in spite of them. >> there would be a lot of winning. are you tired of the winning train to breaking news this morning. president trump keeping up his attack on the mainstream media, tweeting the video that mark cnn. the president is inciting violence. >> the value over health care continues. no july 4th holiday on the obamacare overhaul bill with president trump and senator rand paul pushing a conservative alternative to the existing measure. trade u.s. equities closed higher on friday. a strong first half of the performance for 2017. 1:00 p.m. eastern time and a shorter session.

pretty strong. dow corning have a 63. s&p nasdaq as well. >> the second half of the year kicks off. have a look at the nikkei f11 .1%. the hang seng a little change. trying to greeters across the board. what they come the cac alternate hired by one percentage of those. >> what's going on with key commodities. oil is up 12 cents. the gain of about a quarter of 1%. gold is down a little. train to tell financing and regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule. when is the model three coming? we'll talk about it. >> the roster for the mlb all-star game just released featuring 10 surprises. cheryl: it is 5:01 a.m. in new york.

it is july 3rd. i'm cheryl casone. i hope you're up early and up early in the wake with us. >> and maybe a holiday, but get ready for the holiday. i am lori rothman and four lauren simonetti. train to the white house is on the defensive after president trump treated an old clip of him performing in a deadbeat at the wrestling match. it shows hillclimbing to the floor in in in the business do with his face covered by cnn logo. watch for yourself. cheryl: again, an older video, but the video marking the oldest escalation of president trump objections with coverage of him and his administration.

trump tweeting later that day, quote, the media will never keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our great american people. cnn responding to all of this. media reporter brian felter tweeting it is a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. train for republicans can you look for the best way to appeal to face obamacare. members of congress with constituents back home. gop governors urging senators to push back on the legislation because of a cut spending on medicaid. senator rand paul on "fox news sunday" renewing his call for two bills. when i say separate the bills coming due queen repeal. you can have a simultaneous bill or concurrent bill that they can replace and i think perhaps if its big spending, they can probably get democrats to go along with expanding.

i'm not for that, but i've seen a lot of repeal to work. lori: will talk more about that in the meantime. mitch mcconnell talking unfold changes that could be scored by the congressional budget office in voted on when congress returns from the july 4th recess. train to get this, legislators are missing their budget deadline for the third year in a row after failing to meet the july 1st target. not a big surprise. lori: at this point, not at all. more on this. fox business tracee carrascas. >> good morning, ladies. as a july 1st, more than 10 states operating without a budget commits any minute to full or partial shutdown mode. they are connecticut, delaware, illinois, maine, massachusetts, new jersey, rhode island and wisconsin. pennsylvania and michigan house passed the legislature and is on the governor's desk. an illinois now into its third

year without a budget and extending development on sunday, house republicans voted to approve tax increase in the spending bill much like the ones passed earlier with bipartisan support in the senate. the governor threaten to veto because he wants to tax hikes to expire after four years. it is expected to generate $5 million. republicans have voted for the tax increase saying while they hated to do an illinois has spent the money and they feel a credit downgrade. >> we've gone far too long without a legal solution for all annoyed that brings back jobs, property tax relief that balances the budget. we started that several months ago. we've got a great movement to work on. i'm glad to see the house democrats are trying to bring things over. i am hopeful today that we can bring about a solution. transfer the state is under the

second shutdown in its history after the legislature controlled by democrats. to reach an agreement by midnight friday deadline. chris christie ordered the shutdown of nonessential services like dmv and stay parked just in time for the holiday weekend. mean is under a partial shot down in wisconsin. their budget deal fell through over how to fix and improve the crumbling road. what happens if a state like illinois does not pass the budget? reporter: funding to universities, they might miss out on financial aid. their motto, the powerball, those that stop, those will be fixed it to be a big mess. let the sun new jersey, over the weekend people couldn't go to the beaches. train to largely illinois has been in the situation for years and they can't get himself out of it. thank you very much. good story. lori: take a look at this. amtrak passenger train heading to seattle and the chambers bay

golf course in pearce county, washington. fortunately none of the cars went into the water. 267 passengers were safely evacuated. no serious injuries. tracks were reopened a few hours after the incident. cause of the incident under investigation. the show you some more credible pictures in colorado we've gotten overnight. a united express track caught fire after they meet at the airport yesterday afternoon. the places inbound with more than 60 people aboard when the engine went up in flames. locally, all passengers on board were safely evacuated. >> passengers for taken on buses come and so we assist the airlines in getting their passengers practice safe place. they quickly reached the aircraft and extinguished what they found to be a fire in the aircraft. train to the ntsb is investigating what caused the fire.

lori: could've been so much worse. overseas china protesting over u.s. warship sailing too close to disputed islands in the south china sea sunday. beijing says the uss athens presents their triton island is a serious political and military provocation. and retaliates by sending over military vessels and tighter jets. according to u.n. rules, territorial boundaries are territorial boundaries are set at 12 nautical miles per land. the u.s. will sell u.s. will fail within this limit. the island is occupied by china but taiwan and vietnam also the claim. tree into outcome of the s&p 500 with the strongest first half since 23rd team thanks in part to corporate earnings and investors expectations for improving economy. all this about the president, laurie. lori: stock market at all-time highs. unemployment lowest level in years. wages will go up in her face has never been stronger.

let's bring in jonathan hoenig, joins us now. good morning. it's been agreed meet you, good morning. >> technology major driver of the market. the nasdaq between major averages of 14%. curiously we think this will continue in the second half. >> the president is right that the stock market has been on an unbelievable tear the first half of the year. even before that, the nasdaq major technology stocks has been up for eight months on the road. despite the strength come i still believe it is a bull market on friday. two types of many new 52 week highs. reduce the leadership of the technology name that tesla, amazon are not leaving as they once were. market investors, myself included are searching the next sector that will repel the market higher. >> great to have you on this board meeting.

where the market vulnerabilities? what concerns do you have and how fast and how far it's come. >> we're due for a correction. the better part of over two years before we've seen any type of meaningful correction. that is one fear. another is quite simply the political risk. investments were made dedicated after the election and the fact we get the health care done, tax cuts found from the serious regulatory reform. as those achievements are not accomplished come as some investors might start taking some pause and taking money off. trying to win the thing that will happen? health care is getting pushed back a little bit. we are not going to get a tax reform talking point out there've with stephen the new china gary cohn. at what point did you say wait a minute, i will start to take money off the table.

steve knight that bad scratcher question. does the bill for the new york stock exchange from your post, none of the investors believe that while hopping. keep an eye my estimation in the market. stocks follow along with it. we aren't there yet. trade too good to have you on this holiday weekend. lori: what do you do on holiday weekends? let's have a look. despicable me three good dominate the box office. the franchise taking the number one spot with $75 million. trade for the highly anticipated film baby driver with an estimated 21 million. transformer last night movie

taking place for 17 million. box office superhero wonder woman in fourth place with 15 points 6 million. trade you still going strong. well, the u.s. is still exempting one country with laptop computers. we will tell you which country and why. they continued their work to repeal and replace obamacare. based on your lot and this holiday weekend is over. a look at futures pointed to a higher open and is the first day, the second half of 2017. you are watching transcendent. we'll be right back. yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad.

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week by the end of this year. if you're celebrating our country's birthday tomorrow, though that the economy is booming as well. they will say that the u.s. added 180,000 job last night. that was better than expected for the 138,000 in may that would be much better if we get this number, the rate holding steady at 423%. the lowest it's been in 16 years. we shall see when we get the report. a look at u.s. market futures. the dow up by 60 points. >> it's a job sleep. train to senate republicans taking a july 4th holiday of the obamacare overhaul bill. would map the incoming chief staffer senator mike lee. good morning. >> good morning.

she sought out with more debate? >> something that impacts one sixth of the economy should be ran through behind closed doors. there's an interesting proposal is going in terms of an immediate repeal with a long fuse. in other words, and gets democrats on board paired a lot that can be done. for the administration they've got to make a look at this. the current bill has a little bit in their for those who are suffering. a lot for the wealthy and big insurance companies. very little for the people who elected president president. if this bill forgets the forgot men and women of america. >> i don't think we want to see this happen at this point. i don't think that's going to happen. the moderates in the republican party more conservative get to a

compromise. >> there is a lot of paths to get there. we talked about those that have preexisting conditions is the problem. the reason we are getting more people on that world is because the average american is changing jobs about every 3.8 years in the air off of their insurance for three to six months as they make the transition. the portability can be a significant game changer in the health care debate. train to what you think of the political fallout? what should be for the gop if they are not able to get health care reform passed? >> one of the big problems for the gop makes people they hate and offering them something worse. when i i would have my kids eat broccoli, they complain we bring up the brussels sprout and suddenly the broccoli didn't look so bad. what the republicans have to do is they have to start talking about health care outcomes with

hard-working americans. nothing in the bill talks about health care outcomes. this is that health care in america should be. treated to lloyd matheson, thank you for your thoughts. cheryl: coming up, puerto rico struggling to deal with billions of dollars of debt. a look at the toll it's taking on the government and the people. and then come the heavy rain could be on the way for the middle of the country. adam klotz with their fourth of july forecast. the check of u.s. stock index futures are higher. tao by 64. you are watching trendsetting. we will be right back. ♪

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lori: puerto rico is $120 billion in data will have to implement strong austerity measures to keep itself above water. deplorable conditions, scarcity of jobs the growing number of puerto ricans to move to the united states. fox news correspondent has the story. >> puerto rico is $120 billion in debt with the worst-case scenario some business leaders say has already arrived. >> we're approaching the cliffs on the problem of the puerto rican people don't get it. we don't get the fact that our foundation and is going to crumble. >> government spending has tripled the u.s. territories that in the past 17 years. effective bankruptcy has forced separate measures. 84 new taxes in 2017 alone/in

health care, gutting education. some of the sharpest cuts are going to have puerto rico's university. and across the street, students barricaded behind the gates. college tuition will increase 200%. while 170 elementary schools are closed. for those who can leave the island and come to the u.s. is the u.s. citizens, many are doing so if they had the means. 17 puerto ricans of the mainland u.s. in the past decades. the mainland u.s. remained 18 million americans leaving the u.s. has 23rd team. a huge outflow of people, further reading the tax base and there could be some long-term political implications as many of them settle here in florida,

a key swing state. gloria cheryl back to you. lori: thank you. cheryl: as americans get ready to watch fireworks, heavy rain on the way. lori: before you head out the door, let's get a look at the holiday forecast. fox news meteorologist adam klotz. reporter: hey, good morning there. tracking heavy rain in areas of the country. the center of the country early this morning that will be lingering unfortunately the next couple days. there's an area through oklahoma stretching up into portions of canvas. we could see some severe weather. severe weather later this afternoon and in the overnight hours. early this morning a pretty good thunderstorm in heavy rain to the south move into portions of oklahoma stretching into areas of arkansas. this lady might have produced strong winds and this is the real rainmaker. we've seen rain in the last

several hours. even more so throughout the day eventually into your fourth of july holiday. rainfall totals are not one little fellow is telling you. widespread across portions of arkansas. looking at a good three to six inches of rain, isolated areas higher than that. there will be spots unfortunately where you might be rained out from their fourth of july holiday. lots of other areas where things are looking good. these are today's highs. these their fourth of july hide for tomorrow. getting into the middle 90s. you want to stay cool, maybe deepen the pool, jump in the lake the next couple of days. >> the heat index is pretty strong from the map features showed. we will prepare. thank you, adam. good advice. president trump attacking his organizations again. what is behind this video hosted on his twitter page. illinois among several states missing budget deadlines. you are watching trendsetting.

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lori: breaking news this morning could keep an attack the mainstream media to gather the about box cnn. critics say the president is inciting violence. senate republicans taking a july 4th holiday on the obamacare overhaul bill with president trump making calls to lawmakers and senator rand paul pushing the conservative alternatives. cheryl: as far as markets are concerned in the u.s., closing mostly higher on friday. wall street has a strong performance for 2017. right now futures looking strong.

to remind you of the assured trading day. right now the doubt by 67. s&p and nasdaq as well. lori: huge game for the first half of the year. asian stock markets as you can see mostly higher with the nikkei up one 10th. similar story for the shanghai and kospi. cheryl: european markets trending higher as well. of course all of that on the heels about the u.s. and asian markets did. the cac 40 ndx trending higher about 1% or so. lori: oil and gold interesting there for you with 46-point guard team. gold off fairly $7 by 12 by 35 and 40 cents. tesla announced in a their high-volume model three sudan has long regulatory requirements for production. when is the model three going to be coming? >> the roster for the mlb all-star game and surprises.

good morning, everybody. july 3rd. i am cheryl casone. lori: i am lori rothman sitting in for lauren simonetti. if you are up early, we thank you. this is "fbn:am," your first look at the today's markets in the latest breaking news. train to a lot of breaking news over the weekend if you missed it. the white house is on the defensive after president trump treated an old clip of him performing at ww professional wrestling match. the video shows him slamming to the fore and main in a business suit with the cnn logo. watch this clip. that was the presidents tweed. that video marks the latest escalation in the president's objections over cnn coverage of him and the administration.

trump also treated later in the day the media will never keep us from accomplishing their objectives on behalf of our great american people. for their part, cnn did respond. klinefelter tweeting a statement saying it is a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violent against reporters. transfer republicans look for the best way to repeal and replace obamacare. the constituents back home. some gop governors urge republican senators to push back on the legislation because it would cut spending on medicaid. meanwhile, senator rand paul on "fox news sunday" renewing his call for two bills. >> when i say separate the bills, let's do clean repair like we promised. 52 republicans for clean repeal. if you have a simultaneous bill or concurrent bill that they can call replace and that i think perhaps if it's big spending,

probably get democrats to go along with big spending. i'm not for that, but i want repeal to work. lori: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is working on possible changes scored by the congressional budget office and congress returns from the july 4th recess. cheryl: illinois legislators missing their budget deadline for the third year in a row after it may fail to meet their july 1st target date. illinois not the only state running without a budget for everyday citizens. more fox business with tracee carrascas. >> good morning, ladies. for more than 10 states operating without a budget, sending them into full or partial shutdown mode. they are connecticut, delaware, illinois, massachusetts, new jersey, oregon, rhode island and wisconsin. pennsylvania and michigan budget has passed the legislature and is on the governor's desk. in desk. an illinois deceit is now in its

third year but in a stunning development on sunday. house republicans with governor bruce bronner in voted to approve tax increase in spending bills much like the one passed earlier with bipartisan support in the senate. new bills will be voted on today. he wants the tax hike to expire after four years. tax hike to generate $5 billion. republicans who voted for the tax increase say while they hated to do it, illinois has spent the money and they fear a credit downgrade. >> would've gone far too long without a meaningful solution. it balances the budget. we will continue down that after. we've got a great blueprint to work on. the house democrats are trying to bring over. lori: new jersey, and status under the second shutdown in its

history after the legislature controlled by democrats reached an agreement by midnight friday. republican governor chris christie ordered the shutdown of nonessential state parks. unfortunately just in time for the holiday weekend. also under partial shutdown and would wisconsin the budget deal fell apart about how they improved crumbling roads. lori: what happens when the state fails to open the budget. reporter: colleges and universities funded by the states could lose financial aid. rose might not be fixed. the powerful sales we've seen have been halted temporarily until they can work out the budgeted figure out how to pay the winners. train to the is certainly on. thank you so much. >> amazing video. an amtrak passenger train headed to seattle to really near a golf course in washington. for the trains 15 cars went off the tracks. luckily none of the cars went to

the water. 267 passengers were safely evacuated that no serious injuries. a few hours after the incident, the cause of the accident is still under investigation. trained to take a look at this. more trouble at the nation's airports and incredible video. this is the united express jet. it caught fire after landing at denver's airport yesterday. the plane inbound from asp in the 60 people on board when the left engine went up in flames. lecroy passengers on board were safely evacuated. >> passengers were taken on the bus back to concorde. we assist the airlines and getting passengers back to a safe place. they quickly reached the aircraft and extinguished a fire in the murder of the aircraft. cheryl: ntsb is researching the cause of fire. lori: amazing job. no injuries. china now protesting over u.s.

warship sailing too close to an island in the south china sea on sunday. beijing says the uss defense presents dear triton island is a serious political military provocation and retaliation sending over military vessels and fighter jets. according to u.n. rules commit territorial boundaries are set at 12.zero miles from land. it does within this limit. the ad is occupied by china, taiwan and vietnam also the claim. cheryl: as far as markets go, s&p 500 with a solid corporate earnings and expectations for improving an economy. stock market with the wages going up and has never been stronger. the latest war between the president of the media could destruction hit the markets.

they concern you about the tweeting? is there an impact with it all? >> earlier on in the presidents administration, individual treats will be moving stocks of companies. no question that it does have an impact. from a business, there's no question he would much rather see the president tweeting about the business that sent him to the white house. tax cuts, health care reform, regulatory reform. investors get the first half rather than squabbling with the media. >> the president's supporters from his press secretary in particular have said this is president trump. this is who he is. he's going to be for the remainder of his term. how do investors take that? >> is also a businessman. that's what investors are focusing on.

we saw many companies if not greater means that huge earnings do quite well like facebook, tesla, amazon. not huge products per se but that's what investors are focused on. not this quibble squabble, but how is the president and administration to put the economy on track for more gains. the technology sector led the market in the first half. it does look like it's going to be the bank in the second half with a higher interest rate can also be a challenge for the economy. lori: goings-on in washington specifically with president trump and his tweeting really do impact market is. he did send out the markets a record high after the media in an earlier tree. they just kind of say i'm using

that not to incite wars and squabbles. >> the market was at an all-time high. we've been in the midst of a multiyear bull run, specifically in technology eight months up to the nasdaq tbilisi with july brings. cheryl: even though we've had some pressure on tech stocks. thanks for joining us on this holiday weekend. >> have a great fourth. transfer you do the same. the animated movie despicable me three bringing in more than $75 million. >> this place is amazing. >> it's mine. but i'm not really into this thing. lori: taken a number two spot come in the anticipated some baby driver bringing in an estimated 21 million. transformers last night taking third place for $17 million in

wonder woman, holding on in fourth place $15.6 million. cheryl: coming up, an army veteran leaving behind millions for charity. we'll tell you who will benefit from his generosity as we celebrate our company. lori: working to replace anarcho obamacare. with the latest on the health care law. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪

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cheryl: up to check up on what's happening now peter happening now peter feel-good story before independence day tomorrow. stephen florez, a veteran who served his country in vietnam and saudi arabia left to point to $5 million from his estate to the central oklahoma habitat for humanity. two dozen homes are going to be built thanks to the donation to picture it. a bald eagle of course found in the nation's capitol over the weekend. it apparently was unable to fly, was lethargic and have labored breathing. an unusual occurrence was found a couple miles.

the humane rescue alliance and animal welfare group is now caring for that bald eagle. if you shop at whole foods, whopping 440-pound of tuna has been recalled from the stores are the product for ms. brenda best chicken salad to your tuna is an allergen. there haven't been any reports of adverse reactions so far anyway. stock market futures as we go into it during the holiday tomorrow. dow, nasdaq and s&p all pointing higher. lori: how many pounds of tuna fish? cheryl: that's a lot. trendy republicans taking a july 4th holiday on the overhaul bill. the former chief of that likely is also president of southern institute. good morning. >> are we doing? lori: gop senator rand paul pushing a conservative alternative to the existing measure he says is lit up like a christmas tree with pending. your thoughts.

>> i think that's an understatement. it's beyond lit up. it's even bigger than the tuna you were talking about. the big challenges it is getting lit up that there are a lot of, remember when obamacare past we have the cornhusker kickback in louisiana purchase and that's no way to run a health care bill. republicans have got to learn to lead on this thing. celebrating july 4th to go back in the kind of government we didn't want in the kind of country to do what we want. republicans have spent eight years protesting against obamacare. what they do want out of health care, nothing will get past what the consequences in 2018. >> the state versus federal rights, control over their own health care system.

>> outcome of the real prescription for health care is a big dose of federalism. get it back to the state. so much bought granted back to the state like mine in utah. we could do twice as much with half the money we can get rid of the red tape and strings that come for washington. local folks can always do a better job caring for the poor and most vulnerable and do it much more efficiently plus we can get to hard-working americans that are being forgotten the current health care discussion and that's important for the president and the country. lori: put them into practical terms. getting back to rand paul's discussion when you think of two bills, one repeal: replace. >> that's getting some good traction. we've got a problem with seven or eight or nine senators. more like 13 senators who are not ready to go with the current version. other rand paul, ben sasse mikee lee. do a repeal with an implementation a year from now

or six months from now. and then, let's have a real, honest open debate in the united states senate. it's supposed to be the greatest deliberative body in the world. plus delivery. a public conversation. but the democrats make their case on why a bomb scare should stay. cheryl: really quick, do you think there's any possibility the august recess will get cut short? yes or no. >> i doubt they will take that off. lori: lloyd matheson, appreciate your time. cheryl: coming up, sports news for you. the mlb all-star game released in there some surprises on it. plus, heavy rain could be on the way for the middle of the country. is this going to spoil somebody's fourth of july fireworks? u.s. stock market futures ahead of your opening bell. they should also mention the dow, s&p and not a tirade now.

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the national league which is the most since voting return to the fans. the veteran roger frederick to win the tournament in ukraine to win the women's tournament. they will surely be pulling for andy murray. getting her wimbledon title. many packing out stepped into the ring for the first time in eight months and wants. it was a huge upset. in australia the canvas decision escalating it may have been. >> that's interesting. cheryl: no scandal americans are getting ready to watch their fireworks tomorrow night. heavy rain for the middle part of the country. before you head out the door,

literature holiday forecast with adam klotz. good morning, adam. >> unfortunately areas all being cool enough in the middle of the country already in the 80s, mid-70s this morning. a little bit of instability in the center of the country. a couple spots tracking the shower activity. kansas, oklahoma later today. the heat of the day by this afternoon into the evening hours. could be picking up becoming a severe thunderstorm. a little bit of a larger system moving across portions of arkansas. a real rainmaker will continue to be a rainmaker. this is when you have to pay attention to for the next couple days if you live in this area. total rainfall forecast taking her into tuesday are fourth of july widespread across yours dave. talking about a good three to six inches of precipitation. in this area unfortunately that may get in the way of plans in

the next couple days. take a look at these numbers. for today and eventually for your tuesday as well temperatures climbing up in the middle 90s in a lot of cases. that means it takes off seasons. guns out, sends out. >> are you from new jersey? >> no, i'm not. cheryl: the first time i heard that phrase does from a friend in new jersey. i am coming thank you. >> always a learning experience. coming up, potential good news if you're getting ready to fire up the grill. the iconic hotdog maker oscar mayer said they came up with a healthier dog. too good to be true? we will give you the details next. [brother] any last words?

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lori: tamara's fourth of july parade got attack about growing and of course hotdogs. o-oscar virus may have conjured up a healthier hotdog. instead of using sodium nitrate in their hotdogs, it was used nitrates extracted from celery juice. cheryl: the company says the changes in response to consumers growing demand for natural ingredients. critics argue nitrates are simply nitrates in the change makes little difference. what do these stories connecting to myself i understand why dagen mcdowell is a vegetarian.

>> because who wants to urge dagen: i have fond memories of chili dogs from childhood. who's worried about the ingredients in a hot dog. the hotdog you're not going to be healthy. it's not going to happen. good morning, everybody. i'm dagen mcdowell and for maria bartiromo. monday, july 3rd with your top stories at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. state spending crisis. this is the deadline to pass a budget. the fallout already having a major impact on fourth of july activities. what you need to know ahead. federal government facing problems of its own. despite congress being on break for the holiday week, the health care battle raging on. senator pat to me waiting in a where things stand on "sunday morning futures." >> there are a handful of republican senators not on board with this draft. there's a big effort to get everybody on board. we owed to the americapele