crucial clue and standard in the search for mollie to that. jillian: her family refuses to give up hope. >> i'm running against pocahontas or crazy bernie. jillian: how donald trump is resonating in the midterms and beyond. todd: can you believe it? football is back but to the national anthem protesters make a return to the field? todd: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ tonight is going to be ♪ a good night ♪ tonight is going to be ♪ a good night ♪

jillian: breaking news, america, this is not todd's favorite song. todd: i am not feeling it. shots fired. jillian: strong words, no dancing todd. it is friday. that is enough to make me once to dance a little bit. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: thank you for starting the day with us. jillian: a brand-new clue could help investigators track down mollie tibbets. her family is still hopeful she is alive. todd: jackie ibanez has more on the dip request to bring todd: mollie tibbets home. >> reporter: it has been two week since she vanished but investigators are step closer to finding her this morning. there's searching to ditches on a pig farm after a red shirt was

spotted nearby, and interesting sign, employs of the daycare where mollie tibbets works have to wear red. they searched his home but he says he has nothing to hide. investigators say the farmer previously pled guilty to two counts of stocking. police believe mollie tibbets went missing after returning to her boyfriend's home from a job. she was dog sitting for him while he was out of town for work. investigators chased hundreds of leaves so far but mollie tibbets's family thinks she is alive and could be held captive. >> we wake up every day at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning to fight, the boys are fighting, everyone in this community is fighting to get her back. >> reporter: we just spoke to ted williams, criminal defense attorney, former homicide detective, fox news contributor, on the ground in iowa, hard to know where the investigation stands.

>> they have gotten quite a few clues, some they shared with us, some they hold close to their vests, some of her relatives have an idea, they believe she is somewhere objected, she is alive. >> reporter: right now there is a $170,000 reward for information leading to mollie tibbetts's whereabouts. todd: the prayers of a nation with that family. swat team searched the home of a man accused of killing george hw bush's former doctor, police coming up empty after sweeping joseph james's house in houston, charged with shooting and killing cardiologist mark houston two weeks ago. he may have been seeking revenge after his mother died on the doctor's operating table in 1997. the fbi issue an amber alert for a girl who may have been abducted. investigators saying jane was taken at reagan national airport

by this woman in the surveillance video. the 12-year-old from china was traveling with a group touring american schools. police say she is an extreme danger. >> we believe there is evidence to suggest the child is walking with the woman the child may have put on another piece of clothing. we are attempting to get in touch with the chinese embassy. because of the age of the child this is a serious incident. todd: police think they left in this white car with a woman and an unknown man. jillian: a 5 year veteran of the police force is fighting for his life after being shot in the head. colorado springs police officer responding to a call when police say he opened fire and was shot but will be okay. he is expected in court today and could be charged with attempted murder. he was out on bond for a weapons charge.

the man police say from to shoot steve scalise and other members of congress will face a judge today. carlos is accused of leaving threatening voicemails for the house majority whip and rcc chair kathy rogers. scalise was nearly killed last year after gunmen opened fire at a republican baseball practice. todd: sarah huckabee sanders had a fire exchange with reporters in the white house briefing room. >> the president is rightfully frustrated. 90% of the coverage on ms. negative despite the fact the economy is booming, isis is on the run it american leadership is the asserted around the world. >> you did not say that the press is not the enemy of the people. >> the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. the media has attacked me personally on a number of occasions including your own network. that i should be choked.

todd: following their tents back and forth, jim acosta saying he walked out of the briefing room in protest. the left trying to frame this as trump administration versus the media but as eric trump points out the president is responding to the bias in their coverage. >>' is unlike anything you can imagine. you have them attacking bearing, attacking our entire family, spewing garbage every single day on cnn and other networks about my father covering nonsense while forgetting the fact our economy grew 1.1%, the lowest unemployment in history, jobs coming back to the country, the stock market is at record highs, they forget that. the people chant cnn sucks because of biased coverage and everything else and people start crying. it is really incredible. todd: broadcast news coverage on donald trump is 90% negative.

jillian: a newcomer claims victory in the primary for tennessee governor. bill lee beating out three republicans to get the nod. diane black was favored to win, we will face a democrat in november. marsha blackburn easily winning the gop -- she will face democrat phil brett is an --b d --bredesen. officials wanted them could break at any moment. heavy rain in lynchburg, virginia could collapse the structure and flood the city with 17 feet of water. >> cleanup is underway after a tornado damaged a high school and uprooted trees. todd: we are tracking the storms on the east coast. >> reporter: a chance of rain and severe weather, tomorrow things will get a little better

on sunday. let's look at the maps. a plume of tropical moisture up and down the east coast, you see potential for more rain from florida to portions of the mid-atlantic and northeast. flood advisories are in place as we head and the weekend. we have college associates graduating today. anthony is one of them. where are you from? >> new york. >> reporter: what school you go to? >> st. john's university. >> are you ready for your last day? anthony will take it away and he will be spectacular. go ahead. >> the east coast will see the threat for more rain and possible flooding. the west coast is hot and dry heading into the weekend. we have a chance of rain for the summer concert series with temperatures in the mid-70s and lots of humidity. back to you, jillian and todd.

>> reporter: he could replace me for the rest of the morning. jillian: you will be missed. >> reporter: everyone when they said this was anthony at last day said we love anthony. good job, my friend, see you around the hallways again. >> hopefully. shep: good job. jillian: good job. it is 9 minutes after the hour. anti-trump fbi agent peter stzrok demanded extra powers to target donald trump. is this a smoking gun proving the mueller probe is crooked? tom fitton blowing the lid on the bombshell report. why he says mueller needs to answer for stzrok's shady requested. todd: hot wheels, landing in trouble. a warning he got going viral. ♪ you got to fight ♪ for your right

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>> newly released emails showing peter stzrok insisted on keeping his security clearance and other powers he held at the agency before joining robert mueller's team raising concerns whether this authority could have given the special counsel special capabilities to target donald trump. here to react is the president of judicial watch which obtained these emails, one of many documents obtained through the course of this fiasco if i will. peter stzrok's email says, quote, broadly, i need to be able to act at least in the capacity of my old counterintelligence division, job approve national security

letters, conduct, some rejected stuff, declassify information, rejected, agent travel, etc. of those, most problematic, and declassification authority. so tom, why did he ask for this? >> a rather extraordinary request. he was a senior official of the fbi asking all the powers of being a senior official be given to him even though he was moving out of his job and declassify, and this was a classified investigation. someone like peter stzrok who had this anti-trump hatred, you have to remember, he wanted it for a good reason or something

nefarious and this is why robert mueller needs to be asked what stzrok was up to. given his record of misconduct, he wanted those powers for bad reasons and wanted to be able to declassify information for reasons that were inappropriate. he recognized it was problematic. why was it problematic, those were all sorts of areas of inquiry that need to be pursued. we are waiting for more emails but we are getting stonewalled. todd: the question on my mind is a security clearance that other people in the hr department where peter stzrok was moved typically have. >> deputy assistant director, the assistant director to take care of peter stzrok, a key

official at the fbi. and you had a lot of juice. >> the president upsetting mainstream media asking jeff sessions to end the mueller probe. when you heard what the president said, is this donald trump blowing off steam or is there something more? >> he wants the mueller probe ended. he is constrained for the meeting, probably for political reasons. the attorney general and justice department to step up and curb the abuses of robert mueller. you see from peter stzrok who compromised the investigation. and the circumstances of the recusal warrant mister sessions taking another look whether he would recuse himself inappropriately and or whether

time is past that allow him to step into position given the fact that mueller found no collusion between trump campaign and the russians, why do we have a special counsel, i don't think anyone's counted on sessions recusing himself from the most significant investigation the justice department would undertake, no resources being devoted to any other operation than the justice department other than mister miller's investigation. he needs to take back the justice department. todd: he recused himself going to a cocktail party, rod rosenstein appearing every one of the documents that you have uncovered but he is still in. i have to give you credit. >> by the standard, mueller should recuse himself for investigating trump for obstruction for firing over the firing of comey, he interviewed for the job. todd: amazing insight and we

appreciate it as always. jillian: 1 million truck drivers urged to get off the road, the tailgate that could come unhinged at any moment. >> important to speak out. >> reimagine it. >> the rallying cry for months and another one joined the club, and endorsement from president obama. ♪ something you get ♪ you ain't seen nothing yet ♪ are you ready to take your wifi to the next level?

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jillian: all lies on the football field for the nfl hall of fame game but not one player taking a knee during the national anthem in canton, ohio. the chicago bears locking arms on the sidelines, baltimore ravens standing after the nfl said it would not endorse the protocol as it discusses it with the players union. the ravens beat the bears 17-16 in the preseason opener. todd: hard to believe. democratic socialism on the rise on college campuses. the undemocratic socialists of america say it is experiencing a 280% increase from 2016-2018. this fall, 250 campuses have registered for chapter which is the most ever for the group.

the movement appears to be growing in popularity after alexandria carr's upset against joe crowley. todd: foxbusiness alert. jillian: 100 trucks recalled. todd: tracy carrasco here with more on why. i'm not a car expert but i do not believe that is supposed to happen. >> reporter: this is pretty dangerous, fiat chrysler recalling 1.4 million ram pickup trucks because tailgates with power locks can open when the truck is moving. the components of those power locks can break overtime causing the tailgate latch to open up. it does involve the 1500, 2500, and 3500 ram from 2015-2017. so far no reports of injuries which is good but can take your pickup truck back to the dealer and they will fix these

problems. jillian: apparently if you lose your bank card it is not a bad thing anymore. >> reporter: the atm of the future. you no longer need a physical debit card. they are rolling out a new feature the cardless transaction, you just open up your mobile wallet on your smart phone whether it is apple, google pay or samsung, tap it open, inter-your pin and the money appears in your local wallet. you don't need the card anymore. just magically appears. todd: asking for trouble with that. jillian: scary to think about. it is 24 after the hour, chicago protesters outraged over rising gun violence set up with democratic leadership.

>> you say mayor rahm emanuel is bad for chicago? >> he is a con man. his job is to keep black folks divided. jillian: our next guest born and raised in the windy city was at the rally talking to the folks there, the community of direct message to the left lawmakers. todd: donald trump making his case in the keystone state for the midterms, we have highlights from his fiery speech. a lot of new nicknames from the president. jillian: the summer concert series heating up, getting ready to rock the plaza. ♪ icehotels.com like this. surfs up. earn a $50 gift card when you stay just twice this summer. or, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com new laptop with 24/7 tech support.

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miners, lou barletta was fighting on behalf of miners, mines, companies. shep: donald trump rallying the crowd drumming up support for congressman lou barletta's senate bid. todd: praising his economic success slamming his opponents and calling for government shutdown. jillian: griff jenkins live with a highlights. >> reporter: he may have been barnstorming for barletta but he was burning down the barn on the media tearing into what he perceives as unfair coverage that diminishes his record as president. >> we are doing better in all of these states than we did on election night. only negative publicity, only negative stories from the fakers back there. >> reporter: the attack on the media isn't new, his nickname for barletta's opponents,

senator bob casey, certainly is. >> i got to talk about bob casey, i will start falling asleep. don't fall asleep, sleeping bob. we need republicans. we need barletta. he is tough. >> reporter: he looked ahead to 2020 sitting sites on potential opponents, the new stars of the democratic party. >> maxine waters, very low iq. i am running against pocahontas or crazy bernie. i saw him up there the other day, hair getting wider and wider, getting crazier and crazier. >> reporter: the president raised a familiar campaign promise he made two years ago in the same arena and every stop on the campaign trail, to build a wall. >> we are going to get nasty over the wall. the democrats, anything they want they want to oppose. we are going to take tough

actions. we are getting are closing down government. we need border security. >> reporter: the president surprised many when he won in pennsylvania. popular in that part of pennsylvania. barletta is in question because he trails by double digits. todd: we learned about sleeping bob from awake griffin. wildfire rages in california in uncharted territory. that update from jerry brown who says the busy fire season could be the new normal for his state, 16 wildfires burning right now, 200,000 acres, thousands of structures. task force lowering the flag to have staff in memory of firefighters who died fighting wildfires this year. they found it flying undamaged.

jillian: fox news get an exclusive look at military gear and personal items returned with us remains from north korea, boots, gloves and fox, from the north korean border found in caskets, recently handed over to the us. that dog tag will be given to fallen soldiers in arlington, virginia. the remains being tested in hawaii. the us keeping a close eye iran's massive military exercises in the gulf. one american official claims 100 vessels were involved in the drill. a second real could take place in the next 48 hours. the move is aimed to show iran capable of blocking the strait of hormuz. tensions between iran and the us have been rising since donald trump withdrew from the nuclear deal. heather: joining together to condemn russian election interference. >> russia attempted to interfere

with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. >> our democracy is in the crosshairs. >> we acknowledge the threat is real, it is continuing and we are doing everything we can to have legitimate elections. todd: donald trump insisted he raised the issue with vladimir putin. bipartisan senators pushing for new sanctions in hopes of sending a message to the kremlin. jillian: prosecutors in the paul manafort trial say they will call gates to the stand after the federal judge in the case told them they wouldn't be able to prove conspiracy without manafort's business partner, prosecutors said they might not use gates who is considered a potential star witness was manafort, former trump campaign manager, is on trial for bank fraud and tax evasion, charges not linked to the campaign. todd: chicago citizens

protesting the extreme violence in the city placing blame on democratic leadership. jillian: they are slamming rahm emanuel saying he failed the city. todd: jenna caldwell was at a protest and joins us now. >> reporter: good morning. todd: you went to this event yesterday. what happens? what did you see? >> interestingly enough, i don't think it is interesting to many people in chicago, outside chicago but people of chicago, ron emanuel's in action, some said they believe mayor emmanuel was prioritizing illegal immigrants over residents, they believe he didn't care about the african-american community, only elites in the city of chicago. and protecting every citizen and

promoting their economic health and stability. this was for a lot of people of frustration. there was one which was more of an exclusive to us, state representative, a very senior democrat said that he wanted donald trump to come to chicago. not all of chicago was a trump free zone is rahm emanuel said. he said one of the solutions is the national guard. i thought that was interesting from someone who is many people said no democrat whatever once to work with donald trump. this is an individual who did. jillian: you interviewed a lot of people. and we will look at it in its entirety. >> when we put it together, in chicago, the african-american

community. >> you think rahm emanuel has failed chicago? >> first of all he is a con man. his whole job is to keep black folks divided. >> he doesn't care about anybody but the people in his neighborhood and his family. >> the organizations, which angle you get to look at. >> illegal immigrants and african-americans -- >> more about noncitizens, african-american citizens than our ancestors who built this country. i think he doesn't step up and come to the people where the crime is. the crime is on the south end and the west end. >> we have to make sure donald trump recognizes not everyone believes chicago is a trump free zone. if he is serious about helping people in chicago on the west side of chicago i accept his help.

we can start every help away. understand the criminals cannot have their way in our streets, we have to protect our youth, our seniors and people have to have safe places to walk. one murder is too many and so if chicago police department and all the other law enforcement's can do it we should seek other help. >> you have seen a lot in chicago but have you ever seen it get to this point? >> i haven't especially when people say they can't walk out of their house and especially a grandmother said she didn't want her grandchildren to visit her in chicago because she feared they may not be able to leave safely. i find that troubling but we had an interview, the last person in that clip was state

representative forward who is happy to have the help of donald trump. i hope donald trump is listening because there are individuals in the city of chicago, who are willing to have assistance. it is obvious the mayor failed the city of chicago. >> we reached out for rahm emanuel's comments, so far no word back yet. thank you for your time yesterday, we appreciate it. jillian: and illegal immigrant facing charges for firing a gun now wants to claim second amendment rights. how can he pick and choose which law he wants to follow. todd: the world's most popular videogame under fire for removing colin kaepernick. carly shimkus live with how this is playing out on social media.

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>> he snubbed our nation's heroes by taking a knee during the national anthem. now he is the one getting snubbed by popular nfl videogame. ♪ shep: they leaped colin kaepernick. carly shimkus with serious xm has the reaction, tried to ditch a reference to the former qb. >> when they got their hands on the latest madden videogame they noticed colin kaepernick's name was edited out of a popular rap song similar to how they edit out curse words and sexual references. ea sports response to the backlash saying we made an unfortunate mistake with our soundtrack, members of the team misunderstood the fact that

while we don't have rights to include colin kaepernick in the game that doesn't affect the soundtrack. we messed up at the edit should never have happened. we will make it right with an update on august 6th that will include the reference again. a lot of folks including the wrapper who created the song are angry this happened but colin kaepernick's critics are responding like this. robert says he wishes he hadn't taken a knee, that worked well. another twitter user rights kind of like how he is removed from the nfl, that is karma. a lot of mixed reaction. >> they didn't have music, they had -- >> talking pac-man era, nothing wrong with that. todd: a big show coming back to fox with something many conservative viewers went.

>> he was excited for the return of this show. >> i know what micro aggressions are, the latest liberal attack on free speech and a lot of fun to do the right. >> executive producer kevin abbott talked about if the show was going to be political or not. he said i don't think we will comment on mister trump. mike baxter is a conservative, a republican, he holds those ideals but the character i don't think we are going to address one way or another. a lot of folks are so excited to have the show back next month. watch the ratings soar. ron says can't wait. thanks for getting him. jillian: a police officer with an awesome message. >> let's just say you have the right to remain cute, that is the message here. one-year-old grayson used his cuteness to get out of a fake

ticket. this police officer decided to stage this photo. the toddler was wearing a t-shirt that said i have literally no idea. as the picture was being taken. >> the good news -- the first veteran of espn body issue cover, kirsty breaking ground in a new way. her upcoming project helping veterans nationwide when she joins us live. jillian: time to check in with brian kill lead for what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> can't wait to see you in person. it is a friday. on that stage they are going to be using drones and putting our crowd on the turf.

the other big news, wearing all black as a tribute to johnny cash, the most difficult camera work in all of cable television was on the actual show, that is it over there. ed has an important camera too, not as hard as yours. mark levin will talk about this, he has a blistering attack how the media treated the president and sarah huckabee sanders in particular. geraldo rivera will be here, endlessly sexy, weigh in on the north korea donald trump situation, leaders are getting along but are they complying? stuart varney breaking down the economy. if you thought 4% was big the next quarter looks like 5% and the numbers look strong after the president's rally last night. we will be talking about that right here. this is where we keep our cups,

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todd: another democrat wants to abolish ice and this one has an obama endorsement, new mexico congressional candidate deborah holland said ice is out of control, promoting terror and violence. holland is one of 81 candidates

the former president endorsed. if elected she will be the first ever native american congresswoman. and illegal immigrant facing criminal gun charges thinks he should be protected by the constitution. xavier perez from mexico fired shots into the air in new york city to scare off rival gang members with his lawyer claims he has the right to bear arms because the constitution doesn't specify it only applies to citizens. he faces 10 years in prison and deportation if he is convicted. jillian: alexandria 15 hits the city of angels but she may be too far left for hollywood liberals. the new york congressional candidate won't meet with any entertainment bigshot donors. she showed up to an occupy ice lunch yesterday. it is speculated establishment

democrats find her too extreme. she has a fundraiser with democratic socialists of america. ocasio-cortez's victory may see a rise of democratic socialism on college campuses, it is experiencing a 280% increase in the number of clubs from 2016-2018, over 250 campuses have registered for a chapter which is the most ever toward a group. the reason you saw color bars is we were trying to get a signal in live for our next guest, retired marine corps sergeant who served her country for 6 years before losing her leg in a helicopter crash in afghanistan but she is the first veteran to pose for the pinup for best calendar and she joins us. a bit of a technical glitch but we are very excited about this.

talk about what it is like to be given this honor. >> reporter: thanks for having me. it was huge, when they offered, it was a huge moment in my life and my recovery. when i first lost my leg i thought i would never heal or people would look at me differently. when somebody presented me this opportunity to empower myself and show other people to embrace their differences and feel they were beautiful i jumped up. jillian: for people who don't know your story tell everyone what happened and how you lost your leg. >> i lost it in afghanistan while supporting operations as a gunner, i was en route to an operating base and we never made it to the base. a helicopter crash, a variety of

injuries from a traumatic brain injury to left leg amputation, damage to my arms, eyes, ears, quite the road trip. jillian: i understand the proceeds of this calendar are going to veterans hospitals which include the facilities you spent time at. what does it mean to give back like that? >> a lot of people come out of the woodwork to help me out on all of this. it means so much, not only to give it back to the rehab facilities like the ones that treated me but to the va hospitals overseas to boost morale. jillian: what is your message to anyone especially young girls at home who may be self-conscious about something? we all are at some point. >> absolutely. the mantra i have been living my life by, what is behind contains

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jillian: i see you. >> that's people. and that's for king and country. that's the stage where king and country will be live on the plaza for all measure concert series. there is ice tea and cups. jillian: a lot of humid at humi. the indiana waitress says couple left a tip celebrating their anniversary left a message on the receipt telling her to get something for her kids. she is going to donate that money for a skate park being built in her community. jillian: next the bad. remember the man caught on camera stealing a shark from a aquarium he was trying to help. self-proclaimed activist said he took miss helen because her living conditions were so bad. rob: police looking for two guys caught on camera. stealing 72 bottles of tequila. $2,400 worth of booze.

police having fun with it saying there is no reports of lime or salt stolen either. jillian: interesting. took the good stuff. todd: thank you for letting me hang out with you this week. cheers. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we are fixing walls all over the water. we are going to start to get very nasty over of the walls. >> search for mollie tibbets. shirt found near the pig farm that investigators have been combing through. >> we believe mollie is still alive. if someone has abducted her, we are pleading with you to please release her. >> hundreds of protesters take to the streets of chicago. demonstrators sending a loud and clear message to democratic mayor rahm emanuel. >> got some good things but i think if he don't step up and come to the people where the crime is. >> we are just hours away from the july jobs report. this is a very robust job market. people with