we're going to be talking about what's going on at our borders and what we need to do to fix things. log on to our "fox & friends first" facebook page and we'll talk to you after the show. >> "fox & friends" starts now. good morning. it is thursday, july 3. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. arthur now a hurricane as north carolina issues mandatory evacuations, and the effects threatening to wash out 4th of july plans up and down the east coast. we are tracking this storm live. >> the community in california that forced a bus of illegal immigrants to turn back not done yet. >> do you have a handle of what this is costing us out of our pockets? >> lots of frustration. your first look inside last night's tense town hall meeting in southern california. >> honey, i think we're going to need a bigger

boat. >> oh my god! >> caught on camera, the moment when two boaters were dumped into the ocean by a huge whale. good thing they got their camera. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> hope your morning is a little bit sweeter with "fox & friends." >> it is going to be sweet because a lot of people have tomorrow off because it's the 4th of july. unfortunately, a storm cloud looming. >> arthur. for anyone who was listening last night, here on the east coast it sounded pretty intense but it is officially a hurricane. >> we start with a fox news alert. while you were sleeping arthur upgraded to a hurricane and now a mandatory evacuation order taking effect in parts of north carolina's outer banks. >> we're there live to

explain what it is looking like now. >> reporter: it's still pretty calm. the sun is just coming up. it is a beautiful morning here on the outer banks in kill devil hills. the wind's picking up a bit. the waters are still calm. we talked to a few business owners yesterday who were saying hurricane arthur is really going to damage our business because a lot of tourists aren't going to be coming in. we should be having about 20 people in our building today. they only had 2 we talked to vacation goers up and down the beach and they were saying we're going to have to wait and see. here's what they had to say. >> we're hoping it stays out in the ocean. we've never actually been down here when it's gotten bad, like a hurricane. we've never been through one so don't know what to expect. >> we'll be pretty disappointed if our weekend is washed out but we're going to wait it out and see what happens. >> locals, on the other hand, are saying they're not too concerned with the storm. they say they have been

through worse. they have had worse nor easters, but the governor of north carolina is urging residents to make preparations in case this hurricane becomes bigger than what they expect it to be. so that's what they're going to do. we saw some people gathering up supplies, water, batteries, flashlights, gas just in case they need to evacuate. there is already one evacuation order at hatteras island. residents are obviously going to be taking precautions there in that region. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you very much. make sure if you're along the coast there's going to be rip current out there today. if you're in the water, be careful. >> better be safe than sorry. >> an update on the forecast in a little while. we should head out west where things got a little heated last night. remember we told you this story where the federal government, the department of homeland security is now

busing illegal immigrants there, moms and children inside that bus trying to make their way through these protests to get to the processing facility where they will do health checks, make sure they got water and food. a protest erupted. >> the reason why they were there is because texas couldn't handle it and the feds said we're going to get and bus the illegals over to murrieta but the residents there were not having it. they turned one of the buses around. last night at a town hall in an auditorium that seats about 750 people, they were fired up because they're concerned about safety. this is a bit of it. >> you have a handle, a real handle of what this is costing us out of our pockets? and please, use the word illegal aliens. they came across here illegally. >> i do not have the exact cost up to date. what we did establish on the first night that we

started the process is we did identify the need for a funding code so we can track yefers -- every single hour spent on this. at the end of this do i have a plan to send washington, d.c. a big, fat bill? you bet. do i have any faith that it would be paid? no. but we're going to try. that's the only thing we can do. our number-one priority, sir, was the safety of our residents. >> if i break the law, you're going to come down on me real quick. and yet, you are not following the law. you are breaking the law. >> what they're frustrated, in southern california they have been asked to process hundreds of people per day. and these are people, like elisabeth said, because so

many people are flooding across our southern border into texas, they're gathering them in texas. they're escorting them in. our border patrol is. they're not actually patrolling the border. they are being baby sitters in many cases and putting them on airplanes, flying them to other spots across the country and processing them. the people in murrieta didn't want the people to come in there because inevitably they will wind up being released into the general population and who's going to pay for that? there were all sorts of people there. i.c.e. last night, homeland security. the feds got booed when they tried to secure people these children, these mothers are given health checks before they're allowed in. listen. >> every individual before they are put on a plane and sent over here, they are medically cleared. there are doctors -- >> that was the chief border patrol agent being met with resistance and a

lot of boos. the auditorium seats 750. four immigrants had to be hospitalized. two found with scabies. >> coming from guatamala. this is a humanitarian crisis. nancy pelosi can call it an opportunity but it is a crisis. guatamala, el salvador, hidden inside of trains. little kids don't have access to food, part of a smuggling operation. one group that has gotten no attention has been the catholic charities. the catholic charities, where the federal government has failed in this, they have taken these kids, given them food and clothed them. it is heart breaking to see little kids on the floor with the red cross blankets wrapped around them. >> you see the images of the kids and your heart

breaks for them. wait a minute, we haven't seen many images of the kids. there is an oklahoma congressman who wanted to look at a facility at fort sill. every gate was changed. he went to the people at the check points and said let me in. i'm a member of congress. i've got oversight here. security stopped him everywhere. he was told eventually come back in three weeks when we're able to, you know, clean things up so you have a good shot at things. he was on with greta last night. he's frustrated. he said what do they have to hide. >> i said i want to be really clear, you understand i'm a member of congress. they said yes. i talked to the deputy communications director for h.h.s. i actually didn't talk to him. i talked to his assistant who said if i'd like to talk to him i can send an e-mail. i said i'm a member of

congress. she put me on hold, came back later and said the best way to communicate with him is by e-mail. i'm on the subcommittee on oversight. the reports i'm hearing that these children are going through is devastating. what is it they're trying to hide? why is it they don't want me talking to these children, some of which have devastating stories? >> meanwhile the president of the united states is going to fly to texas to get to the bottom of this. >> that's good. wait. >> he's actually flying to texas for something else. for a fund-raiser. >> to raise money for the immigrant children? >> no. to raise money for the democratic party. >> okay. >> to help democrats who are on the ballot for november. the president, though, when asked about this at this press conference yesterday, in front of the press secretary -- i'm sorry, when the press secretary was asked about this, pressed on the optics. you're going to fly to texas, you're not going to go to the border but you're going to raise money for democrats. >> he won't even call it a

fund-raiser. we know it will cost about $32,000 for some of the tickets, he's going to meet with people preparing for the next election and maybe perhaps think about collecting funding for that. but not a fund-raiser and certainly not at the border where rick perry invited him to be specifically and has done this numerous times, sent a few letters his way and said we've got a problem here, thinking our commander in chief might want to show up. no, instead, party people in the house tonight. president obama will be fund-raising at parties. >> you know what? rick perry extended that invitation to the president of the united states on this program yesterday, made big news, and yet the president's not going to go. perhaps he simply doesn't want to see what his nonenforcement of our southern border looks like. the toll it's taking upon children. then again, maybe he doesn't want to catch whatever some of these kids are bringing into the country. unfortunately. >> he would have to raise money for the democrats in the fall. meanwhile, let's toss it over to heather nauert who is standing by.

>> we've got maria for the weather later. i'm following another story. another jihad jane in america. we have those stories from time to time. an american teenager waking up behind bars this morning accused of plotting to wage jihad with an isis terrorist that she apparently fell in love with on-line. the 19-year-old, shannon maureen conley was arrested at the denver airport. she had a ticket to travel to turkey and found in her luggage materials about jihad, al qaeda and c.d.'s and d.v.d.'s labeled anwar al-awlaki. investigators say the teenager, a certified nurse's aide, wanted to live in syria as a housewife, a nurse and use her training to target military facilities. it's been more than a month since sergeant bowe bergdahl was released from the taliban but now we're finding out that no one contacted the army soldiers

he used to serve with who came forward accusing him of deserting his post. this even though military brass are supposed to be investigating that. that's what they said that they would in fact do. bergdahl is now allowed to leave his texas base without supervision -- or actually with supervision. he's been going to grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants and the library. the army says it is part of his reintegration process. >> another shakeup at the department of veterans affairs. the chief medical director calling it quits after a scathing report that his office down played complaints. pierce is one of a half dozen top v.a. officials to resign following reports of patients' deaths, widespread treatment delays and fublged -- fudged records. >> an unbelievable report 12 miles off the coast of san diego. two whale watchers flipping into the ocean when a blue whale capsizes their

20-foot boat. >> oh my god! >> look at that right there. they are both okay. the guy on board managed to capture a picture of the whale. that is actually the whale's jaw. you think it might be the bow of the boat but it's his jaw. he took that picture seconds before hitting the water. imagine that. >> i wonder if the camera still works. >> good question. >> too close for comfort. >> coming up here on the show, pipes bursting inside a packed plane 35,000 feet above the pacific ocean. water everywhere. so what happens next? >> as we prepare to celebrate america's independence, is our freedom actually diminishing. captain pete hegseth is here with a special guest. really... so our business can be on at&t's network ♪

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americans say freedom is on the decline here in the homeland. according to gallup, only 79% say they are satisfied with the amount of freedom they have in their lives. it is a 12-point drop from 2006 when 91% said they were satisfied. fox news contributor pete hegseth, c.e.o. of concerned veterans for america, i'm hoping you have a good explanation for this. >> i don't know that there is a perfect explanation because every individual feels it different but in your gut this is what this country is about. when you look at the scandals that have engulfed this nation there is no surprise americans feel like their freedom is eroding. that 79% number strikes me as high. i'm glad 80% of people feel they live that free because when you look at the news

around us, it can feel like there's more and more government crowding us out. >> you see those complaining of corruption is now 79%. when you look at who is satisfied with their freedom here, around the globe, this might be why. you have all these nations more satisfied than we are. new zealand, 93% are satisfied with their freedom. cambodia, 93%. united emirates, 92%. canada 91%. and we are at 79? >> a former member of the soviet bloc beating us by over ten percentage points. it isn't just regulation that makes us feel like there's corruption or our freedoms are eroding. it is a feeling that the system is rigged, if you're politically well connected or someone who has access or the resources, you can make it. but no longer the guy in the middle cannot. you watch in washington as people plead the fifth or lie and obfuscate. that is the insidious,

quiet corruption. i was in iraq and afghanistan, i saw blatant corruption before my eyes and many members of my generation have seen that. when you see the quiet corruption, white collar corruption of i've got access and you don't and you can't ask me questions about it, that is when you see those numbers go up. someone in uzbekistan enjoying freedoms they didn't have, it doesn't surprise me they would be more personally satisfied because we're talking about personally satisfied or the perception of corruption. these are not good numbers for our country and we know why it is going in the wrong direction. but in other countries they sense freedom. they want it and they're grateful for it. >> we know what it is like to have it and to have that transparency no longer there. i know somebody roaming around here free. it is your adorable son gunner. there he is in our green room. hey, gunner. hi, buddy. look who i have here. >> hi buddy. he does not like the

camera. >> is he hiding? >> i think he's hiding. he took a trip with dad here to new york, his little treat for the holiday. he doesn't get to travel that much. we were delayed for seven hours in minneapolis yesterday on the way to new york. we arrived at 1:00. he got about four hours of sleep. i shook him up and tried to get him up, i did parenting by bribery and gave him a choke lat -- chocolate doughnut to get him here. >> gunner, you made the cut. i hope your arm feels better. i like your blue super human arm. pete, thank you. something parents need to hear, too much caffeine being linked to two teen deaths. one of them was using this caffeine powder. what is it and where do kids get it? dr. segal is here to handle that. want pop and don't have

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terrific. >> talk about a wakeup call. too much caffeine being linked to two recent teenage deaths. a 16-year-old went into cardiac arrest and died after ingesting one too many energy drinks on a mexican vacation. an 18-year-old died suddenly just before his high school graduation. he had a lethal amount of caffeine in his blood, more than 14 times the average coffee drinker. what is going on? how common is this? what do we need to be aware of? dr. marc siegel joins us, from our medical a team. in one of the situations the child was using too much of the caffeine drink, in the other situation caffeine powder. for what reason? >> they're getting it on-line and use it for weight lifting or exercise. 1/16th of a teaspoon, if you had a whole tee spohn

you would have 30, 40 times what a cup of coffee is. >> what happened? >> seizures, he had arrhythmia. you can have a seizure, you can have a stroke. this is a very, very strong stimulant. >> parents, if your kids are into weight lifting, this is something going on among teenagers. >> if you see a friend having it, you're going to do it. that's the problem, peer pressure. >> i think a lot of americans don't realize how much caffeine they are getting in the drinks they're getting every day. >> this is our monthly health quiz. here we go. how much caffeine would you say is in a bottle of coca-cola. >> what metric are we using? >> milligrams. take a dpes. 50 -- take a guess, 50, 100? >> 50. >> not bad.

57. >> i drink so much coffee, this is going to scare me. >> we said 100 on a basic cup of coffee. how much do you think is in a starbucks tall? >> that is brutal. maybe 150. >> drum roll, please. where's that drum roll? >> he fell asleep. >> 260. watch out. >> in a tall 260? >> 260, look, it's right there. you're getting a lot more in that tall stuff? >> you should only be having so much per day? >> up to four cups of coffee has a lot of health value. but the truth is you can start to see caffeine toxicity over four cups of coffee. >> monster energy drinks? >> i say people don't realize there is even caffeine in this stuff. >> if the starbucks is 250 i'm going to say 400 for the monster.

>> wrong. less. let's go to red bull. everybody drinks red bull. let's get that drum rolling. >> kevin mccarthy drinks red bull on a regular basis before every show. i'm going to say 500. >> 114. the problem is people have three or four of these things and that can give you the caffeine toxicity plus you're getting a lot of sugar with the red bull. >> five-hour energy drink. >> you can have underlying heart disease, you can have a problem. people don't know what their underlying health issues are. >> i'm going to go with 100 on this one. >> 215. you can't seem to get it right. it's twice the amount that you expect. it's a very little bottle, you think you're not getting a lot of caffeine. you're getting twice as much caffeine as you, clayton, thought you were getting. the point is caffeine is

hidden in these things. vitamin water has caffeine. caffeine is in almost all the things you're eating right now. you're getting it in your soda, your food, your red bull, your vitamin water and it adds up to the point where you could have a toxicity. the worst of all is this caffeine powder. >> even chocolate. >> absolutely. good job on that quiz. better than kilmeade. >> that's not saying much. coming up, lots of women think they don't look good when they cry. they've got nothing on this guy. watch. [crying] >> he's a politician. we'll tell you why he's crying. imagine this, you're 345,000 feet above the pacific -- you're 35,000 feet bo the pacific ocean and water starts filling into the cabin. what happens next? we'll tell you.

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we're live in jacksonville. good morning. what is the very latest on arthur? >> it was upgraded to a hurricane and hurricane warnings have been extended all the way up the north carolina coast to the virginia state line. today is really a day of action. tie down your boats, secure your property. if you're in an evacuation zone and got the orders to go from local officials, time to get the high ground. >> what if people don't evacuate? will they find themselves assisted by fema? >> the government has prepositioned swift water rescue teams, coast guard is on stand by. if you don't leave and you get trapped there, conditions may be dangerous and it may not be possible to get to you. plus you're going to put rescuers' lives at risk to get you. if you can and you are in the evacuation zone you should leave now. head to high ground. hopefully the storm won't be as severe but it is time

to go. >> we heard the same thing from governor christie, get off the beach now because you're putting rescuers' lives at risk? >> this is a storm, if you heed the advice, take action now action we can keep damages down. right now it is about life safety. stay out of the water. a lot of people out there with surf conditions that are very dangerous, they're not very good at this, think they are and unfortunately we lose people from being out in the water during these storms. >> absolutely. you've got to worry about that and flooding as well. you've got a busy day. thank you very much for spending a little with us here at "fox & friends" today. >> thank you. >> everybody stay safe. if they say get out, just get out. >> we saw a mom and a baby say they're going to wait it out. a lot more to bring you. heather nauert is here with headlines. >> good morning. listen to this. it is a sight you don't want to see at 36,000 feet in the air.

the aisles of an airplane, look at that, completely flooded. water gushing from the ceiling after a pipe on the plane broke. this happened an hour into a night from l.a. to australia. the plane turned back safely and landed in california. how frightening would that be? >> want to light up but don't have the dough to buy the pot? well, the berkeley, california, city council approving a new role to force medical marijuana dispenseries to give away 2% of their weed to low-income patients. it has to be the same quality everyone else gets. russia saying no to the tv show "house of cards." >> all about location, location, location. >> russia vetoed the show's request to film inside the u.n. chamber. secretary ban ki-moon agreed to let the show film two episodes but the russians insist the chamber

should be free and clear in case there's a global crisis they should need to deal with. this one is a press conference melt dowp of epic -- meltdown of epic proportions. take a look at this. [crying] >> that's actually real. that is a japanese politician accused of misusing thousands of dollars from taxpayers. he burst into tears. he's accused of spending nearly $30,000 on 200 trips, many to hot springs resorts. the viral video on youtube with more than two million views. and those are your headlines. >> still a politician. only $30,000? >> see you later. >> remember the cheerleader teen hunter that the pictures of herself with her kill like lions,

rhinos, zebras and elephants? a firestone met her on facebook. i think over 150 people -- 150,000. >> thank you, steve doocy were asking in protest, take these photos off facebook, zuckerberg. they're not right. she fired back. >> she posted this on her facebook page. this is a conservation effort to assure -- not ensure -- that they never do become extinct. perhaps she should spend more time in a classroom because she misspelled that. they have now taken the photos down but her account is still active. some of the photos have been removed off of her facebook account in response. it is not clear whether facebook removed them or she removed them because of the fiery protests on this. >> what do you think? do you think those are images that should have been taken off facebook? do you get why 150,000 people would say take it

off? or do you think it is appropriate. she does ultimately say what her dream is in her heart of hearts is to host a reality show about her african adventures on safari. >> she said roosevelt killed the same species hunters chase today. >> when rhinos were plentiful and there weren't only 200 left. the rhino you keep seeing in the photos, that rhino was shot by a veterinarian with a tranquilizer and they were taking care of it. it is actually not dead. all the other animals are dead in those photos. >> e-mail us. do you think it's appropriate? are you grossed out by it? do you think it is absolutely okay. friends@foxnews.com or twitter or facebook. >> we'll stand by for that and read them. coming up, joan rivers makes fun of everybody; right? >> is there anyone you would not make a joke about? >> the answer to joan's question there when we come back.

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let us step into the fox light with michael tammero: >> he sat down with comedy legend joan rivers. >> when joan rivers speaks, you listen. did i get an ear full from her new book to a message to her critics. joan sounded off. let's check it out. when joan rivers first jumped into the comedy scene she took hollywood by storm with her quick wit and hearkening one liners.

>> this is my apartment. it is very grand. this is how maria antoinette would have lived if she had money. >> her new book "diary of a mad diva" hits stores. i love the book. hysterical. 137 people you make jokes about. >> who did i forget? 137 people, all right. >> is there anyone you would not make a joke about? >> if i want to make a joke, i make a joke about them. i say you're lucky to have a joke made about you because if america doesn't know who you are, they're not going to get the joke. i only put down people that are very, very famous. >> angelina jolie, now she says joan, if i could make just one person happy with my charity work, i'll die content. i thought easy, give jennifer aniston back her husband. >> what keeps you going? do you ever get tired? you want to kick up your

feet and say enougho >> i love the business. i can't get enough. i can do shows, i'm performing, producing. >> i'm going to step out of my comfort zone. i did the golden globes for the first time this year. >> look at you. very smart. you've got a tie but a thin tie. you're accessible but you're not establishment. and you're not covered with tattoos. very good choice. >> you can answer some of your critics right now. what would you say? >> oh please, everything should be treated with humor. life is funny. go look at yourself naked in the mirror and then you tell me life is not funny. >> great point. you can see my entire interview with joan rivers, log on to inthefoxlight.com. you can see me on twitter and instagram where the party continues in a family party kind of way. this weekend yankee stadium

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claimed the lives of almost 400 americans fighting to protect kuwait from an iraqi invasion led by saddam hussein. so why is a bill that would create a national monument honoring those sacrifices made during desert storm right now stalled in the u.s. senate? our next guest proposed legislation and is a gulf war number one veteran himself, scott stump, retired, joins us now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so i vividly remember this particular war 'cause we saw it all on television. for people who don't remember the specifics, how many americans were involved? >> we had over 600,000 americans that were involved and deployed in theater. >> ultimately the number is about shy of 300 casualty. >> u.s. casualty, yes, sir. 400 in the coalition. >> okay. clearly this is something that needs to be commemorated and memorialized in the u.s.

capitol. it passed the u.s. house, your bill did, to create the memorial unanimously in the house. now it's in the u.s. senate. there is one of the proposals on what it might look like. at this point, you don't have the land and no taxpayer dollars would be involved. why is it stalled in the u.s. senate? >> what i've been told is that this is hung up in senator landrieu from louisiana's committee. they have a back log of bills they're working through. they're prioritizing based on two criteria. number one, the bills introduced last year, which this was. secondly, is the noncontroversial bills. as you referenced the house vote, the vote was 370-0. does that sound controversial to you? >> no. >> the other thing is you mentioned, we're seeking zero tarp dollars. this is 100% driven by donation. so we're very, very concerned

we'll run out of time and left for the fourth of july early and we're really afraid if they don't vote on this prior to the august recess, which lasts the whole month of august, that we're going to run out of time and this bill will die. >> why is it in this committee to start with? >> well, that was a committee -- it was in the committee and moved out of committee and in what's called the union calendar, which is the next step before it gets voted on. so literally, all they have to do is pick the bill out and put it on the calendar for a vote and it's a done deal. >> all right. so are there some politics involved here? >> that's a great question. i really don't know the inner workings. all i know is what they're telling me from a procedural standpoint. i don't know the intentions. i'll give you an example, i feel we would have a great response based upon a conversation i had with senator lieberman yesterday. i ran into him on the street. told him about the memorial and the legislation, which he was completely unaware of. he was 100% supportive,

remembers that time period. remembers voting to expel saddam's troops from kuwait. so i've got to believe there are a lot of people like senator lieberman that would support this wholeheartedly. >> absolutely. given the fact that the washington, d.c. power structure is engulfed in this veterans affairs scandal, you would think they would want to do something good for the vets. this would be a slam dunk and it's not going to cost anybody a dime. >> like you said, it seems like every other day we hear something bad on the news with veterans, whether it be the v.a., what's going on in iraq. this is something that would be good news. i think the veterans of this country deserve some good news for a change rather than all of this negativity. >> what you would like to do today is encourage people watching right now, call their u.s. senator, right? >> that's exactly right. you all have the top rated morning show in america hands down. we really need your help. we need your viewers to reach out to not just their own senators, but to senator harry

reid, as well as senator lain drove and tell them -- landrieu, and tell them we want this prior to the august recess to assure this memorial will move forward and be a reality. >> folks, write down the phone number. nobody is in the offices right now, but come 9, 10:00 o'clock in the morning eastern time, give them a call to 202-224- 202-224-3121. that's the capitol switch board. ask for your u.s. senator and they will be happy to connect you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thanks for your service and thanks for doing this. >> absolutely. >> a lot of people appreciate it. >> thank you for having it on your radar screen. >> absolutely a priority. thank you. coming up, americans just voted and president obama came out on top. but he won't be bragging about this one coming up. not exactly an honor. our defense secretary chuck hagel making a phone call to the other defense secretary. goalie tim howard. so what did

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friday, better with friends. >> this is joan rivers and if you are smart, you're watching "fox & friends." if you are dumb, you're not. so be smart. >> a good lesson to live by. >> pretty much. joan rivers, the object of michael at tammero's fox light today. >> talk being her new book and a lot of jokes. >> brian is off getting an early jump on his fourth of july. i'm clayton in for brian this morning. so thanks for having me. is he in the eye of the hurricane? >> he's not in the eye. but he's not far from it. he'll give us the exact location when he returns. this is our fox news alert. >> arthur has been turned into a hurricane. >> now a mandatory evacuation order in effect for the outer banks of north carolina. >> that's where michelle is right now. what are you seeing there? >> good morning. it's still pretty mild here as hurricane arthur approaches the

east coast. the winds are pretty mild. the sea pretty calm. when we arrived yesterday, we spoke to a few beach goers who were vacationing here and they were very disappointed to hear that hurricane arthur was make its way up the east coast, saying this was going to cut their fourth of july travel plans short. locals, on the other hand, are saying, look, we've been through worse than this. we're not too concerned about what is going to happen. they are adjust planning to ride it out and believe it will be fine. business owners, definitely affected out here. one business owner we talked to yesterday says he should have had about 20 people in the store, so he's certainly feeling the financial pinch. here is what he had to say. >> i've been living here for 11 years and i've been through a few hurricanes before. it's going to be rain, wind. it's not going to be as bad, i don't think it will be as bad as everybody is speaking about.

just scaring the tourists away. >> reporter: there is one evacuation, mandatory evacuation so people need to get out of there. the governor of north carolina is saying please take this seriously. everyone here vacationing in the outer banks of north carolina. back to you. >> thanks so much. it kind of looks like an evacuation of mexico right now down along our southern border between mexico and texas. thousands of illegals are streaming across and unfortunately because there is such a giant number of people, illegals who need to be processed, they're flying them to california. then they're putting them on buses. we showed you these images yesterday where some people in murietta, california, stopped three buses on tuesday and eventually they were forced to turn around. the people there didn't want these illegals. eventually released into the general population after they

were processed at a border patrol station there. that happened on tuesday. last night 1,000 people showed up at a town hall. they're mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. >> you have a handle, a real handle of what this is costing us out of our pocket, then please, use the word legal alien s that came across, illegally. >> i do not have the exact cost of today. what we did establish on the first night we started the planning process is we did identify the need for a funding code so we can track every single hour that is spent on this. now, at the end of this, do i have a plan to send washington, d.c. a big fat bill? you bet. do i have any faith -- [ applause ] -- do i have any faith that it would be paid? no. >> if i break the law, you're going to come down on me real

quick. and yet you are not following the law. you are breaking the law. [ applause ] >> will the president actually head down to the border and actually meet and see what's going on there and meet with officials to find out how bad this immigration policy is? >> that would be great if did he. >> texas governor rick perry was on "fox & friends" just yesterday and he had a message for president obama. come down to the border. listen. >> if the president of the united states is really serious about securing that border, we can show him how to do that. but i haven't even had a phone call from this president. >> he's saying if he wants to help, come down and see it. the president apparently must have been listening yesterday at "fox & friends" because the white house responded with this. quote, the most important thing they can do is not offer public invitations, but lend their support to comprehensive immigration reform. >> he came out swinging against republicans when asked about

immigration. he didn't talk about it for a while, then came out and the ohm thing he said was to go after republicans on this. he said if republicans would have passed comprehensive immigration reform, we wouldn't have this issue. >> you know with a? there is plenty of blame to go around. the president says i'm trying to work with republicans, but at the same time, with the president it's either his way or the highway. by the way, we should point out that governor perry is lending support, in fact, later today he's going to testify at the house homeland security hearing on the texas border crisis and it certainly is a crisis. the president going down to a fund-raiser, but not going to actually go and address it. maybe he just doesn't want to see with his own two eyes what his nonenforcement of the law is, or maybe, as we've heard because so many of these people coming across have got some disease, maybe he doesn't want to catch anything from them. i doubt it. i just don't think he wants the picture of him with this crisis that he created. last night on "special report,"

charles krauthammer had this observation about the president's disinterest. >> part of me thinks he doesn't know what to do. if isis crosses the border into ukraine, this is our border, we have a crisis at the border. he does nothing for a couple weeks. then last week he comes out and we hear he's going to make a statement. what he's going to do about this. what is his statement? the first three quarters of it is an attack on republicans and say if they would only pass my immigration law, this wouldn't have happened. there is a complete nonsequitir because of his policies of loosening deportation of people who came here as children, which is encouraging of this influx. >> that's very important. >> that point is very important because these kids and these parents actually in honduras and guatemala, they're hearing, misinformed, they're hearing that president obama loosened

the restrictions on deportation. >> the president has done that. the message has been, come on down, the door is open. unfortunately now for them, they're caught in the middle. they're going to be released into the general population. >> it was only for those about a year and a half ago. the cutoff was a year and a half ago for those who came. they approve that had for kids who came illegally. but the cutoff happened. so when you're coming here now, that doesn't apply to those coming now. but that message isn't get to go central america. they think that legislation is still in effect. let's go to america and when we get here, we'll get those paper that allow us to stay. >> the message could have been strongly sent from the administration, many feel, including rick perry, who not just all of a sudden decided to give a public invitation. he's been sending letters to the president for a long time warning him this would be a situation and has yet to see him as the president goes to a barbecue, parties, tickets costing $30,000 plus to attend. maybe because he's choosing to go to the party instead of the border like a commander in chief should, maybe that's why america is fed up and they just

president obama the worst in 70 years. >> amazing. a new poll out this morning, who would you consider the worst president? probably nixon, maybe george w. bush. no, the top of the list, president obama. he beat out george w. bush and president nixon for the worst president in 70 years, according to this new poll. >> also the people in this poll were asked, what if mitt romney had become president, would the country be better off? plurality said yes. 38% said worse off. about the same, 10%. what's curious is the "new york post," they've got the cover, why america just voted obama the worst president in 70 years. that's kind of a big headline. so what do they have in the "new york times"? something about the senate democrats and dick cheney. nothing with it. on the daily news, they've got new york's 50 most powerful women, including hillary clinton. look at that. anyway -- >> i know one powerful woman

right here who happens to have some headlines for us standing by. i think you're powerful. >> in my own mind sometimes. aren't we all? good morning, everybody. hope you're off to a great day. i have quite a story coming out of colorado. an american teen-ager is now waking up behind bars this morning accused of plotting to wage jihad with an isis terrorist that she fell in love with on line. 19-year-old shannon maureen conley was arrested in denver international airport. agents nabbed her just as she was walking down the jetway to board her plane to turkey. what was found in her luggage? materials about jihad and al-qaeda and a whole bunch of dvds labeled anwar al al-awlaki. he's the colorado educated terror cleric killed by a u.s. drone strike in yemen. investigators say the teen-ager, a certified nurse's aide, wanted to live in syria and live her life as a housewife and also as a nurse and use her training to

target military facilities. nice. it has been more than a month since sergeant bowe bergdahl was released, but no one contacted those who served with him. even though military brass are supposed to be investigating those charges. bergdahl is allowed to leave his military base with supervision, going to grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, and also the library. the army says it's part of his gradual reintegration process. democrats wasting no time here days after the supreme court sided with hobby lobby. democrats, including chuck schumer, are going after the religious freedom and restoration act. remember that bill that was signed back in 1993 with wide bipartisan support? it protects people's rights to exercise their religious beliefs. democrats are now looking at several options, including removing corporations from that protection. we'll follow that story as it

develops. tim howard, the soccer secretary of defense, getting a phone call from the real secretary of defense. shortly after his record 16 saves against belgium, a fan rushed to wickipedia to change the entry for secretary of defense, chuck hagel, to tim howard. get it? secretary of defense? hagel taking it in stride, not getting too upset by it. he called howard and thanked him for defending america at the world cup. he then invited the entire team to visit him at the pentagon. how about that? those are your headlines. pretty interesting. >> shows you how easy it is to monkey with wickipedia. >> everybody does. he's going to wickipedia and update awful our profiles. we love that. coming up, it's happening again. one school district wants to ban valedictorians, saying it's unfair to other kids. what do you think about that? and the feds suing an american company that requires its employees to speak english on the job. will it hold up in court?

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involved. if english is not a bonafide occupational requirement, that is if they can do their job without speaking english, then they can't be fired for not speaking english. what is offensive to a lot of people is that the federal government in washington, d.c. would intrude into a private relationship of a small corporation involving a local issue where there is no federal issue involved at all. >> apparently these particular workers didn't speak a word of english. so if you're the boss, how do you tell somebody to either go do the job and do it this way, or it could be a safety issue, if somebody screams fire and nobody knows what you're talking about, that's a problem. >> right, right. but sometimes when the federal government does this to corporations, they cave. they settle. they give the government whatever they want. they're terrified. it's the federal government suing us. they don't have the money or resources to resist them. sometimes there is a trial. sometimes when there is a trial, the feds lose. >> what if the employer only speaks english?

>> wouldn't they know that? >> again, it would depend upon the nature of their work. is it manual labor where they can be told without a great deal of english what they need to do, or are they dealing with the employer's customers and the failure to speak english is going to impair the ability of the boss to sell his product? >> wouldn't the boss know when they're hiring the individual? why is this a revelation to them five months after they've been hired? >> that's the interesting part here. if english is required, why were these people hired? if english is not required, why were these people fired? but is this a job for the federal government to scrutinize? look, the federal government can go left or can go right. there is no secret where this president is and there is no secret where his appointees are and there is no secret where he wants it to go. he wants it to go in our faces because he wants us to live the way he wants us to live. >> so you view this as political? >> i do, i do.

i do view it as political. however, we don't know what the facts are. some of them are a little intriguing as clayton pointed out. why hire people that don't speak english. or if they do speak, who care what is they speak? >> it's just a matter of time if this was enforced, every business would have to have a translator for somebody who doesn't speak english. >> i had a judge show once many years ago and they wanted me to speak in -- this was not a fox product. they wanted me to speak in broken english because they thought it would gin up the audience. we tried one of the tapes. it was hilarious and ridiculous and the ratings went down. people have to understand what you're talking about! >> can we find that tape somewhere? i would pay a week's salary to see that. >> happy fourth of july, guys. >> always great to see you. coming up, imagine being on a packed airplane at

36,000 feet, when water starts leaking through the ceiling and flooding the aisles. you're in the sky and it appears to be falling. what happens next? only 40% of liberals say they're proud to be american. what's happening to patriotism? our next guest, an australian, says we should try looking at the country from the outside to see just how great it is. ♪ ♪ sfx: car unlock beep.

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time for news by the numbers. first, two. that's how many years the government spent trying to figure out the salaries of u.n.

staffers. two years? according to the new gao report, they still couldn't figure out how much they make. next, one. toronto's crack smoking mayor, rob ford, admit not guilty a new interview he used every drug except one, heroin. great. what a resume. by the way, he's just out of rehab. congratulations. finally, five out of ten. not loving it. the hamburger from mcdonald's, the worst in the country, finishing dead last in a new "consumer reports" taste test. i'll be darn. elisabeth, over to you. no, i think it's clayton. >> thank you, brian. a new poll reveals 40% of liberals say they are proud to be american. conservatives, on the other hand, almost double that number. so as we head into the july 4th weekend, our next guest has some reminders for why

the left should be proud to live in this great country. author of the new book "the american boomerang," nick adams joins us now. is australian. why does it take somebody from the outside, like in the 1800s, for someone to come here to the united states and actually remind us of our exceptionalism. >> what's good for america is good for the world. when the world has got a strong america, that means that we are in a much better position. strong america means a safe world. strong america means a world where people can get about their business and everything happens in a good way. so i think it's in the interest of everybody. >> what did you make of these numbers that show only 40% of solid liberals say they feel pride in being american? >> it's distressing and disappointing, but unsurprising because the mainstream media in

this country has been running a protection racket for the anti-american agenda. frankly, it's nothing short of treasonous. and people can only really perceive america in the world as it is reported to them. so that's what i have tried to -- >> the pride issue is a big deal. i think that's important. what, like liberals want to hide they're american? yeah, i'm american, but sort of reluctantly. maybe i'm living here reluctantly. i'm going to hide my patriotism. >> that's right. they are a snide kabal that paint cultural pride and american patriotism as some form of leprosy and a belief in american exceptionalism is a disability. >> president obama touched on american exceptionalism. i'm gog play this and get your response. take a listen. >> i believe in american exceptionalism just as i suspect that the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. >> so that wasn't really high

praise for american exceptionalism. we all feel some exceptionalism for our countries. >> hardly a ringing endorsement. there is really only one country that's exceptional. the american value system is the best hope for humanity. america has been the beacon of hope for mankind since 1776 and it's going to remain that way. america has got nothing to be ashamed of. everything has been proud of. it's the greatest country in the recorded human history that we have and every american should be wearing their patriotism op their sleeve. >> we travel to australia. do most of your australian mates feel the same way about america? >> absolutely. america is a country we look to. america is a country that we are very good friends with. we all know that the world's fortunes travel with america. a america that is weak is where tyranny and torture reign, where

individual liberty would be gradually diminished. let's think about the consequences to other countries like israel, taiwan and even my country if america wasn't in the leadership role it is. >> singing the praises of america, called "the american boomerang, how the world's greatest turn around nation will do it again." nice to see you. >> thanks. >> happy fourth of july. >> always better with friends. coming up, it's happening again, one school district wants to ban valedictorians, saying it's unfair to other kids. what do you think about that? it's the video everyone is talking about. what a woman did at a wal-mart checkout counter when she thought no one was watching. the woman that is behind this great act of kindness and the mother that she helped joins us live. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> it is throwback thursday. our fourth of july edition. wearing their red, white and blue. that looks like it was two years ago. not dated too far back, but a day we will never forget. >> that is good parade seating right there. >> we actually like to deck out that stroller as much as we can on the fourth of july. dave hamilton tweeted something for us. >> yep. here is a picture of his fourth of july. here i am boarding piedmont airlines heading to new york for the bicentennial in 1976. >> wow. that is great. meanwhile, look at that. who is that, heather nauert? >> that is me. a couple years ago, big sky,

montana, with my son peter on my shoulder. we spent fourth of july with my family, my husband's whole family is from that state. and it was spectacular hearing about 5,000 people sing the star spangled banner. such a great time. it just gives you chills to hear that. we had a ball. >> because today is #tbt, we'd love to see your pictures of the fourth of july and your memories and let us know as well why you are a proud american. >> that's right. you can hash tag that for us as well. love that picture, heather. >> i love that picture of your babies. you are one busy lady with those three little kids. wow. >> wouldn't have it any other way. you know how that is. you have some headlines for us. >> yeah. other news going on. it is a sight that you definitely do not want to see at 36,000 feet in the air. take a look at this. the aisles of this airplane completely flooded with water. water gushing -- it came out of the ceiling -- after a pipe broke on the plane.

it was a kwan taas flight. it turned around and landed safely in california. the company behind the botched background check of ed snowedden and the navy yard shooter aaron alexis? that company was just awarded a $190 million government contract to help operate our immigration system. oh, great. because of regulations, the government has to go with the lowest bidder on a contract. the only exception, if a company has been suspended or banned. even those at the justice department filed a lawsuit against the company, they still got the contract. wow. what do you think of that one? and then down in florida, school district getting rid of valedictorians because it's unfair? the school board calls it an outdated tradition that breeds a cutthroat culture. the board proposing a new system honoring students based on different levels of achievement. listen to this. >> one of winners and losers. people work hard to achieve

academic goals, they should be rewarded for it. i know there will be people complaining that their child didn't make it, but people complain about everything in life. >> there will still be a graduation speaker. the guy or gal will be voted on by other students. then the boston red sox not having the best season this year, but their ball girl just had the game of her life. lynn sherman snagging two foul balls in a row. listen to what the announcer said about her. >> one of those fouls again. wow. that's two very nice plays. >> they need her for the team. those are your headlines. i was just asking how somebody got to be a ball girl. you say you got to know somebody. >> yeah, i don't know. for a whole summer that, would be a great job. the philadelphia phillies could be looking for good new outfielders. >> ouch. >> is there any children watching? >> if there are any children, you can help out. meanwhile, our top story this morning on this thursday is

arthur. now a hurricane. isn't it, maria molina? >> that's right. the national hurricane center has had hurricane hunters flying through the storm. the very latest is that they find that now arthur does have a closed eye wall. the storm system has been intensifying. now maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. a brand-new update was issued at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. we'll see what the latest is very shortly in a couple of minutes. a lot of convection with the storm system and looking at it on the radar, you can see it really is starting to get more organized. the storm system really starting to look a little bit more circular. we do have hurricane warnings in effect out there across portions of eastern north carolina in the outer banks. we do expect the storm system to make landfall out there as we head into basically later tonight and also into early tomorrow morning. you can see your high temperatures out there in the 90s. 90 degrees for your high in new york and also in raleigh. a concern across parts of the mid-atlantic and the northeast is severe weather. we do expect more large hail,

damaging winds and also some isolated tornadoes out here. yesterday we had extreme weather from the mid-atlantic to the northeast and significant travel delays. that's going to be a concern again today. a number of flash flood watches in effect out here as well. that extends into tomorrow. here is a look at arthur. we want to go backwards. back to hurricane arthur. currently maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, category 1 hurricane. as we head into tonight and tomorrow morning, grazing the outer banks of north carolina and it is going to intensify, then maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour forecast to remain a category 1, though, and take a look at friday. saturday. that storm should -- we are going to see significant impact. but the cape could see tropical storm conditions come early saturday and also friday night. let's head back inside. >> thank you very much. find out why the marines are here in about 20 minutes. >> thank you. pay attention to this story. paying it forward. carol flynn jumped in to help a

struggling woman pay for diapers for her four-months-old son at a wal-mart checkout line in south dakota. the random act of kindness caught on camera when she thought no one was watching. >> joining us now is that very good samaritan, carol flynn herself. thanks for being with us today. >> i am honored. thank you. >> you are quite well-known. i mean, after this incident, you had so many likes on facebook, thousands. almost 20,000 of them. you went viral. >> i found out what that meant. >> that's so sweet. that's what makes this story so amazing is that you didn't do it for notoriety. tell us exactly what happened. the woman was standing this and why did you decide to help? >> i had been in line and it was a long line. this young woman who is standing at the counter and i thought, we're kind of waiting and waiting and i could tell they were waiting for some answer. soy left the line and i did a little more shopping. i came back and the line was

empty. so i walked up there with my cart and i thought, well, maybe there is something i could do. i saw diapers. >> she was still in line. >> she was still in line, still waiting to resolve something. so i walked up and put my arm on her and i said is there something i could do? she said no, no, it's okay. i said, well, it looks to me like you're buying diapers. you originally had four boxes. you have one. looks like the other three are over here. do you have children? yes, i do. she said we have a four-months-old. lot of diapers. yes. i said, well, i think you need these diapers then. so i just went over and got them and put them in her cart and she said, you don't have to do this. i said, yeah, i do. i do. >> and four more cartons of diapers cost you $120. >> three more. >> three more out of your pocket. that's a lot of money for a total stranger. >> i know that. but, you know, in sioux falls we all know each other. we live in a small area. she just is so sweet and -- i

worked for the march of dimes at one time. our goal is healthy mothers and healthy babies. so as soon as you see diapers -- >> i've got tears in my eyes just hearing you recount this story. what i also have is someone on the line right now that we have at "fox & friends," that very woman who is the recipient of your kindness. the woman who needed the diapers is with us, katy. hey, katy. >> hey. >> what an incredible story that we just heard. who knew someone was taping and looking. but what do you have to say to your sweet friend here who jumped in when you needed it most? >> i'm grateful. i can't express in words how awesome her act was and how great it was. this just shows that she really cares for people and provides and struggles. i'm so glad to have met carol now. she's such a great lady.

>> i didn't expect any of this. >> nor did i. >> i know. katy and i know each other now and i've met marcus. i held marcus. he's four months old and he's just darling, with blue eyes. but i didn't expect any of this. so there was somebody back there videotaping i had no idea until monday afternoon when i got a call from the local paper. she said were you at wal-mart sunday night? i said yes. i knew who this was. >> what is this the nsa or something? >> and i knew who called 'cause she writes human interest stories for us and we both go to the same church, united methodist. and i said how do you know? she said, well, there were a lot of methodists around, they know who you are. she said there was somebody videotaping you when you were in line buying those diapers. i said -- it took off from there. >> and you didn't do it to get the recognition. >> no. >> you thought it was anonymous. >> i did. and i paid for hers and i paid for my own and i left the store. i thought okay, that's it.

>> wonderful. >> i'm not wealthy, but i can do this. >> great story. >> vision of kindness you are. >> well. >> what a connection you have with katy. >> i do. and marcus. >> now your friends. thank you for waking with us on the phone and carol what, a wonderful story. >> talk to you, katy, when i get home. >> sounds good. >> thank you. >> what a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. we're switching gears. coming up in a couple minutes, they targeted conservatives and are accused of destroying evidence. one woman says it's time to defend the irs. hear her argument when she joins us next. and he's been training for weeks to take the court at wimbledon. why a hungry hawk is ready to play. ♪ ♪ when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here

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welcome back. quick headlines now. what has kate middleton so upset? she's disappointed that andy murray lost at wimbledon. the 11th seed took down the defending champ in straight sets in the quarter finals. why is there a hungry hawk at wimbledon? rufus is there to scare away pigeons. every day before the matches start, he chases them away. rufus even has a twitter account. he just posted this. every time you think you can hear an airplane going overhead during a match, that's actually me going to get some snacks. at rufus the hawk. steve? >> thank you very much at clayton morris. the irs targeted conservatives and are now accused of destroying evidence. but one woman, a columnist, says it's time to defend the irs. "washington post" columnist katherine renpell writes, i

realize this is an especially strange time to stick up for the agency given the suspicious disappearance of a few thousand key e-mail. but right now the irs desperately needs a champion. why now? she joins us now and you want to be the champion for the irs. give them more money! >> the problem is that the irs is faced with increased mandates, because there has been a huge boom in identity theft and refund fraud and that sort of thing. so they have a lot more on their plate, but much less funding. their funding has fallen like 10% over the last four years. same thing with their staff. it's difficult for them to actually get all of the stuff done that they have to get done with fewer resource, which leads to more imcompetence. >> you say give them more money 'cause they got a tough job and we need the revenue, so let's make it easier for them. when i was reading your

argument, though, and you make a good argument issues but i'm thinking to myself, she's making the perfect argument for tax simpleification. >> that's absolutely true. >> let's make it maybe a flat tax, something simpler where you don't need a gigantic bureaucracy. >> look, i'm with you on that. i think the actual form of tax simple apply indication is up for debate, but way too complicated. that's not the irs' fault. that's congress' fault. >> absolutely. >> they get beaten up as the messenger in that regard. >> are you -- i know you talked about the suspicion activity at the irs. are you worried that they did target americans? 'cause they've already apologized. >> they've apologized, yes. they have admitted they targeted tea party groups. they've also targeted some occupy groups. i think they probably behaved badly. whether it was a matter of malevolent conspiracy as opposed to, again, kind of bureaucratic imcompetence is not clear, especially if you look at -- with that as well as the disappearance of these e-mails.

especially if you look at their record of i.t. problems and things like that. computers at the irs are still running microsoft operating system. >> it is a little suspicious. you're making the argument again they need more money, but it is suspicious that all those important people, their e-mail -- anyway, there is a poll out that shows 74% of americans say the congress should continue to investigate the irs until somebody is held accountable. so you know what? people are looking in and thinking, i'm not going to give more money to the irs. that's a vast majority of americans if that poll is accurate. i'm not going to give them more money until somebody is held accountable for mal feasance. you see lois lerner's pension, she apologized apologized and te fifth and now making $102,000 a year on the government dime.

people are going, doesn't seem like they need more money if that's how they're spending it. >> the way that i look at it is we need someone to collect this revenue. if you care about the deficit, if you care about narrowing our federal debt, that means you need to care about money coming in, as well as money going out. >> absolutely. >> if you're a supermarket, the way that you save money is not by firing all of your cashiers, even if one of the cashiers turned out to be a real jerk and to have behaved really badly. maybe you have more oversight. but you still need to have the resources invested and actually collecting that revenue. >> great argument. if you want to read all about it, go to the "washington post." thank you very much. >> thank you. it's now ten minutes before the top of the hour. next up, looking to add a dog to your family? go american. we have the all american breeds right here on the plaza. adorable. and this date in history back in 1982, "don't you want me" by the human league was the number one

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to celebrate america, we've got truly all american dog breeds for you today. veterinarian dr. heather joins me right now on the plaza with three cute furry friends here. we're going to start with dreamer. >> yes. these are actually all from the american kennel club, akc, which is a great resource not only for beautiful dogs, but for breed-related rescues. and for finding responsible breeders. >> we're looking at, is this an alaskan malamut. >> they're great for kids with kids, older family. they like to be active. a lot of dogs who like to swim can get irritated swim or many

dogs have allergies. there is a new shampoo called slash plus pet shampoo. it soothes, treats skin infections without antibiotics and moisturizing. i love it. >> a note there. thank you very much. >> this is hank, a coon hound. he is absolutely a great dog for people that want to work hard and play hard. they're very active, too. they're great with tracking and that type of thing. coonhound, so they can get into lots of weird stuff outside and get really smelly breath. >> so what do you use for that? >> a breath freshener called tooth detail. one lick a day. that's all it takes. completely gets rid of bad breath. he needs it, trust me. then over here we have adka, an american eskimo. she's a sweet dog. these are really devoted dogs. they really love to be with people. great for single people that want to have a buddy. but also for kids.

great for kids. we do a lot of shedding, but this type of devotion is important and it's something i put in my books, called "life's a bark." it talks about not just what we can teach our dogs, but more importantly, what they can teach us about life and love. >> we can learn a lot. thank you so much for bringing these three adorable all american breeds to us right now. i'm going to toss it back inside. coming up, the feds dumping illegal immigrants in cities across the country and telling the locals to pick up the tab for their education. is that fair? one superintendent is fighting back and he's going to join us live next hour. plus, before you fire up the barbecue this holiday or light up those sparklers, peter johnson, jr. is here to stay with us and tell you how to stay out of the emergency room and the courtroom. 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring]

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strengthening overnight into a hurricane. now people in north carolina are told to leave their homes. we are tracking this storm. and they are fed up with the feds dumping illegal immigrants in their backyard in california. >> a real handle of what this is costing us out of our pocket. >> an intense town hall meeting in the community that forced two buses to turn around two days ago. if you think crying made you look bad, imagine being this politician. >> gutterral cry. >> where are the tears? >> i don't know. they're fake tears. what he did to cause a complete breakdown live on television. "fox & friends" hour three starts right now. no tears. >> hi, this is kidd rock, you're watching "fox & friends".

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that's why hear here for the fourth of july, performing at the new york philharmonic. they stopped by "fox & friends." ping "boogie woogie bugle boy." >> nicely done. if that didn't put you -- i feel sorry for the people trying to sleep in. they just got their 8:02 wake-up call. >> best one they've ever had. >> absolutely. >> one of the guys stopped me, he said, by the way, i don't know if you know this, don imus, formerly a bugler. >> i didn't know that. >> i didn't either. he's still waking people up each and every morning. >> we are honored to have them on our plaza right now. we have a fox news alert. arthur upgrade to do a hurricane, now a mandatory evacuation order in effect for parts of north carolina. that's where michelle is right now. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning.

that's right. that mandatory evacuation order is in effect for hatteras island. very tip of the outer banks here in north carolina where every residents is required to go. this poses a huge problem because there is only one road that goes in and out of the outer banks. all those residents need to get out as soon as possible before hurricane arthur arrives. right now it's making its way up the eastern coast. already hitting some rainfall in south carolina. we talked to some beach goers yesterday when we arrived and a lot of them who are here vacations are disappointed about what arthur is bringing. take a listen. >> out in the ocean. >> we've never been down here when it's gotten bad. we've never been through one. don't really know what to expect. >> we'll be disappointed if our weekend is washed out, but we're going to wait it out and see what happens. >> reporter: locals, on the other hand, are saying, we're not too scared about this.

the storm that's brewing off the coast. they're just saying, look, we've been through worst than this. we've had worst nor'easters and it won't be a big deal. the governor of north carolina urging residents to take this very seriously, to take necessary precautions and be ready in case hurricane arthur gets to be a lot bigger than a lose of these residents and vacationers expect it to be. back to you. >> thank you. stay with you all morning long on this. hey, by the way, the forecast isn't looking good for the president. he was just voted the worst president in 70 years. new poll out that said which president would you consider the worst? steve doocy right here. >> i'm the hand model. as you can see right there, poll named the worst president since world war ii, as you can see, barak obama, a plurality. he's the big winner, although he would not happily take a bow to that, beating george w. bush and richard nixon.

the number one president since world war ii? ronald reagan by a landslide. there is the headline. why america just voted obama the worst president in 70 years. it's a big headline. this is the only newspaper it's appearing on the cover in new york city. >> beating out one of the most corrupt presidents of all time, warren harding didn't make the list. he's number one on the list, president obama. i like this question that they asked in this poll. what if mitt romney had become president? these hypotheticals, would we be better off? 45% said we would be better off. 38% said worse off. 10% said it would be the same. still deal with congress. it all would be the same. >> combine that with recent gallop polls here that have a decline in our freedom as noted by those who participated and also noting that corruption is on the rise, according to the american people. >> perhaps when the american people look at it, there are a couple of polls asked whether or not the president seems like he's disengaged from whether it's foreign policy or what's happening here at home. >> you don't like it, sue him!

>> whether or not the president is engaged in this immigration debate. it would seem the president is about to go down to texas, but he's not going down to texas to deal with the border issue. he's actually going down there to do a fund-raiser. when asked about it at the white house the other day, the white house press secretary said, wouldn't even call it a fund-raiser. he said he's going down there to assist democrats who are running for reelection in the fall. >> that's crazy. of course, the white house was responding to this invitation from rick perry on this program 24 hours ago. >> if the president of the united states is really serious about securing that border, we can show him how to do that. but i haven't even had a phone call from this president. >> and governor perry pointed out in talking to you yesterday, along with peter johnson, jr., that rick perry has invited the president to come down and survey what is going on and repeatedly no answer, until yesterday when the white house, regarding the invitation to go down said, quote, the most

important thing they can do is not offer public invitations, but lend their support to comprehensive immigration reform. >> it's important to note also that governor perry is actually lending his support. in fact, today he will testify there at the house homeland security hearing on the texas border crisis. >> it is a crisis. you see the images, the few images that actually get out of children huddled in these shelters and they break your heart. and if they're there, you want to help them. they got into the country illegally, but now they're being escorted in. the republicans and people on the political right say look, we want to do something about the people who are here. but first we've got to do something about the border because if a six-year-old kid can come across, you know, unescorted into this country, what does that talk about the sovereignty of the united states of america? you've got to have a strong southern border. once it is secure, then figure out what to do with -- >> the senate would pass

legislation ten years ago to fund a border fence, what happened to that? >> clayton, go back into the '80s. ronald reagan gave amnesty to i think it was 2 or 3 million illegals in this country. but one of the requirements was it was predicated on i'm going to give them amnesty. we'll put them to work, they've been paying taxes, but we've got to secure the southern border. he was assured, mr. president, we will secure the southern border. it never happened. >> we paid for it and nothing happened. >> planning forward to understand that after the 9th, instead partying with the likes of demi lovato, robert rodriguez. tickets for a barbecue and pick kick costing upwards of $32,000, there is a place that he could be that many americans would prefer. that would be at the border making a strong statement there. >> priorities. what are the priorities? >> lot happening. we want to bring you heather nauert standing by with

headlines. >> speaking of that story, more fallout from that immigration mess on the southern border. things getting really heated in a late night meeting in california last night. residents there upset about the hundreds of illegal immigrants who are being dumped in their town. thousands protesting outside while hundreds battled inside with immigration officials. listen to this. >> every individual before they are put on a plane and sent over here, they are medically cleared. there are doctors -- >> you have a handle, a real handle of what this is costing us out of our pocket, and please, use the word illegal aliens. they came across illegally. [ cheering ] >> wow. there you have it. right there. a lot of heated emotions there. three buses headed toward murietta turned around and they had to go to another city after protesters stopped them. a chilling new map reveals the isis plan for world

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you've seen the pictures, illegal immigrant children flooding shelters across the country. it's breaking the bank for local cities and states and soon they'll have to reach out and pay for the child's education without any help from the feds. joining us now, superintendent of miami-dade's public schools, dr. carbalo. thanks for being with us. certainly this is a crisis as deemed by many, but the burden is falling locally in your lap. what do you say to that? >> i think number one, it's unfair. we're dealing with the recent arrival in the last quarter of the school year of over 300 children, most of them from central america. we recognize a spike of over 300 children from honduras in the last quarter. certainly it's an additional burden on our finances. we're still pretty stressed in terms of state funding for education. this is something that needs to be addressed at the federal level so we are humbly asking dc to share the burden, to accept the responsibility for what is

ultimately an immigration issue that should be dealt with at the federal level. >> so you mentioned that it was 300 as of last quarter. are you expecting that to rise given the situation and crisis down at the border now? >> here is what we know, we know that over the past year, over 50,000 children have arrived in this country. many of them are making slowly their way to miami. we saw this spike very unusual when you see 300 children arriving from one single nation during a short period of time, and based on the best estimates that project an additional 40,000 children arriving through the end of 2014, we certainly need to be ready. this is what we're doing. we're asking the federal government, right now recognizing that this influx of children may very well make their way to miami. we've calculated the cost per child over and above what the state funds to be around $1,950. they're all arriving poor. they're all arriving with language needs, with social

needs. after a harrowing journey through mexico to get here. and we have a moral and legal responsibility to teach them under state law. but we can not do it alone. so it's unfortunate we're having to deal at the local level with an issue that is ultimately the federal responsibility. >> your job is to teach and inform and care for in terms of education these kids, right? the burden here is also financial. it's in your lap. a lot of people say this isn't fair. >> right. we want to be compassionate about what's happening and really what is really an educational crisis in central america. look, in central american countries, the graduation rates between 27 and 40%. that educational crisis is being translated into an educational crisis here in our country. legally and morally, as i said, we have to teach these children. wing not ask them any questions regarding their immigration status. but something must be done in a short term and long-term to address what is unfolding as a true humanitarian crisis.

>> have you heard from the white house? >> we are preparing a letter, sending it to our congressional leaders and the white house. we are joining forces with similarly impacted districts across the country to get to a solution certainly before the beginning of the next school year, which is around the corner in august. >> thank you for the work that do you and for being with fox. >> thank you very much. coming up, imagine being on a plane at 36,000 feet when water just starts pouring from the ceiling and flooding the aisles. so what happens next? and if someone gets hurt at your fourth of july barbecue, will your homeowner policy cover it? peter johnson, jr. is here with everything you need to know to stay out of court. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of.

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welcome back. quick headlines for you. it's a sight you definitely do not want to see at 36,000 feet in the air. water gushes from the ceiling after a pipe broke. it happened in one hour on a qantas flight from l.a. to australia. it turned back and landed safely in california. and an unbelievable moment caught on camera. two whale watchers landing in the ocean after a blue whale capsized their boat. the man managed to capture a picture of the whale seconds before hitting the water off of san diego. both of them are okay. peter and steve are outside now. hey. >> thank you very much. the video is frightening. a food truck in philly bursts into flames because of a leaky propane tank apparently.

it is a prime example of why you should take food safety seriously this fourth of july because a lot of people do grilling with propane tanks. the same goes for fireworks. sparklers or anything else that can turn from fun to dangerous in just a flash. here now with how to stay out of the emergency room and court is fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. >> good morning, steve. this is a big problem this time of year. lots of fires, lots of explosions as a result of propane, charcoal, and fireworks. let's look at the injuries. fire department reports an average of 8,000 home fires, almost 9,000 involving grills every year. they cause an average of ten deaths and 140 injuries. in july is the peak month for grilled fires. let's look at the propane tanks. >> underneath the tank, take a look at the tank. >> to that he is should not be transported in cars, in trunks. >> how do you get from the store? >> it should be an open carrier,

in a truck under the law. you need to be really careful with this. use a soapy method to make sure that the propane tank, the fittings and the valves are functional. >> around here? >> soap and water. if it bubbles up, then you got a problem. you got to reseat the hose. do not be doing major repairs on valves or stuff like that of the bring it back to the store. and if you smell a skunk-like smell, that means it's leaking. do not use a damaged propane tank. >> this happens to a lot of people. we were talking yesterday. we had a problem with our natural gas grill and the gas line leading into the grill over the winter months or something like that -- >> use charcoal starter fluid. not charcoal fluid. starter fluid starts grilling. charcoal fluid is liquid charcoal. big difference. you want to blow that barbecue up. when done, make sure the coals are completely cool and then dispose in a metal container.

but propane can be dangerous. you need to be really, really careful. >> absolutely. of course, you do the grilling before the fireworks festivities tomorrow night, you've got advice on fireworks safety. >> sparklers. simple sparklers that the little kids have. 1200-degrees they burn. 900 degrees will melt glass. last year eight deaths and 11,000 people were injured by fireworks. 240 people went to the e.r. every day with fire injuries in the month around july 4th. so some tips in terms of fireworks. we checked it out with phil beck, our pyro tech analyst, check your state laws. don't relight dead fireworks. look at the -- this is water in a container, in a bucket. if you think this is a dud, you throw that in there and you let it soak. they say 20 minutes. i say put it in for an hour. do not try to relight that

fireworks. never overlight one sparkler at a time and never hold a child in your arms with a sparkler at all. the sparkler may pop. so you drop that in the water as well when finished. wear eye protection when igniting them. never carry them in your pocket. friction can set them off. go to public fireworks displays. i do not like fireworks. if you're going to do it, be really careful. and always have a fire extinguisher nearby. >> great advice. speaking of public, a lot of people have their own fireworks display. >> yes. >> if you do at your house and somebody is injured or you burn down the neighbor's house, does your homeowner's insurance -- >> that's great question. you got to be really careful. we want to keep you out of the e.r. and the courtroom. an intentional act involving illegal fireworks could cause a disclaimer on the policy. meaning the insurance company says we're not going to cover you. also an insurance liability policy, it doesn't cover you or

members of your family if they're injured. it only covers guests and third parties in terms of that kind of thing. so yes, you could lose coverage as a result of an accident and if you shoot off a bottle rocket or fireworks at someone that, could be considered an intentional act and maybe even a criminal act. if so, the insurance company says, sorry, i'm walking away from it. you're all done. you're on your own. >> i have seen people do everything you've described as illegal. zach had a question for you, e-mailed it. what's my liability if somebody gets sick from my cooking? >> first of all, apologize to them. second of all, visit them in the hospital. third thing, let a lawyer know. fourth thing, let your insurance company know. maybe it's the standards that you use to preparing the food, but maybe it's the food itself. if there is e.coli in a hamburger, some other issue, then the butcher or the food processor may be responsible. but report it to your insurance

company right away. send flowers, visit the people. bring lots of ginger ale. >> all good advice. who wants steak and hot dogs? round of applause for peter johnson, jr.! >> happy 4th, everybody. >> there was a punk neighborhood kid that put a bottle rocket in one of those gift wrapping rolls and lit it and fire it at me like a bazooka. >> you sure that punk kid wasn't you? >> i'm going to get to the bottom of it. might have been me. don't tell anyone about it. >> good warnings to heed there from peter johnson, jr. coming up, the rockets dissing their own jeremy lin. he's firing back with, guess what, the bible. wait until you hear his response. want pot but don't have money to buy it? that's not a problem anymore. the government is going to give you free weed. ♪ ♪

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the own ones left on active duty. >> you guys sound fantastic. unbelievable to look at how polished you are. you're also here for the big fourth of july celebration. what will you do tomorrow? >> tomorrow the 4th, 5th and 6th, two finist institutions in the world, united states marines and the new york phil harmonic are joining forces. >> you gave me trivia about one of fox's own don imus. tell me about that. >> mr. imus is a very humble individual. he served in the united states marines and he was a bugler. >> so he was waking people up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning long before he took to morning radio. >> here is they to that. someone who sounded revelle, someone had to wake him up. >> we want to do ask our viewers after the show show, what song they would want you to play. you ready for this? >> yes. >> here is our facebook post this morning. viewers can weigh in right now, the "washington post" march,

semper fidelis march. and stars and stripes forever. are you prepared? >> yes. >> what do you think the viewer also pick? >> i think the viewers are going to pick correctly and they will pick a john philip sousa march. >> that's very good. you guys sound fantastic. they're not allowed to move. >> not yet, sir. >> that's usually what people in new york do anyway. steve and elisabeth, back inside to you. i'm in for brian this morning. >> you are. i go for the senper fidelis march. >> i'm voting as well. consider it done. heather nauert is here. we have a lot to bring you. >> hi. we've got other news going on. there is another shakeup at veterans affairs to tell you about. the chief medical inspector, dr. john pierce, just calling it quits. this after a scathing report that his office down played

complaints that outlined the serious problems at v.a. facilities all across the country. pierce is one of about six top v.a. officials to resign after reports of patients' deaths, treatment delays and also fudged records. you want to light up but you don't have enough dough to buy the pot you want? the berkeley, california city council unanimously approving a new rule that will force medical marijuana dispenserries to give away 2% of their weed to low income patients. it can't be the cheap stuff, they say. it has to be the same quality that everybody else gets. the ultimate insult here perhaps, the houston rockets welcoming free agent carmelo anthony a huge sign of him wearing a rockets jersey with a number 7 on it, but that number is already taken by the former knicks point guard, jeremy lin. he responded by tweeting this bible verse, luke 6:29. if someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. if someone takes your coat, do

not withhold your shirt from them. lin is expected to be traded regardless of whether or not the team gets anthony. it is a wedding toast that is taking the internet by storm. you just have to see this. >> i love you so much. i hope you have a good wedding. i hope you will have a good life and hope off good baby with your life. >> how sweet is that? she is just three years old. cleo what, a toast she had, putting a lot of grownups to shame with that one. i hope they like each other 'cause that always helps. those are your headline. >> so much wisdom in that three-year-old. >> she's terrific. i love that. >> got to down so clear. thanks. a fox news alert. arthur the tropical storm, now arthur the hurricane. the last hour, arthur picked up

strength from 75 miles per hour to 80 miles per hour as the storm, as you can see, churns closer. it looks like it's got charleston in its path. maria molina tracking it. it does look like charleston is getting whacked right now. >> reporter: yeah. they are seeing some of those outer rain bands moving into parts of south carolina. but like you mentioned, arthur is now stronger, maximum sustained winds at 80 miles per hour and stronger gusts. it's not forecast to make landfall across south carolina, but farther to the north and east and impact portions of north carolina, but along south carolina, you are still going to see some areas of heavy rain, gusty winds, beach erosion is a concern and strong rip currents. take a look at the rainfall forecast. some areas could see as much as six inches of rain locally higher amounts will be possible. flooding is a concern out there. by friday, 2:00 a.m., that's when the center of the storm system is forecast to either make landfall or pass very close to the outer banks of north carolina. we do have hurricane warnings in effect out there. it's forecast to get stronger

with maximum sustained winds, then at 85 miles per hour. then it continues to accelerate and move toward the north and east, away from the northeast coast. we could still see gusty winds in areas of heavy rain, especially along the cape in parts of new england. across the northeast, expect travel delays along big cities like new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes are a concern. let's head back inside. >> all right. thank you very much. it is throwback thursday. our proud american edition. we asked you to send us some photos and tell us why you are proud to be an american. serving with my kids in the national guard. >> that is terrific. >> remarkable. >> here is a throwback from 1997, annette tweeted us this from july 4 at a parade in fair port, new york. small town usa, she writes. >> look at that. they wound up on the front page of their paper. john writes, my sisters and i in

florida, july 4th, 1964, with our dog named stumpy. >> he's holding them all up. >> debbie said 19 years ago and today, my husband is retired air force after 24 years. my son is now an airman. we bake american birthday cake every fourth of july. that's incredible. >> send them in to us. use the hash tag proudamerican. you can go to facebook, twitter. there is any number of ways. >> that's right. >> you can guarantee that we'll be liking them all day long. >> the flag cake, you use the cool whip on the cake. >> and the blueberries and strawberries. do you make that, too? >> i do. >> save me a slice. >> all right. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. this weekend, you'll be feeling the pain at the bump gas wise. nicole petallides live from the new york stock exchange. she's standing by. she's in red next.

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two women getting the ultimate revenge on a guy who was dating both of them at the same time. they put this sign right here on a busy highway and it reads "steve frazier, you're dumped by both of your girlfriends." take a look at that. >> sought after news. oh, steve is free now. moments ago, the labor department released both the monthly unemployment rate and the latest weekly jobless numbers. joining us from the stock exchange, nicole petallides with -- is it good news or bad news? >> it's ultimately good news. you want to see jobs added and we're getting good news. let's first give the unemployment rate. 6.1%. so that's great news, getting closer and closer to the 5 handle, which really would be good news. the labor force participation rate, still basically detrimental. we haven't seen people getting into the work force. we still continue to see people sitting out because they are fed up for looking for work.

the numbers are 6.1% is the unemployment rate. that is almost six-year low since september of 2008. as far as jobs added, nonfarm payroll jobs added, 288,000 versus estimates of 250. a lot of people were surprised by this number. you have many months where you're above the 200 mark and that's good news. then you have the weekly jobless claims. get your pen and paper out. too many numbers. 315,000 weekly claims. that number you want it to be really low. you don't want people going into the offices and filing claims as they need unemployment and that they're out of a job. that came in at 315 versus estimates of 313. the big picture here is that the labor department and the jobs that we've been seeing have been going in the right direction. so people aren't necessarily getting the jobs they want. not getting paid what they want. >> services continues to go up. we're seeing rising gas price. gas also hitting a pretty darn high for the first time in a

number of years, right? >> no doubt. no doubt. that's what we're seeing. june traditionally, the triple a estimated that in june, we would see a price drop. average of 21 cents over the last three years. but that didn't happen. that's because the refiners complete their maintenance and then they produce more gas based on what they expect for demand. in this case we've seen tensions abroad, in iraq in particular. that pushed oil up. right now we have the average here at 3.67. not good news there. so as people are going to be driving over 50 miles most likely this weekend, how many million of americans? 35 million americans are going to be driving more than 50 miles this weekend. so you're going to be paying a pretty penny for gasoline. so that's been on the rise as we go into the july 4th holiday. have a great holiday. i know you'll need to pay extra for that gas, but have a good one. >> all right. nicole petallides down at broad and wall in south manhattan. thank you. >> coming up, they're so faded

that you can't even read them anymore. our next guest is fixing the problem by bringing the constitution and the declaration of independence back to life one feather caligraphy stroke at a time. ♪ because there's nothing more exhilarating than a powerful ride. you get at iaces u not expect ♪

we've got entertainment headlines for you. the tour buses of rock bands styx and foreigner going up in flames. the buses were parked in a lot in philly ahead of the bands' concert tonight. nobody inside at the time. nobody hurt. they were here announcing that rock tour. singer jewel and her husband

calling it quits, sadly. ♪ ♪ >> jewel and rodeo pro ty murray announcing they're divorcing after six years because they were no longer growing as people. they have a three-year-old son. they are arguably the most significant documents in u.s. history, the constitution and the declaration of independence. at more than 200 years old, the ink is starting to fade. but our next guest found a way to bring them back to life. >> ryan is a high school teacher from cincinnati who came up with a plan to recreate america's founding documents with the help from a calligrapher. they join us live today. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're a teacher and you felt that kids these days just didn't have an idea about the scope of

these documents because they're little when you see replicas and faded. >> yes. i didn't have an idea really because the souvenir documents that you get in a lot of gift shops leads to you believe they're really small. you can barely read them. these guys must have wrote very tiny. but when i started to investigate and found out how large they were and that they weren't printed on paper. they were printed on calf skin parchment, i started to get interested in this project. >> this is how you teach. you use props. you teach tenth grade in cincinnati. you use real props to show them the meaning and really the gravity under these documents for the time in history. tell us about how you wanted to actually go and recreate to scale on actual parchment and what was involved. >> well, to put it simply, we needed clear copy or clear calligraphy. the only way is to go to a professional who knows what they're doing.

>> that's where holly comes in. come on over here for just a second, ryan, because we want to show -- these are not being recreated on parchment, per say. it's on vellum, which is animal skin. >> it's parchment. parchment is animal skin. that could be sheep or cow or goat. in this case it's calf skin, which is what the founding fathers would have used. >> what is he doing right there? >> he is stretching the parchment. it has to be stretched real taut and then he can scrape and polish it. that puts it up to what's called a manuscript grade and that makes it ready to accept the quill ink. >> how long does it take to get it to the point where you can write on it? >> it has 20 dry and takes a process of two weeks. >> once that's done then comes actually holly, who is so talented in her art. she's actually now going over the original script? >> yes. she's a third generation calligrapher. we had her trace over the original script, sort of what like what she's doing now.

then that was scanned and put into photo shop where we could edit it to make sure it was 100% accurate. >> ted, bring your camera over here. this is the finished product. explain the special frame that it's on, because every one of them's got a little string that keeps it taut. >> yeah. that's a rare, but time tested conserve terror's trick for mounting parch am. parchment reacts to humidity. it expands and contracts. that linen expands and contracts with the parchment. >> how did the students react? >> the students love these things. i think they're surprised mostly at the size. we're missing on this display, three additional pages to the constitution. >> there are people watching now, patriots, who would love their own copy. they are for sale, right? >> they are for sale, about $1,000 apiece. it takes a lot of time to mount and prepare these things. >> absolutely. if people are interested, is there a web site?

>> www.patrigraphica.com. >> we'll have that on our web site. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much, very nicely done. >> thank you. more "fox & friends" just moments away. stay with us. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru.

afourth of july >> arthur is on the way. the first hurricane of the atlantic season is targeting the carolinas gaining strength and triggering hurricane warnings in part of north carolina. i am eric sean. >> and i am patty ann. we have evacuations underway on the outer bank and the timing alone is costly. the poplar tourist destination is clearing out ahead of the fourth of july weekend. we have team