we appreciate you. most grateful you spent the evening with us. good night from washington. i am shannon bream for fox news at night. ♪ shannon: it is thursday, july 26th and this is "fox and friends first". a fox news alert, blast in beijing, an explosion rocking the us embassy. rob: a device detonating at the gate. new information breaking overnight. shannon: is deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on his way out? rob: the step republicans took toward impeachment. >> the president told you what they discussed in the closed-door meeting. >> you had private 1-on-1 meetings in your life as well.

shannon: mike pompeo letting lawmakers have a during a fire meeting on helsinki. rob: "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ shannon: the start in new york city, 4:00 on the east coast. rob: it will never stop. it will rain until the world ends. rob: i am sure they will tell us. welcome to "fox and friends first". shannon: thank you for starting the day with us. a homemade bomb exploding overnight near the embassy in beijing. the blast injured at 26-year-old

man holding a device, the us embassy was not damaged. rob: the suspect identified himself by his last name, treated at a hospital but it remains unclear, nobody else was hurt. a cop killer behind bars after opening fire because he did not want to go back to jail. the police department grieving over their brother in blue. >> a 17 year veteran well loved by the department. and a friend of mine. rob: officers trying to make an arrest when shots rang out. one other person was hurt. law enforcement lining the streets, milwaukee officer charles irvine junior was killed in a car crash while pursuing a suspect. 15 police officers have been shot with 32 officers killed by gunfire so far this year.

shannon: the fbi believes it has established a solid timeline of the night a college student vanished in iowa. using social media to figure out why molly disappeared, ruling out the boyfriend of a suspect saying he has an alibi but not saying what it is. she was housesitting for her boyfriend the night she disappeared. crews searching the nearby countryside, but not ruling anything out. rob: the push to impeach, rod rosenstein, moving forward. articles of impeachment have been introduced and action could be taken as soon as today. jillian: griff jenkins with the latest on the effort. >> reporter: it was frustration over document production that led the freedom caucus chairman mike meadows to file these

articles of impeachment. the was joined by 10 other republicans and explained the decision last night. >> what we found is not only have subpoenas been ignored but information has been hidden, efforts have been stonewalled. for us it is all about transparency so the american people can judge for themselves. they may be able to ignore congress but can't ignore the american people. rob: accusations, withholding documents, stonewalling deadlines and engaging in fisa abuse. the abusive that application was the final straw in this decision. joining meadows was jim jordan who had this to say. >> we are tired of the justice department giving us the finger and not giving us the information we are entitled to do our constitutional duty. the american people are sick of it. >> in a statement from ranking

members of the house judiciary oversight intelligence committee they say this resolution to impeach rosenstein is a direct attack on special counsel's investigation, a panicked and dangerous attempt to undermine an ongoing criminal investigation to protect donald trump as the walls are closing in around him and his associates. will this happen? the house voted 10:30 but if they don't get it done they will be on recess until september 4th. this is not a privilege, it is harder to get that vote and we will find out. rob: our house divided, thank you, appreciate it. jillian: democrats up in arms over the impeachment of rod rosenstein. congressman jason chaffetz says the left can complain all they want. rob: this is the constitutional power congress is enforcing.

>> constitutional lever is given to the power of congress to stand up for itself because right now they are totally impotent, they are not able to do anything and the department of justice from their nose and consequently congress can't do its job. the entire top echelon of the fbi has been decimated. people have reside, people have been demoted, somebody has been fired, we have a 560 page inspector general report. it is imperative congress fix this. when rod rosenstein stands in the way of all of that by not allowing congress to do its job, the only way to do that. shannon: it is the last congressional workday before they break for summer. rob: anti-trump fbi agent peter stzrok is likely headed back to capitol hill. he will probably face another growing from lawmakers. he testified for hours for refusing to answer several

questions saying the fbi told him to keep quiet. and fbi attorney told lawmakers instructions will be changed. jillian: secretary of state mike pompeo defense donald trump's 1-on-1 meeting with vladimir putin. >> i am telling you what he had a conversation with vladimir putin about and what us policy is today. i understand the game you are playing. >> i don't appreciate you characterizing my questions. my question is to get to the truth. we don't know what the truth is. jillian: the two leaders discuss election meddling, ukraine and syria but he did not get into specifics. pompeo said he made it clear to russia there will be consequences if they interfere with the midterms. the president with 1-on-1

meetings, general jack keane says no one is going to change the president's personal style and associations. >> it comes down to democrats don't trust the president. it is within his right to have one on one meetings. it is his personal style. he wants to establish a personal relationship, leading to another meeting and get something done. think of our adversaries, china, north korea and russia, he praised all 3 of those leaders. even though we have fundamental disagreements. he wants a personal relationship so maybe we can make some improvements on the disagreements. in some cases it will work and in some cases it won't. we won't change him. that is his style. >> the next summit has been postponed until the beginning of next year. >> the court ordered deadline for children to be reunited with their families. of the 2500 kids separated from their parents at the southern

border more than 1000 have been reunited or discharged from custody. kirstjen neilsen says the trump administration is on track to reunite all families. we could be one step closer to building a southern border wall. the house appropriations committee approving a new bill that includes $5 billion for that wall, $51 billion in discretionary funding for the department of homeland security, funds for hiring 400 new immigrations and customs agents. the bill heads to the house floor. jillian: donald from swinging against his former attorney after recordings of their private conversations are leaked. >> the schedule dominated by talk of trades, tariffs and economic storm clouds at home and abroad, donald trump waited into more turbulent waters today.

>> need to open a company for the transfer regarding our friend david. >> leaked recording of his private conversation with michael cohen two months before the election, the two men discussing paying for the rights to a playboy model story about an alleged affair with donald trump a decade ago. >> i am all over that. when it comes time to financing we have to -- know. >> the release of the recording sparking a twitter back and forth, the president asking why the tape so abruptly terminated, positive things, his attorney rudy giuliani accused cohen and his attorney lanny davis of misrepresenting the language from donald trump.

just as richard nixon learned, and difficult to understand, it does offer a glimpse into cohen avenue strategy to distinguish a problem what is less clear is the extent to which donald trump new the details, whether or not it comes to violation of law, campaign-finance rules. there are more tapes and more information yet to come out and his client, michael cohen, is no longer the man who once said he would take a bullet for the president. rob: apparently not. 11 minutes after the are. smashed to pieces, a man under arrest for destroying donald trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame. the man who vandalized it in 2016 is coming to his rescue. jillian: donald trump reaching an agreement with the eu to ease trade tensions. the president scored a much-needed when, she is here

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rob: donald trump breaking down trade barriers with the eu announcing major concessions and a nice cooling of the potential trade war. >> we agreed to work together towards 0 tariffs, nontariff barriers and 0 subsidies, non-auto industrial goods. this was a very big day for free and fair trade. rob: here to expand the impact this will have on your wallet and your economy. this was one of the biggest victories since he has been in office.

>> this is exactly what he hoped for, reducing, leveling the playing field for american exporters and one of the things in this announcement that didn't get much attention was working on reforming the wto. i contended that is the end game. the wto, we need the eu to partner with us to reign in china's bad behavior on trade, cheating on trade subsidies and stealing delightful properties, we couldn't get there alone. we can only get there with the eu. it is important to reduce tariffs and step back from the brink. this is a tremendous step forward. >> this was driving him crazy, why he wanted to be the president, we subsidized european countries and have for 50 years. why do we do that? >> there are manifestations of

that. secretary ross made an op-ed last year that showed 20 out of 22 categories of goods the eu had much higher tariffs than the us. that is a long-standing bias in favor of the eu. we had a trade deficit with them and they are trying to roll that back and we are. the president has a lot of support on both sides of the aisle for this but when it got to the point farmers were yelling, going to be hurt by our trade war with china and lack of soybean exports, the politics became a big issue. rob: in the midwest, they have been chosen to take the brunt of this because they know that is where the politics are. agriculture in general, he said this is going to be exported to europe fast. >> they will ramp up soybean

imports because china is diminishing with their importing, soybeans are number to export, $14 million, very big export item for the united states and as you said not just soybeans but other agricultural products. the administration has tried to help farmers by putting in place a $12 billion program to bailout those hurt by the trade negotiation and trump has been saying have patience. the truth is the industry should have patience because it is extremely beneficial to farmers and american industrial companies. very exciting. rob: we have china up next. we have to get them on board with that. >> they talk about concluding by the end of the summer. that would be a big surprise and a plus. rob: we appreciate it. jillian: 18 after the hour.

they crossed our borders illegally and democrats say we should pay immigrant families back. >> the damage done to these children will be lifelong. they need to be compensated for it. jillian: is that what should happen? cowboys owner jerry jones taking a stand ordering players not to kneel during the national anthem. carly shimkus with how social media is sounding off this morning. ♪

jillian: welcome back. donald trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame destroyed with the pickax.

a former vandal looking to bust the new one out of jail. this tmc video shows him smashing the star wednesday morning. he turned himself in to police a short time later. james otis wants to post his $20,000 bail. you may remember otis smashed then candidate trump's star weeks before the 2016 election. rob: maxine waters think democrats who want to abolish ice haven't thought the idea through. california congresswoman says her party should focus more on reforming the agency. earlier this week waters had her sights set on donald trump saying she was sent by god to stop him. >> i'm here to do the work that god sent you to do something to do.

rob: waters bashing donald trump in front of a church congregation in la. jillian: we are two weeks from the kickoff to the nfl preseason. jerry jones has a message for his team. you better stand for the national anthem. rob: carly shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7 with reaction online. >> the nfl trying to figure out how to handle the national anthem kneeling controversy the cowboys owner jerry jones has decided what his team is going to do, our policy is you stand during the and them, toe on the line. how is that going to work out? according to nfl.com the cowboys have a written policy in place requiring players to stand. whatever the nfl decides may not affect this particular team.

we have to see on that front. they are talking about this on social media. finally someone with some sense and pride and as should all players lead from front, jerry jones. he commented on donald trump, saying the president's interest in the national anthem controversy is problematic. he wants the whole thing to go away. rob: i think all of the nfl does. twitter in trouble. >> reporter: an investigation found twitter is limiting visibility of conservative accounts like florida congresswoman matt gates and are in c chairwoman mcdaniels. when people search for their names on twitter, there twitter handles don't appear in the drop-down box. big deal there. the chief respondent to the saying the notion that social

media companies would suppress political points of view should concern every american. twitter own the public answers on what is going on. insert twitter's product leader, our behavioral ranking doesn't make judgments on political views or substantive tweets, we publicly testified to congress on the topic. twitter told foxnews the problem is the result of a glitch that is going to be fixed. insert more twitter commentary. we need fair social media platforms. donald trump junior weighed in saying twitter is censoring at gop chairwoman enough is enough. it is time for you to stop the bias against conservatives and trump supporters and fix this once and for all. a lot of question about political bias on social media platforms.

jillian: a woman gives birth but also get a huge gift. >> is it worth it to not give birth in a hospital, she went into labor, a 6 flags baby boy, matthew at hurricane harbor on monday. jillian and rob, the diamond elite membership, free entry into any theme park for life. rob: hospital delivery might have been -- >> if you like the roller coasters it might be a good deal. rob: campus craziness, students and staff calling on the university to end their contracts with immigration and customs enforcement and this has nothing to do with immigration.

jillian: that boy count is troubling, a lesson from the left. ♪ i'm the man ♪ i'm the man ♪ i'm the man ♪

rob: fox news alert, fox news has confirmed the remains of 50 us service members are likely to return from north korea to the united states tomorrow. an american plane is set to receive the remains in caskets and transfer them to a us airbase in south korea. if all goes well they will be back in the us by next wednesday. the repatriation of americans killed in the korean war was part of the agreement made between donald trump and kim jong un in the singapore summit last month. a 9/11 victim is identified 17 years after the deadly terror

attack. new york city medical examiners using brand-new dna technology to identify the remains of scott michael johnson who was working at an investment bank on the 89th floor of the south tower when it crumbled to the ground. the medical examiner says more than 1000 victims remain technically and identified. secretary of state mike pompeo defending donald trump's handling of russia during attends hearing on capitol hill. >> with respect to russia this administration has been tougher than previous administrations and i expect it will. the president's words is he is happy to figure out if we can make improvements with respect to the relationship between him and vladimir putin but if not, he will be there. this is donald trump's administration, he is fully in charge of this. rob: lawmakers demanded to know what was said during the private two our meeting with vladimir putin in finland. pompeo said the president refused to answer.

an american pastor held in turkey on terror and espionage charges is released on house arrest, andrew brunson has been held in turkish prison since last july. he was let out due to health problems. he was on trial for collusion with terrorists, the president repeatedly demanded his release calling it a total disgrace. >> campus craziness, college students demanding their school end partnerships with ice even when they have nothing to do with immigration. how will they impact the next generation of law enforcement? here to discuss is former lieutenant doctor jared porcher. you have worked with police and you have been a professor for 14 years. you say this is new. are you worried about this?

>> one thing to consider is the academic environment. research should be done, when you are pushing a political agenda such as eradication of ice this impact the new agenda of universities and this is troubling and goes back we need to have a society that functions properly and ice has been demonized from the political culture. >> let's talk about this, northeastern has a multimillion dollar contract with ice, the university claims the program is related to weapons trafficking but having any contract with ice at this moment in history is irresponsible and immoral. a lot of these contracts have nothing to do with immigration. that is the interesting part of it, why get rid of it? >> between what happens with immigration and ice, the truth

of the matter, johns hopkins university, they came out against this and said there is no correlation between the two. things a lot of higher learning institutions do is provide medical training for ice, provide a lot of technological training for ice, not just taking people into custody but how to advance the organization and the truth of the matter is ice received a mandate from up above such as the chair of homeland security so all ice does is execute policy and the truth is these are american patriots and we need to stand side-by-side with them because they protect the united states. jillian: you mentioned on hopkins university parting with ice for education and training services and tactical medical training and has done so since 2009. are you worried about the future of law enforcement?

>> i see law enforcement as protectors of our society. i don't think they incur any issues or blemishes as a result because we have strong power in place such as the president of the united states. jillian: going against what you say do you think fewer people wanting to get into law enforcement to be part of ice because they don't know if ice is going to be here. >> this is an aspect of hyperbole. the truth is people line up to become law enforcement agents because they truly want to be that presence in our society because they believe in protecting the citizens of the united states of america. jillian: do you worry about the future of kids who are learning these things? >> the future of our kids i go back to me being a professor and

i see a different class of students that come in. there were changes in education but the truth is we are not receiving that. jillian: i like that. thank you for joining us. it is 36 minutes after the hour, facebook doing an about-face after blocking an ad from a republican. >> i am matt caldwell, i like guns, i love the second amendment and i support our president. that is why i am endorsed by the nra. jillian: the man in the ad, matt caldwell, has a message for the social media giant. he joins us live next. cold hard cash for those who cross the border illegally, proposal from the top democrat, your comments pouring in on this one. ♪

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jillian: welcome back to "fox and friends first". first they called for open borders now democrats demanding illegals be compensated for damages done by our nation's border enforcement. rob: jackie ibanez with more on this proposal ahead of the deadline of reuniting illegal families. >> reporter: democrats placing blame on our agents on the front lines of the border telling them to pay up. newly ousted house democrat joe crowley demanding families who have been separated be compensated for the pain they experienced. listen. >> the damage that has been done to these children will be lifelong entities family units will be lifelong as well. in fact, i suggested they need to be compensated for what this administration did to them. jillian: comments ahead of the deadline to reunite families of

the 2500 children ages 5 and older who were separated. more than 1000 have been reunited or discharged from custody. the judge overseeing the case and secretary of homeland security kirstjen neilsen confirming the trump administration is on track to reunite all families by today but members of the congressional hispanic caucus committee are still questioning this after meeting with kirstjen neilsen on capitol hill. >> we didn't get many concrete answers or resolve those issues. there is real clarity about our concerns and dissatisfaction with the policies that protect our country. jillian: kirstjen neilsen said the meeting consisted of, quote, productive and frank conversations as tensions continue to rise on the senate floor where lawmakers work on a long-term fix for detention center requirements for illegals.

rob: the comment was ousted by a socialist in the primary and didn't see that coming, very leftist idea, what do viewers think? jillian: we are asking what you think of joe crowley's idea, most agree. absolutely delusional, as a legal immigrant i'm appalled by this, just be hoping this is a joke. dd on twitter says compensate the american families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal aliens and a viewer and instagram says it was their fault they were separated so why should our government taxpayers compensate them. you need to bring those on facebook and instagram as well. facebook is facing fierce backlash after admitting to this campaign ad. >> i like guns. i love the second amendment. i support our president. that is why i am endorsed by the nra. i am matt caldwell and that is all there is to it. jillian: facebook has apologized but is this part of the bigger

problem? rob: florida state representative matt caldwell posted the ad and he says it is a problem. he joins us live to react. thanks for coming on. were you shocked to see it got pulled? >> absolutely i was shocked was we are talking basic american values, the second amendment, supporting gun rights, supporting donald trump. how does that qualify for censorship? the real disappointing fact is we asked for it to be reviewed, took an entire day to get a response and did get a response because we called them out in the media for it and in the throes of the campaign, 5 weeks out from primary election, losing precious hours, to tell voters about our support for the president, our endorsement by the nra but what about privacy? as a private citizen, to get these issues resolved they don't have the opportunity to elevate this and put it in the base to

deal with the question. it really is disappointing. you look at this, we want to highlight, marco rubio, matt gates have endorsed me. if i put that up are they too controversial? is that why the next sensor is an outrageous situation. jillian: you did hear back from facebook after a day. what did they say and have you made sure your ad is running? >> our ad is running. we made sure of that and they apologized, they said was not supposed to be flagged. what is the answer? they have a policy you are not allowed potentially some ammunition or guns. this is a fundamental constitutional right. even crazy california in the ninth circuit overturned the ammo than in california and said open carry is constitutional under the second amendment throughout the whole country. a state like vermont, senator bernie sanders, they don't have gun laws.

the fact this is on the list for facebook to flag and catch anybody's expression of their belief in the second amendment is outrageous. why don't they have restrictions on abortion advertisers. that is something that is a serious problem every single day in this country. it shows a bias at the core in terms of what can be advertised and when it can be advertised. rob: reaction from facebook, millions of ads each week, sometimes we make mistakes, overturn the incorrect decision, the ads are running live on facebook. facebook is enormous, to check all of these ads. it is possible a very liberal person maybe saw your ad and i'm going to pool this. >> that could have been the case. we didn't get the details about what happened. this, back to my original point,

they automatically flag anything that has to do with the second amendment. you review the rules for posting and it is likely anybody that shares a view on the second amendment, in florida a colleague of mine posted a job to work for a republican. the fact that at that republican seem to be the trigger that got it pooled and taken down, they had to appeal that. another conservative african-american gun rights supporter who does videos on how to talk about the second amendment and what we should focus on, continually get censored by youtube and different organizations and it goes to the point, you have other controversial issues, my perspective, one of the reasons we got support from marco rubio. how do you justify that? jillian: seems like a period a lot of companies have to figure out. we appreciate it. it is 47 minutes after the hour.

a trade truth sends stocks soaring. how donald trump's victories impacting the market and the best way possible. rob: college loans pay a percentage of your future salary instead. the university that wants to make that a reality. ♪ abc ♪ 123 ♪ you and me ♪

jillian: foxbusiness alert, stocks surging after a trade deal is struck between the president and the european union. jillian: tracy carrasco with how things will shape up today.

>> reporter: we saw a last-minute rally after stocks were down earlier in the day. the dow added 172 points, the s&p added 25, the nasdaq rose by 91. this after discussions between donald trump and european officials about trade tensions between the two. it was an unexpected announcement. we heard the two sides are working towards 0 tariffs and 0 subsidies on nonauto industrial goods and they are going to try to avoid any talk of tariffs as they work through this. we will see how this works out, dow futures by 20 or so points, the nasdaq and s&p down today but that is based on second-quarter corporate earnings we are expected to get. jillian: how will i tell you i love you? the heart can't do it. >> this is sad.

these conversation hearts and wafers, who knows what will happen to them? their plant in massachusetts unexpectedly shut down earlier this week. the company was purchased by round hill investments, a bankruptcy option. they sold to another company. not sure what the company is or if production will continue. it is the oldest continuously operating candy company in the country. it would be sad to see them go away. rob: just eat a couple tennis. >> they don't say miss your love you. rob: so sweet. jillian: one school district is banned from opening meetings with a prayer. the circuit court of appeals upheld the lower court ruling saying prayers by the unified school district board of education in california is unconstitutional because they invoke christianity.

the decision follows a lawsuit by members of the community and freedom from religion foundation. rob: a new way to pay for college, give a percentage of your future paycheck. what is known as an income share agreement. here's how it works, students qualify when part of their salary after graduation but their tuition is paid. some students like the idea since they would not owe any money since they have a job. the company is working with 30 colleges across the country on this program. we wanted to know what you thought of this, sounds like a student loan plan makes sense to me. is that what a student loan is? they should be paying back the costs, it is a student loan. jillian: interesting option i guess. time for the good, the bad and the ugly.

april, millions of fans online, expecting again. the new york zoo animal gave birth last year after her pregnancy and delivery were live streamed on the internet. the baby is due next spring. rob: the bad, sweet talking did not work for this guy, a man in jail after trying to bribe them with donuts. telling cops he worked at krispy kreme as they questioned him. jillian: the ugly, terrifying moments as a rattlesnake tries to board a boat in north carolina. >> the venomous snake slithering away from the family, no one was hurt. rob: like a scary movie. coming up at 5:00 am, mike pompeo defending the president

and vladimir putin's closed-door meeting. >> has the president told you what he and vladimir putin discussed in their two our closed-door meeting? >> he has the prerogative to choose that. jillian: should the foreign affairs the private? our panel weighs in on "fox and friends first," stay right there. ♪ beat it ♪ beat it ♪

rob: it is thursday my 26th. rod rosenstein on the chopping block, toward impeachment. jillian: tearing down trade barriers, donald trump's tough talk and the deal he stuck with the european union. rob: a redline over disrespect for the blue line. jillian: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ rob: it is raining again. jillian: yes it is.