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"fox & friends" starts right now. >> bye. good morning. it is monday, september 15. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. isis terrorists threatening the third beheading will not be the last. so are we at war or are we not? well, it seems to depend on the day. >> i think that's the wrong terminology. what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. >> we're at war with al qaeda and its affiliates. >> why is the white house having such a time with their message? we report. you decide. >> and from domestic violence to child abuse, scandals plagued the nfl this weekend and one former player has a simple solution for all of it. >> take them off the field. i don't care, we're in climate right now, i don't care what it is. take them off the daggone field. >> more from the fallout ahead. >> that was chris carter. miss america makes history. >> your new miss america is -- it's a three piece. miss new york. >> is her unique performance everyone -- what everyone is talking about? we'll show you this morning. >> it's time for "fox & friends." >> live from new york city, it's "fox & friends." welcome aboard folks. >> good morning to you both. >> it's a busy week, as much activity when it comes to sports off the field as on the field. there is a war perhaps brewing, depending on what kind of terminology you use. >> depending on thursday or monday, could be war or not. a lot happening this morning as you join us for breakfast. ainsley earhardt has those headlines. >> good morning to you. we're going to start with extreme weather. a hurricane slamming mexico's pacific coast making landfall near a popular tourist destination. winds up to 125 miles per hour whipping trees around, blowing away boards nailed over the windows and knocking downpour lines. at least 26,000 tourists forced out of their hotel rooms, now stranded in shelters. travelers at the seattle international airport might have been infected with measles. the contagious virus easily spread through the air and those exposed will likely become sick between now and september 27. anyone at risk should seek immediate medical attention. hillary clinton making a big return in iowa, the first time since her 2008 presidential campaign with former president clinton in tow, hillary attended retiring senator tom harkin's annual steak fry. while no one mentioned 2018 her intentions seemed pretty clear. >> i'm back! bill and i are on constant grandchild watch and then of course there is that other thing. it is true i am thinking about it. but for today, that is not why i'm here. i'm here for the steak. it's really great to be back. let's not let another seven years go by. >> the last time hillary was there in iowa, she finished third in the presidential caucus. history is made at the miss america pageant. >> your new miss america is miss new york. >> for the third year in a row miss new york taking home that crown, this one 23-year-old kiera kazanzas beat out miss virginia. this new one lives in manhattan, wants to go to law school and has everyone talking about her unique talent. ♪ ♪ during the competition obviously she sang the hit song "happy" while tapping that red plastic cup on the stage. and then she won. those are your headlines. >> she sure was happy after that. >> congratulations to her and her red solo cup. >> i think toby keith gets an assist on that. >> just made a nickel. >> four minutes past the top of the hour, secretary of state john kerry now in paris to meet with foreign officials and discuss an international plan to defeat the savage militants isis. peter doocy in washington with the latest details. >> reporter: good morning. in paris there are representatives from 26 different nations sitting down to pledge different levels of support for the coalition fight against isis. some, like britain, are offering help with logistics and intelligence. others, who the administration is so far declining to list, are reportedly pitching in with ground troops. remember a few days ago the secretary of state said it was wrong to say the united states is at war with isis. but now as he tries to sell americans' allies on a strategy, he's changing his tune a little bit. >> i think that's the wrong terminology. what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. we're at war with al qaeda and its affiliates. in the same context, if you want to use it, yes, we're at war with isil in that sense. but i think it's a waste of time to focus on that. >> so what is the american strategy for defeating isis? well, a senior state department official traveling this week with secretary kerry abroad says that cutting off funding for isis and preventing foreign fighters from joining isis will be key, as is supporting the iraqi military and responding to the humanitarian crisis these militants have created. >> i think we've been pretty clear on this and we'll continue to be clear about what exactly we're going to do and how we're going to do it and the disciplined fashion we'll carry it out to ensure we degrade and ultimately destroy this menacing organization called isil. >> retired marine general john allen has been asked by the administration to coordinate all the international support for the fight against isis. general allen was once the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. he's worked a lot with the leaders that we are now asking for help in previous fights. >> the latest is a third westerner beheaded. 44-year-old david haynes worked for 15 years for a number of relief organizations. he's from the united kingdom. david cameron over the weekend came out and said isis are not muslims. they are monsters. meanwhile the president of the united states went golfing once again with marvin and his gang out to a joint base andrews. somebody tweeted out with the going gets tough, obama goes golfing. >> some arguing the biggest swing the president is taking right now happens to be on the golf course and not against isis. they seem to be at a war of words against themselves. are would he at war? are we not? boots on the ground equals war? planes in the sky equals war? where are we? 60% of americans polled say they're not sure. they are uncertain as to whether the president has a strategy and whether it will work. maybe the president should listen to some of the experts saying we need boots on the ground. >> it's going to take an army to beat an army and this idea we'll never have boots on the ground to beatem i. >> we cannot do this without having some forces on the ground that can help our air campaign. you have to have that. >> the only way we can think about destroying isis in this particular strategy is the forces on the ground will have to do the destroying. >> in terms of surveillance, intelligence, reconnaissance, advice, tactical air control parties, look, i'm betting we're up close to 5,000 by the end of the year. >> the air stuff we've been doing so far have been pinpricks. we need a large air campaign against these guys and get a ground force in there as quickly as possible. >> we've got about 158 airstrikes already. it's over the course of about three and a half weeks. we're usually doing that in two or three days when we're serious about a campaign. i understand we've got to get surveillance, in order to help. i understand it takes time to get a coalition. a lot of people are saying where's the urgency? in the big picture i think it is important to point out dennis mcdonough and john kerry said they got messages from other nations for ground troops and both said we told them we don't need it right now. they got pledges from other arab to train and actually fight, i thought that would be bells and whistles good; we're making progress. >> it wasn't really a real offer, unfortunately. >> i would say we've gotten offers and we're examining them. >> as we move from strairks strairks -- airstrikes to alleged strikes, the games in the nfl were huge. penalty to outsidelines seem to be far more serious and talked about than any of the ones that occur unsealed. ray rice said to appeal his suspension for knocking out his fiancee. >> he went to a game over the weekend, on the sidelines with his wife. then the shocking news about adrian peterson, the running back from the minnesota minnesota viking who in may was indicted on child abuse charges. immediately the vikings pulled him off the field which led to a huge debate on sunday on just about every channel prior to the football games about raising your kids and what is right and what is not right. let's listen first to charles barkley. >> i'm from the south. whipping is, we do that all the time. every black parent in the south is going to be in jail under those circumstances. i think we have to be careful letting people, how they dictate how they, you know, treat their children. >> it is not where you're from. right is right and -- it doesn't matter where you're -- >> i don't believe that. we spank kids in the south. i think the question about did adrian peterson go overboard, we all grew up in different environments. yef black parent in nigh -- every black parnd -- every black parent in my neighborhood in the south would be in trouble. >> adrian peterson said he used a switch to spank his parents. he said did i what my parents did to me. you have chris carter, a hall of famer, he was one of seven children raised by a single mom. here's his perspective. >> it's the 21st century. my mom was wrong. she did the best she could but she was wrong about some of that stuff she taught me and i promised my kids i won't teach that mess to them. you can't beat a kid to make them do what they want to do. take them off the field. i don't care what. we're in a climate right now, i don't care what it is. take them off the daggone field. as a man, that's the only thing we really respect. we don't respect no women. we don't respect no kids. the only thing roger and them do, take them off the field because they respect that. >> the honest and painful place, you can tell where that comes from in a message. resounding this morning. >> chris carter made a lot of sense. he's been here with his book. been through a lot. ray lewis weighed in on it. they all said potentially they would whup this kid but say this is overboard. >> shouldn't necessarily be taking that risk on the kids now. >> 12 minutes after the top of the hour. e-mail us and let us know what you think about that and the rest of the show. >> coming up, a new band of militants out of syria calling on westerners to sneak bombs on american planes. more on the latest terror warning next. >> caught on camera a daredevil dad goes bungee jumping when something goes terribly wrong. how did he survive? 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do you think we're ramping up with the right plan? >> i feel the ramp up is in some ways nothing more than a replay of 9/11. >> are you happy with it? >> not yet. this is an army on the move, an army on the ground, an air campaign, air strike, tactical airstrikes are not going to do the trick. >> thank you so much. former deputy director of intel, special operations command. did the feds cover up a plan for an illegal obama fund-raiser? this morning new e-mail evidence, it might just shock you. parents you can lock up the liquor cabinet and control the cable box but how do you keep your kids safe from the internet? curt the cyber-guy up next. ♪ co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is why i put the hotels.com mobile app on my mobile phone. hotels.com i don't need it right now. with centurylink visionary cloud a brinfrastructure, and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable, secure, and agile. i make a lot of purchases foand i get ass. lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. some headlines for you now. lava flow from a volume can know on hawaii's big island inching closer to a big highway. officials believe the lava could reach the highway in about three weeks. a new california wildfire sparking more than 1,000 evacuations near yosemite national park. the fast-moving fire destroyed at least ten homes. over 300 acres. fire fighters have only 20% of the fire contained saying california's drought conditions are making it a tough battle. according to a new study more than two-thirds of children are using the internet every day via multiple devices by eight years of age. so how can you keep your kids safe on-line? here with the tips you need to know, curt, newsome, the cyber-guy. the thing about the kids is they know more about the phones than we do. >> to be giving kids full rein of facebook, twitter, you see little ones this big. you can't do that. >> the access they have is same access others have to your children. what can we do? >> tip number one, just amazing information. stop and educate your kids. it really is your responsibility to say you've got to not be doing the kinds of things on-line like talking to strangers. and never ever give out any personal information. not your home address, not your phone number. it is never cool to do that. don't post a photo without mom or dad's permission. period, bar none. these need to be some rules that are set down. you've got to get discipline with this and you've got to limit the time your kids have with the technology at this age. when they're really young, you've got to set the timer for yourself. be disciplined or we'll lose them. >> is that something you're segueing from you're the cyber guy to you're worried about these kids not being able to interact guy. >> sometimes it's so easy as a parent to be distracted, put technology in your kids' hands and say i have a break. meanwhile the kids aren't developing. >> is there technology to help parents? >> this is it. there is technology. let's debunk this conundrum. this free app is so cool. out of norway. it is called cuddle. this is the answer for parents. it is a free app. this lets you let your kid be involved in social media. it is a social media site for uploading and sharing photos just for kids. >> why is it safe? >> it's safe because it is a regulated parent-controlled environment, and they have supervision inside the app itself. you don't have commenting sections. it is very intelligent. >> just anybody can't go in and look at your kids' pictures? you've got to be invited? >> exactly. net nanny has been around for a long time. a lot of kids find their way around these apps but net nanny is still good. on-line if you go to the "fox & friends" website later, we've got videos and good instruction on key points that will work for you as mom and dad. >> i remember about 15 years ago we had the computer because we just had one computer, in the kitchen. it was smart for then but now everybody has got a phone in their pocket. >> we go side by side with the kids like training wheels when they're using it. >> that is a good analogy, like training wheels for an app. >> go on our website, [email protected] in a little while and kurt's tips will be there. >> keep your kids safe. coming up, tourists hunkering down as hurricane odile touches down. >> greg norman, an update on his condition. >> first prince harry, he's 30 today. ♪ ♪but this... ♪takes my breath away angieby making it easy to buyng and schedule service by top-rated providers, conveniently stay up-to-date on progress, and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with the angie's list mobile app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ ♪ >> it is your shot of the morning. free falling caught on camera. a daredevil dad plunges into a river in south korea after the part that attaches to the bungee cord breaks. he was taken to safety but taken to the hospital for precaution but given the all-clear. >> they do a lot of that bungee stuff to the ground. imagine doing that to the ground. >> i've done it to the ground. a little scary. the guy's lucky to be alive. thank you very much for joining us on this very busy monday. ainsley earhardt joins us and she's got all sorts of news as well. we'll start in the "in" box. >> good segue into this bombshell e-mail catching the white house in the middle of a coverup. the e-mail shows the department of labor and the white house troig -- trying to hide hilda solis's schedule. when portions of her schedule were summoned the white house thanked the labor department for flagging the request. the chain ends with the white house asking can you send me who the requester was? the answer was americans for limited government, yes, a conservative group. queen elizabeth speaking out, urging scotts to think very carefully about the future. the 88-year-old monarch was careful to remain neutral on this controversial issue. polling finds that vote is too close to call. >> it is like a theme out of a super hero blockbuster. batman and spiderman get into a fight in times square. police say the two men dressed as super heroes tried to take down hecklers on the street. punches were thrown and three ended up arrested on assault charges. tired of bumping into people glued to their cell phones? china might have the answer. a sidewalk in one of the busiest streets -- on one of their busiest streets divided into two lanes. one for the cell phone users, the others for those not on their phones. this incident came from a similar experiment launched in washington, d.c. earlier this year. what do you think about that? >> china is taking our ideas again. this time one of our walking ideas. how dare they? i'm insulted. i'm outreajed. >> 25 minutes before the top of the hour. extreme weather right now. a new video of hurricane odile is apparently slamming the pacific coast of mexico. these are images from inside obviously. while you were sleeping landfall hit a popular destination. at least 26,000 people forced out of hotel rooms and homes. where is hurricane odile headed next? maria molina joins us outside where it is not headed for the east coast of the united states. >> no. actually temperatures very chilly, in the 50's in new york city. i want to take you to odile because it did make landfall. you can see it making landfall across cabo sanlu cass. it is still a category 3 hurricane where we're expecting very heavy rainfall out here with locally up to 18 inches of rain. back inside. >> thanks, maria. we'll follow that as you follow this. week two in the nfl. let's check out when the action was taking place on the field. one of the best catches of the day. looks like a tight end. one handed touchdown. the 49ers lose 28-20. the day's biggest upset. last year super bowl champions seattle seahawks unbeatable? no. phillip rivers was heating up. chargers win 30-21. chicago land speedway. kazlowsky winning the first race securing the spot in the contender round with his fifth win of the season. greg norman back at home after nearly cutting off his left hand in a horrific chain saw accident. norman posting these photos on his instagram page saying he is in good spirits. last week norman posted this photo of himself working with a chain saw on one of his properties in florida. he could get somebody else to do it but he wants to do it himself. the 59-year-old australian will join us at 7:30. >> talk about great attitude. 7:30 we will be speaking with him. you know her as the empress of soul with classic hits like this. ♪ ♪ on that midnight train ♪ to georgia ♪ >> gladys knight is back with a new gospel album and sitting down with michael tammero to tell us about it. >> good morning, guys. gladys knight has been entertaining audience for 50 years, earned over seven grammy awards and at the age of 70 this empress of soul shows no sign of turning in her crown. welcome to the spotlight. where does your heart belong, gladys knight? >> my heart belongs with my lord and savior, first of all. and then to all of those wonderful people that he's blessed me with. >> tell us a little bit about this album. i was listening to it earlier this morning. it is fantastic. >> i enjoyed doing this album. there was such a good spirit in the room with everybody who participated on it. there was no drama in the space at all. once they opened their mouths it came out like it was supposed to. i didn't have to stomp my foot at nobody. >> does gladys knight stomp her foot? >> yes, i do too. ask my choir. >> faith is important to you. how has it impacted your career? >> some things that happened in my life and in my career that i never would have expected to happen, the people's lives i've been able to affect, that means a lot to me. i'm in people's living rooms and bedrooms. oh! >> gladys knight going places no one's ever been before. >> come on now. >> is it harder now, do you think, for young artists to come out and make a buck? >> i do. that's why i think they're going outside of their talent to be known. what is it i can do to make people notice me. let mow take my clothes off or let me get in a fight with somebody. let's have a little drama going. when that wasn't our main goal back then. it was about perfecting the gift. i came up during a time where i had frank sinatra and sammy davis jr. and he will la -- and ella fitzgerald and i used to watch them intently. how do they make people feel this and that. >> who is on your radar these days? i heard you want to work with kanye? >> yeah. he has a unique sound and he's creative. so is john legend. so is missy elliot. and i like staying current. to me, that's one of the great things about our industry is that it's ever changing. >> this has been such a thrill, a real true honor. be sure to download, pick up gladys knight's new album, "where my heart belongs." until next time on the fox light. >> i love you, michael. >> i love you. it was a love fest. she looks fantastic. her album is out. i listened to it again for the 100th time in my office. she is a wonderful person to be around. follow me on twitter, instagram and facebook on fox light michael. i'll tell you what exactly is a pip. you can check out our entire interview on inthefoxlight.com. >> it does not stand for picture in picture like in the tv? >> thanks, michael. coming up, it's still spreading. where the lung virus affecting kids around the country is now. >> they never set their boots on the ground but military lives are all in when it comes to war. how they too are part of central command. up next, the military spouse explains here on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪chico's new so slimming knit pants -- the peyton! ♪ we think they're the best-fitting pants in fashion. with technology that slims and shapes and five-pocket styling. they'll be the star of your wardrobe. chico's so slimming peyton pants. we're famous for our legs. at chico's and chicos.com. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. quick headlines. the mystery virus hospitalizing children across the country spreading to the northeast. kids in connecticut and new york now shoapg symptoms which include gasping for air. doctors say washing hands is the best way to avoid the virus. she's no walter white. a texas high school chemistry teacher breaking bad accused of making illegal drugs. the woman and her husband arrested after cops raided their home on a search warrant and found meth, pot and several recipes for roofies. can we use more slang terms. and prescription drugs. elisabeth? >> thanks brian. there are an estimated one million military spouses in america and nearly two mill parents in the armed forces. while we know the sacrifices our troops make to keep us safe little is known about the everyday struggles their partners and children face in their absence. andrea ricketts has been married to her husband for 23 years. she writes in a memoir no man's war. the confessions of an infantry wife and she joins us this morning. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> in honest account, what do you believe the average american out this is missing in terms of understanding military spouses? spoil i i -- >> i wanted to write a book that created a real, gritty, genuine, true, full picture of what our lives are like, the daily life, the tragedies we go through, how we cope with them, how we survive as a culture together, the sister hoods, the bonds. >> and really hard times. you speak about the time when your spouse in particular, and others, return home working on that relationship can be incredibly difficult? >> yeah. going back and forth is really hard. and when you have kids, trying to parent and readjust to each other's parenting styles and just sharing your bed with someone when you're used to something as simple as that, when you're used to like sleeping in the middle of the bed. learning to, you know, buy the foods that they like again. you really -- it's like going from being, living on your own to, you know, sharing with another person. it's hard to go back and forth. >> when you look at cuts to the military, the v.a. scandals, and you see the future ahead of you as we are now entering into another war with isis, what does that mean in the mind of a military spouse? what do you hear? >> you know, professional military are, we're very much into we do what we're told. we follow orders and we don't really get too involved in the political debates. i know that typically after a war, we draw down. that's just historically what happens. so i think that we have been in the middle of that and we are drawing down to be the smallest military that we've ever been. only 2% of americans serve. only 2 pk. so that means 98% of the population has no idea about this professional military culture and their families. >> i hear you saying we. there are critics out there who say there is no we. this is about your spouse. this is about the situation, your husband fighting the war defending our country. why are you so attached? >> the army does really indoctrine nates family members and spouses into how intremendous -- how integral we are to the success of the mission. my husband says there's two fights. the way we take care of the fight in the rear -- if the soldiers forward can focus on the mission knowing their families are taken care of and their families are okay, then they'll win. >> a lot of pressure on military families. >> it is a lot of pressure but it keeps us busy, keeps us grounded, it keeps us floating together. i write about that. i write about how important those bonds are and how that's ultimately what lets us survive is each other. >> you write about your own struggles there, a heart scare, an attack that you face. a truly honest and gritty account. if given the choice again to be a military spouse, would you do it again? >> i couldn't even almost let you finish that sentence. i wouldn't even hesitate. i've loved every single minute of every day. even the things that felt like we were being, you know, not given what we wanted or handed like a crap sandwich we would call it. they have all had a purpose and it's all been great. i wouldn't change a day and i don't think my husband would either. >> angela ricketts, your book is called "no man's war." coming up, fear in texas this morning as intel reports and isis terror cells may already be at our border. one sherrif making his message clear to the enemy. >> a girl saving her entire family from a fire. wait until you hear what she learned to hear when she joins us next. you can eat that on weight watchers? 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did you go in and see the fire with your own two eyes? >> well, i was in the living room and the kitchen didn't have a door. so the alarm went actually off and i just went back from the chair and there was a fire behind the pot and i went to go tell my mom to get out and go tell the neighbor and call 911. >> absolutely. and that's what happened. the good news is you knew exactly, sage, what to do, because you learned how to do that the day before in school, didn't you? >> yeah. >> tell me what they taught you. >> we had a fire drill at school and they told us that we needed to go back from the house and call 911. >> that was good advice because your whole family was able to get out and then amy, as i understand, you were able to go back later that night and get some things back from -- personal belongings, things that you treasured. >> we were able to go in just to pick up a few things because they said that once the fire was out, we could go back the next day. well, we didn't know it, but the house completely caught on fire and burned down to the ground. >> you got to fix your gizmo in your ear there. >> there were hot spots underneath and on top and it just burned completely up. >> oh, boy. so what are you going to do? >> right now my parents are staying at a motel and we're staying with sage's father and we're thinking about rebuilding. we're not sure right now. everything is kind of up in the air. it's still so fresh. we were able to get out with a few clothes on our back and that was about it. >> but you are all alive and that's the key. >> yes. >> and sage, that's why you're a hero, aren't you? >> yeah, i am a hero. it's good to be a hero. >> it is good to be a hero that saves her whole family. all right. sage and amy, we thank you very much for joining us from raleigh. good luck rebuilding. that's heart breaker. >> thank you. >> good luck to you. >> she knew exactly what to do because she learned it in school the day before. coming up, isis beheads northern westerner and where does president obama go? golfing? donald trump has a thing or two to say about that. he's live next. and this photo was found in the rubble of the world trade center after 9-11 and took 13 years to we meet them.n al ♪selv ♪ i'm sold! a "selling machine!" ready for you alert, only at lq.com. no. not exactly. to attain success, one must project success. that's why we use fedex one rate. their flat rate shipping. exactly. it makes us look top-notch but we know it's affordable. 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[ male announcer ] ship a pak via fedex express saver® for as low as $7.50. good morning. today is monday, september 15. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. turns out the president's objective wasn't so clear. his administration changing course on the war against isis. >> i think that's the wrong terminology. what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. >> we're at war with al-qaeda and its affiliates. >> john kerry doing damage control while the president plays golf? and the white house says terrorists are not plot to go break into the united states through mexico, but intel we're gathering says differently. hear from one sheriff making his message clear to the enemy. and we show you this photo found under the ashes after the september 11 attacks. 13 years later, the mystery behind the photo has finally been solved. a happy face-to-face reunion more than a decade in the making will happen here live because mornings are always better with friends. >> hi, everybody. i'm hughie lewis. stand by for the news. it's going to be a big hour. stand by for greg norman to give us his firsthand account of that chain saw account and stand by for donald trump. >> and for the first face-to-face reunion between fred and elizabeth of the elizabeth, screen right, for 13 years has been trying to find some people -- find out the story about some people in a picture, a wedding picture that was found on the street of new york city. i'm sure she thought all those people in the picture were dead. the fellow standing right there, fred, was the guy in the picture and the story is amazing and they will meet face-to-face for the first time in the next 20 minutes. >> that's right. live on "fox & friends." >> talk about we have never met ainsley face-to-face. but when we talk to her, it's like we know her. >> it feels like she's so close. >> i heard she's mean as a snake! >> that's what i've heard, too. >> nice on camera. >> a $50,000 reward is being offered for any information on the ambush of two pennsylvania state troopers. corporal byron dixon was killed when a suspect opened fire outside a police barracks, which is in the east area of scranton. another was hurt and awake and talk now. president obama won't put boots on the ground in iraq, but sending american troops to west africa to help stop the spread of ebola. he's expected to outline his plans tomorrow at the cdc in atlanta and it's believed military forces will help set up isolation units and equipment for health care workers. the president plans to ask congress for $88 million to fun. health warning for travelers at the seattle-tacoma international airport. you might have been exposed to meals if you flew out of that airport after an infected passenger traveled through the airport on september 6. the virus easily spreads through the air. so those who were exposed will likely become sick between now and september 27. anyone at risk should seek medical attention. history is made at the miss america pageant. >> your new miss america is miss new york! >> for the third year in a row, miss new york taking home that crown. 23-year-old kira beat out miss virginia. the new miss america lives in manhattan. she wants to go to law school and she has everyone talking this morning about this unique talent of hers. ♪ ♪ >> during the competition, she obviously sang the hit song "happy" while tapping that red plastic cup on the stage. she is happy this morning. those are your headlines. back to you. >> all right. >> that was miss america. but the guy who actually owns the miss usa and miss universe, donald trump, welcome to the week. >> good morning. >> first off, horrific news over the weekend as we get the details of a british citizen who is a humanitarian worker beheaded and a big message out to cameron, don't join the u.s. your reaction? >> well, the world does not respect us and we're being run incompetently and i was thinking as i was watching you this morning with all of the talk about isis that north korea is making nuclear weapons and iran is making nuclear weapons. we're totally off those subjects. those potentially are bigger subjects than even what we're discussing now. the world sort of ganging up on the united states and it's not a pretty picture and he we have incompetent leadership that doesn't know what they're doing. it's tough situation for this country. >> you have 68% of americans now just don't feel confident that there is a real plan here that it will succeed when it comes to the president. when you hear and i want to you listen to this, secretary kerry, between thursday and this past sunday just changing the tone and the verbiage as it relates to war. you understand why. take a listen. >> i think that's the wrong terminology. what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. we're at war with al-qaeda and its affiliates and in the same context, if you want to use it, yes, we're at war with isil in that sense. but i think it's a waste of time to focus on that. >> what's the problem with getting the message clear? >> well, the semantics are wrong, the salesmanship is wrong. he's unable to get other countries to follow us, as you know. we're sort of all by our self and nobody wants to join us and they don't want to give us their soldiers, probably their soldiers aren't so great either in that part of the world. it's a disaster. we have to send our great troops in and we can't get anybody that's really much more effective than we are. we can't get them to fight because they're afraid. and they have no confidence in our country. they probably think that we'll be gone at the wrong time, like -- the other thing is we signal everything. we say we're going in next week. you might as well give the exact time. these guys spread out and we can't do the kind of damage that we could do. you read about the great general douglas macarthur or general patton and the way they reacted. they didn't broadcast. everything we do, it's like we're going in next week and we're not sending troops and we're not this and we're not that. we're telling them every single thing that we're doing. i guess for political reasons because he wants to be tough or he wants to be not tough. i don't think anybody knows what he wants to be. i don't think he knows what he wants to be. so to send all these signals out and to tell the enemy exactly what we're doing. but again, as i say, in the meantime, lots of other places in the world are doing lots of bad things and getting ready to do lots of bad things to this country and we've totally forgotten that. >> unfortunately, you're right. one thing the president is and has been is tone deaf. after nick foley was beheaded and his parents were doing a press conference, the president of the united states went golfing. then this weekend with the news that this british aid worker, mark haynes, also was beheaded, the president once again went golfing at base andrews. the night the president had his big speech, you tweeted out what is being referred to as the tweet of the year. i know it's gotten 23,000 retweets. you tweeted, if obama resigns from office now, thereby doing a great service to the country, i will give him free lifetime golf at any one of my courses. >> i did tweet that and i did it sarcastically or jokingly and, you know, it certainly has had a tremendous impact. it's what every major news show hit a nerve. it's interesting that if you're the president of the united states, such a great honor. it's such an important place and such an important thing to be. you would really think he's going to be there for another two years, you would think he'd never want to leave the white house. you would think he would want to be there. i love golf more than anybody and it's an amazing game, but you'd think if you're the president for another two years, you have a chance to do something great. why would you be out vacationing? it's not just golf. he's always vacationing. by the way, they cost us 40, 50, $60 million every time he travels with the big planes and entourage and everything else. if you're president to the united states, you got another two years ago, you should be working your ass off and do it right. you shouldn't be taking vacations. he's going to be taking a vacation for the rest of his life. do it right. don't leave the white house or lead the white house on a mission not to play golf. >> on another note, one of the many things you did is you used to own a football team you and might even be the future owner of the buffalo bills. who knows? but there is the nfl is going through dire straits like i've never seen before, all happening off the field. adrian peterson, child abuse. ray rice, domestic abuse. so over the weekend, people were talking about parenting and trying to put the adrian peterson thing in perspective. i want to you hear charles barkley and chris carter and then weigh in. >> i'm from the south. whipping, we do that all the time. every black parent in the south is going to be in jail under those circumstances. i think we have to be careful letting people -- how they dictate how they treat their children. >> doesn't matter where you're from. right is right and wrong is wrong. >> well, i don't believe that because, listen, we spank kids in the south. i think the question about adrian peterson go overboard? listen, jim, we all grow up in different environments. every black parent in my neighborhood in the south would be in trouble or in jail under those circumstances. >> a 21st century. my mom was wrong. she did the best she could, but she was wrong about some of that stuff she taught me! and i promised my kids, i won't teach that mess to them! you can't be the kid to make them do what they want to do! take them off the field! i don't care -- we're in a climate right now, i don't care what it is! take them off the dang on field because you know what? as a man, that's the only thing we really respect! we don't respect no women. we don't respect no kids. the only thing, take them off the field, 'cause they respect that! >> donald trump, what do you think? >> well, i know charles and chris and i like them both a lot. they're very different opinions. i've never been a spanker. i think i've done a good job with raising children. i hope it continues. it's been very important to me. i've never been a spanker, but i know parents that are and they love their children and their children have grown up to be fabulous. i've known it both ways. but i do know folks that spank. they don't spank so endlessly -- they spank and they're great parents and they love their children. their children love them. but they want discipline. there really are two ways of looking at it. it happens not to be something i'm a big believer in. but there are people that are spankers and they're great parents and frankly, their children grow up terrifically. i think that's what charles was saying. >> and donald trump, in the big picture, how do you think roger goodell has handled this? what would you have done differently, you're a major ceo? >> i know roger and he's a good man and he's working very hard and this hit him like a ton of bricks. it started with the very short suspension of somebody that really they caught in a terrible situation. i will say this, if roger -- if the tape has been witnessed by roger, roger is going to be probably finished. if that tape was in fact witnessed by him or seen by him, that's going to be the end of roger. that will be a tough situation for him. you can't say he's handled it well because it's a mess. it's blown up all over the place. it's become the biggest topic there is and you can't say he's handled it well. he's had a very stellar commissionership until this moment. he's been a strong commissioner. but this has really blown up in his face and it could be devastating to him in terms of his future as commissioner of the nfl. >> no doubt that the nfl is under the microscope. donald trump joins us every monday at this time, thank you very much. go run your empire. >> thank you very much. coming up, new fears that isis may be building up a terror cell on our texan border. hear from one sheriff with a very clear message to our enemies. which do you like more, sugar or salt? 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is that what you're saying? >> well, i'm saying the border is wide open. there is no control on the border. it's not shut off. there is places along the rio grande you can walk across. i worked the border for eight years, i walked back and forth the rio grande. i was on this side. never got challenged and there is always a way to get cross. there is coyotes that bring those people across for thousands of dollars, but they'll bring them into that area and wait until the time is right and bring them across the river. >> why not? >> we have found people along the border where the trails of these people come across have found muslim clothing. they have found koran books laying on the side of the trail. so we know that there are muslims that have come across and been smuggled into the united states. >> what is your message for the white house and what is your message for isis, isil and terror cells in the making? >> if they show their ugly head in our area, we'll send them to hell. and i think the united states needs to get busy and they need to bomb them. they need to take them out. i would like for them to hit them so hard and so often that every time they hear a propeller on a plane or a jet aircraft engine that they urinate down both legs. when you do that, then you've accomplished a lot. i think general allen being in charge of it, united states marine corps, i think we're going to have -- if they'll let him go, let him do what needs to be done, if they'll hit them and hit them hard and often, we need to shut them off. we need to kill them. >> i'll give you a big copy that, sheriff painter. we thank you for being with "fox & friends" with a very strong message. >> yes, ma'am. >> for the white house and isis. coming up, they make money as fast as a major corporation. we are talking, again, yes, about isis pulling in $3 million a day. but how do they do it? 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yesterday we shared the extraordinary story of this wedding photograph that was found on the streets of new york city amid the rubble of the world trade center 13 years ago. it touched off a 13-yearlong search by one woman who wanted to locate the couple in the picture. today 13 years later, her search has come to an end. elizabeth stringer keith found that wedding party thanks to fred, who is in the picture and contacted her just last week. this morning they're meeting for the very first time face-to-face. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> you've been looking at that picture. that's the blond guy in the background. >> he's the guy. yep. >> there he is. you just told me in the green room that one of the things you were drawn to about the picture was fred. >> yes. fred looks like and reminds me of one of my really good friends from college and i've actually never told this story to anyone. i did tell it to him and a couple of my other friends know. but my friend, kevin, i think fred looks a lot like. so i think i've said before that people in the photo look very familiar to me and i think that's why. >> here in new york city after 9-11, there were thousands of images, photographs from family members who posted them all over the city looking for people who were never found. when a friend gave that you picture because she's moving to california and said, take care of this, do something with it, you looked at it for years and probably figured that all those people were dead. >> i really resisted trying to put a story to it, but it certainly crossed my mind. other possibilities that crossed my mind were someone visiting might have dropped it or it came from a neighboring office where the windows blew out. but no matter what the story was, i wanted to get it back because it's a beautiful photo with people who are laughing and enjoying themselves and there is love and happiness. it deserved to be returned no matter what the story was. >> so you looked at that picture for 13 years. over the last five years or so you've been going on social media. >> that's right. >> then on thursday night, you posted it to twitter. >> i did. >> about 11:30 at night, things blew up. fred, that's with you entered the story. >> that's right. on friday afternoon, i received a text message from a colleague of mine, i used to work with in the world trade center, jason, and he said, fred, you really got to check out this story. so i opened up the story, couldn't believe it. i saw it there. the picture. >> that's me! >> wow. and then i immediately contacted elizabeth. i sent her a tweet and went on linkedin and typed her my phone number. >> the last time you saw that picture was when? >> it was one of many that i had tacked up in my office in the world trade center. i had forgotten about a lot of things there and -- it had been 2001. >> you probably thought it burned up like everything else. >> yep. it was prosecute a great wedding in march of 2001, six months earlier in aspen with my friends from college. yeah, i thought it was gone. predigital, so when it's gone, it's gone. >> the couple that just got married, where are they? >> they're living in california, happily married. >> that's great. >> they're doing great. >> all the people in that picture are alive. >> i know. it's amazing. you couldn't have made up a better ending. >> it seems like it's a movie. >> yes. >> where you looked at it for 13 years and then you discover via a text that they're all alive. and in that book is -- >> the first edition, ernest hemmingway book, i give you this. >> the story isn't about the picture or me or 9-11, the story is about 9-12 because on 9-12 was the best of humanity. on 9-11 we had the worst of humanity. 9-12 was the best of humanity. and she's been living 9-12 for 13 years and her mystery was solved on 9-12 a few days ago. >> beautiful. >> it was really the efforts of the entire world who tweeted this photo out and shared it and got it back to fred. it's joint effort. and a really strong message about community. >> that's right. why not? >> on page 211. i moved it. it used to be on page 45 with another favorite quote. but i wrote you an inscription in the front of this book that explains why i moved it quote and here is the photo. >> wow. whoa. that's amazing. that's amazing. >> what are you going to do with it? >> we don't know. we've talked about it. i don't know. we need to find that out. we'll have to let you know. would you like to take a look at it? >> it is fantastic. what a history this thing has. >> how neat. >> we thought a lot about where it should live permanently and now there is so much more attached to it then there even was previously. so we're trying to make a plan for the life of the photo. >> this photo represents not only me and my friends and elizabeth, but all the thousands of people across the world who retweeted, including blake shelton which kind of helped out a little bit when he retweeted it. so that's really what is so great is that it was really a world effort. you were trend not guilty australia. >> it was crazy. it went viral! >> this photo represents hope and it represents everyone who was in 9-11, whether they had a great loss or just a small loss. i think this helps represent the hope and the healing for all of us that were affected in new york city, the nation and the world. that's what i think this photo represents now. >> fred, thank you very much for coming in from colorado and elizabeth, thank you for giving us hope. >> i wouldn't have given up. >> and you didn't. >> great. >> 2-11. >> thank you both. >> thank you very much. stay here for just a second. coming up, tourists and locals hunkering down as a massive hurricane makes landfall. where is it heading next? 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(crying). >> this video going viral in half a million views on youtube. i think the message is don't play with your children. >> discuss it first. >> discuss it first. >> discuss the beard shaving first with the kid. >> who is that stranger in my dad's body. >> she got scared. >> it is 25 minutes before the top of the hour. ainsley earhart joins us right now with the news. >> yes. let me tell you what's happening in the headlines now. a crazed man claiming to be a c.i.a. officer tries to hijack a british train. he got into the driver's cabin and started yelling that he was ordered to take over that train as part of his c.i.a. duties. he moved that train 50 yards down the track before it finally came to a grinding halt. luckily no one was on board. british police were called in to the notingham station, three hours north of london where he was questioned. that man in his mid 30s, been returned to his parents. for decades, researchers have said salt is one of the main causes of heart disease. but now a new study reveals a sweeter culprit might be to blame. sugar. it turns out higher sugar levels affect the key area of the brain that causes our blood pressure to rise. sugar could also cause our bodies to produce more insulin, a hormone that speeds up our heart rate. and two sisters in pennsylvania just made their family a little larger. richard and emily are both new moms and they gave birth 22 hours apart. >> it's still so surreal, the whole thing is surreal. i can't believe i'm a mom. i can't believe my little sister is a mom. it's crazy. it really is. >> the two sisters knew they had the same due date, but never thought that the births would happen so close together. bridget went into labor first and shortly after her sister joined her at the hospital. the two healthy boys, cousin, were born and the moms say they will be fast friends. those are your headlines. >> thank you very much. we've got extreme weather right now. new video of hurricane odile near the popular tourist spot of cabo san lieu a dropped 18 inches of rain. maria molina joins us with the rain. >> we're still tracking this storm system. still a category 3 hurricane and impacting the southern baha peninsula out there. you can see maximum sustained winds now at 115 miles an hour and besides flash flooding, mud slides are a concern and storm surge, very dangerous with this hurricane. over the next several days, we do expect it to continue to weaken, so that is welcome news. the issue is still going to be very heavy rain that will impact that entire region and eventually by wednesday, thursday, we could be seeing some of that moisture moving into parts of the southwestern united states. remember last week across southern california and parts of arizona, we picked up significant flash flooding. so that will be something to watch out for come later this week. otherwise high temperatures staying below average across the northern plains and also into the northeast. right now we're very chilly in the northeast. many areas waking up to temperatures in the 40s and 50s. getting like fall. the high in new york city forecast to be 72. much better across parts of the gulf coast. you're looking at temperatures there in the 80s and 90s. let's head back inside. >> thank you ver much. well, it was a horrific accident, to say the least. hall of famer golfer greg norman rushed to the hospital after sawing through his hand with a chain saw. but luckily for everyone, he has not lost his sense of humor. he joins us on the phone now to share his story of accident and now recovery. good morning, mr. norman. >> good morning, everybody. how are you? >> we're doing okay. we understand over the weekend you were there at your property in jupiter island, florida. you were cutting down tom seed grapes with your chain saw. what happened? >> well, what happened was basically i had a premonition as i was getting my chain saw ready, my oil and my fuel and i was putt in my golf cart and i said something bad is going to happen of the i plowed through and i said let's go down there and take our time. i had four branches left and there was one branch about chest high and i went to cut it and it was falling straight down. i went to grab it and as i was pulling the chain saw with my right hand and took my finger off the trigger, the weight of the branch was so heavy t went down on top of the blade. >> the branch pushed your arm onto the chain saw. >> right. as i looked down, i felt it just grind into my arm, and i went oh, this is not going to be good. i looked down and said, this is -- i get on the phone and call my wife and i said, you better get down here with a towel and a tourniquet as soon as you can. she said what's wrong? i said no problem. just get down here. then i called my son. i said get here and take me to the hospital. i called and said i'm going to be in the. r. in 15 minutes. by the time my wife got there, i wouldn't let her see it, i covered it up the best as i could. and she wrapped the towel around it and i said as tight as you can tie a tourniquet, you pull as hard as you possibly can. >> how close did you get to -- once she was able to turn that tourniquet tight enough and you get to the hospital, what did the doctor tell you? how close did you get to losing your hand? >> he said, first of all, i was extremely lucky 'cause the chain saw was falling down and not at high speed. number two, i missed my tendon in my main artery by micro millimeters. very, very lucky with that. i was moving my fingers okay. making sure everything is all right. he said we got to get knew the o.r. and that was it. an hour later i came out and you know what? what's the old saying? stuff happens? >> sure. everyone felt thankful to see with you a thumbs up with your new accessory that you posted showing your humor was not injured at all. but what's the prognosis moving forward? what's your recovery going to be like? >> we'll see when we get the bandages off and stuff. i can move my fingers. i'm starting to exercise pretty soon. so i can grip my fingers like a golf grip. >> will you be able to play golf? >> i know one thing, steve, i'll be able to play tennis and whip your butt 'cause i'm right-handed. >> that's good. >> i have just a little advice for you for next time, mr. norman. hire somebody in the business to do that. >> will you do it again? >> i heard you were my neighbor and i figure you and i will have a chain saw party. >> man oh, man. actually i know a guy who can come and cut the stuff down. >> there you go. >> and greg, at some point we like to see, if people want to support greg norman, go out and buy your wine and clothes, right? >> yes indeed. thank you very much. like that promotion. >> after your weekend, you could probably use a little of both. >> thumbs up right back. >> and you are at home now, right? >> no. i asked the doctor if i could come to colorado so i could get away from the grapes. that's where i am now. >> greg norman, expected to have a full recovery joining us right now from his lodge in colorado. thank you very much. >> thanks, guys. >> that's good news. >> that is. coming up on this monday, the feds asking for more time to get the swift justice they promised for the benghazi attacks. what has been done in the last two years? congressman mike pompeo of kansas is on the select committee of cans conditions and will join us next. and sometimes love hurts. that's especially true for these college football fans caught in an epic kiss fail. ♪ ♪ when la quinta.com sends sales rep steve hatfield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. you know what he brings? any questions? can i get an a, steve? yes! three a's! he brings his a-game! the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! your statement. fabulous. captivating. glamorous. fun-loving. wild. mysterious. one-of-a-kind. because you have stories to tell. chico's jackets. what's your cover story? at chico's and chicos.com. time after time, president obama promised the terrorists murdered four americans in benghazi would be brought to justice. now that the one suspect has been caught and captured and brought here, u.s. attorney's office is asking for more time to prosecute him. what does this mean for the case against khattala and what does it mean for the investigation? joining us now is kansas congressman mike pompeo, a member of the house benghazi select committee which holds its first hearing on wednesday. congressman, were you surprised to hear this because we got khattala, gave him a slow cruise to america and then we're trying him in new york. >> terrible decision to bring him back to the united states. this is an example of this president treating these terrorists, these folks who have murdered four americans as ordinary criminals. and you get the result we're starting to see, which is this man had been part of al-qaeda for 20 years. we know almost nothing about who he is associated with, and that's all because this president chose to bring him back, read him his miranda rights instead of taking him to guantanamo bay. >> bill clinton used to do rendition into other nation to give questions. it started with bill clinton. >> it's been so politicized. this president campaigned on closing guantanamo bay and ending interrogations and all the very things that have kept us safe since 9-11 are the very things this president has unwound as a policy matter. >> this guy is a fountain of information, but we have no way of questioning him because he's lawyered up and that's it. they said the problem with prosecuting him is we don't want to give away means and practices of what we used to capture him, so we can't give them information to really go after him full bore or else we'll compromise future investigations. >> this problem of taking terrorist cases and bringing them to the federal court always brings this problem with respect to classified information. >> let's talk about your select committee. how is it going? are you getting started wednesday? you said you're probably going to look through taking this committee right through the end of winter. any democrat showing an interest? >> we'll watch how they behave in the public hearing. we've done a lot of work already. this is our first public hearing on wednesday, but we've had other hearings. i hope that democrat also do what we're doing, which is chase every fact to its logical conclusion, present them to the american people in a complete package so that all the witnesses, all the documents are available for the american people to understand how four americans were killed, now just over two years ago. >> how many witnesses are on your witness list right now? >> a bunch. we've got a long way to go. there's a lot of documents that we need to get from all the agencies within the administration. we're working hard to get them. we hope we got lots of cooperation so the american people can get these answer. >> he's a house member and on the benghazi select committee, thanks so much for coming in. >> thank you. coming up straight ahead, first it was sweet. now coming to a school near crew, meatless moons. up next, why one official claims these menus are brainwashing your children. first on this date in history in 1973, "delta dawn" by helen reddy was the number one song in america. and gavin haddon still loves it. plays it every day. ♪ did i hear you say he was meeting you here today ♪ ♪ to take you to his mansion in the sky ♪ ♪ when your kids head off to school, do you ever wonder what they're really going to eat for lunch? all those choices? more and more schools are changing their menus to make mondays meatless, like it or not. >> todd staples is a texas commissioner of agriculture and he makes sure the school menus meets federal standards and he thinks it's brainwashing our kids. thanks for being here. when you look at the menu, it seems kind of tasty by nature, vegetarian chili, cornbread, grilled cheese sandwich, nachos, potatoes with fixings, chilled pears, fresh fought, vegetable dippers. so what's so bad about that, critics would say? >> our schools are doing a really fantastic job of meating the nutritional needs and educational needs of our kids. what we have here is a meatless monday campaign that's really an agenda driven campaign. people behind this don't want to you eat meat not just one day a week, but seven days a week. and obesity and unhealthy life styles are caused because of inactivity and because of not having a balanced diet. it's sending the wrong message to our kids. look, this is not about meat. it's about hunger and we need to educate our kids the right way and not have agenda driven campaigns. >> you say that meatless mondays are brainwashing? >> clearly it is because we know that a balanced diet is what children need. and the people that are really pushing this are saying that having meatless monday options is somehow a healthier option menu and that it's better for the environment. this all stems from anti-animal agriculturalists who are trying to blame animals for some of our environmental problems. if they really were concerned about this, they'd be promoting a walk to school wednesday. >> interesting point there. is there not choice here for parents? why should our children be subjected to such propaganda? >> well, that's the clear emphasis here. we want kids to be able to choose. if they want to give kids a vegetarian option, then they should do that. but they shouldn't castigate one food category and promote it as being healthier. we have an obesity crisis in our nation right now. our nation is just captivated by the whole obamacare and national health care movement. we can use an opportunity to educate our kids with the right information and not use our schools as a venue to promote something that's really not sound science, is not fact based. >> give them a choice. sounds like sound advice. todd staples is the texas commissioner of agriculture. he joins us today from dallas. thank you very much. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> for a lot of kids, that hot lunch is the best meal of the day for them. >> it sure is. it helps them with grades and they get a good lunch. little choice in there wouldn't be so bad. >> what do you think about it? do you think it's good idea, bad idea? e-mail us. coming up, the obama administration says no boots on the ground in iraq. but a growing chorus of experts say we need some boots on the ground. will the white house listen? bret baier top of the hour. we're finding out with a special focus group next hour. ♪ ♪ take and... exhale.in... aflac! and a gentle wavelike motion... aahhh- ahhhhhh. liberate your spine, ahhh-ahhhhhh aflac! and reach, toes blossoming... not that great at yoga. yeah, but when i slipped a disk he paid my claim in just four days. ahh! four days? yep. find out how fast aflac can pay you, at aflac.com. feet...tiptoeing. better things than the 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washington with what it all means next. also today everybody is talking about football. but for all the wrong reasons. >> he might have went over the line. >> from child abuse charges to domestic violence, more scandals plaguing the nfl. more straight ahead right here on fnc. miss america makes history. >> your new miss america is -- it's a threepeat -- miss new york! >> wow. her unique performance everyone is talking about this morning. she's doing it there. mornings are better with friends. ask anybody. >> hi, it's suzanne somers and you're watching "fox & friends." i watch them every morning of my life! >> she really does. she's watching right now in california. >> yeah. in malibu. >> she and alan, her husband, are up early. good morning. >> good morning. we send you a big hug. and you know who else is with us? >> good morning, bret baier. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> doing well. >> i saw you were in a race event over the weekend with your family. >> it was good. 5k for children's national. went well. survived. >> indeed. let's talk about the news of the day. there is another isis beheading. this fellow, david haynes, 44 years old. he was a british aid worker much like when jim foley was beheaded and mr. sotloff after that, that british accented guy was the executioner effectively. the reaction in washington? i know that 10 downing street was immediate. cameron says isis are not muslims, they are monsters. >> yeah. the prime minister of great britain, david cameron, had convened an emergency meeting, said what are we going to do about this? they have not, however, signed on for air strikes against isis yet. and it's interesting to watch. part of that may be this vote for scotland and independence on thursday that has to do with they're worried about sending signals about signing on to a war and that affects somehow the nationalists in scotland. so there is a bit of internal politics perhaps about the public relations there. but he's definitely speaking out against isis. >> i hope that's the reason because he gives these very clear and concise remarks a couple weeks ago. he sounds like he's focused and then says, don't count on me for anything militarily. so it's just mixed messages. maybe it changed after the beheading of this citizen and another british citizen has been teased at the end of that could be next. i want to get your take on the differences between john kerry thursday and john kerry over the weekend when asked about this operation and the word war. >> i think it's the wrong terminology. what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. >> we're at war with al-qaeda and its affiliates. we're at war with isil in that sense. i think it's a waste of time to focus on that. >> he changed the wording, the messaging, the name, but someone else changed it for him. he didn't have an opportunity to correct it himself. he was playing damage control overt weekend. what's your take? >> secretary kerry said it, national security advisor susan rice was reluctant to use the word war and said expanded counterterrorism operation. i think they saw some pushback from those terms. media covered that and said what's the deal, the terms being used? then the next day, the white house and pentagon and state department came this unified answer that if we're at war with al-qaeda, we're at war with isis. bottom line is what the words are matters to people who are going to be doing this and war with isis seems like it makes sense. >> a lot of the war terminology seems to depend on how many boots will or not be on the ground in terms of that definition lead to go mass confusion with the american people and confidence tanking when it comes to the white house and how they're going to handle this. the chief of staff handled this question. he said we've been pretty clear, so he thinks, about the boots. >> is there a single country in this coalition so far that has pledged combat troops on the ground in syria? >> you will hear from secretary kerry on this over the coming days and what he has said is that others have suggested that they're willing to do that, but we're not looking for that right now. we're looking for -- >> wait a minute, why snot? >> we're trying to put together the specifics of what we expect from each of the members. >> you know what that looks like? it looks like maybe they're going out there and they're saying, will you sign up with us? so far nobody signed up because otherwise you would have thought that would have been a golden opportunity, bret baier, for him to say, yep, we've got a number of countries and either list them or give a number, but nothing. >> yeah. and they're touting arab countries signing on. but again, how many are signing on for actual action on the ground? it's not going to be a lot. they're saying the free syrian army will be the boots on the ground. the peshmerga will be the boots on the ground. that will require some organization. there will have to be some command and control over all of these folks. if you think that there won't be u.s. boots on the ground, i think we're mistaken. >> there already are. >> there are, but there will be more and there will be -- there are probably significant numbers in syria already that we don't know about. listen, it's going to have to take some command and control and it's not going to be the free syrian army that's doing it. >> yeah. the doctors and pharmacists and dentists that the president disparaged in august, now counting on in september, though he was clear over the weekend that the experts agree, you can't win a war from above. listen. >> it's going to take an army to beat an army and this idea will never have any boots on the ground to defeat them in syria is fantasy. >> we can not do this without having some forces on the ground that can help our air campaign. you have to have it. >> the only way we can think about destroying isis in this particular strategy is that the forces on the ground will have to do the destroying. >> in terms of intelligence surveillance reconnaissance, logistic, advice, command and control assistance, tactical air control parties, look, i'm betting we're up close to 5,000 by the end of the year. >> the air stuff we've been doing so far have been pin pricks. we need a large air campaign against these guys and we need to get a ground force in there as quickly as possible! >> pretty clear. >> yeah. there are a lot of people, publicly privately, who say you have to have some kind of coordination on the ground. what the definition of combat boots on the ground for this administration is, i think we're talking about the rhetoric here, the semantics. but it will happen if it's going to be significant. >> bret, by your hoe show -- show tonight, we'll find out what the paris meetings have decided. french said let's include iran and we said i don't think so. so right away all the allies are not on the same page. we'll see you tonight on "special report". >> ainsley earhart joins us with headlines that you need to hear. >> only on air. let me tell you about an extreme weather alert. brand-new video from mexico's pacific coast where a monster hurricane is wreaking havoc. overnight hurricane odile making landfall near the popular tourist spot cabo san lucas. dropping up to 18 inches of rain. winds near 125 miles an hour, blowing out the walls and the windows of this hotel. thousands of americans are now stranded in shelters. look at that. maria molina will have more on that storm later in the hour. what happened off the field dominated another football sunday, ray rice planning to appeal his suspension today. he's expectedo explain that he told his team and the nfl the truth about what happened that night in the elevator long before that video of him hitting his then fiance ever surfaced. the appeal coming as the nfl also deals with the arrest of minnesota vikings runningback adrian peterson. he faces charges of child abuse for hitting his son with a switch or branch. vikings fans are split on those charges. >> a lot of people discipline their kids, but he may have went over the line. >> i grew up in the south and you know, we will punish like that. >> this guy was trying to teach his kid the right thing, but he needs to be punished a little bit for it. >> peterson says he was simply disciplining his child the way his own parents did. hillary clinton making a big return to iowa. the first time since her 2008 presidential campaign. >> i'm back! >> with former president clinton in tow, hillary attended tom harkin's annual steak fry and while no official announce ams were made regarding 2016, her intentions seemed pretty clear. >> there is that other thing. it is true, i am thinking about it. but for today that, is not why i'm here. i'm here for the steak. it's really great to be back. let's not let another seven years go by. >> the last time hillary was there in iowa she finished third in the presidential caucus. history is made at the miss america pageant. >> your new miss america is -- it's a threepeat -- miss new york! >> it's a threepeat. for the third year in a row, miss new york taking home the crown. 23-year-old kira beat out the first runner up, miss virginia. the new miss america lives here in manhattan. she wants to go to law school and has everyone talking this morning about her unique talent. ♪ bring me down can't nothing ♪ bring me down my level's too high ♪ ♪ bring me down can't nothing ♪ bring me down ♪ 'cause i'm happy ♪ . >> during the competition, she sang "happy" while tapping that red plastic cup on the stage. her performance she says inspired by a scene from the movie "pitch perfect." if you saw that, you know what she's talking about. >> there she is. miss red solo cup. >> did you see it? >> the movie, yeah. >> i saw that movie, but i don't remember that scene. do you remember it? >> i get what they're talking about. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> i don't. but i'll trust them. thank you very much. go put on your flats. >> thank you. straight ahead on this monday, the united kingdom talks tough on fighting isis while our government scrambles. but will anyone actually step up and do something or will the world just wait for more carnage? we'll talk to a former aide to margaret thatcher coming up live. >> and sometimes love hurts. that's especially true for these football fans. they were so in love, they fell for each other and caused some head injuries for the people below. >> just watch the game next time. pay attention. ♪ ♪ we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. british prime minister david cameron talking tough on terror yesterday after a video was released by isis showing the beheading of a british aid worker named david haynes. does that mean the united kingdom will be teaming up with the united states to take out isis? let's talk to the director of margaret thatcher's foundation, nile gardner. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> from the very beginning, david cameron has been very clear. in fact, when our president has sent out some micked messages, david cameron was resolute that they were going to go ahead and fight isis and take him out. so why haven't the united kingdom signed on yet? >> that's a very good question. my sense is that britain is certainly going to join military action against isis and already the raf, the british air force, preparing a number of tornado jets for possible participation air strikes. reports in london indicate that british special forces are already on the ground in iraq hunting for the killers of the british aid worker who was murdered over the weekend. so i think britain is preparing for military action, although the prime minister is at a very difficult situation with the scottish referendum taking place on thursday. so downing street has delayed any clear decision to join a military action 'til after the scottish referendum and a key reason for that is the scottish voters tend to be left wing. they tend to be anti-interventionist. therefore, i think that the british government is wary or afraid of upsetting scotland ahead of the referendum vote because if cameron loses that vote, he may lose his own job as well. >> it's curious because it looks like domestic politics are playing into what our president and prime minister are doing. the president has pretty much telegraphed he's not going to do anything about immigration reform until after the election here. now you're telling us that david cameron, who is our best ally, probably won't step up to the plate until friday after things blow over in scotland. >> yeah. i think unfortunately that is the situation, although behind the scenes, there is no doubt about it. the british government is preparing for military action. the public mood in britain is extremely angry. there are a growing calls for these jihaddists to be absolutely destroyed following this latest atrocity. and britain will play a very important role in any military action. if britain doesn't join the coalition to take on isis, then i think that many other countries are not going to follow. so britain plays an extremely important role and it's vital that the united states and great britain stand together shoulder to shoulder in fighting against isis and defeating this monstrously evil terrorist organization. >> so you detailed earlier that it sounds like great britain is readying some jets for the air strikes and they do have some special forces on the ground in syria, but as for an expanded boots on the ground, our president has been very clear, no. would that be the same for great britain as well? united kingdom? >> i think it's unlikely you're going to see british troops in large numbers going into iraq or indeed syria. and i think you are going to see certainly british participation air strikes and british special forces being used on the ground and britain play has key role in building any coalition. but i think david cameron will be very hesitant to commit british ground troops in operations inside iraq or syria. after all, he lost a vote in the house of commons on the issue of british military intervention in syria a year ago. it's difficult situation for the prime minister. >> we'll see what happens and let's see what happens after the scottish referendum. we thank you very much for joining us from washington. >> my pleasure, thank you. 250 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, one woman tried every year to find the rightful owner of this beautiful wedding photograph. it was found on the streets of new york city after 9-11. this year the mystery was solved. the reunion with the photo's owner that you're only going to see here. do you know your kids know what to pack in a hurricane disaster kit? what janis dean the weather machine is doing to get our kids prepared. freddy the frog caster is back. good morning, kids! ♪ ♪ powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. dulcolax, for relief you can count on. quick sports headlines. in the late game, chicago bears mounting an epic comeback against the 49ers. 21 unanswered questions in the fourth quarter. bears win 28-20. they're 1-1 on the year. seattle seahawks aren't unbeatable. wilting in the san diego sun, rivers looked great. three touchdowns for him. chargers win 30-21. the cries for roger goodell to resign taking to the skies. a woman's advocacy group launched a banner reading goodell must go above three nfl games. this kissing couple falling onto the fans during louisiana state football game. please pay attention to the game. not every timeout has to be utilized: now to the couch. >> thank you. we're about to have some fun. she's janis dean, our weather machine. now she's also a writing machine. gainliest released her second children's book "freddy the frogcaster and the big blizzard." it's on sale today. we're thankful for that. janis is here to share freddy's story with mini meteorologists in the making. gosh to you. are you excited for freddy the frogcaster? >> yeah, we are. >> i mean, the blizzard edition is here. the big blizzard. >> yeah. that is so cool. >> right. and you know what? as exciting is that this book, our kids got an early copy, too. they love that freddy is their friend in storms and can get them prepared. i know that was your goal. >> absolutely. i wanted to make it a fun book. it has a fun story line. but at the back of the book it kind of teaches you lessons on meteorology, how a storm happens, and how you can prepare for a storm before the storm comes. so freddy, his big purpose is to make an emergency kit. did you guys read about that? you know what you put in an emergency kit? n yeah. >> who would know? >> like you put in flashlights and you put in blankets in case you need to keep warm. >> what's your name? >> thompson. >> hi, thompson. >> he's my greatest salesman, by the way. >> you would put in extra batteries. >> that's a good idea. you read this book. >> yes, i did. and you would put in all your valuable stuff, and you would pack a generator. you have a general -- we have a generator. and you would also pack a pillow and some stuffed animals. >> yes. a piece of your home in case you have -- >> some books. >> what did you guys think of the illustrations? >> really good. they're really cool. >> they were cool, right? >> they were awesome. >> i have to say, shout out to russ cox. i wrote it, but he really brought freddy to life and did he the first book as well. and so it's a fun story for kids and teachers are also using this in mayor classrooms to start the conversation about meteorology and how to prepare for an extreme weather event. i think that's really important, too. there's a whole glossary in the back, terms. >> i love that 'cause you take these terms -- they can otherwise see scary. how many of you have been in a snow storm? >> we had a lot of snow storms last year. >> yeah, before sandy hurricane, we walked out, took a walk and the coolest thing about the walk was when we fell -- we thought the wind and it blew on our jackets and my favorite part in the book if go to the end of the book, if you go to the end, the last page of the story, like the snow day. >> they all have a snow day. a lot of kids had snow days because we had so many winter storms last year. >> raise your hand if you feel better having a friend like freddy help you through the storm. you know what to do, how to prepare and tell your parents? >> if you go to -- >> you know what else? i talk about the green screen as well. kids love green screens. did you like the fact that because freddy is green, you can't see him, except for his eyeballs and his mouth? so i talk about the green screen 'cause kids get a kick out of that. >> that's always a fun thing. freddy is a fun friend in the storm. janis dean, thank you for the help with the kids and teachers and parents alike. we want to thank you all for talking about it and sharing it. >> did you see the green screen? >> yeah. freddy the frog caster is really good. you should buy that one and this one. >> you can do that today. >> can you hold up the book for everybody to see, guys? >> this is your buddy in the storm. freddy the frog caster and the big blizzard coming your way. and coming up, new e-mail bombshell. and everyone is talking about football. but for all the wrong reasons with three scandals unfolding, your e-mails are pouring in. we're going to storm on with freddy here on the curvy couch. ♪ ♪ you can eat that on weight watchers? looks amazing. looks like my next dinner party. that's only 4 points? with weight watchers you can enjoy the food you really want. dine out on favorites... or cook up something new. i can do this every day. join for free and 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runningback adrian peterson has been indicted by a texas grand jury on child abuse. apparently he used what he refers to as a switch on his son. he spanked him. he says that's the way that i was raised. >> he texted back to the mother of his child and those are the photos from it. >> of what he called spanking, but many say no, that's not spanking. >> spanking does not leave a mark. >> she went to the doctor and the doctor went back to child services and texted it, that was back in may. that finally came to fruition legally last week. >> yeah. >> debate was sparked immediately after seeing those photos and comments made. charles barkley had this to say about adrian peterson. >> i'm from the south. whipping, we do that all the time. every black parent in the south is going to be in jail under those circumstances. i think we have to be careful letting people how they -- how they treat their children. >> doesn't matter where you're from. right is right and wrong is wrong. don't matter where you're from. >> i don't believe that because listen, we spank kids in the south. i think the question about adrian peterson go overboard? but listen, we all grow up in different environments. listen, every black parent in my neighborhood in the south would be in trouble or in jail under those circumstances. >> and all the pregame shows were about this. in fact, espn probably did the best job. ray lewis, mike ditka, as well as chris carter all weigh in on their reaction to this story and their reaction to their upbringing. chris carter is one of seven kids. he was hit as a child. he weighed in on what should happen and the incident in particular. >> it's the 21st century. my mom was wrong. she did the best she could burks she was wrong about some of that stuff she taught me! and i promised my kids, i won't teach that mess to them! you can't beat a kid to make them do what they ought to do! take them off the field! i don't care -- we're in a climate right now, i don't care what it is. take them off the dang old field because you know what, as a man, that's the only thing we really respect! we don't respect no women! we don't respect no kids! the only thing roger and them do, take them off the field 'cause they respect that! >> the prosecutor in the case, phil grant, says that the parents are entitled to discipline their children. however, the grand jury looked at the pictures and felt that he had just simply gone too far. >> rusty hardin is his attorney. here is what you're saying. dave says i don't have a problem with the spank, but using a switch on a four-year-old with wounds with prints five days later is a bit too much. >> nancy e-mailed us this, there is a difference between spanking and beating a child. one is done out of love and a controlled manner. the other is done out of uncontrolled anger. people who do not know the difference should do neither. >> keep the comments coming. you can e-mail them to us or twitter us or go to our facebook page for "fox & friends." we'll turn to ainsley who joins us. you got a lot going on to share with us. >> let me start with this, we're talking about isis this morning. terror seems to be a booming business apparently because isis is now earning $3 million a day. how? by selling smuggled oil at a discount. human trafficking and extortion through hostages. this as reports suggest isis fighters might have formed a new terror cell somewhere along the mexican border here in the u.s. earlier one texas sheriff warned enemies who come to the border. >> if they show their ugly head in our area, we'll send them to hell. and i think the united states needs to get busy. they need to bomb them. they need to take them out. >> the f.b.i. does not have a comment, but sheriff painter says local law enforcement is on high alert now. newly released bombshell e-mails catching the white house in the middle of a cover-up. the chain obtained by cause of action shows the department of labor and the white house trying to hide former labor secretary hilda sew liz's schedule. she had been battling an f.b.i. investigation at the time for illegally fundraising for president obama. when portions of her schedule were summoned, the white house thanked department for flagging that question. i should have asked can you send me who the requester was? the labor department replying, americans for limited government. yes, a conservative group. just days before an historic vote for scotland's independence from great britain, queen elizabeth speaking out about this issue for the first time. she's urging scotts to, quote, think very carefully about the future. the 88-year-old monarch was careful to remain neutral on this controversial issue. polling finds that vote too close to call ahead of thursday's big vote. and we shared this amazing story with you yesterday. a wedding photo found buried near the rubble of world trade center and for 13 years the woman has been looking for the owner of that photo. with the help of social media, that search came to an end on friday when fred sent elizabeth a message saying that's his picture. earlier on the show, the two finally met face-to-face for the first time. >> here is the photo. >> wow. whoa. that's amazing. this photo represents hope and it represents everyone who was in 9-11. on 9-12 was the best of humanity. and she has been living 9-12 for 13 years and her mystery was solved on 9-12 a few days ago. >> they say they will talk about what to do next with that photo. those are your headlines, back to you. >> term tell ago story of loyalty. every network was trying to get that show first. the stuff they were doing, we could probably tweet about it later -- to try to lure them in and trick them doing their shows before ours, they were loyalty to "fox & friends." >> sure were. >> extreme weather at this hour. the very popular tourist spot, cabo san lucas getting pounded by hurricane odile. making landfall overnight, dropping up to 18 inches of rain. that's a foot and a half. where is it headed next? maria molina joins us next. >> good morning. the national hurricane center has now found that odile has weakened from a category 3 hurricane to a category 2. still very powerful. maximum sustained winds at 110 miles per hour. it's still impacting the southern baha peninsula out there across parts of western mexico. you mentioned that we could expect up to 18 inches of rain along the higher elevations here and the storm is forecast to continue to weaken. something to watch out for later in the week around thursday or even on wednesday is that tropical moisture from this hurricane could eventually impact portions of the southwest. not really as hurricane, but as far as a heavy rain concern and flash flooding, last week we had to deal with flash flooding across portions of arizona and southern california. something to watch out for. otherwise temperature wise, looking at temperatures staying below average across northern plains and also into the 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we already know our enemies are listening. isn't revealing our strategy a big mistake? joining us now is the chairman of the house homeland security committee, texas congressman michael mccall. >> good morning. >> what's he talking about? >> i have no idea. i was on the sunday show yesterday and the idea that we're not going to have other arab nations send their combat troops to fight isis, particularly in syria, to me is irresponsible. i talked to the prince of jordan last week. he said i'm willing to put my troops into syria today if your government would ask us to do that. >> for so long we kept hearing it's their problem. it's a regional problem. now that people in the region want to step up, we're saying no thanks. and at the same time, saying no boots on the ground. meanwhile, isis' message is clear, we're coming to get you. we're going to drown you in your own blood. why is our messaging so mixed? >> that's right. no american conventional troops on the ground. the fact is we're going to train and vet them. but why wouldn't we let countries like egypt, jordan and uae who can provide air strikes? it's their fight. they're right next door. we can't bear the burden alone. i think that they should be put their ground troops in and the fact that john kerry yesterday, and i was right after him on face the nation -- the idea that he said he didn't want that, it makes you wonder where they are with this. >> i admit this, it's going to take a lot of coordination. it takes unbelievable coordination to get the egyptian, uae, iraq, free syrian army. how do you coordinate that? what you don't do is tell them to stay home. >> you want the moderate sunni arab to fight against the sunni extremists. that's what you want. >> that would help. >> so if these moderate countries that are sunni offer troops on the ground, why don't we accept that offer? >> anything that came out of france, say the paris meeting, one thing the french want asked iran in the talks. >> look, iran is a state sponsor of terror. i think if they want to hit eye circumstances fine. do we want to be coordinating with them and working with them? 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