explosive sexual assault allegations against movie mogul harvey weinstein. >> nbc cravenly pressure and killed the peace. >the piece. >> i watched collin kaepernick and i thought it was terrible. the nfl should have suspended him for one game and he would have never done it again. you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. you cannot do that. ♪ ♪ steve: october 12th is a thursday. you know what that means? tomorrow is friday the 13th. ainsley: you are right. >> it is. brian: can you have bad luck for an entire show. ainsley: are you guys superstitious? steve: no when you see it's friday the 13th. i'm glad i'm not flying today. i better not walk under a ladder. is that a black cat? but generally i'm not superstitious. brian: every day i'm going to walk under the ladder. i'm tired of walking around it. steve: don't step on that crack. ainsley: oh my gosh, so much news to talk about. sean hannity got an exclusive interview. president trump bringing tax reform plan to the american people. steve: it was a rally out in airport hanger. brian: grif jenkins is live in washington with more. hey, griff. >> the president loves truckers. he called them america's heroes he said this plan will put more money in the pockets of american families and the middle class. >> my council of economic advisors says this change of tax rate would likely give the typical american household a $4,000 pay raise. [cheers and applause] could be a lot more than that. >> he wants to simplify tax code reducing the seven brackets or 8 as he does down to 4. think would be 0%, 12%, 25%, and 35%. the key here is expansion of that zero bracket to include more people who would have fallen into higher brackets. the plan doubles standard deduction for individuals and families and cuts the corporate rate from 35% to 20%. and he told our sean hannity this is going to make history. >> this is the largest tax cut in the history of our country. [cheers] >> it's incredible and going to put people to work. right now, sean, we are the highest taxed nation in the world and we are going to be in the lower rung in terms of taxes. >> democrats painting the speech nancy pelosi calls it a massive tax cut for the wealthy. the real god is to get all the republicans on board. house speaker paul ryan is making a big speech at the heritage foundation where he is going to say we have to seize the moment and seizing the moment it would. it's been more than 30 years since we have had major tax reform overhaul. the year was 1986. and dion warwick topped those charts with that's what friends are for. we will see what happens. ainsley: a little history. brian: thin she went to psychic vends network. i don't know which was more successful. steve: that's what friends were for. actually griff is up on capitol hill, republicans are predicting they have a vote on the president's tax cut for the middle class on, i'm not making this up, christmas eve. that's when they think they are going to pass it they only work about 15 minutes a week, that's hyperbole, they obviously work half an hour. it looks like christmas eve. ainsley: g.o.p. needs something to pass since they are the majority, right? brian: what he said is he broke down the brackets last night. he talked about it in detail with sean hannity, and he talked about the rate to get the corporate rate down 20% to repatriate some funds. there is push back amongst republicans i think you are actually asking for a little too much. we will maybe have to lessen that top bracket and up the corporate rate. he originally wanted 15, he settled on 20. now they are talking about 23 or 25. negotiations already starting. ainsley: democrats will have to come to the table on this one. he called them last night obstructionist. they don't want to do anything productive. they wants higher taxes and open borders. steve: as griff mentioned in his report the democrats are already saying it's just a tax cut for the wealthy and just keep in mind what they don't tell you though is something like 10% of the american taxpayers pay 70% of the taxes, so obviously that 10% is going to be impacted. but the average family according to the president of the united states, he quoted nonpartisan outfit yesterday. he said the average family, middle class family would save $4,000 if his plan is inacted. ainsley: if you look at the numbers and look at the brackets, how do the democrats say it's a tax cut just for the wealthy. it looks for a tax break for everyone. am i missing something? steve: that's politics. brian: top bracket going from 39% to 37% of course because people pay that much. ainsley: down to 35%. steve: they are getting rid of the loopholes. for the highest earners most successful people in the country it is about a wash. what do you think about it? email us at friends@foxnews.com. brian: let's talk about journalism and lack thereof according to the president. he says he is really upset for at nbc for two separate headlines one of which general mattis come back and backed up the fact this is just not true. they had this story that president trump wanted to up our nuclear arsenal by 20%. he said i never said that i want to refurbish what we had and update what we know we are going to possibly be needing to defend the country. i never wanted to upgrade our nuclear are a certain by 20%. we have enough right now. to back that up, general mattis said the same thing. he said quote recent reports that the president called for increase in the u.s. nuclear arsenal are absolutely false. this kind of erroneous report something irresponsible. steve: this is what the president is doing. he is just poking the press. brian: this is yes or no. did you or didn't you. ainsley: what's the motive they are trying to paint the picture that he has a finger on the nuclear button. steve: no. he is putting the press on notice because the press is never held to consequences he feels when they put out wrong information. he says that that claim by nbc that he wanted to increase our nuclear capacity and arsenal ten fold not true. he sat down as you saw earlier with sean hannity out at the airport hanger in pennsylvania and said this about fake news. >> the media is bad. they are really dishonest people, these are very, very dishonest people in many cases, in many cases. not all. i know some reporters and journalists that are phenomenal people and very straight and honest. there is such dishonesty. i mean, it's interesting, i was just watching television, you don't know whether or not because, you know, you are just watching a report. but when you are the one being written about you know if it's good or bad and they always try to make it negative. i call it fake media. it's so much fake news. brian: brought up another story that general kelly was going to get fired by the president absolutely not true. and that tillerson was going to quit. he said he 9/11 even talke he nd about quitting. they had lunch yesterday. another story according to the president that is negative that he had to knock down. steve: so there is a story out this morning that the president is going after the network's licenses. you have to point out the fcc does not grant or revoke a license to network. they actually grant and could revoke a license for a local station. none the less, there is not going to be any revocation of anything. is he just getting at them. brian: right now we have our licenses on us or we could get a ticket for broadcasting without a license. steve: joel asked me for proof of date of birth. brian: make sure you go on the air. remember the old license picture just eye color and height. doorman back then. ainsley: in your lifetime? brian: look back to the people who settled the west and i asked how they got into saloons. ainsley: did they have a license then? brian: i'm telling you it was in my lifetime. ainsley: when sean was sitting down with the president he asked him about collin kaepernick stuff, he said the nfl has got this all wrong. they should have suspended him right out of the gate. >> i watched collin kaepernick, and i thought it was terrible. and then it got bigger and bigger and started mushrooming. frankly the nfl should have suspended him for one game he would have never done it again. they could have then suspended him for two games. [cheers and applause] >> they could have suspended him if he did it for the third time for the season. you never would have had a problem. i will tell you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. you cannot do that. [cheers and applause] steve: and do you know what? president trump is on the verge of a major victory if next week at the owner's meeting the league decides that players must stand during the national anthem. brian: and the union is going to be in that meeting. if the union says i'm not telling my people to do it we will have to negotiate it in the next cba they don't have to do it. one of the tampa bay bucks says i have a real problem if the commissioner tells me to stand. i was going to stand anyway. if he tells me to stand, i'm not. that's the whole mentality the athletes are going to say are you going to push me around and tell mee what i have to do. steve: right now not understanding is bad for the business. not standing is bad for the league and players as well. if the league doesn't make as much money they can't play the players. ainsley: yesterday when he was in the hanger talking he got the biggest response and biggest cheers when he said do we love the american flag and the crowd went crazy. we do. jillian: i think this cba goes through 2021. it could be years. steve: they could modify it. jillian: good morning to you at home. let's get right straight to the harvey weinstein scandal. he boarded a private jet overnight heading to rehab sex behavior in arizona. it will this coming hours after tmz reported weinstein's daughter called 911 claiming her dad was, quote, suicidal and depressed. as for hillary clinton, it's been six days and she has finally said she will give weinstein's campaign donation back. well, sort of. >> would you give the money back? >> well, there no one to give it back to. what my former colleagues are saying they will donate to charity. of course i will do that i give 10% of my income to charitier year. this will be part of that. there is no doubt about it. >> weinstein and his family have given more than 1.4 million in political contributions to the democratic party. congress couldn't repeal obamacare so president trump is taking matters into his own hands. this morning he will sign an executive order promoting healthcare, choice, and competition. the order ceex pansd coverage options by allowing insurance plans to be sold across state lines. some democrats are concerned the new rules will lower prices for the healthy and drive up costs for the sick. did you see this? the new york yankees moving on and the cleveland indians are going home. the bronk bombers beating the former american league champs last night 5-2. the hero not only hit one but hits two home runs in three innings. the yankees play the houston astros tomorrow and the nationals beating the cubs last night forcing a game five tonight at 8:00 eastern. livable, he has big shoes to fill by the way. brian: i was watching it. the crowd didn't roar. amazing to watch the away team win a championship. like a library. jillian: so much better when you are at home. steve: watch it on tv favorite thing to do folks, watching tv. brian: boy scouts going co-he had. girl scouts will be able to join. >> what is it going to do for girl scout attendance, county boys join there? 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the most amazing part is they start at $699. that's $200 off our queen c2 mattress during the final days of our fall sale. ends sunday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you brian: new developments surrounding the scandal debbie schultz. this week's house republicans held hearings on this very case. house judiciary committee member congressman louie gohmert is one of those holding the hearings was really disgusted by the lack of turnout and interest on the other side. first, tell me about this guy, what he has been accused of, and why we should care, congressman. >> well, this is absolutely phenomenal. first of all, i know there has been statements well, we feel sure there was nothing classified that was gained by the awan. he has been working on capitol hill for 12 years or so. he has worked for at least 62 different democratic members. and one fired him pretty quickly for incompetence. but, on the hill, you're limited in how much you can make. and when he would hit up against 160,000 is the max, working part time for different members, he would get another family member enrolled and they would start making and then they would max out around 160, and he would get another. got up to five family members, friends anyway, it's really unclear who did the computer work for these different folks. i was shocked to find out this week that when we were hearing people talk about this, that did the investigating, that a lot of years he would spend three months or more in pakistan and operate and work on our computers here on capitol hill remotely from pakistan. i'm not really trusting in the pakistani internet. unbelievable. brian: he has passwords. he had access and he was rarely in attendance. >> passwords because wikileaks stuff emails showed that some of the democratic national committee workers were going hey, we need debbie wasserman schultz password to get into ipad. check with awan he knows all of them. brian: hearing to get to the bottom of this who is showing up? no one. >> the people we asked to show up came because we can't compel the fbi or somebody like that to come at a gathering like this was because it was not a formal hearing. we were just, you know, wanting to gather information and hopefully our leadership would become more interested because this is serious stuff. it turns out that not only was he of often operating computers remotely we found out that congressman basara, now attorney general out in california, that there were 5700 -- 5400, at least, unauthorized accesses to his computer. and it turns out the awans had loaded different congress members' clouds and servers on to one, so that anybody could access it without authorization. it's terribly incredible. brian: interesting to see what you guys get out of this. thank you so much congressman louie gohmert. >> there are hundreds of potential federal charges here. brian: coming up next, i will tell you about this illegal immigrant. this story you are not going to believe. don't go anywhere this is "fox & friends." ages we are back with a fox news alert. the massive wildfires in northern california, the incredible video showing a man driving through the fire surrounded by flames and embers trying to get to safety. will carr is in santa rosa where every home has been destroyed. will? >> good morning, guys. in the neighborhood we're in looks like a waste land here as we go street by street, property by property. it looks like a bomb went off. more than 35 homes and businesses destroyed across this area. as you are walking through the streets, it's pretty common to see metal like this melted down that has come off the cars that look like they went through armageddon. 23 people have died in these fires. that number is expected to potentially go up. hundreds of people are still missing. now, the weather conditions heading into the rest of the day are not favorable. it's another red flag warning day. and for people who are not in the fire's path, there is still terrible air quality going on all across this region. people are actually being asked to wear face masks just like this. the problem is we went to a number of drug stores and grocery stores yesterday and they are all sold out. so a lot of people having to walk around in their neighborhoods and take in all of this smoke. another concern as well, guys. ainsley: will, i heard one lady say the fire spread in the middle of the night. they were sleeping. by the grace of god she woke up in the nick of time. 20 minutes later her house was completely destroyed. i guess that's why so many people have died. they were sleeping during this event. thank you for giving us the news. it's just tragic out there. thanks, will. >> you bet. ainsley: steve is downstairs. steve, over to you. steve: thanks, ainsley. a terrible story out in new jersey where this illegal immigrant is accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl after breaking into her house in trenton. trenton is one of new jersey's sanctuary cities and if a democrat is elected governor in new jersey, -- in noe in new jersey, new jersey might be on track to become the next sanctuary state. our next guest wants to stop that lieutenant governor of new jersey where i live right now and the republican candidate for governor and she joins us right now. good morning to you. >> auto good morning, steve. steve: your opponents, the democrat, phil murphy said he would have blocked the feds from using any personal information from new jersey's undocumented criminals. >> right. he has come right out and proudly said the day he won that primary i'm going to make new jersey a sanctuary state. steve: i live in new jersey. i would like to have a say in that. >> well, i think you should have a say in that in fact, the say should be no. it's very dangerous from everyone. the one story you read come out of trenton the crime about that was not only did he climb into a window and rape a 6-year-old girl, but he had been arrested before that. illegal, undocumented alien. and let go. so he was on the street. steve: this is like another one of those cases where the authorities had the opportunity to send the illegal back after he was caught doing something illegal. >> at least detain him. steve: nothing happened. >> right. if he had been detained, put in a facility and await being detained, he would not have been on the streets of trenton, a sanctuary city, to rape a 6-year-old. steve: that's the way -- and that's the problem with the sanctuary cities is they will not honor an ice detainer. >> correct. they won't even run the background check. when i was the sheriff in monmouth county we had a very similar incident involving a child rapist who had been released on bail in essex county. he had gotten out and shot four college students, three of them died. had they run his background check, and found that he was an illegal, undocumented immigrant, given the fact that he had committed a violent crime, he would have still been in jail. those four college kids would not have had -- and their family, gone through all of that. steve: you were sheriff in monmouth county, new jersey, which is south of where we are sitting right now. if you were made governor of the great state of new jersey, how would you turn around the sanctuary cities? because i know trenton, which is across the river from philly, newark across the river from us, jersey city across the river from us, all sanctuary cities and there are a bunch of others. >> it's easy. when you become the governor of the state of new jersey, you take an oath. an oath to appall the oaths of the state and the laws of the united states. i would keep my oath. my opponent, of course, would break his oath. he has already said he is not going to keep the promise he makes if he win's the governor's job. steve: down in texas they have the same opinion do you paxton said we are going to respect the rule of law and the governor has as well. yet the sheriff in austin, texas leah we are a sanctuary city we are not going to cooperate. >> i think when a law enforcement officer does something like that, he is also violating his oath. when i became a chevy took an oath to uphold the laws of the stated of new jersey and the united states laws. and that's the law. the law of the land is that if you have an illegal immigrant in your state and it's kind of obvious, isn't it? if you commit a crime in this country, you should be deported. steve: if you are in the country illegally, that's the law. >> yeah. not only is the law but a way to keep the people safe. i'm surprised about the sheriff in austin what happens when an immigration officer comes into austin to take a wild example. steve: sure. >> is he not going to be able to stop immigration officers from coming. in what happens if that immigration officer gets in trouble. is he going to tell his sheriffs to stand down? that puts at risk our law enforcement officers. and to me that's also equally as unacceptable. you're putting at risk the people you are supposed to be defending in the first place, the incident is the perfect one you just said. and you are also putting law enforcement officers at risk. unacceptable on any level. steve: it looks like new jersey has a choice in november. kim guadagno for governor. she is the lieutenant governor currently. we reached out to her opponent phil murphy. we would like to have him on to talk about this case. >> thank you. steve: boy scouts are going co-he had. apparently girls will be allowed to join is that a good idea? 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steve: they say so that girls can also -- and the girl scouts there is no equivalent to the eagle scout apparently. and the boy scouts says that families had requested this. now, back in the month of, i believe it was august, the girl scouts essentially said to the boy scouts hey, why don't you guys concentrate on the young men in this country who are under served, latinos, african-american kids for the most part don't take part rather than take our customers, the girls. why don't you look at more boys? ainsley: you handle the boys. we've got the girls. i think this is a result of just the pc culture. i think they have gotten -- they say they have gotten so many requests from families and girls to join the girl scouts. the board voted unanimously to let the girls in probably because they don't want a lawsuit. brian: girls can go to the scouting events but can't do the cub scouts and eagle scouts. boy scouts getting worried. the attendance is down. they started reaching to the other gender to bring them in. there's a problem there is a place for the other gender. the girls have pride and programs on their own. worried about their only. ainsley: what about the camping trips? co-ed champin camping trips? brian: yeah. steve: in today's cull temperature if they have two children of different genders, sometimes it's difficult to have kids in both different programs because they take up so much time. maybe this makes sense, can you streamline the amount of time. ainsley: helps mom with the carpool. brian: think about it before they have kids about the commuting process. it's not our problem. have you boy scouts and girl scouts. i'm sorry have you so many kids close together. ainsley: i think i know how you feel about this. send us your emails. we would love to hear them. steve: when will the girl scouts allow boys in. brian: should girl scouts and boy scouts get an uber raft with their own ride. ainsley: we talk about love and dating. steve: in girl scouts? ainsley: we probably did. we talked about the guy we were dating in fourth grade. steve: i thought it was all about selling cookies. brian: i thought it was trying to make a fire with a stick. jillian: i was a camp fire t as good. i like girl time. brian: i like time with the girls. jillian: don't lose the girl scout cookies. steve: let us know what you think. ainsley: are they going to change the name? jillian: we can talk about this forever. let's get to a fox news alert. brand new audio surfacing this morning mandalay bay employee warning hotel staff that someone was shooting. listen. >> call the police. someone is firing a gun up here. someone is firing a rifle on the 32nd floor down the hallway. jillian: meantime autopsy of the shooter steven paddock's brain showed nothing abnormal he may have been on anxiety medication known to cause aggressive behavior. las vegas police also saying the investigation is far from over. we will keep you posted. a staving new report shedding light on the doctor trusted to take care of our nation's heroes. a "u.s.a. today" investigation revealing the v.a. covered up serious medical mistakes and shelled out millions in secret settlements for years. v.a. secretary david shulkin says the organization is reviewing its policy. president trump is working to make it easier to fire careless medical professionals with the v.a. accountability act. students -- christian group is banned from student activity fair. event organizer at oxford university in england reportedly forbid the christian union from setting up a booth in fear of making freshman feel alien nateed or unwelcome. the stupidity body later passed a motion declaring it a violation of religious freedom and allowing the christian group at future fairs. a look at your headlines. send it back to you guys. thank you very much. ainsley: thank you. we all grew up with win any the pough. books are coming to life in goodbye christopher robin. >> the great thing is to find something to be happy about. >> i think i have got something for us. brian: sorry mike tamara, we spoke through your animation. >> i take umbrage, kilmeade. brian: you went and saw this movie and talked to the stars. >> i did. favorite time of the year. finally movies for adults. people go to this movie winnie the pooh. who knew? man behind these iconic stories. >> i definitely read it. >> shall we go for a walk? >> aren't you working? >> it doesn't seem likely. >> love this movie. >> thank you. >> there was a lot going on. couple who, you know, wrote the perfect children's book had this imperfect relationship with their children. >> it was very typical of parents of that age to be fair. >> we're going on holiday to italy for a month or so. >> when you think of winnie the pooh going to a safe place. that's to create because he was in traumatic place himself. >> what did we fight that war for. >> it's over. >> what am i doing about it? >> you are doing what you are good at writing plays. >> all those like very heavy themes but done with such a light touch and done respectfully but never heavy handed. never felt preachy. >> there is this whole theme of celebrity. your character was like one direction and harry potter all wrapped up into one. >> yeah. >> what was it like to be in the play? >> it was quite hard, actually because christopher robin is he very sad boy. there is rarely a smile on his face. that smile only comes out when his father is playing with him in the woods. >> he has to be grow up. he has to know he is important. >> goodbye christopher robin in theaters tomorrow. at one point the real christopher robin was the most famous kid in the world right behind princess elizabeth. steve: even though it's based on childely. what an incredible 8-year-old boy. he said the most profound thing. we are talking about celebrity and how to deal with it he said christopher robin gave up his childhood sacrificed his childhood so kids all around the world could have an incredible one himself. i'm like wow, you are 8? you are 8, right? ainsley: cutest dimples. i love the children's clothes, english countryside. everything about it. i can't wait to see it. brian: ini think she is going to go. ainsley: thank you, michael. ainsley: delivering hope to truckers. called out by commander-in-chief tell you why green brian in a good way. hillary clinton finally speaking publicly about harvey weinstein. >> i was just sick. i was shocked. i was appalled. steve: but is that appalled and sickness enough? what about those donations? we will talk to that man in the orange tie, the judge next. ♪ don't do me like that ♪ i love you, baby ♪ don't do me like that ♪ don't do me like that ♪ don't bail ♪ i need you baby ♪ don't do me like that ♪ worrying about your big... about the client dinner. you gonna wear? hannah. did you get that email i sent you? i need you to respond... ...before you wake up. when life keeps you up... zzzquil helps you fall asleep in less than 20 minutes. because sleep is a beautiful thing. ♪ (woman) and my brother ray and i started startsearching for answers.ords. 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(vo) call 844-4-brightstar for your free home care planning guide. bribe brian speaking out on why the network rejected the expose on weinstein. >> walked in the door with explosivably credible piece that should have been public earlier. obviously the new yorker recognized that and not accurate to say it was not reportable. in fact, there were multiple determinations that it was reportable at nbc. ainsley: why did they let this bombshell story slip await a minute let's ask an judge andrew napolitano. >> perhaps because they can, perhaps because like think media organization like fox we wanted to do that decide what stories we are going to run with and what stories not run with. and mr. weinstein, you know is, a deeply embedded in the liberal media on both the east coast and the west coast. steve: so you are saying it's their call, one of the heads of nbc news said the story that was reported was not the story that was beirut to us. >> that, we don't know. it is their call and of course it's out there. it's out there now. brian: but to say it wasn't ready when you have 8 people on camera accusing harvey weinstein is not correct. that's what this reporter says. >> well, there obviously is a bias to a certain extent in favor of weinstein because of his involvement in the media and his involvement in liberal causes. i mean, what hillary clinton said yesterday was pretty profound. but it was a little late in the day for her to be saying that. steve: we have that sound by bite. let's run it. >> i was just sick. i was shocked. i was appalled. >> would have you called him a friend? >> yes, i probably would have. >> he donated money to you directly and indirectly. >> um-huh. >> would you give the money back. >> well, there is no one to give it back to. what other people are saying, what my former colleagues are saying is they are going to donate it to charity. of course i will do that i give 10% of my income to charity every year. this will be part of that. there is no doubt about it. steve: is that accurate there is nobody to give the money back to? >> that is not accurate. i don't know exactly which cash she is talking about. if she is talking about cash he bundle you had where he had a party and people came to the party and each person gave the max and he handed the check to her there is a trail of that democratic party the pac the amount there is no cap on it. there is a paper trail on that. there certain solid a person or an entity to which the money can be given back. what is she going to do with that money? donate it to the clinton foundation? brian: clinton foundation got money from him, too. >> what are they going to do with it. ainsley: it does snow ball because she say he gave upwards of a million dollars to the democratic party or her campaign. he was involved in all the celebrity dinners, those 25,000 plate dinners where celebrities said they would show up. he was probably behind that, too. would she give that money back? >> who knows what she is going to do. she is caught a little flat-fighted in this. we don't know what he is going to do. when we went to bed last night i thought he was in europe. wrote those letters of extradition. now it appears he is here. he hasn't been indicted for any crime. there is no stat statute of limitations on rape in california or new york. ainsley: what's going to happen if he is convicted of this he will go to prison? >> if he is indicted, tried, and convicted of rape, you are talking about 20 years. talking about a very serious crime. brian: people look at on pen hirnoppenheimer screen writer for nbc. if i alienate harvey weinstein hurt me get more movies done like jackie which he wrote. >> could very well be the situation. brian: right. >> there needs to be a is safe o complain about these things. if these things are true, then i agree with hillary, they are horrific. steve: judge andrew napolitano, we thank you very much for your analysis. all right. coming up. brian: north korea says we are on the brink of nuclear war. how did we get here? >> this should have been handled 25 years ago it should have been handled 20 years ago and 10 years ago and 5 years ago. ainsley: we have more from president trump at the top of the hour. steve: what do you think the voters are thinking about the president's speech last night on tax reform? todd piro is having breakfast with friends in harrisburg, pennsylvania. todd? todd: good morning, steve. we are talking to folks here about the president's tax plan. can he get the deal through congress? that's the question. speaking of deals, check this out for 1.99, two eggs, hash browns. we will be talking about that all when "fox & friends" comes back. ♪ book now at choicehotels.com ...you might be missing to stasomething... ♪ ...your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite. it helps replenish nutrients your eyes can lose as you age. nourish your eyes to help keep them healthy. ocuvite. be good to your eyes. ♪ steve: well, you saw the president of the united states in the 6:00 hour live from that airport hanger out at the international guard in pennsylvania talk about tax reform, right? ainsley: that's right. so we sent todd piro to have breakfast with friends this morning to get their reaction, right, brian? brian: right, todd, tell us what's going on. todd: good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. hope all is well with you. we are talking with the folks here, president trump's speech was right down the road from us right here where we are at city line diner in harrisburg. we wanted to talk to the people with the speech that happened last night with my friend winny. she voted for president trump. you say great idea to simplify taxes. why? >> absolutely. the current tax system is so antiquated and there are just some rules. it's great that president trump is trying to clean up the red tape and help the middle class, you know, so that they have a little more money in their pocket. todd: there is a but though. you say he has a huge test ahead of him trying to get this through congress. why do you say that? >> right. i just think that overall congress is just -- they don't get, you know, his business preivel. and it's just going to be very slow. everybody has their own agenda in congress. and i think it's fantastic that he was able to come to harrisburg. he understands that harrisburg, there are a lot of people that are middle class, the heart of america here in harrisburg. and he figures he can demonstrate his support of the people and hopefully that will help win congress over. todd: winy, thank you. i want to go to tony now. he is a small business owner and he voted for president trump. tony, why do you think tax reform is so desperately needed? >> well, it echos what winnie said. it's so antiquated and i think it's a hell of a good start a good base. at least some good talking points. the problem is he doesn't seem to have a whole lot of help on either side of the aisle. so i just wonder what's going to get through and when. todd: tony, i want to talk to you about that, you were speaking earlier and you said i hate both parties. i want both parties to be gone. i think you share the sentiment of a lot of the american people. talk to me a little bit more about that. >> well, there are a lot of people i think that go into politics with good ideas and good intent and very quickly whether they are democrats or republicans, they're told how they are going to think, how they are going to vote. what they are going to do. i think that's the problem with the two party system. more than it is if you have multiple parties like you do over in a lot of the european countries. and i think that's the problem that trump is going to have too. unfortunately, no matter what his policies are, if he is not able to get most of his party and some of the other, it's not going through. todd: tony, thank you very much. that's the view from here in harrisburg. we are going to send it back to you guys in new york. steve: thank you very much. a live report from harrisburg, pennsylvania. why is it after those diner segments i always want home fries. ainsley: we can order you are some. this is new york city. brian: rapper eminem bashing president trump on the stage as a racist at the bet reports. live rap back. ainsley: so much ahead. jesse james decker and linda mcmahon. they are both going to join us live. steve: we have a busy show ♪ i love the way you move ♪ introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. i have a problem with donald trump's tax plan. a big problem. eighty percent (80%) of the tax cuts go to the top one percent. the richest americans. and big corporations get a huge tax break. but a lot of families like ours will pay more. millions in the middle class will actually pay higher taxes. that's right. higher taxes! to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations. no early morning tweet can make that right. the trump tax plan is just bad for america. if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. if other treatments haven't worked well enough, ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works by focusing right in the gi-tract to help control damaging inflammation and is clinically proven to begin helping many patients achieve both symptom relief as well as remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. while not reported with entyvio, pml, a rare, serious brain infection caused by a virus may be possible. tell your doctor if you have an infection, experience frequent infections, or have flu-like symptoms, or sores. liver problems can occur with entyvio. if your uc or crohn's medication isn't working for you, ask your gastroenterologist about entyvio. entyvio. relief and remission within reach. >> we want lower taxes, bigger paychecks and more jobs. >> if we lower those tax rates we owners can reinvest in our companies. brian: they have this story that president trump wanted to up our nuclear arsenal by 20%. he said i never said that to back that up general mattis said the same thing. ainsley: massive wildfires in california. incredible video showing man driving through the fire. >> at least 25 people have died that looked like they went through armageddon. >> the head of nbc news decided not to report sexual assault allegations. >> obviously is a bias to a certain extent in favor of weinstein because of his involvement in liberal causes. >> the teams and crowd all rose up and sang the national anthem together. ♪ land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ >> doesn't that put you in a good mood? steve: today is october 12th. and, of course you know what that means. tomorrow is friday the 13th. but, it was in 1492 on october 12th that columbus landed in the americas. brian: steve, you continue to stir up controversy. steve: regarding? brian: bringing up columbus. there we go, that horrible explorer that changed the world and we made him a statue. by the way monday was columbus day for no reason but to give us a three day holiday. steve: which they appreciated. ainsley: last night president went to go talk to the folks in pennsylvania. talked to a crowd of mostly truckers. and you had a big truck behind him that had a message on it, win again, lower taxes, bigger paychecks, more jobs. brian: perfect place to park. i wonder if they knew the president was going to speak. ainsley: usually it's the plane. this time it's a truck. brian: tax reform for the american people he said it out loud. steve: what did he say? here is griff jenkins? our nation's capital. >> he loves those truckers. he hailed them as heroes. this is a plan that will put more money inasmuch as $4,000 in the pockets of working families in the middle class. >> america is finally back on the right track. but our country, and our economy, cannot take off like they should unless we transform america's outdated complex and extremely burdensome tax code. >> here is how he plans to transform it. brackets 8 including the zero bracket down as he does to simple 4. 0, 12, 25 and 35%. he says the key here is the expansion of that zero percent bracket to include many people who would have fallen into higher brackets. the plan also doubles the standard deduction for individuals and families and cuts the corporate rate from 35% to 20%. and he told our sean hannity this is going to make history. this the largest tax cut in the history of our country. it is incredible. -- so right now, sean, we are the highest taxed nation in the world and we're going to be down now in the lower rung in terms of taxes. >> is he calling for bipartisan support but democrats are painting the speech, house minority leader nancy pelosi called it a massive tax cut for the wealthy 1%. but the real goal, guys, probably is to get all the republicans on board and speaker paul ryan is making a major speech on it this morning if the conservative heritage foundation where we are told he will say it's time to seize the moment and it has, indeed, been more than 30 years since we had major tax overhaul. steve: it has been. griff, thank you very much. the president yesterday in pennsylvania also had a warning for congress. you better get this done and unlike healthcare, where he was told by mitch mcconnell, mr. president, you just sit this out, i've got it. i'm going to do it myself. and, of course, we know how that all inflamed out. now the president is taking an initiative. he has so much invested in this, besides, every republican who is run for re-election next year needs a win. so far how many in that column? not any. brian: there is no wins there. executive order today. but his problems are always going to be john mccain. the bitterness between the two is evident. now you wonder if senator corker vote for anything this deficit neutral when anything that's going to get the deficit down dynamic scoring which projects growth. senator corker says i'm leaving anyway i wants deficit neutral. steve: how key vote against something that has infuriated some americans for years and made it more fair? big tax cuts for the middle class. ainsley: if everyone's bracket is going down, that means we taxes. steve: right. ainsley: corporate tax is going to be reduced to 20%. it will bring more businesses here. more money into the economy. and it seems like a win-win are we missing the fine print here? why are the democrats still against this? steve: people at the top end of the tax bracket though it, sounds like it's going to be pretty much a wash. although the democrats say look, regardless of what the republicans tell you this is a big tax cut for the rich. the rich for the most part, the top 10% pay something like 70% of all the taxes so naturally they are going to get a tax break. but keep in mind the president said yesterday the average middle class family will get a $4,000 tax cut. brian: right. and the brackets will be from 39 to 35. however, there is push back already when it comes to corporate rate. the president wanted 15. he compromised on 20. already talk well it's probably going to be like 23. for the higher you get it up less impact it's going to have because places like ireland have, i think, a 10% corporate tax. ainsley: sean hannity traveled with him and was there at the rally. he also sat down with the president for excliewivelg interview. they talked about north korea and the president blamed the past administration. listen. >> this should have been handled 25 years ago. it should prosecute been handled 20 years ago and 10 careers ago and 5 years ago it should been handled by numerous not just obama but certainly president obama should have taken care of it now it's at a point where it's very, very far advanced. something has to be done. we can't allow this to happen. >> north korea apparently rocket man's official spokesperson came out and said his, the president's belligerent and insane statement at the u.n. trump so to say lit the fuse of war against north korea. brian: people did try to deal with north korea before they did this thing called trusting them. came one a deal fulfill it by the time they left the negotiating table they cheated on it need mitch mcconnell's deal late 70's. steve: trust but verify. it's hard to verify. this nbc news headline and here it is. we are going to put it up. president trump wanted to a tenfold increase in the nuclear arsenal that surprised a lot of military people. there is the nbc headline u as it turns out, according to the president, that is fake news. according to the defense secretary, it is as well. james mattis said recent reports that the president called for an increase in the u.s. nuclear arsenal are absolutely false. kind of erroneous report something irresponsible. that got the president on its hair regarding fake news. ainsley: president says nbc broadcasting license should be in jeopardy. they should take the license away. they are making up stories. brian: we are broadcasting with licenses on us. meanwhile, here is the question. steve: those are drivers licenses. brian: same thing. i believe it will still work. here is the president with sean. >> the media is pad. they are really dishonest people. these are very, very dishonest people. in many cases, in many cases. i know reporters and journalists phenomenal people and very straight and very honest. there is such dishonesty, i mean, you know, it's interesting. if i was just watching television, you don't know whether or not because, you negotiation you are just watching a report. but when you are the one being written about, you know if it's good or bad and it's always they try to make it negative. the media -- i call it fake media. so much fake news. brian: he provides a lot of the news. he president trump programming every network. look what they are doing and program against him. ainsley: he is not afraid to talk about every topic. he talked about the vegas shuting. infrastructure bill and also talked about collin kaepernick and football players that are kneeling. brian: he blames the commissioner for letting this thing get out of hand. steve: and we have got a sound by the. brian: any moment. don't. steve: we actually played it earlier. ainsley: we will tell you what it is. steve: you going to play it? you are licensed. let's run it? >> i watched collin kaepernick. i thought it was terrible it got bigger and bigger and started mushrooming. frankly the nfl should have suspended him for one game answered would have never done it again. [cheers and applause] >> they could have suspended him for two games and go coo have suspended him if he did it for a third time for the season. you never would have had a problem. i will tell you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. you cannot do that. [cheers and applause] brian: somethin' tells me collin kaepernick doesn't agree with that he retweeted and thanked el eminem for the live rap which was ripping as vile as possible the president of the united states. steve: looks like convincing the nfl to do something about it next week they will have a meeting. all the people involved and it looked like the commissioner is going to say you guys have all to stand up. ainsley: we asked all of you to comment. a few of did you. vicki wrote america, love it or leave it. that was the mantra many years ago. maybe it should be revived. brian: i think i wrote this nfl players should stand during out national anthem and pay respects to our nation's song or colors or go play in the canadian football league there are many patriotic citizens willing to take their place. of course that's three downs and a much wider field. steve: that email from somebody named brian. what do you think? let us know. we have headlines with jillian. jillian: i'm skeptical. i think it was you, brian. brian: i need more air time. jillian: why not? good morning, guys. we want to start with a fox news alert. brand new audio surfacing this morning of a mandalay bay employee warning hotel staff that someone was shooting. >> call the police. someone is firing a gun up here. someone is firing a rifle 32nd floor down the hallway. jillian: meanwhile autopsy of the shooter steven paddock's brain showed nothing abnormal but he may have been on antianxiety medication known to cause aggressive behavior. 10 college students in police custody accuse you had in the hazing death of a another student who died after a night drinking. gruber had a blood alcohol level nearly six times the legal limit to die and died of choking from alcohol poisoning last month. police say he was left in the frat house alone to die. the five delta charter shut down. the prosecution has rested its case in the bribery trial of democratic new jersey senator robert menendez. he is accused of accepting free flights on a private jet and other cut deals for a friend's business. he is convicted governor chris christie would appoint a replacement. ♪ bursting in air. jillian: no national anthem music, no problem. college football players and fans in connecticut singing the star-spangled banner before kick off saturday when the pa system failed. the incident coming a day before vice president mike pence's decision to leave sunday's nfl game between the colts and 49ers when several players kneeled during the anthem. have you got to love when you see spirit like that. don't you love it you. jillian: incredible. steve: jillian, thank you. remember the dress? well now these shoes are dividing the internet. are they pink shoes or are they white or gray and tale? ainsley: what do you see? steve: old friend anna kooiman is going to drop by. brian: president trump taking tax pitch right to the truckers. one of the truckers he called out last night in a good way joins us next. >> with us today is kevin birch of jet express. he wants to create more american jobs. and we are working to help him do exactly that. i love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink. febreze car vent clip cleans away odors for up to 30 days. because the things you love can stink. >> with us today is kevin birch of jet express who has been in the trucking business for more than 40 years. kevin says that if congress passes our tax relief and reform plan, he will be able to invest in new equipment and additional training for his dock technicians. steve: president trump there taking his tax plan to truckers in pennsylvania, calling out one of them by name. kevin. kevin, where are you? there you are right there. >> i am. steve: kevin birch whose name you just heard right there is president of jet express and trucking association. thank you very much. >> good morning to you all. steve: when the president was talking about middle class tax cuts and also talking about how this would help small businesses. really he is talking about you because most american truckers are small businessmen. >> absolutely. you know, a lot of our companies nationwide, small family companies beings second, third generation, that's what we do is move america's goods and do it in a safe manner. >> you feel that this is going to happen, the president does need everybody in his party to help him out. but, you know, democrats are not going to help him out because they don't want his agenda to go ahead and go forward. what's your message to the democrats who might be watching from a small businessman from the state of ohio yourself? >> well, probably because i have been coming to washington few more times being chairman. handle the american goods or economy shouldn't be democrat or republican or independent. we are involved in this 24/7. as the economy grows, we will need to figure out a way to get the freight delivered on time because it's not like it used to be years ago where you could wait a couple days. things are ships, you know, produced during the day, ships during the night. and they are actually produced in a plant or a car or a truck in the automotive industry that i'm in, the next morning. so we're 24/7. steve: so you feel with all your heart that this tax cut would really help your small business, burr the democrats, you know, the political talking points, they say this is just a disguise for a gigantic tax cut for the rich. >> well, this reminds me a little bit back, i'm an older person, like i said i have been doing this over 40 years. during the reagan administration if you will, it showed that if you do these tax cuts, you start spending money, we're pennies on the dollar like some other industries. and that bottom line is that we want to reinvest. there is new technology, new tractors, new trailers, those are things that so many of us have been hesitant to invest in. steve: sure. before you go, you know, everybody is talking about where are the good jobs. if people are watching right now in. >> we predict 900,000 jobs in the next 10 years. it's a great profession. there is 3.5 million truck drivers, professional men and women. but there is also the need for technicians and actually, the whole trucking industry is over 7 million people. and that's moving america's goods every day 24/7. so we have got a lot of jobs. steve: indeed. kevin burch, keep on trucking. thank you very much for joining us live from washington. >> hey, appreciate it, steve. steve: espn host caught calling jerry jones a slave owner and eminem bashing the president as a racist. whatever happened to civility? kevin jackson has his take. those guys not going to like it. a big decision in the fight for faith. what a court just ruled about prayer in congress. ♪ ♪ i hope you're somewhere praying ♪ is this a phone? or a little internet machine? it makes you wonder: shouldn't we get our phones and internet from the same company? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. so all you pay for is data. see how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. ainsley: brian wants me to read this fast so he has more time on the air. here are news by the numbers, 16 that's how many illegal borders patrols just caught entering the u.s. near the texas and arizona borders. that includes gang members and convicted sex offenders. next, 66%. that is the rise in cannabis linked to traffic deaths in colorado. according to research by national drug control strategy the state has seen two thirds increase in traffic deaths since 2013 or from 2013 to 2016, showing a surge since the state legalized pot. and from legal pot to illegal pot, 40 minutes. that's how long police say this man broadcast himself on facebook live selling drugs. they say that jeff kirk paraded around milwaukee selling marijuana armed with m-16 rifle and handgun. in the video he shows up to his mom's house where she hands him a bag of the drug. brian, is that fast enough? i messed up because i was reading too fast. brian: really? no. i thought it was fine. see you upstairs. rapper el eminem lashing out at president trump with freestyle ramp. >> we better give obama props because what we got in office now is a comma cozy that will probably cause a nuclear holocaust. racism is the only thing he is fantasti he is fantastic for. brian: where is the civility. talk to black spear and fox news contribesponse from the bet audience there. others wept out and was ripping the president personally calling him a racist. and everything else. do you think it's appropriate? >> no, it's not appropriate. i mean, look at little martin matter saving black people at a time one rap lyric at a time. this is a guy now worth about $190 million. he can go out and talk to blacks about a lot of different things. he grew up in 8-mile. got discovered by dr. dre. has made an amazing career, essentially profiteering off of blacks. and what does he do? he goes on the hip hop awards and he decides he is going to pander. that's exactly what he did. let's pay homage to barack obama who unfortunately was not all that he was, you know, all he could have president as president for blacks. of course have you got to get in the shots on donald trump, because that's what he believes that audience wants to hear. i would venture to tell you there are lots of blacks in that audience who did not agree with little martin matters. brian: i can't do his definitive biography but also known for calling women sluts, lyrics that lead to homophobic and my a subject any. criticized of that in the past. he is ripping on president trump because he doesn't like rhetoric. he told fans you have to make a choice you can't like me and can't like president trump. that's an interesting tact for record label. >> well,. brian: go ahead. >> i was going to say other irony in 2004 he had trump introduce slim shady as president which is another sort of a interesting irony. brian: when roger goodell comes out and says i think the players should stand this weekend and from here on in on the national anthem, michael got word of this and jerry jones told his players they have to stand. is he on pardon the interruption on espn. listen to this analogy. >> he got doubt and linked arms and all this stuff but he said i want to honor the anthem. i understand that. seemed like that was where it was going. now it seems like it was as phony as a $3 bill. the word that comes to my mind i don't care who doesn't like me using it is plantation. the players are here to serve me and they will do what i want no matter how much i pay them. they are not equal to me. brian: the players aren't equal to you. they are not equal to derek jeter, he owns the marlins in miami. the owners have control. what's unique about that? >> well, you know, it's a silly thing that always invoke some idea of plantation politics or, you know the idea that these young black men are working as slaves. if that's the case, you know, i would sign up for that type of slavery any time they want. this was tried by jesse jackson when lebron james left cleveland. he actually implied that dan gilbert was a slave owner and lebron james was earning $7 million a year earlier in his career. so these are young black men who have to follow the rules of a corporation. brian, you have rules that fox sets for you. so, it's ridiculous that they do that. but, you know, what it's boiling down to is america is finally seeing there is no way to satisfy the left when it comes to politics. brian: i just think it has gone way over the top. i saw michael who is on weekend update on snl called the president multiple times a cracker. lebron james called him a bung. coming up straight ahead in the next 90 minutes, president trump making a big announcement today on healthcare. he has a pen and he is going to use it remember the dress? 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that it's time to think about jardiance. ask your doctor about jardiance. and get to the heart of what matters. ainsley: congress couldn't repeal obamacare so president trump is taking matters into his own hands. steve: with a pen. steve: is he going to sign a healthcare with choice and competition. brian: who could be against that kevin corker is at the white house. >> let's think about this as a football. it's no a first down not a touchdown. time left on the clock with healthcare reform. the administration is still working on trying to figure out a way to repeal and replace obamacare. as you pointed out, the president ready to use a pen to get the job done. remember, it was all smiles back in the rose divarnsd when the house voted to repeal and replace the affordable care act. what happened when it came time for the senate to step up. arizona senator john mccain playing the role of lucy. looking like charlie brown they couldn't get the votes to seal the deal. last night in exclusive interview with sean hannity the president who by the way was in pennsylvania talking tax reform said, look, now is the time to take matters into my hands for the sake of the american people and best of all, it will cost the government nothing, go out. private insurers will give you inincredible healthcare. can i sign it myself. i don't need anybody. i would have done it earlier except i was hoping that they were going to put this through and i would have it in the bill. but, we're signing tomorrow a healthcare package that will cover i don't know people say 30%, some people say 25%. some people say 50%. it's going to cover a large percentage of the people. >> truckers would benefit. >> truckers -- they unite. they form a group. [applause] >> the truckers will benefit. >> okay. now, what he is talking about being able to come together, guys. is he talking about these individuals and small businesses banding together. you can get a group of 10 people and have a healthcare association. don't forget there are so many other layers to this. we will talk about it today on a day where we can also hear about the iran nuclear deal but nor now back to you. steve: busy day down at our nation's capital where i think we hear the leaf blower. ainsley: of course you do. brian: that guy forget something? he was rushed. ainsley: is he going pretty fast. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: what's gotten in to us today. we are all in a funny mood. brian: what was it klein klein sweeper cleaner. brian: go too fast you might as well not vacuum. ainsley: i don't know. steve: all really great questions. jillian joins us. jillian: i'm worried but guys right now. i don't know what to think. good morning, guys. get straight to the harvey weinstein scandal because this keeps getting more involved by the day. tmz reporting harvey boarded a private jet overnight head fog a sex rehab and behavior center in arizona. he was originally supposed to head out of the country but that plan changed. this coming just hours after tmz also reported weinstein's daughter called 911, claiming her dad was, quote: suicidal and depressed. as for hillary clinton, well, it's been six days and she has finally said she'll give weinstein's campaign donation back, sort of. >> would you give the money back? >> well, there is no one to give it back to. what other people are saying, what my former colleagues are saying is they are going to donate it to charity. of course i will do that i give 10% of my income to charity every year. this will be part of that. there is no doubt about it. jillian: weinstein and his family have given 1.4 million in political contributions to the democratic party. an illegal immigrant accused of beheading his mother will likely not serve any time behind bars. a federal judge dismissing first degree murder charges against oliver moreccio calling him quote not mentally competent to stand trial. instead he will likely be sent to a mental hospital. the 18-year-old from honduras told police he killed his mother at north carolina home because he quote, felt like it. congress will continue opening sessions in prayer after a challenge to the tradition by an atheist. a federal court ruling against the lawsuit brought by the president freedom from religion. paul ryan celebrating the court's decision saying quote i'm grateful that the people's house can continue to begin its work each day as we have for centuries, taking a moment to pray to god. so do you guys remember the dress? how can we forget that, right? guess what? there is a new very colorful debate going viral. it's the shoes. so, some people say they are mint and gray. i say you are crazy. others swear they are pink and white. that's what they're. facebook post has nearly owns those shoesom people say they are pink. i don't see the gray and green. receive steve i read an explanation of it and it has to do with the flash and your sensitivity with your eyes to light. that's why different people, jill i can't believe, see different things. jillian: that's fine. steve: speaking of looking at different things look at the couch right now anna kooiman an an i haven't met you yet either. an an hello. brian: you have a lot in common. you both like sports and athletic activity. >> we have to talk in the commercial break. nice to meet you. ainsley: look at this. we are so happy for you. >> i have been eating for two. watch your breakfast. i have been stealing everybody's food. ainsley: how are you feeling. >> i'm great. it's my 25th week. ainsley: get your energy back. >> go ahead, steve. steve: i was requesting to say how is australia? we miss you. >> thank you. i miss you guys, too. "fox & friends" prepares you to do any show. i have been doing a lot of the television in australia on sky news. i have been doing their today show a show i love called studio 10. they let me announce it on their show. they blew gold confetti all over the set. it was so much funnel. i miss you guys. that made me feel like i had a tv family in australia. i listen to you all the time on your podcast. brian: have you been traveling around pregnant. this kid has already seen the world. >> my very first trip that i took or my little growing bump took was actually back to new york in north carolina for the proud american coverage did i in july. i was pregnant then. about 11 weeks pregnant then. ainsley: did you tell your mom and dad then. >> i told them i told my field producer then too. i have a tendency to overdo it and i didn't want to overdo it in first trimester. steve: you are due the end of january. >> january 26th i'm due which is australia day, their national holiday celebration. steve: did you plan that. >> i didn't but how cool is that we are expecting a baby boy. steve: that's wonderful. >> we have been doing a lot of the travel. that's in venice. we did a big trip around italy. saints marcos square. we have been to dubai and switzerland. i have been doing a lot of travel for anna kooiman.com. i don't know how much have you seen. i have been doing a lot of blowing with different hotel groups and airlines. steve: still out in los angeles, what, next week? >> yes. everybody at home we can have coffee together. i can't wait. lucky me. mongsd through friday i will be co-hosting good day l.a. this coming week with the legendary steve edwards there is he kind of like a regis fill bun type in l.a. i get to be on the show. i can't wait. can you stream it live on kttv.com. ainsley: are you going to north carolina. >> no they are coming to l.a. this time i couldn't fit it. in i'm going to stay put for a while in australia. ainsley: you can't travel the last few months. the baby be born in australia. so dual citizenship. will your parents go over there for the birth. >> i don't know. we will have to see how this all goes. brian: have you thought about your field producer taking lamaze classes. he was briefed on the whole abrasion? >> actually, i was just texting backs and forth with a friend of mine who lives in new york works for nbc. she had her baby. her water broke on air. did you see that story? i had no idea. i was texting her going oh, we need to get together and couldn't figure out why i'm not hearing back from her. i'm not going do that hopefully. she finished the newscast. she is an amazing woman. brian: that's a story. ainsley: if you need anything, this is going to be the best experience of your life. mine was on a weekend because she was born on a friday. it changes your life in such a great way, anna. you are going to be a great mom. you and tim are going to be great parents. steve: we will be watching you on ktla. >> kttp. brian: watch channel 5. >> it's great to see you guys and all the producers. thanks for having me back. it means a lot. ainsley: we love having you back. brian: did we do the segment on sneakers? steve: we did. >> can i challenge you guys to the competition tomorrow. ainsley: you still win. what color did you see on the shoes. >> pink. brian: i saw pink. ainsley: i saw pink the first time. what do you see? steve: i see pink. anna, good luck to you. all right. it is the incredible surprise this marine mom [screenels] [laughter] ainsley: she ran away from him. we are going to renoon night them on air. we're going to talk to them about that event. how cute. brian: the guy in the back just kept eating. todd is having breakfast with friends in harrisburg. ainsley: where no one is eating. brian: someone is injured. the president's tax plan brought to the people. how is it resonating? we'll find out. when it comes to heartburn trust the brand doctors trust for themselves. nexium 24hr is the number one choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. and all day all night protection. when it comes to frequent heartburn, trust nexium 24hr. aggressive styling, so you can break away from everyone else. the bold lexus is. experience amazing. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer so we created the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. you can even see how well you're sleeping and make adjustments. does your bed do that? the most amazing part is they start at $699. that's $200 off our queen c2 mattress during the final days of our fall sale. ends sunday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you steve: well, the president flew air force one out to the international guard base in harrisburg, pennsylvania yesterday and then flew home. somebody we dispatched there is todd. ainsley: i learned this morning harrisburg is the capital. do you remember that from elementary school? todd is there at a diner. you are at a loss for words. hey, todd. steve: good morning. todd: goork, guys. the patriot news says it all it says get it passed. we are speaking with the folks here at the city line diner in harrisburg down the street from where the president spoke to find out dan. dan, first of all, thank you for your service to our nation in the navy. >> you are welcome. todd: describes him as sensible environmentalist republican. is he small business owner and ebb joyed the speech. why? >> i did. he stating all the facts that we feel is important especially as small business owner. we do need lower taxes and easier way to get those taxes done. it's not good to be struggling to meet payrolls and having to find a cpa to pay them 4 to $5,000 a year to complete a simple tax form. todd: told me not in those you were tax brackets. those individuals in those you were tax brackets pay a lot of taxes so they deserve a tax break. why do you say that? >> i believe they pay most of the taxes in the country. and perhaps it's a burden on them, too. what we need to do is find a way to hire more people. more money can you hire more people. train them better or other jobs that are going to lift up their family incomes. todd: you mentioned you shouldn't have to hire a cpa so, of course, we go to james who is, drum roll, please, a cpa. james, you say have you mixed feelings about president trump's tax plan. did you vote for the president but i say regardless it's not getting through congress. why do you say that? >> well, there are different things that are involved. i agree 100 percent with the man sitting to my right. first of all, those kind of fees are too high. i don't charge those kind of rates. i have a practice in this town i'm well known for being very fair with rates. i don't make $300 an hour. i don't need to. i'm 74 years old. i'm a widower. todd: but specifically, but specifically, you do say life is complex. >> and taxes -- well, they will be inevitably. because pennsylvania started in 1971 with a flat tax. we still have the rate flat. we have all kinds of cellularly qs stuck in there now. the enforcement has gotten needlessly onerous in this state. i agree in part with what my gentleman to my right is saying. there are some things -- again, we'll have to see specifically what they do pass, if they ever get the votes to even pass it. todd: i think what james is saying, what the individual said earlier at the 6:45 hour. there is a lot of concern that no matter what the president does, congress is not going to get anything passed. we saw that in healthcare. there is just a general fear it seems among the american people that nothing is going to get done in d.c. send it on back to another great city, new york city. hi, guys. steve: that's right, todd, thank you very much. people are frustrated. the folks i have talked to out and about, they say the president seems to be doing what he can do but congress not helping him out. brian: we will find out if they are going to do anything. they have until december they have got to start working with them one day a week. steve: meanwhile, she is one of the world's most notorious terrorist white widow a recruitment for isis is dead. a big win on the war on terror. we will give you details coming up. ainsley: it is the incredible surprise this marine mom never saw coming. [screams] [laughter] ainsley: we will reunite the mom and the son again on air. steve: don't let her run off.la so they can protect their teammates and the surrounding wetlands, too. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. ainsley: we all love the military stories. the military members surprising their families and heart warming homecoming hit the internet. it wept wild. it went viral. look at this. [screams] [screams] [laughter] ainsley: after the initial shock wears off, the marine and his mom come in for a long hug. look at that they had not seen each other in two years. joining us now is corporal naheed via skype and his mom. we are reuniting them once again. are you back in japan right now? >> yes. i'm currently am right now. ainsley: you came home for a month. is that right? >> correct. i came home for a month and about six days. ainsley: how did you pull it off? how did you surprise your mom? >> god, well, to start off, i was deployed to the philippines for about six months. the plane was going to land sooner than it was supposed to. it gave me a window. i knew mom had been planning a family reunion for about a year. she had a facebook page updating me as well. at the time maybe i'm not going to make it maybe i am. but, yeah, i got word that we were coming just home a little earlier so that gave me an idea. so once i got the idea, i called my father. i called my father and i said hey, i might be coming home just a it off. >> i'm going to make the family reunion i have got to make it. >> tell me about your reaction. because a lot of people were saying she was running away from her son. we all have sympathy for you because we can't imagine being away from our child that long. what was going through your mind? >> absolutely. i was just so blown away. i was almost blown off of my feet when i saw him. i didn't expect him to come. he told me couldn't make it he was headed back to japan. he needed to get settled in. so i pretty much knew that he wasn't coming. and when i saw him walk through the door it just floored me. and i ran the opposite way but when i did get chance to give him a hug, did i not let him go. it was amazing. it was magical moment. ainsley: i don't blame you. naim, what has changed? what foods did you miss the most? >> well, first things first i found out that radio shack went out of business. [laughter] ainsley: yes, it did. >> that was a big culture shock for me. ainsley: what about the food? >> the food i went on a -- so i'm from california. i'm a cali boy. born and raised. ainsley: i know what you are going to say. in-n-out burger? >> i went on a food binge for a while. ainsley: i'm sure. >> i was in the philippines. i ate a lot but best was home cooked meals. you can't beat a good home cooked meal. ainsley: mom, that has to make you feel good. >> absolutely. ainsley: thanks for serving our country. i don't know how you are doing this two years without your baby u i'm glad you both got to see each other. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. ainsley: naim stay safe your mom wants to you come home. ainsley: boy scouts going co-ed, girls will now be allowed to join. do you think that's a good idea? trump: it's the biggest tax cut in the history of our country, and it's going to spur growth and keep our companies here. >> we happened new technology, new tractors, new trailers, this are things we've been so hesitant to invest in. brian: the president with a freestyle rant. >> saving black people one line at a time. this is a guy who is worth now about $190 million, he could go out and talk to blacks about a lot of different things. >> at least 23 people have died. and that number is expected to potentially go up because hundreds of people are still missing. it looked like they went through armageddon. ainsley: the boy scouts of america expands from cub scouts to the highest eagle scout. trump: the nfl should have suspended colin for one game, and he would have never done it again. you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. you cannot do that. ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: we have a fox news alert, and it is huge news, and this could be what the president was referring to yesterday. after five years held prisoner by the network, a taliban faction, an american woman and her family just released. brian: fox news pentagon producer is live at the pentagon is what we know. lucas, man, they've been together, but they have been held hostage for a long time. >> that's correct. brian. just moments ago, the pakistani army transferred this woman and her family. her two children born in captivity while held hostage about a taliban faction since 2012. this family has been transferred to american control. i've been told this is a diplomatically-led effort. u.s. special operations forces. not used in the rescue and comes as the family in 2012 went hiking in afghanistan just. moments ago, last night president trump behind the about the good news in a speech in pennsylvania, the same state where this american woman is from. >> happened today, where a country totally disrespected us called with some very, very important news and one of my generals came in, and they said, you know, i have to tell you. a year ago, they would have never done that. it was a great sign of respect. you'll probably be hearing about it over the next few days. but this is a country that did not respect us. this is a country that respects us now. the world is starting to respect us again. believe me. [cheers and applause] >> the family was last seen in a hostage video, caught lynn called don't be another president obama. said in the video, brian, that the saw her being defiled by her terrorist captives. now, there's two other americans being held captive by the network. last year, navy seals attempted a rescue in eastern afghanistan in an attempt to rescue an american professor teaching in at the time. they killed eight members. there's also a massachusetts man currently being held hostage. but to wrap up, an american family is now free. a family of five and her canadian husband josh and their two children born in captivity are now free this morning. steve: okay. so the president was probably alluding to them being released last night in pennsylvania. do we have any idea -- has the administration been negotiating to try to get them released? and why now? >> well, the administration has been negotiating. it started back in the obama administration when the family was first taken captive. in fact, the entire hostage review process was put under scrutiny because of the high number of american captives and some of their family members saying they weren't getting the support from the last administration that they thought they should. now efforts were complicated in getting this american family back when the u.s. military killed the leader of the taliban a year ago in pakistan. so a lot of things going on. a lot of negotiations. but it is good news this morning, guys. >> and coming back from iran. so we know there's synergy between pakistan. we don't have diplomatic relations with the network, so how do you think we did it? >> well, just recently, secretary of defense jim mattis and the chairman joint chief of staff told congress that they were no longer going to let pakistan harbor inside pakistan. so one might speculate this is a good-faith notion that the pakistan government put out the word that we need to help recover this american family and sure does appear like a good token, a sign of good faith. ainsley: how were they treated? do we know anything about that? >> the only thing where the family looked like they were under duress. one sucking a pacifier and you had caitlyn saying on camera that the network and their young children had seen her filed by her captives. horrible stuff. steve: it is. but she's coming home. meanwhile, the president was in front of a great, big 18-wheeler, with a sign that said lower taxes, more jobs. and the president said when your trucks are moving, more money. >> when they first introduced it, they talk about tax reform. and i said the problem with reform, no one understands what it means. reform could mean you're going to raise taxes. this is the largest tax cut in the history of our country. it's incredible. it's going to put people to work. so right now, we are the highest taxed nation in the world, and we're now going to be down in the lower rung in terms of taxes you're doing different types of things with your business, but you can get as much as a 40% tax reduction. brian: yeah, we'll see. paul ryan could write in his sleep ten years ago. you have to get all the so-called leaders of congress. not just the president out there talking to the people. so when chuck schumer and others come out and say, oh, this is only for the rich and this and that, you have somebody who can come back with substance. ainsley: republicans need something to show they are the majority party. they haven't gotten anything passed so far. if this happens in december. steve: and the reason he did that in front of all of those truck drivers is most american truck drivers are small businesses, and they would be greatly impacted. the president also said that the average middle class family would save $4,000 a year if congress passes this. asked you what you thought. a lot of e-mail. ainsley: yeah, this is from lee. said all republicans need to ask senators as is no changes. they need to stick together just like the democrats do. >> rob says all president trump has to do is get his tax plan passed, tell the democrats that you have to pass it to see what's in it, and they would jump on it like a dog on a bone. steve: there you go. a tweet from rick, i would rather see roads and bridges built and great gainful employment before the donor class is rewarded with tax cuts again. seen this before. ainsley: i read an article about the protesters. there were only 20 at that event last night, and then police said they need to move their cars, and most of the time left. there were only two of them that came back. steve: meanwhile, we know there have been a lot of protesters on the field with the nfl regarding it all started with colin kaepernick and then after the president of the united states, a lot of them were protesting the president of the united states. but now it looks like he's going to say you know what? we all should stand. if we're talking about the national anthem, we should all stand. ainsley: talking about a myriad of t is what he had to s. trump: i watched colin kaepernick, and i thought it was terrible. and then it got bigger and bigger and started mushrooming. and frankly, the nfl should have suspended him for one game, and he would have never done it again. they could have been suspended for two games, and they could have suspended him again if he did it for the first time for the season, and you would never have had a problem. but i will tell you, you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. you cannot do that. [applause] >> they're going to have the nfl this week, the first thing on their agenda, also reached out to the union saying we would like you to attend too because they're concerned about the ratings and the sponsorship, concerned about cte and the sport, and now they're concerned about this. steve: well, it's clearly a win for the president of the united states. if he was able to force this issue. charlie gasparino says that trump knows the fans better than it does and rodger goodell stay clear of stories that looks like its league was run by social justice warriors. the fans, however, noticed. ainsley: mainstream media is not reporting how americans feel about it. and americans are sick about it. brian: it's not all over, though. i do expect some players to kneel. especially look at the 49ers and look at the browns. ainsley: even during the anthem? brian: definitely. they could sit in between plays, i have no problem with that. it's just the anthem. steve: when they do that, it's bad for their business because a lot of the fans, according to the polls, a majority of americans want -- ainsley: how does it come home in two years? sacrificing so much for our country and you saw the video. that poor guy was excited to have -- sacrificing so much and not to stand for those men and women that are doing so much for our country and our safety. brian: and he also had to fight with someone else about radio shack. ainsley: radio shack. steve: it's always something. 8:11 here in new york city and jillian joins us with a fox news alert. >> and overseas, think about how they feel when players aren't standing. ainsley: absolutely. >> the white widow, one of isis's most notorious terrorists is believed to be dead. sally jones, a 52-year-old mother of england became a top terror recruiter for england after moving to syria and marrying a jihad. according to her son, she was killed in a u.s. drone strike in june. accused in the hazing death of another student who died after a night of drinking. police say, he had a bloo blood alcohol level nearly six times the legal limit and died from choking to death. he was left choking to die. the frat house is now shut down. the boy scouts of america will now allow girls to join the ranks. the change will now allow them to eventually obtain the coveted eagle scout rank. a program for older girls is expected to be available in 2019, also giving them a pass to become an eagle scout. the girl scouts blasting the decision saying it's all about declining numbers and revenue. so we've all had to wait in the airport during flight delays. not fun; right? but some people pass the time better than others like this guy. the traveler grabbing the mic at the gate in new orleans. fellow passengers even chiming in while he performed a flawless rendition of black street's no diggity. guys, i like the way you work it. ainsley: was he at the bar before that? where did he get the courage to say that? brian: remember when the redskins was the biggest controversy in the nfl? next up, the planet and now hezbollah has its sights set on the united states. our next guest is a national security expert who says the iran nuclear deal made the threat so much worse. brian: no kidding. plus, the vacation is over. why former president obama is heading to the campaign trail. look out, virginia. ♪ ah, my poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? enough. take that. a breathe right nasal strip of course. imagine just put one on and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. so you can breathe, and sleep. better than a catnap. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. the morning walk until... it... wasn't. don't let type 2 diabetes get between you and your heart. even if you reach your a1c goal you are still at risk for heart attack or stroke. talk to your health care provider today about diabetic heart disease. and find out more at heartoftype2.com. your heart and type 2 diabetes. make the connection. brian: after five years of hell, prisoner in the pakistan region, a taliban faction, an american woman and her family just released. caitlyn coleman was taken hostage with her canadian husband in 2012 by the taliban. she, her husband, and two kids have now been released to take stan. we don't know the details. which. a terrorism expert. aaron, as you see the network, now they don't. we didn't have to give up five gitmo guys to exchange. so what do you think happened here? >> well, i completely agree with you, brian. i think what we're seeing here is a forced rescue operation. and if that's the case, it seems pakistan with joint u.s. actionable intelligence deployed a security team or intradictation team w years andd an entry and got them out and freed them. brian: we know they're the problem. we know that's where the taliban train and go back and regroup. so maybe they're getting the message. >> i think the message is getting through. i think it has to be getting through because pakistan has a to be terror problem within its own borders. and if they don't get onboard with the overall macrostrategy, they're not going to continue to claw their way out of this archaic situation there as well. so i think this could be a glimmer of hopefully some pro pakistani movement toward the right direction as far as pakistani is to go. brian: there's information out there that hezbollah is to attack -- what do you think about this? >> well, i can tell you, brian, iran is one of the oldest organized terrorists groups in the history of modern warfare. there's no question that they are essentially the extreme islamic military on behalf of the iranian rescream. they have been since the bombing, the marine barracks that killed over 222 service men. i think the threat is credible, i think it's as real of an organization as it comes. i know some of our agencies arrested back in june sleepers both in michigan and new york as well. this is a very real terror group, brian. every threat and colonel needs to be turned over on this group. they've got thousands of rockets, they have thousands of militants who are, you know, willing to strap on bombs and kill u.s. soldiers at the doorstep of the bases. this is the real deal with hezbollah. brian: thank you so much reacting to the breaking news and confirming there is some movement in this area. special thanks to venezuela for bringing it into our hemisphere. plus, after five days, hillary clinton speaking about harvey weinstein. what did she just say about the cash that he gave her. and she loves singing the national anthem and her husband plays in the nfl. jessie james decker joins us. next my experience with usaa has been excellent. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, and it really shows. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before we called the police. usaa was there hands-on very quick very prompt. i feel like we're being handled as people that actually have a genuine need. we're the webber family and we are usaa members for life. usaa, get your insurance quote today. brian: got a fox news alert now. the massive wildfires in northern california we've been covering the last few days expected to get worse today. steve: look at this. the incredible video showing somebody drive through the fire surrounded by flames and trying to get to safety. oh, my goodness. ainsley: that would be so scary. will carr is live in santa rosa where the entire neighborhood has been destroyed. >> and this neighborhood looks like a bomb went off. everything gone here. you can see half of this garage door is crumbled and charred. and as we walk along, we've seen so many cars that were charred and burned in this inferno. it was so hot, actually, that the bumpers of the cars melted off and are now scrap metal. as you look up on this light pole, i want to show you that's the other part of the garage door, which is now dangling down. at least 23 people have been killed in these fires. hundreds more are still missing. so that number could go up throughout the rest of the day. there's going to be a red flag warning. that's not good for the firefighters on the ground. some of whom have actually lost their own homes while they're trying to protect these communities and for people who are not in the direct fire line, the air quality is terrible. many people throughout this area actually wearing masks like this, if they can find them. many places have sold out. guys. steve: all right. will carr live in santa rosa in las vegas. steve: there must have been an explosion for the light pole. ainsley: she's married to tennessee titans eric decker, and she has performed the star-spangled banner many, many times. ♪ ♪ home of the free and home of the brave. steve: and recording star jessie james decker who has a new album out tomorrow joins us live. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: you're the perfect person to ask about this because your husband is a wide receiver for the titans, and we're talking about whether or not players should stand for the anthem, which you sing, what's your point of view on this? >> you know, everything i wrote in that instagram post is -- steve: tell us about the instagram post. >> exactly how i feel. i wrote in the instagram post that i really love singing the national anthem. i'm the daughter of a military family. my dad is a general in the air force. family members in the military. my grandpa had a spot in the vietnam war, my uncle fought in world war ii. just, for me, what the anthem means to me may be different than what it means for others. so, for me, i like to stand. that's just what it means to me. brian: do you fundamentally think you have a military background, but it should mean the same thing for everyone if you're an american; right? >> well, i never knew that it meant anything else. so, for me, i just figured the anthem is what it means. so i think, for me, i didn't understand that it meant something else to others. which there's nothing wrong with them feeling that way. but, for me, the anthem is how i've always been raised to feel about it. steve: and when you sing that song, you think of story that you shared with us about your grandfather. share that with the folks at home. >> so i -- my grandfather who has now passed, he fought in the vietnam war, and there were a lot of people asking me how could your father fight in the vietnam war. you're 29. this doesn't make any sense. well, my grandmother was a cougar and married someone else. so, yes, he did fight in the vietnam war. i was, like, let me correct this. my grandmother was a cougar. i feel like she was 17 years old. but anyway, he is one of the most special people to me in my life and always was. and he would come visit us all the time when my parents would go on couples trips. but anyway, he was so passionate about being in the military, especially the national anthem. he would make me go to the other room, and he would ask me to turn around, and he would ask me to sing the national anthem every time he saw me, and i would sing the whole song, and he would just weep. he would cry like just babbling crying. and as soon as he was done, he would wipe his tears and pat my back and said good job, baby. that's it. he just wanted those emotions. brian: your husband eric and jessie, brand-new season. here's a clip. >> we've been anticipating for days upon days wondering where we're going to go. we know the teams that are interested. >> i just feel, you know, kind of weighing all decisions and factors that will go into it for us like -- i think tennessee, we go with them. just i feel the most comfortable, and i think it's the right decision. brian: so, no, longer a jet. he joins the titans. brand-new season. how has it been? >> it's been really good. the positive about it all is we live in nashville. that's our home base, so it was kind of crazy to get the call that we were able to stay home. i will admit that we really dialogue enjoy our time with the jets. we have really good, fond memories. we were treated so unbelievably well. like, just such a warm welcoming community, so we'll always have really warm, fuzzy feelings about that. ainsley: well, y'all took a break. this is season three. when can we see it? >> so it's on every wednesday night at 10:00, 9:00 central. i believe we just aired our fifth episode last night. so we've got a few more to go. but, you know, it's fun. steve: all right. speaking of fun, it's fun promoting new albums. you've got one that comes up tomorrow. it's called southern girl city lights. is this biographical? >> i guess you could say. i am a southern girl, but i get to travel all over the world and go to major cities. but there's some things that's just -- i don't know. brian: what's your favorite song in the album? >> there's a song on the album called hungry that i really love, and it's just about remembering your humble roots and never forgetting that. ainsley: it has nothing to do with being pregnant; right? because we get hungriment. >> i am hungry. i went to an amazing restaurant in new york, and they had this big chocolate cake, and it was so good, i took a majority of it home with me. i was, like, i'm going to be eating this chocolate cake. ainsley: you have to follow her on social media. because tells her daughter she's going to be a big sister, and it is so sweet. steve: congratulations. ainsley: congratulations. steve: for the album and the tv show. >> thank you, all, appreciate it. brian: 29 minutes before the top of the hour, this is the story. the vacation is over. why former president obama is heading back to the campaign trail. going to virginia. steve: plus, president trump vowing to help small business owners in his new tax plan. sbh, small business administrator linda mcmahon is here to explain how it all works coming up live from new york city worrying about your big... about the client dinner. you gonna wear? 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>> well, it's not immediately clear. but since president trump announced last month, a new strategy for south asia and pakistan, one of the key components is new pressure on the pakistan government to deny the taliban and network a safe haven in pakistan, and it's worth noting, steve, there are two other american hostages believed to be captive by the network. brian: so we're not sure who did the rescue. would you say it's clear that the americans didn't do the rescue? or is that still up in the air? >> well, brian, i'm told that u.s. special operations forces did not play a role, certainly the u.s. intelligence agencies did. they did provide a tip about the location about where the family was located, and then the pakistan military rolled it. all right. jillian has more headlines for us this morning. to you at home as well. let's begin with a fox news alert. brand-new audio surfacing this morning of a mandalay bay employee warning hotel staff someone was shooting. >> call the police. someone is firing a gun up here. someone is firing a rifle on the 32nd floor down the hallway. >> meanwhile, steven paddock's brain showed nothing normal. but he may have been on antianxiety medication known to cause aggressive behavior. now to the harvey weinstein scandal. harvey boarded a private jet overnight heading to a sex rehab in arizona. he was originally supposed to head out of the country, but the plan changed. this coming just ahours after tmz also reported weinstein's daughter called 9-1-1 claiming her dad was quote suicidal and depressed. as for hillary clinton, it's been six days, and she has finally said what she will give hillary clinton's campaign donation to. >> would you give the money back? >> well, there's no one to give the money back to. my colleagues said i will donate it to charity. and of course i will do that. i give 10% of my income to charity every year. this will be part of that. there's no doubt about it. >> weinstein and his family have given more than 1.4 million in political contributions to the democratic party. for the first time since leaving the white house, former president barack obama is going back on the campaign trail. obama will stump for lieutenant governor, the democratic hopeful in virginia's governor's race. he said to appear at a rally in richmond next week. president trump has endorsed his rival republican. and our very own janice dean stepping up in a big way to help texas in the wake of hurricane harvey. get this. she is donating all proceeds from her latest book freddie the frog caster to a group of military vets providing relief. her dedication isn't going unnoticed in washington. >> last week, janice of fox news in a district i represent told a story about how team is helping with debris removal in texas. >> janice joins the team in relief efforts last week in texas. and, janice, as i texted you the other day. >> a news story. that's unbelievable. fox news alert. that has never happened before. brian: you've been working this janice dean story for how long? >> forever. i've been trying to get an exclusive, and she wouldn't let it happen. >> i will now. ainsley: you made the house floor, and they honored you. it's wonderful. >> a wonderful group of people that integrate our veterans after service. they get out and help in disaster areas, and it was my privilege to cover them. i mean, my heart was just lighter that day seeing. steve: well, you're so selfless in donating all of your proceeds. so not only are you a news story, but you are couple of months ago when you retired from the dog story. >> i mean, this year on fox and friends has been really -- i don't know how i'm going to outtop this year. ainsley: if people want to buy your book since you're donating all of the proceeds, where can they buy it? >> they can buy it wherever books are sold. and thank you, congressman as well. what an honor it is on the house floor. brian: how did you find out? >> he told me. >> yeah, he did. and he's a big fan of fox and friends. so wave good morning. thank you for honoring. brian: why did he say that on c-span, not on fox news? 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we're going to ask small business administrator linda mcmahon. good morning to you, linda. >> good morning. ainsley: so you're out there. you talk to the small businesses and the people who own these companies. what are they telling you that they really need? >> well, i can tell you, ainsley, i've met with many small businesses around the country and without fail, i hear from them, look, cut my taxes. i will reinvest that money in my business, i will hire more workers, i will grow my business and this economy. and that's what they're concerned with. they need to know what their tax rate is. they're not talking about reform. what i hear is tax rate. let me have that money to reinvest in the company. steve: and i think was holding up a piece of paper saying i'm going to simplify to hold it up on one sheet of paper. the second line is two fold. the president said that the average middle class american family would save $4,000 every year, and he made this pitch in front of truck drivers each and every one of those truck drivers, many of them were actually small business people as well, so they would benefit from the president's plan. >> absolutely. goods are being delivers, raw materials are being brought to companies. our food is getting everywhere it needs to get. so truckers are part of the basics of our small businesses, and they mostly are small businesses. so when they see that extra money coming through, it's a big boom to that particular industry. ainsley: when you listen to the president, all the tax brackets, everyone's taxes go down. everyone is in a lower rate. getting a lower rate. but when you hear chuck schumer say the people who are the wealthiest, they're going to pay less and the people who are the poorest, they're going to pay more. is there truth to that? >> i think you're always going to hear that from the opposition. but, really, when you look at what the president is doing when all of the marginal rates are coming down. going from seven brackets to three brackets. a top rate on our small business that have passed through income is going to be au throw in, you know, city and state taxes, they're paying as much as 42%. so to have it capped at 25, this is really a big boom to small businesses. and, you know, middle income families, i think the president has indicated that probably have an additional $4,000 every year of income that they can either save or spend. those are big things to our middle class americans. steve: yeah, we like to keep more of our money. just saying it. i was down in naples, florida for the past weekend for a lovely wedding, and i noticed a lot of damage down in florida, a lot of small businesses impacted. how has the sba stepped up to help the folks not only in florida but other hurricane states? >> well, i've been to puerto rico with president trump. i went to houston with him, and then just came back from houston yesterday. i was with governor scott a little over a week ago as we looked at small businesses. what sba does is go right behind fema, and we get coming in to sba for loans for businesses, as well as homes. this is the only time that sba actually loans money. typically, we guarantee loans. so up to $200,000, whether it's a business loan, a home loan, a mortgage, renters who have lost property, capital or inventory losses. so there's a cap of 200,000. but that could go across the board. ainsley: yeah, that could help people rebuild. steve: a lot. >> so, for instance, in houston, we have now approved over 12,000 loans for about $1.1 billion. so that's very meaningful in that market to get people back up and running. and then we in puerto rico, a little bit slower in puerto rico, simply because they don't have their power grids up, their communication channels are still down, but we are on the ground all over the island delivering paper applications and helping people fill those out and getting them back into the systems. ainsley: giving those families a little bit of hope after they've lost everything. thank you so much for doing what you're doing and thank you for being with us. >> you bet. steve: next up on our thursday morning run down. rob and jillian go head-to-head in the kitchen with a fox and friends bake-off. ainsley: but first, let's check in with bill to find out what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> good morning, guys. more on these americans coming home. what a story this is developing to be. coming up on that. also, opening bid on tax reform. what can pass congress? big question yet again. also, what now with the iran deal? we're about to find out. big news on obamacare with the president signs in a moment could change your coverage. we'll tell you how. and did the nfl lose to the white house? we'll debate that. top of the hour. ten minutes away ainsley: you know them as the new cohost of fox and friends first. today they are here for our first ever cooking and friends backoff. steve: let's start with you, rob. this recipe is from your mother. >> this is the one american thing that i think she knows how to make. ainsley: have you ever cooked before? >> i cook very basic stuff at home. ainsley: what are you cooking today? >> this is going to be apple pie. this is me. about a month ago, actually. it was a good trip. ainsley: and you took her to italy? >> yeah. she had never been. so i was, like, you know what? steve: have you ever done this before? >> you take this pillsbury dough, and i'm not going to do this whole thing. i mean, it's not going to be pretty. brian: do you want to just eat lettuce? >> you've got some flower, you've got some sugar. >> how long has your mom been baking? ainsley: wait a minute. can we zoom in on this? i mean -- hold on. >> guys, i've got no time here. >> got to put that in there. you take some apples. >> if you're doing a cooking show at 5:00 a.m. jillian, what are you making? >> i'm making a waffle cake. for those of you saying what the heck, it's from the netherlands. my family and i go to aruba every year and when we were there in april, we had this desert, which was amazing, and i was, like, i'm determined when i get home to figure out how to make this. so i search recipes. they were all in dutch. so i'm on googols translate trying to figure out how to make this thing. i bake. i don't cook anything. i bake. so far, i don't know what's going on here. >> exactly. you put some lemon juice, some sugar. i think hers is going to win just because of looking at it. but we've got to try. >> for show. ainsley: y'all like working together? >> yeah. we love it. >> i like making him love. >> but we're only four days in. >> it could all go wrong. >> janice. >> i'll be chasing it right now. >> yeah. just get in there and go for it. there you go. brian: it looks like chaos. >> but when mom makes it, it looks really good. >> let's try the cake waffles first. >> get one of the cookies. >> like a waffle cone. >> does anyone want to try? steve: i like the sauce on top. >> let me try some of this. ainsley: you want to try it? steve: let's try rob's apple pie real quick. >> get some of that apple pie. ainsley: rob's using my fork. >> this is amazing. how did you make this? >> which one do you like better, steve? >> mom wins because there's not a lot of sugar in it. it's actually pretty good [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her until she got quickbooks. now she sends invoices, sees when they've been viewed and-ta-dah-paid twice as fast for free. visit quickbooks-dot-com. >> we have a big show tomorrow with david bossie. senator rand paul and harvey levin saying different stuff separately. >> we call it a tie. >> see you on friday. >> bill: fox news alert. breaking news from overnight. an american woman and her family are coming home finally. they've been held in captivity for five years by a taliban-affiliated group and now they're free. good news to start the day today. i'm bill hemmer. >> sandra: good morning, bill. i'm sandra smith. the news breaking one hour ago. kaitlyn coleman was seven months pregnant when she and her canadian-born husband were kidnapped while hiking in afghanistan. they and their two children are now back in american hands. kevin corke is live at the white house. when do we expect the white house to weigh in on this rescue? 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