colorado, wildfire started july 12, 1000, acres of land, he wanted to thank them. we do as well. they are all heroes. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us, good evening, i am shannon bream. >> it is tuesday, july 31st and this is "fox and friends first". of fox news alert, on the southern border, mexico's murder rate skyrockets. >> no donald trump doubling down on a shutdown. has one question for congress. you don't want to border wall. hundreds of people order to give up their guns in florida. >> a smart move, and assault on the second amendment and meet the homeless man so hungry for work he just bought a new lease on life. >> "fox and friends first" starts right now.

♪ >> i don't know this song. he mentions himself 18 times in the song. it is what he does. >> if you were a musician would you mention your self? rob: like we are right now. >> thanks for joining us on this tuesday. rob: thanks for starting your tuesday with us. donald trump doubling down on his threat to shut down the government over security. >> calling out democrats as the clock ticks toward the funding deadline. griff jenkins sorting it all out. >> reporter: the government runs out of money on october 1st.

that is why gop leaders were at the white house trying to get the president to avoid a messy showdown but as we learned he reversed course on sunday. yesterday he made it very clear he is not afraid of the showdown. >> if we don't get border security after many years of talk within the united states, i would have no problem doing a shutdown. >> always leave room for negotiation but this is been many years, not just trump administration. it has been many years, even decades. >> working on passing a few appropriations, measures, none of which involved immigration measures, the president's comments through caution from members of his own party like senator lindsey graham worried about taking the blame.

>> we get blamed, there is a way to deal with the population. i prefer a deal that would be a win-win. >> across the aisle senators like patrick leahy said the president is to blame. >> they could pass the money for a wall if they wanted and democrats are willing to work on this but it is hard to get the president to keep the same position for more than a day. >> no word on whether gop leaders would come to the white house for another private meeting. where things stand and how the president has changed the wall street journal indicating today they believe the president may be open to an agreement that we will end this day in a rally in florida and i suppose we may hear more about that wall. >> probably going to take many absent flows between now and september 30th. >> donald trump firm on his threat to shut down the

government in order to get funding for the border wall. brandon jed said he will support the president in order to put a end to the battle. >> the border patrol agent, i would support shutting down the government if in fact it was going to lead to border security. this is a topic we have been discussing for years on end. i have been a border patrol agent for 21 years, this comes up year after year after year. we finally need to get a hold of this. we are not talking illegal immigration, we are talking about illegal immigration and we need to get a handle on it. the left want voters was we look at it from the right and they want cheap labor and we are caught in the middle trying to fix a problem that has existed for years on end and we are not getting support from either side, democrats or republicans. this is an uphill battle the president is willing to take on and hopefully wins this battle.

>> happening later today the customs and border protection sheaf heads to a meeting with the senate judiciary committee. >> claimed responsibility for deadly attacks that left two american cyclists dead and something more devastating and bitter is coming. according to the interior minister, 7 bikers were hit by a car and attacked with knives and guns south of the country of capital sunday. four people in all were killed. the american victims of not been identified. >> north korea, us spy agencies are seeing signs the rogue regime is working on two missiles capable of hitting the united states. the satellite photo shows production at a missile facility. mike pompeo admitted to congress north korea is still making bomb

fuel despite its pledge to denuclearize. donald trump backing off the tough talk on iran saying he is ready for a sitdown. >> i would meet with iran if they wanted to meet. i don't know if they're ready. they are having a hard time right now but the iran deal was ridiculous. i believe they will end of wanting to meet. they went to meet i will meet. >> a complete turnaround from the threatening tweet he blasted at the iranian president earlier this month. mike pompeo clarifying in order for a meeting to happen iran must improve treatment of their people and be willing to make and improve nuclear deal. >> joe mentioned requesting a second meeting with brett kavanaugh, the supreme court swing voters still undecided. mike emmanuel has the latest on the push to get on the bench. >> brett kavanaugh meeting with joe mentioned.

his first sit down with the democrat. support for mentioned represents a red state would be a welcome yes vote from across the aisle. is one of 3 democrats who voted to confirm neil gorsuch last year. mentioned previously met with constituents to discuss donald trump's supreme court nominee and set up an email address so others in his state could share their thoughts on a potential justice, this is democratic leadership calls for access to documents related to his time as a staff secretary for george w. bush. >> he consulted on judicial nominations including chief justice rehnquist. isn't that something we want to know what his thoughts were about who should be a justice? >> they are making it so clear to the public at all they want to do is create a political issue in the political problem and not function the way the constitution was written to function. >> brett cavanagh gaining additional gop support from rand paul, the kentucky senator who voiced concern over the nomination in the past releasing a statement reading i believe he

will carefully adhere to the constitution. it will take his job to protect individual liberty seriously. kavanaugh is expected to meet with joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp in august, both democrats who voted in favor of neil gorsuch. mike emmanuel, fox news. >> investigators working on an update to the frantic search for missing university of iowa students, expected to reveal possible leads into the disappearance of molly to bits, 200 people have been questioned so far. she was lettered from july 18th after returning to a friend's house from a job. he was out of town at the time and called police the next day when she didn't show up for work. >> criminal investigation underway two weeks after 17 people were killed, the boat capsized in a thunderstorm in a lake in missouri. they are suing the operators

claiming they ignored warnings, one report claims the victims on board the boat were trapped under the canopy and dragged to the bottom. the company was advised to remove the canopy in 2002. shannon: thank final goodbyes to a washington state officer killed in the line of duty. and police officer diego marino struck by another officer. the 16-year-old charged with second-degree murder, the 8 year veteran of the force leaves behind a wife and two young children. rob: donald trump heading to the sunshine state bringing his message to the voters, he will host a roundtable discussion at a tampa high school where he will tout the booming economy and go to florida state fairgrounds, supporting matt gates and his house reelection bid. governor rick scott running for u.s. senate and gubernatorial

candidate. jillian: the midterms a few days away at the trump administration will unveil a strategy to stop election hacking. how real is the threat? our next guest says it comes down to each state. rob: a flag honoring a fallen hero found on sale at an antique store. getting that flag back to its rightful owners. ♪

rob: we are 100 days from the midterms and election meddling is a concern on both sides of the aisle. in a few hours trump administration officials will layout a new strategy combating cyberthreats to the nation.

as cyber security expert, great to have you here, what is the main threat or threats facing the us? >> threats are coming in for the past couple years, russia, china, iran, north korea is probing our systems and not just our election systems but water, electric grid, power supply, all those things and americans have less faith in our electoral system. >> let's show right now the initiative over the next 90 days, in my estimation there is a lot of jargon. i want you to tell us exactly what they are doing first and is that what they need to be doing? >> dhs has been on top of this, the primary voice in terms of cybersecurity regarding the election process. what they are trying to do is

gain more federal control over what the states are doing in terms of election systems. the problem is a booklet to pass where every state and county has its own way whether it is a paper ballot, or connect to the internet, the department of homeland security is trying to unite these and implement ways of these election counts. rob: you can't hack paper but it leads to a lot of confusion and things along those lines. >> it is not the only way forward. the internet of things, everything connected to the internet, this is the wave of the future the development of homeland security recognizes they have to move forward. >> will these recommendations be implement it by the midterms? the midterms are a few days away for all intents and purposes. >> there have been hints this is the work that for a couple

months but this is a huge spanning process that has been going on for some years. you have to get different measures to reunite the system. rob: i'm thinking of the poll worker who has implement these. a sweet little old italian lady going to the polls making sure everything works. in the computer age, she has no idea what she's doing. poll workers in all 50 states are retirees like my grandmother. do they have the wherewithal to handle this? >> they have to understand not necessarily how the systems work. they won't be implanting these systems, but here are the buttons you have to push. what the government is worried about is some sort of malware attack. they follow this noise, people start getting nervous about how to use these systems but poll workers keep that under control.

>> you can't vote changing but democracy undermining. >> the issues have been whether foreign nationals have seen voters databases and they have in illinois and arizona dating back to 2016. and that undermines security but there is a question whether voters will go to the polls if there are security issues. rob: i am sure we will be checking back with you a lot. >> 17 after the hour, the tsa under fire over a secret surveillance program we told you about yesterday. how the agency is responding to critics this morning. millions of illegal immigrants in the us and one democrat has plans to solve the crisis. give them amnesty. growing backlash to that.

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at an antique store in kentucky, $45. after being dedicated to a fallen veteran, samuel stewart, she tracked down his nephew. >> how do you attribute any value to something like this? this is worth x amount of dollars and make this money off of it. every disorder deserve to go home. rob: financial troubles force them to a storage unit. jillian: hand them over. hundreds of illegals in florida forced to give up their guns. rob: carly shimkus of serious xm 115 is here with reaction to that new law. >> reporter: 450 people in florida have been ordered to surrender their guns under a new law that took effect under the parkland school shooting. the risk protection act allows

the state to take away people's guns if a judge finds they are the threat to themselves or others. the majority of these cases involved peoples with histories of mental illness who threatened to hurt themselves. the panels county sheriff is not taking this lightly. the constitutional right to bear arms and when you are asking the court to deprive somebody of that right we need to make sure we are making good decisions, right decisions and the circumstances warrant it but this new sparking a firestorm on social media. not everybody is on board with this. that is a violation of the constitution. another twitter user writing opening up a can of worms here. the interpretation of a threat by a judge will eventually lead to abuse of the law. but cheryl is calling it a good start. this measure raises the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21. rob: debate in florida.

a curious play by a house candidate seems like something the south doesn't go for a lot. >> democratic house candidate calling for amnesty for all illegal immigrants, announced his position saying i'm calling for action to help millions of undocumented people working in our communities, serving in our military and raising families by granting amnesty and this sparks a lot of reaction online similar to the last story, not everybody on board. one person saying that should be enough to sink his candidacy hopefully. whatever happened to immigrants working hard to become a citizen, the immigrants who became citizens wanted to assimilate to be us citizens. jeff on social media saying then -- been there done that, you calling the country to secure the border as well.

jillian: sometimes it pays to be a go-getter. >> i want you to meet david, a 20-year-old college graduate who instead of asking for a handout when he had hard times, was handing out his resume. homeless, hungry for success, take a resume. he went to california to get a tech job, ran out of money and decided to get creative by doing this. >> i told myself all i need is one person to see this. i didn't expect it to turn out this way. >> he is a texas a&m graduate, his determination paid off, he has 200 job offers after this photo went viral on social media and so much support. roger is echoing the sentiment on social media, this is what

dedication and commitment looks like. instead of assignments is hungry, give money. he wants the job. he will with those 200 job offers, i am sure there is the right one. rob: a fox news alert, the military joining the fight against deadly wildfires in california, 100,000 acres turned to ash. we are live on the fire lines. >> saving middle-class families money. >> guaranteed healthcare to all is a right, not a privilege. jillian: socialists love the idea of universal healthcare but the price tag, shocking new numbers when we come back. ♪ 're really engaged with who we are as people and making everybody feel welcome. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. i love the custom ink design lab because it's really easy to use.

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>> 29 after the hour in the fox news alert, the us military

ramping up efforts to battle the massive wildfire spreading through california. the biggest blaze scorching 100,000 acres enforcing thousands from their homes. >> reporter: live from redding, california, battling the soft ground. >> reporter: it has been more than a week's and the car fire began, it is 23% contained. fire officials say rain is causing major obstacles for group last trying to put out the flames. the car fire has killed six people, two firefighters and four solutions. destroyed 800 homes, fueled by hot, dry conditions and more wind overnight into this morning. is the ninth most restrictive fire to hit the state of california and the most dangerous of the 20 fires burning from southern california to the oregon border. >> once in a 100 year thing.

i don't think it will happen again. you never know. seems like each year it gets a little worse. >> reporter: hundreds of california national guard members have been brought in in blackhawk helicopters. motor police set up checkpoints keeping people from entering dangerous areas and protecting homes from looting making sure people who were not supposed to be near the scorched home can't take advantage of the evacuated areas. the national weather service is forecasting 100 plus degree temperatures for the rest of the week and strong winds making the flight against the northern california fires harder. firefighters starting to make some progress on the car fire and begin letting people back into certain areas they believe are no longer at risk. >> it is wonderful to come home and sleep in our own bed and knowing the house is still here. >> in some areas hit hardest

like where we are now they are not letting people back in to see their homes to see if or what remains. >> horribly sad situation. a fox news alert, a national survey recording 31,000 homicides since last year alone. the highest total since record-keeping began in 1997, spilling across the border into baja, california, surging from 192 in 2016 to 560 in 2017 of cartels clashed. the feds revealing a suspect in an attempt to mall heists, illegal immigrants from mexico, 7 arrested in connection to the jewelry store in texas over the weekend, breaking of glass mistaken for gunfire in the mall sparking panic, the suspect

arraigned on charges of aggregated property, they will be turned over to customs border patrol once they finish their sentence. the tsa defending previously secret surveillance program after backlash, the program identifies potentially dangerous travelers and tracks them through airports and on planes starting in 2010 and expanded next year. they are watching travelers in secrets and without suspicion of wrongdoing. that is completely false. >> average americans have not come close to qualifying for inclusion in this program. if you are being observed, a pattern of travel, in any activity. >> reporter: congress has been briefed on the program four times in the last two month. suing the trump administration's release of 3-d gun blueprints online.

connecticut, maryland, new jersey, new york, oregon, pennsylvania, washington state, argue access to blueprints would open the door for terrorists and other criminals to get their hands on deadly weapons. this reversed the 2013 ruling banning a texas company from making the plans public. >> authorities provide an update on the search for molly tibbetts, the student who vanished two weeks ago. her heartbroken family begging please don't give up. >> doesn't matter what we are going through. does somebody know something? we can get molly back. >> investigators filing warrants on her fit bit or social media accounts focusing on her digital footprint as she reportedly sent to snapchat her boyfriend the night she went missing.

police sergeant corrigan served as chief investigator for the new york city the permit of investigation. he joined us to weigh in. thank you for joining us. there's a lot to unravel. how much time has it taken? two weeks? what information would they be providing? >> no more than what has been released, who else or what else may have been done but going back to what her father says. every case like this, someone somewhere knows something, it may be something they don't realize helps the investigation. even if you think it has little value, let them know. jillian: why is this taking so long? is it that police are trying to get information from social media accounts? how long does that normally

take? >> the fbi is paramount, they are great in doing this but it does take time, take time to go through her computer, her phone. if they get a lead they have to follow it somewhere and we have her snapchat. a lot of material in a short time. jillian: we do have a digital footprint. how much information can it provide? >> they are going to find her at some point whether it is positive or negative. we have seen cases where women have gone missing and weeks or months later they show up and that is what they are hoping. they want to locate her no matter what regardless of what the situation is. jillian: her boyfriend, police told us he had an alibi, a couple hundred miles away. could that information change? what do you think at this time?

>> based on the small amount of information that has been released already i am surprised if they released that because it could change. what if there was a relationship somebody he knew, who knew she was going to be at his house watching his dogs alone? jillian: we are only saying that because she was out for a jog and snapchat from his house after her job. the fit bit, let's talk about that fit bit. what information can it provide? >> every electronic device contract you, facebook, twitter, you can be followed so the fbi will be able to eventually pinpoint that and follow her to the point the device was destroyed or discarded. jillian: the latest information we had, on a pig farm in the area nearby, what type of information, are they going off

of the tip or focusing on a special area? >> they had 30 to 50 fbi agents along with the iowa investigation and so they have to follow up on it and one by one they have to go through them, and let's excluded. jillian: let's talk about the importance of hope in situations like this. >> we have to have hope, the family has to have hope. you have to prepare for the inevitable but believe something good will come out that. we see so many cases across the country where somebody has gone and we have this crazy investigation, the lady locked in a been in south carolina and they found they are okay so the possibility, we don't know, we can remain hopeful. jillian: it is important to give that information out.

you can call the sheriff's office on your screen, 623-5679 or you can email and molly's dad and twin brothers will join "fox and friends" live at 7:20 eastern time, stay tuned for that, a situation that has the entire country in this hoping for a good outcome. thank you for joining us this morning. rob: 39 after the hour. a retired marine putting his life on the line to save animals from the raging california wildfires. the dramatic rescues firsthand when that hero joins us live next. my favorite story of the day, tom perez has some explaining to do. the future of the democratic party, what is he doing with that $10,000 designer bag? we check into that coming up.

rob: reality check for one of bernie sanders's socialist rallying cries. >> saving middle-class families a lot of money. guaranteed healthcare to all as a right, not a privilege. rob: a new study out of george mason university, free medicare would cost $32.6 trillion over ten years. the study says even if the government doles federal and court income taxes it won't come close to cover additional costs. doctor nicole safire joins us with the implication of a program like medicare for all. jillian: london's anti-trump mayor blamed for rising crime in

the city. boris johnson, the foreign secretary, grabbing it up on the red carpet. in an op-ed johnson writes a twinkle toed mover on the movie premiere red carpet but on the subject of knife crime, a positive wonder. he blames everyone but himself when it is his duty to keep london safe. it is a pathetic performance. he slanted during the uk trump saying he has the nail -- little to fight terrorism. fox news alert, 10,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders due to two wildfires in northern california. one man, a retired marine, is not running from the flames but through them. rob: saving dozens of horses left behind in the raging infernos and lending a hand to other people where he can. good morning to you.

why have you decided you need to do this? >> based on my experience in a long duration of time in the marines, it taught me how to react in difficult situations. i knew i had the knowledge and ability to do what i had to do and the community around me that will start catching on and will team up and band together, light the fire as our servants have in the sheriff department, police departments, working as a team. they needed us to evacuate these animals so people can feel comfortable leaving their homes. jillian: you are attempting to evacuate a lot of these animals and come across some people you have been able to help. emotionally, what is that like? what is going through your head as you try to save anyone and

anything you can? >> i don't have any emotions towards it. i just focus on the job at hand. i focus on what needs to be done. i don't reflect and have to second-guess myself. my team that i have, we just react. this goes past and we get onto our normal lives. we get together and have a job to do and admission to do that we have put forth to save our people and our animals because we do our thing. rob: logistically, how are you doing this? >> i have a truck, i work for bobcat, i use it on a daily basis to help my customers and my boss and i use the truck and made a decision to load up our

horse trailer for a rental and went straight to the fire lines, started calling customers and asking if they need help because they are not just customers but friends and family. then i realized if they did need help, i went towards the fire and met its head on. i have been fighting at all the way until it regressed from us and we are picking up the aftermath and trying to do cleanup and getting everybody back to their homes. jillian: your message to folks across the country who aren't experiencing this. >> my message to people who are here to experience, everybody talked about the government, we need to bring in these big corporations and companies to help when disasters happen.

you don't need that, you just need team work, put your soldiers together and families to start relying on your own small towns and your people and you band together on social media, facebook was a great thing, cowboy 911 was vital to us. the low, we have a little page we communicate through. looking each other square in the eye and a handshake and making face time with each other when we can. that is how we get it done. we don't wait for somebody to make a decision. rob: stay safe as you undertake this massive mission and thank you for all your efforts on behalf of the people of california. 48 after the hour, lebron james taking aim not at the warriors or the houston rockets but donald trump. >> he used sports to divide and

that is something we can't relate to. jillian: who is dividing america? tell us your opinions? no shortage of comments on this one.

rob: party on wall street, tech giants taking a nosedive. fang stocks. jillian: tracy carrasco is going to tell us. >> reporter: it is continuing, stocks, facebook, apple, amazon,

netflix, alphabet, a day's loss combined, $850 million over the previous two sessions yesterday was a bad day as well, netflix at 5.7%, facebook down 2%, google down two, amazon two as well, apple down almost 1%. it started last week, facebook taking a nosedive after second board and earnings, earnings today from apple, we will see what happens. it is a big when investors are watching. rob: i'm not happy with this next story. let me finish. when i fill in for rob it is national avocado day. chipotle across the street. jillian: desiree is in the control room. >> it is national avocado day and you can get free, lee.

you just have to place your order online or through the apps, use the coupon code avocado. you can get it on your burrito, on the side. we know it is usually extra but today it is free. jillian: you better go get some for us. >> lebron james accusing donald trump of using sports to divide america. >> kind of used sports to divide us, something i can't relate to because i know sports was the first time i was around someone white. jillian: he says sports has never been something that divides people but brings people together. that has been a shared sentiment. you have been fired up over this, john on facebook rights, quote, basketball.

>> the brought is way off base, called out trump and his supporters and called trump a racist without providing any proof. lebron is dividing people, not trump. jillian: jackson is the only person dividing the country as you, you can't seem to make up your mind which team to play for. >> the good, the bad and the ugly, the good, little girl hands out burritos to firefighters battling the car wildfire. >> nice. thank you. >> her mother said her daughter wanted to show support for their hard work. jillian: the chairman of the democratic party called socialism the future of the party, $1800 designer bag at washington airport, what appears to be a louis vuitton bag that belonged to a staffer. >> the ugly.

arsonist nearly lighting himself on fire a gas station, the man dousing a gas pump with gasoline, then lighting it on fire, no one was hurt but he will be okay. jillian: not smart. bracing for a blockbuster month of primaries. >> how they will shape the midterms coming up in the next hour of "fox and friends first".

>> it is tuesday, july 31st, fox news alert, a chilling threat on the other side of the southern border as mexico's murder rate skyrockets. >> donald trump double down on a shutdown over the border wall. jillian: lemonade stand standoff. >> a 7-year-old boy was ordered to close up shot. jillian: sobering numbers about drinking and shopping. >> "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪