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there in chicago. welcome to "fox & friends." we're doing a split show because lawrence is at the dnc. today. >> steve: all right. we start with a fox news alert. another chaotic scene outside the dnc as dozens of anti-israeli activists are arrested as protesters burned the american flag. >> ainsley: plus night two of the convention wraps up with the obamas. they were on so late. it was another late night. they were touting hope and they were attacking trump. and, they weren't the only ones. out of the 8 main speakers, trump is mentioned more than any of the issues combined. >> lawrence: and i decided to visit a couple of chicago's barber shops to see how voters across the city feel. watch. >> groceries are too high. taxes are too high. gas is too high. >> black men are particularly like to work with their hands. they like to drive trucks. you know, those are jobs that, you know, an illegal can come in

and underbid him with third world prices. >> lawrence: powerful stuff there. vice presidential nominee j.d. vance will join us. >> brian: "fox & friends" starts right now. that's what j.d. vance looks like when he is smiling. ♪ >> ainsley: we start this hour with a fox news alert. protesters burning american flags, and israeli flags outside of the israeli consulate in chicago yesterday. as dozens of protesters were marching through the city. >> steve: extra security measures are now being put in place as as more protests are expected today. they don't that to happen again. >> brian: steve harrigan is in chicago. steve, what do you think? >> steve: brian, more than 70 arrests overnight in front of the israeli consulate. these are protesters who were clearly looking for a fight. most of them were dressed in black. they had masks over their heads. they burned the u.s. flag. they spray painted directly on

police car symbols of anarchy. they were looking for a fight. it was interesting the-to-see the police did not give them that fight they were looking for. they stayed professional throughout. they were pinning in these protesters, riot police were there to try prevent them from blocking traffic. and police officials, law enforcement officials the top brass was on the scene and they praised the restraint of the officers. >> we have our resources on standby all the time. and we can move resources as needed. and these are plans that we have practiced. we have done this through table tops. we have looked at situations that rapidly evolve? now they have added another layer of iron fencing around the perimeter of the quernt. this after a brief breach on monday. that's when protesters broke through and attacked police with pepper spray and bottles. back to you. >> steve: if they can go through two fences they can go through

three. >> steve: the fences get bigger and stronger as you get closer and closer. they have really made a lot of adjustment tots keep them out. getting into the convention center is going to be very difficult. as we can see they can go to other places and pick their targets. these protesters, the numbers have not been what they projected. and they have not been able to steal the spotlight yet. >> brian: right. that's true. they were at the stephen colbert show interrupting nancy pelosi. steve, that's where we are going to put you in stephen colbert's audience the rest of the week. is that okay? >> that sounds great. [laughter] >> steve: indoor assignment. >> ainsley: they were waiving the palestinian flags, burning american flags, chanting free, free palestine. >> brian: we will hear that at columbia soon. >> ainsley: right. former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama taking center stage at the dnc. both taking shots at former president donald trump as they pushed the message of hope. >> brian: rich edson from our sister network fox business

joins us live from chicago. hey, rich. >> hey, guys, how is it going? this floor was filled with cheering delegates just a few hours ago for the obamas, the hometown heroes here. they capped off the second night of the democratic national convention, michelle obama spoke first. president obama followed and finished the evening here. obama praised his vice president, the current president joe biden saying he defended democracy at a time of great danger. ostensibly by defeating then president trump in 2020. boosted this year's nominee. vice president kamala harris saying she won't just cater to her own supporters an punish those who refuse to kiss the ring or bend the knee. she will work on behalf of every american. >> i am feeling hopeful. [cheers] because this convention has always been pretty good to kids with funny names in a country where anything is possible. >> we love a familiar feeling that's been buried too deep for

far too long. hope is making a comeback. >> the obamas also focused on former president trump with former president obama warning that trump represents another four years of bluster and bumbling and chaos behalf the obamas many focused on harris' opponent as well. fox's tracking of the major speakers second night like the obamas, senate majority leaderboard chuck schumer senator bernie sanders and others tallied 24 mentions of trump compared to less than a dozen total on other major issues like the economy, border, and crime guys, back to you. >> brian: thanks, rich. when people look back four years of trump vs. four years of biden, trump wins out almost all of that. that's why it was questioned why kamala harris says we are not going to go back. a lot of people do want to go back. that's a comparison that trump wanted. i don't think he is going to run from that. i think he should embrace it. and say, yeah, whatever that chaos was.

>> lawrence: that's a good point. >> brian: on the foreign policy, on the border, on the economy, it was growing. and you could even say that you want to talk about handling the pandemic, not many people want to talk about it, but you could say more people died with a vaccine under president biden than died with him -- we didn't even know it was going to hit us at the time before we even had a vaccine. >> ainsley: lawrence, why are they taking the stage so late? americans on the east coast have to turn the tv off and go to bed. i stayed up against last night. and, i just was, you know, i wanted to watch the whole thing, most people aren't doing that i'm asking people in the studio, did you all stay awake to watch? it's too late for us. >> lawrence: i'm not sure about the programming. still they show obamas may more respect than they showed the sitting president. they finished before he started his speech. and it was still too late. but i just want to follow up on what brian was talking about. i do think there is something to that hopelessness.

but they are not -- the american people aren't hopeless because of donald trump. i think that's where they are missing the mark. no matter how inspirational they are, no matter how good the cadence is on the stage, you can't dip b.s. in gold and expect the american people to buy it. donald trump hasn't been charged the last four years. hopeless because of him? maybe go to the grocery store prices are out of control. maybe it's because they thought that their kids would have access to the american dream, unfortunately they are not able to buy a house and they now have to take care of their kids and their grandchildren. there is a ton of hopelessness in america. it has little to do with donald trump though, guys. >> steve: and we haven't mentioned this hour yet while obamas were on stage there in chicago kamala harris and tim walz were actually 90 miles away in the great city of milwaukee which we were at a month ago. as it turns out four years ago to the day that's when kamala

harris and joe biden were supposed to accept the nomination of the fiserv arena. but, because of covid that didn't happen. and so those plans were scuttled and ultimately they wound up having his official nomination in wilmington. but, according to jacqui heinrich, the reason she kamala harris had the event in milwaukee was essentially she has got kind of a tight rope to walk because the obamas and bidens who get along very well and it goes back to 201 barack obama said joe, i'm picking hillary over you. i'm going to send david plouffe. david plouffe went and sat down with joe biden and showed him all the data and showed that hillary clinton had a better chance of winning. david plouffe actually is now on kamala harris' team, so it's a complicated situation maybe

that's why they were essentially hope and hope and change. the change part is from joe biden. and now the hope and change is hope for the future and the change is kamala harris for the most part hats changed all of her distances that she had 90 days ago. >> ainsley: that's exactly right. she has to walk that tight rope because george clooney is really good friends with barack obama. and many are saying barack obama probably put him up to writing that letter which eventually led to the ousting of joe biden. and nancy pelosi didn't want to admit it but people are saying she was the mouthpiece behind the scenes amongst all the leaders. >> brian: remember, joe biden didn't get the endorsement of barack obama when he ran in 2020. i tried to earn it. meanwhile he wasn't getting it. in 2016 used it as an excuse beau just passed away in mourning. going to go with hillary clinton. too upset. really? i think i can run. it was one of beau's last wish that's do run.

kicked to the curb and gave a long speech on a summer day with barack obama in the back drop. so, i don't know what it is, lawrence, if you want to break up with someone, name them your running mate. al gore and bill clinton don't talk. mike pence and donald trump don't talk. biden and obama don't talk. i don't know, does dick cheney and george bush end on bad terms? >> steve: i don't think so. >> brian: they did because scooter libby didn't get his pardon. they ended up leaving with tension. the worst can you do is name someone your running mate. >> lawrence: part of it of course politicians never want to admit it. they all want the power. so hard when you can feel the power of the president. you are right there. and you never achieve it. and i think that's part of the problem. even though tim walz says he never wants to be president. that he is just there to assist kamala harris. we'll see. >> steve: so while the democrats try to put on a happy face like they are one big happy family, not really probably the case. meanwhile, tonight, tim walz is going to essentially introduce him to the world so that we know more about him.

but we don't know more about their policies because they simply have not come out anything okay, we're for this. doesn't it remind you of something quite substantial 2010 somebody said something famous about something else. >> big mystery. >> healthcare legislation that will soon be passed will deliver successful reform at the local level. it will offer pay for investments that will approve paid for investments improve healthcare and conch for millions more americans. it's going to be very, very exciting. but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. >> brian: very similar to kamala harris. we have to get her elected to find out what she will do. i'm pretty sure america has a higher standard than that.

70-plus days to demand at least reveal what kind of a president she would be and what she plans on doing. believe me, they are ready to roll out programs should she win. they are not going to be confused on i do. they are not going to tell us. >> exactly. so progressive. look at her voting record. do you think she has just changed her entire political career and all of her views at w5 0 -- how old is she? 59 years old? she has all of the sudden changed. she wants to bend and then she will start rolling out those executive orders and start to change policies that will be so progressive, so socialist. so marxist in our country and we are going to see major changes. >> lawrence: i just went to her website just to find out, again, today, during the commercial break, to see the issues. what do you stand on? basic stuff? what is your ching? what is your promises to the americans? what is your commitment to america? there is zero there. i do see donate. i do see glowing pictures. >> steve: take your money. but they won't tell you what they're going to do. it is puzzling, so far they are

getting away with it. and she has got -- you know, there is a sugar high over her sudden candidacy because she is no longer, no longer joe biden, yea. interestingly enough, some are asking the democrats, hey, where's the beef? and that includes our white house correspondent. >> ainsley: can't afford it. >> steve: where's the spam? here is our white house correspondent on the floor got when he announced california's vote tot tonight about where is the veep? >> peter: so far we have not heard a ton of specifics from democrats about vice president hairs' evolution on the issues over time. isn't that a time? >> are you shocked? are you shocked at a convention you are not hearing at love specifics? >> peter: it's been a month since she took over. >> come on, it's been one of the most remarkable transitions in modern american political history. it's a transition that will evolve over the course of the

next few months. she will have plenty of time to sort of map out more nuances and more detail. i think that will begin on thursday night as she not only paints a picture, i think, very positively about the three laughst last three and a half years where we were, what we had to do to get to where we are now. more importantly what we need to do to get this country moving again in the next four years and beginning to unify this country? >> lawrence: what do you mean more time to map it out? before you ask us for your vote, don't you think you should know why and where you stand on the issues? you should do that before you ask us for the job. it's like she is doing an interview without actually not knowing thousand do the job and what she is going to do if she gets the job. i think that's so disingenuous. >> brian: only committed to one debate. she is backing outs of the fox debate. you have got the vice president debate october 1st. it looks like that's going to be it. we got. this we got price gauging or gouging, she calls it gaming, she is for that and for raises the corporate tax rate. so we know that the question is, very simple, can we say that the

policies that we just experienced are your policies? and if she says yes, okay. you know exactly what to do. fanned she says no, where are you different? let's start that way? because you knew exactly how to run against joe biden but you don't know how to run against kamala harris because you won't commit to running on the last three and a half years where she was vice president. so bad vice president? muzzled vice president, she was an active vice president. you have gout pick one and then the trump team would know how to run against it. >> ainsley: she was in charge of the border. and she went down there once and then she went to some of the neighboring countries once. >> steve: the triangle. >> ainsley: exactly. look at her record there, that's what she did. opening borders, then when it comes to crime. we haven't -- you interviewed that poor lady in chicago, lawrence, that was bawling crying she lost her child. we covered some of those stories. look at the grocery store, when you have to pay your bill, it's

almost double. at least, i mean, it depends on what grocery store every to go to. now we all find the cheapest grocery store because we are all paying attention to it. >> steve: groceries cost more. haircuts cost more, lawrence. >> lawrence: that's right. i talked to ainsley, she says, lawrence, you need to go to the barbershop. you go to the talk with the people. i want to hear what they are saying. >> ainsley: i love these. >> lawrence: i went to the bar bore shop and this is what they had to say about the type of issues facing this country, watch. >> lawrence: tell me about the people come and sit in your chair, what do they say is normally the number one issue they feel is facing the country right now? >> finances. >> lawrence: finances? >> yeah. >> cost of living is high. >> they tell me that they just -- they want to see a change in inflation, prices. >> i think taxes are too high. groceries are too high. taxes are too high. taxes are too high. just who high. >> all the immigrants came in and give them stuff think have for the americans they are giving it to the immigrants

that's come in. >> lawrence: um-huh. >> it hurts black people more than anybody. black men, particularly like to work with their hands. they like to drive trucks, those are jobs that, you know, an illegal can come in and underbid him with third world prices and put him out of work. >> lawrence: who do you think is response sickle for that, giving them the benefits and allowing them to come over? >> biden. >> trump was trying to keep them out, so to speak. as much as he could. but, biden is just like let the gate open. >> lawrence: guys, these aren't pundits, these average every day citizens highlighting the issues facing the country. and they will want someone to speak directly to them. and they are open for change. >> steve: lawrence, let's say four years ago. how many of the guys in that barbershop would have been for trump as opposed to how many guys in that barbershop

yesterday would be for trump? >> lawrence: i would say probably half of them before. but i think, when you look at the overall, it's probably about 70, 80% now. and that would suggest what the polling is showing when it documents black males, specifically. it's not -- and we talk about that later on in the package. it's not that amongst the entire group of black voters. but the males themselves is a little bit different. >> brian: i would not be surprised if brett baier made his panel get haircuts tonight. such a great back drop to get people to open up. >> steve: if he would smart give them right behind them giving them a hair cut what do you think about this? >> brian: tiki barber doing a great job in new york. everyone talk about tips, you think about waiters. you give tips to barbers, too, did you ask them about that. >> lawrence: brian, you are so smart. you text me and you said you should ask them about the no tax on tips.

so i did it. watch. >> >> lawrence: so tell me about the no tax on tips? >> kamala harris plagiarized and basically came back and stole trump's idea that he had already spoke about i believe months before, correct? so, they are just doing what they usually do lie. >> anything that can help us with a good resolve as relates to us being able to retire and do it efficiently, then, you know, i'm not against it. >> lawrence: to tax get to keep tall. >> i like that. i think we deserve it. >> lawrence: again, policy, ainsley. >> ainsley: lawrence, we know you are very particular about your haircuts. we all were wondering. we have a bet, did you sit in the chair? >> lawrence: absolutely not. [laughter] >> ainsley: i knew it. >> lawrence: i love all barbers but i don't cheat on my barber number one and number two, everybody likes their fade differently. i'm going to stick with what i know.

>> steve: next time you sit in the chair for your regular barber they go, hey, you cheated on me. >> lawrence: this is not my work. >> ainsley: that's so funny. >> brian: i was wrong. i thought you did. because you look extremely cleaned up today. >> ainsley: he thought maybe you got a clean up. >> brian: you are tight. >> pearl and anita is keeping me looking sharp that's all on them. >> steve: they do, indeed. >> ainsley: we need to have a talking point when the election is over how do you break up with your barber what's the right way to do it? we have all had to do that. >> brian: if she walks in and you are with somebody else. >> ainsley: what if you move to someone in the same salon then you are done. >> brian: can't ever do that someone has to leave. remember to tip the shampoo person. that's one of the biggest things tip the shampoo person. >> steve: my barber doesn't have a shampoo something. >> ainsley: something i didn't know growing up in the south leave cash on hotel pillow. >> steve: absolutely. >> ainsley: no one told me in the south. horrible. >> steve: my wife always writes

a note to housekeeping. >> brian: don't have any cash. >> ainsley: thanks for everything. no cash available. >> brian: in lieu of cash, i appreciate you. [laughter] >> steve: now, lawrence, i know you are live in chicago right now. we want you to watch this story. it's another story that is going viral of interest to every family. look at this. that's in somebody's house. a mother of nine kids in alabama. >> ainsley: god love her. >> greatest solution to making sure her big family eats healthy. she installed a restaurant style salad bar and lower level sandwich station in her kitchen. watch. >> our salad bar is stocked every week with fruits, vegetables, you name it. i will stock it once or twice a week, depending on how busy we are and how often we are eating from it. having fresh chopped fruits and vegetables readily available a gives us fresh options stocked and open. b my kids are more likely to

choose pressure produce if it is already prepped and ready to eat. >> lawrence: incredible. lawrence. >> steve: that thing is refrigerated so the food stays fresh. guess what is the first thing in the salad bar that always go first? what do the kids eat first? >> ainsley: cottage cheese? jell-o? what would it be? >> steve: boiled eggs. they eat the hard boils eggs. >> ainsley: they like opening them. >> steve: followed by the cheese and sweet spep peppers. >> ainsley: she has nine kids she should start a company where she sells those. where would you put it in the kitchen in new york we have small kitchens. >> steve: nine kids, probably more come back the packet. >> ainsley: good for her what a great idea. >> brian: i think it's in every longhorn restaurant in the country, isn't it? buy it on amazon, along with the sneeze guards,. >> lawrence: probably cheaper though, brian. >> ainsley: started a company all the moms around america would want to support her and buy from her because she has so

many kids. >> steve: giving golden corral a race. >> ainsley: tell rachel campos-duffy. >> brian: does she have cable at home we'll see. >> ainsley: j.d. vance joins us live. >> brian: but first, biden and harris claim crime is down don't some of the largest police departments. >> lawrence: next guest knows the reality of the crime crisis first hand after her daughter was shot and killed in chicago. she is next. ♪ spiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and joint pain. arexvy is number one in rsv vaccine shots. rsv? make it arexvy.

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♪ >> lawrence: so former president trump calling out vice president kamala harris over her soft on crime policies. watch. >> radical liberal kamala harris. she has been the ringleader for this anticrime and the antipolice crusade. she repeatedly endorsed defunding the police. kamala harris raised money for bail, to bail out the arsonists and the rioters and the killers. >> lawrence: while the biden-harris administration claims crime rates are falling they failed to mention a law enforcement agency like the nypd and the lapd.

didn't submit their crime report to the fbi in 2021 and 2022. meanwhile, here in chicago, at least 14 people have been shot and five people have been killed, since the dnc began. this is what all the cops and all the extra protection. our next guest knows the city's crime crisis all too well. four years ago her daughter jay a was shot and killed while at a convenience store. neisha beeman joins me now. you see all the cops here and security here. they continue to tell us that the crime is actually down but they are not telling us that some of the data wasn't even submitted. what do you think about the crisis here in chicago? >> the crisis is real in chicago. chicago is a tale of two cities. yes, this is the most i have seen on the west out of chicago, with security. you know, obviously here at the dnc but like the south side and west side.

versus downtown and upnorth is two different cities. we are not policed the same or anything. we don't see the police like in new york, i was walking on -- i see police everywhere. it also shows chicago homicide crime gun violence is six times higher than new york. three times higher than los angeles. we are not safe here. i can walk and walk -- if i'm up north and lake front i'm going to see police. if i'm south of roosevelt, i'm not. >> lawrence: this is part of the reason that you lost your daughter. >> yes. lawrence lawrence someone had a weapons charge. you said two weapons charge. >> two weapons charge. when they arrested him he was found with assault we7. but, yet, he was charged as a juvenile he killed her in the same shirt he had his mug shots. >> lawrence: same shirt? >> same shirt. >> lawrence: what do you think about all of the soft on crime d.a.s that says as a measure of justice that we need to give people a second chance or a

third chance? >> fourth or fifth or sixth or seventh. how many chances do we get? guns kill people. people with guns kill people. so, we have to attack it. the statues kept hearing the statue is not clear. we need to make a clear statue. we can't let gang bangers and thugs be more educated than the politicians. the judges, that's making. >> lawrence: the criminals know the law. >> the criminals know the law. we send a kid a 15-year-old in there is he going to get away and still murder. i feel like i'm a law-abiding citizens. i'm a nurse, i fought during covid after my daughter was killed. i still was on the frontline but then, her death wasn't as serious as the firefighter who was killed by a 15-year-old. they charged him as an adult. my kid killer he gets charged as a juvenile. >> lawrence: what do you want to hear from the people that rule chicago? these are democratic leaders we

typically vote for them in black america. we give them all of our time and energy. what do you want to hear from them? >> how are we going to make these statutes clear. how are he we going to help the mom. most of the moms are daughters. they lost their kids. sitting in a car or sitting in their house and someone shooting in and they get killed. these are 18-year-olds, 17-year-olds, 16-year-olds, these are essentially kids, 18 years old. i didn't know, i was a teenager. you know, so i want to know what are we going to do to make the statutes apply to us because it be so vague and you crossing your fixer hoping that the judge reads the statute the way it should be. but it's so -- it's vague. i read it. i have seen. i'm like i'm confused. i studied it. yeah. it should be addressed on a national level. at the state level here it's not effective for us. >> lawrence: nyisha thank you so much.

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>> fox news alert. idf recovering the bodies of six israeli hostages from gaza being called rescue operation. alex hogan in israel with the latest as continues in the back drop. alex? >> hi, brian. no cease-fire just yet. there are sticking points between israel and hamas like the israeli forces and whether they will stay on the ground specifically in the philadelphia corridor, that's the nine mile stretch of land between egypt and gaza. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken took some questions on that, reiterating washington's stance last night.

>> the united states does not accept any long-term occupation of gaza, by israel. more specifically, the agreement is very clear on the schedule, and the locations of idf withdrawals from gaza. and israel has agreed to that. >> until a cease-fire is reached, the idf is still conducting ground operations along the gaza strip and today ordering more evacuations. this week in khan younis the idf found several new tunnels and inside one of them troops found the bodies of six hostages. these six men range in age from 35 to 80 years old. several of their funerals will take place today. but 109 hostages remain in gaza. meanwhile, all eyes right now returning to northern israel where today rockets were fired from lebanon and set israeli homes on fire. another barrage of roughly 50

rockets today were fired toward the sea of galilee even deeper into the country. hezbollah today is responding saying that it sent this wave of drones in retaliation for israeli strikes yesterday. but it's also worth noting that yesterday hezbollah launched as many as 200 projectiles toward northern israel, that is incredibly high escalation from the fighting that we have been following since the war began. brian? >> brian: crazy how many threats israel is facing on a daily basis. alex, thanks so much. meanwhile today, former president trump and his running mate j.d. vance who will be with us shortly head to north carolina to address the current administration's national security failures. in 2020 then senator kamala harris said quote unequivocally cutting $74 billion from the defense budget to redirect funding to communities in need. no joke. meanwhile, the white house is hitting back on the "new york times" reporting that president biden secretly approved refocusing our nuclear strategy to take out china-russia, north korea and the -- i'm sure iran and the middle east. trump surrogate.

florida congressman michael walz, former green beret joins us now to discuss. congressman, first off, when it comes to national security, you guys are to blame that iran is close together neuro lack weapon and a belligerent in the middle east. >> yeah. that's just -- it's just laughable. and this pep rally that we're seeing here, the dnc, is laughable as well. what part of the world is more secure now four years later after biden and harris? under president trump, the isis was largely defeated and contained. iran was broke to the point that you were just making their currency was tanking. and their surrogates, hezbollah, the houthis and hamas were openly complaining that they were out of cash because it wasn't coming from iran anymore and you literally had peace deals breaking out across the middle east. what do you have now? you have antony blinken on the

international stage saying israel is to blame, that bibi netanyahu is the one escalating. that one that's escalating and that, you know, if we could only just find more concessions, if we could just focus on this peace deal, that iran would be nice and hamas would be nice, too. it's laughable, if it weren't so dangerous, brian. >> brian: for a different conversation, they are also holding back ukraine from doing what they need to do with the weapons, that they got from the west. against russia. but, this statement is so telling. the harris campaign says this: the vice president will never allow iran to acquire nuclear weapon while the path is through diplomacy, all options are on the table. trump withdrawing from the 2015 deal left iran closer to a nuclear weapon. she will never let it happen even though they are weeks away and already give them $6 billion in a hostage swap alone while not doing anything when they hacked the trump campaign and admitted doing it. the fbi says they hacked. where's the retribution there? >> they didn't just hack, brian.

they are trying to kill him. we just arrested a pakistani national with ties to iran who was actively had made a down payment on multiple hit men who were recruiting spotters who were recruiting -- was recruiting protesters to cause a distraction for the next hit on iran. that's on top of the earlier hitman that came across our southern border for venezuela. and then, on top of it all, you know, iran is -- iran is openly funding drones into ukraine, and all of this terrorist activity into the middle east. what did president trump do? he told china if you don't stop buying iranian oil and funding all of this, then you're going to have problems with the united states. the house has passed sanctions on chinese buyers of iranian oil. and it's been sitting on chuck schumer's desk now for the better part of a year.

there are real solutions on the table to restore peace in the middle east. but this administration is pandering stoot protesters rightth right outside the dnc where i am. they are obsessed with losing michigan and literally these pro-hamas protesters are driving this administration to put more pressure on our ally, israel. than they are anyone else in the middle east. >> brian: an arms embargo could be on the table if kamala harris. >> it is on the table. >> wins this election. also restricting womenry as talks go on right now there overseas in egypt. congressman, thanks so much. you are you are in enemy territ. stay safe. >> we embed foreign cultures in green berets, brian. >> brian: i'm pretty sure you are going to be okay. you were equipped for this. thanks so much, congressman. great to see you, michael. the obamas rally behind the new democratic presidential nominee. but, as harris and biden skip the speech, is the party as united as it seems?

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northern tier of the country and southwest as well. florida get rain in your forecast over the next seven days and then your forecast highs today, cool in the northeast but still very warm across texas, look at that we still have heat alerts, excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in place where it's going to feel well over 100 degrees and with the humidity it's going to be quite stifle ling. stay indoors if you can all right, steve doocy, beautiful here in new york city over to you. >> steve: i was in dallas over the weekend. it was 108. >> janice: oh my goodness. >> steve: j.d., thank you. >> janice: nice to see you. >> steve: meanwhile the obamas, barack and michelle stealing the show at the dnc last night making the case to unite behind kamala harris who was not in attendance there also missing

was president biden. he left the dnc on night one and still, reportedly is upset at his party for pushing him to drop out. axios co-founder mike allen has been covering this from the beginning and joins us from chicago. mike, good morning to you. >> hey. hello, steve. >> steve: so, kamala harris there is a complicated relationship between kamala harris the obamas and joe biden in there. no question you were talking earlier in the show about the tension between bidens and obamas, that's very real. i will say that what we saw last night, the -- having vice president harris, tim walz in milwaukee was a show of force. was something different. these conventions have very familiar rhythms, as your viewers know. you are like oh, this is what happens on monday night. this is tuesday night. this was a real switching it up. thisthis is something david ploe

new senior adviser to the harris campaign, this is the kind of thing that he likes to have in his bag of tricks it ignited this crowd. people are talking here about 2008 energy, that there has not been excitement like this on a democratic floor in the democratic party since the rise of president obama. and these two events last night really brought that out. >> people are talking about the vibe. all about the vibe. good vibes out of chicago for the party. you guys at axios did talk to david plouffe a little bit about his plan as a senior adviser now to the harris campaign how they planned to take on trump in the run-up to the first tuesday in november. >> yeah, steve, that's a great point. this is day 32 of the official harris for president campaign. and david plouffe our senior adviser, of course, was the manager of that victorious 08

obama campaign and then went into the white house. he sad with me at axios house, our event space on the chicago river. and he was saying that they know that this is not going to last. a friend of mine saying she basically at 30 days of ball control in a campaign which you rarely get. she knows that her time and expression president obama used to have when i covered him he would talk about our time in the barrel. she knows her time in the barrel is coming. that this isn't going to last. and he says it's going to be close. the way plouffe put it is this will probably come down to a vote or two per precinct across the country. suspecting that we have explained on axios is likely six or 7% of six or 7 states. just a tining slight of voters that basically $2 billion is going to be spent to reach. >> steve: in the meantime, after this wraps up, mike, we are expecting an interview with a major tv outfit by the end of

the month. but is she going to get away with not presenting her policy positions because she has done a 180 on a lot of them. >> true. and true. axios had a great story about they called it the hold the details campaign, that it's orchestrated, scripted, all true. steve, i can tell you a couple things about how the campaign thinks about that. one, that democrat sent me a very interesting text. he said if voters decided on policy, al lockbox gore would be president. hope and change in the case of obama. build the wall, drain the swamp. in the case of trump, connects. one other thing i will tell you, having covered this a long time so long that i don't have to worry about tipping brian's shampoo guy is a campaign comes up in a campaign is rarely what defines a president. and that's why who they are is

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