that. until they build it, they don't really know. how much would you be willing to pay? >> rick: that's the question that we will answer soon. >> sandra: happy friday to you, it's been fun to work with you. >> rick: thank you so much, "happening now" starts now. ♪ >> jon: more staff changes could be coming at the white house as the president re-shuffles his legal team on this friday. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> heather: and i'm heather childers. it's friday. the weekend has begun. mark carvalho is the top spokesman for the president's personal attorney and is apparently resigning amongst those changes. mark estimates who was heading up the councils office will now be taking a lower profile role. all of this as he reports the president's legal team is shifting its focus to special

counsel robert mueller. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live more on these changes. high john. >> a little more on that in a second. the white house right now, anthony scaramucci who was one of our contributors is supposed to be meeting with the president right now and supposed to be taking a job as the white house communications director. see you know who that person is, that's the person organizes and coordinates all of the intraadministration communication strategy, not the person who comes out before the podium every day, that remains a press secretary. the communications director will often go on television on sunday and that sort of thing. he's a fierce defender of the president's policies, the president likes him and believes he can throw a punch.

we will find out later in the day what's going on with this meeting, which apparently was supposed to be taking place this hour. not to the russia investigation. the president has shaken up his legal team a little bit. mark geraldo, the spokesman has resigned. mark cast a wits who is lead attorney has taken a little bit more of a back seat. john dowd is going to be the attorney out front from the outside and then ty cobb will be taking the lead inside the white house and the president's team and the president himself building a case of a lot of conflict of interests around the molar probe beginning with rod rosenstein who is the deputy attorney general. the president is saying that rosenstein has a conflict of interest because he recommended that comey be replaced, and then turned around and appointed special counsel into the firing of comey and robert mueller has been hiring in avera for attorneys who have contributed to democrats, including

hillary clinton. the meal or probe has also branched out to include the president's finances. in that "new york times" interview the other day, the president warned mueller against branching out beyond russia, cautioning him to limit this scope to russia which is where it looks like it is right now. kellyanne conway ring in on that on fox and friends this morning, listen here. >> this is just a witch hunt, it's all a hoax, and now they're going in all types of directions. the information you just shared his information america should have. americans should know about people's political motivations. these weren't minor donations that i said before, these were significant donations by members of that team. they clearly one of the other person to win. >> clearly one of the other

person to win, which is part of the case of conflict of interes interest. adam schiff took aim at the president's statement and said that if mueller strayed outside the bounds of the investigation, that would be a redline for the president. "i have every confidence that mueller will not respond to the president and his team's less than subtle efforts to constrain his probe and it will be up to congress to ensure that the necessary resources and independence to carry out his investigation." the white house reiterated yesterday that the president has no intention of firing robert mueller. something else that's happening at the white house today, the vice president will be eating with a number of conservative groups about health care. fox news has learned that these conservative groups, like the american conservative union and others, will be scoring the vote at next week's procedural vote on health care in the senate. they are letting these members know that however you vote next week on this health care bill, it's going to affect your record with us. if you got a 100% record any

vote against this thing, you'll get taken down a peg. >> heather: getting them on the record. john roberts, thank you. ♪ >> jon: let's talk about, what else, health care. republican leaders is still hope to vote next week on a senate bill that would dismantle obamacare after failing to garner enough support this week, but it's unclear exactly what they'll be voting on. there are currently two options on the table, a repeal only bill or an updated version of the senate's repeal and replace legislation. neither one of them seems to have the votes to pass. >> we cannot get the commitment we made to the american people to repeal and replace obamacare on the spigot on the bill. >> jon: glenn hall is editor for "the wall street journal" and he knows everything that's going to happen. will there be a vote next week? >> better get out the crystal

ball. the question is, is it the time? has mcconnell reached the end of his line and force the hand? that's what it takes to get the vote. the important thing to know if there is a vote, it's only about the motion to proceed. it sounds procedural, but this is about pushing the house forward. there's a lot of negotiating still to be done and john mccain and his health issues take one of two no votes out of the equation. >> jon: the other senators who expressed a lot of reservations about this process have not really changed their position. rand paul, ted cruz, mike li, shelly more capital, susan collins, they all have said they have solid concerns about the way forward. >> on the rand paul front, he said i'm willing to proceed to get this on the floor if i get a

promise that we'll take up repeal only as an option. what mitch mcconnell really needs to do here if he wants to move forward is get the bill on the floor and allow those amendments to see if the bill take shape. if they do that, nobody really knows what they're going to be voting on. >> jon: that's potentially all kinds of peril that comes with offering those amendments and decorating this bill with all kinds of strings and money. >> that's happening anyway. there's a dance going on now, what would it take to get you win? they are trying to figure out how to shape a bill that could get 50 senators to approve because they can afford to lose -- they can get a pass about 50. >> jon: they're not even talking about getting democrats on board with this thing. >> no, the only way democrats

will come on board as if they can adjust obamacare. >> jon: you and i are confused about what they'll be voting on, so are some of the senators. here's jerry moran of kansas. >> i don't think this bill adequately repeals the affordable care act and i don't think the replacement is the appropriate replacement. it's a pretty high threshold and would be pretty substantially different. >> we democrats don't know what our republican friends are planning to vote on next week. i'll bet many republicans don't know yet either. what we do know is that a $200 billion fund tacked on to a bill that would got medicaid and other services by well over $1 trillion is like putting an old band-aid on a bullet wound. >> jon: i think he's referring to some of the money that mitch mcconnell allotted to help states suffering opioid

addiction problems. there's 45 billion for that. some of the tax increases would maintain mcconnell's bill. >> they still see this as a repeal and replace even though two pieces made to be saved, is not saving the whole package. some of that money we were just talking about may also be related to a movement out there to put some money from those taxes that are remaining back for the people who transition from medicaid onto a private insurance program. that's a thing that's being floated right now to try and win people over. >> jon: they say they'll vote on tuesday, we'll see if it happens. one hall from "the wall street journal," thank you. >> heather: let's talk a little bit more about taxes. house speaker paul ryan visited a shoe factory in massachusetts and ryan called for an overhaul.

saying tax reform would boost economic growth and businesses. peter doocy joins us now from boston on that. >> whether obamacare ends up getting repealed or not, the next item on the republicans to-do list is tax reform and speaker of the house paul ryan told us last night here in massachusetts, it is going to happen in the fall. >> we can still do tax reform regardless of what happens. we've already put in a contingency plan for that, so we will do tax reform no matter what happens with respect to any other issue like health care reform because we know we have to do tax reform and our tax reform bill is unaffected by the health care bill. >> ryan's argument for tax reform is all about making the u.s. more competitive with the rest of the industrialized world. the speaker toured a new factory in lawrence where the owner said they could build more factories here with a friendlier tax code.

he has struggled with moving their big legislative items. i asked ryan to name one big accomplishment from this session and he said, it's been a lot more than that. >> it you are only giving me one? >> what is the one big one? >> one of the biggest ones was overhauling the administration. remember those awful waiting lists? the veterans weren't getting their care, we passed the law over on the entire veterans administration. we took 14 obama era regulations and brought a bill to the floor of the house and those have now gone into law. >> even though it's been six months without repealing and replacing obamacare or reforming the tax code, ryan insists they are still on track in congress to do that by the end of this year. >> heather: all right, we'll see if that happens. peter doocy forest live in boston, thank you. >> jon: with health care

dominating capitol hill and the headlines for weeks, have the mainstream media given this story fair coverage? our media panel weighs in on that next. plus a california wildfire destroying dozens of homes as it blazes a path of destruction near a famous town. >> right now, the place has become a ghost town. we want to keep everybody safe and make sure the air quality is good so it's best to keep them out of here while the services do what they need to do to save us. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you.

>> heather: happening right now, cruising california working around the clock to control a massive wildfire forcing thousands to flee a small town near yosemite national park. fire officials confirming that this wildfire has destroyed 58 homes and other buildings in its path. mandatory evacuation orders remain in place. the flames coming within a

half-mile of that historic town. governor jerry brown declaring an emergency to try and get some additional resources to battle the fire which is only about 15% contained at this point. ♪ >> jon: as we discussed at the top of the hour, senate republicans now looking for a plan c after the revised health care bill wins a enough support to even begin debate. one option is to simply repeal obamacare now and replace it later. some political analysts sharply criticizing that idea, even calling it stupid. earlier this week, the president suggested just letting obamacare collapse. >> let obamacare fail, it will be a lot easier. i think we're probably in that position where we should just let obamacare failed. we are not going to own it, i'm not going to own it. republicans are not going to own it. >> jon: lynn speed and rich

lowry. rich, from your standpoint, as an editor of a conservative publication, what do you think of this whole repeal and replace effort? >> i think in the process in congress has been atrocious. no one has made the public case, not paul ryan, not mitch mcconnell, not donald trump. all that said, the coverage that's been uniformly negative from the beginning, it's exaggerated and put a lot of these reforms in the worst possible light. you can feel it, reporters are so eager to write the story that this thing failed and republicans are headed towards the dustbin. >> jon: it is true, lynn, that changes are collapsing, cream hymns are going to the roof, but that doesn't seem to get a whole lot of attention in the coverage of the attempts to repeal and replace it. >> let's take a slice of the

spirit where we are now in this story is that the republican-controlled house, republican-controlled senate, and the republican white house has not repealed or replaced obamacare. i think the media is covering an ongoing story with the current chapter being how within the republican party, there is a lot of debate about what the steps forward are and what can be don done. that is the story unfolding, that's the story being covered. if you are looking and we're talking about the most current developments, that's where the story is and i don't know anyone who is reporting on the state of play and reporting how hard it is for the republican house or republican senate to come up with a game plan to get the votes they need in the house and senate incentive to the white house. >> jon: here's a sampling of some of the coverage of this week from a couple of media

analysts, including our own charles krauthammer. listen. >> he's not going to own it, which is strange because when the house version passed this spring, the president was eager to moan that one. he threw a big victory celebration of the rose garden. >> this is an epic fail, this is historic. this is seven years down the drain. >> jon: one of the things that gets talked about a lot is that millions of people at the cbo estimates would be caps off the roles of the insured if these various plans were put forward, but according to the irs, there were six and a half million people who opted to pay the fines rather than try to pay for obamacare. >> this is a big problem with the coverage. it's been catastrophically negative. you see the numbers from the cbo, 22 million will lose their insurance, 32 million will lose their insurance, it's lost in

the coverage that a lot of those people are going to voluntarily drop their coverage if they are coerced by the state. the medicaid reform, the per capita funding formula. if you read the coverage, it's going to end medicaid as we know it, you would never know that that was an idea proposed by bill clinton to save medicaid and put it on a more sustainable footing. the house bill, they gave states the ability another way to care for people with pre-existing conditions besides the obamacare regulation. the coverage has been uniformly negative. it's gone from completely hostile to repealing and replacing obamacare. >> jon: i come back to the notion that these exchanges are going south and the premiums are going north and that doesn't

seem -- there's all of us coverage of the terrible future that could ensue if we change this thing or if we throw it out, but nobody is covering the tragic present. >> this is a very big subject and i know we don't have a lot of time, but there are stories about the pluses and minuses and failures of obamacare. the democrats have been candid in saying there are things that need to be done, but i hope people out there know that when you talk about funding to the states and this is personal for people. if you have pre-existing -- we don't know what the states would do and that's part of the discussion about coverage. >> jon: the states would know better. lynn sweet, rich lowry, thank you both. >> heather: still to come, the

tragic death of a university of virginia student after being thrown into a north korean prison has a trump administration making a rare move to keep americans safe. we'll have that story and more, stay with us after the break. choose from the is turbo, es 350 or nx turbo for $299 a month for 36 months if you lease now. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember.

your insurance on time. tap one little bumper, and up go your rates. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? news flash: nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance.

>> jon: right now, the trump administration reportedly is set to ban americans from traveling to north korea. the secretary of state can impose travel restrictions to certain nations where there is an immediate danger to americans. the ban takes effect 30 days after its officially announced, but it's unclear when that will be. the administration has been considering a move since the death of 22-year-old university student otto warmbier last month. he died after falling into a coma while and a prison in north korea. >> heather: police in minneapolis are reevaluating

their body camera policies after the shooting death of an unarmed woman saturday night. justine damon was shot by police after reporting a possible sexual assault near her home. her family is demanding officers, officer noor is not talking. >> he's still not talking and an attorney representing the family of justine damon says clearly this is an improper use of deadly force. the minneapolis police chief back from vacation is not standing behind the officer who fired that deadly shot. janee harteau said clearly that justine did not have to die. >> i believe the actions go against who we are as a department, how a train, and the expectations we have for our officers. these were the actions and judgments of one individual.

i want to assure justine's family, our community, and those in australia that i will do everything in my power to make sure due process is followed and justice is served. >> last saturday night, justine damond and called 911 for a possible sexual assault. the only information we have about what may have led up to the shooting comes from a statement made by the officer driving the car. he said there were loud noises prior to justine approaching the driver side door. officer mohamed noor fired from the passenger seat, killing justine damond. noor has not yet given a statement. part of the demonstrators are demanding is that he be fired if he doesn't explain why he fired his weapon. hundreds of marchers gathered in the neighborhood where she lived and that dashcam footage be released, although previous statements are that nothing was captured by the dashcam spirit body cameras were worn by the officers come aboard an activity to record. demand is from australia, her

relatives are asking for her remains to be there. >> heather: thank you for joining us. >> jon: there is chaos on a greek island filled with tourists as a powerful earthquake hits coasts, causing a building to collapse. benjamin hall with a lab report ahead. plus o.j. simpson all smiles yesterday after he was granted parole in nevada. what's in store for the disgraced football star? our legal panel weighs in. >> he obviously was very emotional if you look at the cameras. he was very emotional. noo

text "blades" to gillette on demand text to reorder blades... ...and get $3 off your first order with gillette on demand.

♪ >> heather: o.j. simpson could walk out of a prison a free man just a few months from now after nine years behind bars after eight nevada parole board agreed unanimously to his release yesterday after serving time for armed robbery and kidnapping. >> the poor state of the reasons for granting parole including, mr. simpson had no prior or minimal criminal conviction history, he had a positive institutional record, he had participated in programs specific to addressing behavior that led to his incarceration, he has a stable release plans and community and family support and the victim in the case testified in support of mr. simpson's release. >> heather: here to weigh in on what happens next, fred tc

and tom kenaf, thank you both for joining us. want to miss parole hearing yesterday, you can and but think back to the televised coverage of the trial back in 1995, the murder trial of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. of course, he was acquitted of those charges, a surprise to a lot of folks. but this time around, it wasn't a surprise to a lot of folks but he would be walking free and he was granted parole. fred, were you surprised? >> no, i wasn't surprised, but very disappointed. the parole hearing can include things he did in the past, but it can include his statements. for the man to stand in from the parole board and said he is lead a life free of conflict when he almost decapitated his wife's head when he killed her when his two children were asleep upstairs, and he tried to beat her with a baseball bat.

when he said he never pulled a weapon on a person, he didn't do exactly what the parole board told him to, his statements and his conduct, and his arguing was not fact of someone who should be assimilated back into societ society. >> heather: amongst some other things, the commissioners said they can't hold someone in prison just because they expressed remorse. >> i understand there are a lot of people who don't like the outcome, but legally, it was a sound outcome. the nevada parole and states throughout the country have a risk assessment guideline that they use. those risk assessment guidelines do take into account prior criminal history, but it speaks to criminal convictions and the reality is, o.j. simpson, again, like it or not, wasn't convicted of the simpson and golden murderers. it's not something that legally the parole board can consider.

that factor, prior criminal history actually was a mitigating factor and o.j. simpson's parole hearing yesterday because a fact of the matter is, he does not have a prior criminal history and using that term the way the parole board used it means you do not have any prior convictions. >> heather: wasn't he convicted of beating up nicole brown? they responded to his home multiple times i think it was in 1989 specifically when she was hospitalized. >> he wasn't convicted criminally. >> under the law, he doesn't have a prior criminal conviction to that. the question is whether were not he should be let back into society and his comments, not his conduct, but his comments in his conduct yesterday are white, from my perspective, are compelling reasons not to let him back in, to say that he's lived a life free from conflict, not true. to argue that he didn't know that guns are being used in the

underlying crime, not true. ed was a lie, he continuously lied. >> heather: on top of that, what about not following through on some of the promises that he made during his first parole hearing? i know there were a couple of things that he was told to do, one of those being in alcoholics anonymous meeting which he did not do. >> that was a legitimate factor and i think that brought in some points, but you have to juxtapose that with all of the favorable factors he had going for him. it was undisputed that this guy was a model prisoner. he has a strong family and you can argue community support, the victim of the crime testified very strongly in his favor. he's 70 years old at this point, so part of what the parole board is looking at is his risk to reoffend. with respect to those comments, first of all, the parole board does have guidelines regarding

remorse. it's only a factor to be considered when the parolee did or did not express at the time of arrest. one thing no one is mentioning here is o.j. simpson did not plead guilty. if he had and under oath admitted to the crimes, and they said something differing, he'd be in a different situation, but he went to trial, the trial ended, in the board does consider his conduct relative to the other participants of the crime. the reality is, the prosecution's theory in this case was not that he was the one who brandished the gun. yes, he was legally found guilty, it was his codefendants. >> heather: regardless at this point, i'll let you make a comment about this, they've made their decision, all four unanimously. what happens next? he's heading to florida, a florida specifically would benefit him and that they have

the homestead exemption, correc correct? >> yes, but here's the thing. to answer your question, and my opinion, he's not going to be able to stay out on parole. i'll bet you lunch my favorite monster stomach to my stomach this man cannot help himself. he will ultimately become involved. i wish she doesn't, i hope he goes off in the twilight of his life with his children, but i'm not optimistic. >> heather: what about you, tom question rick >> i don't disagree. i don't think he'll hold up a liquor store, but he'll consort with some of the unsavory people he used to. >> heather: he make it get into reality tv. >> i find that obnoxious, i'm sorry. that's offensive. >> heather: thanks for joining us, have a great weekend. >> jon: breaking now, a powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of greece and turkey overnight.

the 6.7 magnitude quake killing two people, injuring hundreds more when a building collapsed on the island coast. benjamin hall live from london with more. benjamin? >> hi, john. this scale is unprecedented at 6.7. we are still seeing numerous aftershocks. we are counting over 160 at this point, meaning many people they are still stranded. as you say, two tourists were killed, one from sweden, one from turkey after a wall collapsed onto a bar and hundreds of others were injured along this coastline. the e.u. has offered emergency equipment, satellite imagery, and more support to deal with the aftermath. drones show the extent of the damage were much of the town square, the port, the archaeological sites and streets were affected leaving large cracks, stretching for miles both their end and turkey. the quake hit at around 1:30 in the morning on friday, 6 miles deep sending people streaming

out of bars, cafes, and hotels onto the street. thousands spent the night sleeping outside in fear of more aftershocks. tourists have now spoken out about the rodeo. >> all of a sudden, it's on like a train was going right through the room. i told my son, looks like an earthquake, let's get the hill out of here. >> hundreds of people are now stranded on the island, but after save you checks on the runway are carried out. there were small tidal waves record around two feet. the real sides of this damage still ascertaining. >> jon: benjamin hall, thank you. >> heather: some new information is you're going to say, and to the deadly collision between a navy destroyer and a cargo ship, as you remember, we reported on this.

who investigators say is likely to blame, we'll talk about that up next. and mike pompeo says that vladimir putin has no intention of leaving syria and will continue to meddle in u.s. affairs. general jack keane here to weigh in on our options for handling the russians. >> they love warm water naval port and they love to stick it to america. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you.

i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out.

sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can even warm these to help you fall asleep faster. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. >> jon: new information on the deadly crash involving a cargo ship and a u.s. navy destroyer of the coast of japan. u.s. officials told fox news that the crew of the uss fitzgerald made mistakes leading to the collision. they say to navigation teams on the ship failed to speak out about the possible risks. a cargo vessel ripped a hole in the side of the fitzgerald killing seven sailors who are trapped in flooded compartments. >> heather: it is complicated,

that is how cia director mike pompeo was describing u.s.-russian relations. pompeo was speaking yesterday. he expressed hope for improved relations with moscow, but also saying that russia continues to be a thorn in our side here at home and in syria. >> they love warm water naval port on the logistics to americ america. i'm sort of kidding, but i think they find any place that they can make our lives more difficult and they find it something that's useful to them. from an intelligence perspective, it's clear they have intentions of remaining there. >> heather: joining me now is a retired four-star general jack keane, he's the chairman of the institute for the study of war and a fox news military analyst. thank you so much for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> heather: is a right? to the left to stick it to americans? >> oh, yes. when you think about it from a

strategy perspective, we are in a new era here. it's a restart is of great power competition and we've been there before obviously during the cold war. russia, when it looks at the united states, they see us as their number one adversary and why is that? because we have kept at the international order in place for seven decades and it has largely kept the world stable. no world wars, no major, major wars that killed hundreds of thousands and millions of people. the russians believe that is no longer in their interest and look at how aggressive they have been. they've moved into georgia, they've annexed crimea, there in eastern ukraine, they've conducted their first military intervention in 35 years into syria, they're trying to replace the united states as the most influential out of region country in the middle east and their coupled with the iranians. we don't really have a very good strategy to deal with it.

>> heather: that being said, explained to me this decision that apparently has come about regarding the cia, covert cia's program to arm the anti-rebels in syria. it would seem that would benefit the russians and iran. >> it certainly does. i'm mystified by the decision. the group that we've been eating with missiles is the only group in syria that wants democracy in that country and they've been fighting for that and giving up their lives and their families in the pursuit. the reality is is when we pull back from them, their morale is going to go down, they'll lose influence and power among the opposition forces, some of them joined the radical groups, and clearly, they're going to be less effective in dealing with the regime and the iranians. it doesn't make any sense why we would do something like that and it was because the russians wanted it.

>> heather: we've said all along that we do not want the assad regime to remain in power and this would benefit that goal, which is the goal that the russians have always said that they back keeping him and power. do you think this is something that was discussed between president trump and president putin at the g20 summit, therefore coming to this conclusion? >> i have no idea. we don't know the details of our discussion, but the strategy that we have, that is not a strategy and asada staying in power indefinitely. the iranian and russian intervention in syria and particularly, most recently the russian intervention has guaranteed a sawed to stay in power. we need a strategy. they occupy the western part of syria, they want to move east and the iranians are driving us to occupy the eastern part of syria. we should not let that happen. that would be a strategy that would make some sense,

containment that have right now. >> heather: hears with the cia director pompeo had to say about finding some area where we can work together with the russians in syria. >> we certainly are trying to find places where we can work alongside the russians, but we don't have the same set of interests there. from an intelligence perspective, we are staring at the places we can find to achieve american outcomes. things that are in our country's best interest and not theirs. when the decision was made to allow russians to enter into syria now coming on for years ago, fundamentally changing the landscape, it's been worse for the syrian people. >> heather: so quickly, where would that area of common concern be? >> there's not much of it. the de-escalation zone that we just pieced together, the syrians have already fired, so the cease-fire has been broken. we can't confirm whether russians have used any airpower.

the ground forces are still in the de-escalation zone and they're still trampling on the syrian people. so yes, we can make deals with the russians, but here we know. they don't keep the deals, they're liars, thugs, and killers, and we have to be clear about dealing with them. i'm sure director pompeo, he's very clear about the russians, he knows what he's dealing with. >> heather: with all of us are merely following his comments, there is words today that the russians flew jets into syria for the first time into a new air base. general cain, thank you so much for joining us. >> jon: the summer continues to sizzle with hot and unpredictable weather. will the heat wave ever end? janice dean joins us next. show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com.

when did you see the sign? when i needed to create a better visitor experience. improve our workflow. attract new customers. that's when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics. yeah! now business is rolling in. get started at fastsigns.com.

>> harris: coming up, president trump legal team looking into the background of special counsel miller's tires. what they are concerned about possible reactions. >> sandra: you can forgive the democrats for wanting to get a new message after a stunning defeat, but you can't forgive them, but the eyebrows being raised with a new slogan that sounds awfully close to a popular commercial. as the critters in the impaired? >> harris: all that plus our #oneluckyguy with an accent, we can't wait. it's happy hour friday. >> jon: the summer, we are seeing lots of extreme weather. a heat wave growing across the country, turning dangerous and some areas with temperatures topping 100 degrees. also thunderstorms and flooding are expected through the weekend and many parts of the u.s. janice dean joins us with more peer that kind of go together. you have them a cheat, you get thunderstorms. >> you are correct.

we should be by a pool somewher somewhere. with a nice drink with a fancy umbrella. let's take a look at your current temperatures. it is hot outside and we do have heat advisories and places. dangerous heat mixtures, watch the elderly and your kids and bring your pets inside because the temperatures are hot and the humidity makes it feel even worse than that. oppressive heat. well over 100 degrees is what it feels like across the mississippi river valley, working its way up towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast. we have heat advisories for many folks, watches and warnings from the northern plains towards the gulf coast and then the mid-atlantic and the northeast. dangerous heat in-store. high pressure anchored across the central u.s. and around that high pressure, that's where we are seeing a potential for strong and severe thunderstorms. as we get into the afternoon hours today and to the overnight and into tomorrow, we are watching the upper midwest, the great lakes region where we could see some strong winds,

certainly some hail, isolated tornadoes and heavy downpours. severe threat here through this evening especially through the areas we see shaded yellow and orange. again, it could be a watch or warning in your area, know what to do and nowhere to go. as we head into saturday expanding towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast again. the moral of the story is summer time, make sure you are cool and indoors and if you are in an area that could see some showers and thunderstorms, go inside. >> jon: good time to go to the rocky mountains. >> you are a big fan of the rocky mountains. >> jon: thanks, see you. >> heather: hot and steamy. new in the next hour of "happening now" for you, an executive order denying federal funds to sanctuary cities dealt another legal blow emma will take a look at the judges ruling in the administration's next move. plus, some new questions about jeff sessions future after the president's harsh criticism of the attorney general, but now

republicans senators are rallying around jeff sessions, what that could mean for the white house. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov if you could book a flight, then add a hotel, or car, or activity in one place and save, where would you go? ♪ expedia.

>> jon: heather and i will be back in one hour, "outnumbered" starts now. ♪ >> sandra: oh, yeah, it's friday and it is to be. i'm tender smith coming here today, harris faulkner and she is dancing to this friday. melissa francis, also from fbn, the anchor of the intelligence report, trish regan is here in today's #oneluckyguy, the host of the next revolution and the former director of strategy for the prime minister david cameron, steve hilton ends here and we are so glad that you are a number today. >> steve: it's wonderful to be here. i'm very excited half of you have been out to join us on the next revolution. >> harris: let's do that