boy. someone read the ultra sound wrong. >> you read it wrong, mom. >> i'm just looking at that. >> it's a girl. [laughter] >> dad spiked the football in about 806 his closest family and friends. we'll see you later. ♪ ♪ >> the white house announced it is pursuing a revocation of security clearances for john brennan and other former intelligence officials. >> not only is the president looking to take away brennan's security clearance, he is also looking into the clearances of comey, clapper, hayden, rice, and mccabe. >> president trump is threatening iran with historic consequences. >> when people start to respond the way the iranians are responding it's because they are scared. >> now we are getting a look at the fisa warrant we are getting a clearer picture. >> you don't open up the investigation into a campaign, okay, and then turn around and get a fisa warrant. >> president trump pick to

rode the department the senate overwhelmingly confirming robert wilkie with 86-9 vote. >> president trump welcomed to the white house a shining array of u.s. manufacturers business owners and ag producers. >> we are here today to celebrate the greatest products in the world. when i was growing up i would see made in america all over the place. ♪ ♪ steve: kind of a gray start to this july 24th. it's a tuesday. live up here on the mezzanine level. welcome to "fox & friends." sunny here in studio f. ainsley: that's right. good morning to you at home. thanks for joining us. todd here filling in for brian. todd: thanks for having me. it was fun yesterday. hopefully it will be fun today. steve: threatening to yank security clearances from six obama intel officials. ainsley: there is now concern that they used it for their political and

financial benefit. todd: griff jenkins in washington where reaction is pouring in from both sides of the aisle. >> whether you see this as an abuse of power or politicizing security clearances, it's important to look at how and why this began. former cia director john brennan who now earns a living as a national security analyst for another tv network accused the president brazenly of committing nothing short of treason in helsinki. that prompted senator rand paul to accuse brennan of monetizing his clearance and he has spoken to the president about it. >> had a great conversation with the president. i have been very concerned about john brennan. anyone who is calling basically the president treasonous which would require the death penalty is someone that is over the top and not showing the proper judgment to still have access to classified information. >> now we know the white house is, in fact, considering removing clearances not only from brennan but from other former obama officials like

fbi director james comey, deputy director andrew mccabe. dni clapper, rice, and hayden. clapper said this. >> i think this is just a very, very petty, petty threatening to do. and that's about all i will say about it. >> and as all this begins, we should make it very clear clearances do not automatically terminate when officials leave that position but the post position clearance does not also give them access to current intelligence. todd, ainsley, steve? steve: griff, thank you for reporting live from our nation's capitol. there has been reaction from both sides. some people go yeah, he ought to do that because they did weaponize their intel. but then at the same time, when asked yesterday about doesn't this violate those people's first amendment

rights, sarah huckabee sanders said the president feels as if they are politicizing and in some cases monetizing their clearance and they don't like that. and, keep in mind as well, the president has the power to grant or revoke clearances. ainsley: that's right. he has the power to do that because these individuals, they were working for the government and then they go on to write books. they have go on to be on television networks and give their expertise and give their advice. the president is saying they are giving bad advice, making baseles baseless accusats of improper contact with russia. todd: as you might imagine democrats up in arms over this including their leader nancy pelosi she is really slamming the idea to revoke security clearances. here's what she said upon hearing the news. >> this is so extraordinary. the last thing you want in intelligence is partisanship. and we were able to avoid that for such a long time. ainsley: not really when

james comey, who is former intelligence agent said that everyone should vote democrat this fall. he just tweeted that. steve: he has been doing a lot of that lately and taken heat on twitter for it. she says you shouldn't be partisan in a situation like that. and, yet, you look back in the archives of video, there is a lot of that going on. watch this. >> it's almost a badge of honor when the president sees fit to go after individual private citizens. >> i think mr. trump is not sophisticated enough, unfortunately, to deal with these foreign leaders in a manner that is going to protect u.s. national security interest. >> i don't think he is medically unfit to be president. i think is he morally unfit to be president. >> there is a bit of autocrat envy in terms of the president's attitude of the russian federation. >> he has taken a series of steps that had vladimir putin dictated them he couldn't have mirrored more

effectively. what his motivations are i think is a legitimate question. steve: look, ultimately, nibble in a position of power who weaponized intel to try to destroy donald trump when he was running for president or in some way afterwards, that person should get in some sort of trouble. and jim jordan the congressman from the great state of ohio says, look, it all comes back to russia and spying on the campaign. and many of these same people were talking about this morning were involved in that. watch. >> brennan leaked the information to harry reid. rice goes on tv after benghazi and lies on five different networks about the cause, the catalyst of the attack in benghazi. clapper lied under oath. comey leaked information through a friend to create momentum for a special counsel. mccabe lied three times under oath and faces a criminal referral. we know peter strzok isn't telling the truth he couldn't admit bias in his text messages to the lisa page in the committee hearing two weeks ago. the president is fighting back like he sudden.

what we also know is this past weekend everything that we saw in this fisa application confirm what is we have been all been saying for seven months. steve: so will the president pull their security creerns clearances? he is considering it right now. stay tuned. ainsley: it turns out, you know we were talking yesterday about the president being criticized on all these networks about his comments to iran. iranian dictator or leader said one thing. our president fought back. but, it is working. his strategy is working. we are learning this morning that there are satellite images of north korea and they are dismantling its main missile engine test site. so signs of north korea fulfilling promises that were made to the united states. todd: this is no time to spike the football. this progress with regard to north korea is not going to be fast. but we are looking for a major starting off point and this very well could be that. switch gears now iran with regard to the rhetoric that's been coming out of the left saying oh, you know, he is going to start a

war. he is being too insinsd area with regard to iran. rush limbaugh had a pretty interesting take on iran and same liberals not being tough enough with russia. >> the drive buy byes are now obsessed for the moment with trump and all caps list to president rouhani of iran who is continuing to shout death to america here and death to america there. and trump has had it. we don't laud over anybody. we justable who we are. there ask no shame in becoming a super power. iran good bet, is russia's number one client state at this point in time. pretty hard to reconcile trump's tweets with the claim that trump is putin's puppet. trump is aggressively challenging russia's puppet client state in the middle east. how in the world is this

acting as putin's puppet? steve: exactly. so, when you -- you know, you get in the way back machine and you look at how those on the political left just exploded when president of the united states engaged kim jong un the way he did on twitter and stuff like that, calling him little rocket manual, because he did love the song rocket manual by elton john that he heard a lot on jet flying all over the place. what did the political left say he is going to get out in a shooting war. looking forward look at that one of those hand shakes. that was six weeks ago. that's why this first step of dismantling this launch site people have been going it's taking too long. this is a good faith effort on the part of north korea that they are doing something. fast forward to today and now people are going, you know, he is tweeting in all kaps. he is going to get us in big trouble. sound familiar. >> i think the majority of the country likes it i really do. i think they like his tough stance that he is, you know,

he is not a politician. he is not afraid to tell people how he feels. he is tough. and i think most people like it. steve: it's his business plan. this is how he gets their attention. once he has their attention, then he goes, you don't like that? all right. sit down and talk about it. ainsley: don't you think most people look at the big picture. better to sit down with putin and kim jong un. especially when the united states and russia control 90% of the nuclear weapons. we need to sit down with them. we don't want to be enemies. todd: to your point when we go to diners in the south. you are doing dooce on the loos, you speak to these individuals to a man and woman, this is what they want. they want america that protects strength to the world. ainsley: not an apology tour. todd: that's what we had under the obama administration. is he not doing. this for people feel we need to kowtow to iran that's begave them all that money and we need to lay back no, that's not what the american

people want. ainsley: how are we supposed to respond to the president of iran when he makes comments like that. todd: state sponsor of terror. ainsley: are we supposed to sit back and take it? no. steve: stay tuned. ainsley: let us know what you think. steve: it does remind you of fire and fury, which was last year. then we advance to talks with north korea. is that what's on tap for iran? we'll find out. all right you, 6:11 now. jillian joins with us a fox news alert. jillian: that's right. good tuesday morning. let's get you caught up with this news that we are following. storms pounding the east coast turn deadly. a woman killed when wind and rain toppled a tree sending it smashing into her home outside of d.c. near philadelphia, downpours flooding homes and stranding drivers. the rain also causing chaos out west. look at this in colorado, roads turning into raging rivers. the rains causing plud slides in denver. three teenagers behind bars accused of leading a police chase that killed an

officer. officer more regular go was hit by another cop as he laid out spike trips slowing down a truck in washington state. the 16-year-old behind the wheel of that truck now charged with second degree murder. the chase started after the teens opened fire in a parking lot. police now identifying the suspect in the deadly toronto shooting faisal hussein accused of opening fire into restaurants and cafes killing two people and injuring 13 others. his family says he struggled with psychosis and depression. police exchanging gunfire with hussein after the attack. he was found dead near shortly after. authorities still hunting for a motive but terrorism has not been ruled out. first victim identified as 18-year-old fall lodge and 10-year-old girl was also killed. made in america event. >> at the south lawn you have the space capsule and every part is made right here in america.

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one thing. judge kavanaugh is a rigorous thinkers, devoted thinteacher and a gracious person. one of those students joins us kirby. >> good morning. steve: political these days. people on the left will do anything they can to stop him you pointed out during the commercial to me of these 80 students they are not all republicans. they are from all sorts of political points of view, aren't they? >> yeah. the students on the list are -- span the political spectrum as you might imagine harvard law school leans largely to the left. so it would be probably challenging to find that many hard core republicans to put on the list if you wanted to. steve: sure. what is it about him that you are willing to sign your name at the bottom of that? >> i think if you read anything he has written, you can tell that he is brilliant. is he a very effective communicator. but what stands out to me as his student is that he is

just rickenbackerably kind. he takes such a personal interest in each of the students in the class. one month long class and he manages to form these really strong relationships and took us out to dinner and offered to give us career advise and serve as a reference. just a really really kind person. steve: kirby, he didn't just say that lip service to the class, he actually helped you, didn't he? >> he did, yeah. i have reached out to him several times since graduating and every time he has responded immediately he has given me career advice and a few months ago served as a reference for me for a new job. steve: that's really interesting. kirby, for people who might be in congress and they are looking in and they are opposed to him right now for political purposes, for their party, what would you like to say to them about judge kavanaugh. >> i think, first, i would just iterate he is so imminently qualified

underundergrad and la yale law school written over 300 opinions just brilliant. i would consider that this is a very, very good person that you are putting through a difficult confirmation process and to think of him and his family and, you know, be kind to him the way that he has been too so many team. steve: i'm sure he certainly appreciates you and all 79 of the other names who signed that letter to congress. kirby, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you for having me. steve: all right. kirby west. former student. all right. coming up, boston bomber doesn't deserve to die and his lawyers have 30 reasons why. you're going to want to hear why they want to spare him. and you are looking at a democrat who wants to take on the president in 2020. tim ryan want the yoga voted. is this picture an indication of a bigger problem in the democratic party or what is that about? we'll try to tell you ♪ ♪

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government immigration policies. now over to ainsley. ainsley: all right. thank you, todd. are democrats going too far to the left? a new poll revealing 56% of americans think that democrats are out-of-step with american thinking. here to debate this is rnc spokesperson kayleigh mac answer and fox news contributor jessica tarlov. thanks ladies for being with us. >> good morning. ainsley: is that poll accurate? are democrats out of touch. >> there is no doubt about it on every single issue democrats are out of touch. think through this on ice, the majority of americans say hey, we don't want to abolish ice. what do democrats do? 90% of congressional democrats vote against a resolution to praise ice and to lift ice up or they vote present, same thing as voting no. the majority of americans say hey, we love the economy, things are going great. what do democrats do? let's change the economic system to socialism the majority of americans want civility, what do democrats do? maxine waters calls for violently pushing against

trump officials are they out of step? i think. so. ainsley: she brings up good points jessica. abolish ice, that's not what most americans want if you look at the polls. >> no. but that's not not what most democrats want or leadership is saying a few fringe people on the left. there are at the at the end of the day 42 democratic socialist con the ballot. 42 if you look at this entire nation how many seats rupp to you grabs there. ainsley: 42 socialists? i know i was prized there was even one a few years ago. >> i'm not surprised by that at all. i don't think this is an issue. bernie sanders is obviously an incredibly important figure in this movement. and has pushed the party to the left with elizabeth warren. but we're not in danger of becoming the party of democratic socialists. also a number of polling numbers that are great for democrats. we are up over 10 in the generic ballot. we are killing it on registration. 12 million more registered as democrats than republicans. independents leaving donald trump. plus 20 won in the

independent category. democrats to control congress come november. that looks pretty good to me. ainsley: kayleigh? >> ainsley, yeah. when you look at the real clear politics average that generic ballot gap is a lot smaller than double digits. i hear jessica saying democratic socialists, which is astonishing itself. some folks in the democratic party are not using the label democratic socialist. however they are ascribing to socialist policies. look at free college and socialized medicine, single payer. look at universal income. these are policies that used to be the far left fringe. now you have kirsten gillibrand, kamala harris all of these mainstream 2020 contender, so-called contenders signing on to them. they may not be socialist in name yet but in the action and policies they support. >> if you look at the individual polling on those issues, take healthcare, for instance where democrats are doing extremely well compared to republicans it's plus 14 people running in races have an advantage when

they say they don't want to repeal obamacare that is a losing issue for instance. if you look at the kaiser polling over 50% of americans say they do want single pair. that includes republicans. president trump even campaigned on saying none of you will lose your healthcare. you will always have somewhere to go. so if you break down out individual issue, i think that ntsb, "wall street journal" poll finding that we're out of the mainstream won't bear true. ainsley: kayleigh, how do you explain the approval rating of the president? he has the highest approval ratings ever coming out of helsinki in when so many people were critical of him? >> that's a great point, ainsley. people feel the economic life going on. they feel all of this good. they see their incomes rising. they see access to the job market that wasn't there for the first time americans feel like this country is heading in the right direction. so, if democrats want to go out and say let's have socialism, let's change the economic system, it's not going to work because president trump is winning on every single front and americans feel it i think if he asks that one simple

question that ronald reagan asks are you better off today than you were four years ago the vast majority of americans are going to say yes. ainsley: jest jessica, if you look at the polls 56% of democrats are out of step. what do you think about republicans? do you think republicans are out of step as well? >> i do. but i always think that. ainsley: why? >> this is not an agenda that i feel is good for the working class, middle and lower class americans. i take caylee's point the president's approval rating is going up it started in the dumpster. what we're seeing now if you look at the generic polling is he going to be presiding over divided government. we need 23 seats to take control of congress back. politico released a report in 54 races where dems are challenging incumbent republicans they outraised them in the second quarter. we are doing extremely well. aferlings is the rnc, thank you, kayleigh for that. but if you look at the dccc, the drc we are doing very

well in the money raising front and i think that november is looking good for us. so we will see how president trump does with a bunch of democrats with a little bit more power. ainsley: kayleigh, jessica, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, ainsley. ainsley: freaking out over president trump's plan to revoke security clearances from obama officials. >> autocrat not an american president. >> no way to look at this other than president trump wants to punish his critics. >> this is nixonian. ainsley: former fbi agent says his plan is reasonable and he is going to join us live. plus, this baby is just seven months old but her epic hair is driving the internet wild. but, first, happy birthday to jennifer lopez, the pop star and actress turns 49 years old today. ♪ ♪ my love don't cost a thing ♪ trillions of cells.

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♪ >> this is a very dangerous day for american democracy. this is the move of an autocrat, not an american president. >> there is really no way to look at this other than president trump wants to punish his critics. >> jake, there is no question about it wants to punish them and silence them as well, perhaps. >> sarah sanders there call it what it was she threw a grenade in there. >> we shouldn't minimize this. this is a huge deal. this is nixonian. this is the president threatening to use his power essentially to punish his political enemies. there is no other way to look at it. steve: well, there have you the media in a frenzy over the president's plan to perhaps yank security clearances from half a dozen exobama officials. but our next guest says this is a suitable response that could prevent them from ever working in government again. ainsley: here with more is retired fbi supervisory special agent greg shaffer. greg, thanks for being with

us. >> thanks for having me. it's good to be here. ainsley: why do you think this is something the president can do or should do. >> first of all, there are three ways an individual can lose a security clearance. first, determination of the issuing agency they can revoke it. the second means is by national security interests. and the third, because the president does have final authority on all national security matters and security clearances, he can unilaterally then revoke a security clearance. however, he should be able to identify a specific offense which justifies revoking that, the revocation of that clearance. steve: sure, greg, this apparently was suggested by rand paul a couple of days ago because mr. brennan referred to the president's conduct in helsinki as treasotrefnnews. given what you have seen do these officials deserve to have the security clearance, yanked. >> again having a security clearance is not a right it it's a privilege that

privilege has to be renewed every five years. if the president can identify, again, a specific offense why he should revoke that security clearance, by all means, do it. but, at the same time, you have got to keep in mind that just because they have a clearance does not mean they still have access to classified material. that doesn't exist the minute they leave the building or retired. todd: what does it mean. what could you do before and what can't do you now. >> that's a good question. a security clearance is really more symbolic than it is functional. it comes into play if the individual leaves government service and wants to either get another job with government service he has that security clearance still in place other wants to work for a beltway government contractor, then he would be at the top of the line for that position because he already has his security clearance one they are expensive and two they take a long time to get. it's very hard to get rich using your security clearance unless did you go to work for, again, a

government contractor. but, again, to revoke it would be more of a slap in the face than it would be anything else. steve: well, sure. it does look like he is punishing his critics. and i know james clapper yesterday said it was petty. we had a sound bite, greg, with jim jordan, the congressman from ohio a little while ago, and he do tailed a number of these six people when they were in office did lie, did leak. perhaps he should have been, you know, they should have gone after the security clearances and fired them at that point rather than afterwards because to some it does look petty. >> that's exactly right. the kind of the water has already gone over the dam. they should have definitely looked to revoking those clearances back when there was criminal activity involved. ainsley: all right. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. steve: of course, it's still a question whether or not the president will do it and, you know, is he thinking about it. ainsley: is he considering it let's hand it over to

jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: get you caught up on breaking news. at least 49 people are dead as wildfires rage in greece. people forced to run to the sea to avoid being burned or choking on smoke as two fires burn out of control in athens. cars and nearly 100 homes are destroyed. witnesses describe seeing explosions and burning pine cones raining from the sky. more than 700 people have been evacuated. some packing into small boats desperate to get away. 600 firefighters are working to stop those flames. the boston marathon bomber could avoid the death penalty if his lawyers get their way. the "boston globe" recording that lawyers have filed a brand new motion that says they found 30 reasons why tsarnaev death sentence should be thrown out. he was convicted for planting bombs at the finish line with the help of his brother who was killed in a shootout with police.

dramatic video showing a couple out walking their dog getting robbed at gunpoint by a group of teenagers. the video show showing the thieves approached them with guns drawn. watch as the man jumps on top of his wife with a shotgun in his face before handing over iphone. suspects caught after leading police on a chase in a stolen car. just stop what you are doing and look at your tv. talk about hair goals. this 7-month-old baby is going viral, thanks to her amazing dark brown mop. look at that baby chanco born with a full head of narrow japan. people are falling the adorable little girl's instagram account which has been labeled a hair diary. wouldn't you just like a piece of that. like a small chunk of that hair? ainsley: look at that picture right there she is so cute. todd: thanks, jillian. steve: let's go outside. janice dean the weather machine is reporting live

from the streets of new york. janice: it is a sauna here in new york city. the humidity is crazy. just watch my hair nut next three hours and see what happens. i have wonderful folks out here at 6:30. where are you from. >> barbara matthews little rock, arkansas. janice: nice. first trip to new york. >> second. the first one was in the 1980s. janice: are you having fun so far. >> great. janice: party like it's 198 0sz. hello you guys 45 years. 45 years of what? >> we have haded bliss. japan january wedded bliss. what are your names. >> sue crump and harold. >> harold crump. janice: tell me what the secret to 45 years of good marriage. >> just putting up with each other. janice: i love the honesty. thanks for being on "fox & friends." take a look at the maps real quick. i will show you what the temperatures are in new york city man with the humidity it feels even warmer than that we have a cold front that's going to move through and the potential for heavy rain all up and down the east coast. it's going to be hit or miss here in new york city. parts of the mid-atlantic up towards the northeast we're concerned for flooding so just be aware of that. know what to do if there is

a watch or warning in your area. of course, the other big story we are watching is the heat across the south and southwest where we are going to break records all up and down the west coast. anybody you want to say hi to at home. >> yeah all of our kids, stephanie and jay ella. >> corey. janice: the whole troop. congratulations my friend. congratulations. thanks for coming. back in side. todd: do you think he will be in trouble for saying putting up with? he is 100 percent accurate. ainsley: you may n trouble now. steve: secret to happy marriage is saying yes. todd: i'm three weeks. in i learned that lesson week one. a popular snack now being recalled make your kids sick and i bet have you in your cabinet right now so good. steve: stick around to find out what it is. media slamming president trump over tough talk for iran's president. >> i know we ask this a lot but this one seems like a

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up late angry and tweet a military threat against another country. steve: isn't it about time the commander-in-chief called out iran? after all, think about all the terrorism they support. here to weigh in the senior vice president of the folds of honor foundation retired army major ed poo li polito who lost one of his legs from a bomb. >> what a great day to be in america and on "fox & friends." steve: always a pleasure to have you. first of all, why do you know it was an iranian bomb. >> the thing about it is i was operating, of course, from 2003 to 2011. and i got hit by an improvised explosive device a roadside bomb in the city of baqubah, iraq, what we know from the individuals who were there and taking part on these missions that you know what? at the end of the day, the iranians had a big part in all of that i just want to let the american people know that, you know what? they have blood on heir hands there is a lot of service members died on the

battlefield. some have come back like i have. you know what? at the end of the day, president trump's tweet was about making sure that america stands tall for not only service members but for the american people. steve: you know what, major ed, it was the fact that the president was tweeting in all caps that got a lot of people's attention. is he going to get us in real trouble is he going to provoke the iranians. >> at the end of the day, it's time to take a strong stand against iranians and hold them accountable. not only are they a menace in iraq but, of course, in syria and the middle east. if you study and you do your research, you will understanding that, you know what? they have been sponsoring terrorism for years. of course this agreement with the nuclear agreement that was put in place by the previous administration and the $1.7 billion that went in to the hands of the iranians that you know what? we have to make sure that we're finally leading with strength and that we're holding them accountable for their actions. and so, for us, we have no issues with the iranian people. our issue is making sure that this regime is

basically put on notice that, you know what? president trump doesn't play around when it comes to foreign policy. steve: ed, at the beginning of this interview you talked about how you were positive that it was an iranian bomb. that's the reason you lost your leg. for the president of the united states to now go after them, forget about pulling out of the iran deal. i mean, it's all part of what he is doing. is he clamping down. the real has lost half of its value in the last couple months over there. to know the president is going after the country that cost you your leg, what do you think about that? >> the way i look at it is i think that president trump, again, is taking a stand against the iran regime. is he calling them out. and the thing about it is, you know what? they are in trouble right now. and i think for us, it's time to basically come to the table and do you know what? i have always talked about peace, i never want war. but do you know what? every option is on the table. when you call out america, it's about time that we have

a president that's going to stand up for us and for this nation and what we stand for. and i think that's what i see in this part of what is going on and i stand with the president and the media can say whatever they want. but at the end of the day, do you know what? we and mainstream america understand that we must support this president and stand with him and make sure you know what? that iran knows we are not going to play around as it pertains to this issue. steve: always a pleasure to have you on major he had pullido from. steve: thank you for your service who ar hooh rah. >> i love that guy. andrew cuomo defying president trump employing seven illegals so they couldn't be deported. what happens when goes to a democratic socialist rally? you'll be surprised

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todd: she's being dubbed the new darling of the progressive left alexandria ocasio-cortez getting national attention as she hits the campaign trail for fellow democrats. ainsley: next guest is a conservative and she went to one of her rallies, daily caller's virginia cruda thank you for being with us. you wrote a op-ed. tell us why you went to her rally. what was the interest? >> thanks for having me. i went kind of to see what the fuss was about, really. because, i mean, i have been to conservative rallies before. i have been to a trump speech. i have been to a ted cruz

rally when he was running for president. and i just kind of wanted to see, you know, why the message was resonating because really the socialist message is gaining steam within the democratic party. todd: based upon what you saw, why are people drawn to this message? >> well, i was listening to them talk to cortez and also to corey bush who she was stumping for in st. louis. and, they say things -- i mean, they talk about things that everybody wants, especially like if you are a parent. they talk about education for your kids, healthcare for your kids, the things that you want, and, you know, if you are not really paying attention to how they are going to pay for it or, you know, the rest of that it's easy to fall into that trap and say my kids deserve this. and, you know, well maybe the government should be responsible for helping me with that. ainsley: virginia, as a conservative when you are

sitting or standing in that audience and listening to that message, how does it make you feel? were you angry? were you more drawn to that? >> i was mostly uncomfortable because i was surrounded by a group of people who were talking about how they had gotten involved because they were tired of being angry all the time. and it seems like so much effort to be angry about everything. instead of to focus on what you could do to change it. so, it was really uncomfortable also calls i'm from a military family. i'm third generation army myself. and i'm standing there and i'm listening to one of the speakers cheer shakur the convicted cop killer. and i'm watching alexandria ocasio-cortez and corey bush, both of them are nodding along like this is okay. so, it was uncomfortable is the best word for the entire event. todd: certainly going to be how this socialist agenda plays in the midwest. virginia, thank you so much

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♪ steve: the white house threatening to yank security clearances from six obama era intel officials. >> not only is the president looking to take away brennan's security clearance, he is also looking into the clearances of comey, clapper, hayden, rice, and mccabe. >> president trump is threatening iran with historic consequences. >> when people start to respond the way the iranians are responding, it's because they are scared. >> now that we're getting a look at the fisa warrant, we are getting a clearer picture. >> you don't open up an investigation into a campaign, okay, and then turn around and get a fisa warrant. >> president trump's pick to veterans affairs department is job today. the senate overwhelmingly confirming robert wilkie with 86-9 vote. >> president trump welcomed to the white house a shining array of u.s. manufacturers,

business owners and ag producers. >> we are here today to celebrate the greatest products in the world. when i was growing up i would see made in america all over the place. ♪ don't tread on me ♪ ♪ don't tread on me steve: live from new york, it's 7:01 on this 24th day of july. brian is off. todd is in. todd: hello, nation. always fun to have you here. ainsley: hello, nation. todd: i will be in the diner soon enough but today i'm here. ainsley: lot of news to talk about. todd: the white house threatening to yank security clearance from obama era intel officials. steve: there is now concern that they used their clearance for political and perhaps even financial benefit. ainsley: griff jenkins is in washington where reaction is pouring in from both sides of the aisle on this topic. hey, griff. >> good morning, there are indeed two sides. one says the president is politicizing security

clearances. the other says former officials are abusing their power. either way look at how we got here. former cia director john brennan now earns a living for a national security analyst for another network accusing the president brazenly of treason after helsinki. that prompted senator rand paul to accuse brennan of monetizing his clearance. >> when ex-cia agent can get out there and say incredibly stupid things like the president is treasonous, yes, no one is going to stop john brennan from saying that no one stops him from taking millions of dollars to say such horrendous things, but should he still get classified information? >> now the president is exploring the removal of clearances not only for brennan but also from these former obama officials. you see them there comey, mccabe, clapper, rice and hayden. brennan says he hasn't made a penny off his clearance. comey and mccabe reportedly no longer have clearances. clapper calls it petty and hayden tweeted this he didn't go back to classified briefings and won't have any effect on what he says or writes. minority leader nancy pelosi

had this to say. >> i have been in the meetings for over 20 years. this is so extraordinary. the last thing you want in intelligence is partisanship. >> well, you will probably hear a lot more about that. for the record, clearance in the post position, post official position does not mean they have automatic access to intelligence but rather they can be called upon for guidance or context. guys? steve: that's right. griff, behind you, the window, it's really humid in washington today, isn't it? holy cow, look at that condensation. >> i think the defogger may be broken. we have been hitting that pubuttonsince 4:00 a.m. steve: it's proof that that is the swamp. just saying. todd: got to get griff out of the swamp. thanks, griff. ainsley: these folks who used to work in national intelligence they can go on to earn money as being correspondents for television. they can write books they can defense contractors work with national emergencies,

national security investigations. many people are saying it's a punishment because they don't like him. but, he is saying they're going out and they are making money on baseless accusations. they are leaking information. steve: right. ainsley: he is saying i don't think they should make money on this i need to revoke their security clearance. rand paul said i would take it a step further. anyone who used to work for cia or any intelligence organization needs to have their security clearances removed completely. steve: here's the thing. if -- and we have heard the list of those six people, a number of them have lied and leaked. when they were on the job. if they -- if people knew that at the time, they probably should have been fired and prosecuted at that point but, you know, i don't know out of the six how many actually still trade on that because they are out of government aside from clapper and some people who just talk about stuff like that. many people say it looks like it's punishment. it looks like the president is being petty. he does have, absolutely,

the right to do what he's to do regarding security clearances. they do have a first amendment right. it's going to be interesting to see what he does. todd: i think a lot of times the liberal left gets rights and privileges confused u in our last hour, we had retired fbi special agent greg shaffer on. he basically breaks down the difference in this situation. take a listen. >> having a security clearance is not a right. it's a privilege. and in the federal government, that privilege has to be renewed every five years. if the president can identify, again, a specific offense why he should revoke that security clearance, by all means, do it. at the same time, you have got to keep in mind that just because they very a clearance does not mean they still have access to classified material. that doesn't exist the minute they leave the building or retire. they should definitely look to revoking those clearances back when there was criminal activity involved. todd: to these claims by the

left that family rights are being taken away. none of us have the security clearance. i don't think anybody that's in this building right now has a security clearance and our first amendment rights are fine. this is not a first amendment violation. they still have the right to go on any network they want and say whatever they want. they're just not going to have the backing of their security clearance to do it. steve: but it does look like punishment for them speaking out. therefore, the rub. on the op-ed page of the "wall street journal" this morning, they say that because this really doesn't impact that many people, given the fact that they don't have v. it anymore. they say if the president wants to do something more consequential, ask his administration to find who in 2017 leaked that former nsa advisor michael flynn had been talking to the russians and he was wiretapped because, clearly, it looks as if that was an official from the obama administration who probably unmavericked an american and that's illegal. and the "wall street journal" says if the president really wants to

crack down on that, have the administration figure out who did that. ainsley: in that sound bite of sarah huckabee sanders -- ainsley: because mr. flynn has been ruined by that. ainsley: they were asking her is this going to effect john brennan? she said not just john brennan it's going to be james comey and andrew mccabe, susan rice and michael hayden. she wasn't mincing words. she wasn't. todd: she wasn't messing around at all. steve: they are there right there. what do you think? do you think it's a good idea for the president to do that? email us at friends@foxnews.com. tweet us or facebook as well. todd: interesting sound bite that came out yesterday from new york governor andrew cuomo especially considering on september 11st, 2001. his state and his city were the victims of an actual jihad. and with regard to the immigration, come out and saying we need to be open borders. we need to have lax

immigration laws in our country. for governor andrew cuomo to make a statement that we are about to play in light of what happened to this great city and this great state is somewhat shocking. let's play for you now and then we will break it down. here is new york governor andrew cuomo. >> this administration is on a crusade against people who they do not consider original americans. what they have done at the border is an example of it. what they have done in puerto rico and they are on a jihad to deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the united states legally. steve: okay. so that was a press conference where, keep in mind, that was an interesting zoom. todd: jillian, stop that. steve: he has-out governor has pardoned a number of criminal illegal aliens who are facing deportation. and so that was a press conference where he used the

unfortunate phrase this administration is on a jihad. ainsley: this is the third time he has pardoned a grouch individuals. yesterday pardoning seven more facing deportation for minor convictions. in december he pardoned 18 individuals. just a clear shot at president trump zero tolerance policy. todd: it's clearly, this is something that they weren't doing during the obama administration. this is something that they're focused on doing now because the president wants to do x, they are going to do y. it raises the question, is this strategy a successful strategy? and recent polling shows no. steve: when you talk about immigration and you know that there are a number of people on the political left who have said, look, ice is a terrorist organization and we need to get -- abolish ice and things like that, there is a new poll out from the "wall street journal" and ntsb that shows that that particular message for democrats is not going to head them in the right direction and, in fact, right now they are headed in the wrong direction. the question simply was are

democrats in the mainstream or out of step with american thinking? and when you look at the numbers, okay, on screen right, you have got today, 56% say the democrats are out of step. two years ago, the number was 14 points lower than that so, clearly, the democrats are out of step people are thinking and one of the reasons for it is this new push regarding immigration. ainsley: it's gone up. a lot of people think democrats are out of step. let's look at the republicans where the numbers are gone down in july of 2016, two years ago, 59 percent said republicans were out of step. look at it today, 57% say that republicans are out of step. so it's gone down two points there. >> it is interesting. and i'm sure democrats are scratching their heads regarding the question are they in the mainstream? that number went down -- went up, rather, 15 points. so, two years ago, they were

15 points more in the mainstream than they are right now. i'm sure people in washington on the political left are trying to think what are we doing to send a message that we're out of step? we need to be in the mainstream. ainsley: abolish ice. open borders, get rid of tax reform wonder why. todd: we just had that interview in the last hour with the woman who went to the coorks rally. it is happening in the melt. whether the message is taking off clearly on poll numbers the message is not taking hold. democrats are feeling more disenchanted with their own party you will nevertheless the message is there and be interesting to see what the democrats do the first tuesday o november toll stay the course or do something different. ainsley: let us know what you think friends@foxnews.com. steve: 7:11 in new york

city. ainsley: at least you got it right it was a tuesday. give you credit for that. get you caught up on some other news this morning starting with this. the fbi expected to join the search for a missing college student nearly a week after she vanished. we now know 20-year-old mollie tibits was texting her mom hours before she vanished in iowa. she said she would be home for dinner but never showed up. boy friend sounded the article laundry room when she missed work. >> i it texted her good morning that morning and she hadn't opened it. so i got ahold of all her friends and family. >> mollie was last seen on wednesday night going for a run. you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. that's what the mayor of portland is telling ice protesters. they have been camped out outside of an ice building since mid june calling for the agency to be accomplished if they don't pack it in soon the mayor isis police will remove them. cameras rolling when a 12-story building set for demolition comes crashing

down in a cloud of dust. watch. a project manager is in critical condition after being hit by the debris in miami beach. the building did have a demolition permit but not an implosion permit. authorities now launching a criminal investigation to figure out exactly what went wrong. it's being torn down to make way for ocean front condo. steve: so they were supposed to tear it down but they weren't supposed to implode it. >> right. steve: that's a big difference. >> it is. todd: thanks, jillian. steve: in a couple hours president trump is going to head to missouri and show our next guest some support as he runs for senate in show me state. missouri attorney general josh hawley is going to join us next. ainsley: plus, it was a football themed gender reveal this future dad thinks he is having a baby boy. what happened next changed the game for everyone.

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heat. missouri democrat claire mccaskill neck and neck with g.o.p. challenger attorney general josh hawley. president trump hoping to change all of that when he campaigns for hawley today in missouri. joining me this morning is missouri a.g. and u.s.s. senate candidate josh hawley. thanks for being with us, sir. your reaction when you heard that the president of the united states was going to be there stumping for you today. >> oh rnls delighted. i'm delighted to have his endorsement in this race. delighted to have his support, his record. he was voted for by 20 points by the people of missouri. after all this time, claire mccaskill still hasn't gotten it president trump wins by 20. clair mccaskill won't support him on any major issue. won't even meet with his supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh it's really unbelievable display of on jurisdictionism which has beeobstructionism which has been her whole agenda. >> with that in mind do you think claire mccaskill will see, probably not for the

first time that smirs trump country and with regard to kavanaugh she will have to be one of the democrats signs on to his inauguration or continue to ignore it and vote along the chuck schumer lines and say what will be will be? >> she has voted with chuck schumer 80%, close to 9% of the time. we tallied up the vote over 2007 times. >> i have called on senator mccaskill to say now she will vote yes. she has been wrong on supreme court nominees every single time in her career. she was wrong on justice gorsuch she voted no. wrong on justice alito back in the day. she supported all of barack obama's liberal no, ma'am niece. she has been wrong consistently. this her chance to actually listen to the people of missouri and get it right. instead, she is listening to her big liberal donors. i call on her, listen, the people of missouri voted for this president by almost 20 points u listen to your constituents, support judge kavanaugh. todd: the president clearly

supporting you if you are elected to this seat what topics, what issues are you going to focus on to support the president's agenda? >> well, of course, we have got to get conservative judges on our bench, beginning with the united states supreme court, it really is, i think, the defining issue of this race. the supreme court is in the balance. but, so is immigration, for instance. so we have got to make sure we secure our burden. that's something else claire mccaskill won't do. she won't vote for funding to secure the border. she is supporting a radical liberal plan to open up the border, to anybody who brings a child with them, whether or not the child is their own. so we have got to get that border secure. bring back jobs from overseas. get wages growing again. todd: in the interest of fairness we did invite ms. mccass skill on. we have not heard frommer h unfortunately for her the interview is over. thanks so much josh. enjoy and best of luck in the election. >> thank you. todd: socialism taking over the democratic party. our next guest says the further they move to the left the better chance republicans have at winning the mid terms. plus, talk about free

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suffix. committee claims it was done to promote bad actors. finally 512 million bucks that's how much fifth largest in mystery. your chances of winning, one in about 300 million. ainsley? ainsley: okay. thanks so much. so you are saying there's a chance. so this past weekend we saw democrats displaying some radical ideas at new york in ozy fest as well as in the heartland. listen. >> the great mystery is why the president has not spoken up for our country. i think we should get rid of ice. >> the ideas that we campaigned on on our are now mainstream ideas. >> we will not rest until every person in this country is paid a living wage to lead a dignified life. ainsley: our next guest believes the democrats are really moving further to the left and in doing so they are also moving away from

america mainstream thinks. a senior correspondent at the federalist and joins us with more. good morning, john, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. ainsley: you are welcome. what is the mind sit of the democratic party? >> the democrats have this narrative that demographics is destiny. that voter turnout is everything. and that they are on the right side of history. and that they don't have to compromise on a single issue. they don't have to persuade people that aren't already in the democratic fold and that they can just wait it out and dominate their opponents and not have to moderate at all or tact to the center. these why we here these extreme policy proposals like free college and guaranteed income and medicare for all. ainsley: is that going to back fire? we saw that in the last election which hillary clinton is not campaigning in certain states because she thought she was going to win she didn't need those states. turns out of she did. apparently those independents were the ones that decided. >> yeah, exactly. i think the democrats

haven't quite accepted the 2016 election. they haven't accepted the fact that about half the country is not on board with these left wing progressive ideas that might poll well, but once they are, you know, subjected to a little bit of scrutiny, people realize what massive expansion of government is required to pull off something like free college or guaranteed income. and hillary clinton campaigned on those things because she had to pander to the democratic base and it didn't work out for her. they just haven't accepted that. ainsley: yeah that would be outrageously expensive. who is going to pay for that. many people are calling it trump derangement syndrome. why is that? >> well, trump doesn't help them at all. they do get triggered by trump. but, the issue is larger than trump. i think we have seen this happening prior to trump's appearance on the national political stage. and part of the reason is that when it comes right down to it, democrats don't feel as though they need to

share the country with republicans and with independents that disagree with him. the irony is that democrats could put together a majority coalition right now. given trump's unpopularity among independents and democrats. if they would just compromise on a few key issues like abortion, for example. or maybe go easy on the socialism. but they are not willing to do it. why? it's because they have this doctrine narrow mind set about every single policy proposal. if you are not on board with every single idea, then you are out and your vote doesn't matter and they don't want your vote. we actually heard democrats say this after the 2016 election if they can't get over that if they can't tact to the center and compromise they will never put together a national coalition. ainsley: thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks. ainsley: you're welcome is eric holder running for president in the former attorney general reveals when he will make the decision. getting documents

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know exactly what happened in great detail, all of it sourced, it's in the book. and it tells you what is still going on as we saw over the weekend with the release of the fisa documents. you know, i actually quote some of the fisa documents in my book. and as one reader said to me looking at the fisa footnote, which was supposed to convey that hillary clinton had paid for it, the person said you would have to be clairvoyant and tell pathic to be able to if i can out that this dossier was paid for by hillary clinton. composed by exbritish spy based on anonymous sources and quadrupled hearsay. the dossier itself was a joke. steve: and the footnote says -- all it says is that it was funded by somebody who wanted to get dirt about trump that could have an anti-trumper. it could have been a republican. it's not detailed.

your book essentially is an encyclopedia. >> thank you. steve: what is known so far. and you mentioned fisa. you know, it was devin nunes who took so much heat over his memo where he said the dossier was one of the corner stone of the fisa application. the democrats at that time came out and all said no, it wasn't. well now we know, thanks to the 412 mainly redacted pages that we got a couple of days ago from the fbi, it was the corner stone. >> james comey while he was peddling his book and making millions he did an interview with bret baier on fox news. he said oh, no. the dossier really wasn't the major part of it. there were -- there was other evidence. it wasn't significant, he said. well, read the documents that came out over the weekend. i mean, it clearly was the majority of that fisa warrant application to spy on the trump campaign.

and it should never have happened. and if those judges had actually known who composed it, who paid for it. steve: right. >> they would never have signed off. steve: because the dossier was to this day largely unverified. ainsley made a great point yesterday. she said the whole application was to spy on carter page. so the fbi had the obligation to present things that were known, things that were reliable. so, if that were true, he would have been charged by now. >> oh, yeah. steve: yet, he has not. >> when you sign off on a fisa warrant to wiretap you are vouching for the honesty and truthfulness, the veracity of the documents contained therein. and by comey's own admission, it was unverified. the law requires you to corroborate and verify before you ever present it to the court. and on renewals, you have to present new evidence. well, based on what we saw over the weekend, there was no new evidence and rod rosenstein signed off on it,

nevertheless, on a renewal. todd: we have to continuously remember in that type of a surveillance application, there is no defense attorney defending the interest of the person being surveilled. that's the nature of surveillance. that said, you need to be above board and they weren't. >> the judges trust the department of justice and the fbi, which is why they approve 98% of all fisa applications. when you read this thing, you know, they buried and concealed vital information and deceived the court. that's a fraud on the court and it's also a felony called abuse of power. steve: well, they not only used the dossier, which was made up largely. >> right. steve: but they also used a yahoo news story which was fed to them by the people who made up the dossier. >> that's right. they represent to the court that this is an independent corroboration of the dossier when, in fact, it came from the same source. it's called circular sourcing. another point is they -- in the preamble they lead the court to believe that carter

page is a russian agent who was recruited back in 2013. what they don't tell the court is he never capitulated and in fact he helped the u.s. government prosecute russians. if the court had known that they would have said what is this rubbish? get out of here. steve: russians thought he was an idiot. >> yes. that was one of their text messages. ainsley: you write about john brennan the ex-cia director. the president is thinking about revoke the security clearance for six exobama officials. >> brennan is a dangerous guy. he has always been a clinton sycophant as i describe in the book. he is out there propagating the dossiers a pretext to investigate donald trump and clear the path for hillary clinton. it is dangerous to allow a guy like that as well as clapper and comey who are partisans to have security clearance. they can use the classified

information. they can still gain, for political purposes and, in fact, john brennan has done this before. my position is nobody should have security clearance after they leave the government except for former presidents who are often consulted on critical issues. ainsley: rand paul said something very similar. once you retire no more security clearance. >> rand paul is absolutely correct. todd: the book is out today "the russia hoax" on book shelves. of course russia news dominating the head libraries. you almost have to start writing a sequel like today, don't you? >> i spent four months writing this book. i started in december. and by the time we got to may, so much had happened that i went back and revised and added a lot. i must say, all of the information that has come out since the book went to print, only substantiates the evidence that i present

in this book. there are 700 footnotes. i was very meticulous. steve: no unnamed sources? >> i have obviously sources but i made a decision not to use them in their information in the book. so, everything here is well-sourced. ainsley: well, if hillary clinton had won, a lot of this would not have come out. if you and sara carter and other great journalists were not on sean hannity's show every night telling us the truth we night not know about it? >> ainsley, thank you very much. todd: best of luck. >> thank you. todd: jillian mele time. jillian: jillian mele time, wow. i don't know what to think about that. a man accused of driving drunk and killing a police officer is now back in jail. adrienne taken into consultation today as a judge considers revoking his bond in dallas. police groups were outraged when he was released on just $7,600 bond less than 24 hours after hitting and

killing senior corporal jamie givens. the dallas police association is demanding to know whether or not the district attorney fought for a higher bond. eric holder dropped his biggest hinted yet at a 2020 run for the white house. >> are you seriously considering throwing your hat in the ring for 2020. >> i'm thinking about it and what i have said is that i would make a determination some time early next year. my focus really now is on 2018. the mid terms. jillian: the olbermann era attorney general has been hyping up the potential run since attending the politics and eggs event in new hampshire last month. holder is a vocal critic of president trump. one of our nation's oldest congressional leaders reminds the world that he is,in fact, not dead. staffers for senator orrin hatch tweeting hi, google, we might need to talk with a screen shot of google search results which claimed he passed away last year. his team posting a series of photos proving the senator is very much alive. showing him speaking to the press, reading the paper and

enjoying his birthday. that's great. and how about this? and very excited dad to be pulls a football out of a box revealing his wife meg is having a baby boy. watch. >> screams] [screams] >> there was one problem though. when meg's mom read the ultrasound to decide if she should stuff the box with tutus or footballs she read it wrong. congrats on your baby girl. >> i was looking at that. >> it's a girl. [laughter] as you can see, spiking that football in front of about 80 of his closest family and friends in new jersey. todd: so many questions. why is grandma looking at the ultrasound and why couldn't grandma figure out the ultrasound? steve: why are gender reveals suddenly big? jillian: i don't know. but there goes the camera.

bibye, guys. that was my cue to leave. steve: some crews trying out racial recognition software like the one in parkland, florida. one student who survived that tragedy says it may not be enough. he will join us live shortly. todd: plus, congress getting its first look at tax cuts part two. what does it mean for your wallet? of course stuart varney on that next. steve: stu. ♪ with best in-class towing 2018 ford f-150. best in-class payload and best in-class torque the f-150 lineup has the capability to get big things to big places --bigtime. and things just got bigger.

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months using an iv without therapy exemption. how did they catch him? this. comes after he posted this photo online back in may. lochte says he was getting a dose of vitamins to stay healthy. instagram strikes again. and tim tebow's baseball season likely over. the mets minor league are breaking his hand swinging his bat during a game on friday. yes, he hurt his hand playing baseball. is he a baseball player. former pro-quarterback just made the aa all star team with the ponies. talk he could have been called up to the big leagues later this year unfortunately he plays for the mets. ainsley: he will come back again though. steve: meanwhile today on capitol hill house republicans getting their first look at tax reform 2.0 aimed at making permanent the tax cuts which are geared toward the middle class, stuart varney says. ainsley: what will this mean for you and your wallet. stuart varney is the host of varney and company on the fox business network and breaks it all down for us. >> let me repeat that, it is geared towards the middle

class. this is not for big business. this is middle america that benefits from. this item number 1, they are going to reveal changes to 401(k)s and iras, private pension plans. they want middle america to be able to put more money aside for their own retirement. there's a very, very good thing. maybe, also, a new rule that you have to opt out of a 401(k) rather than opting. in. steve: so you are forced. >> to you are forced. to say you can get out if you want. to say at the moment my daughter, for example, three years at a big corporation, she still isn't in the 401(k) program no matter what i say. she signature noriega free money. i hope she is watching right now. so i would like a rule change so that if you move to a corporation, you are in the 401(k) automatically. can you get out if you want to. second line of attack is, make those individual tax cuts permanent. so they cannot be removed and reversed by a future congress. that puts the trump growth plan in place and keeps it in place. all good.

steve: okay. so it sounds like a good plan to a lot of people watching right now, if it is indeed based towards the middle class. it's a political thing. the vote is going to come up before the november election. the democrats are being told vote no. which, if it is indeed a tax cut for the middle class, that is a political loser for the democrats. >> it's a tax trap for the democrats. if they vote no on, this and it will pass the house. i'm pretty sure it will pass the house. september, october. okay it, goes through the house. when it gets to the senate. democratic leadership is saying don't vote for, this you can't be in favor of anything to do with the trump tax cuts. have you got to vote no. that would mean that some of those vulnerable democrats, who rupp for re-election in november, will be told to vote no on something that really benefits their constituents middle america. what are they going to do? i don't know what they're going to too. but it is highly unlikely this bill will go through the senate it will be a political victim if you want to future that.

ainsley: that and supreme court justice will be two votes before the midterm elections? >> correct. a trap for the democrats if you ask me. todd: called strategery. >> i remember that word. ainsley: hopefully your daughter is listening. todd: yes. ainsley: 401(k). >> yes. get into it. steve: does she normally listen to you? >> that's a good question, steve. that's a loaded question. ainsley: i was told right out of college invest in 401(k) you will be making more money ever that you ever made before and you won't feel it? >> free money match from your employer to turn it down for whatever reason is not good, rachel. todd: rachel. [laughter] steve: all right, stuart, everybody is going to be watching an hour and 10 minutes from now on fox business. ainsley: schools are trying out racial recognition software to prevent another shooting like we saw in parkland, florida. one school says it won't work. he will tell us why, next. steve: the media are slamming president trump's talk taj on iran.

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steve: since february's shooting in parkland, florida, schools have been ramping up efforts across the country to increase security and some schools are now turning to facial recognition software to try and boost security. school administrators saying the software could prevent shootings like parkland but does this do enough? kyle is a survivor the

february shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland and the turning point u.s.a. high school director. he joins us right now live from our d.c. bureau. kyle, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: okay. what do you think about this idea where this facial recognition software would essentially take a look at everybody who goes in to a school and if they're not supposed to be there, there would be a list of troublemakers and known threats, that would alert people and not allow them in? >> i think this needs to be a supplement, not a substitute. i really think we need to put more research into this measure. but it currently seems cumbersome and ineffective. i think first you have to do what works and has been proven to work and making sure we have armed individuals and then have this as an additional factor of security. first we have to do what works that's arming teachers and staff and guards at school that can act immediately. steve: at your school had you a guard. had you a guard with a gun. the day of the shooting he was outside and did not go inside and he got in

trouble. >> that's true. steve: so, what do you make of that though? if that's your argument, we should have more people with guns unfortunately sometimes that doesn't work. >> we have to make sure that we have properly trained individuals who can act immediately when there is a response. i can tell you right now there are states all across the nation that teachers are armed and there vice president been any incidents with them not being able to act properly. make sure that the people who do have guns are properly trained. it's been proven that if they are trained and they act immediately then they deter attacks. steve: okay. since the attack at your school, you know, because you have been traveling the country, more and more schools are trying to beef up security. that is a good thing. >> that's true. but, we have to make sure that every single school across the nation has a high level of security and we have to make sure that every single school is armed. and because what that does is basically a target that is soft, there aren't guns protecting the school it seems soft it entices the shooter to come to the

school because they know it's a weak target. 97% of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones. steve: how about you use facial recognition and you had armed guards and you had metal detectors. >> i'm all for making sure we have the highest level of security. i think right now who we should be focusing on what works. implementing that and then move on to other measures. steve: all right. well, let's see what happened. kyle we thank you for joining us today from our nation's capital. thank you, kyle. all right, a little before the top of the hour, the media melting down over president trump's comments on iran. are they just repeating the same criticism from the north korea summit? ben shapiro here. he has reaction you are going to want to hear he is the editor and chief of the daily wire.com. ♪ ♪ and at expedia, we don't think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created expedia's add-on advantage.

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from six obama-era intel officials. >> not only is the president looking to take away brennan's security clearance, he's also looking into the clearances of comey, clapper, hayden, rice and mccabe can. >> president trump getting major backlash from the media over his tough words to the iranian president. >> the leadership of a country like iran seems more rational than the president. >> it's time to take a strong hand against the iranians. they have blood on their hands. >> congress is fighting to get those fisa documents declassified. >> they buried and concealed vital information. >> president trump, welcome to the white house, a shining array of u.s. manufacturers and ag producers. >> we're here to celebrate the greatest products in the world. when i was growing up, i'd see made in america all over the place. ♪ ♪ >> a little brad paisley to wake

you up this morning, country nation. we've had him on the show before. steve: babe they're running that -- maybe they're running that because at the top of the 7:00 hour, you said good morning, nation. >> the husband of the gal in father of the bride. steve: todd is in because brian is out. brian should be back tomorrow. >> love having you in. all right, the white house threatening to yank security clearance from obama-every rah intel officials -- obama-era intel officials. steve: okay. griff jenkins is down in washington, d.c., and this is a flashpoint for people on both sides of the political aisle. >> reporter: that's right, guys. both sides have very differing views, one sees the president trying to politicize security clearances, the other sees former obama-era officials abusing their power. former cia director john brennan who earns a living for another network accused the president of

treason after the helsinki summit. that president obama prompted senator -- that prompted senator rand paul of politicizing his clearance. >> had a great conversation with the president. i've been very concerned about john brennan. anyone who's calling, basically, the president treasonous which would require the death penalty is someone that is over the top and not showing the proper judgment to still have access to classified information. >> now the white house is exploring clearance removals from not only brennan, but also these that you see here, comey,, mccabe, clapper, rice and hayden, this causing minority leader nancy pelosi to weigh in. >> i have been in the meetings for over 20 years. this is so extraordinary. the last thing you want in intelligence is partisanship. steve: now, brennan says he hasn't made a penny off his clearance hayden tweeted this, i

don't go back for chatfied briefings, won't -- classified briefings. it's important to remember that retaining clearance ares does not mean that these officials will have automatic accesses to current intelligence; but, rather they could with be consulted for context into an evolving threat. steve: thank you very much, or they could wind up working for a private defense contractor and use that intel that they've gathered for their own personal benefit, and that is one of the reasons why yesterday sarah huckabee sanders said yesterday when asked wouldn't it violate these people's first amendment rights if you essentially pun everybody them for -- punish them for having a different point of view, and she said the president does not like the fact they are monetizing their security clearances. ainsley: he said why should they make money on baseless accusations. they're accusing me of colluding with russia, that didn't happen. rand paul goes on to say we need to take it a step further,

anyone who retires from cia does not need to have security clearances. he said brennan shouldn't get anywhere within 10,000 yards of the government, he should have a restraining order. he leaked information and he also said the president is treasonous. >> you have the opportunity to say what you want wherever you want on any network you want, you just don't have the security clearance. gregg jarrett wrote about that yesterday, and he also wrote a new book. we had him on to talk about that, and in his book and his interview here he explained that in his estimation john brennan is a dangerous and partisan individual. here's what he had to say just moments ago. >> john brennan's a dangerous guy. he's a hyperpartisan, always has been a clinton sycophant, and it is dangerous to allow a guy like that as well as clapper and comey who are partisans to have security clearance. they can use the classified information, they can still gain for political purposes.

nobody should have security clearance after they leave the government except for former presidents who are often consulted on critical issues. steve: well, that's his opinion, you know, but we have talked extensively about a number of people on that list of six who, when they were in the administration, they lied and leaked. and if it was against the law, they should have gone after them at that point -- ainsley: and were partisan as well. steve: sure. but anyone who weaponized national intel to try to destroy candidate trump or president trump, if they had that at their disposal, they should be punished in some form. right? or wrong? e-mail us, friends@foxnews.com. ainsley: well, right or wrong, agree or disagree, the president does have the right to do it. steve: 100%. ainsley: in this other news, the president was criticized yesterday about iran because the iranian president said one thing to our administration, and then

our president fought back. he was heavily criticized for that. but that's exactly what happened with north korea. remember the left was saying, oh, my gosh, this is going to cause a nuclear war, why are we talking tough with north korea. then the president, they're calling each other names. they finally sit down together, they shake hands, we never thought we would see that photo opportunity, and now we're getting word, these satellite images showing north korea is dismantling its main missile test site. steve: okay. so after the president sent out that tweet that was in all caps, which in the parlance that means he's yelling at iran, a number of people said he is just provoking them, he's going the get us into trouble. but we had a guy by the name of major ed polito on about an hour ago, and ed lost his leg to an iranian ied when he was in the middle east. and he looked at this tweet from the president, and he was

influenced by it, and he said finally we've got a president who's going after these people who have deserved this for a long time. listen to this. >> president trump's tweet was about making sure that america stands tall for not only our servicing members, but for the american people. we have to make sure that we're finally leading with strength and that we're holding them accountable for their actions. and so for us we have no issues with the iranian people. our issue was making sure that this regime is basically put on notice that, you know what? president trump doesn't play around when it comes to foreign policy. steve: and ed says that iran has blood on their hands and, in fact, has his blood on their hands. >> and as you pointed out earlier, steve, remember, we had some pretty tough rhetoric from the president with regard to north korea just last year, the whole little rocket man thing. and then as we just showed, there could be some dismantling of nuclear weapons, step one in the process. obviously, a long process.

we're not spiking the football. but, again, we needed a step, this is a step one. who knows what will happen with iran. steve: meanwhile, let's talk politics a little bit. it was a couple of weeks ago here in new york where alexandra ocasio-cortez electrified the democratic party because she beat joe crowley. her message was clear, she is a socialist. and in her district, enough people came out to vote for her. now the democratic party is trying to figure out, okay, what should we stand for? she's getting a lot of publicity. everybody's inviting her on the show, everybody wants to talk to her. she went out with bernie sanders to one of the districts in kansas over the weekend. should we be more like her or more like the establishment. well, the latest numbers from a new nbc/"wall street journal" suggest they better figure out something, because right now they're going in the right direction. ainsley: this is the question they asked: are democrats in the mainstream or out of step with

american thinking. and look at 2016 compared to 2018. so two years ago 42% said that democrats were out of step. now 56% say that democrats are out of step. steve: that's right. so 14% of americans -- registered voters, that is to say -- say now democrats are out of step, and are they mainstream? 15% less say they're mainstream. so they're going the wrong direction. when you look at the republican numbers, the republican numbers are slightly better than they were two years ago. but still you can see that the democrats have some work to do. they've got to figure out a message other than we're not the republicans. >> yeah. and the point of these polls is to show the trend. down 14, up 2%, that's a huge trend. and i think it really does coincide with the rise of your alexandra to casio cortez, the aish i.c.e. movement, the open borders movement that we've seen

take hold over the last few months is when it's hit its stride. steve: she is way out there. we had john daniel davidson on with us in the last hour, and he said the message to democrats and the electorate should not be we're way over to the left, we're more in the middle. watch. >> democrats could put together a majority coalition right now given trump's unpop rarity among independents and democrats if they would just compromise on a few key issues like abortion, or maybe go easy on the socialism. but they're not willing to do that. they have this doctrinaire mindset about every single policy proposal, and if you're not onboard, then you're out, and your vote doesn't matter. and they're never going to put together a national majority political coalition. ainsley: he was saying that didn't work in 2016 because hillary clinton thought she was going to win. she didn't campaign in certain states, didn't necessarily appeal to a lot of the independents, because the independents are the ones who decide it.

democrats, it seems, are very split. you have the socialist group on one side, very, very far left, and then you have the more moderates. steve: but you need the independents in the middle. so what are they going to go to, the socialists or the republicans? ainsley: well, when she won here in this area, that's not shocking because it's the northeast, very, very liberal. the socialist message might work. but now she's -- can they're using her to campaign for individuals in the heartland. >> one thing america is unified in, their love of gillian. she has your headlines. >> i guess it depends on the day really. >> i'm trying to give you a compliment. >> i know. good morning, guys. we're following a number of stories, the israeli military shooting down a syrian jet infiltrating its air space after it alleged hi flew through the golan heights. the israeli military firing two patriot missiles to bring it down. this is the first time that israel has shot down a syrian jet in four years. also breaking right now,

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♪ ♪ >> this administration is on a crusade against people who they do not consider original americans. what they've done at the border is an example of it. what they've done in puerto rico. and they are on a jihad to deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the united states legally. >> democratic new york state governor andrew cuomo taking his attacks on the president's border policies one step further

after pardoning a number of i legals to prevent them from being illegal. joining us right now, customs and and border protection commissioner kevin mcaleenan. good morning being. >> be good morning. steve: it's got to be frustrating when politicians for whatever reason, political or otherwise, decide you know what? be these people have been selected to be deported because they've broken the law, we're not going to do it. >> right. homeland security depends on good collaboration with state and local law enforcement. it's essential. so for i.c.e. partners to be able to work to make sure dangerous people are deported, that's really important. steve: and that's one of the frustrations with the sanctuary cities and states where you want to do their job, and i'm sure there are men and women in law enforcement in those states and cities that want to help out as well, but for political purposes they decide not to. >> that's exactly right. steve steve yeah. of so what's going on on our southern border right now, because so much talk is about

the illegal immigration and people sneaking across the border. what are the numbers looking like? >> we're still seeing about 1,000 a day between ports of entry and another 2-300 arriving without documents at the ports of entry. steve: okay. so how many of the 1,000 are you able to stop? >> well, those are the apprehensions we're making. our border patrol agents are working very hard in south texas as well as in arizona ask across the whole border. steve steve okay. so we know the president has a zero tolerance policy as does the attorney general. of the 1,000 that you stop, what's happening to them? are you just turning them around and saying, okay, go back that way? >> no. for the single adults, we're prosecuting at a higher level are than before, more than quadrupled from the prior administration right now. so we're doing about 55% of all single adults are being prosecuted right now. that's an extra sanction that provides a deterrent for future crossing. steve so the loopholes have got

to be driving you crazy. >> we can apprehend people, we do 3,000 rescues a year, but then they go into the system where they can't be effectively deported, was they're released -- because they're released. steve: the president and the attorney general were talking about putting more judges on the border so if it's a family unit, you can keep them together. you don't release them because 90% of the people never come back for their trial date, their hearing date. >> definitely. a much better system would allow us to keep families together. the attorney general is working on hiring about 100 judges this calendar year. steve: kevin, we thank you very much for your service and thanks for giving us a status report. >> absolutely. steve: 8:20 here in new york city. president trump celebrating companies making products right here in the u.s. of a. one ceo is going to join us live coming up next. plus, ben shapiro. you love his podcast, he's on the tv show coming up. ♪ ♪ when my hot water heater failed,

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country. ainsley, over to you. ainsley: all right, thank you, todd. president trump hosting his second annual made in america event at the white house highlighting some u.s. companies and their american-made products. >> we're hered today to celebrate the great products in the world. when i was with growing up i'd see made in america all over the place. made in america, everything had made in america, and we're starting that again. and it's happening again. products made with american heart, american sweat and american pride. ainsley: joining us now is one to have business owners who was part of the showcase, ceo of ann clark cookie cutters, mr. vin clark. hey, vin, great to see you. >> good morning, ainsley, how are you? ainsley: i'm great. i bet you're better than i am. how exciting. >> it was phenomenal. you know, you're at the center of the world's power. it was spectacular. ainsley: can you describe it for us? we've seen the videos but, you know, it's better if it's describinged by someone who was there. >> we were sort of behind the

scenes all day. we got to walk around the whole main floor, and it was interesting talking to people who work there full time. everybody's excited, everybody's driven. i remember talking to a marine officer, and even she said every time she comes there, she gets goose pimples. it's just incredible to work there, and and everybody's driven to make america better. ainsley: yes. i've been to the white house, and when you step foot on that soil, it's surreal no matter how many times you go. tell the us about your business. >> so my parents started the business back in '39. my -- '89. my mom's an artist, my dad's a businessman. i really wanted to move back to vermont to raise my kids there, so we came back 20 years ago and began growing the business. about six years ago we said, wait a minute, we can take this business from china. today we're the leading manufacturer in the world, so we've taken the business back from china. it's exciting. ainsley: how has this

administration helped your business? >> well, it's interesting sort of the turmoil they're causing in the business world: it's a disruptive force. it's making people start to think about, hey, why are we buying products from china? why don't we buy them from the united states? i think there's a little concern is my product going to get a tariff put on it, and we're hoping to see more clients buying from our competitor to say, hey, maybe we should buy american-made cookie cutters. pier positive about it. ainsley: what's your message to our viewers, why is it so important to buy american made? >> when somebody in china makes a product, those employees don't buy american products. when an american manufacturer makes something, they're pairing americans, and they go out to buy other products, so it keeps the economy moving. iowans eans all right, so what's your web site? is. >> anne clark cookie cutter ors.com. ainsley: and is anne your mom?

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down a syrian jet which infiltrated israeli air space. ainsley: syrian forces reach the golan heights frontier for the first time in seven years. todd: conor powell live in jerusalem with the breaking details. >> reporter: as the assad regime in russia consolidated territory around syria, one area they've avoided until recently was their southern border along with israel, but we've seen an increased government presence and fighting there in the last couple weeks, and that's beginning to spill over into israel. just a short while ago a syrian jet, according to the israeli government, crossed about two kilometers into israeli air space, and israel fired two patriot missiles in response. they say they hit that jet and that it's now crashed back in syrian territory. but they did shoot at it after it crossed into israeli air space. and just yesterday we saw two syrian missiles be fired towards israel. neither landed in israel, but there were a lot of concerns. alarm bells were activated in

northern israel yesterday. what we're seeing is this increased presence in the syrian government targeting rebels a along that border, and it does appear to be spilling over although there also is a possibility that the syrian government is also sort of sending a message to israel. israel has supported the syrian rebels along their northern border, and there is a lot of anger in damascus for their help. just a couple days ago the united nations in israel helped get the white helmets who syria and russia view as terrorists out of syria. so there's a lot going on on this border, but it is becoming a very dangerous situation up there right now. steve: it is, indeed. a lot of tension. conor powell, thank you very much with the breaking news that the israeli military has shot down a syrian jet that strayed into israeli air space. ainsley: all right, gillian has more headlines for us. >> reporter: there is a growing push for a state lawmaker to step down after a disturbing appearance on sasha

barren cohen's new tv show. jason spencer is shown yelling racial slurs repeatedly. during another segment, he lowers his pants. the actions are called, quote, appalling and offensive. the republican house speaker calling on spencer to resign immediately. the show has been slammed by critics for deceiving officials from both parties. the boston marathon bomber could avoid the death penalty if his lawyers get their way. "the boston globe" reporting lawyers have filed a brand new motion that says they found 30 reasons why dzhokhar tsarnaev's death sentence should be thrown out. three people were killed in the april 2013 attacks, he was convicted of planting bombs at the finish line with the help of his brother who was killed in a shootout with police. this violent immigrant could walk free after escaping from i.c.e. officials at the airport. according to "the new york post," prosecutors used the wrong statute to charge the man from senegal. he was being deported back to

his native country when he escaped from officers at new york's jfk airport. he somehow made it outside and jumped into a taxi. he was arrested in chicago three days later. take a look at your screen. have you seen these precious love birds? the search is on to find the adorable couple spotted snuggling up to one another on a new york city subway train. someone actually snapped the picture and posted it the facebook asking for help tracking hem down so he could give -- them down so he could give them a copy. the photographer hopes to have something as magical as they have one day. they seem to have anyway. isn't that a great photo? steve: love birds on train. that's great. thank you very much. all right, janice dean is not far from the subway entrance at this hour, and she joins us on a very hazy, hot and humid new york city. >> reporter: that's one of my favorite stories. are you guys ready to be on tv? what are your names real quick. >> clara. >> melissa. >> from virginia?

>> from virginia. >> nice, what's your name. >> michael and tennessee. >> dylan from louisiana. >> and sam from akin. >> all right. we've got a 25th anniversary here, congratulations. let's take a look at the maps. it's a little humid here in new york city, but no rain right now. 77 is the forecast or, rather, the current temperature. we do have the potential for rain along the coast, okay? so flash flooding is going to be a probability if you live in portions of the mid-atlantic up towards the northeast, so just be real careful if you live in these areas. wave, everybody. oh, my gosh, what's your name, young lady? >> lucy. >> hi, lucy. say hi to "fox & friends." hi, lucy. >> hi, everyone. >> yea, what a great crowd. ainsley: thanks, janice. steve: all right, coming up, the media melting down over president trump's comments on iran. >> i know we ask this a lot, but this one seems like a pretty blatant distraction. >> this is kind of what all of us in the media and all analyst

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radioactivity. crunch researchers warning california red wine made after 2011 could have particles from the fukushima nuclear plant. down to you guys. steve: gillian, thank you very much. ainsley: thank you, gillian. steve: all right, remember about a year ago when the president was engaged with kim jong un regarding what was going on over in north korea? he was calling him little rocket man, you know, my button's bigger than your button, all that stuff. people were going i can't believe the president of the united states would talk to a world leader like that. he's going to get us into a shooting war. fast forward to yesterday when the president of the united states, in all caps, was criticizing the leader of iran talking about, you know, don't threaten us, or we're going to come after you, and you will really regret it. so many people just don't get

after a year and a half of this presidency, this president operates different than any other president we have seen in modern history. ainsley: yeah. we're seeing signs now that north korea is fulfilling the propses that they have made to the united states -- the promises they have made to the united states. whether or not we'll see that in iran or russia, that's yet to be determined. but what we're learning based on these satellite images that north korea is dismantling its main missile engine test site. steve: that's great. ainsley: we've come a long way. steve: it could be reversible, but nonetheless it is ad good faith effort because it was six weeks ago they had the handshake over in singapore, and people were going, nothing's happening. now they're starting to take it apart. todd: nevertheless, the mainstream media is going absolutely bonkers over this, calling in the worst thing to ever happen. rush limbaugh had a really interesting take on this and, of course, like everything, it's tied to russia. take a listen.

>> the drive-byes are now obsessed -- the for the moment -- with trump and his all caps tweets to president rouhani of iran who is continuing to shout death to america here and death to america there. and trump's had it. we don't laud over anybody, we just be who we are. there's no shame in becoming a superpower. iran, good bet, is russia's number one client state at this point in time. hard to reconcile trump's tweets with the claim that trump is putin's puppet. trump is aggressively challenging russia's puppet client state in the middle east. how in the world is this acting as putin's puppet? steve: in the pocket of putin and things like that. [laughter] i can't tell you how many people i heard on television yesterday who said -- yesterday being

monday -- that the president of the united states sent out that tough-talking tweet regarding iran because he was trying to, essentially, wag the dog, change the subject because there was so much bad publicity last week after the fallout from the helsinki summit with mr. putin. ainsley: well, i think a lot of people, what i'm hearing is look at the big picture. and if you look at middle america and you, you know, look at the areas that are president trump's base, they support what he's doing. yes, there was criticism after helsinki because he misspoke. but if you look at the big picture to sit down with some of these leaders that have control of nuclear weapons that we don't necessarily need on our bad side, we don't need them to be enemies, just to sit down is a step in the right direction. todd: let's bring in ben shapiro, editor-in-chief of "the daily wire" and the host of the aptly-named ben schapiro show. ben, what did you make of all that mainstream media madness yesterday? >> well, you know, i think that

the media are constantly turning the dial all the way up to 31 on the spinal -- 11 on the spinal tap scale. apparently, everything is going wrong all the time. and it's that scene from animal house where kevin bacon is standing in the foreground telling everybody not to worry as everything's on fire. because the truth is nothing is on fire, although the media would have you believe everything is. steve: but when you look at the president's rhetoric, he has talked tough regarding north korea a yearing ago but that ultimately, ben, resulted in a sit-down with the leader of north korea six weeks ago. now he's talking tough with the leader of iran, and it's not quite to the fire and fury level of rhetoric, but nonetheless given the fact that their economy has imploded, the real are has dropped by 50% over the last couple of months. iran, for them, it's time to do something. >> well, the president did unleash caps lock which i believe in twitter speak is deaf con 2, so that means we should

be on our toes here. [laughter] again, i think the president is not one to abide by the teddy roosevelt rule of diplomacy. it's tweet loudly and then do something. and it depends on what the something is. sometimes it's militant, sometimes it's him flinging a missile into syria when assad is gassing children, and sometimes it's sitting down with the person he was ripping on five seconds ago. the president has said he is into strategic unpredictability, and he's been true to his word about that. ainsley: so andrew cuomo yesterday had a press conference and announced he's going to pardon seven more people facing deportation, in december he pardoned 18 individuals. this is the third group that he's pardoned. and he said this, listen. >> this administration is on a crusade against people who they do not consider original americans. what they've done at the border is an example of it. what they've done in puerto rico. and they are on a jihad to

deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the united states legally. ainsley: ben, what do you think about that, accusing the trump administration of waging jihad against illegals? >> first of all, i mean, why isn't anyone accusing andrew cuomo of islamophobia? also when he says that president trump is waging war against illegal immigrant, i'm old enough to remember when the obama administration was bragging they had increased the number of deportations. now, they were lying, because they were just turning away more people at the border, but the fact is that strictness when it comes to border enforcement is actually a pretty popular policy among most americans. if president trump is attempting to deport all of the illegal aliens in the country right now, he's doing a pretty poor job of it considering 11 million are still living in the country. todd: state university of new york at albany -- this is going

to be right up your sleeve because you're a big speaker on college campuses -- last year 64 speakers identified as liberal, only 2 conservative. again, the entire academic year. 2 out of a total of 66. what say you? >> it's an echo came cher, and all of -- chamber. because everybody lives in this ivory tower where all they do is talk with people who believe with them. what they will tell you is the reason there are no conservatives on campus is conservatives just don't speak the truth. once you start believing that your opinion is the truth, it makes it very difficult to hear any other opinion. steve: well, clearly they're not inviting conservatives, ben, because you're so scary. todd: you are scary, ben. >> i'm so bewildered by all of this. i've been it would by everyone that i'm so scary, and my wife doesn't think i'm scary. [laughter] steve: where does this come from? is it the times that these professors grew up that now that they're in charge and they're talking to students about in

that they have convinced everybody guys like you are scary. >> where does that narrative come from, we should not have conservatives speaking on campus? or is it just that they take the a poll and they said, well, we voted and, you know, nobody wanted to hear you? >> i do think that it's an ideological blind spot. a lot of people on campus believe their opinion is the truth, so when it comes to things, for example, like tax policy, they think that keynesianism has been proved and anybody that disagrees is speaking untruth to the students. their bubble of truth has been violated by the outside world, and that this is to stop according to them. -- that has to stop. steve: i saw that the headline today on drudge is that california power is asking californians during the heat wave, please, turn off your lights and electricity. are you living by that? >> no, because i would die. it's 120 degrees out here. [laughter] nobody's living by that, that's why there's going to be rolling brownouts because we are will not build any new upgrades to

the power grid or any new nuclear factories that will actually create the power necessary for people in southern california to live decently. steve: then it's a good idea that you show up on tv at, let's see, 5:50 in the morning before the sun comes i out. [laughter] ainsley: thanks, ben, great to see you. >> thanks a lot. ainsley: there's nothing like a cool glass of lemonade on a hot summer day, and now there's a movement to keep children's lemonade stands from getting shut down. you're going to meet some of the grown-ups and children behind it. steve: but now let's check in with bill hemmer. bill: north korea starting to take apart its nuclear program, what we know about that this morning. israel shot down a syrian jet, what happened and what will happen next there. the president hits the road in a few moments, look out for that. peter king's our headliner, the a-team's ready to take on 2020.

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♪ ♪ steve: well, listen to this. grown-ups across the nation are banding together, fighting for children's rights to sell lemonade from lemonade stands. this year many were shut down because they did not have proper permits that generally are for actual businesses and not kids' lemonade stands. todd: denver mom jennifer knowles created an advocacy group after her kids' lemonade stand was shut down. ainsley: she joins us now from denver, and joining us live on the plaza is brian, and then we also have 14-year-old taylor thomas who sells lemonade here this new york. thank you for being with us.

jennifer, tell us your story and why you got this movement started. >> absolutely. well, over memorial day i my three little boys decided they wanted to have a lemonade stand. we set a lemonade stand up in the park across the street from our house, and somebody complained, and two police came and shut it down. and they told us that we needed multiple permits, and my boys were devastated. we had no idea that permits were required. i had just wanted to teach my kids charity and entrepreneurship, valuable lessons of a lemonade stand. and when we got shut down by the police, it raised a lot of questions that lemonade stands were not legal. i had no idea. steve: yeah, exactly. obviously, jennifer, it's just one of those things where code enforcement is i trying to live by the letter of the law, but some of the rules are silly when it comes to a lemonade stand. we all grew up, we all had a lemonade stand although, brian, the lemonade was not $2.

>> ours were 25 cents. >> this is good lemonade. [laughter] steve: brian, tell us about your group. >> lemonade brooklyn is facing a lot of the same issues. in the city there are licenses, permits you have to get, and we're trying to make it so that kids can do the same thing. steve: are politicians listening? >> i hope so. i hope they're listening. steve: because it's just one of those rights -- jennifer, it's just one of those things when you are a id, you want -- a kid, you want to make some money during the summer that you can go buy tough, and a lemonade stand's a good way to do it, jennifer. >> absolutely. you think of a lemonade stand, and you think of the values and the principles that the country was founded upon. having your own business, entrepreneurship, absolutely. they're all good things that come from lemonade stands. ainsley: and is you get to know your neighbors and community. todd: we're going to have some more lemonade after the break. don't go anywhere, coming up. ainsley: you guys want lemonade?

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>> head to our website for the "after the show show". >> bill: breaking news overnight. is there a sign of progress on north korean nukes? renewing hopes pyongyang is looking the make good on its promise. i'm bill hemmer live inside the "america's newsroom." welcome back. hi, julie. >> i'm julie banderas in for sandra smith this morning. these images look like north korea has been dismantling and the trump administration has been working hard toward peace since president trump's summit with kim jong-un last month. >> bill: greg palkot leading our coverage in london. what do we know about this, greg? >> well, bill, that sigh of relief that you might be