lynn the and megan come mallory. carly lloyd. all of the matter goal. team usa defendant world cup champ played chile on sunday. nicely done. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us. shannon: it is wednesday, june 12th. this is "fox and friends first". happening at 4:00 on the east coast, border on the brink. dhs revealing 90% of asylum-seekers never show up in court and just disappear into our country. the major immigration announcement expected from the white house. donald trump and joe biden trading barbs in iowa. >> four years of donald trump will be viewed as an aberration in american history. >> the democrat party is becoming more and more unhinged,

going crazy. heather: promises from the former vp as he flip-flops on his stance on china. >> there is not an empty chair on that stage that didn't tweet out never forget the heroes of 9/11. >> an emotional john stuart calling out the no-shows on capitol hill but will it be enough for congress to properly take care of our 9/11 heroes? "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ going to be a long long time ♪ ♪ i'm a rocket man ♪ >> elton john to start your

morning, a pretty nice day. hopefully you will have a nice day wherever you are waking up, good morning once again. you are watching "fox and friends first" wednesday morning midway through the week. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with what some say is shocking testimony on capitol hill revealing the scope of the border crisis and as the trump administration presses congress to act the president is praising mexico for stepping up to the plate. jillian turner live in washington with immigration taking center stage. >> the homeland security chief shared his concerns yesterday with the senate judiciary committee painting a grim picture of what he says is a border crisis that shows no signs of letting up despite the trump administration's best effort to be for border patrol. here's the exchange with lindsey graham yesterday. >> we did expedited immigration

courts out of those 7000 cases, there were several removals. 90% did not show up. >> reporter: white house sources said mexico agreed to become what is called a safe third country meaning migrants traveling through central america en route to the us will have to claim asylum in mexico rather than the united states as their first stop. mexico's foreign minister said they will be a able to assess migration flows 45 days from the deal struck last friday. donald trump touted the deal in iowa. >> after many years they stepped up to the plate. there president is a great gentlemen, we had a great talk over the last couple days and met with people. >> reporter: the foreign minister confirms national guard troops will head to mexico's southern border with guatemala, this just one of many parts of an agreement signed on friday to

prevent new tariffs. us customs and border protection reported in the month of may alone they encountered 140,000 migrants at the border. they say it is a level they haven't experienced in several decades. heather: thank you so much. donald trump and joe biden holding campaign rallies, dueling ones in iowa. the president taking jabs at the former vice president, he also took time to honor our farmers while touting the economy and his trade policy. >> we honor america's farmers. i pledge to support all industry and fight for the american farmer like no president has ever fought before. we are fueling a roaring economy, still working on china, japan is going to be a big by a very shortly and mexico is going to be doing a lot of buying.

we are reversing decades of failed trade policies which america must never again be held hostage to foreign suppliers of energy as we were under the obama biden sleepy joe, he is asleep the guy. heather: biden fired back at the president, reversing his stance on china and making a bizarre campaign promise. >> i believe trump poses a fundamental threat to america. china poses real challenges to the united states and in some ways a real threat. if i'm elected president you are going to see the single most important thing that changes america, we are going to cure cancer. >> reporter: biden will campaign in clinton, iowa today. joe biden's rebuke of donald trump has many like tom tillis hitting back saying the

president, unlike biden has laid out a winning formula for 2020. >> we got to look at how it unfolds next year. remember in the 80s everybody counted out president reagan. is numbers were 20 points behind his opponent and it became a landslide. i think the president runs on his record, he runs on fighting china's unfair trade practices, securing the border, he runs on good economic numbers he gets reelected. i believe the american people like somebody who is fighting for farmers in iowa, farmers in north carolina, feel good about what the president is doing for them. i think when he's able to turn his attention to china and get a fair trade deal with them and secure the border and continue the great economic success is a winning formula for next year. >> biden ad litem the 2020 field is slipping as a presidential hopefuls are beginning to close the gap in early iowa polling. house lawmakers will vote to extend the 9/11 victims compensation fund today.

this after apparently hearing on capitol hill many congressional leaders failed to show up for. rick leventhal has more on the emotional ever to extend health benefits to 9/11 first responders. >> there is not an empty chair on that stage that didn't tweet out never forget the heroes of 9/11. never forget their bravery, never forget what they did, what they gave to this country. here they are. >> an emotional john stuart leading with members of the house judiciary committee for extension of health benefits for 9/11 first responders chastising representatives who didn't show up even though they weren't required to attend the subcommittee hearing. >> reporter: sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one. shameful. >> reporter: tens of thousands

of firefighters, police officers and construction workers spent countless hours at ground 0 after the 2001 terror attack on the world trade center. at least 2000 have died from a variety of illnesses, thousands more are deathly a link including retired nypd bomb squad detective luis alvarez about to undergo his 69th round of chemotherapy. >> not a ticket to paradise. to provide for our families. >> reporter: more than $5 billion of the $700 billion allotted to cover 9/11 illnesses has already been paid out and there isn't enough left to cover all the claims which is why the house judiciary committee heard testimony to refund and extend the program, scheduled to end in december 2020. >> if it is any comfort you we know this bill will pass with overwhelming landslide majority of the house. >> reporter: no one knows for sure how many more billions it would cost and it would need to pass the senate and be signed by the president to become law.

rick leventhal, fox news. heather: a man is under arrest accused of shooting a sheriff deputy and killing another man hours before. police say brett nelson shot joseph solano in the head the jack-in-the-box in california. the shooting caught on surveillance video which we show you yesterday appears to be completely random. police tracked nelson down after investigators say he called his father to confess inside a church. >> don't know where his ex-wife

is. we are determined to try this case and believe fully our client will be exonerated. >> reporter: prosecutors revealing dna was found mixed with jennifer's blood in her kitchen sink. her disappearance is being treated as a homicide. another update, the helicopter pilot killed after crash landing on a new york city skyscraper shouldn't have even been flying. timothy mccormick did not have the required certificate for flying in bad weather. investigators believe this video shows mccormick trying to maneuver through dense rain and fog to fly to new jersey but became disoriented because of the poor visibility. attorney general william barr will ask donald trump to exit executive privilege of congress proceeds with its contempt process, that request reviewed a letter from the justice department overnight. today the house oversight

committee plans to vote on holding william barr and wilbur ross in contempt of congress. they are accused of not turning over documents regarding citizenship question on the 2020 census. this comes one day after the full house voted to hold william barr and don mcgann in civil contempt to force cooperation with subpoenas in the russia investigation. team usa crushing thailand in the opening game of the women's world cup. >> 13-0. heather: the americans beating thailand to the most lopsided game in women's world cup history. team usa resumes its title defense saturday against chile. i don't need to tell you about it because carly shimkus is following their journey.

we get a live report from her later this hour. do not miss that. in the meantime a fox news alert. the bodies of two americans killed in the dominican republic finally back home as griff jenkins confronts the country's president about what has been going on in this country. he is live on the ground up next. >> there is no moral equivalency when you come to racism and i don't believe there is a moral equivalency when it comes to changing laws about productive -- reproductive freedom. heather: pro-life is comparable to racism. that is what kirsten gillibrand thinks. your comments on this coming up.

heather: fox news alert, remains of two americans who died in the dominican republic are back in the united states. griff jenkins is live in front

of the hotel where they were found dead. how is the dominican republic responding to this? >> reporter: they are responding by doing the same thing they have been doing which is saying nothing. they are waiting for the investigation to play out on the three americans the died at the resort behind me. first it was may 25th, and in maryland, that couple spoke with the attorney, he said he has their bodies back in maryland. he will begin an independent autopsy, we will see what that provides.

>> i want to ask you about the recent death of four americans. just a comment. >> reporter: he was talking with a billionaire investor. here is what he had to say about these mysterious deaths. >> people have a tendency. that is where it begins. sometimes some people -- >> any sort of tampering with the minibar is not a problem. at the hard rock hotel and

casino, we show you what that is like, it is late yesterday and this is what the hotel said. it is the highest priority. the beverage protocols including purchasing sealed and unopened products from licenses and vendors and alien sections of product served throughout the hotel bars, and litter dispensers and extending their condolences to the gentlemen, david harrison and robert bell wallace in april. a lot of questions on the ground as we try and get more today. >> we will speak with a woman whose husband died and get her side of things as well. thank you so much.

the time is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. donald trump calling out bad trade deals for decades. >> people are tired of seeing the united states.. 15 years from outside will be the most important economic power if we don't get on the ball. heather: could tariffs be part of the president's master plan to fix our foreign-policy? james car photo says there's only one long-term solution and he tells us what that is next. ♪ there ain't no easy way out ♪

>> tired of seeing the united states ripped off in this country would make a lot of

money after 25 years of taking advantage, our trade partners to come and renegotiate fairness and credit. they have been ripping us off for years. 15 years and outside will be the most important economic power if we don't get on the ball. the dumbest men on earth, they can't believe what they are getting away with. heather: donald trump has been pushing fair trade for decades but as democrats slam his tactics could tariffs be part of the president's master plan to fix foreign-policy? here to weigh in his vice president for foreign-policy for the heritage foundation james caro follow, appreciate your time. let's begin with what donald trump had to say on mexico and other countries just yesterday from iowa. >> we did a wonderful deal on the border with mexico and it will be a big difference and we are doing a job with china and watch what happens with china. we have many other countries opening up. heather: that a signal to you that he plans on using these

tariffs to further foreign-policy deals? >> i don't think so. mexico and china are different situations. in mexico the president had a really tough challenge. mexicans were not cooperating. he needed to press mexico to better cooperate, was essential. the deal they achieved is important and it will make the difference. the solution to the problem is serious reform on immigration enforcement, and the plan the president put out, if you don't do that, that is the price. that is what has to happen. heather: that is needed to happen across multiple administrations. china is a different story.

>> one of the big problems, stealing our intellectual property, cyber crimes, losing out information of whole industries, unfair business practices, it is not unfair trade but economic warfare on the part of china. and the end tariffs are not the answer to the united states. we are a capitalist country, free markets are a home game for us. our goal has to get back to free markets because that is where we can be best and donald trump does that. heather: we acted as the world's piggy bank for a long time but he mentioned tariffs with other countries as well, france, india, canada. >> i think the long-term strategy is to press for free markets because that is where we compete best. that is the home game for us. we are fighting on our turf when

dealing in free markets and that is the objective. tariffs are a limited instrument. heather: i mentioned canada because the us and canada have what is referred to as a safe third country treaty between us, looking to do the same with mexico. is it possible this could have been part of the deal? >> if you pulled it off it would be a game changer. under international law you are supposed to seek refugee status, the first country that should be mexico, should not be the united states, transiting one country is not what refugee policy is for so is would be an appropriate agreement and good for the region and other countries should join in that. we should have sanity and not losing the humanitarian instrument to fuel illegal migration into the united

states. heather: thank you for joining us, have a good day. 26 minutes after the top of the hour. remember when joe biden thought china wasn't a to the country? >> sign is going to eat our lunch? they are not bad folks. they are not in competition with us. >> will china take him seriously if he wins the election? don braemar on that next. the biggest blowout in tournament history, women soccer team defeating thailand in record-breaking world cup win but did they take their celebrations too far? carly shimkus live in france with how the team is responding to the backlash.

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heather: look at our top headlines this morning. a second person arrested overnight after david ortiz was shot in his hometown in the dominican republic. it is unclear if the suspect is the gunman. right now the former red sox star is recovering from his injuries in boston but according to family ortiz is walking and resting comfortably after a second surgery. acting homeland security secretary kevin mack alina and revealing shocking numbers on the border crisis telling lawmakers on capitol hill that 90% of asylum-seekers don't show up for their hearings, potentially disappearing into other parts of the country. house lawmakers vote to extend 9/11 compensation fund today after a powerful hearing on capitol hill many congressional

leaders failed to show up for. notice all the empty chairs. john stewart slamming those politicians for dodging the heroic first responders in attendance. joe biden doing an about-face when it comes to china. >> china is going to -- they are not bad folks, folks but guess what? they are not in competition with us. china poses real challenges to the united states, in some ways a real threat to the united states. heather: if the former vice president was elected president would china take him seriously? here to weigh in his former naval intelligence officer, thank you for joining us this morning. the question would they take him seriously given the way china was treated during the obama

administration? >> they would like to have joe biden as president. if you look at the way china took advantage of our jobs and our economy during the obama administration they would see them as an opportunity with president joe biden if that were the case, to continue that message and they haven't had that luxury with donald trump who has been tough on trade and the economy. heather: what about his flip-flops? this is not the first issue he has flip-flopped on in the past couple weeks. >> that will be the entire joe biden campaign, flip-flopping and gaffes. when it comes to foreign-policy it has been said by many people that for the last 2 or 3 decades on every major foreign-policy biden got it wrong. he was opposed to the raid to kill us on the bin laden. he thought the ayatollah would bring peace to iran. he gets it wrong all the time. that is what we have to be careful of. very to mulch was times, letting someone who is sometimes naïve

about the intents of people is not good for foreign-policy. heather: north korea, comparing it to joe biden as vice president under president obama and one year since donald trump singapore summit with kim jong un. where do things stand right now? >> this is going to be a long road. if we continue to have a dialogue and there are continuing talks, as long as we are moving in that direction we are a lot better off than we were 6 or 7 years ago under the previous administration. they are continuing to have a conversation. sometimes the president likes to play good cop and he will leave the hard-line up to his staff. that is his style of negotiation. as long as we continue those talks it is progress. if we look at every major foreign-policy improvement in the last 3 decades with china and nixon that took many years and with president reagan and gorbachev it took decades. why should we expect a one year

major breakthrough? heather: people don't understand what you said. the president is constantly negotiating. here is what he said about what he refers to as a good relationship with kim jong un. >> i just received a beautiful letter from kim jong un. we have a very good relationship together. now i can confirm it because of the letter i got yesterday and i think something will happen that is going to be very positive. heather: the art of the deal. he knows they are listening. >> they are listening and paying close attention to the president and us politics. him coming forward and continuing to play this game of negotiating and flattery that is his style and works for him. let him do it. we are still talking. it will work very well in the end and we will be very surprised. what democrats need to realize,

should they do that and at some point they will. this will be there issue and wish all success for the president and this administration. heather: they should and thank you for joining us. have a good day. donald trump and the polish president sets to meet today, to hold military talks at the white house after the pentagon reveals plans to increase armed forces in poland. the us is aiming to send an additional 1000 troops and squadron of refer drones, us troops had a rotational presence since russia's 2014 annexation of crimea. donald trump junior heading back to capitol hill today set to testify behind closed doors before the republican-led senate intelligence committee. on the panel's russia probe. the president's son has testified 2 dozen hours before congress. this meeting comes after the committee chairman, north carolina senator richard burke subpoenaed him.

senator bernie sanders expected to embraces socialist label during a major speech in dc. the 2020 hopeful promising to create a system including medicare for all, free public college and a $15 per hour minimum wage. sanders attempting to stand out in a huge field of democrats running for president and the latest polls show him in second place trailing former vice president biden. a record win for team usa beating thailand 13-0 in the most lopsided game in women's world cup history. >> get one here. 13-0. heather: fox news headlines 24/7 reporter carly shimkus in france with the highlights and backlash the team is facing. i want to know what it is like.

carley: i am at one of many champagne vineyards. we thought this would be an appropriate setting given the celebratory occasion. what a game it was. never in the history of the world cup has a team scored 13 goals in a single game but that is exactly what happened last night and fans couldn't believe what they just saw. >> we got to eight, this is a good game. and we had 11 and we were like one more to make it even so that was above. >> i have never seen 13 goals in a game. >> amazing. i called its double digits. usa women! carley: the first goal was scored in 12th minute of the game by alex morgan who went on to score four more goals leaving

a lasting impression on fans. listen to this. >> do you have a favorite player? >> alice morgan. hard to not be impressed with her. >> alex morgan. >> alex morgan. >> alex morgan. >> alex morgan by far. >> onto the controversy. in a postgame press conference morgan was asked if she thought team usa played thailand too tough, the team is being criticized for celebrating after scoring their 10th and 11th goal when thailand's fate was sealed. morgan said every goal counts. the head coach addressed the controversy saying she would not rain her players and in something as important as the world cup. for the most part fans are happy, players are pleased. the game generated 350,000 tweets. heather: crazy to ask if we

played them too tough, they are there to win and they did that. thank you so much. >> reporter: they absolutely did. have fun. heather: 20 minutes until the top of the hour. the fbi on the case of the three mysterious tourist deaths at the dominican public resort. they are not the only ones. don mccoy lost her husband while on vacation in the country last year. she joins us next as she fights for answers. apparently being pro-life is equivalent to being racist. 2020 contender kirsten gillibrand seems to think so. this is facing major back lash. ♪ - in a crossfit gym, we're really engaged

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ones. don mccoy is searching for answers after her husband suddenly died at the same resort last year and she joins me now to talk about it. thank you for joining us and sharing your story with us this morning, we appreciate it. you were with your husband celebrating our anniversary in 2018, your son was also with you at the time. tell us what happened. >> we had gone there for our anniversary. my husband had gone down 4 july. i had gone down the seventh. my husband started feeling ill that evening. when he woke up on the 13th he was saying he wasn't going to drink that day because he wasn't feeling good. about 2:30 that afternoon he went -- left the pool and went back to the room because he wasn't feeling good. he said he needed to take a nap.

me and my son got back from the pool at 4:00 and i asked my husband if he wants to eat, he said no. he slept until 10:00. our friends asked if we wanted to go to the casino. my husband said he was feeling better. when he got up i did notice he had a really strange smell to him. a very potent smell but i can't explain what it was. he had a smell. i said you need to brush your teeth and get in the shower. he did, the smell didn't go away. we went to the casino. he found me at 2:30 and indicated he needed to go to the room. heather: you noticed he was having trouble breathing, he was sweating, you tried to call an ambulance but they said, the hospital or the resort policy was they had to send a doctor first and took on most 30

minutes for the doctor to get there. >> correct. i begged him to send an ambulance and they said their policies to send the doctor first. i ended up calling three times. heather: you believe in the amount of time you waited for the doctor that your husband passed. ultimately, what was the decision that was made in terms of why he died? what did they tell you? >> the autopsy read that it was a pulmonary detox and heart attack. heather: now that you have heard about these other death that have been occurring what do you think? >> i think it is not coincidental. there something going on down there that is killing people, killing tourists. too many people dying of the same cause. heather: i want to put up a statement from the hard rock. we need to get their statement on it. one -- people read that, they want to assure people that

safety and health of their guests, the number one priority. a lot of these cases people have been drinking from the many bars. did your husband do that? >> know. he did drink beer and soda out of the refrigerator at the minibar but did not drink any liquor. heather: i hope you get more answers. glad you're looking into it again and our prayers are with you and your family. thank you. we will be right back, stay with us. at's going on up here? can't see what it is yet. what is that? that's a blazer? that's a chevy blazer? aww, this is dope. this thing is beautiful. i love the lights. oh man, it's got a mean face on it. it looks like a piece of candy. look at the interior. this is nice. this is my sexy mom car. i would feel like a cool dad. it's just really chic. i love this thing. it's gorgeous. i would pull up in this in a heartbeat. i want one of these. that is sharp. the all-new chevy blazer. speaks for itself. i don't know who they got to design this but give them a cookie and a star.

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♪ heather: planned parenthood is joining other groups suing the trump administration over a rule that would allow healthcare workers to refuse conducting abortions over their beliefs. the conscience rule is set to go

into effect on july 22nd. the organization claims it would impact 613,000 healthcare centers and patients shouldn't have to worry about healthcare provider's personal beliefs. pop stars joining the fight for planned parenthood. ♪ i like it ♪ i want it ♪ i want it ♪ i got it ♪ >> area on a grande day making a statement about the fetal heartbeat bill donating proceeds from a sold-out concert in atlanta to planned parenthood. according to people magazine the donation was $250,000. business headlines amazon ending its restaurant delivery service after launching just four years ago. tracy carrasco here to explain why is pulling the plug. amazon pulling the plug on something. >> reporter: it is rare we see

amazon pulling back from any kind of its business but amazon making the announcement they are going to end restaurant delivery service on june 24th. they started back in 2015 in seattle. expanded to 2000 cities and later in london, in november. facing a lot of competition when it comes to restaurant delivery service. that is the main driver of why they are pulling the plug on this. heather: let's talk about kroger. they are selling cannabis-based products. >> they are going to sell those products, the oil and cream and all that in 945 stars across 17 states, really popular nowadays. it is the non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana. kroger trying to tap into the

demand for that. a number of retailers like cbs. it is not legal in every state. every state has their own rules in cannabis. heather: thank you so much. fighting fake news, the cold hard facts. the new york times border claiming dan crenshaw support the 9/11 victims fund. the epic response from the former navy seal ahead.

heather: dan crenshaw fact check the new york times journalist of questions his love of country, the writer wrongly calling the texas republican out for not cosponsoring the 9/11 compensation fund in a deleted tweet. cringe are responding, quote, hey, journalist, maybe you should check your facts, i am a cosponsor. the military that sharing x-ray showing the are wound t7 in afghanistan adding patriotism. the writer has apologized. kirsten gillibrand announcing this week she has enough support to make it on the debate stage.

the 2020 hopeful will likely be asked about this staggering comparisons of the pro-life movement. >> there is no moral equivalency. i do not believe there is a moral equivalency when it comes to changing laws about reproductive freedom. there are some issues that have such moral clarity that we have a society decided that the other side is not acceptable. heather: the new york senator promise to only appoint justices who would uphold roe versus wade. we asked you what you thought about this on our social media j pages and many of you agree. mike on facebook says your comment is ridiculous, disagreeing with you on any other issue makes the opposition racist. nick tweets don't you have to register higher than 0% to be considered a candidate? if you honest which is worse? the fact that she made this comparison with the fact people will fervently agree with what

she said. now it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. of first the good. trading from sticks for a nightstick. the driver is a reserve police officer, former driver of death punch, calls an honor to serve his indiana community as a reserve officer. he left the band last year. now the bad. a wanted florida man is found with potato wedges and a side of meth. police officers discovering the drugs inside the go to container after a traffic stop near tampa. james simpson taken into custody on an active warrant on drug charges which finally the ugly. in a scream shop turned up the heat with a new flavor. >> go.

heather: launching a flavor called medium extra creamy. they are proud and a little afraid at the same time. i think i am a lot of rate of it. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," thank you for joining us. "fox and friends first" continues right now. goodbye. rob: it is wednesday, june 12th. and credible statistic just revealed on asylum-seekers not showing up in court. jillian: 90% is appearing into the country as we learn of a new plan to help them legally cross the border. >> they brought themselves down here to speak sick and dying and no one. shameful. jillian: lashing out at lawmakers. empty chairs in congress as 9/11 first responders and victims fight for a bill to extend their benefits. rob: john stuart is blasting do nothing lawmakers calling on them to back up their words with