you are watching "fox & friends first" on this thursday morning. almost made it to the end of the week. i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us. a hostage used as a human shield is dead this morning after a wild chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police in california. >> holy (bleep). wow. >> three people robbed a bank in the stockton area of california. they took two bank workers and a customer hostage. they sped off in a stolen suv. sometime during the 45 minute long chase the workers were thrown from that vehicle. the customer was killed during the gun fight that left cars and houses in the area riddled with bullets from an ak-47 style rifle. two of the robbers are dead this morning and the third is

hospitalized. we will keep you posted. >> to another fox news alert for you this morning. terrorists targeting the up coming u.s. open tennis tournament. in the extremist magazine "inspire" the al qaeda group suggests the billy jean king building as a target. the government says there's no specific threat right now, but security will be ready. the u.s. open runs two weeks starting at the end of august. >> hundreds of people in central washington state being told to get out of their houses because of the fast moving wildfire. it is the latest in a handful of burnings that are happening across the state scorching hot temperatures and strong winds are driving the flames. >> close to 1,000 homes are threatened. a night of fun on a casino

cruise ship turned into a bit of anightmare. they were stuck at sea after the ship ran a ground off the coast of georgia. you can see it right there. the people on board had to sleep on the floors and use their life preservers as pillows. the coast guard was sent in to rescue the more than 100 people on board. take a look at the pictures as people are getting off. initial attempts failed when the toe lines -- tow lines broke. >> very scary. harrowing, harrowing in every sill boll of that word. >> the tug boat is from 1972. it did not do anything but pull and the rope popped. >> the passengers were eventually transferred on a small boat. to the crisis along our border. a possible bipartisan deal crumbles after a late night briefing for all 100 senators. democratic opposition increased as republicans fight against the

president's proposed $3.7 billion spending plan. doug luzader is live for us where we came further and further from a compromise. is that right, doug? >> it sure looks that way. we will see what happens. there is a time line they are battling against. many senators learned about the costs yesterday. hundreds of dollars per child per day. >> from the time i was there senators were shocked at the figures of over $200 a day to provide for these young people that illegally entered the united states. it's a figure that i thought was shocking. the whole room you heard the murmuring people were shocked at the cost associated with this. >> 200 a day he mentioned. that is a minimum. it may cost as much as $1,000

per child per day to deal with this crisis. republicans are upset about the cost. democrats the growing number of them are upset about the white house's effort to change the law to allow for faster deportation. the president meeting with the congressional hispanic caucus. >> what we ask the president was this, to be as generous as republicans as a small enemite. and we talk about the issue with the time line here. the problem here congress is going to leave relatively soon for the summer recess. the hope was that something would get done on this before then. growing opposition on both sides it seems less and less likely. heather? >> doug luzader, live for us. >> don't tell senate majority leader harry reid there is a

crisis on our border. >> everyone here, the border is secure. >> well, fox news white house chief correspondent ed henry asked if the administration agrees with reid did yobut didn really get an answer. >> senator reid said the border is sec tour. do you agree with that? >> the administration under the president's leadership dedicated significant resources to securing the border. >> the people whose job it is to secure our southern border say harry reid is spinning a fairy tale. >> is the border secure? >> absolutely not. harry reid and all of his friends are completely divorced from reality. >> if it is i haven't seen that border. the information we have is the illegals are going up in the northern and southern border and

drugs are increasing as well as smuggling activity. >> a fox nows alert now. overnight kabul airport in afghanistan now under attack. taliban firing rockets and setting off a gun battle. (r the gunmen new surrounded by afghan forces in two buildings under construction. several rockets hit but no damage. the four attackers were killed. a live look now at gaza. at this hour a tense cease fire between israel and hamas. the two sides agreed to a 5 hour break in the fighting to restock supplies. this one day after a tragic accident on a gaza beach in which israeli shelling killed four palestinian boys. a senior israeli official says a

ground invasion is becoming more likely. they are investigating lois lerner's missing e-mails. peter doocy is covering this in washington. what are we expecting from today's hearing? >> now the focus is the investigation of the investigation into lois lerner's missing e-mails. jim jordan republican from ohio is leading today's look sat what happened to lois lerner's hard drive and the possibility raised in recent federal court hearings. those e-mails aren't actually gone for good. she says finally someone in the administration admits the destruction of two years of e-mails is fishy. democrats and republicans alike are upset with the lack of urgency the obama administration is bringing. the justice department says no need to worry. the quote, the irs investigation was launched by the department without hesitation and

immediately after ms. learner publically acknowledged the potential misconduct that has been conducted with the utmost integrity ever since and department officials have regularly characterized the investigation as a top priority. the doj is going to send deputy attorney general james colt to testify on the hill today a little less than four hours from right now. peter doocy in washington. peter doocy, thank you so much. a time for a look at who is talking. the editor for new york times jill abram son she is speaking out about working with the obama administration. listen to this. >> i have never dealt with an administration where more officials, some of whom are actually paid to be the spokesmen for various federal agencies, demand that everything be off the record. so that is secretive and not transparent. >> abramson then went on to talk about the possibility of her

gender and whether or not that played a role in her firing. >> what i do think broadly is that definitely women in leadership roles are scrutinized constantly and sometimes differently than men. >> now to some extreme weather. a flash flooding after heavy thunderstorms on the campus of byu in idaho. >> look at that rain right there. also a hail storm hitting idaho. the water was a foot high outside of the buildings there. >> maria molina has what we can all expect today as we head out. >> good morning heather and heather. incredible images coming out of idaho with extreme flooding. a lot of that energy is

continuing to move eastward. as we head into the afternoon and evening we are going to see the showers and storms in oklahoma and texas and louisiana. out here that's where we are looking at the flooding potential for today. many areas seeing 6 inches of rain from oklahoma to texas. that spot in purple across portions of louisiana. that is more than 8 inches of rain. not only for today but also into tomorrow. that storm system will continue to move eastward. as we head to the afternoon we will be seeing severe weather in addition to the flash flooding potential across the state of texas. temperature wise the high in kansas city 80 degrees. only in the 70's in chicago. cleveland get out and enjo i it over the next several days you will be seeing the temperatures climbing and by early next week it will feel like summer yet again for many of you out there. let's head over to you heather and heather. >> thank you. breaking overnight microsoft is set to announce a huge number of

job cuts later today. we have the fox business network with what we can expect. >> i have tough news for some of the workers today. we are waiting to hear from microsoft probably later today. the subway company is set to cut more than 6,000 jobs. that would be the deepest round of cuts in the company's 39 year history. many of the cities or many of the cuts by the way expected to come from the nokia unit the part they bought for $7 billion. the company plans to cut $600 million in costs over the next 18 months. a longer list of supplies and a bigger demand for electronics will cost parents more in back to school spending this year. according to the annual survey total spending on back too school items expected to reach 74.9 billion. that's up 3 percent from last year. the average for a person

enrolled from kindergarten to high school will spend $600. for college students costs rise to $916. may not have won the world cup but it can boast the world's top earnings super model. why not? according to forbes 39-year-old gizelle bunch onhas earned $385 million in her two decade career. she earned 47 million in the last year. that works out to 128,000 dollars per day. the that's heather and heather money. pretty impressive. for the market futures pointing to a slightly lower start on wall street after the dow hit another record day yesterday. >> we are not far off from that. >> in my dreams. >> thank you. it is 13 minutes after the hour. a death sentence for murder.

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>> police across new jersey on high alert following the death of one of their own members of the blood. they are now vowing to kill more police officers in retaliation.

a rookie police officer 23-year-old melvin santiago was shot in the head while responding to an attempted robbery. authorities say it was an ambush planed by the alleged shooter lawrence campbell who was shot and killed by police after he opened fire at the patrol car. a reporter under fire and out of his job for the controversial comments he made on air after the murder of officer melvin santiago now breaking his silence. he is quitting his position after he was first suspended and demoted for editorializing about quote young black men growing up without fathers. he is now speaking out for the first time. >> i knew there would be some consequences, i knew there would be some ramifications. i thought i would get a reprimand or a temporary suspensi suspension. >> why is it important to you? >> somebody has to speak up and

point to this and say we have to start talking about this. >> he was trying to add context and balance to the store -- story. let's talk about the reporter's suspension and demotion. did his punishment go too far? log on to the facebook page after the show for a live debate #keep talking. >> what the experts have to say about the border crisis. what about ordinary americans? political consultant frank luntz put together a random panel of people and asked what we should do with the children, should we send them back? >> should they have to go back? w who says yes? who says no? >> if we allow people to come in regardless of the age they are effecting our economy and our jobs eventually and where does it end? >> thr coming here because they heard they can get in free not because they are running away from crime and death. >> did you send the cuban children back? >> no.

>> so you wouldn't send the cuban children back but you send mexican, guatemalan el salvadorian, isn't that racist? >> yes. >> tell me why? >> since we did it then we should do it now. >> we are a country of laws. we have to obey tby the law. >> the time is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. we have already released five gitmo detainees in exchange for bowe bergdahl. now president obama wants to set more terrorists free. wait until you hear where. >> busted for smoking pot. you don't have to pay the price. why a newspaper is now offering to foot the bill for the fine.

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washington city paper a newspaper there is now offering to pay the fine for the first five people under the new law. all you have to do is send a photo of your citation and the back story and they will pay the 25 bucks. heather? >> and so it goes. bring diane keaton and michael douglas to the big screen forral love story that is truly for the ages. will this rob rhiner film be a romantic comedy classic like, you remember, when harry met sally. michael tammero is here. >> fox news alert, heather. back end of summer. at least movie wise. a lot of big budget blockbusters have been released. looking at some of the smuler fill -- smaller films. first time michael douglas and

diane keaton starred together. first time diane keaton ever sings in a movie. rob rhiner sunday classic when harry met sally, the bucket list and he visits this topic very often the romantic comedy. what is it about this genre that intrigues him so much. >> when there are romantic comedies it is all the same. whether it is flipped with 12-year-olds or the sure thing is college kids and then when harry met sally and then "so it goes" is older adults. what i do is it's my view of men and women which is women are just more mature. they are more emotionally developed, they know what they want, they know what's important in their life and the men run around like idiots. >> he is a lot of fun. it is not ground breaking but it is predictable but it was

charming. against all of the big blockbuster stuff we saw this summer. >> talking about love stories with men and woman anarchy. not related. i saw the first one, the purge. it scared me. >> a terrifying premise that one day a year all crime is legal including murder. what would you do? i don't know. i sat in traffic for an hour and had fun myself. it is a very violent movie. a little sick, but i get a little tired of these movies being wealthy and christians, typical hollywood stuff. but the conversation of violence in america kind of comes up. i asked them, do you feel any kind of responsibility with your movies in terms of it could turn into violence in the country today. let's hear what he had to say. >> the rest of the world sees the same thing we do. we are not seeing the shootings. what goes into someone killing

someone so complex they put it into movies. >> people like this kind of movie. it was made nor 9 million it is on track to earn about 30 at the box office. you can catchall of our interviews at in the fox light.com. for all of the latest celebrity buzz as always you can find me on twitter when the party continues as well as instagram. >> you know all of the big celebrities. >> i prefer the comedies. i am going to say that. >> thanks for joining us as always. >> 27 after the top of the hour. coming up a hiker all alone gets lost deep in the woods and breaks his leg. >> i had three-days to survive before anybody would be looking for me and there was a potential i could be losing my leg. >> how did he survive six days without food or water? vo: this is the summer. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to.

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good morning to you. welcome to "fox and friend first. i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt today. >> it is 5:00 somewhere. it is 5:30 here. half past the top of the hour we begin with the fox news alert. a hostage used as a human shield dead this morning after a wild chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police. >> holy (bleep). wow. >> three people robbed a california bank and took two bank workers and a customer hostage speeding off in a stolen suffer. police say the suspect had mass amounts of ammunition. they even had firearm magazines taped to their bod he don'ts. sometime during the 45 minute long chase the workers were thrown from the vehicle. the customer killed during the firefight. two of the robbers also killed. the third hospitalized.

>> now to another fox news alert for you. terrorists now targeting the up coming u.s. open tennis tournament. in the recent edition of "inspire" they suggested the billy gene king tennis center as a terror target. security will be ready. the u.s. open runs two weeks starting at the end of august. >> the call girl accused of injecting the google executive with a fatal dose of heroin and leaving him to die on his yacht says she had no intent to harm him. she called him a source of income for her. it shows she injected hayes with a needle and stepped over him to finish a glass of wine without even calling for help.

>> a mother is now facing years in prison over guns she legally owns in the state of pennsylvania. during a stop for a traffic violation the officer found the gun she keeps for protection. she had a permit in pennsylvania but it doesn't transfer to the state of new jersey. allen's lawyer says she made an honest mistake. now she is facing three years in jail. allen and her lawyer will join us on "fox and friends today. the fbi launches a probe into lois lerner's missing e-mails. the big question, will anything come of this? today a house panel grills the doj on what they have come up during their investigation of the irs. >> peter doocy is live for us. what are lawmakers hoping to hear today? >> we have had a chance to review the testimony of deputy attorney general james cole prepared for that over site committee hearing today.

he reveals the justice department is now trying to figure out how and why lois lerner's e-mails went missing. coal is also going to say this. while i know you are frustrated by the fact that i cannot at this time disclose any specific about the investigation i do pledge to you that when our investigation is completed we will provide congress with detailed information about the facts we uncovered and the conclusions we have reached in this matter. subcommittee chairman jim jordan republican from ohio said this yesterday. finally someone in the administration admits the destruction of two years of e-mails from lois lerner is fishy. the just disdepartment says they didn't do anything wrong. the irs investigation was launched by the department without hesitation and immediately after ms. learner publically acknowledged the potential misconduct. it has been conducted with the utmost irn at theintegrity ever. they have regularly characterized the investigation as a top priority.

the ranging member and overnight committee democrat elijah comings says the evidence he has seen does not support republican claims of a government wide conspiracy targeting conservatives. heather? >> peter doocy, live for us. thank you. peter. we have another fox news alert for you now. israel says that two rockets have been fired from gaza during what was supposed to be a humanitarian cease fire. the two sides agreed earlier to a five hour break in the fighting. it appears that has just ended. no word on any retaliation from israel. >> the ex-taliban prisoner bowe bergdahl is speaking out through his attorney. he says he wants to leave the u.s. military. bergdahl wants to become another face in the crowd and be permitted to go his own way. bergdahl is being investigated for deserting his post five years ago. bergdahl says the president saved his life when he agreed to

swap the five taliban prisoners for his relief and he is deeply grateful for his freedom. the military put bergdahl back on regular duty. >> the pentagon about to release six gitmo detainees the first since the controversial prisoner swap of bowe bergdahl. they are low level detainees not deemed an ongoing threat. they will be sent to uruguay. it is an attempt of the obama administration to shut down get employee. >> -- gitmo. >> they are trying to convince congress to spend nearly $4 billion on this. critics are now gasping at the price tag there. doug luzader is live for us in washington where we seem to be further and further from any kind of agreement. hi there, dug. >> it p certainly sounds that way. we have heard a lot about the

president's request for 4 billion, almost 4 billion to deal with the border crisis. now we are getting a cost her child. it is staggering. listen. >> the average cost of dealing with this is 250 to $1,000 a day. that is unbelievable. all of us simultaneously gasped that it is costing the american tax payer at a minimum 250 up to $1,000 a day to deal with this problem. that is just unacceptable. you have democrats who think it is unacceptable to speed up deportation as the president and many rue pub cans would like to do. the president met with the congressional hispanic caucus and tried to win he them over. >> what we asked the question was this. to be as generous as republicans as the small and mean spirited.

they are asking the americans about the number one issue facing the country. a year ago 3 percent thought it was an important issue now it is up to 17 percent. it could be a big deal for the up coming mid term elections. back to you guys. >> so much for transparency. the white house will not reveal where it is housing thousands of illegal immigrants because their privacy rights trumps american's rights to know. >> this administration is committed to enforcing. >> the administration, is this a question -- >> charles krauthammer. he isn't buying it. he says the white house is hiding something. >> the administration line, is this a question of privacy?

it is absurd. privacy? if you tell a governor that a certain number of illegal aliens and children are coming to a certain assembly there is no issue of privacy. it is clearly an attempt of the administration to try to handle a problem by concealing it from the people who most have to know. >> more than 57,000 immigrants crossed the border since october of last year. >> let's talk about the weather. it has been beautiful in some parts of the country. >> we are going to be seeing some areas of heavy rain across parts of the southern plains. we have flash flood watches across oklahoma and texas and louisiana. this storm system is headed your way. you could be looking at 8 inches of rain as we head to later today and also by friday.

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contacted at all. we are hopeful that this is a start of something much bigger and broader. first time in earnest they said they take us seriously and they are going to investigate. this has been such a rat race from the very beginning. >> a date has not been set for that meeting. >> time for your 5@5:00. coming in first, discovery cove in orlando is also considered the most expensive. all access pass is $399 that includes drinks, foods. next is cedar $.59 in ohio. followed lie universal studios that will cost you $92. busch garden 95 bucks. finally check out sea world in world doe that will run you $80. >> not bad. >> hello it's me. that's the inspiration behind the latest phone scam that is

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two minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening today. an investigation underway after a hostage was killed during a chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police in california. terrorists targeting the upcoming u.s. open tennis tournament in new york city. the government says there is no specific threat but the security will be ready. a house panel grilling the government or the department of justice on their investigation of the i.r.s. today as the f.b.i. investigates lois lerner's lost e-mails. >> time new to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first, the good. an incredible wildlife moment caught on camera after divers free a turtle from a fishing line. the turtle swims off but circles back around letting the diver hold it as if to say thank you. the bad, a man trying to kill a spider using a makeshift torch. ends up burning his house down. the ugly, a t.s.a. agent thought a d.c. drivers

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