sell it. It is the nations most farreaching data privacy law aimed at social media giants like facebook but also any Large Company based anywhere in the country doing Online Business with california customers. California is getting into the growing gig economy making it more difficult for companies to treat workers like contractors instead of employees, entitled the minimum wage and other benefits like workers comp. With Mass Shootings so prevalent in 2019 colorado has enacted a red flag law that allows family members or Law Enforcement officers to petition a court to have guns seized from people deemed a threat to themselves or others. Colorado governor is a supportive of the law but it faced pushback from some of those who would have to enforce it. The root problem is a tsunami of Mental Health issues. They did almost nothing to address. Reporter with immigration set to be a major issue in the president ial election arkansas and tennessee will both withhold state funding for many socalled sanctuary cities that dont cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Among other notable new laws if youre in vermont you can no longer throw away food. Composting is mandatory. In los angeles, jonathan hunt, fox news. The time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and pumping the brakes, Homeland Security orders a review of states providing drivers licenses to Illegal Immigrants as more local leaders greenlight the policy. Why dhs is it is time to step in to protect american citizens and bill diblasio versus dominoes. New yorks mayor taking on the pizza giant over their new years pie, the internet put a fork in it. Welcome back, the Trump Administration wants to pump the brakes on a controversial law that allows Illegal Immigrants to get drivers licenses. Todd pyro joins us live as more states give the green light to undocumented drivers. Reporter these laws allow immigrants to get drivers licenses without prove they were in the us legally but also prohibit stadia mes from providing information to agencies that enforce immigration laws and was a judge orders it so the chief of Homeland Security has a plan that includes the study of how these license laws affect enforcement of immigration laws along with what is currently available and how it is used as well as security consequences including terrorists and criminals possibly getting fraudulent documents. He goes on to write dhs must be, quote, prepared to deal with and counter these impacts as we protect the homeland. Any time we reward illegal behavior, illegal activity, that is problematic for us and what we have seen on the border is that encourages more individuals to come here illegally. Right now 13 states and dc have these greenlight laws including new york which recently cut off database access to at least three federal agencies when the law went into effect. A lot of you sounding off on this, richard writing what part of illegal do states not understand . And his to graham user writing good lord, someone is exercising common sense. Susan on facebook posting in part clearly the attempts to legalize all illegals into our country are all part of the pattern with the final goal of allowing illegals to vote in our elections, threat to our national security. It should be noted an estimated 265,000 Illegal Immigrants are expected to get licenses within three years under these new laws, more than half in new york city. Recreational marijuana for sale. In illinois hundreds of people lining up outside dispensaries across the state as the drug became legal on new years day. This woman made history as the first person to legally buy weed in chicago. It is the christmas. This is really exciting. Wonderful. The states Lieutenant Governor also got in line. Are you going to partake . I might try one. It is legal in illinois. Recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states and dc. New york city mayor bill diblasio picking a fight with a pizza chain. The democrat blasting dominoes after the chain reportedly sold pizzas for over 30 to party goes in times square. Bill diblasio tweeting jacking up your price on people trying to celebrate the holidays. This isnt his first pizza problem. You may remember he took some heat in 2014 for eating up high with a fork and a knife. Bill diblasios tweet didnt get the result he expected, many people attacked him, not dominoes, doug tweeting i see you are entering 2020 focusing on the important things as always. Another person says it is our driveby mayor taking the five minute he worked today to deal with Critical Issues like this. Andrew tweets things bigger issues going on in your city right now than 30 for large pizzas. You might want to pay a bit more attention to those. Let us know what you think about eating that pizza with a fork and knife. It is not quite the top of the hour. 2020 main that is officially electionyear, the Democratic Party still has no clear front runner. Our next guest in his 2020 campaign, what a convention means for the Democratic Party. Sometimes your small screen is your big screen. And with the Xfinity Stream app, which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. Download your dvrd shows and movies on the fly. Even record from right where you are. Whether youre travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. Download the Xfinity Stream app and watch all the shows you love. Heather the Iowa Caucuses are just weeks away and democrats dont have a clear front runner. Does the possibility of a first brokered convention and 50 years prove that democrats are divided . Joining us is the director of social justice for Bernie Sanderss to these and 16 2016 campaign, thank you for joining us. Lets explain there are 1919 delegates needed to clinch the democratic nomination on the first ballot so what are the chances this wont happen . The chances are the superdelegates have lost a lot of power in 2016 because it leans toward hillary clinton. Bernie sanders and his supporters during the last convention made a fuss about that. The dnc has limited their power. The superdelegates are not happy about that but you will also get some contesting from them but also look at the fact that booker, castro, and Tulsi Gabbard have complained about the dnc process and we have not even gotten down to the first iowa caucus. When you look at all the tension among what has already happened, the unfairness of it he called out not just by Bernie Sanders this time, high probability of a contested convention and the fact that Bernie Sanders reported 5 million contribution so theres a lot of people that support him and they will push him to go all the way to the convention. Heather Elizabeth Warren lowering her expectations when it comes to the amount of money she expects to raise in the fourth quarter. Lets look at the National Average for the real clear politics polling and we have biden in the lead and you were talking about Bernie Sanders at 19. 1 but perhaps that will change with the additional money. Is that what you expect . Im confused on those polls. If biden is the one leading in all the polls why is it mayor pete and senator sanders are leading in all the money . Senator sanders is leading with individual small donors and mayor pete is leading with big donors and small donors. Who is joe biden . Who are his donors and why is he not leading . I question the polls which i think it will come down to lets see what happens in iowa to see who the true front runner is because i think we are very mistaken like in 2016. Heather perhaps this suits you more, comparing it to the amount of money and individual money the candidates are making, Pete Buttigieg in iowa in the lead with 22 and sanders with 20 and biden in 4th pl. Warren still slipping, 16 , in iowa. Lets bring up New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg at 17. 7 and Bernie Sanders in the lead with 19 . It makes sense because pete put a ton of money and resources at the beginning of the summer in iowa. When everyone else is going around the country and visiting other places he planted a strategic move but seems to be paying off. We cant forget that bernie almost won iowa by one or 2 points in 2016 when it came to iowa so it will be a lot closer than people think. We know it is not biden leading the charge and that will be concerning because the democrats continue to want to push him with being the nominee there will be issues and bernie will he will contest to be quite honest. He has nothing to lose this time. Heather it will be interesting to see if the dnc learned any lessons. Thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. We will be right back. The marvel universe will introduce a transgender character. We owe this to everyone to try. Heather Marvel Studios confirming there will be a transgender character in an unspecified film that is shooting right now, marvel working to become more diverse with the lgbt queue community. Thanks for joining us, fox and friends first continues right now, goodbye. Reporter it is thursday, january 2nd. The American Embassy in baghdad comes to a end. Rob the political fallout is just beginning. If we dont put a cost on that behavior the attacks will escalate and become more serious and the problem gets worse for donald trump. Rob american troops deployed overseas, live in washington with drama unfolding at home. Jillian only security