Good morning. Its saturday, june 4th, 2016. Im sandra smith. This is a fox news alert. The greatest of all time is dead. Everybody stop talking now. Attention. I told you, all of my critics. I told you all that i was the greatest of all time. Boxing legend muhammed ali passing overnight. We will have the latest on his passing. The incredible reaction to that news. We will take a look back at the life and legacy of the champ. Fox friends starts right now. Good morning. As we just told you, muhammed ali, the greatest evey weight champion in boxing passed away at the age of 74. He struggled with parkisons disease since 1971. Surrounded with children and his wife. He fought until the end. Appearances as late as april of this year in public. A threetime heavyweight World Champion hospital lied with respiratory and of course, exasperated by the park somebodys. Take place in his home state of louisville, kentucky. Half state at 10 00 a. M. The former cautious cash shut clay. He called himself the greatest of all time. Boxer muhammed ali has died. He had parkisons for 30
years. He famously changed his name, of course, after becoming the world heavyweight champion to mohammed alli when he became a member of the black muslim organization. In his final days, he was admit to do a phoenix hospitals, that happening on thursday with a respiratory problem. Allis accomplishments are stunning. Having won the world heavyweight title a record three times. Winning 56 of 61 fights. 37 of them by knockout. His impact on the world will ever be felt beyond the ring as Brian Kilmeade shows us the fury that flew like a burt wing and stung like a be. He emerged the heavyweight champion of the world. Muhammed ali was born
cassius clay. January 17th, 1942 clay started boxing at the age of 12. After winning a gold medal in the 1960 olympics. I turned pro. After the listen fight that he announced his affiliation with the nation of islam and changed his name to muhammed ali. Its hard to be humble as great as i am. In 1967, he was drafted into the u. S. Army but refused to fight in vietnam, stating religious differences. He was immediately stripped of his title and license to box. Allis. He got his chance against george former. The fight billed as the rumble in the jungle. He wecht in as an underdog but that wasnt enough to silence the greatest. I injured a stone. Hospitalized a bring. Im so mean i make medicine sick. He spent the first fight punch himself out. He would drop foreman in the eighth round. He would once again be the heavyweight champion of the world. Both ali and former took home a 5 million purse which many feel paved the way for todays multimilliondollar contracts in any sport. Before ali, pays were very minimal. During alis time they grew. As ali they exploded. I lost the title again four years later to another gold olympic medalist against spinks. He relinquished the title back to ali seven months later. This made ali the only boxer in history to win the heavyweight title three times. [ applause ] the roaring crowds are what fueled him for 15 years and 61 fights. But his drive to please them kept ali from heeding
doctors warnings. He was slowing down. His thyroid was blamed. Medication was a daily routine. It wasnt until losing his last fight in 1981 ali admitted parkisons syndrome was the real enemy keeping him out of the ring for good. Despite parkisons syndrome, alis work with the community would never stop. His work around the globe applauded. Then, 1996, another high. Muhammed ali was chosen to light the olympic flame in atlanta. In 2002 ali went to afghanistan as the u. N. Messenger of peace. He was in kabul for three day goodwill mission. Three days later alis would woo accept the nations highest civilian award. When you say the greatest of all time is in the room, everyone knows who you mean. President george w. Bush presented ali with the president ial medal of freedom during ceremonies at the white house. Even as he neared 70 years
of age, ali remained dedicated to the humanitarian evident despite his deteriorating health. He made a rare public appearance to show his respect at his greatest rivals funeral joe frazier. He could float like a butterfly and sting like a be. When we think the greatest, we will always think muhammed ali. Brian kilmeade, fox news. We want to bring in tim shanahan as the author of running with the champ my 40 year friendship of muhammed ali. Nice to see you this morning, tim. First, just your thoughts overnight of the passing of your friend . Well, the first thing i thought of was what he told me years ago he looked at every day as a test. God tests me every day and i pass that test every day. He looked at life as god having a tabulation on
everyones individual life by putting all the good deeds on one side and all the bad deeds on the other side. And he told me that he was ready to go to heaven because all of his good deeds outweigh all of his bad deeds. These how he looked at life. Huh. So his wife was famously intertwined with his faith. He converted to islam as a young man in early 20s and converted to another version of islam in the 70s and still to a third later on. He was a man of faith. In private, was it often a topic of conversation. Not he didnt talk a lot about it with friends and family, but he was a devout muslim for sure. And every day he read the quran. And one of his habits was picking out passages from the quran and then writing it longhand. And he would give those as gifts to family and friends. He had one passage that he really liked. That he gave to everybody. And at the end of the passage it says to, the person is he going to give it to from muhammad ali. he loved passing pamphlets out with that as far as his faith he really was a devout muslim. He never smoked, never drank, never took drug. Was always looking how he could please god. He did say god, you know, early on when he was a muslim he always said allah. But he said god is god for all people. And all religions. So, he always said god. And he always want to do please god every day. Tim, his life was not without controversy, as someone who calls himself a close frebsd of muhammad ali. What do you know about how he wants to be remembered . Amidall the good times there were bad times and he
did face challenges in his life. How do you look back on those times . Well, one of the comments he always made to me was my middle name is controversy. And he was always looking for an argument. Somebody to talk to to have an opposite side of his. He always like to do defend his positions. As far as legacy. One time i asked him what do you think your legacy is going to be muhammad . And he said my children. And then i said well what about your fight . Your career . Is there any one moment in your career that you said this is the greatest moment of my boxing career . And he said it was the first liston fight when he was 22 years old and he won the heavyweight championship for the first time. He said this big, ugly bear. This excon convict was going to kill this 22yearold kid in the ring. And he told me was scared. And he was scared before the
fight. But as soon as the first round was over and he was in the ring with liston, he got confidence. He said man, he didnt knock me out, i think i can win this fight. He got excited rather than scared. He said at that moment he realized he was going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. As far as legacy, i said what is the greatest moment in your career . And he always leaves with the greatest moment in my life was when my eldest daughter, meriam was born. And he always leads with that. And then he talks about the fight. But he has told me that the legacy that he wants to be known by is his children. And i can name all of them. How many did he have . Hanna, hanna jr. Kayleah and mea. They all love him all. As soon as they heard their father was i will they
were by his side. We will check back with you in alittle bit later. The book is called running with the champ my 40 year friendship with muhammad ali. That thing was the biggest thing to happen to maine. Liston was a bruiser. Nobody thought that was going to happen. The aftermath of that fight a lot of speculation maybe he threw the fight. People didnt believe it was on the level that it was legitimate. The euphoria that unfolded after that him on the microphone. Thats when we got to see muhammad ali grabbing the microphone almost like a Professional Wrestling grabbing the microphone. That great relationship with him and Howard Cosell over the years. The back and forth he would touch Howard Cosell. You touch me again im going to kill. You he may have meant that obviously very charming guy but a ferocious guy, too. Joe frazier be and he had
this very contentious relationship that was never healed with fraziers death where he attacked frazier as a tool of the establishment and a sell out to his people and really got insides fraziers head. It was bitter. I love how it all started. Somebody stole his bike from the bike rack, so he want to do shape up and be able to take care of whoever stole his bike. Nuclear reactor of rage that led to his success. Other top story. War of worlds between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. A live report from the golden state next. Our coverage of muhammad alis death will continue. We are live outside the hospital where he passed away as we say good by to humid ali. Want to go to heavy heaven so i im the king of the world. Im a mad man. I took out the world. I took out the world. I took out the world. E 1 when returning home from deployment,
you know, you you have money saved up so youre lookin for that car to drive around in, and usaa actually makes that process so much easier. You can find the car and you can find it to your liking by using their app. Im definitely able to see savings, uh, through using the car buying on usaa. I mean, amazing savings. I was like, wow. If i can save this much, then i could actually maybe upgrade a little bit. announcer save on your next car with usaa car buying service, powered by truecar. Exclusively for usaa members. One of many pieces in my i havlife. Hma. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for 12 months free at mybreo. Com. Hey, welcome back. Just days away from the california primary, the battle between democrats heating up to clinch the golden state. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton looking ahead and taking aim at donald trump with the presumptive g. O. P. Nominee firing back at her attack. The great mike emanuel joins us live from santa monica, california on the campaign trail. Good morning to you. Hillary clinton says donald trump constantly attacks so people get distracted looking at the shiny october. Meanwhile clinton attacked donald trump on his economic ideas. When i hear donald trump talk about cutting taxes on billionaires. [crud booing] i say to myself, hey, wait a minute, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on us. Trump is also campaigning out here in the golden
state, wants to put california in play in the general election and fundraising off what is a huge source out here in california. Last night in redding, trump blasted clinton saying if voters choose her, the country is going to die. Hillary clinton is totally scripted. Hillary clinton is a thief. And Hillary Clinton should be in jail. The only problem is i like to run against her. Then there is Bernie Sanders who is going all out to win california on tuesday. He continues doing rallies and news conferences up and down the golden state. Sanders says he has an excellent chance to win here and using his moment in the spotlight to push clinton on environment mental issues. We have a tax on carbon. [cheers and applause] and i would urge secretary clinton to change her view and support me. [cheers and applause] in demanding a tax on carbon. Despite the difficult delegate math for Bernie Sanders, make no mistake about it, is he hoping to embarrass Hillary Clinton out here in the golden state on tuesday night. Back to you guys in new york. All right. Thanks, mike. Mike emanuel, that is just makes me laugh the idea that donald trump is in the pocket of moneyed interest. Who is taking more money from wall street Hillary Clinton or donald trump . Its literally not even close. Obviously its one of Hillary Clintons biggest sources of funding and has been for a long time. Well, Michelle Obama in a rare public speech, rare political speech going after donald trump. She chose this university specifically. She chose ccny which is a public college, immigrant rich college in new york. Over 150 different languages spoken. Thats specifically why she want to do speak in front of that audience when she said this. Watch. Despite the lessons of our history and the truths of your experience here at city colleges, some folks out there today seem to have a very different
perspective. They seem to view our diversity as a threat to be contained rather than as a resource to be tapped. [cheers] they tell us to be afraid of those who are different, to be suspicious of those with whom we disagree. Here in america, we dont give in to our fears. We dont build up walls to keep people out because we know that our greatness has always depended on contributions from people who were born elsewhere. [ applause ] but sought out this country and made it their home. What a demagogue. In other words, if you disagree with Michelle Obama mall you are a racist. Thats what we have heard for quite some time. Accuse other people bad wanting to build walls. A person living in a house in which walls are built to protect her. She never mentioned by name. She was talking directly about him building walls. But she did, however, talk about colin powell, former secretary of state who went there and talked about him being the son of an imgrant. She drew those parallels. Nobody is against immigrants, but this administration has let in twice the number of immigrants as the number of jobs that have been created during the Obama Administration. So like how does that work exactly . Why is that good for anybody who lives here or anybody who comes here . Coming up, the Mainstream Media celebrated Hillary Clintons Foreign Policy speech. Donald trumps ideas arent just different, they are dangerously incoherent. What did the voters think of it . Lee carter gives us the dial treatment next. And then our coverage of muhammad alis death continues. Were live outside the hospital where the boxing champion passed away as we say good by to the greatest. I dont have a mark on my
face. And 22 years old. I must be the greatest. I told the world. In means Protection Plus unique extras only from an expert allstate agent. Its good to be in, good hands. The call just came in. Shes about to arrive. And with her, a flood of potential patients. A deluge of digital records. Xrays, mris. All on account. Of penelope. But with the help of at t, and a network that scales up and down ondemand, this hospital can be ready. Giving them the agility to be flexible reliable. Because no one knows like at t. My m. About my toothpasteice. She eveand mouthwash. Ice. But shes a dentist so. I kind of have to listen. She said jen, go pro with crest prohealth advanced. Advance to healthier gums. And stronger teeth from day one. Using crest toothpaste and mouthwash makes my. Whole mouth feel awesome. And my teeth are stronger too. Crestpro health advanced. Is superior to colgate total. In these 5 areas dentists check. This check up . So good. Go pro with crest prohealth advanced. Moms right. Again
we are working to confirm that information. Family spokesperson a short while ago sent out an email
saying there will be a Media Briefing in a few hours. We expect to learn more about the funeral arrangements for muhammad ali. We do know he will be buried in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. A family spokesperson said after, quote, a 32 year battle with parkisons disease muhammad ali has passed away at the age of 74. The heavyweight boxer died this evening. Then on thursday the day before alis death, his daughter posted this status to facebook saying i love this photo of my father and my daughter sydney when she was a baby. Thanks for all the love and wellwishes. I feel your love and appreciate. Here in phoenix muhammad ali helped found the parkisons center in phoenix. That hospital aims to aid those also stricken with the same disease. Parkinsons disease which muhammed ali suffered from. Clayton . Matt live for us in morning in scottsdale where muhammad ali passed away. Thanks, manual. Tucker, over to you. The gloves are off this morning in the golden state with the press touting Hillary Clintons attacks as a turning point for her as she moves upward in the general election. How do voters feel about it . Thats the real question to. Answer it pollster lee carter joins us. New dial tests. Good morning, lee. Good morning. So, this was the consensus in every paper in politico and all tuggers were convinced Hillary Clintons speech attacking trump on Foreign Policy basically changed the race. Did it . I dont think so. I really dont. I think its not surprising to see the democrats loved it not surprising to say that republicans did not. But independents, its real interesting to see how they tracked. We should take a look across these dials how they responded. Okay. So heres the first bite we are going to play hillary on trumps temperament. Making donald trump our commander in