on fourth of july. don't blame me for that. i am the messenger. folks, it will be nice here. [cheers and applause] >> we will be back here tomorro tomorrow. ♪ >> president trump is working the phones this morning, as he punches his agenda forward. he is calling senators who bid on the fence about health care as well as world leaders ahead of the g20 summit that will occur later this week. morning, i am here for four bill hemmer. >> we try. and i am heather and for shannon bream. nice to be with you. >> president trump is here speaking with japan, china, saudi arabia. all of this ahead of a highly anticipated face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin ahead of the g20 summit. meanwhile, the present keeping pressure over health care.

they are out of town for the holiday recess, but work continues behind the scenes. here's the president legislative director on "fox news sunday." where are we with health care? >> we are getting close. the american people know that obamacare is failing. they know rates will skyrocket. they know insurers are flea markets. last year alone, 83 insurers left the market. people know this is a dramatic situation. >> the president this week is making calls to members to try to get this package across the finish line. >> heather: mike emanuel life rest in washington. my, where do things stand now? >> hello. they're analyzing a couple different versions of the senate health care plan. one includes amendment from mike lee and ted cruz. it is called the consumer freedom act which will allow plans that do not meet all of the obamacare requirements. that should make some insurance premiums a lot cheaper.

there's also a push to split, repeal, and replace. >> we try to get 50 of 52 and the present to agree on a combined repeal and replace plan. i stayed, let's do the repeal, and then get 60 out of a hundred. let's get everyone into the room, do this full-time, 18 hours a day, six days a week. let's cancel the august period, and is doing a public view, have hearings coming get going on some that works better than obamacare. >> over the weekend, mitch mcconnell told reporters in kentucky that he plans to stick with the path he's taking in terms of getting the current self-care reform done. he says failure has to be possible, or you cannot have success. heather? >> heather: as republicans continue to struggle, what are the democrat saint? >> they are taking aim at what republicans are proposing. west virginia democrat says he's willing to sit and talk with the g.o.p. obamacare must be fixed, but

more liberal democrats see it as a first step towards what critics they would be a much more expensive, universal plan. become medicare for all, which is simply expansion of medicare. it is not just the seniors but for everybody. it will be saving middle class families money, and carotene health care for every man, woman, and child in this country. >> that leaves are public and leaders to say negotiating with the democrats won't produce the result the g.o.p. has promised. had a question mike >> heather: mike emanuel life rest for let's. >> eric: with what we can expect, mike pence press secretary and he is on the north lawn of the white house. we heard mark yesterday and kellyanne conway was on "fox & friends," expressing confidence and optimism that there will be in agreement. of some sort. when you predict? >> that is right. you see president trump, the vice president and republican

leaders on the hill i continue to work over the reese's, because they know this is a crisis, and it is a rescue mission on behalf of the american people. you have insurers pulling out. 14 of 18 counties in nevada, where there will be no insurance option next year. these are the things we have to address, and we have to do them quickly on behalf of the american people. >> eric: what you tell people who are watching right now? they are worried and fearful they can lose their coverage. you've heard the cbo report and projections, people could lose their coverage. medicaid would be reduced. 11 million kicked off that. premiums double for some. older people hurt. how can you express confidence to them that folks will not lose their health care? >> we have to remember that the cbo has not always been right to projecting private market activity in terms of obamacare. they projected 24 million people would be on obamacare, but it's about 10 million. we are focused on providing

american's choice. that's what the president has said. he was to lower health care costs. he wants to improve access, that's what you see republicans on capitol hill and he had the white house focused on doing, making sure the american people have choice. they can get the kind of insurance that will best impact their families and also making the steps to lower premiums and improving axes at the same time. >> eric: are you confident that people will be taken care of? >> what you are seeing right now in the senate bill will provide states flexibility, so if there are governors out there that believe there are different needs and their states, they have a unique way of dealing with some of the issues that are facing the states themselves, then they have the flexibility to enact those kind of changes, so they can deliver choice, they can deliver medical coverage. those are the things were looking at. it's not a one size fits all from washington, d.c., but actually providing states the flexibility and the freedom to

tailor and innovate health care solutions that meet the needs of the people. >> eric: are they going to get there? with the proposal to repeal and then delay. let me read it to you. he wrote, on the current path, republicans will either fail to pass a bill at all but instead pass a bill that will prop up much of the crumbling obamacare structures. this two-step plan to keep the two promises come both repealing obamacare and replacing it with a system that provides affordable and portable health care, it seems like no-brainer to this gym rat. seems like you will agree. he calls himself a gym rat. what kind of point does he have? what you think will happen? >> this is a legislative process at work. he saw the same thing happened in the house of representatives. they needed more time to reach consistent consensus. and once it did that, they came up with agreement past the house. the same thing is happening here

in the senate as the senators continue to work together with the white house, the president is making calls. the vice president is active. you will see republicans coming together around that promise, that we have made for seven years. the president campaigned on this, that we will repeal and replace obamacare, and replace with a system that provides the american people choice. they can choose to pick the health care fit their needs and not rely on the mandates in the past is down from washington, d.c., with a one size fits all solution. >> eric: at the end of the day, any democrats will come along? that does not seem likely. let me play you what rand paul said about this yesterday. >> don't think we are getting anywhere with the bill at impasse. every time you add more federal monday, more spending for the big government republicans, it offends a conservative. right now, this bill, which is not a repeal, has become the kitchen seat.

>> eric: more money could attract some democrats. >> you will see the various caucuses and people within the republican party come together and deliver on the promise they have been making to the american people for seven years. honestly, the democrats now talking about wanting to work with republicans, but that had not been there position the entire way. senator schumer said, it it let's take repeal, we will not work with you. so democrats talk about instituting social medicines. that is their end goal. republicans can come together under the leadership of president trump. we can get this done. it's just, how do you get this to the legislative process. remember, obamacare took nearly a year to past. right now we are five months into this administration, so what you are seeing under president trump, republicans quickly acting on priorities of the american people and delivering on promises to the

american people. >> eric: it before that august e recess, let's get want to go out the recess. mark, we thank you, and also for stopping the leaf blower. you can get things done in washington. mark, thank you. >> heather: now a a fox news alert. ice striking back as iraqi troops close in on the last pocket of territory held by the terrorist group. people say, 15 people have been killed in suicide bombings in the latest assault. across iraq. this of course coming as the battle for mosul comes to an en end. isis controlling a couple miles there. with more on this. hello, benjamin. >> good morning. we have a sense now that isis is clutching their straws. back into the old city, which is what they are doing. they are using more and more suicide attacks.

we are seeing it morph into this insurgency. people believe they will do this until they lack this territory. the real sign of their desperation is that they are now sending women to blow themselves up. monday morning and mosul is old city. , two women suicide before killing to iraq he soldiers. the terrorist group has been targeting displaced families. sunday morning, i suicide bomber dressed in women robe, killed 14 refugees in iraq's western provinces. the death toll would have been higher, had an iraqi rocky kernel not become suspicious and embraced the bomber during detonation. he died himself, but saved many others. after days of intense fighting, the militant held territory and mosul is shrinking, when isis holding less than a square mile. there's only a few hundred isis fighters left, but tens of thousands of civilians use as

shields. the celebration as they gather in west mosul, as the bottle br the city seem to close. the old city and mosul, the last hold. three long years since they came the board of syria and shocked they want by taking mosul, and the sign that the territory is being depleted in iraq, no more evident in his victory and mosul. good signs against his brutal terror group. >> heather: it's been horrible and mosul for thank you, benjamin hall. >> eric: this holiday weekend, heather, has been starting for some airline passengers. ready to find start. >> they very quickly reach the aircraft, and extinct what seemed to be a fire in the rear. >> eric: agent fired that force people off the united express. travel mishaps this we can. >> heather: from trains to trains, president trump doubling against the media this week.

we will have a fair and balanced debate come in a period >> the k out the fake media tried to stop us to get to the white house. but i am the president, and they are not. whoooo.

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italy when they slammed into a truck at the end of a highway traffic jam. 46 passengers and two drivers that were on board. 41 were rushed to nearby hospitals, suffering from serious injuries. german police have not determined what exactly because that crash. ♪ >> the present too distracted? >> the president has helped multiple meetings. other folks who have been harmed by obamacare. patients. individual stakeholders from across his land, and told us, repeatedly, the current system is collapsing, and the president talks about it. >> heather: health and human services, tom price, the president is focused on the fight. critics are arguing that president trump is not using the bully pulpit to his advantage. joining me now, former white house chief of staff of george h.w. bush and former new hampshire governor, they

give so much for joining us. >> happy fourth of july, heather. >> heather: governor, president trump just tweeted this moments ago. i want to comment on this. at some news the fake news will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy, strength with isis, the border, so much of. do you think is right? do you think they'll be able to pivot? >> i don't know if they'll be able to. the question is, do they want to? the problem i have with his use of twitter is that, he has elevated third rate performance, that they would have otherwise. i do think, he is been much more effective than the media gives them credit for in rallying the base, but right now, the game that he is concerned with, the legislation he is concerned with, is in the hands of the senate, and issues in the senate

are arcane issues, and i don't think that is a suitable to try to fight with a hundred with 1. >> eric: >> heather: he has mee, phone calls with small business groups, physicians, patients. does he need to do more than that and get out to a national audience? >> the one thing that i would like to see the president and the white house focus on doing for health care, is to point out to people that the meaningless number that comes out of cbo report, the people who lose health care, is really not an indicator of the quality of the legislation. the majority of those people will lose health care, because they will choose not to buy health care insurance. they don't think they needed. you are returning to the right to refuse to buy insurance to 15 million young americans, for

whom it is a bad investment. there was another four or 5 million people who are counted in that number that will actually be covered under the medicaid structure. the cbo number scares people come up but it is meaningless, and i think that is the one thing the president might focus on, using the bully pulpit and his twitter feed. >> heather: .cbo score focus on current law and not the mandate. as a people don't understand. president obama. in order to pass obamacare, he actually held a joint conference with congress, right? you did a couple of other things. is that something that the president should consider doing? >> obamacare -- the president obama did a lot of things just for show. the president now, president trump, certainly has had meetings with republican leaders and democratic leaders, individually and in groups.

yes, the president should keep communicating with congress that he is president. he does with his own style. >> heather: not a joint address. you don't think it will help? >> no, when you resort to that kind of thing that obama did, it is just for show. >> heather: and if you listen to sean spicer, the press secretary, he said that at this point, the president trump has a fenced the belt further at this point. in his term then president obam president obama. thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. happy fourth of july to you to. >> have a great week in. >> eric: heather, after a possible terror contact, and now, it has been reversed. homeland security lifting that laptop and for one foreign airliner, just days after it went into effect. >> heather: house speaker paul ryan saint, all the doom and gloom talk about washington is overblown.

that good things are happening. is he making a strong enough case for voters to reelect republicans and 2018? >> we are still on schedule and track with our agenda. as he said, we have tax reform later in the year in the fall. we have the summer to work on health care. my sweetheart's gone sayonara. this scarf all that's left to rememb... what. she washed this like a month ago! the long lasting scent of gain. now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine.

>> heather: welcome back. homeland security lifting the laptop banned from etihad airline flights out of abu dhabi. they now meet and enhance security standards. they are just one of several airports that have had the laptop band in place since march. preventing large electronics into the u.s. >> eric: paul ryan with a

simple message to the american people. he says, despite what you may hear, we are getting things done. he is outlining a list of accomplishments that the president and congress has done. that includes, legislation on veterans, border relief, and spending. action on health care, repeal of the dodd-frank financial regulation. bills crackdown on illegal immigration, and the jobs bill. ids accomplishments being recognized? writer for the "washington examiner," during the snow. the treat is taking over. do you understand, this flood overshadowed the real work has been done? >> there's no doubt doubt that one, this speaker is right. the house has done quite a few things. also passed by the senate and signed by the president

including 14 deregulation bills. the va reform bill, which will make it possible to fire some of the people that were responsible for terrible conditions at some va hospitals. the speaker has a point about appeared at the same time, there are republicans who are quite unhappy with not getting more vocal support from the white house. they see the president getting embroiled in a twitter war about this and that, but wait a minute, why is he not talking about our agenda. for example, the house passed a bill last week to crackdown on sanctuary cities prospects in the house uncertain, but he should be pushing it. they don't see that happening. >> eric: why don't you see that happening? >> his support for his own agenda has been off and on in this entire presidency. there have been times, when he

did go out to the country, made the case for his own agenda. especially the things he has already accomplished. much through executive action. there are other times, he seems congress take the lead on things, and congress would prefer for a president to take the lead and be out there leading the agenda. so far, they have not gotten that on a consistent basis. from present from. >> eric: as you point out, about the ww e video, it gets the attention. in the last hour, the president did tweet this at some point, he says, the fake news will be forced to discuss our great job numbers, strong economy, the border and so much else. what would make the argument, if people were on deck, that is what the news media would be reporting. >> the president has the ability

to drive the new cycle, any president has that. president trump has done what he's done and then complained about it. him and the press have a codependent relationship, going back at each other. i think there is no doubt that if the president spent more time promoting his own agenda, even his own accomplishments, which he does like to talk about, i would think there would be probably more coverage of those things. >> eric: you are given a prescription for the present as what? >> >> a number of republicans have been telling him all along, do less twitter. when you go and talk to voters, people who support president trump. i remember in the georgia six election speaking with republican voters down there. the one thing they said, i wish he tweeted less. do a little less of that, and push his own agenda. that is what republicans in congress actually needed from him. not just want to see, but they

need that presidential support. >> eric: fox news polls show 41% responding say the tweets hurt the president's agenda. we'll talk later about that. byron from myrtle beach. thank you. good to see a. >> good to see you, eric. >> heather: >> i love myrtle be. new jersey to another shore, the governor there, chris christie, taking up a firestorm after he visits a beach close to the public, because of the states government shutdown. governor christie responding. >> they did not talk on the phone, ahead of the g20 summit. >> we are facing the threat of the reckless and brutal regime in north korea. the nuclear and ballistic missile program of that regime require a determined response.

♪ skillet new jersey governor, chris christie, is in hot water with garden state voters after he spent sunday at the jersey shore. that is a picture of the family lounging on the beach, but the state park happen to be closed because of a budget fight that shut down the government in trenton. that meant members of the public could not join the governor, but the governor did as you can see, take up some sun, although a spokesman said, later, he did not get any son because he had a hat on. people in jersey, they are not taking this very kindly. miller has more. hello. >> hello, eric. they saved a picture is worth a thousand words, in the case now of new jersey governor, chris christie, a photo is worthy of a firestorm of controversy. today, there is multiple photos of christie and his family. this might not be a big deal,

but all of his family is alone at island beach state park where this park was taken. like all parks, shutdown because of a budget shutdown. christie was allowed to use the beach, because they are by the governor's seaside house. people got more upset following his news conference. when asked if he was enjoying the day, christie said simply, he did not get any rain. listen. >> i did not get any son today. >> my question is this. either lifeguards at the -- >> no. no. there is no one at island beach state park. there is no lifeguards. not to pick up garbage. no unfit event. doing the governor did not contain sun, the process you point out so rightly eric, he was wearing a baseball hat.

christie unapologetic about enjoying the private beach, because his family is state at the governor seaside mansion, and he wants to be with them. when pressed if it was fair, he told the reporter, run for governor, and you can have a residence there. meanwhile, christie continues to lash out at democrats blaming them for the budget impasse. it is over funding for the state's biggest health insurer. state assembly democrats are digging in heels. >> i will not be bullied into doing something that is not good for the residents of the state of new jersey. >> despite the shutdown of not all services in new jersey are right. nonessential services. the state police are working and so are state hospitals, it is worth mentioning today, fireworks show that was slated to take place at liberty state park is going to go on as scheduled. the venue has now changed. we are told is now they take place in jersey city.

eric? >> eric: one photo of him looking at the press plane. it looked like he was looking at it going, oops. ♪ >> heather: president trump goes to hamburg, germany, this week where he is expected to visit at g20 nation some appear following up phone call with chinese president yesterday. ending a tense week and a u.s.-china relationships, where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to d nuclear eyes the north korean peninsula. president trump meeting face-to-face with the russian president, vladimir putin at that meeting where it syria is going to be on the docket. let's bring in jim, the vice president or the david institute of foreign policy at the heritage institute. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> heather: president trump has back has back-to-back calls, not only with the leader of china and the prime minister of japan. and the goal of those phone

calls, 35 minute phone conversation, is to make sure the two leaders are ahead on the g20 summit pairwise at important and how important is that? >> trump has flip the tables, and he is playing a rope-a-dope with the chinese and russians. before they promised to do nothing. the chinese promise, and did nothing, and so with the administration is set to do, we will work with the chinese, and then a freedom of navigation operation in the south china sea, which they hate. we sold arms to taiwan, which they hate, and we sanctioned them, which they hate, and them he called and said, let's work together. he sent a message. we can talk all we want, below, we will protect u.s. interests and you need to get on the stick. >> heather: it sanctions against a chinese bank that does business with north korea. what is the importance of having japan and china on the same

page? working with us? >> china is never going to work with us, but again, he's playing rope-a-dope with the chinese. the fact that he calls the japanese are strongest allies in the region and reaffirms that bilateral tie, and had a successful meeting with the south koreans, those are all very subtle messages to the chinese. dude, you're not getting into this place and you need to play ball. >> heather: some other things, let's move onto the meeting meeting that is planned between president trump and vladimir putin, being told that they will focus heavily on syria and the ukraine, but at the same time being told, it will be an open ended meeting. is that dangerous? what do you expect them to address? >> i expected nothing. i don't expect anything to come out of this meeting. they may talk about the ukraine and syria, but we both have defined interest there, neither

side wants to give an inch. >> heather: doesn't concern you that the meeting is described as unstructured? that is another word being used. >> no, not all. the president is going to use this meeting for all of his bilateral meetings, jude sides of the people he is working with. it is important for world leaders to do that. know who they are dealing with. it's particularly interesting for this president, who likes to size up who he's worked with around the world. that is the purpose of the meeting. not to get anything done. >> heather: do you think he should ring out the possibility of the russian hacking into the election? >> this may shock you, but i think the russians know that they hacked us. and they know that we know that they hacked us. >> heather: the most important thing to come from the g20 completely, you said poland? >> absolutely. he's going to play rope-a-dope profusely. let's work together, and then if

vladimir putin doesn't deliver, he will slam him. the subs and part of this trip really is not poland, where the president will meet with the head of poland, croatia and talk about key issues including energy, which is super important for us, super important for them and regional security, not just ukraine and russia, but also the russians and the balkans and the black sea. really important for the president to hear all that. that will be subsumed in. >> heather: thank you so much, we thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> eric: meanwhile, former president obama is in south korea. meeting with the president and the capital. discussing the agreement between the u.s. to try to deal with the nuclear issue in north korea. this comes as days after president trump hosted moon at the white house. call fred decisive response. also stressing the importance of an alliance with south korea.

>> heather: a space capsule is on its way home. leading the way back home from the capital. why the voyage is a historic trip? >> eric: and the battle with the media intensified as we can. how they are standing in his way of getting work done. >> the dishonest media will never keep us from accomplishing our objections on behalf of the great americans shopping for groceries, unclogging the sink, setting up dentist appointments and planning birthday parties, nobody does it better. she's also in a rock band. look at her shred. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for maria, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so she can understand the details and be sure she's getting the right mortgage. apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently.

>> heather: welcome back. this is exciting. the dragon capsule has left the international space station. the cargo has been at the station for a month. it's expected to arrive back on earth sometime today, after five hours of free flight and reentry. it is a historic moment for the private space camping. it is the first reuse spacecraft to arrive at the iss since nasa

ended its shuttle program. speak out the immediate try to stop us from going to the white house. i am president, and they are not. don't president trump on saturday, criticizing the media and then tweeting out this controversial video. the video as you know, showing him attacking, well, the video is originally him and vince mcmahon for wwe, but instead, the white house or someone else put the cnn logo, as you can see, over vince mcmahon's face. that has caused a firestorm of criticism from both sides of the aisle. many same, the president needs to dial back of using social media. joining is now, ron meyer, editor and staffer, pablo. pablo start with you. the present is being criticized for being come a juvenile. violence against journalists and

is unbecoming of a present. others are saying it's an overreaction. >> it's not just unbecoming, it also detracts on his ability to move his agenda forward. everything about the amount of coverage that the streets get, and the amount of coverage that sort of, journalists or media outlets are putting towards covering themselves, it reflects a vast divergence between what the media wants to say, what the media wants to cover about him, what people want the media to cover about their lives. we think about how trump got elected, he got elected because a lot of people in this country are suffering. they feel that institutions and establishments, especially washington centric, have neglected them. this sort of narrative is one where president trump will win, because the more he attacks and the more they covered themselves come the less they are covering the issues of people want to hear about. >> eric: does have a point about that? >> absolutely right. politics have become parity and

parity becomes politics. the funny thing about wwe is it is just a show. the fact that he put cnn's face on it, it is clearly a joke, and cnn cannot take the gel, and that is exactly what pablo is saying. cnn and a lot of folks in washington are out of touch. here's the other thing. i we talk about rush anymore? no. here's the point. 80% of the coverage, what harvard said, it has been negative of president trump since he has been sworn in. that is historically high. 50% has been about russia. i would talk about it? no. we are talking about a tweet of a joke. at least we're not talking about other tweets that were worse last week. this is at least funny, not as bad as the other one gimmick ones. change the topic. >> eric: this street is beneath the office of the white house. violence against journalists is no laughing matter. we should be protecting the role of the media in a free society at the denigrating it.

now more than ever, more than responsible journalists should keep seeking the truth, and reporting facts. many of the establishment same, it is not a joke, it is very serious, and he should not have done this. >> do they do realize that wwe's fake violence? the guy he body signed is just fine. he was not actually punching that guide. even if you're going to be like these people are, be literalists, pick everything in the literal form. it's not even accurate. look, i don't want to defend everything president trump. i wish eve just focused on the positive agenda, because of the a lot of good things in the economy of his agenda is going to get past, especially the tax reform. we see a lot of good things they want that to be the focus, but at the end of the day, this obsession with every single thing, i don't think he is doing a media service. he's not doing the american public service. what most people want is this president and the media to be focused on politics and policy

and to make america -- >> eric: that's what pablo said. do think the present will get to that? today, this morning just over at 8:00 a.m., eastern time, he did talk about substantive issues such as the economy and cabbage men's they've had. >> and think of the coverage they have gone to the tweets? it is much less, obviously. if i am living in flint, michigan, and i don't have clean water, dry want to hear about when i turn the news that alice talk about how scared or dangerous the environment for them when my children do not have clean water. if i'm a veteran that had been deported to mexico, do i want to hear about how unpatriotic trump's? he can solve a lot of problems. i think this is really important. he can solve a lot problems, and instead, he is creating problems with his treats. if he comes out on his head, will have a better present. it's going to think he stop?

>> i hope that the media stops, and i hope -- >> eric: do you know, do you think the present will stop? >> if the democrats are calling him for impeachment, mentally unstable, and even assassination. if anything is going to be done, with the put down the sword and sit down. listen, pablo and i, we came to a deal on health care. it can be done. two sides can come together, but he had to stop insulting each other constantly via social media and press. >> and we did it without tweeting. >> eric: that is true. example right here. ron and pablo, thank you so much and happy fourth of july. >> heather: remembered the world before twitter existed? remember that? >> eric: no. >> heather: i barely do. scary as engines burst into flames on the runway. we will tell you. >> eric: firefighters are working small miracles as they battle raging wildfires across the west. including this, saving the life of that baby deer.

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>> eric: there was an amazing scene in arizona, where firefighters saved the lives of two baby deer trapped by an approaching wildfire. they found them while trying to put out a hot spot and carried them, as you can see, to safety. the wildfire has membrane near flagstaff. it is now near 50%. >> heather: a couple of travel hiccups ahead of the holiday that is expected. a record number of people hitting the road for the fourth of july. a jet engine on a united plane. catching fire in denver, just after landing, and then this amtrak plane in washington stat

state. the locomotive going right off the track. either well. where live in los angeles with more. william? scary moments for those passengers on the skywest airlines. still on the runway when the fire started, the pilot stopped the plane, top the stairs. everyone gets out. just as the firefighters arrived. no cause yet. the plane under inspection. in washington state, as you mentioned, another digester adverted when that amtrak train headed to seattle afternoon. that baggage cars that, the first four of the 15 car train, fell off the track, but did not tumble into the water. because under investigation. no serious injuries among the 250 aboard. >> all of a sudden, everything was drinking, stopping, and we knew we had a bulge or something. >> very suddenly, we heard a terrible noise and we felt the car would tip off the track.

this is not a good place to be derailing. if it went over, we would all get very wet. aaa expects as you say, record number, 44 million will travel as 13% of us hitting the road. that is the highest number ever, thanks to low gas prices, competitive airfares, and improving economy, and a wallet hub. people will spend 7 billion on food, 17 to a picnic. a hundred million hot dogs, and drink more beer, a billion dollars worth, then any other day in the air. then of course means, according to insurance highway institute, the worst day of the year for fatal car crashes. so, not to be a debbie downer, watch out for alcohol and food poisoning, swimming and firework actions as we celebrate our 242nd. >> heather: no drinking and driving. >> eric: but i will have three of those. more pressure overt republican

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with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. >> heather: the lights may be out on capitol hill this long holiday weekend, at least for some, but it is no time to kick back and relax. republican senators working behind-the-scenes to hammer out a new draft on health care. look into a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i am to be 24. i am eric shawn. there is no such holiday for the senate. mitch mcconnell tried to reach a deal that everyone in the republican party can potentially live with. that after scrapping the previous version for lack of support. this coming as president trump, that he is part of the floor. urging them to repeal obamacare now, and replace it at a later date. >> they cannot strike an agreem.

the white house is holding on into the fire. >> we have gone to a long process and got it passed through the house. we now are in the senate, where there has been obviously a lot of procedural delays in this process and we are at that point going to separate bills during this recess we, and we come back, we will have a vote. >> eric: optimism that there could be a vote by august 6, peter doocy. live in bridgewater, new jersey. what is the latest in the timing of the vote, that he would just talk about? >> eric, some republicans are saying that he needs to canceled the recess so they have more time to work on repeal and replace obamacare, but now there is a senator that says it could be a lot sooner than that. >> we are certainly not going to see a vote by july 4th. there is thought that there might be a vote next week, by the end of next week, but it is difficult to say. we do need to get this thing

done. we need to get it done quickly, because the american people are struggling to keep up with their health care payments, to buy health care that they can actually use. >> we join senator rand paul, as centers continue to work for two-step process per one to repeal come at relatable to replace. senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell does not want to risk continue like that. they want to do something. >> the only thing that changed since the vote of 2015 to repeal and now, is that you have a republican president ready to sign into law and you had the failures of obamacare. that much more sitting in front of you. all these failures. >> and eric, democratic senator a signaling that they n break it still may. >> at me with the democrats who want to meet with you in the middle. they always want to meet you in the middle. maybe work with you.

>> the white house legislative director said president trump continues to make calls to lawmakers to try and get something agreed on so they can have a vote, eric. >> eric: it looks like were making progress just about a month and one day to do that. meanwhile, the president had several phone calls with some world leaders. more on those topics, peter? >> north korea was a big focus paired the president talked with the japanese prime minister and the chinese president about north korea, especially to pat about putting more pressure on north korea until they stop using nukes. you will see them both at the g20 summit in germany in a few days. the white house is a added that summit, he will be working the phones. with the german chancellor and the schedule. we will hoping to have readouts any moment. >> eric: we have them come i

know you'll bring them to us. heather? >> heather: meanwhile, republican senators feeling the heat to say the lease as they head home and recess. without a deal on health care. the pressure coming from both constituents in several state governors. here is ohio governor, john kasich. >> it does not make sense to me. you cannot go home and look at plaques, because politicians have a million plaques on the wall. you do not go home and look at that. you don't get anything for printing don't say, well, i served the party. if you want to go home, for the july. any of these special holidays that recognize our country, you want to feel like you build a stronger nation. >> heather: john mccormick, senior writer with the weekly standard, he joins us now with more. thank you for joining us. do you think it's possible to come to a consistent. we just heard peter doocy's report. some people saying, there will be of vote by the fed.

some sane canceled altogether. what you think? >> they are in a tough position. there is a thought that rand paul has been talking about repealing now and replacing later. does the g.o.p. leadership's plan back in november, december just to put that on the desk in january. that was because it doesn't actually repeal the core problems of obamacare. it's the regulations. these obamacare regulations in place. basically delay getting rid of the subsidies. that is not a realistic option. what is interesting now, ted cruz has proposed an option to fix the core problem. it is that it takes a small portion in the individual market play for everyone's pre-existing conditions. people are generally paying for that. ted cruz has an idea that if the entry has one plan that has obamacare-appliance plan, debt

plan will so much cheaper that will force everyone directly, and people would have an option to buy cheaper. >> heather: yet 50 governors and varying needs in those states. with that address the needs, consistently across the country? that plan? >> the plan also does include waivers. an ability for different states to have waivers. that's -- in the current bill, there is not a lot for them. the waivers are wanting. different states can experiment in different ways. some think those waivers do not go far enough, and that is what ted cruz is proposing. different states could have, they would have their own regulation, as long as one insurance or each insurer had one plan that is compliant with obamacare. they can sell other plans that are flexible and offer different coverage for different needs. >> heather: we just had a shot up there. if we can pull it up again of

all the senators who are expressing their opposition to the bill as it stands as they head home. all of these folks come up with everyone else, it will be lot from their constituents, and what you the impact will be from them as they had back to d.c. next week? >> when you look at the poll, this is not popular. it has to do with the deliberation behind closed doors, and then said they were going to rush to a vote. a lot of people do not understand appear people also like the idea that it is cutting taxes for the rich while cutting services to medicaid. there are negotiations going on, where they're trying to take a little more of the tax revenue from high income earner that is obamacare. have a more generous subsidies for those in the lower income scale. at the end of the day what's going to matter, whether this plan brings on premiums. the polls today are going to matter. people will not vote based on how much it affects our lives in a year or two for now. >> heather: and there will be

a new congressional budget office report as well. whatever conclusion they come to come at the new bill that they present. >> right now, we have heard they are going to score and an ounce of two different bills. one with ted cruz and one without appear wholly by next week i'm out they'll get to see what that is. and the congressional budget office is not infallible, but it'll be interesting to have it added to the debate. >> heather: what is the impact if they decide to go the route, where they repeal without replacing immediately? >> that basically delays everything. i doesn't really repeal. no one believes that we can entirely get rid of the subsidies after we have made the cost of insurance double, triple, or quadruple on the individual market. what repeal now and replace later, it does not do that. it doesn't repeal the regulations. it says, i get from now, we will get rid of the subsidies. no one believes we will get rid of the subsidies a year from now. where setting up this artificial deadline to spur action. this might work, he may not come up but he could spook insurers

javid destabilizing effect. >> heather: insurance to go up, could impact the markets all the way around. thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it, john. have a good fourth of july. >> and cute. you two. >> eric: meanwhile, there is a blunt message from the u.s. to beijing. an american navy warship has been dispatched to disputed areas in the south china sea. defense officials telling fox news that the pentagon sit near a out island by china. second deployment since president trump took office. the navy destroyer's within 20 miles of the island, which china occupies. taiwan also complaints. gimmick to make named after roberts, who

was murdered in cold blood by the radical has blah in beirut. a navy cv diver he was only 23 years old. >> heather: edgy celebrate independence day independence day, fourth of july, all of that comes into mind. all of the men and women in the military who paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> eric: actually. we thank them and under them, and remember them. >> heather: coming up, president trump closing nine on up campaign promise. >> isis, a whole different ball game, folks. they are going fast. >> heather: right now, there's word that victory in mosul may be in reach. what is the plan in syria after they leave? >> eric: ended chicago pump, we will bring you to one veteran who is taking part.

>> heather: and governor chris christie taking heat for this, and join a day at the beach during a government shutdown when state run beaches are closed. the governor is responding. >> debt is where my family is sleeping, and that's why we'll be. when i have a choice to sleep where my family, i will generally choose to sleep near my family. ♪ a baby's skin is never more delicate. ♪ what do hospitals use to wash and protect it? ♪ johnson's® the number 1 choices in hospitals.

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this happened in the city in the southeastern part of the country. police reportedly not treating this as a terrorist attack, suggesting it seems more like a personal dispute of some kind. local media said the two gunmen opened fired as worshipers were exiting the mosque. >> eric: and fox news alert, there's word. an iraqi commander says isis fighter in mosul will be defeated within days. iraqi authorities of course need to figure out how to keep the country stable once the radical islamic terrorist group is defeated completely. what will happen? more and thus we are joined by andrew, a former intelligence officer who advised nato and american forces in afghanistan. thank you for your service. >> you're welcome. >> eric: this will be great news if isis is actually defeated in mosul. what what will happen? i that terry's credit scatter

like cockroaches? >> absolutely. they'll find quarter in any state in the middle east. that suffers from from a lack of political power, like libya. in which the obama administration in his last couple of months seemed to be targeting more and more with counterterrorism. >> eric: do you think i will continue and where the war on terrorism and isis in this philosophy will spread? >> absolutely, because it is also tied up with the sunni-shiite dispute. this ideology, function of the sunni states reaction to the unprecedented level of shiite power. the strength of iran, and a sunni fear, iran is trying to dominate the middle east. >> eric: you have the sunni-shiite battle, and i run they want to spread out their own spear of influence right to

lebanon into the mediterranean. how can we along with the arab allies and even israel blunt tehran? >> the growth of iranian power and she had power, is the defining geopolitical growth even more than the world on terror. we need to help the sunni states uphold the balance of power that they are accustomed to. while not getting drag too far into it, so we become a combatant against iran. what we would really like to get out of that is, as we help them uphold that balance of power, ensure some sort of trade off with domestically. so they are not sponsoring anti-american narratives at home, but instead moderate that, and remote a pluralistic society. >> eric: despite the nuclear deal, i ran is still the top of terrorist group. the head of that, called for

covenant sanctions against iran, work crimes against his leaders, and x he called on the u.s. and allies to push back against iran. we do not have this foothold. in lebanon that could threaten israel. >> absolutely. it's not just the iranian opposition. nine out of 10 middle eastern risk would be greatly alarmed by the growth of iranian power. this is unprecedented. this is a threat to a ruling ideology, and ruling caste. the sunni world that has reigned supreme for 1400 years. a game changer. skin how will this play out and the president trump administration lining with saudi arabia so close? >> i would like to see martin trade-off. while be aligned with saudi arabia in exchange for the arms deal, i would've liked to see the trump administration get commitment to reform their narrative. genuinely, the defeat of isis in

mosul will be a major step forward. >> eric: we are being told that they are surrounding and hopefully, mosul will fall soon, and the radical islamic philosophy will be on it's last leg. i'm afraid to say, it probably will not be. >> check back in ten years or so. >> eric: hopefully. andrew, thank you so much. happy fourth. >> heather: back at home, getting ready for the fourth of july festivities. here in new york city, that means extra work for the nypd. >> you have to pay attention to what is going on not in the city, but also going around in the nation and the world. >> heather: we had to tell you. there has been no credible threats so far, but better safe than sorry over the extended holiday weekend. >> eric: wounded veterans and service members are celebrating celebrating their liberty and patriotism and the resilience at this year's warrior games in chicago. coming up, we will take you there and show you this

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one of them is a.j. mohammed. he is one of the inspiring story separate agent was blinded by a roadside bomb in iraq, and he is at the warrior games to compete in archery. mike is live at the mccormick place convention center. hello, mike. >> hello, eric. most people talk about the epidemic of military, post dramatic stress, military suicide, this is a example of someone doing something about it. the warrior games bring together athletes from great britain, australia, the u.s. army, navy, air force brains, and special forces, and for the men and women serving, this is them quite literally getting back into the game. >> archery seems like an unlikely sport for a.j. mohammed. after serving in iraq, he can barely see. >> a lot of people don't believe that i am visually impaired. there was a metal scrap metal

that tore across my face through my eye, my right eye loeb and down the side of my face. >> some of his injuries were the signature wounds. the spinal cord injury, coupled with post-traumatic stress, and depression. a.j. relied on lots medication, each with their own side effect. >> i had to decide my the medication, more medication, and it would be the rest of my life. >> like 264 other veterans in that competing in the warrior games, a.j. chose a different path. >> athletics is a way to build self-esteem, since of establishment i, spent, and our people cheering you on and we thank you for what you've done. in a new norm of codependence, when a.j. stands before the target, his wife is his eyes. >> fire. i just let him know if i think, he needs to move up or down a

little bit or if he needs to tilt the ball a certain direction. >> fire. did you hear that? >> a.j. now cut his meds and half, and got his life back on target. he also competes and cycling here at the warrior games. he competed on a tandem today. at the archery competition, all set by me. they have wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, shooting competition, track and field, running, cycling is a mention. you can catch the gold medal games for the wheelchair basketball on espn this friday. eric, back to you. >> eric: man, oh, man. god bless a.j. and the others. they are role models for all of us. thank you. heather? >> heather: isis is on the run thank you for a lot of visual models as they close and on the terror group south declared capital of raqqa. we live in the middle east next, and then there is this.

>> i am a response will for running the state. i have to run the state with the money that is appropriated to me by the legislature. as of yesterday, the legislature appropriated no money today. >> eric: new jersey governor, chris christie had to close the government because of a state of, and was this. kicking back on the beach that was close to the general public, because of that. how bad the optics in this picture? people are talking about it. we will too. next.

♪ >> i came prepared to execute the budget they want, but a little frustrated quite frankly at this point that nobody will spend a budget. i am sitting here waiting for a budget, and no one will send me one. >> heather: new jersey governor, chris christie expecting a budget standoff as a state grapples with the government shutdown. the crisis because of the closure of beaches among with

other things, except apparently for the governor. this picture is now as you imagine going viral catching christie with his family, even as it is close to the public. christie making no apology saying, quote, that is the way it goes. run for governor, and you can have the residence. patrick consulting firm, and a former presidential advisor and davidson thank you so much for joining u us. >> happy fourth. >> heather: patrick i will start with you. in the land of public relations, this does not look good, does it? >> no, this is what we called a little bit of bad box office for the governor of new jersey, i think what is put to good bet for governor christie come this is a guy who is a rising star in the republican party. chris christie's popularity in

new jersey, passed over to the trump administration, and now here we go with his feet in the sand on for the july, when he is supposed be negotiating a budget deal. it is very bad box office, and by the way, the term for this in new jersey, i am pretty sure, also pretty sure i can use on television. >> heather: busted to say the least. david, this is the only second shutdown in history in the state of new jersey, and everything is right. state parks, motor vehicle offices. a couple things not impacted the new jersey state police. psychiatric hospitals. the governor same, they are not using any services there on the beach, so he seems to think that makes it okay? >> he looks very tan in the footage you showed of him, talk about the shutdown. this is really unfortunate as your previous guess that. really bad optics for him. yet a look at these pictures online. it is terrible. they are on a completely empty beach. only they are able to use the beach, and then what is worse,

at the governor then lied about it when he was asked and said, he did not get any son. then his spokesperson try to cover that up by saying, he did not get son because he was wearing a hat. he is wearing a hat, but it is a lame excuse, and representative of where he is and his political career right now. i cannot imagine he has any political feature. if this is the first thing he did like this, it would not be so bad, but he has a number of gaffes and it's doubtful he will recover. he's expecting an appointment in the trump administration. there are no openings for big jobs, but maybe he'll get some mid-level appointment, but i can imagine with this damaged his reputation and character, and credibility, this will be affected in that role. >> heather: petra, what you think about his answer there, not getting any raise. rate sunrays? maybe they caught him, maybe

they didn't, but he's looks like he's looking straight at the photographer? >> looks like he's on the beach, and sadly, they saw the rescue plane. only more surprised. look, i think more than anything else, what chris christie has done here is he is qualified himself for any future governor, it might be in the trump administration as ambassador, but i'm not sure what else. the bottom line is, the range of $50 million budget gap in new jersey, and the optics of him not being there and blaming democrats for that, it is really something he should be using to his advantage paired the problem for the governor's, no popularity and inability to drive the agenda, and this is something he is known for. he even lost bet the time so while barack obama is vacationing in bali, he has his feet and the sand in new jersey. both are bad optics. the promise, he is supposed to be working still. >> heather: new jersey, illinois, and maine, all three facing partial government shut

does. i wonder where the governors of illinois and maine where paired with at the beach? what does chris christie need to do to turn this around? >> i don't see how he can turn this around. he ought to come forward and say, explain that it was a big mistake that he made. he should not have done it. recognizing that no money can use public property, especially beaches, and to use it and apologize for and to never you do it again, but i don't see how he recovers. i don't see him running for senate in new jersey. maybe get some appointment in the trump administration, but no one is going to trust him. >> heather: this judson, governor christie just tweeted this people read will read this to cover. new jersey beaches are open and 119 of our 130 miles of coastline. come and enjoy them. use sunscreen and hydrate.

so, does this make up for anything? >> i don't think it makes it any better at all. not at all. he was still on a beach does not open to the public that he ordered close, because of the government shutdown, and then he was at the beach relaxing, resting, something people cannot do on the beach while instead of working on the government shutdown and getting a compromise with democrats. >> heather: patrick, last words, quickly. >> memo, forget the sunscreen, get an umbrella. a large one so you can hide from those helicopters. bad, bad box office all the way. >> heather: think you both. i hope you both have a great fourth of july. >> thank you. >> eric: overseas with the a fox news alert. iraqi forces coming close to defeating isis and mosul. u.s. backed rebels are making progress, we are told, and the other isa stronghold in raqqa. the kurdish led his pushing them

out. the city is surrounded. from jerusalem, john any idea where this will end and when raqqa will fall? >> erica matt's good question. there is no definitive time frame at this time, but if the battle to retake mosul and raqqa is no indication to reap retake raqqa, isis is capital, if not longer, that said, syrian forces, the u.s. backed alliance with kurds have relieved suburbs surrounding raqqa and are now closing in on the roughly 2500 isis fighters that remain. basically held up in the city, taking that last stand. the u.s. backed forces entered raqqa to the south on sunday, and basically have already cut out isis's supply lines and escape routes to the west and to

the north. they suffered a bit of a setback over the weekend, when isis launched a fairly effective counteroffensive in the eastern industrial center of raqqa, but at this point, eric, we are hearing with the help of u.s. troops on the ground, does kurdish and syrian forces have reclaimed most of the ground that they had lost over the weekend, eric. >> eric: good news if they can finally finish that. meanwhile, does a horrible suicide bombing in damascus. why do we know about that today? >> the death pole, we talked about this last night, the toll has gone up to 20 people killed. several dozen injured. this was pretty horrific, because it came during morning rush hour commute in central damascus. more so was the first day back to work after ramadan. it was particularly busy at this point in the day there. it happened in the square, as we said, the russia yesterday. it was the first day back to work after ramadan and, while no group is claiming

responsibility, air, we know other jihadist militants have launched other attacks in damascus. mostly northern part of the city. this back in march with dozens of peds people were killed. peace talks are scheduled to start again this week and aimed at ending syria's long-running civil war. earlier this week, president trump will be meeting with russian president, vladimir putin, to focus on the fighting, the civil war, and the fight against isis and syria. scott horrible's humanitarian issue that continues. thank you. >> heather: back at home, as americans celebrate the countries of independence, fourth of july, please are taking extra precautions to take care of america's largest city. there has been no threats, the department of homeland security is not taking any chances. >> americans should be concerned

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>> heather: days long manhunt ends with the suspect turning himself in. a pennsylvania police are charging 28-year-old david desper for shooting and killing an 18-year-old girl during a road rage confrontation. the shooting happened, after the two apparently tried to merge into a single lane on the highway on wednesday. prosecutors calling this a savage and senseless death of a high school graduate. >> placed under arrest for first degree murder, third-degree murder, possession of the instrument of crime, and recklessly damaging other people. he has been arraigned.

there is no bail. >> heather: authority say, after 18-year-old bianca roberson was shot, her car veered off the road, struck a tea, and was found in a ditch. she was expected to start jacksonville university in just a few weeks. ♪ >> eric: it is such a shame. another disturbing case, visiting chinese scholar, university of illinois, as been missing for a a month. authorities are assuming the worst. 28-year-old brendt christensen, former phd student and researcher, is due in court, and he is facing charges of kidnapping 26-year-old yingying zhang. she was last seen on june 9th come up but what type of case to the authorities has? authorities. wendy, this is so disturbing. apparently, authorities have surveillance video. they say she was going to get a rental check, miss the bus, and the surveillance video shows her

going into brendt christensen's saturn astra. is there enough evidence to make the type a case against him, wendy? >> yes, there is no emergency that is too important to justify getting into a stranger's car. i have to say, this is a case that demonstrates, you don't know everything you need to about somebody and tell you seen their google browser history. here, what this man's history shows, , on a fetish website how to commit an abduction. that kind of fixation reveals motivation which gives context to the surveillance video of her getting into his car, and then also remember it, air, this is research and crime, and cover u. what researchers found, a thorough cleaning of the passenger side of the car. on top of everything else, this is all collaborated by his own statements last week, which would lead to his arrest. he admitted to committing the crime. >> eric: jazmine, you can get dna evidence from the front seat if there is any, but those internet searches? what this website which is

called, abduction 101? >> from my research it is called thatlife.com. it is like facebook. this website is for those with some kind of sexual fetishes. when i took a look this morning, it does show they have nearly 6 million followers. there are six million. whether that is americans are worldwide following this website. to me, this calls into question, freedom of speech and freedom of association. as we all appreciate and know, fundamental to every democracy to have freedom of speech. how much freedom of speech do we have? do we have the freedom to have these websites that may or may not be inciting violence and crime? that is only start to cross a line. freedom of speech is not an unfettered right. has to be balanced with other rights, like the right to life, and what she had her bodily

integrity. >> eric: they are saying that he is presumed innocent under the constitution. wendy, the defense argument, fantasy side is nothing in reality that he carried out. >> sometimes we look at -- and she made some good points. where's the balance? it's evidence and predisposition. those i think they give us a good idea as to what who are garlic at the sites and carry out these fantasies. very dangerous. what this meant basically dead was he was doing that research, but remember, all of the context surrounding what he did, including his own statement. lends credibility to the fact pattern as we know it thus far, that he did commit this crime. i will point out eric and jasmine, that is all we know already. remember, if they don't want to compromise the investigation by everything they already possess. the fact that they believed she was already dead odyssey leads us to believe there's more there and it may be more charges forthcoming. >> eric: interesting point. it also jasmine, what you think will happen?

murder charges, potentially? >> that is the way it is looking to me. i think this website could be key in determining what kind of murder he was charged with. for example, if there is direct messaging with a host with other persons on this site, we may be able to show he committed premeditated murder, which is first degree murder, and may show some insight if this was a hate crime. did she do it because she was ancient, did he do because she was a woman? thank you lisa's some heightened charges as well. >> eric: as wendy said outside, remember to tell your children stranger danger. no matter how old you are, you have to be careful about it. jazmine and wendy, sad and disturbing case. thank you. >> thank you. >> heather: coming up, powerful storms threatening parts of the country and, they could affect some of your fourth of july plans. we have that forecast that you need to hear straight ahead.

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♪ >> eric: the navy to get a brand-new warship. take a look at that. christened in wisconsin, set afloat for the very first time. she is almost ready for active service. >> it is an investment in our own security, and i think it is a good want to make. we need to do and congress, rebuild the military broadly. we have unique window to that. >> eric: it is built for mine sweeping combat operations in coastal areas. look how they launch on her side. >> heather: i've never seen that before. i wonder if there was anyone on board when i was doing that. >> eric: and a rocky back-and-forth there. it will undergo some final observations and few trials

before joining the naval fleet officially. >> heather: cool. stormy weather conditions could impact some fourth of july celebrations at summertime thunderstorms move into parts of the east. meanwhile, dry conditions in the west may increase chance of wildfire. meteorologists has our fourth of july weekend weather forecast. adam, what is up? >> hello heather. we have people who will see some good weather both today and tomorrow, but there are areas of concern as well. the spot in the middle of the country for today, northern oklahoma stretching into portions of kansas. we could see some severe weather later today. they actually had some lingering to the overnight hours. here is your view across the country. yes, mostly dry off to the west. showers in the southeastern this morning. couple of spots even in kansas area. talking about death they had seen some rain in the overnight hours. clear enough , that some weathered going to the overnight hours.

moving through the arkansas area. breaking off a piece of that, but this is been a real rain producer. it is coming back together as we are talking about shooting off the end i will provide rain. here's what we are looking at with this potential system as it moves distraction. you are seeing some darker colors. that is a good three to 6 inches of rain. period good portion of arkansas stretching over to western tennessee. that is going to be a reason that maybe people will have to stay indoors next couple of days. those are isolated areas. across the country, one of the big strides as they beat the heat you are seen today, where temperatures in montana, running up to 95 degrees. tomorrow, it is a hot one as well. where talk talking but to matures and allows spots up into the middle 90s. people will be getting outside, but maybe find a way to cool off in the next couple days. >> heather: be careful with those fireworks and dry areas. >> you're absolutely right. >> heather: adam, thank you. >> eric: stunning video coming and peered at fisherman against a hammerhead shark look at that. how this encounter turned out.

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>> take a look at this adorable site, a newborn dolphin making its first public appearance in georgia over the weekend. the baby calf was born in good health. it is their sixth edition in the last two years. >> speaking of creatures of the deep, watch this. a drone capturing this video of a fisherman reeling in a hammerhead shark. this is on the beach in panama city, florida, the fishermen only a few feet away in very shallow water, it appears. you can see the shark put up a pretty good fight, the fishermen eventually won.

he was a good sport and he let the shark go. >> i would do that but you can't do that with big striped bass. ♪ >> president trump stepping up his attacks on the media this holiday weekend, sparking criticism from both sides of the aisle. >> great to be with you this holiday week, the president really slamming news outlets and touting his accomplishments in a tweet this morning, saying -- that tweet came out about 8:00, a little bit before the market opened. currently the dow of 187