BORDER AT ‘BREAKING POINT’: During a visit to Texas on Wednesday, the nation’s top border security official said the U.S.-Mexico border was at its "breaking point," with the U.S. lacking enough agents to adequately respond ... U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan said the
Border Patrol is on pace for more than 100,000 apprehensions and
encounters with migrants – mostly from Central America seeking asylum in
the U.S. On Monday, agents encountered an estimated 4,000 migrants border-wide, he said, and faced even more Tuesday.
SCRAMBLING FOR DAMAGE CONTROL IN SMOLLETT CASE: An internal
email obtained by Fox News suggests that officials in the office of
Chicago's top prosecutor were looking for ways to justify the surprise decision to drop hate-crime hoax charges against "Empire" star Jussie Smollett ...
An email from the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx asked
assistant state's attorneys to dig for any examples to bolster Foxx’s
claim that the dropped charges in the Jussie Smollett case weren’t as
uncommon or shocking as they seemed. It was not clear who sent the email
or exactly when it was sent. Foxx recused herself from the case last
February but defended her office's use of an "alternative prosecution
model" with Smollett in a series of interviews Wednesday.
WINNING POWERBALL TICKET SOLD IN WISCONSIN: For the first time in three months, we have a winner in the Powerball jackpot ... A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the Powerball drawing,
lottery officials confirmed early Thursday. A statement on the
Powerball website says that due to strong ticket sales, the jackpot
climbed from $750 million to an estimated $768.4 million at the time of
the drawing with a cash option of $477 million. The winning numbers are:
16-20-37-44-62 and the Powerball is 12.
THE SOUNDBITE
WALL-TO-WALL COVERAGE - "A lot of people don’t
think we’re building walls. We’re building massive, many, many miles of
walls right now and we’re gearing up to do many more." – President Trump, telling Fox News' Sean Hannity that he wants to hold a news conference from San Diego, where he said authorities have completed a stretch of wall. (Click the image above to watch the full video.)
TODAY'S MUST-READS
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MINDING YOUR BUSINESS
Boeing's Max jet lobbying part of Transportation Department probe.
Fannie and Freddie reform could get snarled in White House infighting.
Five things to know about Lyft ahead of its IPO.
STAY TUNED
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millions of people as he spread the Gospel all over the world. This
moving special explores the spiritual leader’s incredible six-decade
career. Watch a preview HERE.
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On Fox News:
Fox & Friends,
6 a.m. ET: Border Patrol agent Hector Garza on the migrant crisis. "Fox
& Friends" celebrates Opening Day in Major League Baseball with
country singer Lucas Hoge and more!
On Fox Business
Mornings with Maria,
6 a.m. ET: Special guests include: U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.,
ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee; U.S. Rep. Doug
Collins, R-Ga.; Ben Carson, secretary of HUD; Steve Forbes, chairman and
editor-in-chief of Forbes Media.
Varney & Co., 9 a.m. ET: U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, 3 p.m. ET: Stephan Paternot, co-founder & CEO of Slated.
Lou Dobbs Tonight, 7 p.m. ET: Tom Fitton, president of Judicial watch.
Kennedy, 9 p.m. ET: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.; Katie Pavlich, Fox News contributor
On Fox News Radio:
The Fox News Rundown podcast: "Measles Outbreak Causes County's Concern"
- Rockland County in New York state has declared a state of emergency
over a measles outbreak and has banned unvaccinated minors from public
places. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases of the National Diseases of Health, weighs in
on the outbreak. It’s Opening Day 2019 and all 30 Major League Baseball
teams are scheduled to take to the field Thursday. Ken Davidoff,
baseball columnist for the New York Post, previews the season ahead.
Plus, commentary by Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial
analyst.
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The Brian Kilmeade Show,
9 a.m. ET: The Mueller report, fired former FBI Director James Comey's
NBC News interview, Trump's interview on "Hannity" and the Smollett case
will the leading topics of debate with the following guests: Mark
Morgan, former FBI assistant director and LAPD officer; Chris Wallace,
host of "Fox News Sunday"; Karl Rove, former White House deputy chief of
staff under President George W. Bush. Plus, Elisabeth Hasselbeck
discusses her new book, "Point of View: A Fresh Look at Work, Faith, and
Freedom" and Janice Dean reveals the genesis of her new memoir, "Mostly
Sunny."
The Todd Starnes Show,
Noon ET: Todd discusses the importance of religious liberty with Sam
Brownback, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
He also speaks with Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz about
the prayer she gave before a voting session that caused an uproar.
Benson & Harf,
6 p.m. ET: Special guests include: Lanhee J. Chen, Ph.D., the David and
Diane Steffy research fellow at the Hoover Institution; Mercedes
Schlapp, White House director of strategic communications; Judge Andrew
Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst and host of the new Fox
Nation show "Liberty File."
#TheFlashback
2017: Wells Fargo
says it will pay $110 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over as
many as 2 million accounts its employees opened for customers without
getting their permission.
1979: America's worst
commercial nuclear accident occurs with a partial meltdown inside the
Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.
1941: Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf, 59, drowns herself near her home in Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Fox News First is compiled by Fox News' Bryan Robinson. Thank you
for joining us! Have a good day! We'll see you in your inbox first
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