t 7:30 in response to the charleston church massacre. posting this message quote we do not believe the ideals of america are anything to be revered revered. we will burn the american flag a symbol of oppression and genocide. critics trying to stop the event saying it is illegal and the city should not allow it. no word on what if anything the city plans to do. >> billionaire mogul donald trump laying the smack down on univision after they dropped his miss isa path. >> i sued univision for $500 million. i had a signed contract for five years they had no right to terminate and they terminated. how the gop presidential candidate is preparing for battle. >> he is. good morning to all of you at home. donald trump making good on his promise filing a $500 million lawsuit for breech of contract and defamation. it all goes back to comments

trump made about mexico during his campaign announcement two weeks ago. he blasted our immigration policy saying mexico sends criminals to the united states. he's standing by those comments. >> it is totally accurate. the gourder is a disaster. people are pouring in and i mean illegal people, illegal immigrants and they are pouring in. 300 some odd thousand are in your state jails right now according to homeland security. >> jumptrump saying the ironclad contract required univision owned by universal to air the july 12th miss u.s.a. tagpal gent. it was politically motivated. univision calls the complaint quote legally ridiculous. the broken contract is much bigger than him. he says univision is now abandoning 50 young girls vying for the crown. chelsea altman took home the top

prize it is not just about the contestants but everyone involved in the pageant. >> it's about the hundreds of workers that work tirelessly behind the scenes and everyone that contracted out to pull this show off. it is a big ordeal to produce a live show the super bowl of pageant try. it is not just affecting donald trump. >> the show must go on. trump vowing to find a way to hold the pageant. it is around the corner july the 12th tough talk in new jersey ghovrj another chris christie officially throwing his hat into the presidential ring. >> america is tired of indecisiveness and weakness in the oval office. we need to have strength and decision making and authority back in the oval office. that is why today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states

of america. >> the 14th gop candidate making the announcement at his old high school. he is ready to attack tough issues. he outlined his plan on "hannity." >> we have an opportunity problem in the country. we have to simplify this tax system. we have laid out specific the. we have to get rid of all of the special interest deductions. the mortgage interest deduction. bring the tax rate down to 25 percent and repatriate the $2 trillion. >> christie is in new hampshire with a multi day tour of town hall meetings. >> 2016 gop candidate jeb bush opening up his aing account to you the voter. bush is worth up to 22 million making most of that money after leaving office in 2007 from paid

speeches. in february he released 280,000 e-mails from his time as florida's governor. >> the 2,000 pages of private hillary e-mails released by the state department. kristin fisher has been sifting through these and joins us with the latest from washington. good morning, kristin. >> there's a lot of them. this is a big release. we have learned a lot of things overnight. probably the biggest revelation is hillary clinton was using more than one e-mail address. another thing former obama senior advisor david axle rod he maintained he did not know about the private server. in june 2009 clinton's chief of staff cheryl mills said quote axle rod wants your e-mail.

clinton replies can you send him or do you want me to. does he know i can't look at it all day so he can contact me. he had some knowledge. it turns out controversial clinton aid cindy blumenthal was sending secretary of state clinton advice on sensitive diplomatic matter far earlier than they thought even as white house was blocking him from becoming part of her staff. one thing you are looking at is from 2009. he e-mailed her about afghanistan. the president is indifferent and damaging to british interests. the clumsy outburst was a classic gaff and embarrassing mistake. back to you. kristin fisher, live for us in washington p. breaking overnight an

historic south carolina black church up in flames. that church also burned to the ground by the kkk 20-years ago. the fbi and atf are trying to determine how the fire started. this is the 7th black church fire since 9 people were massacred at the church in charleston three weeks ago. three of the fires are considered arson. >> a staggering 141 bodies pulled from the wreckage of a military plane crash in indonesia. crews are scouring the twisted metal and buildings. they are holding out hope for more survivors. 21 military members families and students that went down two minutes after takeoff. engine troubles made down that plane though it was cleared to fly before taking to the air.

>> al-qaida suspects are running free in yemen. 1200 prixed ners escaped from jail. al qaeda sympathizers freeing the rebels. prison guards abandoned their post as the fighting began. deadline missed. greece is now the first developed nation to default on a payment to the imf. the country desperately pleading for help paying the $1.7 billion bill but to no avail. fox news network ashley webster is live in athens with the latest. good morning, ashley. >> good morning heather. i am standing in front of a greek bank that actually opened today. the banks closed as of monday. today they have opened to allow senior sit agains to go -- citizens to allow access to their pension, their money. a woman waited an hour and a

half when she asked for her 60 euros they could only give her 50 euros. she was very upset. long lines at the atm's. it is unclear whether these people are able to get the 60 euros out of the atm's. make no doubt about it there is concern in frankfurt and brussel the banking system may not be able to last out until the end of the week. it will literally run out of crash. in -- cash. in an effort to deal with the european creditors it is still stuck in the middle of a standoff. if you couldn't get access to your bank accounts the tension is growing. we are keeping an eye on it and seeing more of a police presence on the streets. so far it is orderly but certainly tensions and tempers are running just a little high. back to you. >> i heard there was also a run on safes people heading out to buy those. >> thank you so much. the u.s. women's soccer team

is on the way to the world cup finals after the hard fought win against germany. >> that goal sealing the deal late in the game for the u.s. but it was a major penalty kick that turned the tied. >> carlie lloyd nailing her opportunity driving a goal right into the back of the net. >> we will hear from a big win from lloyd when she is on "fox & friends" at 7:50. >> so excited for our country. there are pockets of thunderstorms if you live in the south or the northeast. maria molina joins us with more. >> good morning heather and ainsley. it is summertime. we have a lot of humidity out there and a lot of warm temperatures. there's a lot of unsettled weather across the country. we have different areas we are tracking thunderstorms. some are severe and even early this morning like across the new

york city area and areas further off to the north. in new england storms possible today. >> we have this severe thunderstorm warnings across new york city. strong wind gusts in some of the storms and localized heavy rain and flooding. even across parts of new england. that will be a concern. we will keep a close watch on it for you. parts of georgia further west into oklahoma. high temperatures much warmer across parts of the rockies. let's head over to you heather and ainsley. thanks so much maria. the time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. fight for faith in oklahoma. a statue of the ten commandments ordered to come down at the state capitol.

should exceptions be allowed. in the separation of church and state argument. >> return to sender. why the girl scouts refused a 100,000 dollar donation. >> many of you flocking to the fast food chain, america's favor receipt restaurant revealed. >> why am i proud to be an american? number won the good lord and to be able to do what i want to do right here in our own country. that's what being an american is about. ush from flush >> that's right. what makes you proud to be an american. let us know. you can go to our "fox & friends first" facebook page where you can tweet us at fox friends first. flush

>> outrage in oklahoma. ruling a ten- commandment statue must be removed from the capitol build. how lawmakers are dealing with that. >> it is supposed to be a symbol of how christians and jews should live their lives. but now the oklahoma supreme court says the ten commandments got to go. in a 7-2 ruling the supreme court overturned a ruling that said the 6 foot tall monument could stay. it doesn't allow the use of public property to directly or indirectly benefit a church denomination or system of religion. lawmakers are calling for the impeachment of the justices that voted against the statue.

>> most would say if the federal u.s. constitution permits this it should be permissive under the state constitution. >> christian oklahomans are outraged, one woman collecting signatures in support of the commandments and her faith. >> it may be the final word but i want to continue on as far as getting my signatures. >> in order for the statue to stay some would have to change their mind. >> the attorney general argues the ten command ams is an important part of history. >> should exceptions be allowed? weigh in or send us an e-mail or facebook at foxnews.com.

three executives and nine security employees including the warden now sus mended-- suspended from the clinton correctional facility. as captured inmate david sweat is upgraded to fare condition he is giving police an inside look into the escape. he and hismatt's plan was for months. they used a radio and claims he was almost caught by police twice. >> he is a radical muslim leader accused of firing home grown terrorists and now he is back on the streets. releasing marcus dwayne robertson after four years in prison. he is a former marine and gang leader accused of sending young men overseas to join the terror

group. he knows he is a bad man but they didn't prove he was a terrorist leader. no word if the prosecution will appeal appeal. >> now to a fox news alert. before you fill up more paying at the pump to tell you about six states across the country. >> loren simonetti is here to explain and to tell us by how much. georgia, maryland rhode island and vermont. drivers will pay more for gas today. those states raising the gas tax to help pay for transportation projects as federal funding dries up. to the skies where the era of free checks back on jetblue is over. the airline will charge up to $25. the hype means southwest is the only carrier left that doesn't charge a bag fee.

big news in oregon. there are 269 places for them to stock up. that's more pot shops than starbucks or mcdonalds. oregon voters made the state the fourth to realize marijuana. america voted chik-fil-a is the favorite fast food chain. it leads followed by chipotle and pan ner raw. all of the heat it has gotten for what the executives said on gay rights. back to you. >> i love their chicken sandwiches. >> oo ben affleck and jennifer garner announcing divorce one day after their 10th wedding anniversary. you might remember this slightly awkward moment from this

awkward. i want to thank you for working on our mare to for 10 christmases. >> fans not handling this breakup that well. they have split and all is wrong in the world. bennifer 2.0, no. we thought you were forever. oo he stomped on the american flag in front of an entire classroom. the teacher is under fire for stomping on old glory. >> it may protect your iphones but it could get you killed. why popular phone case is sparking outrage with police. ♪

>> nearly 30 homes charred to the ground by the fast moving sleepy hal low fire burning in up state. they were allowed to go back home. some of them finding everything that they own totally turned to ashes. fire crews say they did all they could to prevent the damage. high winds hot temperatures and ongoing drought they'd ma battle difficult. the fire is 50 percent contained but has already burned 3,000 acres. well with the busiest beach weekend of the year sharks attacks are abnormally high. six dangerous encounters in north carolina this year already. what can you and your family do to stay safe on the 4th of july. we have tips for you. >> swimming at either dusk or dawn be careful or just stay out of the water. try to stay away from the mouths of rivers and water inlets with

aggressive bull sharks. don't go swimming where people will be fishing. that also attracts sharks. >> the most full proof way to avoid sharks is to stay out of the water completely and enjoy the sand. >> i will take that advice ainsley. an illinois teacher getting the boot after trampling an american flag in class. teacher fired for his disgraceful act. he did it to demonstrate free speech, but residents and parents think that it is a lesson that should never have been taught. >> just so much history in that flag. some good some bad. >> i have no words to describe my aaroning. >> the teacher says he never meant to disrespect the flag and he regrets his decision.

>> a sky high selfie has two pilots sprucing up their resume right now. a playboy model snapping this photo after she was allowed to fly an argentina airliner. when she boarded the flight the two pilots invited her into the cockpit where she took videos of her flying the jet. they are filing a class action lawsuit. >> it is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. that makes number 14 chris christie throwing his hat in the gop ring taking on everything from the economy to terrorism. >> we have the jordanians, the egyptians, the saudis, am rat at thises who all see isis as an ex again shall threat. >> how do your travel plans get? don't book your flight until the

deal zone. what that is and when it starts and how you can save big time.

>> it is wednesday july 1st. burning the symbol of our great nation. activists planning to desecrate the american flag just ahead of the july 4th weekend. >> donald trump not backing down. >> they were very angry at me because i wanted to run for president. then they would have people complaining about my rhetoric. i have had the same rhetoric for years. >> what he claims now after being dumped by multiple networks. >> a selfie sparking security concerns. why this guy is in big trouble for a candidate shot on one of the country's most famous bridges. "fox & friends first" continues right now.

>> good morning. welcome to "fox and friend first. i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is half past the top of the hour. where he begin with a fox news alert as hundreds are planning to burn the american flag. >> the activist group calls disarm nypd posting a flag burning event in brooklyn new york today at 7:30. the anti cop group posting this message we do not believe the ideals of are america are anything to be revered. it is a symbol of oppression and genocide they say. it is illegal and the city should not be allowing this. no word yet on what if anything the city is planning on doing. >> billionaire mogul donald trump laying the smack down on spanish language network

univision as they dropped her miss u.s.a. pageant. >> they have no right to terminate and they terminated. >> anna kooiman is here as trump calls them out for their bias. >> good morning to you at home. making good on his promise filing a million dollar comment. he blasted our immigration policy saying mexico sends criminals to the united states but says he stand by those words. trump now saying univision decision to pull it was politically motivated. univision called it legally ridiculous. the donald says it shows their

bias. >> you have meet the press which is failing in the ratings. you have all sorts of bias. msnbc nobody watches it but it is a total disaster in terms of bias. you have tremendous spot. >> trump insists the probingbroken contract is much bigger than him. it is abandoning 5 is young girls who are vying for the crown. the former miss u.s.a. needs to look at how popular it really is. >> in america alone there's over 700,000 pageants that take place. about 4 million contestants every single year. people signed a petition to pull the pageant will you 200,000 people verses 4 million contestants in the usa alone. >> the show must go on. ainsley and heather trump vowing to find a way to air the pag gnt

july the 12th. back to you. >> chris christie throwing his hat into the ring. >> i don't want to be the most popular guy who tries to figure out what you want to hear, say it and do something else. when i stand up on a stage like this in front of all of you there is one thing you will know for sure. i mean what i say and i say thatwhat i mean and that's what america needs right now. >> the 14th gop candidate making the announcement at his old high school in livingston new jersey. christie says he's ready to tackle the tough issues. he looked at his plan to take down isis on "hannity"." >> we have the egyptians the saudis who see isis as a threat to their existence. they don't want to live under a theocracy. we need to betray them down to the battalion level.

we need to stand with them supply them with the arms they need and sophistication they need. let them fight the fight there. that's what we need to do. we don't want to be occupiers we want to fight them there so they don't come here. >> christie is launching a multi day tour of town hall meetings there. >> chris christie may be tough talking on his stances not everyone is following along. charles krauthammer says the new jersey governor is losing steam. >> this moment was four years ago when he was fresh, brash, something about him. he was a candidate everybody wanted. now the excitement is gone. we have seen a few of the raw moments of that personality. the only hope is it to run on entitlements to run as a guy who speaks the truth.

>> private e-mails made public. releasing thousands of hillary clinton e-mails while you were sleeping. kristin fisher is live with a look at what they revealed. a >> it turns out cindy blumenthal was sending clinton advice on sensitive diplomatic matters far earlier than previously thought. it means clinton was communicating with him perhaps taking his advice blumenthal e-mailed her about the afghanistan alliance saying he is damaging the outbursts. clinton said that kind of advice is unsolicited but the e-mails say different. it appears from the e-mails clinton's inner circle was worried vice president biden was

usurping her role in foreign policy. they were concerned if they were offended by the policy. most of this is the perennial story of who is up and who is down but it still bears careful watch. turns out hillary clinton was using more than one e-mail address on that private server. saenzly ainsley that is different than what was previously disclosed. >> few republicans have had a chance to speak publically about it yet. e-mails weren't released until late last night. the chairman of the republican national committee has released a statement saying quote what we learned tonight is strubling. administration af -- is troubling. cindy blumenthal was involved in more than just providing libya. state department officials were possibly fundraising on government accounts. so now there's even more questions for the democratic

frontrunner and still no answers. kristin fisher is live for us in washington. thank you, kristin. >> breaking overnight a historic south carolina black church up in flames. that church also burned to the ground by the kkk 20-years ago. the fbi and atf are headed to the scene to determine how the fire started. this is the 7th church fire since the massacre at the ame church in charleston two weeks ago. >> a staggering 141 bodies being pulled from a wreckage of a military plane crash in indonesia. rescue teams are scouring the twisted metal but are holding out little hope for survivors. they went down two minutes after

takeoff. they suspect engine trouble might be to blame, though it was cleared before takeoff. >> oo al qaeda suspects are running free in yemen. more than 12,000 -- 1200 escaped. rebels from advancing on the city of taiz. prison guards abandoned their posts as the fighting began. >> will you be scorching or soaking your fourth of july weekend? >> hi, good morning heather and ainsley. hello at home. we are going to be tracking some severe thunderstorms through out the day today. we are watching them this morning. there are concerns for flash flooding. across missouri and illinois and western kentucky out there. a number of watches are in

effect and also across the northeast. in the tri-state area we have a number of watches and a flash flood warning across new york state because of a heavy rain moving with some of the storms out here. several instances of rainfall have been reporting in several areas this morning. coming up later this afternoon and evening we are tracking the risk in tennessee and parts of southeast across georgia, alabama and mississippi. you could also be looking at the risk for isolated storms. it continues through the texas panhandle through northern parts of georgia. high temperatures today not too bad across parts of the great lakes. high temperatures in the 60d across the southeast. heating up across florida. # temperatures into the 90's further west high temperatures. as far north as montana and utah and trip pill deg gets across arizona. >> try to stay cool.

>> thank you. it is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. outrage in oklahoma. a statue of the ten commandments ordered to be taken down at the state capitol. your e-mails are coming in on this one. >> a gang of drunk thugs trashing a convenience store. the reason why? even more ridiculous. >> the stunning split rocking hollywood. today why jennifer garner and ben affleck called it quits after 10 years of marriage.

>> outrage in oklahoma as the supreme court rules the ten commandments monument has been standing for years at the state capitol has to go. they don't allow anything religious on government property. scott pruitt says the supreme

court got the ruling wrong the monument is a historical monument in nature. >> i think most oklahomans would say if it is okay with the first amendment if the federal u.s. constitution permits this it should be permissive under our state constitution. >> he filed a rehearing in this case. >> that brings us now to your brew on this response as we asked should exceptions be allowed in the separation of church and state argument. john on facebook says our constitution clearly states the government remain neutral or religious issues without any kind of separation. dj writes they need to leave it to stay. >> allen writes it doesn't have anything to do with politics it has to do with a wimp afraid of offending someone. >> thank you for your comments. >> girl scouts rejecting a massive donation because they did not agree with the donor. anonymous donor sent a 100,000

dollar check to girl scouts of washington. it came with a catch. none of the money was able to help transgender girl. they empower every girl. they started an indy go go page and raised more than double the original check. >> if you haven't made your plans yet you might want to hold off on the booking until you hear about the deal zone. cheryl casone is here to explain. >> we all like a good deal, right? we continue to see full planes and higher fares. august is known as the deal zone. the zone is the month of august. specifically the end of august when kids begin to go back to school and flight availability begins. if you can delay your travel until august 20th this year, from that day until august 25th you can find some great deals. specifically on american, delta,

southwest and united airlines. savings sometimes are 50- -- 15-20 percent on domestic routes. one example of 50 percent discount from new york to fort lauderdale. who is with me. that flight drops from 1 from 329 to 197. the if you can wait until september or first week of october traveling if you have the furry kids or empty nester kids are out of the house or you are single deals get even better especially on international travel. two of the best dates to shop on-line for airfares tuesday and saturday. that's when passengers have a better chance of getting deeper discounts. great deals to greece right now fyi, ladies. >> i bet there are ch>> to find cheryl log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. the time now is almost 10 minutes to the top of the hour.

this selfie going viral, but police arewere not impressed. why the tourist is in hot water for snapping this pick. >> the mother and daughter dance team taking the internet by storm. >> brian kilmeade with what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> if i am ever dancing it will take the internet by storm. >> i amare great. >> go to chris christie officially in the race for the white house this morning. his wife mary goes one-on-one with elizabeth. sy robertson from duck dynasty talking about his first movie role. great role. i had to see it. carlie lloyd the hero of the semifinals of the world cup and what it will take to win the finals. scott walker one of the last big names not to get in yet. all of that coming up on "fox & friends."

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welcome back. it happened again. a major security scare at the brooklyn bridge in new york city. another tourist, right there, climbing on top of the bridge to snap a photo with no one there to stop him. wny reporter theresa prilo has the latest. good morning, theresa. >> reporter: it is just a selfie but to the rest of us it is major security concern. check out the photo, posted to his instagram account. he said he accessed the brooklyn bridge from the pedestrian walkway, he claims no one ever stopped him, not on the way up not on the way down no one at all. this post has gone viral in part because it exposes some major security flaws of this iconic landmark flaws that most new

yorkers thought had already been fixed considering this is the fourth time in a year something like this has happened. the nypd calls this illegal, irresponsible, stupid but they say it is not a security breach. a lot of people are concerned because there has been so much chatter about an impending terrorist attack here in the city leading up to the fourth of july holiday, and also because this happened so many other times, who can forget that time last july when the two german performance artists switched out the american flag in the dead of night with two bleached flags. a lot of people are concerned about this. but at this point, he's not facing arrest or any consequences. the latest from lower manhattan, back to you. >> makes my stomach turn looking at that. i'm terrified of heights. theresa, thank you very much. curtain closed. jimmy fallon tweeted this picture here after taking a bad fall catching his ring on the right side of a table, nearly ripping his finger off. but he is on the mend recently

tweeting this. all looking great. thank you to the great doctors and nurses and jell-o. splitsville for one of hollywood's a-list power couples, ben affleck and jennifer garner announcing their divorce one day after their tenth wedding anniversary. according to page six, they have been in couples counseling for a while amid reports of affleck's gambling and drinking. you might remember this slightly awkward moment from the 2013 oscars. >> i want to thank you for working on our marriage for -- it is good it is work but it is the best kind of work and there is no one i would rather work with. >> the couple met on the set of "daredevil" in 203003 and got married in 2005. they have three children together. now an adorable video that is going viral. a pregnant mom and her 6-year-old daughter show off their moves. look.

>> i'm pregnant. really pregnant. >> i love my baby brother. ♪ >> yeah. niki taylor and her little girl jalen performing their choreographcorps choreographed routine, seen by 13 million times since it was posted online. good for them. >> you go girls. now five minutes until the top of the hour. an accident waiting to happen the new iphone case that has law enforcement across the country up in arms.

time for the good the bad and the ugly. make way for ducklings. a couple of officers rescuing six ducklings trapped in a storm drain. mom was thankful. she and her babies are relocated to a nearby pond. >> a zebra. up next a bag caught on camera. a couple of thugs destroying a convenience store because they were i.d.'d for cigars. the clerk said she's just happy to be alive. finally, the ugly. the nypd warning your iphone could become a die phone if you take this gun had-shaped smartphone case. it could be mistaken for a real firearm. >> not too smart. let's keep talking about the outrage in oklahoma.

statute of the ten commandments at capital building ordered to come down. >> should separation be allow-- exceptions be allowed it in the separation of church and state. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning to you. it is wednesday, july 1st, 2015. i'm elizabeth hasselbeck. a lawsuit against univision. so any regrets? no way. >> it is totally accurate. the border is a disaster. people are pouring in. illegal people. illegal immigrants and they're pouring in. 300 some odd thousand are in state jails now. >> and another lawsuit against nbc may be on the way. more from the donald straight ahead. and what are you doing tonight around 7:30 in new york city? how about setting the american flag on fire?