protect her from the venomous bike, he got bitten in his face, he is swollen but he is going to be fine, paula calls todd her hero and we agree. good night from washington, i am shannon bream. >> it is tuesday, july 3rd and this is "fox and friends first". happening right now at 4:00 am on the east coast of oil fourth of july terror plot reveals a more sinister motives, the cleveland one of the jihad plans to target another major city. what cities across the country are doing to keep you safe this holiday. >> interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court, the person who was chosen will be outstanding. >> supreme court shortlist getting even shorter and democrats bracing for battle.

which four contenders got face-to-face with the president. we will tell you. the police officer going viral for doing this in a good way. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ >> good morning, new york city, time to wake up and turn the lights on. thank you for joining us tuesday morning wherever you are waking up. we always appreciate it. why don't we get to it, donald trump ramping up his search for the next supreme court justice meeting with four potential nominees from his shortlist and more interviews on the way.

griff jenkins live with a closer look at the judges. good morning. >> the list started with 25 but here are the first four. amy tony barrett, brett. all four are appeals court judges, two of the four clerked for retiring justice kennedy and range in age from 46 to 53 but they are not the only candidates the president plans to meet with this week. >> that was my four meetings, i will be meeting with two or three more and we will make a decision on the united states supreme court justice that will be made over the next few days. >> as democrats warned the president is searching for nominee that will overturn roe v wade the focus turns to two pro-choice republican senators,

susan collins and lisa michalski who could effect with a razor thin majority where republicans can only afford to lose one vote with collins making her opposition on the abortion issue public but the white house says the president is not focused on anyone stands. >> is the president said last week he won't talk to judges about specific cases. is looking for individuals that have the right intellect, the right temperament and that will uphold the constitution. >> john mccain has not been voting which means this could come down to two crossover democrats who voted for neil gorsuch last go around, joe mansion, heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly, we will find out about the timeline with the pic on monday, the confirmation in the fall, this is going to move that lightspeed. >> when the president says he is going to get it done he gets it done, appreciate it. new york state trooper gunned down in the line of duty,

nicholas clark shot dead while responding to the call a suicidal man in upstate new york, later found inside his barricaded home. dozens of police cars escorted the following trooper from the scene. he was engaged to be married, standout college football player earning a trial with the buffalo bills, trooper clark is the 29th law enforcement officer killed by gunfire in the us this year. the man who stabbed 9 people including 6 children at a birthday party is charged with murder. he could face the death penalty after a 3-year-old girl died from her injuries. police say the attack was likely revenge africa, a temporary resident, was asked to leave the complex the day before. >> you understand what you have been charged with? >> no, sir. i don't understand. >> 1500 people honoring the victims individual, 7 people

remain hospitalized. cities all around the country ramping up security after a major terror plot is foiled in cleveland. we now know the suspect wanted to attack an independence day parade and give explosive toys to military children. todd pyro has more on the suspect's chilling past. >> demetrius pitts pledged loyalty to al qaeda. referring to the independence day holiday, their holiday is coming up. >> talk about taking targets like st. john's cathedral off the map, discussed giving remote control cars, explosives and shrapnel to children. this defendant by his own words and deeds wanted to attack our

nation. >> law enforcement says pitts conducted a recount in cleveland for july 4th attack including a van packed with explosives but that plot was foiled after a month-long investigation was authorities were notified about pitts in 2017 when he made statement supporting al qaeda and advocating violence against the military. he put posts on facebook that had messages including as we muslims need to start training like this every day, need to know how to shoot guns, grenades, hand-to-hand combat. what would hit them at their core, have a bomb blowup in the fourth of july parade. is for his hatred of the military he said he wanted to, quote, chop off heads and hands. >> law enforcement cannot sit back and wait for mr. pitts to commit a violent act. joint terrorism task force, city

and partners working every day to prevent terrorist attacks. >> reporter: he talked about traveling to philadelphia to plan an attack similar to the oklahoma city bombing. cities throughout the country will be for security including new york city but the nypd says there is no credible threat. >> take all precautions to begin with. heather: turning to the obama administration, devon nunez demanding 10 current and former officials testify publicly about their role in the launch of the trump pressure probe. and nunez ready to subpoena if necessary. >> many in the obama era state department, many people in state

department meeting with christopher steele. hired by the democrats deterred on donald trump. >> pfizer -- fisa warrants gained access to the trump campaign. mike pompeo heading back to north korea and press the rogue regime on the promise to denuclearize, marking the highest level contact since -- the administration believes denuclearization in a year. the satellite data suggests otherwise north korea may strengthen their facility. angela merkel keeping her job after reach researching a last-minute deal to slow the migrant crisis after a 5 hour debate, agreed to build border paths, migrants would be screened and turned away if they

have asylum elsewhere in europe. and support of open borders in the eu. the social democrat party still needs to approve the plan. and back to a full day's work, and protests and riots. operations coming to a halt after protesters and turning donald trump's immigration policy, some protesters time the door shut, most of those protesters have been cleared out but some very much in the area. donald trump heading back to speak to the salute to service

dinner in silver springs, governor jim justice announced a return to the republican party last year. remember that? he will welcome the president at the airport and introduced him at the dinner. in west virginia and april for a roundtable discussion on tax reform. time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour, four supreme court contenders sitdown with donald trump. who are they and can anyone make through the deadlock. and all down for us. we will get to meet this hero first responder going viral. saving a little girl's life. the reason, make you proud to be an american.

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>> donald trump narrowing the field of candidates for the supreme court justice, the july 9th announcement closes in. who are these nominees and they have a chance to make it to the high court? the director of the judicial crisis network, thank you for joining us. big news that these four candidates, can you break down who they are and what their chances are? let's dig in with amy koenig barrett. she is 46 years old. >> and the leading scholar and

original is, terms as it passed, accomplished all of this, and mighty specialties, and would be perspiring addition to the court. >> everyone is talking about abortion and that type of issue specifically with her in relation to her religion. >> we might see a redux of the shame of anti-catholic unconstitutional religious tests sen. feinstein and others seek during confirmation hearings, and a lot of people saw push back against that. that is not our values as a country to base someone's job on religion, that is totally inappropriate.

i hope they realize that should be out of line. heather: brett cavanagh 53 years old, court of affairs for dc. >> he actually clicked the same term as neil gorsuch, they will be colleagues again. on the dc circuit that is considered the minor leagues for the supreme court, one of the most important appellate courts in the nation dealing with a lot of administrative law and major constitutional questions. he had a chance in his decade on the course to weigh in on a lot of those, highly respected judge and thought deeply about how the constitution works and fits together and written, so many opinions the supreme court later adopted his reasoning so maybe he will be great addition and joined them. >> he served as a lawyer for kenneth starr's investigation

into bill clinton. raymond. sixth circuit court of appeals. >> he had a decade on that court and for justice kennedy, we could see people who are following their boss in this job. he has articulately on a host of issues, first amendment, second amendment, how to interpret statutes and that is a key thing knowing someone will interpret a statute as written and bring their policy judgment in. i like that he writes in many ways like neil gorsuch where he tries to break it down for the lay reader. he gets into the legal stuff but wants to make sure this is accessible to the american people. heather: what about the last one with a meeting with him? >> the first article 3 federal judge in history of south asian descent and he met with the

president, one of the contenders for neil gorsuch's spot, he was only a district court judge which is unusual and it would be interesting to see what he would bring to the supreme court as someone with experience in the trial court. most of these judges had just appellate experience and including justices of the supreme court, interesting to have someone who has seen the process of the way through and he would bring a lot of that. >> we know the president has met with these four, we will see if he meets with anyone else before july 9th, the big day. thank you so much for joining us, appreciate it, great insight. 18 after the top of the hour, oprah 2020 not an option. she says running for president would kill her. carly shimkus sharing your comments next. ♪

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like i could not exist. i would not be able to do it. it is not a clean business, it would kill me. in february, oprah said she would need a sign from god to run for office and look like the sign never came and folks on social media say that is understandable elizabeth on twitter says it is not her wheelhouse, she doesn't need to explain, it is not about popularity or shouldn't be. being a president would kill most of us. another tweet coming in saying we don't need anymore tv stars for president. if you are looking for celebrity candidate to follow we have dwayne the rock johnson and kanye west. >> can't imagine anything worse especially the process. when you're used to that lifestyle of waking up and having a cocktail whenever you want, maybe not when you wake up. let's talk about the solution

for sunburn. >> in time for the backyard barbecues, a texas mom's miracle cure is going viral online. her name is cindy allen stewart, she told facebook followers to lather your sunburn in menthol foam shaving cream. the interesting is a dermatologist said there is some truth to that saying they cause a cooling sensation on the skin that can numb the skin of pain, it should not be applied to blistering appealing sunburns as it can irritate the skin. a lot of fair skinned folks chiming in on this one. my solution is long pants, longsleeved and a straw hat. another twitter user says lifesaver, i burn with or without sunscreen and megan, i may have to try this was a bunch

of dermatologists saying traditional, sunburn treatments are better than the menthol. heather: whatever works especially if you get too badly burned. let's talk about a police officer doing back flips. >> washington dc police officer allowing a group of kids and social media by winning a backflip competition. look at him there, are you kidding me? officer arthur brown junior said bridging the gap between the police and the community starts right here. he lost, he beat the kid. that is awesome. fantastic stuff. heather: love when we see positive stories about officers. we need to do more of them and we have a guest on the show, shout out to that kid.

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>> welcome back. half past the top of the hour, donald trump defending ice as democrats ramping up calls to abolish the agency but we may soon get a helping hand from mexico to stop illegals from crossing the border. robert gray joins us with more

on this. >> reporter: the rhetoric heating up in a political battle over immigration. ice in the crosshairs of 7 democratic party leaders and protesters with some calling for the agency to be disbanded or restarted. city councilman handcuffed after being arrested for blocking an entrance to a downtown based facility. a fierce critic of the critic, 18 protesters arrested monday. donald trump defending the agency in a tweet, call to abolish ice may backfire, these people voting for republicans in november and in many cases joining the republican party. the district county for the district, ruling asylum seekers cannot be indefinitely detains,

fleeing persecution in their home country. jeff sessions claimed foreigners are abusing the system to win entry into the us. the case covers 1000 asylum-seekers in five ice field offices. mexico's new president-elect tweeting about his call with donald trump saying the half-hour conversation was productive and all projects generate jobs in mexico. he tweeted out, and representatives will talk. shannon: we will talk about this with our guests. >> this was a bizarre story, arrested for threatening to chop up sen. rand paul's family with the next. he was called into his office,

thank each of the capital police for their arrest, the man who recently threatened to kill my family and me, paul keeping his family under 24/7 security. in just under a year he has been assaulted by his neighbor and shot at during a congressional baseball practice. scary stuff. verbal confrontation involving the epa administered, a woman lecturing scott pruitt as he was trying to eat lunch in dc. >> you actually attack our environment. i would urge you to resign. >> a teacher holding a toddler, and then he left the restaurant. sarah sanders and homeland

security secretary kirstjen neilsen left restaurant following intense criticism by the public. brian ross leaving abc months after his false report on mike flynn. >> he is prepared to testify against donald trump, ordered him to the russians. >> abc retracting the story last year, suspending ross for four weeks, ross and his longtime producer deciding to move on with the network. no word on what his next move will be. a world leader shocked by the aggressive american media. [shouting] heather: the prime minister

making the joke as the media shouted questions about michael cohen and the supreme court. and the president, like the academy awards. i guess you could say that when they're yelling at him on the red carpet. as protests ramp-up over 0-tolerance immigration, a new report shows border arrests plummeting and here to weigh in is homeland security investigation in san antonio. we appreciate it. as we begin here let's pull up the number of arrests, the border patrol criminal alien arrests, illegal immigrants. in 2016, 12,02017, 8000. to date it is over 4886.

to what do you attribute this drop in arrests? >> this administration center consistent predictable message which is something we haven't done for many years. when people come here illegal, detained, you will be prosecuted, just because you make it we are going to stay and this is a big problem over years, and inconsistent mixed message. heather: in june, 24,000 arrests on the border, 40,000 arrests on the border, is this happening without donald trump? >> know, i don't. i personally don't. the work on the border has been agents, cvp, the way they are working to do their job,

policies, and got a job to do, what support, more support than i ever had. in the years they stood up ice and other exceptions, and the 3 letter word with any kind of figure and positiveness and it goes a long way. heather: other side of the coin the left wanting to abolish ice. who take these jobs, your self, you work for ice, who are the people who do the job? what is the debt they do? >> ice is composed of 20,000

employees, er oh, and forced removal operations and hsi, homeland security investigations where i worked in homeland security. those are the investigators, 61 agents out of 8600 employees in 200 cities going over 60,000 cities and foreign countries, crimes related to customs or immigration violations as they impact border security, everything they do is in furtherance. >> transnational gang activity, human smuggling, narcotics enforcement, cyber crimes, seems to me we need ice. >> the big misunderstanding, they think all hsi does is investigate immigration related crimes. over 60% of the work done in

homeland security investigations is not immigration related. it involves counter proliferation, financial crimes and many other programmatic areas. 400 laws we are required to enforce. >> 60% not immigration related. >> we have an immigration function, it involving human trafficking, identity and benefit fraud, through investigation. >> abolish ice, what would they be a polishing? >> they would be -- thank you. appreciate it. is a law that was forced through congress a decade ago becoming a

major platform for democrats this november? how obamacare is forcing itself into the spotlight and republican candidates need to pay attention. he was going the speed limit, how did this teen driver end up parked in the whatever living room. is outrageous side of the story coming up. as you get ready for the fourth of july weekend. ♪ ♪

heather: 15 minutes until the top of the heart, welcome back. we are talking obamacare, millions of americans seeing the

premiums skyrocket while congress is no closer to repealing or replacing. what does that mean for the midterms. more from capitol hill. >> reporter: one of the main midterm issues is a law that was signed eight years ago. >> of their female doctor and house? >> reporter: obamacare, 9600 political ads express support for the affordable care act according to the kaiser family foundation was party leaders bringing the supreme court fight as one about donald,'s signature -- one judge on donald trump's shortlists would vote to strike down preexisting conditions protections. it has been almost a year since john mccain takes his party's pledged to repeal and replace obamacare and that is a thumbs down it still comes up as donald trump campaign's for

republicans. >> when that vote was cast. >> reporter: republican lawmakers don't think their healthcare efforts have been totally fruitless. >> we laminated the individual mandate and said people had to buy government approved insurance and for a lot of people that meant much more freedom and flex ability in their lives. it through a big hole in obamacare. >> reporter: many voters premiums will spike just before the midterms, when premiums increase. >> another round before the election which is something republicans are nervous about. republicans have had success with their pledge to repeal and replace obamacare, democrats hope to pledge to protect obamacare and liberal groups are betting millions of dollars that that is their ticket to winning back the house and senate. heather: we will see. in the meantime a foxbusiness

alert. consumer data scandals taking a turn in silicon valley. the privacy scandal expanding. tracy carrasco here with how google is coming under the microscope. >> reporter: we are talking about third-party apps developers doing things they can build out to work with your gmail service. when they are building these apps they are letting third-party developers read your emails. a wall street journal report, edison software, reading emails to develop these apps and letting their employees read them as well. this is something both third-party apps developers got consent from gmail users and the practice of reading the emails so the question is did people understand what they were signing? >> a huge issue when facebook

and cambridge analytica. not anymore. >> seattle have become the first major american city to ban plastic straws and utensils. >> a huge movement, this went into effect sunday. restaurant, delhis, cafeterias, coffee shops can no longer offer you a plastic straw or utensil but if a customer wants they can ask another utensil or straw. the first city doing this. heather: paper straws are what we will be seeing. have a great day. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour, almost 10 minutes. this will give you chills. paramedics refusing to leave a little girl's side after saving her life. the amazing story from the hero

himself up next.

heather: a touching photo of a historic florida paramedic sitting beside a toddler that he helped resuscitate going viral. pinellas suncoast fire and rescue firefighter paramedic doug higley refusing to leave the 2-year-old's side after she nearly drowned in a pool and joins me live to talk about this heroic story. how are you doing? >> great to be here.

heather: a great story, the july 4th holiday, you are out there doing the job, a paramedic firefighter for 12 years. >> that is correct. i have been with pinellas suncoast fire rescue for 7 years. heather: take me through what happened on this day. >> i was assigned to engine 27 around 4:30 i received a call from a reporter drowning at a location at splash harbor waterpark a few blocks from the station. we had a little sense of urgency. we were escorted back to our patient who was a 3-year-old little girl on the side of the pool. heather: she almost drowned in that pool. did you have to perform cpr? what did you do? >> we had two great bystanders,

lifeguards, john with the splash harbor waterpark and an off-duty paramedic employee, joshua hoover who initially performed resuscitation on this young lady and still tending to her when we arrived. heather: has got to be so scary. you wrote in the ambulance her parents were not able to do that. >> that is correct. liability involved in transporting emergency to the hospital. we don't allow riders due to the critical nature of the patient, myself and other paramedics worked with the sunstar paramedics to the hospital. heather: you went above and beyond and the pictures we are looking at, you start by your side in the hospital as well. why did you do that? >> her condition improved tremendously from being critical

in nature, to talking and crying out for mom on the way to the hospital. she looks like my little niece and i felt a connection with her and wanted to make sure she was comfortable and felt safe. obviously in a very stressful time, not only a 3-year-old but anybody. heather: bella has a great uncle, a hero uncle and everybody all over the country now knows that and we are glad that 3-year-old is doing okay. thank you for your service, definitely an example of people across this country are proud to be an american, thank you. >> great to be with you. heather: positive story. this fourth of july we went to know what makes you proud to be an american, send us your patriotic photos on facebook, twitter or instagram or email us

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heather: a soldier who fought in the battle made famous in black hawk down is taking up a new site. >> why did he do it? and understand. >> norman hooton becoming a pharmacist for the orlando va fighting opioid epidemic, lost friends to overdoses which is almost as bad as losing them to combat, started studying in 2001 called back into service after 9/11. never too late to make a difference. independence day is a great day to celebrate the nation's history and support our troops. one business doing both recycles military equipment into useful kitchen gadgets and unique bottle openers, the company owned and operated by veterans donated to 280 veterans groups

and charities last year. time for the good, the bad and the ugly, go ahead and pour yourself another cup of coffee if you can. >> we are also out of coffee. >> coffee may be good for you. british researchers finding half of those who drink coffee had a lower risk of dying. new reports, new findings. of 17-year-old florida boy who only has a learners permit crashes his mother's's uv into a house outside tampa. florida highway patrol sighting the boy with several infractions including restless driving and finally the ugly, and naacp leader who pretended to be black is out of jail, now known -- was booked in washington state on

fraud charges. police say she sold $8000 in food and childcare benefits. an update to that story. that wraps up "fox and friends first," thank you for joining us. "fox and friends first" continues right now. >> tuesday, july 3, fourth of july plot targeting the military in downtown cleveland, investigation years in the making and details about the suspect's past. >> narrowing the field of candidates for the next supreme court justice. how the white house is getting ready for the blockbuster announcement. >> miracle rescue after 10 days stranded, 12 young boys at a soccer coach found in a flooded cave in thailand and why the country is stuck there for months. "fox and friends" continues