michael mcdowell wins his first nascar race, celebration from victory lane coming up. fox & friends first on a monday morning starts right now. walk this way. walk this way. talk this way. todd: you were there. jillian: i was. just like, what, 15 hours ago. it was a lot of fun. but those wrecks are not fun to watch. it s scary in person. so scary. todd: especially when you do it to one of your teammates. i promise, you and i are teammates, i will try to not cause any wrecks. jillian: you got my back? todd: i do. good morning, you re watching fox & friends first. i m ashley strohmier. todd: power is cut to he reduce demand. homes are without heat during rolling blackouts. president biden approved an emergency decoration. a fiery multicar pileup occurred in oklahoma. todd: janice is tracking it. she will join us live coming up. president biden will allow more than 25,000 people seeking asylum into the united states, reversing a major trump era policy. todd: rich e
oh, living on a prayer. take my hand ashley: my shoulders are so burnt from being in daytona and to come back to new york, see piles of snow todd: that s not where i was going to go with this. ashley: where were you going to go. todd: i was going to say in kansas, where you re from, when you re in a bar and that song comments on does everybody fist pump. that s what we do in jersey. ashley: that s not what we did. todd: with that, good morning. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i am not sun burnt. i am todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. a dangerous situation unfolding across texas as power is cut to reduce demand on the system. temperatures are below freezing leaving homes without heat. snow and fall beginning to fall. winter storm causing this fiery multicar pileup in oklahoma. todd: the system set to take on us here in the northeast. janice dean joins us live with the latest. janice, the 5:00 a.m. report should be out. what do we kn
covid hospitalizations among children surging in parts of the country. in new york city, a five-fold increase, with less than a third of eligible children fully vaccinated nationwide. holiday travel nightmares playing out at america s airports. more than 1,000 flights canceled today, after thousands more were halted over the weekend. airlines blaming omicron-fueled crew shortages and bad weather. people left stranded at the airport, scrambling to get home. what dr. fauci said today about whether vaccines should be required to fly. that dangerous winter blast targeting millions tonight across more than 20 states. in the west, bitter cold, snow and rain. in california, i-80 shut down amid whiteout conditions. and more than 100 inches of snow since last week. blizzard conditions hitting parts of the upper midwest. that system now moving into the northeast from pennsylvania to new england, with freezing rain, bringing stretch rouse driving conditions for millions making the h
jzbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. craig melvin picks up with more news right now. well, not craig yet. good friday morning. i m stephanie ruhle. this hour we are diving directly into issues that probably matter most to you and your family. things like the soaring cost to put food on your table, gas in your tank and heat in your home. you ve seen it if you ve been to the grocery store. beef prices up. milk up. eggs. orange juice up and up. as temperatures outside are dropping, energy prices are doing the exact opposite. in moments we re going to break down what that could mean for you and your heating bill ahead of what is predicted to be a bitterly cold winter. and later, why these exact same issues could mean food banks are forced to serve chicken on thanksgiving instead of turkey. plus there s a new twist in the kyle rittenhouse trial. the prosecution now wants the jury to consider some of the lesser charges facing the accused shooter. a mad dash f
first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa, with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s feegtsing for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off? candidate governor ron desantis joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucusgoers and candidates brave subzero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. i worry about that. wear layers. mthey can throw a blizzard a us, and we ll have a fight. who will have the advantage in turnout? plus, rough waters. an escalation in the middle east to now a key senator is the to press joe biden on the u.s. role there. is biden s stance widening the rift on the left? the united states is deeply complicit. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the single most consequential days in this year s calendar, t