stay the same. >> you are not happy? >> you know for me it is a consumer driven issue. if you can sell the product we should be able to buy them. >> well said sister thank you for being here and we'll stay here for outnumber over time. bye. >> fox news alert. the white house pushing for a change on policy on u.s. hostages. >> and making it easier for families to pay ransom without the threat of prosecution. we are covering all of the news "happening now". heavily armed searchers may be closed in on two killers as we learn how an elaborate escape went down and tools they needed were smuggled in the prison.

and tom brady's chance to make his case. the star quarterback appealing his four game suspension in deflate- gate and who is deciding his fate. >> solar storms are nature's light storms. so it now from space. it is all "happening now". >> but we begin with an increasing u.s. military presence in eastern europe. the pentagon sending weapons and to worried allies working about russia. >> american tanks and heavy artillery will be deployed to the six european nations including baltic states

bordering russia. it is it part of a training for our allies. >> it is an effective way of doing things and be clear our presence is persistent and agil. >> the move will underscore america's commitment to europe at a time when russian president the puttin is aggravating the situation in ukraine. jennifer has all of the details. >> the defense secretary message was designed to calm the nerves of the nato baltic members. and send a message to putin. the u.s. would put an armored brigade worth of weapons in six european nations and he quited

president obama in december. >> you lost your independence once before. with nato you will not lose it again. the united states and the rest of the nato a liiance are committed to defending estoppia and latvian and litheuania. joishgs this comes days after the rusher fighter jets buzzed the ships in the the baltic sea. that happen when putin announced ploys to put up missiles aimed at the west. the pentagon is concerned about the cruz missiles that evade traditional radar and launched at sea. >> it is a problem of detecting them as launching an intercepting to go get them and so right now, we don't have all

capablity to see them coming let alone kill them. >> reporter: there is a request for a defense shield to protect u.s. cities and using national guard f- 16 spotter jets and shoot down the missiles. it is expensive and will require more money in a time when congress will be unlikely to agree to higher defense budgets. >> momentum building in south carolina to remove the confederate flag in the grounds of the state capitol in the wake of the massacre in charles stop. a top law maker in mississippi said that state looks to remove

the confederate flag that makes up a portion of the state flag. and the governor in virginia ordered the flag to be removed from all license plates. ed, how things changed in a week. does the momentum surprise you? >> reporter: based on what we have seen in the last few days and the momentum in south carolina, it is not surprising. you request people a week ago about this issue, you would be laughed off and say what are you talking about. there is popular support for keeping the flag in place in south carolina. but governor haley was compelled by church goers and members of the state legislature and by members of congress and all of them together calling on the state to do this notably, the corporate world and business leaders in the state and country saying that they should do this.

and south carolina has been sensitive to drawing economic development and activity to the state and having business leaders speak out was another reason to act. >> there are so many companies that moved in greenville and mitchelin, and boeing and they could enhance business and bring in more jobs if they got rid of the reminder of the old south. >> reporter: that is an argument used in south carolina and other states in the past. the shooting and pressure from the corporate and political world it forced them to move quickly. how quickly they do that remains to be seen. it is two- thirds in the house and senate to make the change. we are seeing the rally in colombia are going to try to get it done quickly as possible.

the longer it goes the more it falls out invest mind and support might wane. you will see a big push to move the state forward. >> there is a great many people in south carolina who like the confederate flag and reminds them of ancestors and they are not necessarily voting democrat if republicans lead the way in removing that symbol? >> reporter: it was important to note in her remarks and why she was reversing course on this issue, that the governor tipped her hat to the culture and heritage and importance that the flag had to certain state residents and she would not support. it but if you want to display or private property have the right to do so and welcomes their chance to do that.

it is not going away overnight and will not be wiped out of the state's history or state entirely. but she is suggesting from an official capacity the state will not recognize it on official state property and move it to a nearby museum and that is consistent with what other states have continue in the past find a way to preserve and display for heritage or educational but not state property. >> we'll talk to you about a surprising development. the trade bill clears a procedural vote in the senate. that would give the president power to negotiate trade deal its with without a lot of input from congress. it is so about that the republicans helped him when his own party bucked him.

>> reporter: there is long support from republicans for free-trade no matter who the president. and the president won control of congress and the president agreed that this is one of those vehicles. and there is minimal democratic support on capitol hill. and there are concerns about the impact on environment, labor and just the general issue in theory of the free-trade these days. and the republicans eager to demonstrate they are done. and the president eager to have a domestic policy and important for people to remember all of the piece of the grand trade does is allow the administration to complete negotiations with 11 other countries in the pacific realm. at a later date he has to bring the contents to congress and get an up and down vote in 60 days.

that could be contentious once the law maker ands general public so the details. but the fact that he continued the negotiations suggest while it was dirty and hand wringing on both ends of pep pen avenue the trade deal will be getting done. >> the sausage was made. ed, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, jon. >> fox news alert. dick van patton star of '80s sitcom eight is enough passed away. the actor passed away in a hospital from santa monica and complications of diabetes. he was 86. he was a familiar face on television and the big screen. joining me on the phone grant goody who played opposite of him

on eight is enough. >> when it comes to dick van patton you only have fond memory. he was good warm and kind and funny and for many of us he was like a dad and was able to continue a good strong relationship with him all of these years. >> i know you saw him recently right there in california? >> yes, i was out there earlier this year and one of the great things that shoes gens onitty of heart, he loved my kids. he loved emily who is 33 now and for her birthday he took all of us to the track. and that was his passion. and there we were. emily and my wife and dick. and it is always fun, he usually sits with mel brooks who was with us that day.

and that was the best day ever. it was just awesome and we went back it his house and hung out with patty, his wife of 62 years. and they are just the most generous and warm and loving people and they are great. >> and i know you said you first met him at auditions for eight is enough and he was pessimistic about the prospects for that program. >> he grew up in show business. broadway and worked and worked. and he had a realistic view of things. and he said to me grant, a number of other people auditions for that and barry van dyke. he said i don't think the show will go. it is a nice idea and nice family. i think that is a problem. well it turned bo a huge hit. >> and you stayed in touch with

him over the years and gone on to do other things? >> i know he worked with mel brooks. >> one of our fondest memories was we lived in seattle and he came up to do radio. and my daughter emily was there. mr. van patton. do you mind if i put on space balls. he did. and her memory is that he laughed so hard he started crying. and it was so sweet of him. some people say, no no autographs, plose. or whatever. he was open that way and kind. >> tom brad ford is gone. dick van patten at the age of 86, patriarch of eight is enough, thank you for sharing your memories. >> thank you, jon. >> very sweet memories for sure. >> and there are new details on the postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on the grounds.

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for that. >> the judge is ordered them to come up with a new plea deal by july 22nd or go to trial. >> another republican about to jump in to the presidential race. bobby bobby bobby jindal is going to report. he is the first indian in history. or does it matter? >> reporter: it is not playing with the republican field because he is tied up with the louisiana legislature. he trails virtually last place in the polls. he has a steep climb ahead of him and this is the the most diverse republican field in memory. his wife and three kids there.

it is a nice tour of the facility. and he's made the argument throughout his life that he's been about assimulation in america. he was born in the u.s. and his parents were from india. and this is how the first indian ever to be governor of the first 50 states talks about america. >> one of the things i would like to see is move away from hyfen. we are al americans. and the left and our president likes to devoid us but we are al americans. >> a former congressman and bush administration appointee. and a life in public service. he will announce his candidacy tomorrow. >> what else was it about his character, carl that stood out

and what does it mean to his candidacy. >> reporter: he is a worker. he consider himself as a ideaist and reformer and not willing to move slow. the kits played pitching practice and then they went inside and did monopoly. and the kids in the family live in the mansion. he gets up every suspecting morning and goes to the kitchen. and there is a bacon drawer. he was born bijun. and four years old he changed his own name and didn't tell himself bobby brady of the brady bunch, watch. >> i went to school one day and told my friends and teacher, that i have a new name and they need to call me bobby from now on. and the teacher tells my mom.

your son came to school and the wanted to make sure i was not going to change every day and they realize it stuck and they called me that. >> reporter: bobby jindal governor of louisiana will declare his candidacy. he needs nationwide found raising because of jeb bush and ted marx. and jindal wants to be a serious contender and serious policy wonk and how he will translate in the modern campaign where it is oftentimes splashy sound bites. we'll see how he. >> thanks carl. >> the law could be closing in on the two convicts in upstate

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>> new leads for two escaped fugitives. we learn about the scheme that let them escape from prison. prison worker joyce mitchell is accused of providing them with hack saws and wiftle and used frozen hamburger meet to smuggle in the contraband. law enforcement is confirming to fox news dna found in a cabin is

a match to the escapeded cons. we have the retiring commander of the new jersey and new york and original fugitive task force and involved in this search. we want to start with you, mr. depaul. you feel that authoritiesor the trail as it appears or will they evade the searchers? >> good afternoon and to answer your question. it is a game changer with the recent findings over the weekend. you can see somebody running out of the back and time line is important and how long did it take that individual to get hold of law enforcement and they responded and set up a perimeter and dna and positive hits on that is a grand slam for law enforcement. they are up against it. it is rough terrain and the guys down range, it is wet and

raining and there is drop offs and ravines and so how long have they bedded down in the cabin? anyone's case. was there weapons and knives and scanners and listening to it law enforcement. and there is a lot of questions racing through the investigator's minds. >> and my next thought, are these guys like trapped animals, where they would be very dangerous? again depending on the tools and weapons they have how dangerous are they to law enforcement agency at this point? >> they are extremely dangerous to the law enforcement and public. like you say, they are trapped and hopefully contained in the perimeter, the noose seemed to be tightening in the guys and is the mind set suicide by cop? how is this going down. and this is assets that law

enforcement have with hostage negotiators on the scene. and swat team and blood hounds and canine and al of that is relevant and will be important once they corner the two. could they be together and possible they could turn on each other? >> it is very possible. and i am thinking about that and i am sure law enforcement has for the 17 days. positive dna, certainly makes you think that they are still together but they can split up. matt is a psychopath and turn on sweat while he runs. we have seen it al in my career. and we'll have to see how it plays out and i hope it goes down without incident for law enforcement and certainly needs to come to it an end. >> i hope no law enforcement gets hurt in this.

and the hamburger meat that joyce mitchell had smuggled in. if that did happen lenny. is it possible that someone else would have known about that? >> you would think so. you know they certainly saw her vulnerability and they took it to their advantage. they spoon fed her everything and she took it hook line and sinker and i hope she is completely truthful from law enforcement and i heard statements and what was said about him and how he was supposed to be taken out and what not. i hope she cooperates and giving law enforcement everything they need to put the puzzle together. thank you for your expertise. we'll see you again. >> have a good day. >> they had free reign of american computer systems and used that to hack in the

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faulty air bags on capitol hill. they are looking for answers over a recall affecting 34 millionaire bags. and this comes as we learn of more air bag ruptures relating to the problem. and joining us is blake burrman with more on. this >> reporter: they have increased the number of a bags when they exploded and said it is happening 92 times in the united states. documented incident increased and they revised the ill equipped vehicles downward to 32 million. and some vehicles are believed to have multiple deflectors. they were prone to shooting out strap nel. and bloomingthel feels that

could rise. they accused them to put profit over safety by approximate halting audits. >> it is obvious that te the catadid not put safety first. and they knew and should have known early as 2001, 14 years ago. >> there is a rush to get those air bags out of the quarterback vehicles. honda is replacing 50,000 air bags a week. many experts believe it is a process that will take the auto industry not weeks or months, but several years. jon. >> i am one of them who needs air bags replaced. thank you. >> john also on capitol hill. chief of a hacked agency trying to exmrin to law maker ares how

the personal information was stolen. 18 million people are affected and sources telling fox news that that number could double. it is raising certains about how safe others are. kathryn is live in washington. >> reporter: thank you, arthel. 18 million current and former government employees are affected by the breach. and publicly the head of opm is saying only 14 million files were compromised and that figure is misleading. each file containing family members. it is another agency tomorrow and we have to make sure cyber shields are up and fit for tout and protect our people. n>>reporter: the attacks

pointed to a nation state and likely backing of chinese military units. and it is housed in a housing complex in shanghai. they are known for advanced persistent threats. and we are learning more this morning about the microtargeting of security clerrance at opm, considered the crown jewels for hackers because of the in- depth background on the individual and family members and witnesses testified that traditional safe guards such as encryption would not have helped. >> in this particular case it would not prevent it? >> whether it would have prevented the breach of information once the system was breached. >> no it would not have in this case. >> reporter: this is it a sf86

and contains information on family members that is sensitive and personal information. right now, based on the hearing, there is no offer to give family members this basic credit monitoring for 18 months that is offered to government employees, arthel. >> thank you, catherine. >> your welcome. >> church massacre in charleston is resonating overseas. the south africans are angry over this photoshowing dylann roof wearing the jacket with the old south african flag. here's more on that paul>> reporter: it may have been a sentimental reason why he was wearing an old south african flag on his jacket.

experts say he may be planning a copycat attack back in the the days of the old flag when a 23-year-old white man shot to death eight black people. roof's use of the flag here upset people. ♪ hundreds packed the church with the female minister and mourned the killing of chafrls top. and sdapsed themselves from racist. >> for most of us color is not an issue and the younger generation we have embraced our past and we are moving forward and looking at a future without color. snshg the color or race that doesn't matter in thyself days. >> we would hate to be seen as the symbol for racism and south africans have enough bad press. it is terrible that he is using

us as a symbol of hatred. >> reporter: the old flag is not illegal. but banned on since the songer cup. you don't see it here anymore. >> paul thank you. >> a sobering announcement by maryland governor hogan ha this he's fighting an advanced and aggressive form of cancer. another political leader announced a cancer diagnosis. we'll talk to the fox news team. and general mills announced a big change for the favorite break fast cereals.

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found out he in cancer. is that the only way to learn in >> no. there is several cancers and ovarian and brans cancer sxshths these they are silent growers and they don't develop symptoms until they are metacitized and we don't have good screening for these cancers. and we hear about pap smears for cervical cancer and psa for prostate and things like that. but when it comes to cancers that are rare. our tools are limited. septemberor king will undergo surgery? >> prostate surgery is a major problem for men. and we have the examination and you have your prostate exam and

ultra-sound and biopsy. and the problem is that we don't have clear cut protoicals. one of the problems that we faced last year in particular. medical societies go back and forth and mammograms for example. they say start at age of 40 and now 50. we confuse people looking at ideal times and test and folks in america don't do it. other than this is why it is so important. you want to catch them in the early stage. if you catch a cancer in a early stage. treatment and outcomes are good as compareed to stage 3 and 4. apparently hogan is at stage 3 or 4.

and he's said my odds are better than odds of beating anthony brown approximate, meaning his democratic challenger who was expected to win the race. >> this is a tough canc tore beat and if he is under the right care, and there is a lot of new research tools and hopefully something good will come out of this. >> he is expecting to lose his hair and bounds. the number of american adults that are obese are higher than those who are merely over weight. general mills will remove the artificial flavors from the seroles. this is al marketing. and cereal is serole and not good for you.

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car ands mass trappings. morical rows in and less burned and aging process and stress of our society compounds the problem. go out and get exercise. >> i have to go back to work. >> dr. manny, thank you. >> you got it. >> thanks guys new england patriots quarterback tom brady meeting with the nfl commissioner roger goodle. we'll have the latest on the deflate gate fallout and reason to stay up late tonight for millions of americans. the northern lights could be more visible further south than usual.

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right now you might want to look sky ward tonight. parts of the u.s. could be in for a treel treat. the northern lights might be visible tonight as far south as iowa and pennsylvania. scientists say it's because of an intense solar storm bombarding our atmosphere. astronaut scott kelly snapping amazing amazing photos from the international space station. new england patriots quarterback tom brady in new york today to appeal his four-game suspension to nfl commissioner roger goodell. the punishment came after a report found he was, quote, largely aware that the patriots were intentionally deflating game balls. live outside nfl headquarters on park avenue in new york city. >> reporter: a four-game suspension was way too many for tom brady but for others they would say not enough.

the drama will continue to play out here at nfl headquarters as the appeals process begins and tom brady arrived sometime shortly after 9:00 a.m. this morning. he arrived with his attorney. one of his attorneys by his side. his agent don yee. at stake his repetition and the nfl's after dealing with yet another scandal this one over deflated footballs and brady's knowledge of them going into the afc championship the appeal was filed on behalf of the players association. his team has four hours to present any new evidence in their case. then goodell takes however much time he wants to render a decision. they should end the hearing sometime around 2:30. a report filed by nfl investigator ted wells said that it was more probable than not that brady was at least generally or aware of plans by

the employees to deflate the balls. never in the report does it state that brady asked an assistant equipment manager or locker room attendant to deflate the footballs below the minimum. they argue the wells report contains insufficient evidence that brady committed any violation of nfl rules. the patriots which was fined a million dollars and docked two draft picks says this. i quote. the conclusion of the wells' report are at best incomplete incorrect and lack context. missing out on four games would cost tom brady $1.8 million. but brady's camp has made it very clear. he plans on walking away being fully fully vin dicated. if not he could sue the nfl which would drag this on even longer. we'll wait and see what roger goodell decides and when he makes that decision.

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time now for our final 30. sun worshipper indigenous communities in argentina marking the summer solstice. it runs all night. have you ever sent an email you wish you could take back? if you use gmail, now you can. google is adding an option to undo send. it will come in handy, i'll say. >> i'm going to do that right now. a woman in mexico saying she found the face of jesus in one of her home-made tortillas. the burn has a special place on the family's altar right there on the tortilla. hmm. all right. did you see it?

>> i saw it. call me crazy. i saw it. tell me you love me if you call me crazy, still. there it is! thank you. thanks for joining us. thanks for letting me join you, jon. >> thanks for being here. "the real story with gretchen carlson" starts now. dangerous storms threatening much of the country. possible tornadoes hitting multiple states. white house confirming it will release an update to its hostage policy. and the american raisin reserve? it's the real thing. hi. i'm gretchen carlson. "the real story" starts now. ♪ ♪ at this hour we have brand-new information coming in on the search for the two killers on the run from a new york maximum security prison. the manhunt zeroing in on a wooded area 20 miles west of the prison where dna