Good morning from the streets of new york city. It is a brandnew year. Happy new year, january 2nd, you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. Really appreciate it. Lets get to that fox news alert. Escalating tensions in iran overnight, clashes between protesters and Security Forces out of control as rioters storm a police station. The death toll surging to 20 now after days of unrest and a fox news exclusive, brandnew report shows the uranian government is in full panic mode. We have seen 430 people arrested over 36 days showing a degree of panic at the highest levels of the uranian government and how the Supreme Leader is responding to this threat saying religious leaders and religious leadership must come to the situation from deteriorating further, god help us in this complex situation, different from previous occasions perhaps a reference to the green revolution, and the president declaring this time he will not tolerate the protesters. We will definitely tolerate
Jillian good tuesday morning, welcome back. Good to see you. You are watching fox and friends first. Rob freezing cold all over the country, thanks for starting your day with us. Breaking news from overseas, in iran, 20 people dead in violent protests with rioters storming a police station. [chanting] jillian unrest has taken over the country for days. A fox news exclusive, a new report shows the iranian government in panic mode. Griff jenkins in washington dc with the latest. Reporter 450 people arrested after six days of unrest in a leaked memo showing a degree of panic alive levels of the iranian government and the ayatollah responding to the threat posed by this uprising, the memo saying religious leaders and leadership must come to the scene as soon as possible and prevent the situation from deteriorating further. It is a complex situation, different from previous occasions recalling the 2009 green revolution were demonstrators rose up after the president ial election. The iranian