locked her in the bathroom. moments later the teens walked in, pritchett distracted them with conversation until deputies arrived with guns, police, cashier a true hero, we do too. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us, i am shannon bream. >> it is wednesday, july 18th, this is "fox and friends first". at 4:00 am a suspected serial killer caught in houston, just one lucky pic brought him down. rob: attempting to clear the air donald trump clarifying his position after the helsinki summit. >> i have full faith and support for america's intelligence agencies, always have. >> firing back at his biggest critics. >> former pres. barack obama taking a swipe at donald trump. >> the utter loss of shame where

they are caught in a lie and they double down and lie some more. >> jabs that have social media sounding off. "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ rob: 4:00 am on the east coast. heather: it was a downpour. i was carrying my bags. rob: you better go. it was like a hurricane came in. you are watching "fox and

friends first" wednesday morning. shannon: thank you for starting your day with us, let's get to this. donald trump firing back against the biggest critics of his high-stakes summit with vladimir putin. rob: he is blasting former cia chief john brennan for accusing him of treason. griff jenkins live with more on the pres.'s reaction to the backlash. >> this is what we call the walk back. the president clarifying he misspoke when he responded to a question asking does he believe regarding russian election meddling, russell the intelligence community the company president saying he did not, it would not be russia. what he said was on his own government's assessment, he reaffirmed his faith in the intelligence community. >> i have full faith in our intelligence agencies. they just turned off the lights, that must be the intelligence

agency. there we go. you guys okay? strange. that is okay. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview he went on the attack against john brennan who accused him of treason. >> i think brennan is a very bad guy. if you look at what happened under his watch, he is a very bad person. >> reporter: the president continues to insist the summit was successful saying the meeting between vladimir putin and myself was a great success except in the fake news media. the firestorm over the pres.'s comments, criticism from democrats and republicans alike appears far from over, chuck schumer is demanding the president and secretary of state mike pompeo text if i to find out what the president may have said in private. others call for investigations and even impeachment. as republican leaders are open to sanctions against russia to

assure what happened in 2016 doesn't happen again in november but no such legislation has been put forth. one thing for sure. it is not over yet. rob: democrats talking tough on russia with a shot of adrenaline for the fading collusion narrative. >> life, liberty and live in, a reminder about the democrats relationship with the kremlin. >> all this hysteria about this press conference, the president said i could have said it better, should have said this and they act like the near apocalypse, it is not, the left in this country has defended the rosenbergs, alger harris, ted kennedy in 1983 when he was colluding with the kremlin to defeat reagan. the left, the democrats, the media opposed fdr, the strategic defense initiative which had as its purpose to defend us against

russian nuclear missiles, they called it star wars, to this day the left won't funded, the democrat party opposes it. bottom line is two entities interviewed in the election, the russians and the obama administration, the democrats defend the obama administration and all of a sudden they don't like the russians and kowtowing -- rob: despite nonstop claims from the democrats, no evidence of any collusion with the trump campaign and even more telling no collusion evidence has leaked out from that investigation. shannon: blue states taking tax cuts to court, new york, new jersey, connecticut and maryland are suing the administration claiming the law unfairly targets highly taxed states, arguing that 10,000 state and local deductions heard taxpayers as a second round of tax cuts

had to the house, the new package would make the law sign place your permanent and slated for september vote. house republicans are set to vote today on bills supporting ice agents, the bill headed by louisiana congressman higgins will require two thirds support to pass. gop leaders discuss the importance of the bill ahead of the vote. >> i want to see where people stand. it is too important for the safety of the communities that we maintain ice and the work they are doing. >> a proposal by democrats to abolish the agency. rob: senators on the left protesting the vote on ryan balance overnight, facing objections from his home state, ron wyden and jeff merkley of oregon refusing to support him in front of the judiciary committee, the move as donald trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh is praised by a hispanic advocacy organization

calling the judge and advocate for small business. a 1-time critic of donald trump using his endorsement to pull off a runoff victory in alabama. jonathan seri has the latest on that republican primary. >> reporter: bobby bright was hoping to win back his congressional district from the woman who took it from him eight years ago. he was a democrat in a heavily republican district, this time he is running as a republican and was able to force the race or runoff against martha roby who ended up beating him by a roughly 2-1 margin. bright says he has always been conservative, having to defend attacks linking to into his former party label was the biggest of many hurdles he faced. >> tough to overcome a vice president's endorsement, the chamber of commerce endorsement

and financial resources, almost impossible. >> reporter: congresswoman roby faced her love her own, donald trump still upset with her for withdrawing her support from him during the 2016 run for the white house after he was heard making comments about groping women in an old access hollywood tape but after the election she became a loyal supporter of donald trump's agenda and the president returned the favor by endorsing her in the runoff. >> each and every day, the best to represent our values. this belongs to you. i will never forget that as long as i have the privilege of being your member of congress. >> reporter: roby goes to the general election campaign in a district that should be a comfortable win for a republican incumbent, she faces tabatha eisner, a democrat in the

november general election. >> america first to new heights, donald trump confirming air force one is getting a patriotic makeover. >> going to be incredible, top of the line, red, white and blue. rob: the president telling cbs news the new presidential plane will be updated inside and out with a fresh red, white and blue paint job. jillian: the american league comes out on top for the sixth consecutive time at the all-star game. rob: back to back home runs, national spark in washington dc. >> springer into right-center field, that is gone.

jillian: the mvp hit one of the ten record-breaking home runs in the game. rob: before players stormed the field, it took a moment to recognize 29 medal of honor recipients. jillian: a special surprise for military family when an airman returns from deployment to shock his pregnant wife. >> now joining his wife and sister, surprise homecoming. welcome home staff sergeant condit. rob: the family will join us live in the 8:00 hour of "fox and friends". jillian: pushing for peace, the trump administration hoping to open talks with the taliban and. our next guest, former intelligence officer, says the major shift in strategy could be a big win in america's longest war. rob: joe biden 2020, we now know

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the courtroom as emmanuel lopez was denied bond. he is accused of killing sgt. michael chose the as he responded to a call. lopez shot and killed a 77-year-old bystander. chose not --chesna will be laid to rest friday. jillian: a major push for peace, the trump administration considering direct talks with taliban. rob: what would it mean for america's longest war in afghanistan? former intelligence officer don braemar. we have been in afghanistan for 16, 17 years and people are tired of this war. is talking about it with the talent and even potentially a good idea? >> many years ago taliban

leaders and afghan leaders told us troops unless we were able to commit our children and grandchildren to this war we would never find peace and we are going there right now. i read a story yesterday where a young soldier going into afghanistan wasn't even born before we went there and his father died in afghanistan. if you look at this we will have talks of some kind but look where we are with afghanistan. we have isis fighting is a talented man, we are fighting the taliban and. there is nowhere to go unless someone sits down to talk about you have to consider the afghan government and bring them to the table as well. jillian: what will this mean for our troops who are there? >> reporter: they have to stand fast and we have to give them the support they need and rely on nato, a steadfast partner to make sure the job gets done and we can stand up the afghan government and the army as well. rob: the taliban is a religious faction that is trying to run the country. these people are crazy. how do you reason with somebody

who thinks the koran is leading them to do these things? like dealing with a suicide bomber, they are willing to die. how do you win in that negotiation? >> there is no win but we have a corrupt government in afghanistan so how is that a win as well? do we become another government, another empire that dies in the graveyard of afghanistan trying to stand up to this corrupt government? at some point, the television deals directly with the united states, a good sign but if we walk away too soon they are back in full control and it has all been for nothing. jillian: do you see this ending anytime soon? >> in my honest opinion know. i think we are as you said 17 years later, 17 commanders later for afghanistan, at some point it has to end but i'm not sure this is the right time. rob: we had two big summits, north korea and russia.

i wonder if it is more appropriate to wait to see if those two summits bear any fruit before we marched into another summit with an adversary. what do you think? >> funny you bring that up. between north korea and russia and what is going on in china and now with nato and let's get one of our tasks completed before we dive into something else. nice to have a solid win before we go into november. jillian: we appreciate it. it is 18 after the hour, deadly plane crash, the shocking moments caught on camera two planes collide in midair. >> too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. people just make stuff up. rob: taking shots overseas, former president barack obama misses the good old nonbiased days. carly shimkus here with a reminder for the former

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business interests. >> carly shimkus from serious xm 115 here with reaction to those comments. there is always going to be a reaction. >> speaking in south africa to mark late nelson mandela's 100 the birthday the former president stressed the importance of truth and democracy. the most high profile speech since leaving office. his supporters praising him but his critics are saying he may be forgetting the controversial moments of his own presidency. eric falls down the middle. he says i agree with him here but it would have been better if he had acknowledged this is happening on both sides of the political spectrum. carol says this. obama should know about the importance of truth because that statement fits him to a t. ash brings up a lot of controversial moments, lying on healthcare in iran, green energy jobs in a wreck, spending

russia, taxes and republicans. the former president waiting back into politics. if you're a fan of him you will of his speech. if you are not you will probably hate it. everyone has an opinion. rob: let's talk about joe biden, still trying to figure out if he is going to run. >> he says he is going to decide whether he will run for president in 2020 by january. he was speaking at a forum in columbia and he said i know i have to make up my mind and have to do it by january. jason on twitter says as a republican i only have one question for joe biden, we please run in 2020, we need options on both sides of the debate that are not at either extreme. green lantern on twitter says no thanks, what did he do when he was vice president? donnie says not interested, joe. a lot of democrats say they are. he was the favorite among

democrats in a recent poll so we will see. >> i am going to -- a lot of loose change in your pockets but these are causing a stir on social media. you need some deep ones because they cost $385. russell on twitter says why? and another twitter user says i would never buy or where those but we have a fan, stephen says i will take two. i don't think they are that bad. shannon: don't understand where you put your phone. rob: it says something about stranger things. >> reporter: these are inspired by stranger things. if you watch the show you will understand. rob: we are going nuts with

something like this. jillian: it is 58 concertgoers, massacred. hundreds more injured. now mandalay bay turning the tables on the las vegas victims. how is a lawsuit against them, the victims, even possible? a criminal defense attorney is here to explain. rob: bad pr. censoring conservatives, on capitol hill, online bias, questions from republicans. taking immediate action. ♪

shannon: sparks flying as tech giants take the hot seat.

confronting social media executives over apparent bias. todd pyro on both sides. >> reporter: supposed to be a hearing over claim social media platforms and tech companies are biased against conservative viewpoints but thanks to some liberal democrats it quickly became, you guessed it, all donald trump's fall. >> our president disparaged members of the department of justice are we having a hearing on this? and babies and kids ripped away from kids under the trump administration was are we having hearing on that? this entire hearing is. >> reporter: why social platforms handle conservative contents, ruling 3 silicon valley executives, facebook's

global policy, nick pickles and youto's head of policy, you have to have a funky name to work on silicon valley. lawmakers cited high-profile examples of conservative posts being censored, matt gates cited two posts by the facebook page milkshake against the republican party that called for violence including one saying shooting at the republican baseball game, one of those should happen every week. >> if a page post repeated content that threatens violence and references the shooting of republicans at a baseball game why would you not remove the page? >> we remove pages of groups of profiles when there's a certain threshold of violations that has been met. >> reporter: facebook admitted, quote, badly mishandled communications and it was committed to making sure it was open for all voices.

rob: they got a raw deal. the search ramping up for a fourth victim after two planes crash in midair. terrific collision killing three people over the florida everglades. both planes link to miami flight school, a pilot and student were inside each of those aircraft. a shark attack victim speaks out from his hospital bed about a gruesome attack, he was surfing with his son near jacksonville, florida when he felt something tug on his foot standing in two feet of water. >> i touched its head, could feel rough skin. wasn't like a fish skin. as soon as i took my step i could tell the bottom of my foot was open. one of those once in 1 million things that could happen to anybody. rob: people think the nurse shark bit him when he kicked it trying to make it back to shore. nurse sharks typically don't bother humans. he is recovering at home. the head of portland's police

unions as the city can blame the mayor for his homelessness crisis. officer turner slamming democrat ted wheeler who wants to investigate the police role in the growing problem. >> i have been a police officer for 27 years, seen it going downhill. it is a cesspool. the main thing american stopped doing, blaming people for his failures. rob: the mayor says he wanted to look at police interaction with the homeless after reports out half of last year's arrests involved homeless people. he, she or be? a university consumer fire servers and throughout students for using the wrong pronoun. university of minnesota considering the policy dubbed the pronoun to protect transgender people from being called the pronoun they no longer use. the draft also would give anyone the right to access men or women's locker rooms and housing based on their self identified

gender. jillian: 1000 survivors of the las vegas massacre are being sued by mgm resorts, a move that is spiking major back lash. joining me to break down the lawsuit is criminal defense attorney david bruno. thank you for joining us this morning. how is this possible? >> this is a federal law. they passed the support antiterrorism by fostering technology act. what it does is encourages private companies to hire security companies that are certified by the department of homeland security. in the law it says if the companies do hire them, the security companies, they will be shielded from lawsuits. that is the basis. they are not seeking damages from the victims. they are seeking court clarification this law protects them from being sued by victims in federal court.

jillian: is it worth the public relations nightmare that i assume would spiral from that? >> you can imagine the amount of viability they could have if not shielded. there have been 2500 lawsuits or threatened to file lawsuits and how much money can possibly be owed. is this a public relations nightmare? absolutely. it was in october at the shooting itself. this is take 2. not good, not good whatsoever. jillian: a pretty tough thing right now. >> one part of federal law requires them to have insurance. they have insurance to pay the victims and the security company is liable. the law does not protect the security company. jillian: mgm claims no liability, quote, plaintiff has no liability to defendant's or any of them arising from the

attack. and the attorney for the victims response, quote, i have never seen a more outrageous thing where they sued the victim to find a judge they like. it is really sad they would stoop to this level. >> they are picking federal court because in the law it says federal court has exclusive jurisdiction. also i think there may be a way out for victims. this is a very specific thing, paddock came into the mgm hotel before. 20 plus suitcases with guns and ammo. is the intention of the statute? probably not. they didn't think there would be a tower, the person was coming in days before. how do they involve that days

before? they can -- go further in this declaratory action. >> house it playing out? >> federal court has to make a decision and we have a circuit court and united states supreme court that can on and interpret the federal statute. >> you have never seen anything like that. >> not of this magnitude. there have been slips and falls but nothing like this. a tragedy, it is getting the attention it deserves. heather: we appreciate it, 7 minutes after the hour. free money for not lifting a finger, that is what chicago's democratic mayor is proposing but is universal income good motivation or just encouraging people to live off the system. that debate next. obama era rulebook out to handcuff police in the windy city. jackie ibanez live with how

officers are fighting back. ♪

>> handcuffing our heroes in blue, the chicago police union once to toss out an anti-police consent decree as violent protests continue over a police involved shooting. jackie ibanez has more on the proposal linked to the obama administration. >> reporter: the decree has been years in the making of the police union is fighting tirelessly to stop it from becoming a reality. fox news obtaining a draft of the decree which the union says would negatively overhaul police policy. one part, quote, anytime and officer points a firearm at a person the incident should be documented in a written report. writing to a person's race, ethnicity, age and gender, stemming from a lawsuit filed by

the illinois atty. gen. after an obama era decree against chicago was denied by the trump administration. she argues it would require reform, transparency and accountability at the chicago police department but police say it is a safety hazard for officers, the fraternal order of police telling fox news, quote, the consent decree will make the simplest duties right with ambiguity and offices be disciplines no matter how professional or appropriate their conduct as violent protests led chicago streets, shot a man who appeared to be armed and dangerous. they left several officers injured but are okay. >> a tough time between the community and police and they have things to say about this. >> we asked what you think on

our social media pages. and maybe stop some of the shootings, look who runs that city. ron on twitter says no need to do this. follow the laws and don't endanger police. another twitter users say most agencies require officers and deputies to report any time their weapon is pointed at someone. offices will become so skittish they will wait for the criminal act to end before they take action. >> one of america's biggest liberal cities making a push for basic universal income. debt plagued chicago proposing $500 a month for 1000 families, no questions asked but is this good motivation or just encouraging people to live off of the system. gianna caldwell and democratic strategists rochelle ritchie from chicago, great opinions this morning and we appreciate your time.

you say this is typical big government democrat welfare here's your $500 a month don't worry about a thing, just vote for me, right? >> i am from chicago, grew up in poverty in chicago and got in politics in chicago. a plan like this when it comes to city councilmembers. the mayor has a low approval rating, 30%. the election is coming up soon. i see this as $500 a pop. this is obviously very targeted to the african-american community, studies showing 70% of african-americans didn't earn a living wage and 60% of latinos didn't earn a living wage. this is a smack in the face to folks who need help by way of programs that can benefit them in job training so they can earn a living wage versus be handed

$500 which gets you nowhere. >> honestly, people that look like gianna know and i are not the face of the welfare system was white working-class americans make 34% of those welfare recipients. i'm not surprised he is a republican and would not support a welfare program even though he benefited from it self. democrats have to be really smart about this because if you start having this sort of universal base income program, republicans could use it as an opportunity to cut other welfare programs such as section 8, child care assistance, food stamps, they could cut these things to offset the cost because we are spending billions of dollars in welfare and according to the budget and priorities and policy, we could actually be spending trillions of dollars when it comes to universal base income.

i get it, but i am not sure $500 is the way to go. we need to put people in a position where they have a lifetime of success with generational stability and not short-term gains and long-term dependency. rob: if you talk to a few tech billionaires who think this is a good idea, elon musk says in the future it will be necessary for universal basic income because artificial intelligence is going to take all of our jobs or great majority of our jobs. what you think that comment? >> let me talk to rochelle because she is talking about talking points. i never once said i didn't support welfare. welfare is good in a temporary sense, not permanent. when we talk about programs that can help people i think people

like dana blair who i worked with when i was 16 years old and worked for the social security administration who got a job by way of welfare reform in 1996 which allows you to keep your welfare benefits can also get a job and permanently get off the system. more programs like this to move communities of color. when we talk about this issue it is not about handouts but a handout. give me an opportunity, allow me to move so i am not dependent on the government to take her generation after generation as we see in chicago oftentimes. rob: that was bill clinton's welfare reform. >> newt gingrich, both of them together. >> this is not welfare. this is whether you make $30,000 a year or $120,000 a year. we need to be clear. >> that is government assistance.

>> but not necessarily welfare and it is for everyone. rob: they are going to test it out, getting $500 a month, they will have a good approval rating. >> waste, fraud and abuse is what they call it. rob: thank you so much. 47 minutes after the hour. want a job? you have got to be a legal citizen. that is the proposal from one town where illegal immigrants may no longer be allowed to work or live. one strike and you are out. one player didn't get his turn at bat. wait until you hear this one. ♪ are you ready to take your wifi to the next level?

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ice is blasting one guilty for not cooperating with the feds, agents nabbing 37 illegals in new jersey, 16 have been released from jail after the county denied a detail request, the county, quote, aspires to be a sanctuary county by protecting criminal aliens and create a dangerous environment in the community. middlesex county denies the claim. rob: taking a stand against illegal immigration, scrivener one step from banning illegal immigrants from getting jobs or renting homes as costco is set to open a new plant in the area, the move will bring new residents looking for work into that community, less than 900 people. the aclu is considering legal action against the town. jillian: a foxbusiness alert, you heard him say time and time again. >> we are going to win so much you may even get tired of winning and you will say please,

please, too much winning. rob: you always laugh at that. tracy carrasco from foxbusiness with how the pres.'s economy is looking pretty good. >> jerome powell on capitol hill this week delivering his semiannual testimony on the health of the economy and painted a positive picture of how the economy is doing saying it is expanding at an increasing pace, being boosted by the aggressive fiscal policy, he mentioned the low unemployment rate and expected that to fall even further. he did mention the economy is running at a fast enough pace to justify two more rate hikes later this year, something we have been anticipating. he briefly mentioned the trade war but it was, quote, difficult to predict how that would impact the economy as a whole. rob: if you're going to do it.

nobody eats more hotdogs than the woman sitting next to me. 7:00 in the morning she is out there at the stand getting a hot dog. >> not sure about that but it is national hot dog day. lots of deal to celebrate at 711. they are one dollar, sonic, chili, cheese, all-american hotdogs one dollar as well. doghouse free hotdogs for everyone, manage the apps and register and silly pretzel factory limited, one dollar pretzel logs. >> a hot dog is not a sandwich. rob: mostly snouts from what i heard. 4:00 in the morning. grossed myself out, hard to do. the good, the bad and the ugly blue the college student walks

20 miles to get to work, walter's car broke down the night before his first day with the moving company in alabama. instead of calling out he walked all night to make it to work on time. when the company ceo found out he surprised walter with a car. [applause] rob: i love stories like this was they will join us live at the 7:00 hour of "fox and friends". jillian: little league coach suspended for the rest of the season because one player didn't get a chance to bat during the game, the player was on deck at a playoff game but it ended before he had a chance to hit, this requires all players to play in the field for 6 straight hours. rob: the ugly. and escaped eagle leaves drivers stranded on a border bridge for nearly an hour, the stray wandering, blocking traffic just

north of orlando. jillian: the drug epidemic has gotten so out of control democrats want to train middle and high school students. rob: is that a good idea? on the next hour of "fox and friends first," stay tuned. ♪

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a lot of things happened under his watch, the deception, the lies are being exposed for what they are, really hurt our country. rob: july 18th, donald trump firing back at the obama era spy chief james brennan over a tweet that accuses the president of treason. jillian: the democrats are talking about now. rob: anti-conservative censorship online. jillian: left-wing lawmakers try to use the hearings to point the finger at the president. rob: putting party over politics. jillian: major midterm announcement from ousted fbi director james comey. you are watching "fox and friends first" wednesday morning. rob: thanks for getting up early with us, donald trump firing back against the biggest critic of his, are we okay?