>> great to see an american flag flying there in the wind, a cold morning in new york city as we wake up and get moving. you are watching "fox and friends" first on this thursday morning, we appreciate it. let's get to our top story. deal or no deal, the government shutdown and day away. lawmakers under mounting pressure to deliver deal on dreamers. garrett tenney is here with a last-ditch effort. >> both parties playing the blame game. democrats continue to refuse to vote for any spending bill that doesn't include a resolution for daca and accusing republicans of playing politics with dreamers. in reality, the democrats are playing politics over keeping our military funded. >> there is a fake deadline created by democrats holding them hostage. our troops are risking their lives for us, these guys are trying to come up with an issue that is not even a top 20 priority of the american people. >> we expect a vote on a proposed spending bill is most democrats are not expected to supported. there are questions whether republicans can build enough support to pass it. freedom caucus members are pushing for an immigration bill, even if the immigration bill passes it would be dead on arrival in the senate. leslie chief of staff john kelly said he is still optimistic, to reach before tomorrow's deadline. >> and they continue funding the military to take care of a healthcare issue. as i understand it, fairly confident. >> donald trump became -- negotiations have a way to go before any deal is reached on immigration. in an interview with reuters he slammed a bipartisan deal reached by moderate congressman saying it is the opposite of what i campaigns for. the president went on to say he was hopeful they could reach a deal but time is running out. >> garrett tenney, thank you. donald trump is heading to pittsburgh to tout the booming economy following his historic tax cuts but remember when democrats made these outrageous claims? >> this is armageddon. >> this is a reckless and dangerous deficit spending at its worst. >> the data reveals what the tax plan truly is coming a tax scam. >> in terms of the bonus america received versus the crumbs they are giving to workers to schmooze is so prophetic. heather: caroline shively in washington dc with what is really happening. >> donald trump heads to pennsylvania today to talk about how tax forms helping businesses, apple just announced it is hiring 20,000 new workers and paying $3 billion in taxes on profits overseas, taking advantage of a 1-year window in the tax reform law that lets companies repatriate money at a lower tax rate, and the stock bonus to most of its employees and says it will make $30 billion in capital expenditures over the next five years. there is more good news, yesterday the dow closed above 26,000 for the first time, the biggest us companies released stronger-than-expected quarterly result, some investors are nervous about a potential government shutdown of congress doesn't pass ningbo by friday. nasdaq record. president tweeted the main street back, the strongest bumps since the great recession, by billions of dollars. >> whether you voted for him or not i like him or not if he succeeds the nation succeeds. look at the economy, if he fails the nation fails. >> the president will be in pittsburgh but talking about the economy, also talking about republican congressional candidate. there is a special election in a seat vacated by republicans, it could be an indicator how the midterm elections will go, the white house is going all in. >> a lot of work to be done. you will not use this in the mainstream media donald trump's first year has been victorious congress passing his sweeping tax reform plan, a booming economy and it doesn't stop there. the host of renegade republicans is the president's first year in office is been a major success despite the constant negative coverage. >> getting a $1000 bonus in your paycheck will tend to do that. that is a lot of crumbs in case nancy pelosi is watching but the most amazing take away from this whole thing is not only donald trump's this year been controversial and conservative, it has all been done under an onslaught never seen in american history. a fake bogus special counsel investigation into a crime that never happens, unified obstructionist that parties that won't do a thing to help this guy. a lying media and swamp rat republicans like jeff flake out there attacking the president every opportunity -- and he still had a great first year, two big thumbs up for me. >> media research center finding 100 hours of evening coverage of donald trump in 2017, 90% of cable coverage was negative and present focus on controversies. a follow-up to this horrible story, parents accused of torturing and starving their 13 children are said to be in court today, this comes hours after we are learning the house of lords was never inspected which is required by law the brand-new clues shedding light into why had no idea david and lisa turpin were allegedly abusing their children for years. a hero has died from his wounds after being shot in the line of duty, 12-year-old veteran york county detective michael doty was one of four law enforcement officers ambushed while on a manhunt for domestic violence expect. three other sergeants, randy brown and kyle cummings are expected to be okay. ? all facing attempted murder charges and likely more, our prayers with his family. house investigators questioning the probe into the private email server. chief of staff and senior counselor to christopher ray will testify with the house oversight and judiciary committee. this comes after private text messages with top investigators reveal possible anti-trump bias in the clinton email probe. steve bannon will talk with special counsel robert mueller, the chief strategist to avoid testifying in front of a grand jury at least for now. deal comes just hours before he is set to return to capitol hill to face questions about the russia collusion investigation. former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski appearing in front of the same committee and refusing to answer certain questions. the silence triggering democrats who are now calling for more subpoenas. >> inconceivable you would come to an investigative hearing on these issues and prepared to answer questions about any event that took place during the campaign or thereafter that is relevant to the issues we are asking. >> chief of staff rick deereborn in the hotseat but cooperated and answered all questions. a former republican senator, bob dole officially receiving the congressional gold medal, the highest honor congress has. >> i'm extremely honored to accept this great honor. and i think you for presenting it to me. >> house speaker paul ryan presenting the prestigious award given the world war ii veteran, the 94-year-old standing beside donald trump and mike pence as the national anthem paid. he served the state of kansas 35 years before winning the presidential nomination. the time is 10 minutes until the top of the hour, killed in cold blood, border agent believed to be beaten to death at the hands of illegal immigrants. >> the fbi doesn't investigate accidents. the fact they retain jurisdiction in this matter shows that they believe this was an attack on federal law enforcement agents. >> it has been two months and we have no answers, griff jenkins looking for some and we join him live at the border. 48 hours until government runs out of money. what would a shutdown mean for the military? our next guest says democrats are playing politics with people's lives. don't miss a minute of fair and balanced news you love with the fox newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox, don't miss it, head to foxnews.com to sign up. pssst. what? i switched to geico and got more. more savings on car insurance? a-ha. and an award-winning mobile app. that is more. oh, there's more. mobile id cards, emergency roadside service... more technology. i can even add a new driver... ...right from her phone! geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >> donald trump willing to talk with north korean leader kim jung un to confront the growing nuclear threat, i'm not sure sitting down will resolve problems. they have taken advantage of the previous president, at next month's on the mix, play on a joint women's hockey team. comparing donald trump to syrian president bashar al-assad. making the horrific statements on the network. >> any check on his power, he would like to be like assad. that is his goal. he is an autocrat. >> the assad regime is accused of killing half 1 million of its own people including last year's horrific chemical attack. lawmakers playing the blame game over a government shutdown but donald trump says they are playing with fire because the ones who would be hurt the most are our troops. what would a shutdown mean for the military? retired marine corps reserve infantryman karen miller, thank you for joining us. they are talking about how this would impact the military in terms of inability to plan long-term. >> we want to get our troops the latest gear and weapons systems. when the government shuts down even though our men and women are still doing their duty, contracting stops, getting them the best gear stops, just this week, one of the biggest pay raises for the military went into effect in the january 15th paycheck, a 2.4 increase in the next paycheck february 1st, but because of the situation that paycheck is in jeopardy for stateside military, those in afghanistan and around the world, being deployed, their families are in a stressful situation and they have to worry if they are going to get paid. >> those in uniform, the civilian workforce would work, how long would that happen? >> 13 days and even if we had a shutdown that didn't last of february 1st, it doesn't come to a stop with a government shutdown, they open up again late in january and the paychecks are waiting for the troops. heather: military contracts would be pushed to a halt. >> that is correct. a lot of military families with one spouse in the military and another with military contractor. when you furlough military contractors even though they are civilians you are hurting family of a military member. take two paychecks in some cases. heather: the morale go down, reenlistment can take a hit. >> coming to the end of my hedge, look at what congress is doing, playing with my immediate future, some people will say this isn't worth, the sacrifice i'm making because leaders in washington can't get together to have a long-term budget for make sure i get paid. >> military families left with financial concerns. >> you can never shut down the government for something catastrophic, putting military pay for us military personnel in jeopardy and what is the hold up? some in congress, many democrats and the republicans want to make sure people who are here illegally are allowed to stay and i going to put military pay and the federal budget in jeopardy for noncitizens who are not in this country legally. >> does that make you angry? >> it upsets me. mi a priority? i'm on the front lines. people in the country illegally the primary, for many in washington the people in this country illegally are priority over men and women in the military. >> we will see if that bodes true, midnight friday. appreciate it, well said. senator jeff flake ripping donald trump comparing him to one of the most notorious dictators in history. >> a testament to the condition of our democracy of our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. >> his remarks are being called a blatant threat to our democracy. the moment a lot of people have been waiting for, donald trump breaking the internet with his fake news awards. carly shimkus is here with the winners or losers. good morning. ♪ running a small business is demanding. and that's why small business owners need more. like internet that's up to the challenge. the gig-speed network from comcast business gives you more. with speeds up to 20 times faster than the average. that means powering more devices, more video conferencing, and more downloads in seconds, not minutes. get fast internet and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more per month. comcast is building america's largest gig-speed network to give small businesses more. call 1-800-501-6000 today. >> welcome back, donald trump calling out the fake news media. >> it is all fake news, phony stuff it didn't happen, fake. fake news. >> he just broke the internet releasing fake news awards. correlation with serious and 115. >> donald trump set social media on fire with eagerly anticipated words, the fake news winners are. shortly after he tweet toed out a link to the award winners the website crashed because of the flood of people visiting the website. the awards featured 11 different stories. first, paul krugman of the new york times were saying the economy would never recover after donald trump's election. that is not true, stocks are surging thanks in part to the president's tax cut. he did receive an award for that blunder. cnn received four awards, the most out of every other news outlet. was given to cnn for falsely claiming the president and donald trump junior received act wikileaks documents before they were made public, they issued a correction on that report. do you remember the coif fish thing, cnn claiming donald trump overfed the coif fish when he visited the japanese president. the president was just following the japanese president's lead. and award given to cnn for that, brian ross of abc received an award for this infamous false report, take a listen. >> against donald trump and the family and others in the white house, testified that donald trump is a candidate, donald trump ordered him to make contact with the russians. >> that turned out not to be true. brian ross did apologize for that mistake. time magazine, the president has a love-hate relationship with time magazine, they received an award after a reporter said the president removed the bust of martin luther king jr. from the oval office, sarah huckabee sanders tweeted a picture of the best proving it is still there. the president also didn't forget a time washington post reporter said that no one showed up to a rally the president was holding in florida but that picture was taken before anybody entered the arena. last but not least the russia collusion story, there is no collusion. what was the reaction to these fake news awards? it does depend how you feel about the president's tweeting and the president calling out members of the media but a lot of people thought it was great, funny including cj who said fake news awards attract so much attention the site crashed in minutes, this man is the goal, greatest of all time, will on twitter says i think they were dead on fake news awards congratulations cnn on the number of awards, the president did end things on a high note saying despite some very corrupt and dishonest media coverage there are many great reporters i respect a lot of good news for the american people to be proud of. he did send out that. >> some of the sweets we got here, we did segment on the possibility of this coming up yesterday. one person called me a traitor to our country because we were going to do the segment, another says since i work at 4 am shift i also wax the floors and this was the best one. just because we mentioned it was coming up, kill your self, you go first, heather. people were fired up on both sides. >> twitter can be a dark place, pay no minds to any of that, people are fired up. thank you so much. it is 28 minutes after the top of the hour. killed in cold blood, border agent believed to be beaten to death at the hands of illegal immigrants between 2 months later still no arrest. give jenkins live at the border investigating this. we will come to you after the break. >> reporter: it has been two month since martinez was killed. we will take you from the el paso crossing 120 miles southeast where he lost his life coming up, stay tuned. and him to 2 months later his killer is still on the loose. the of witnesses and agent beaten within an inch of his life and doesn't remember what happened. grip jenkins went to the southern border to do some digging which he joins us from el paso, texas with the latest on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. two months ago today martinez lost his life. we are in el paso in one of the most dangerous border cities in mexico, 120 miles southeast of here we traveled with national board of control council president brandon jones to find some answers. >> he would have walked down here and come to this road right here. this is very fine dirt that leaves very distinct footprints. >> looking for something like this. does he find anything? >> he did find some footprints. he would have radioed in to his nearest backup and let them know as we now know the person responded with the agents. >> us so viewers are clear agent martinez was by himself. >> the problem with that being as dark as it was that night they would have the advantage on him because they know where he is but he doesn't know where they are. they would have come up to one of these tunnels and cross under. >> how often does that happen? >> we are seeing this once every two days. >> so when agent martinez comes up on a group in the tunnel, likely is aware it is a group of possible drug smugglers, people crossing the border. you believe agent martinez, across the highway here. tell me what happened. >> he is going to look for any dirt area where he can pick up the footprints. imagine you have got your flashlights, you are concentrating on finding footprints on the ground, you are very vulnerable to anything around you where somebody could be hiding. >> based on the injuries he sustained we believe is he was looking for these footprints this group of drug smugglers attacked and ambushed him and he succumbed to his injuries which were horrific injuries and was literally beaten to death. >> a local sheriff, a truck might have done that. >> hit one of the agents, the agents would have flown all over the place, injuries -- with what we currently have. from the top of this culvert to hear is only eight feet, that is not a large fall for the injuries he sustained. the other thing we have to remember, the fbi has been investigating for two months. the fact that they continue to retain jurisdiction in this matter shows they believe this was an attack on federal law enforcement agents. >> the fbi says the reward poster, $50,000 for information, result of the resolution of this case. i communicated with another officer who wanted to speak about how difficult it is, he can't remember things but feeling the pressure of the investigation. we actually lined up confirmed interviews with officer martinez's fiancé, mother and father, all of them got cold feet and backed out because they are awaiting more information. a lot of people wanting more answers but you saw what they believed happened in a very open and dangerous port. >> that investigation is locked down. $500,000 will hopefully get some answers. thank you, grip jenkins. senator jeff flake under fire for a blistering speech attacking our commander-in-chief yet again. the outgoing arizona lawmaker comparing donald trump's attacks on the media to the rhetoric of the soviet dictator joseph stalin. >> a testament to the condition of our democracy our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn't suit him fake news it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press. >> republican national committee chairwoman mcdaniels firing back saying comparing the leader of the free world to murderous dictators is absurd, he has gone too far. what do you think? the federalist john daniel davis as jeff flake not only crossed a line but his comments along with the mainstream media are a serious threat to our democracy. >> one thing jeff flake gets wrong and the mainstream media gets wrong is the number one threat if there is a main threat to our democracy when it comes to the media it is the media has thrown away its credibility with the american people. gallup poll showed more americans have a negative view of the media than positive. that is not good for democracy. we need a robust, credible media to hold power accountable and in form the citizenry. we don't have that right now because the media does not see itself as guardians of free speech, guardians of common americans holding power accountable, they see themselves as protectors of the status quo. >> the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and helping our heroes, donald trump making america great again for nation's veterans, our next guest here to break down his accomplishments and why congress needs to step up and follow suit. plus escaping an inferno as a desperate family hurls their child out of a third story window as their apartment goes up in flames, meet the hero firefighter who caught that child straight ahead. ♪ >> a terrified family having to toss their children to firefighters three stories down as their apartment building goes up in flames. [screaming] heather: the video is unbelievable, development helmet can be revealing the moment catherine catches one of those children and you can see him rushing her to safety. that he rejoins is now this morning. good morning, captain, we appreciate you joining us. great job by you and your entire team out there. tell us what you first saw when you got to the scene >> as you can tell when we initially arrived we had a period of reported entrapments and as soon as we got there, rescuing the family, replacing another one, the intensity, i was doing this for over 20 years and even now listening to that video, the screams of the family, the desperation, what the father must have felt is unbearable. heather: explain the situation as a child is being thrown to you below. the child's father had to make the decision and do that. >> i looked up and looked at the base of that father and that child -- they are burning. you could hear it in the screams. >> you are a third-generation firefighter and i want to say thank you to you, your entire team because you do such a great job putting your lives on the line every day. what would you say to people in terms of the respect or lack of respect firefighters get? >> we don't receive a whole lot of negative attention. i'm fortunate in the community i served, people are appreciative of us. would like to add on this video i would be remiss not to mention all the other heroic acts you do not see on the film. just remember the brave actions of all the firefighters. i'm very proud to be working with that group of men and women. >> it takes a special kind of person to run into danger when everyone else is trying to run out. thank you for joining us, great job, thanks. the time is 15 minutes till the top of the art of helping our heroes, the commander-in-chief taking care of our veterans in so many ways during his first year in office was our next guest is it is time for congress to follow his footsteps and weeks before his return to the 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bull jumped over the moon, the tao closing for the first time in its 121 year history above 26. tracy is here with record-breaking numbers. >> the tao is on fire. you remember it was 13 days ago eight trading sessions ago we reached 25,000 so this is remarkable. we end the day yesterday up more than 300 points to close at 26,115. really outstanding numbers and this -- we attribute a lot of this to optimism on the tax reform and strong corporate earnings seen by tax reform and strong economies so as we look at the tao up about 5% for the year in 2018. heather: let's talk about mcdonald's and sustainable packaging, mcdonald's set a goal, 100% sustainable packaging by 2025. >> mcdonald's wants to go green. when we talk about sustainable packaging this is renewable, recyclable or certified sources. they want to reach this goal by 2025 and have recycling. 100% of its restaurants. they have 10% recycling in its restaurants and 50% of its packaging from renewable resources so they have a long way to go. hopefully they can do this but they say this is demand from customers who want to see them take action and temperament these greener practices. heather: helping our heroes donald trump promising to do whatever it takes to give our nation's veterans the care and respect they deserve. to discuss the impact of the trump administration on the lives of american veterans, marine corps veteran and executive director of concerned veterans of america, dan caldwell, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on again, i appreciate it. >> let's begin with the va and increasing accountability at the va not the least of which, one of many things donald trump has accomplished. >> this is a big accomplishment for the trump administration. back in june the president signed into law the va accountability protection act and what this bill did is made it substantially easier to fire bad employees and those found guilty of misconduct. previously it could take up to 700 days if not longer to fire va employees who were found guilty of misconduct including engaging in actions that led to the deaths of veterans. now you can get them off the payroll in as little as 21 days and that is a huge improvement, firings of bad employees have gone up since this law was signed and it could serve as a model for civil service performed across the whole government so that makes this law a bigger accomplishment in our minds. >> this is just the beginning, much more does need to be done. something else, the g.i. bill, he strengthened the g.i. bill as well. >> signed into law the forever g.i. bill which was reforms crafted by a group called veterans for america, a great group and this bill strengthens the g.i. bill and ensures veterans in future generations have access to these benefits, closing loopholes and most importantly did it in a fiscally responsible manner, found ways to do it which is unusual concept in washington dc, usually they just add to the deficit but a lot of groups came to the table, put together a good package and donald trump signed it into law last summer. jillian: i want to mention the order, helping veterans get mental health care, very significant, we have done a lot of segments on it, 20 veterans a day died from suicide. >> yes and that is very unfortunate and many of those veterans don't coming to contact with the va or other forms of mental health care in the community and this law ensures veterans a year after they leave the service have access to some type of mental health care. they still need to flesh out details that we think it is important that the va and other government agencies engage community nonprofit providers because the va alone can't do this, they need to work with partners in the private sector and nonprofit sector. >> thank you so much for joining us and thank you for your service. >> thank you for continuing to cover this and keep an eye on these issues. heather: hopefully more good things in the next year. it is 6 minutes until the top of the hour. get out of jail free card, democrats ready to let marijuana offenders off the hook. ♪ >> a get out of jail free card for marijuana offenders as this man becomes governor of wisconsin. matt flynn saying he would pardon low-level convictions applied to people who were not involved in violence or dealing but he admits he doesn't know how many that would be. scott walker has refused to legalize marijuana in his state. walmart fighting back against the opioid epidemic, giving out free packets that safely dispose of unused prescription drugs. customers into the contents into a pill bottle and add warm water which turns the drugs into a harmless gel and the packets are coming to 4700 walmart pharmacies nationwide. kim jung un's friend dennis rodman checking himself into rehab following a dui arrest in california, his agents saying hall of fame is battling alcoholism at a rehabilitation center in new jersey, spent three weeks at the same rehab facility in 2014 after visiting the dictator's friend in north korea, he needs to decompress from that trip. just weeks from his super bowl lii halftime performance justin timberlake is opening up about the infamous 2004 wardrobe malfunction we saw with janet jackson. >> it is something you look back on and you can't change what happened but you can move forward and learn from it. >> you took time to do that, you were able to make peace. >> absolutely. >> timberlake is not publicly apologize to jackson for that incident insuperable xxxviii. that wraps it up for this hour of "fox and friends" first but it continues right now, see you tomorrow, goodbye. it is thursday, january 18th, fox news exclusive. two months after a border agent is murdered in cold blood still no answers. how are these illegals able to cross the border and carry out these crimes, live in texas as the immigration debate rages on in washington with 48 hours until the government runs out of money. >> donald trump on the trail touting taxes, something for the republican