in the city stepping up security for their safety, but i promise to be quite a show. >> heather: a lot of gold tonight. >> eric: happy birthday, america. >> heather: see you later, >> eric: take care. >> a fox news alert as north korea is claiming a successful test of its first intercontinental ballistic missile. this weapon will be capable of reaching the united states and with that, happy july 4th, great to have you with us, i'm leland bedard and for jon scott. >> the launch on july 4th appears to be the norse most successful test yet. the concern now is whether the regime has been able to create a nuclear warhead to fit the muscle. all this is president trump repairs to head to the g20 summit in germany where

north korea's increasingly aggressive behavior is sure to be a topic of major concern. kevin smith joins us live from the white house. >> you are on the money on that, molly and happy fourth of july, happy independence day to you and everybody else, especially over there. let me tell you what we do know. this will enhance the conversation for president trump, and particular when he talks to our allies of the g20 summit. i think this is also important, it raises the stakes for both russia and for china to somehow rein in the rogue regime in the north. we could be looking at a humanitarian catastrophe you have to come. let me share some of the details that we know about the launch. it went off on july 3rd at exactly two: 40:00 p.m. as we then pointed out, there's

been some discussion about whether or not the particular muscle may have been able to reach alaska. u.s. pacific command issuing a statement. 37 minutes in the air, that means that missile went about 578 miles and that duration, according to some analysts, is a significant improvement over previous lunches by the north and it may be able to travel as far as alaska. north korea is the topic of discussion by the president of the united states who is making his feelings known on twitter. you may remember, it was just

four days ago, they heard the president of the world in the rose garden at the white house that now is a time for action to stop the renegade regime in pyongyang. >> the year of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years and it's failed. and frankly, that patience is over. our goal is peace, stability, and prosperity for the region. but the united states will defend itself always, will defend itself, always. and we will always defend our allies. >> imagine if mexico or canada, a country right next to you was a sort of popping off and sending missiles out into the atlantic ocean, that's the feeling in japan and south korea when you have this renegade

regime, it is a high-stakes circumstance. it is a tense circumstance. the president will enjoy his holiday weekend, despite the fact that he has to be briefed on the actions over there and north korea. he will probably enjoy a bit of barbecue in the u.s. service personnel. of course, a bird's-eye view right over there. it should be a great night. >> molly: looking ahead, the high tensions with north korea test, it will be inching to sale that goes. >> leland: that latest missile launch claim as rising tensions even higher on the north korean peninsula if that is possible. there are nearly 30,000 american troops stationed. this is video of the north korean military on parade in the u.s. recently beefed up our presence there amid the

growing threat. jennifer griffin took an in-depth look at one of the world's most dangerous structures of land as part of our on the front lines. >> for the first time in decades, to u.s. aircraft or strikers were deployed off the coast of korea to send a message to kim jong-un, assigned that the u.s. is losing patience with north korea. >> the threat is much more immediate now. >> h.r. mcmaster said the u.s. would not repeat past mistakes, negotiating before north korea gives up its nuclear weapons. >> the president has corrected us to not do that. and to prepare a range of options, including a military option which nobody wants to take. >> and 2006, north korea carried out its first nuclear test under president obama, and carried out for more. and then, there is a ballistic missile tests. >> is a matter of time. africa assume their capability

is there to attack united states. >> 30 minutes, that's how long it would take a nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile to reach los angeles. the author of black hawk down rights in the latest issue of the atlantic about what war with north korea would look like. "an american first strike would likely trigger one of the worst mass killings and human history. over 10,000 artillery tubes -- we have 20 million people living , >> kim jong-un's missiles are hard to track. 2500 american are stationed in korea with more in japan.

kim jong-un hopes the fear of mass casualties will deter the united states military. the pentagon says it has plans. >> we do have covert capabilities and i think it would be wise for the united states to use those capabilities as a way to continue to undermine north korean government. if they try to do anything stupid, it could end there were regime, period. >> en route to the inauguration, president obama but poorly told president trump the first national security decision has a administration would face would be how to deal with north korea's nukes. >> leland: i was jennifer griffin reporting for the pentagon, we thank her and her team. molly has more. >> molly: more out the white house and the latest claim of a missile test. joining us now, political reporter of the daily beef in the political reporter at the "washington examiner." thank you both for being here. happy fourth of july. this is very serious, this is an

extension beyond what's been a successful north korea in the past, this missile going farther, traveling more ground, it didn't explode upon taking off, so in that sense, it's also considered a success and they have called this an intercontinental missile. this is the farthest it's gone. the president reaching out through twitter, as he tends to do and particularly -- what sort of a heavy move is he suggesting as he makes this color to china? >> one thing the president might be considering it is that china has more tough leigh shank sins are north korea the chinese don't want to see a massive humanitarian crisis in north korea from beijing's perspective. is it more pressing and immediate concern, these questions are potentially about nuclear missiles. that said come out one point of

tension with the united states and china regarding north korea is that chinese president said a day ago. he said he wants the united states to start taking down and rolling back its missile defense system but it hasn't south korea. of course, the fact that north korea just tested what they say is an intercontinental ballistic missile means it's unlikely the u.s. is going to do that. potentially, china could be more understanding of our missile defense capabilities than they are now. of course, there is much more could do. they haven't been a particularly helpful partner in the last few months as north korea has been more belligerent. >> molly: the president has made it very clear that he considers china to be critical as far as running a north korea and as betsy noted when she brought up president she, he will be meeting up with the leaders of china. how do you think that will go, that talk? do you think our american

president will put pressure on the chinese president and vice versa? >> i expect them to. i expect a little bit of pressure put on the president of china. this is an opportunity for president trump to make a mark on the foreign stage. north korea's more outspoken and issues. as a chance for them to make a mark on this. i think the g20 summit is going to be critical for him, especially in the north korean front. >> molly: 's went to make him look at a meeting. japan's prime minister said on tuesday that he expects both the president of china and the president of russia to play more constructive roles as far as writing a north korea. president trump also excited to meet with russian president vladimir putin when he heads there to germany. will that be a critical meeting as well and will this topic be on top of the agenda? there's a lot of these two could be talking about.

>> the president to china so the kremlin is on the same page as he has when it comes to the american defense missile system. as a distinct possibility that president trump and president putin will talk about what putin thinks about the united states footprint on the korean peninsula. bruton has been very frustrated, very opposed to the united states expanding its military presence anywhere near russia's borders, so it would certainly make sense if that's an issue. that said, of course the united states and china also have a ton to talk about. trump has been quite tough on china over the past few weeks, the state a permit label china one of the worst kinds of human traffickers. we recently rolled out an arms deal with taiwan, the president announced to congress. and the treasury department announced new sanctions on a chinese bank. heading into g20, heading into the rest of the week, president trump has taken a pretty aggressive, pretty hawk's position. it's unlikely that will be -- it's likely that will be part of

the conversation with putin. >> molly: what could the meeting between the russian president and our president set for friday? >> that's interesting, especially with what's happening on capitol hill, the democrats continue to push the russia probe, some republicans also on that. one thing you have to look forward the russians, you look at the chinese and north korea is the return to campaign style rhetoric. use a little bit with the tweet this morning. i think everything you look for is president trump a couple of months ago, he labeled china character manipulator. that could come up again if china is unable to help them with the north korean situation. >> molly: thank you both so much for joining us on this fourth of july, we appreciate i it. >> leland: on this holiday weekend, and override ending in tragedy when an argument between a wife and her husband turns deadly, we'll tell you what happened and new jersey beaches

open for the fourth after all. governor chris christie finally ending their budget impasse. as you might imagine, christie not apologizing for his day at the beach, on a closed beach, that outraged so many. >> we had plans to be here. whether the government shut down or it didn't, we are going to be here because it's our residence. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. number 360™ smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides. right now save on sleep number 360™ smart beds. plus, it's the lowest prices of the season with savings of $500 on our most popular p5 bed. ends sunday.

>> molly: in seattle are investigating and uber ride that turned deadly. a man is accused of shooting his wife in the head execution style during argument as they rode an end uber car. he told police he feared for his life. the driver then called police and he was arrested nearby. he told police he had been jerking and does remember what happened. >> leland: as the media and

twitter -- christie and democratic leaders were actually hammering out a budget deal on monday. there is chris christie sitting on his beach chair on a beach that he closed to everyone but his family. a couple of days ago here the governor is making no apologies were hanging out on the closed beach. noteworthy that his approval rating hovers at just 15%. for more on this, new jersey state house reporter for the asbury park press. thanks for being here with us. >> happy independence day. >> leland: shocked, but not surprised, give me your reaction to the governorship to the beach. >> i think shock and surprise. let me take that back, shock and then people not surprised. chris christie is being chris christie. back in the day when he was a viable presidential candidate,

new jersey had seven half years of chris christie and we've seen similar occasions where he dances like no one is watching and this is another case where he didn't think about optics of being on that beach. >> leland: let's break this down. dance like nobody's watching, that was advice at my high school graduation, but i could have it misplaced. even way, he had to know what the optics were going to look like. it's a closed state park, they were turned away, this wasn't his first rodeo, he knew what he was doing, he knew he was going to a beach that was closed to everybody else. he knew that the airspace is open, he knew that he was a governor and taking the new jersey state helicopter so he wouldn't be hard to track. he also knew that he has a brother who has a beach house a couple of towns away and could have gone they are. how much of this is thumbing his

nose at the citizens of new jersey? >> i don't think he really expected new jersey's advanced media which has these wonderful pictures to go ahead and get those pictures. he had taken some flack earlier today. people knew he was pretty upfront he was going to the beach house. he ran into some problems there. he went out on sunday and day two of his vacation and didn't think about what it might look like if pictures like that appeared. >> leland: and then all of a sudden, you'll notice he's wearing a baseball hat and that had becomes important because later in the day, he was asked, did you get any son today and he said no, which a lot of people in the press thought was disingenuous at best, borderline on dishonest. and meant he had been out on the

beach and in the sun. all of a sudden, he had his spokesperson yesterday go, he didn't get any son, he had a hat on. i asked brian murphy, his spokesman yesterday, about just that issue. is the governor taking the shutdown seriously enough? and quibbling over a hat? >> brian said that was a smart aleck response to this question, the hat. he was really caught off guard by the question, where you on the beach today? this was sunday. the photographer, he has said since then, you can see the pictures. the governor is looking right at the camera from the airplane. it's puzzling that he didn't know that he would be asked about it. >> leland: puzzling is a word for it, we appreciate you being here. there is a piece written by the fellow who took those pictures and he said, i saw chris

christie looking at me through the lens at 1,000 feet and he could see on his face that he knew he had been had at that moment. maybe the governor forgot about it and decided to play coy, we'll have to see if anymore comes out. bob jordan, appreciate your time, thank you. molly has more. >> molly: president trump selection integrity commission hitting an early speed bump. why it's being said they cannot and will not give the commission what it wants. so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. and it's also a story mail aabout people and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you if you have bad breath

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home state of kansas saying no. the cement claims that the secretary of state may have illegally used his commission title for governor. >> good to see you. many states claim they have privacy concerns, president trump clearly not happy with that excuse because he believes that data will be protected since as a bipartisan commission led by vice president mike pence that is largely asking for publicly available boating data through channels. they say they will protect more sensitive data like the last four digits of your social security number. the president's aides are wondering if the commission is concerned with fraud while democrats charge the real purpose of this commission is to find evidence of fraud at all costs to back up the president's tweets about fraud. the vice chair of the commission you mention, chris kovach denies his work in anything to do with it and says he wants to find the facts while the secretary of

state and connecticut, denise merrill is one who is refusing to turn over the data that she insists voter fraud is not a problem. >> i am not interested in handing over to a commission whose authority is still in question. i want to make sure if i do anything, it is to protect the privacy of the citizens of our state and that is my responsibility. >> you start where the evidence is, the data we have, so we do have a great deal of evidence of people voting in more than one state, the same election. we have a lot about noncitizens, the federal government has evidence of noncitizens, but now we start digging into the facts and see how widespread various forms of voter fraud are. >> the commission has set a deadline of july 14th to get this data turned over ahead of their first meeting here in washington on july 19th. that clock is ticking. >> molly: it is taken, i wonder how much they will get before that deadline, thank you.

>> leland: this holiday weekend, the western firefight is a race against time. the raging flames shutting down parts of a major highway and a big park as crews are trying to contain it. we are alive with how the weather is making it so much harder, plus the growing threat from north korea after he it cs it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile that would be capable of hitting the united states. what exactly are our military options? honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto.

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>> molly: a fox news alert and back to our top story, north korea claims that it successfully testfired its first intercontinental ballistic missile, the one that could be powerful enough to reach alaska. it appears to be the north's most successful no muscle test yet. this could mark a major milestone and kim jong-un's efforts to build a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the u.s. joining us now, an iraq war veteran. thanks for joining us. starting this off, is this a game changer, the idea that this muscle could possibly hit alaska? we know it went farther and higher than any test before and this was a successful test. >> is on a game changer, but is troublesome. this is a long line of activities that the north

koreans have been doing. i think u.s. policymakers are looking to see if it did hit certain thresholds. there are certain questions about whether or not these technologies can survive at certain levels in the atmosphere and how advanced they are. as a further test, is troublesome and they are continuing to do what they do, so we need to respond and some fashion. >> molly: donald trump has previously tweeted that it won't happen as far as the missile being able to reach the country and recently, he was meeting with the leaders from south korea and he said essentially the same sort of thing, that the arab strategic patients has failed. which of the president do now? speak on the president is definitely dedicated to making sure that we push them back. he wants to do something, i think he'll need to revisit negotiations with china, getting them to weigh in. we have to get the allies in the regions to do something and do something tough. he is not a guy with a bad

wardrobe in a terrible haircut, kim jong-un, he's dangerous, he's provocative, he's not going to relent on his own. i think china is the answer. >> molly: is there a diplomatic solution? as the president has overseas to the g20 meeting, a lot of powerful leaders there. certainly a lot of countries want to see this rain and from japan. is there a diplomatic solution that could work or is there another step taken? >> that's tough, i think there is diplomatic goals and tipple medic allegiances that we can make with our allies, but ultimately we need to see some concessions that we are not seeing. unless there is some sort of back channel with our allies in the region, china being able to get them to take a second look at this, eventually we are going to have more and more friction and it's going to come to looking at potential military options. i think there is some opportunities still and with china, especially, to take some pressure that will be effective.

>> molly: with china, there have been friendly meetings between president trump and the president of china and others had to meet again, but it comes in the wake of a lot of actions the demonstration is taken and imposed sanctions on the chinese bank. various human rights violations. the u.s. filing more than $1 billion of weaponry to taiwan. that won't necessarily warm things up. right now, the president has said that the chinese are a major partner in stop and was happening in north korea, so this set things up to make things more awkward heading into these meetings? >> it's definitely a difficult job. on this particular issue, we need china, chinese the u.s. i think that's where the challenge will have to look at it like chess. will have to make some modest concessions here and there when it comes to messaging on the way we go about these issues, but ultimately, the problem

continues to get bigger. all those issues are causing friction and it's what makes these jobs hard, they need to find a common ground and move forward with what we can agree on. >> molly: is this the center point? is this the one issue that all countries can put aside all their other issues to address? isn't that important? >> yes, they should. they are testing muscles, it's a very provocative actions and it's a long history of north korea doing these things. for folks in the u.s. military, we recall a war that happen there that's still ongoing. it's a very real reality for them, so we need to get some sort of solution that makes sense and head in a direction where we start to see our reduction and some of these developments. >> molly: chris, thank you for your service and thanks for joining us, happy fourth of july. >> thank you. >> leland: across the american southwest, more than two dozen wildfires continue to burn

out of control. colorado to nevada to california. hot, dry, and windy weather can be a deadly combination and it is making the fight against those fires difficult, at best. jonathan hunt live in los angeles with more. hi jonathan. >> hi, leland. with another heat wave coming to the west this week, firefighters across the region are battling against time to try to knock down a number of fires scorching hundreds of thousands of acres in all. in nevada, these frightening flames shut down iad in both directions for a time as hundreds of firefighters took on the flames. the interstate has been reopened, but the fire remains only 20% contained and has burned close to 7,000 acres >> the way the wind was shifting, you could see it, it's moving in all types of different directions. it's very spread out. >> in arizona, more than 20

wildfires are currently burning, five of them in the national forest southeast of tucson. 86,000 acres burned in that area alone, almost 200,000 acres and total across the state and 3700 federal state and local fire team members are working on defeating the fires and fires are burning as far north as oregon. here in california, two significant fires are burning in the center of the state with more than 1,700 acres and fresno. the entire region braced for much more to come as temperatures here are expected to soar from tomorrow. it's looking like a long, hot summer for firefighters in the west. >> leland: as you know, wildfire season just now beginning and already so many burning out of control.

jonathan hunt, thank you. >> molly: this fourth of july at fox news, we like to celebrate what it means to be a proud american and take a closer look at some of the great people who love this country. annick wyman, how are things going? >> what a job it is, good morning to you. happy july 4th to you, haven't seen you in a while. good to see you. how are you feeling? hope you're doing well in this independence day. we are having a blast in southport, north carolina. it was just voted the best coastal town in the united states to celebrate independence day and that's exactly what we are doing. how do you like our float in the middle of this big old parade? our #proudamerican float, are red, white, and blue truck dressed up just for you. we want you to send us your pictures, email us or has a bun facebook, twitter, instagram, and youtube. we'll be sharing those pictures all day long and make sure you finance normal channels. there is a really rich history

of celebrating independence day here and southport, north carolina. 200 years ago, jensen, and later anchor and shoot off cannons in the harbor. can you believe it? then and the apostle he 70s, they officially got their charter for the start of north carolina and became the official festival for july 4th. the crowd normally is 30000-50,000 people. organizers say may be bigger because of the fox news channel presidents. they are really overjoyed every year, painted red, white, and blue for the fourth of july. we'll get back to the parade, b by! >> molly: is fabulous. literally a parade of vehicles and true americano. you can see on much the town really cares. they pull out of the stops. >> leland: great to see anna again. some republican lawmakers wanting the idea that repealing obamacare and then replacing it and the president is backing them up on it, but critics say

that would leave a vacuum to great instability in the insurance markets. our panel on what it does for you next. plus the tsa announcing a big change in the laptop end. we'll show you what a means for you coming up. >> and i think what it means to be a proud american, my mother a civilian employee in atlanta -- i became the first officer in our family to meet that expectation to achieve that goal, it was a great day, not for me, but for our family because we are all truly service of this great nation. >> show your pride on facebook, twitter, and instagram #proudamerican.

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>> molly: the u.s. lifting a ban on laptops and flights from abu dhabi. the band prevents passengers from carrying large electronic items like. it's still in place from airports from large muslim countries. >> leland: this proposal is gaining steam. the president says he's open to passing a clean repeal bill first and while senate leadership has rejected the idea, more and more g.o.p. senators are saying they like it too. >> lets to clean repeal okay promise, you can have a simultaneous bill or a concurrent bill that they can call replace. >> when he loved too many things into one piece of legislation, you do much likelihood of success. we have to do something to reinject free market forces into

this environment. i would like to do the repeal then get 60 out of 100 senators. >> leland: boyd matheson's former chief of staff to senator mike lee who you saw in those sound the president at the sutherland institute. thank you for being here gentlemen. jose, i want to start with you. from a purely political standpoint, the democrats have got to be loving this. republicans have busted everyone of their deadlines up until now and they are now saying repeal and replace, but maybe we'll do something else. >> absolutely. let's get this straight, republicans have both chambers of commerce stomach conference. they don't have a solution to replace obamacare, so now all of a sudden, they want to repeal it and potentially replace it later. the only reason they are doing that pure and simple is because of the interest in playing political games. they don't want what's best for the make and be bold. they make and people have refused the senate bill, they

don't want it. who >> molly: boyd, are they interested in paying republik in games or can they not with all their votes? >> i think it's both sides of the aisle that are the problem in this one, leland. both parties are raising hundreds of millions of dollars office issue, so let's give the repeal in there with a long fuse in terms of implementation so we can actually have dialogue and discussion on what the future of health care should be. the reality is obamacare is going away, whether collapses under its own weight or whether it's repealed by congress, it is going away. let's get some people in the room, let's get mike lee and ben sass, and let's get joe manchin, and cory booker, and let's have a real, honest, open debate, not the scare tactics, not grandmas off the cliff where we're going to socialized medicine, let's get to the real discussion about health care which is in and the current senate bill. i agree with jose on that point. >> leland: boyd, what could say derek's dream about not

having health care, i want to put this quote up from "the wall street journal." there is no discussion about possibly not repealing some of the obamacare taxes, this is what "the wall street journal" had to say. when republicans campaigned repeal in her place obamacare, we don't recall hearing that they meant only some of its tax increases. if they panic on the obamacare surtax, they give the here's the question, boyd, what do republicans do now? >> i think they have to recognize that the current bill in the senate does a little bit for the poor, does a lot for the wealthy, the well-connected big

insurance. unfortunately, it is forgetting the forgotten men and women of the country, the very people who elected president him to be president. they've got to go back. leader mcconnell needs to lead and he is to recognize that he doesn't have the votes. many people are talking about the eight or nine senators, i think it's more like 13 or more, so he's got a real problem. he needs to lead and say let's do this thing right, let's have some uncomfortable conversations, we have to get comfortable with that as a country if you're going to move this forward. >> leland: jose, democrats -- you've got joe manchin who is saying i'm ready to talk. is that true all up and on the board? you have the feeling that chuck schumer among others are more than happy to allow the republicans to dangle from health care and waste as much time as they want. >> here's an idea, republicans show us the bill, not 48 hours before a vote.

i wish that we could have brought hospital, we could have brought schools, the insurance companies and talk about it. have a real conversation, the way that obamacare was debated many years ago. we had hours and hours of speech and -- c-span. republicans haven't been doing that because i know this bill is not good. they tried to show it before the july 4th recess and they failed. >> leland: jose, you got the first word, boyd coming at the last word. as a temporary publicans to put everything back and say we tried to do this too quickly, it was and is well thought out as we hoped. does it stop at the deadline and say it begin anew? >> and the spirit of fourth of july, i'll agree with jose. they tried to push this way too fast. i didn't go through committee, i don't have debate. if republicans are confident, put it on the floor, let's debate it, let's amend it, let's do better.

let's have that debate, let's have a conversation. if we can't get comfortable having that kind of dialogue, there's no chance we'll get to a health care system that will work for real americans. >> leland: will end where we began, dare to dream is what the founders did. appreciate your time, guys. >> molly: cities began small, holding parades and fireworks displays in honor of july 4th, including right here in new york city, home of what may seem -- many call america's biggest fireworks display. how is the nypd making sure that everyone is safe this independence day? we allied with the story. mouth , you may suffer from dry mouth. try biotène®, the #1 dentist recommended dry mouth brand. it's the only leading brand clinically proven to soothe, moisturize, and freshen breath. try biotène®. for my chronic back painescribed backed me up- big time. before movantik, i tried to treat it myself.

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this piece of a new york is one of the major cities across the country gearing up for fireworks tonight and toleration for july 4th and police are beefing up security for the big event as well. laura ingle is live from battery park. what's the latest? >> thousands of firework loving revelers will be letting the streets and sidewalks all went down new york's east river tonight. already has her eyes gazing up to look at that big show in the sky. the nypd will be keeping their eyes on everything else to make sure that this event is staying safe. new york's finest are causally updating and adjusting security measures for every day and big event protection and this year, the nypd will have find -- many are at checkpoint sites with detectors, bank searches, and people notice large trucks blocking streets. the nypd started using these trucks were parade routes and other public gatherings after last year's bastille massacre

where people were killed by a terrorist driven truck in east france when it ran into a crowd during fireworks. this is the first for fireworks show in the big apple. >> something new this year will be utilizing over 100 blocker vehicles and almost 20 sand trucks. counterterrorism offices will be working, they'll have radiation detector advices on each person, explosive detective canines will be deployed and we will have officers on rooftop posts. >> city officials say that while there have been no credible threats to this event, the current state of affairs in the world definitely demands this type of security and vehicle related attacks have been a priority and security planning for other cities as well. washington, d.c., large fences have been placed around the national mall for the wyrick show tonight and in boston, please will be deploying a drone for the first time to keep an eye on things. despite all the stepped up

security, absolutely the number one piece of advice, if you see some than something. while we have the opportunity while we are here, we'll pan across to give you a nice little shot of lady liberty, the statue of liberty, standing strong on this fourth of july holiday. we hope is a safe one for everyone. >> molly: a gorgeous day, hoping for a beautiful evening for all his families setting out to see the fireworks in new york city. last year, they were fabulous. >> leland: evidently, you don't have to be an america to selby the fourth of july. celebrate wherever you are, in fact, there are those who aren't on planet earth celebrating. it will show you how coming up.

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on the international space station. flying through space at 17,000 miles an hour. the great thing about this, they actually had a plan to bring those outfits. >> they did not set up any fireworks ably. with that, we'll see you in an hour. ♪ spilled we hope you're having a wonderful for the delay. i am smith, meghan mccain, lisa kennedy herself is here. melissa francis, and today's #oneluckyguy, the executive producer of "eyeless in the morning." bernie mcguirk, and he is outnumbered. >> bernie: happy holidays but i love spending it with you ladies. it is glorious. >> meghan: you are our go to #oneluckyguy.