( ) start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. ainsley: it is 8:00 amount on the east coast, it is tuesday, february 6. country music icon toby ketih has died at 62 after a battle with stomach cancer. he performed here on fox and friends in 2011. born in the high land raised with family king james and uncle sam ainsley: one of his many appearances. we honor him. brian: shocking video shows migrants on mopeds dragging a woman stealing her phone. house majority leader steve scalise and tim scott this hour. lawrence: severe california storms trigger mud slides, a live report. steve: final hour of fox and friends starts now and remember mornings are better with friends. steve: this tuesday morning we started with a big major loss in the worl of country music. superstar toby ketih has died after a battle with stomach cancer. on social media, they announced, the family, toby ketih passed peacefully surrounded
Well sort them out. Also, were tracking issues inside the Trump White House from the departure of key aides to the reports of friction within the family. The Justice Departments Second In Command Playing Defense for his boss after criticism from the president. Not much happening. Lets get to it. Trade wars are good. So says the republican president of the United States. First from the fox news deck this afternoon, President Trump says the United States will win big in a trade war. But his plan for new taxes on steel and aluminum imports had stocks taking a dive the second day. President trump tweeted when the u. S. A. Is losing billions on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good and easy to win. Example, when were down 100 billion with a certain country
the president s allies are castigating the idea of tariffs. Listen to what marcy captor said. We dont want to wait for the Steel Industry collapse as happened to the auto industry. We cant afford to
the marjory stoneman douglas school shooting happened, we were expecting that john kelly, the chief of staff and potentially the white house counsel, don mcgann would walk us through the whole process of what happened with rob porter. the chief of staff and what otherwise was an off-the-record conversation did put this on the record. kelly first learned tuesday, february 6, about 5:00 p.m., that there was a press inquiry about alleged emotional abuse of rob porter s second wife by rob porter till he met with porter and he said he would resign over it. kelly went to capitol hill, came back about 6:30 and there was a second press inquiry. this one about allegations of domestic abuse from his first wife. you saw the picture with the black eye. kelly said that he needs to go after that. here s where everything gets murky. kelly fired porter. the white house put out several statements supporting him at a
situation serious. to the best of his recollection, the background investigation from the fbi had not yet reached the white house which then according to protocol does its own investigation after they review the fbi s investigation to make a recommendation. this past tuesday, february 6 was a typical day for general kelly. work as chief of staff in a fast-moving administration, going up to capitol hill on daca then return together white house at 6:30 p.m. where several communications people sat in his office. the press called inquiring about rob port per and an ex-wife who had gone public to say she had been abused. port per was immediately called into kelly s office and asked if that was true. porter lied and said it was untrue. he was then queried by kelly as to whether there was a police report, was there a restraining
situation serious. to the best of his recollection, the background investigation from the fbi had not yet reached the white house which then according to protocol does its own investigation after they review the fbi s investigation to make a recommendation. this past tuesday, february 6 was a typical day for general kelly. work as chief of staff in a fast-moving administration, going up to capitol hill on daca then return together white house at 6:30 p.m. where several communications people sat in his office. the press called inquiring about rob port per and an ex-wife who had gone public to say she had been abused. port per was immediately called into kelly s office and asked if that was true. porter lied and said it was untrue. he was then queried by kelly as to whether there was a police report, was there a restraining