>> goold morning everyone. hope you had a fantastic weekend. i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it's july 16th. thanks for watching fox and friends first. >> there is a massive search underway in the state of iowa for two young cousins who vanished friday. hundreds of volunteers gathering last night but no new clues were uncovered. 8-year-old elizabeth and 10-year-old cousin lyric were

last seen riding bicycle. the bikes were found abandoned near the lake. >> searchers are confident the girls are not in myers lake. we have used all sorts of resources we have had and brought in search and rescue dogs and they have found nothing. >> family members aren't giving up hope. >> positive thinking is all we have right now and our faith and god will bring them back. >> a 50,000 dollar reward is being offered for the girl's safe return. a tree was hit by lightening killing two of those men and sending a third one to the hospital. witnesses say it sounded like an explosion. i heard what sounded like a bomb go off and i looked to my left and i could see the ligh n lightening strike hit the top of the tree go down to the ground and disperse on the ground.

>> three guys mr. there lightening came and hit the ground. the man who survived is expected tobing. hillary clinton heckled with chance of monica, monica as she visits the consulate in egypt. (chanting) >> those cheers are a reference to the monica lewinsky scandal. of course that happened when her husband was president of the united states. protestors also throwing shoes, water bottles and tomatoes at her motorcade. raising brand new safety concerns 11 days before the olympic games. a newspaper is reporting staffers have allowed several people into the country despite there being a terror watch list. they didn't hire enough guards. thousands of olympic athletes begin arriving in london today.

that officially kicks off today. republican national committee moving in over the weekend. the project will set the stage for mitt romney to officially accept the nomination for president. the $20 million project will take about 6 weeks to complete. the convention kicks off on august the 27th. those are your top stories at 5:00. mitt romney looking to regain momentum and shift the campaign in a different direction. he's focusing on the presidential political payoff. you may recall that on friday former massachusetts governor mitt romney actually challenged president obama to reign in his campaign team calling the obama campaigns actions absurd rment beneath the dignity of the presidency. all of this is a sure sign of how nasty this election in fact is becoming. over the weekend while

campaigning in virginia the president made it clear he will not apologize for saying the financial company bane capital out sourced jobs under his leadership. the president addressed the issue during a presentation saturday. he wanted to say no we will not apologize. mr. romney claims he's mr. fix it for the economy because of his business experience. i think voters entirely legitimately want to know what is exactly his business experience. well the question did not directly address rom niece ca--s call for an apology after he suggested mr. romney and securities and exchange commission fileings misrepresented his position at bane capitol. particularly when he officially left which he said would either be a felony or misrepresentations that romney campaign fired back.

>> he ended up not going back to the firm after his time in salt lake city. he was retired from bain. bain is a good company. it has helped create a lot of jobs and the fact is private sector experience is the beneficial thing. ainsley getting back to what you were talking about at the top of this starting today the rom nae campaign would begin an offensive against obama. he accused the president of political krohn kn krohn kneeis. >> passing out government deals to his friends. it gets nastier. back to you. just heating up. coming up at 7:15 eastern time you want to watch this. mitt romney will be on fox and frien "fox & friends" today. >> time to look at who is talking and the attacks on rmit

romney's tenor at bain capital. rove calling it gutter politics. >> the fact of the matter is steve jobs was ceo of arm and took a loef of leave of absenc. romney was busy running for the olympics. they were ready for this attack and not ready for the other attacks on the 6 companies oy bam ma raised up. it took him a week to respond for these companies didn't create a single job overseas. two companies were bought by bane after romney left. the fact of the matter is if the president continues to make this charge outrageous charge the campaign had that mitt romney is guilty of felonious activity committed a felony that's a big mistake. remember who is up for grabs independent voters. they were drawn to obama because he was going to raise and elevate the political discourse. these are gutter politics of the

worst chicago sort. >> mitt romney he says is falling into the trap. >> this is the trap they set for romney. if you are going -- i don't think he's a felon. i don't think he did anything that was a felony or perjury. i don't think anybody with the obama administration or campaign says that. if you are going to come back hard and say i am not, i didn't and you saw romney fall in there is nothing that would have been wrong if i had been the ceo chairman and actively managing the company. that means he has now bought all of the stuff that was wrong, the out sourcing of some of these companies they invested in some are going to create problems for his base when the ads are run that show what these companies were doing. i think he's little caught flatfooted and stepping on both sides and it's going to look like flip flopping all of those things that go back to question about romney. the obama campaign has set a

trap for him. he is falling into that. i believe that. rahm emanuel says that romney needs to quote stop whining. in other news this morning time might be running out for two americans being held hostage in egypt. the abductor now threatening to kill them if authorities try to arrest them. those hostages are 61-year-old pastor michelle lewis and 39-year-old tourist both outside of the boston area. the tour bus was stopped and they were kidnapped. this happened in broad daylight. he was not looking for money he says. he's using the hostages as leverage to get his uncle free from prison.

he claims his el was arrested and he says he is a diabetic not getting the i tension he needs behind bars. pastor lewis is also a diabetic. we learned the medication he had with him was on that bus when he was captured. his son had to fill in for him on sunday services both he and parishioners turning to god before getting through this entire ordeal. we are still in good spirits. >> we are praying for him. this is a man of god. >> the kidnaper working with police officials to give pastor lewis his medication. the allowed him to talk to his wife. he is saying he will kill lewis and a flshg onzi if they rays him. will he kill if his demands aren't met. >> 10 minutes after the hour.

it is time for the update with maria molina and a lot of hot weather across the country, too. >> we are expecting a return to the heat across pretty much most of the midwest and northeast and mid atlantic. kiejd of wh kind of what you sa couple weeks ago where we had fatalities due to the extreme heat. we could see more of that. finally an end to the rainfall. we have had strong storms roll through late last night into the overnight hours and the rest of the northeast. we have lirnging showers across new england and maine. most of this will be winding down you will see sunshine returning along with that heat and also humidity that will continue to build across northeast. as we head west ward we have downpours across northeastern part of minnesota. most will lift into the great lakes and also into canada. most of the 7 great lakes bike chicago, detroit, you are going

to stay generally dry today. big stories over the weekend across arizona, most of the four corners and also the city of houston and texas where we saw heavy rainfall producing flash flooding. fortunately for houston the activity is quiet. we are looking at generally dry weather. you could see returns of isolated storms across the west. showers and storms will continue to follow up across the four corners typical this time of the year. take a look at how hot it will get across the midwest. 98 chicago, 99 minneapolis. new york city we are making a return into the 90s as well. expecting the high to reach 93. as we head into tomorrow the heat continuing to build. great lakes in the 90s kansas city, chicago, cleveland and new york city expecting a high temperature of 94. when you factor in the community it feels even hotter heather. i want to point out it is supposed to be hot but take a look at some of these average

temperatures we are going to be well above that in the coming days. three quarters of the country is all red. very, very hot. we will talk with you later this morning. it is 11 minutes after the hour. talking about the irony as the u.s. out sources olympic uniforms to china will russia consider made in america for its uniform. so much for this gender equality. we will tell you which sex is taking the lion's share of the new jobs out there.

>> overnight police rays a suspect involved in a disappearance of two mississippi sisters after cops allege there were two bodies found in a field. they are not sure if it is the body of two sisters reported missing on friday. the obama administration refusing to scan shipping containers at the foreign port because it's too expensive. cargo will be shipped to the u.s. without being checked. it is open invitation to smuggle nuclear devices into the country. now to stories you can bank on this morning. it may still be a man's world when it comes to landing a job. 80 percent of jobs created have gone to men? >> 80 percent of jobs go to men

61 percent in the past year. almost half a million men wi 444,000 goes to men. th women retailed down 50,000. men now 51 percent of all retail jobs. sweet signs of the economy. a ford recall out this morning for a bmodel barely out. 14,000 of the ford escape. they have a brake problem with the carpeting thing. on to college 68 percent of college grads have 40,000 dollars in debt when they graduate. 27 k and student debt maybe 13,000 in credit cards. it shows you what happens when they flood the market with student loans now. 41 percent wish instead of borr borrowing p 31 percent wish they

worked part-time. easy money always has price in the end when job applicants look for an employment having a lot of debt can make it harder to land a job to help you payoff the debt once lowers check your credit records. >> so maybe no more anthropology. >> russia can reportedly do it why can't we? we turn to china but russians turning to us? after nearly baring it all anthony weiner's wife wants him to tell all. the national average is now 3.43 cents a gallon.

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>> quick headlines for you. a motion to hold chris daughterty in contempt of court will be filed today. city's police fire and public works union after he chopped their paycheck. minimum wage despite the order not to. he says he has no choice. steve king announcing he's weeks away from filing an i am operation lawsuit against president obama. the order which would allow illegal immigrants to stay to the u.s. as long as they got here before they were 16. heather? >> 24 minutes after the hour.

now time to look at look who is talkingment welfare reform is another big talker. republican law americas are outraged over the obama administration possibly gutting well fwar refo welfare reform. it may strip the program of the strict work requirement. he worked with the clinton administration on the welfare reforms that happened. >> i was governor along with tommy thompson and john english from michigan when we worked with the administration back when clinton was president to get the welfare reform passed to make it a focus on job training and work and we helped move millions of people off the welfare rolls into permanent employment. we reduced the cost of welfare and medicaid as a result of it. it was very successful.

now we see this administration trying to gut it. i think it is illegal because it is in the law. i don't think they have a right to wave it. i know tommy thompson is saying he's thinking about suing over it. it is absolutely wrong and a move in the wrong direction. it is unfair to move from welfare to work not making people permanently dependent on the government welfare program. >> we will be hearing more about this one. in the meantime florida's republican governor rick scott weighing in on the issue saying the federal government taxpayers simply can't afford this. >> it is time to brew on this. last week we told you about the u.s. liolympic teams made in china. ralph lauren said he will produce made in america uniforms for the winter games in 2014. >> according to the new york post the designer and olympic committee have been beaten to

the punch by an em babarrassing competitor. they have been in talks with american apparel for a deal to design its clothing and what's even more embarrassing, american apparel ceo says he was never even approached about a clothing deal for team usa. >> this leads us to the question of the day. what do you think about this olympic uniform outrage? is it justified or just not a big deal? you can tweet them to us or shoot us an e-mail at friends first at foxnews.com. it seems like if they are out there to try to win this contract with the united states the clothing should can made in america. it is 25 minutes after the hour. coming up he nearly bared it all through his tax. now anthony weiner's wire wants him to bear it all in another

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends first". i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. >> now time for the top 5@5:00. a potential break in the case of missing indiana student expirer. a human skull disappeared near where he disappeared a year ago. they are awaiting lab results to see if there was a match. she was last seen on june 3rd of last year leaving a friend's apartment. those celebrating a pool party are recovering today after a backyard deck collapses under their feet. a group of 20 people were on the deck. it is built on a hillside. a deck fell away sending them falling nearly 40 feet. >> fell inward not outward. so when it fell in it had another chance of toppling back over. people inside the pool were

holding it. they had to be inside the pool holding the deck from collapsing on them. >> 6 people were gotake tone th hospital. they are all expected to be okay. anthony wiener's wife expected to give a tell all interview. uma has been pushing him to give a sit down interview over the texting scandal which ended his career in congress. she think it is will clear the air and allow him to move forward. >> an elderly man drives off a bridge and plunges to the lake below. there is that scene right there. he was driving by when he noticed a group of people who were working to try to free the trapped man. that is when he jumped in to action running over and slashing the window with a window breaker. >> somebody way die here if i

don't try and help. it really wasn't a choice at that point. >> they were able to pull walter gill out of his car. it is not clear what caused that crash. how frightening. thank goodness he is okay. after not seeing his brothers and sisters for nearly 50 years a pennsylvania man is reunited with his family. now the surviving brothers and sisters are finally together again. >> the separation weighs very hard on me and i found out this weekend that it was very difficult for my other siblings. >> we quit bothering him and some day we will, we will get back together. it is all thanks to facebook. his nephew was doing research and found him through his wife's facebook page. all of you not on facebook

you should be to help you reconnect with old friends and family. >> way fto go for the teens getting involved. >> let's go back to politics. mitt romney is looking to gain mole men tum. he is focusing on the president's so-called political payoff. doug luzader is covering the story in washington. good morning doug. >> no two-ways about it the race for president got uglier over the weekend. his motorcade took into office. he questioned whether his tenure at bane bain capital tame oh ca end. >> if you are signing you are the president/ceo chairman of the board in what world are you living in that you are in the in -- not in charge. >> the president refused to

apologize over the charges of bain. but he will change his tone in washington. >> i haven't been able to change the atmosphere here in washington to reflect the decency and common sense of ordinary people democrats republicans and independent who i think want to see their leadership solve problems. >> that didn't stop a wave of new obama attack ads including one that mocks romney's rendition of america the beautiful. romney's bigger problem may be conservatives who think they should put this entire tax issue to rest. >> he should release the tax returns tomorrow. you have to release it take a hit or two and make a serious speech we have had this picky debate when i took my leave from bain and when i didn't you can now look at my tax returns. >> they have already succeeded

in one sense they have turned the topic away from the bad economy. a big talker on the sunday's show circuit. you heard from rarl rove calling this gutter politics. now chicago mayor rahm emanuel says romney teeneeds to stop whining. >> he has made bain capital his calling heart for the presidency. when you look at it it doesn't measure up. one is accurate one didn't. they both have consequences when one isn't accurate. that's what he saturday the. the second thing is give it up about stephanie. what are you going to wine as your way? you can't do that. as mitt romney says once to c colleagues stop whining. if you want to claim bane capital as calling card for the white house defend what happened to bane capital and what

happened to those jobs that were cut and eliminated to companies that went into bankruptcy. new hampshire senator is also talking about the issue. she says the attacks are disappointing. >> mitt romney's attacks are false and misleading. what is disappointed about this is the president who ran as an inspirational leader look where we are with him right now. it shows he is a small politician running on small paul politics as we are facing problems. the economy and jobs are going to decide this leblgs. his record on that is a a bit small. we have had 40 months of unemployment and his record is dismal turning our oon economy around.

>> mitt romney will be joining us at 7:15 eastern time. >> before you leave the house this morning it is time to get the first degree weather update with maria molina. >> good morning ainsley. we are going to be seeing showers and storms firing up this afternoon and this evening across parts of the carolinas tennessee valley into the gulf coast. keep that in mind you are going to need the umbrellas especially as you head into the afternoon hours. otherwise out west parts of utah and montana you will continue to seamon soon moy seamon -- monsoon moisture moving that way chth the other big story we are tracking today and the next couple days is a return to our heat across parts of the midwest the great lakes region and also the northeast. take a look at dc. you could be back in the triple t digits by tuesday. factor in the humidity it will feel worse than that. otherwise new york city expecting to be in the middle to

lower 90s as we head through the next couple days through next week. heat advisories under effect right now in northeast. philadelphia under excessive heat warnings due to the high temperatures and high humidity expected. thanks so much maria. silvester stallone is speaking out about the tragic death of his son sage. the actor telling tmc quote the agonizing loss will be felt for the rest of our lives. he was the center of our oun i haves and first born. >> an autopsy is still complete. they are awaiting toxicology reports to determine the exact cause of death. stallone's attorney george brownstein will join us live on fox and friends later this morning. the queen of soul is interested in joining american idol as a judge. this coming days after jennifer

lopez and steven tyler are leaving the show. top spot of the box office opening at $46 million. spider-man coming in second with 35 million. followed by ted with over 32 million. >> a roundup of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. not a good weekend for the new york knicks. first the point guard star jason kidd busted for drunk driving. here he is before crashing into a utility pole. word it he had been drinking vodka all night. rumors the team can't afford to match the houston rockets offer for our point guard in new york jeremy lin. a final decision due tomorrow evening. 30 riders of the tour

defrance getting flat tires after someone getting tax all over the road. they are asking police to investigate. it is now 20 minutes before the hour coming up we will tell you why the fire trucks are not being allowed to dorn the stars d stripes. we will explain why. no stars and stripes on these. last chance to answer the question of the day. russia turning to the u.s. for olympic uniforms while team usa turns to china. is this olympic uniform outrage justified or is it trivial? your e-mails coming up next. ps

>> good morning. 17 minutes before the hour. let's span the globe to see what headlines we are making overseas. the 16 month conflict in that country is now officially declared a civil war by the red

cross. this means government forces can be charged wint national war crimes if they continue to attack civilians there. this announcement comes days after the bloodyest massacre is taken yet. government forces accused of going door to door accused of killing any one believed to be an activist for democracy. look at this going up over the city of shacume. they killed one person after his house collapsed. at least 10 people were hurt. to canada where a violent land slide was caught on camera. a news crew happened to be there when the earth gave way and broke off into the water. the voters narrowly escaping that one person is dead and another land slide from their home. after receiving complaints about american flags being flown from

fire trucks in florida. firefighters were told to take them down. peter linton smith has more on how the ban of old glory isn't sitting well for a lot of people. >> these residents say they are patriotic but they are also a bit perturbed. >> they paid by the people we are putting trust in that we are vetting for. they wave the american flags sunday. they say they are here because firefighters are banned from flying old glory on their truck. >> there was an order from the chief to remove all flags from the apparatus. >> a spokeswoman told talk 13 the city is trying to be sensitive about the proper display of the american flag. off camera firefighters told us someone complained about a large flag being flown from the back of a ladder truck. when it was removed firefighters say they were told to get rid of

smaller flags flying from truck windows. >> my goal today is they say yes the frommings are being back on the trucks yes we have a solution. >> they are members of several military support groups. they took to the streets after their complaints were ignored. the city doesn't object to every american flag. check this out. old glory flying above city hall even on a sunday. these demonstrators say they are trying to protect a tradition that started after hundreds of firefighters were killed trying to save people from the world trade center on 9-11. be able to fly the flag and support our country. should ab right. that was wtvt peter linton smith reporting. >> easy to see where they are angry. >> they are firefighters. they are putting out fires in america. >> earlier in the show we asked you to brew on this question. last week we told you about the olympic team's uniform being made in china not the united

states. according to the new york post the russian olympic team has been in talks with the los angeles based company called american apparel for a design for it's clothing. >> what you thought about this is it justified or just not a big deal. saab bassian says he made the uniform it's a premarket. >> having uniforms not made in america is embarrassing and unpatriotic. while sunscreen is a big help there are woods you see that can protect you before the sun. >> wassing scenes and cities acoulds the country weren't enough. po occupy wall street is looking to take over summer camps? we will explain what that is all

about. they can in now with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". you have a packed morning. you have mitt romney, what else? >> plenty going on. coming up you will hear about a group that wants to save part of naval history. they don't want to go to the government they want our help. find out how you can do that. >> haled pap pen you here your kids are bullied at a school. you put them in a private school? should taxpayers pay 40,000 dollars a year. tell bthat real story. mitt romney is going on the offensive. he will be talking about how a number of barack obama's donors have got ten payoffs while middle class have gotten layoffs. plus donald trump on fox and friends kick it off 11 mints from now. keep it right here on the fox news channel.

>> it is now 9 mints to the top of the hour. we know to put sunscreen on before going out in the summer rays. there are foods that can help protect you from the sun as well. joining us to explain this is personal trainer and fitness expert nikki fitness. thank you for coming again. >> thank you for having me. >> do you have a reason you started investigating all of these vegetables? >> my father last july was diagnosed with melanoma. he had to have several surgeries because it was caught late on his back. there are several things you can do in addition to wearing sunscreen and layering up with long sleeves and stuff like that. >> i think we can all relate to that. we are all affected by cancer in some way. what did you learn? starting with peppers. oh >> you can see the theme here.

they have carrots has a pigment that protects your skin the fatty layer around your skin cells from sun damage. that's something to add into salads. secure it with meat when you are barbecuing. >> not just the red peppers it's the green and yellow as well. >> tomatoes. >> they have lycopene just like melon. the rbright colors helps the pi mth. i have my child eat watermelon for breakfast lunch and sugdinn. >> there is so much water in it but it is not as bad as you think. eat it from here not just the juice. >> green tea. how does it help protect us from the sun? >> it has many things that protect it from the sun mostly anti-oxidants frm it also helps you lose weight keeps you high grated in the summer. it's a great thing to add to your every day. have iced tea hot in the morning

iced later on with mint in it. >> you can't have too much of this through out the day. cardiovascular health, erg. same thing with the tumor. >> it has cumin in it. tumeric is great. i can add it to salmon and eggs in the morning. it will tastes like a curry basted flavor t. has um of. it is antiinflammatory and cancer fighting. a lot of cancer books talk about adding tumeric. >> it is a powder, it's a root isn't it? >> you put it on. >> it tastes like krcurry witho the spiciness. add is to salads and soups rment i put it in pasta sauce you don't even taste it. >> what do you have over there? >> i like the new copper tone. you can spray it on. through out the day you don't

have to worry about getting it on your hands. >> you have a 2-year-old? >> i use they have baby stuff but i also actually add this now that he is 2 and a half. as he is running by i will spray him. sometimes they will squirm. >> i grew up with a brother. i know. they don't stay still too long. >> can you believe this? she has a 2-year-old. >> i have to run after mine with the sunscreen, too. it is 5 minutes before the hour. as it is causing scenes in cities across the united states were not enough. occupy wall street is now looking to take over summer camp. we are not kidding. we will tell you about it. it is your word of the day all scrambled up. can you figure out what this one is? stick around for the answer coming up next.

>> gretchen: good morning, good, bad and ugly. four letters written by a soldier was returned to his family. the sergeant died in vietnam. his letters join us. next, the bad, another boston transit worker caught snoozing on the job. the passenger took a snap and posted on twitter. you may remember this, another transit worker was caught getting shut out two months ago. and now the ugly. occupy wall street looking to take over summer catches? occupy camp