manicure, peters running from ear to ear, wanted to make it a special and didn't wanted to be ruined. we salute ebony harris, our midnight hero. we need more of that in the world. most-watched, most trusted, grateful you spent the evening with us, have a good evening, i am shannon bream. rob: it is august 7th, this is "fox and friends first". jillian: a fox news alert. economic sanctions imposed on iran. rob: donald trump. and on a major campaign promise. jillian: jeff sessions ripping a federal judge's daca order. todd: the 0-tolerance immigration policy is being strongly implemented. [shouting] shannon: conservatives under attack. candace owens and charlie kirk refusing to back down to the

haters. todd: "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ let's get it started hot ♪ let's get it started in here ♪ let's get it started hot ♪ jillian: live look at new york city, 4:00 on the east coast on tuesday morning. rob: we begin with a fox news alert, crippling economic sanctions taking aim overnight. >> hours after president rouhani blame the sanctions as

psychological warfare and demanded talks with donald trump. todd: a response from the white house. >> reporter: 4 hours ago, when those sanctions hit, it exited from the iran nuclear deal, sanctions are designed to put up revenue, the regime with terrorist dictators and militias, but the door open for talks, president rouhani had this reaction. >> what is the meaning of negotiations when you impose sanctions at the same time? like someone pulling a knife to stab an enemy in the arm while at the same time claiming you should be talking and negotiating. >> the white house issuing a statement encouraging allies to join the maximum pressure campaign urging all nations to take steps to make clear the iranian regime faces a choice, a change is threatening to stabilize behavior with the global economy are continuing

down the path of economic isolation, the administration stressing they are not aimed at regime change and president rouhani willing to meet with donald trump without preconditions. john bolton had this to say. >> let's see what comes of it or if it is more propaganda. if the iranian's are willing to talk about their maligned behavior in the region and around the world they find the president willing to do it. >> democrats panning the move, nancy pelosi saying this counterproductive action diminishes americans's international credibility and relationships with new allies and sets back the path toward the more stable region and peaceful nonnuclear future. the sanctions are aimed at iran's precious metal and auto sector and more sanctions take effect that november aimed at the oil industry.

>> that could hurt, appreciate it. >> sanctions were in place before the 2015 iran nuclear deal was signed. rob: the obama era deal was not just ineffective but helps to embolden the regime. >> since that time there has been very little other than sponsor of terrorism, rogue regime that killed americans, kidnapped americans, sponsored terrorism around the world and it is time for them to be accountable and paid a price. unless the regime is changed, but behavior won't change the proper avenue is not for the us to intervene and overthrow the government but for the people to do it and they almost did it in 2009. the green movement was an uprising and they were looking for just a little bit of encouragement from the united

states and residents obama was stone cold silence, didn't say a word as 20-year-old women were bleeding in the street from gunshot wounds to the head. that is why the regime is emboldened. >> donald trump withdrew the united states from the nuclear deal in may. >> us coalition forces conducting 20 strikes against isis in less then a we, the turn takedown part of operation roundup which began in may to destroy isis in iraq and syria. defense officials say the latest round of strikes destroyed several isis vehicles as well as an explosives factory and command and control center in syria. national security adviser john bolton criticizing kim jong un for not upholding is nuclear agreement with donald trump. >> the significant thing about singapore was north korean commitment to denuclearize and they have not taken steps to do that. not looking for rhetoric, we are looking for performance of north

korea's commitment made to us and south korea before hand to denuclearize. rob: bolton saying closing one nuclear test site with no international observers present is not enough for the north koreans. mike pompeo is expected to return to north korea for another meeting with kim jong un. it is not clear when that could happen. >> jeff sessions slamming a federal judge's decision to reinstate daca is immigration prosecutions that the southern border our way up. anita vogel joins us as the white house fights to keep their policies in play. >> reporter: jeff sessions holding nothing back as he rips into the judge before reinstating the daca program, issuing a statement saying this comes after, quote, number of

decisions in which courts improperly use judicial power to join, modify and direct executive policy, the trump administration working to rollback the obama era program. daca shield illegals brought over from deportation, the trump administration will continue to, quote, aggressively defend their 0-tolerance immigration policy just as they have since it was introduced. >> if you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. we are not going to let the country be overwhelmed. people are not going to caravan or otherwise stampede our border. >> reporter: that policy is proving to produce significant results. a new study says more than 11,000 cases of federal prosecutions in june, an increase of 74% since before the

0-tolerance policy was enforced in march and white-collar criminal prosecutions are down 41%, the lowest in 20 years, due to those prosecutions of illegals, the attorney general suggested the justice department is planning to appeal the judge's ruling, back to you. rob: the family of a missing college student state they will bring her home. mollie tibbetts's father thinks she is still alive. >> totally speculation on my part, but i think she is with someone she knows who is over their head, the more hopeful we are that she is alive somewhere and going through something that she can survive.

todd: the 20-year-old went for a jog and then disappeared. investigators of not named any suspects. information leading to mollie tibbetts is $277,000. jillian: two hundred brave soldiers joining the largest wildfire ever, the army deploying active-duty troops to battle several major blazes across the state. the mendocino complex fire is the largest in california history. 14,000 firefighters are battling fires across the state, army engineers are expected on the ground early next week. todd: a moving tribute to following k9 offices, placing american flags at the graves in the state of florida -- georgia. jillian: he took a photo. officers are not sure who placed the flags but say they are thankful for the show of

respect. it is 9 minutes after the hour. voters in 5 states headed to the polls just hours from now including ohio for critical special election were donald trump's pickups to keep the seat read. we are breaking down key races to watch and their impact on the midterms. >> this man looked like he had a lot of money. looks like keith urban and he said i am keith urban. todd: the convenience store encounter is going viral. ♪

>> welcome back. look at this video. a gas tanker explodes into flames.

the incredible blast caught on camera in italy. look at that. isn't that crazy? a giant fireball erupting on the highway when a tanker rear-ended a stopped truck. three people are dead and as many as 70 are hurt. the blast collapsing part of the highway. the identities of 5 people killed in a plane crash revealed. the group from san francisco on their way to a real estate conference when the plane went down, scott sheppard declared an emergency before plunging to the ground as witnesses watched in horror. >> sunflower and bristol. units are on scene. >> reporter: it is unclear what caused the crash. todd: and just hours the polls will open in five states with four primaries and one critical

special election. will trump bump continue or is there a blue wave on the way? here to break it down, former pollster for the trump campaign and president of maclachlan associates, jim maclachlan. a fancy touchscreen here, we will start off with the ohio special election. republicans are nervous, a very red seat they could lose in the president picked troy balderston as his man. >> it is very competitive. democrats don't want to make a big deal of it but the question is whether troy balderston is braced for it, danny o'connor has been running away from national democrats. todd: donald trump is trying to paint him as a nancy pelosi democrat and he has a chance, it is close. >> special elections are

different from general elections. the cliché about turnout, they really are in the special elections about turnout. todd: it could be a sign of things to come. let's go to michigan, a governor's race, three democrats and a primary and this man here, with bernie sanders and alexandria 15. >> reporter: this is interesting because this is a bellwether race. the establishment democrats of all come behind gretchen, you have abdul sayed, very liberal, jumping over each other to find who is more liberal and you see bernie sanders coming in, supporting abdul. todd: he has a lot of money, $12 million. >> african-americans in the

detroit area. todd: in the same race two republicans, bill schutte gets the president's endorsement. >> in the front runner in this race, the attorney general's who have support of the president, who made immigration a focus in his campaign. todd: we go to the senate race in michigan, interesting primary, john james just picked up the big trump endorsement. >> in the primary, democrats, debbie stab no can't be beat, since the 70s, the establishment politicians, republicans excited about john james and the west

point credentials. heather: the old news, old garden the new guy coming in after that one. two congressional districts and paul davis here, the democrat. and they want to win a couple seats. >> it is a red state, republicans pretty much control everything. todd: contender for the third district, davis. >> a native american, very liberal democrat and last week bernie sanders coming out in favor of ocasio-cortez after campaigning which a lot of folks don't think will sell. todd: a wild idea to put them in kansas. and a familiar name, mostly a red state.

>> this is one of the most watched senate races, claire mccaskill, in the primaries overwhelmingly and the chances to beats claire mccaskill. >> could be a big flip in the senate. and three right here. >> gino rossi, they are excited about him as their candidate, last two raises election statewide, democrats have a big primary, some people thank jim schreier, who is a doctor, and in the primary. todd: the big one is the ohio special election. of democrats take that from republicans that can spell trouble in november. >> in a lot of ways special elections are little over rated

in november. it is really hard. and a weekend bloodbath in chicago. who does ron emmanuel blame for this? coming up. >> the goalie. >> the kid from the mighty ducks, have you seen what goldberg looks like? a mug shot you might not believe coming up. ♪ ♪ the devil around ♪ are you ready to take your wifi to the next level?

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>> welcome back. the west hollywood city council unanimously voting to ask for permission to take out donald trump's walk of fame star. todd: it was vandalized not once but twice. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with reaction to the decision. this is not even in west hollywood the city ville. >> the city council has no control over the star but they passed a resolution asking the los angeles city council, the hollywood chamber of commerce, to remove it. the west hollywood mayor pro tem said in a statement the west hollywood city council did not pass the resolution because donald trump is a conservative or a republican. earning a star on the hollywood walk of fame is an honor. but one who belittled and attacked minorities, immigrants, people with disabilities or women, the honor no longer exists. we can classify that mayor is

someone who is anti-trump. some folks are in support of the president, mike says who cares? remove it, having his face i'm not rushmore is better anyway. another twitter user writing it is becoming obvious donald trump needs a chrome stainless steel star. hollywood walk of fame star has been destroyed twice since he became president, last time was two weeks ago with austin clay, he has been charged with felony vandalism, he could serve up to three years if convicted of that. rob: a slap on the wrist. todd: mighty ducks was one of my all-time favorites. what is going on now? >> if you're a fan of the mighty ducks you probably know shaun white who is making news again. you can see why. look at him in the 1997 movie.

>> please know. very friendly now. good joke. >> don't leave me hanging like this. >> he was arrested while allegedly high on drugs but a lot of people are focusing on this mug shot. he is 39 years old. this is an example of why you should not go down this path. a lot of fans are upset about this. kate said this looks like a 60-year-old man. another twitter user rights it is not the same guy. one person on facebook writing how the mighty ducks have fallen. how sad is that. >> how horrible.

>> a girl and an alligator our friends? >> if i didn't see the picture i wouldn't believe it myself. but this is her, she celebrated her graduation from texas a and m university, not many yearbooks include this. she works at a wildlife sanctuary. she says he is like a puppy and she plays with them in the water almost every day. not your typical graduation picture. this makes me very uncomfortable. todd: what happens to graduation pictures with a white background? >> i want to tell her to get out of the water. todd: that is a huge alligator. >> much braver than i am. todd: thanks. for brotherly love, candace owens and charlie kirk targeted

by antifa while having breakfast in philadelphia. todd: candace and charlie refused to back down. they are here live to respond to that. ♪

shannon: molly tibbetts's family now losing hope, her father does not think she was taken against her will. todd: the latest in the investigation. >> i will be honest with you. early on i wasn't as hopeful as i am on. >> reporter: robert tibbetts, father of mollie tibbetts, tells fox he believes his daughter is

still alive and left willingly. >> it is only speculation on my part but i think mollie tibbetts is with someone she knows who is over their head, there's some misunderstanding about the nature of their relationship and they don't know how to get out from under this, don't know how to resolve this, probably terrified. >> we need to come forward or put a end to this or need someone who has knowledge of it to come forward and help us bring mollie tibbetts home. >> reporter: the family is publicly leading with anyone with information to tell police. 20-year-old mollie tibbetts disappeared july 18th after going for a jog in the brooklyn, iowa neighborhood. the fbi has 20 agents on the ground spearheading an aggressive search for molly and the amount of reward money

increases for information on her disappearance was on monday the information increased to $277,000 for 141 donors which is a record in that part of the state. police have received 200 tips but a suspect is not been named in the case. todd: chicago's mayor blaming gang violence and silence for the deadly weekend. >> there is a shortage of values about what is right and what is wrong. do you know who did this? become. we are a better city. todd: 75 people were shot between friday and monday morning, 12 of the victims have died. no arrests have been made in any

of these shootings. >> the mothers of 11 starving children in a filthy compound are under arrest, two armed muslim extremists living at the site in new mexico behind bars. one of them is charged with abducting his son. police raided the property looking for that 4-year-old boy but they did not find them, they found 11 children ranging from 1 to 15 years old starving and dressed in black. todd: donald trump nominating acting ice directed to lead the agency full-time. he served 30 years in law enforcement, took over as acting director after tom homan announced his retirement. >> woman helps a man pay for his coffee at a convenience store but had no idea he was a country music mega star. >> a lot of money to be honest, that is what you look like,

keith urban. he said i am keith urban and i argued he wasn't. rob: rich people dressed like bums. of ruth reed didn't believe him until his bodyguard stepped in to reassure her. she treats a stranger by paying their bill at the store every week and this time she picked a millionaire. looks like he didn't have a lot of money. todd: two top conservatives targeted by antifa. [shouting] todd: candace owens and charlie kirk were having breakfast in

philly, 50 and t the -- antifa protesters, the police officers protecting them. jillian: thank you for being here. a lot of people saw this video and were outraged. tell us what happened. >> we had gone to the restaurant and noticed a lot of people had the antifa decal on their backpacks. sally said there antifa. we thought nothing of it, you are allowed to be an extremist organization as long as you stay away from us and within 20 minutes they had mobilized, says a bat signal and they were outside throwing things, so we tried to get out and the ones that were inside started shouting, calling us nazis and fascists and we were barricaded,

surrounded by them. the police officers were already there. rob: the officers were a minority majority police force, articulate voice for the african american community, calling her a white supremacist. they are trying to stir up this racial divisiveness you see growing in the base of the democrat polly -- party. we do a lot of rallies. we don't draw attention to ourselves, trying to go over business in philadelphia for board meetings and get a week started and next thing you know antifa was so bothered by our presence that they had to send the signal and mobilize outside the restaurant, harass us, we did not retaliate in kind, we never will, we never should but if you look at the words of

maxine waters they followed it, follow them in restaurants in public places, harass them and make their lives difficult. >> harassing black police officers, who are these people that do this? it is monday morning. you are not working or have anything else to do. >> this is their job, they are well-organized and funded and this is there full-time job, to mobilize against conservatives and it was a jarring image, all black and hispanic police officers, one was caucasian and these are always young girls and young men and they were yelling at us calling me and police officers race traders, very reminiscent of the civil rights era, we were saying nothing and

it was a terrifying situation to understand we have gone backwards in society. jillian: you say is this a civil rights era all over again? you mentioned going backwards. how do you think we got to this point? how do we move forward together? >> we as conservatives banished the demons from our ranks regularly. when conservatism goes too far, goes too right-wing we banish them from our movement and we should. we say we do not want any part of that but the left do not banish the demons from their ranks, they embrace them. maxine waters wants these people in the democrat party. we did not see one lawmaker denounced what happened to us yesterday. conservative mob forms, they did

that to two, twentysomethings, this would be a national news story and every republican would comment on it. rob: this is what they once, this is what maxine -- get everybody riled up. >> racist white democrats did this doing it, i am proud we managed to stay calm and we will stay calm and show the world who the violent side is. >> thank you for sharing your story with us. unfortunately under the circumstances but appreciate your time this morning. rob: a better breakfast today. 40 minutes after the hour, toys for tots derailed by amtrak, no longer able to use the company's trains. the president of toys for tots says no matter what his team of marines will make it happen. jillian: a boy in a wheelchair forces himself to stand for the national anthem, the touching

moment that is going viral this morning. ♪

>> 20 people under arrest after protesting immigrations and customs enforcement, demonstrators unhappy the facility near nashville -- protesters blocking emphasis to the present employees couldn't get inside. they played a limited role in american immigration systems. jillian: and ms 13 leader is complaining about life behind bars, diaz is asking the judge

to improve his jail conditions says he is locked in a cell with limited phone access. he is accused of directing gang operations in four states, he pleaded not guilty. >> toys for tots has donated 530 million toys but this holiday season the charity's distributions are being derailed. jillian: amtrak stop delivering the toys because the program no longer fits with its train policies. a program near and dear to janice dean's heart, she joins us with president and ceo of the marine toys for tots foundation. thank you for being here. i have two children and you were on "fox and friends" the past december, tell us about toys for tots. >> it has been a marine corps program for 70 years, the first campaign took place in los angeles in 1947 and as you said,

we distribute 530 million toys, and less fortunate children across the country. >> when did you get word amtrak was not going to help? >> last week. >> what about morale? >> folks in all the areas that conduct the campaign, coordinating train left, a big shock for six years. and a great job and we couldn't be more appreciative of what they have done. with one of our train left trips at rosa's point in new york, great support from amtrak. a little surprised at this turn of events. >> what was the reasoning? >> a change in policy with regard to charter service. >> have people reached out? >> people who have been

supportive of the toys for tots program which included amtrak employees who are surprised by this. a great surge of desire to support if we have to use the truck transportation or something like that and other rail services. >> amtrak said they would have locations like that. what do you need from us? it is august, you guys are year-round making sure underprivileged kids get their toys for christmas was what can "fox and friends," "fox and friends first" do? can we get trucking companies, walmart, amazon if you are watching? >> organizations that have an interest in the toys for tots program, contact me at my headquarters@toysfortots.org. we will support in northern new york or if there are other

things corporate sponsors would like to do this is the time of year to establish relationships that allow us to succeed when the campaign starts. >> toys "r quote us is going out of business, that is a big blow. >> toys "r quote us is our major sponsor for 14 years. i had a personal relationship with the president and ceo. i was pleased when i saw what they had. from $4 million-$6 million they helped us raise. there were a lot of other corporate sponsors, hasbro has been a tremendous sponsor for 20 years and there will be other toy companies that can fill the void. we are confident we will make it work. >> what does it mean for these kids when you come with toys for them? >> if it is a young child that still believes in santa we want

to make sure the child does not think santa claus has passed them by. for the parents this is huge. for the youngsters that no longer believe in santa things may be tough around the house, the fact that mom and dad can make it work, that brings it home. the family. >> i know you will be on "fox and friends" too. we will get those kids, thank you for being here and make sure the website is on our website as well. we are going to help out. good stuff. jillian: three months paid bereavement leave even for grandparents. a good idea or crippling shock to small businesses? todd: what went wrong? an employee started to beat a customer with a broom.

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rob: instagram apologizes for removing a clip from tucker carlson from its platform. radio talkshow host posted a video where he defended the new york times for hiring a journalist despite her antiwhite and anti-police tweets. >> in this case the context of trolls attacking her first. clearly she should not have reacted the way she did. todd: instagram calls the clip's removal a mistake. it is now back online. >> rikers island could soon be headed for the ballot box, a

nonprofit group taking off the campaign is in new york city prison to register qualified inmates to vote. 50 inmates of signed up so far. legal aid plans to return are four more times this month ahead of the september deadline for absentee ballot applications. inmates on parole for felony charges cannot vote. todd: employees in new york could get three months of paid bereavement leave. a new bill just approved by state legislators would cover the death of a spouse, to mystic partner, child, and grandparents. >> the proposal heads to the desk of andrew cuomo. some business owners say the policy would create a staffing issue. todd: time for the good, the bad and the ugly, patriotic boy, nothing will stop them from standing up for the flag. ♪ josé does that star-spangled

banner ♪ yet wave >> the young man rising out of his wheelchair to honor the country, this heartwarming video taken in tennessee. >> a weightlifter is attacked in the middle of his work out for being too loud. that man was banned from the health club. todd: salon workers caught hitting a customer with a broom. the brawl breaking out in new york city after the customer refused to pay for eyebrow wags because she didn't like the job,

two people were arrested. whacking her with a bloom. and no state has done before. >> no reason, universal healthcare in singapore. >> healthcare should be a human right, not a privilege. todd: are they running on a promise they can't keep? we debate that on "fox and friends first".

shannon: it is tuesday, august 7th, fox news alert, promise, donald trump slamming iran with harsh sanctions overnight. rob: the team struggles to save the nuclear deal. in ohio a crucial house seat up for grabs with candidates in a dead heat. shannon: will be a sign of things to come in november? and aquarium, family trip backfires big time. todd: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ we will have a party ♪