census. time is of the essence. a federal judge setting a deadline at the top of the hour for the administration to give clarity on its plans to move forward. >> leland: so we wait. >> arthel: and you wait with us. hello everyone, i'm arthel nebo. welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> leland: there are so much they can do between now and an hour from now. i'm leland vittert. we will get all of that. the census westerner is being printed without that question. in just the past hour, the president said he is looking at all sorts of options. he talked to reporters ahead of heading to new jersey, where his golf club is, and where he will be there for the weekend. ellison barber is traveling with him and during this now. hi, ellison. >> he said he was looking at options. one of the potential options could be an executive order. he also said -- as you mention, they are already being printed.

that perhaps he could look at adding the question later on. he made the big point overall saying that in his view this fight isn't over and he feels like there are other legal paths forward that they are looking at. last week the supreme court ruled against the administration saying they could not add the citizenship question for now because the administration's current justification seems to have been contrived. congress secretary wilbur ross released a statement saying the census questionnaires have been printed without the question. they confirmed that the question would not be on the census. then, president trump tweeted something entirely different. this is what he said. "the news reports about the department of commerce dropping its quest to put the citizenship question on the census is incorrect. or to state it differently, fake. we are absolutely moving forward." then at a conference call with judge george hazell, doj lawyers said they had no idea what that tree was about.

they said the census questionnaire was being printed without the question, one lawyer said the justice department was instructed to examine whether there was a path forward that would allow the administration to include the question on the census. one of the doj lawyers said they believed there could be a legally available path under the supreme court decision. the judge told them this. "if you were i read a press release telling me something else, i would demar in court with you the next time. i would be saying i don't think he speak for your client anymor anymore. friday, 2:00 p.m., we are going forward or resolving it." in a statement released on wednesday, the aclu said the answer to whether they can come up with a new rationale for the citizenship question is no. it cannot. at least not a legal one. any attempt to run around the decision will be unsuccessful and will be met swivel in court so it would not overwrite a court ruling but it would

restart the litigation process. we are hearing today with the president has tweeted a couple times this week. something different than what other members of his administration have said, but he is saying that he believes they can find a way moving forward. we don't know what perhaps they might try and do. in exactly one hour, that is the deadline has been set by the judge. the final decision on whether or not we'll pursue this. we can leave the question off. the president opened that door back up with tweets. has kept it up and since they are. we lend? >> leland: there were a lot of july 4th vacations in washington d.c. we will watch over the next 57 minutes and see what happens. check back with you. thanks, ellison. it's beyond, nearly a dozen democratic candidates are in houston today to speak to a forum on education. in fact, peter doocy is their life on the campaign trail with the latest. hi, peter.

>> arthel, public school teachers are about to have the opportunity to ask about the entire top tier of the democratic primary candidates questions about their education policies. the candidates that are coming represent the full range of ideology within the democratic party today from a democratic socialist senator, bernie sanders, from barack obama's former vp, who insisted today that he is close to the center but not in the center. >> i am center left. >> you are farther left, it's getting amplified. it's a disconnect. >> look at, center left is where i am. where it's not is way left. look, that's what we can find out. >> last night, biden snuck up in surprise surprised another contender, beto o'rourke, in a minor-league baseball game and i will. that's proof there are only so many places these candidates can pop up to try and meet potentially restate supporters. biden admitted he was caught off

balance by questions about his civil rights record by kamala harris at last week's debate. harris now insists that she is not only going to look to the challenge of the primary candidates like biden. she is going to look at past the primary contests and towards the general. >> we need a fighter on that stage in that general election, and there is no question. good ideas and pretty speeches is not going to be enough. there is so much to fight for and so much at stake. >> for the first time since harris directly challenged joe biden at the debate, they are going to be in the same place at the same time here in houston. although they are scheduled to speak at different times. arthel? >> arthel: peter doocy, thank you. lee linda >> leland: with that we bring in our panel. noelle nikpour, former congressional public candidate, in florida. janine sano, from ino college. for those of you who wonder as i did, that's westchester,

new york. you have your colors mixed here, but will make sure you are on the right -- [laughter] we will learn the truth soon enough. with kamala harris -- and this goes to you, janine -- she says, "i'm going to start taking the gorge against donald trump. which says she wants to be viewed as a front runner right now. she is within two points of biden in the latest quinnipiac poll. is that a good place for her to be orwood she rather let biden take all the lumps? >> it's a great place right to be. democratic primary voters and democratic general election voters, what they want is somebody who can take on the president. that was the biggest problem biden had in the debates. it wasn't the substance of the issue of busing that he had the problem with. it was the way that he presented himself as maybe somebody who wasn't quite capable and able of taking it to donald trump and debate. they want to see, "can we picture you up in the podium taking on donald trump?" kamala harris showed they might be able to stay that way. biden is going to have to get

back into position for the next debate. that's why we see this new rollout of strategy from him. >> in my opinion, looking at it, i think that biden is smart by setting the strategy that he is saying, "i am center to the left. meaning, i will be a reasonable player. i will be most comfortable voting." you got to admit, they are both looking. trump and whoever gets the nomination, they are both looking for that swing voter. the working class man that went red, it was republican. >> leland: the swing voter who decides the generals, who decides the primary. but, janine, you got a good point in terms of taking the case to donald trump. here is joe biden in that interview trying to recapture, if you will come of that ground. take a listen. >> the idea that i'd be intimidated by donald trump? he is the bully that i knew my

whole life. he's the bully i've always stood up to. he's the bully who would make fun of a stutter and i'd smack him in the mouth. >> leland: it seemed he was making his case pretty forcefully up until the "smacked him in the mouth." is that fair game for everybody? >> it's totally fair game. gloves are off. >> leland: is a good for the president now, that it doesn't matter what you say? that there is no level of dignity that we -- that's no longer the office? >> this is a different type of debate style. we've never seen this in politics. people have been pretty much controlled, and they have not gone to name-calling or talking about the size of your hands or making nicknames like "lying ted." we have not resorted to this type of politics. >> leland: we are here! [laughter] >> joe biden might be giving us a little preview but he can match trump, a verse for

verse, that he can get down and dirty with him. i'm not sure if the nominee was a female how that's going to pair off. if trump would have a disadvantage trying to throw a punch low like that with a female. >> leland: he didn't mind throwing a punch like that when the democratic nominee was a female in 2016, though. speak about a lot of democrats were not very fond of hillary, either. they wanted another candidate. >> leland: this principle question, where's the democratic party? we tend to understand where the progressive left is because they're the loudest voice in the room right now, especially alexandria ocasio-cortez. here's what biden had to say in the interview about her. >> i think ocasio-cortez is a brilliant, bright woman. but she won the primary. in the general election fight, who won? mainstream democrats who were very progressive on social issues and very strong on education, health care. >> leland: noteworthy, janine.

democrats didn't win the house back by going far to the left. if you look at the districts they flipped from red to blue, it was a significant move to the middle. >> absolutely. this is my nancy pelosi has been saying, "back off on the issue of impeachment." she knows that if democrats look like they are socialists, if they look like they have moved too far to the left, this alexandria ocasio-cortez terry tate, she will not be speaker in 2020. this is something we've been seeing in our research. democrats are far more moderate than we are often hearing. >> leland: far more moderate than what we are hearing, then why is that when they are on the debate stage -- especially as we saw with the past debates -- that there was almost a rush to as far left as you could go? >> because they are running for the democratic primary elections and they want to enact the primary. that's a very different slice of the democratic party than to your earlier point, that's going

to decide the general election. let's remember, donald trump wins the election because he appeals in the rust belt. that was a big selling point for joe biden. he's got to get back there. you are not going to win pennsylvania by talking about taking away 156 million people's private health insurance and replacing it with a government-run insurance. it's not going to happen. >> leland: noel, we have seen in the past that republicans and democrats try to help shape the primary, if you will, on the other side. to pick somebody they want to run against was going to be easier. conceivably, team trump thinks that joe biden might be one of the tougher parts to run against. to begin to point now where they are starting to try and shape the democratic primary? or maybe we are already there? >> i think we are in the process of that. i think right now we are in the process of looking at shaping it. i think you are right on. back to the original point, out of the entire cast of 20 plus,

joe biden is the only thing that both republicans and democrats really can see. some of the democrats may not like his style, they may lean a lot more left than he is, but you've got to think of the bigger picture. i think that's got to be the biggest question. are the democrats going to look at playing to their platform or are they going to look at a winning strategy? >> leland: ladies, we will leave it there. i appreciate both you being here. i hope you had a happy fourth. have a great holiday weekend. arthel? >> arthel: leland, fox news alert. officials right now in salt lake city are giving an update on the investigation into the murder of mackenzie lueck. she's the 23-year-old college student who was found dead after she was reported missing last month. police have arrested a suspect in the case. what we are doing now for you, we are monitoring the news conference. we will have a full report for you sometime later in the show. so stick around for that very

important update. meanwhile, the strongest earthquake in decades shaking up southern california. a 6.4 magnitude quake striking about 150 miles northeast of los angeles, rattling nerves while causing some damage to homes and roads. jeff paul is live now in ridgecrest, california, which is the town closest to the epicenter. what's it like today, jeff? >> arthel, we are standing inside one of the department stores here in ridgecrest. this view really gives you an idea of how powerful this earthquake was when it hits yesterday, just after 10:33 a.m. local time. all this stuff you see on the ground all came from the ceiling, either during the shaking or shortly after, due to a fire water break that happened in here. we are also learning there were semi nice little fires around the area, just on the street from where we are standing. take a look at this video, the homeowner in this particular homes that he was out and about during this earthquake, went home to check on his house to

see if it was okay. at first only saw a few broken windows, but when he went inside his garage to check on his beloved classic cars, he saw the flames. >> what a fourth of july. [laughs] i quickly forgot what the hell it was altogether. it's a bad day when both an earthquake and a house fire destroyed the house. >> so far only reports of minor injuries. we just checked in with the police chief, he says they were no fatalities reported in this powerful earthquake. he told us all so that he really believes this community dodged a bullet in terms of not only the damages but also in terms of the weather. a lot of people were out of power for a few hours, and it was hot but not 115 like it usually is. the things they are concerned about now are the aftershocks. we felt several of them. in fact, just a few minutes before our story started, felt and another one early this morning when we were out.

the most powerful one, 5.4 shook the area and experts say we can expect more in the coming days. arthel? >> arthel: thank you very much for that update there in southern california. >> leland: we are watching in california. meantime, there's a watchdog investigation into offensive facebook posts by the border patrol, and that investigation could be expanding. we will tell you why. plus, president trump casting a wide net as he tries to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. so, can he get it done? 45 minutes until the court deadline for an answer from the trump administration. ♪ te balanced nutrition for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure, for strength and energy.

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♪ >> leland: we are getting the reaction now from customs and border protection following a report of a second facebook

group connected to the agency. the report alleges the groups page contained demeaning images of migrants and pokes fun at progressive lawmaker alexandria ocasio-cortez. gillian turner, live in washington at cbp, tries to explain this one. hi, jillian. >> that's right, leland. cbp has confirmed to fox news if an open investigation into the existence of a second facebook group, allegedly affiliated with cbp employees, that contains derogatory comments about migrant families and members of congress, alexandria across your being one, as you mention. a senior official tells fox news that if the investigation verifies that employees posted content in violation of the code of conduct, they will enforce management decisions regarding discipline action. they don't talbot misconduct on or off duty and load those who violate the code countable.

this could mean dismissals or even removal from office. as a few moments ago, president trump jumped to defend cbp and blamed congress. >> i will say this, i think they've been treated very badly. by certain members of congress. very, very badly. for the most part they are very respected by congress, but certain members of congress say very bad things and lie and exaggerate. >> this new allegation of a second page was first brought to cbp by cnn and screenshots of the offending comments have been handed over to the office of personal responsibility. they will conduct the investigation. so far, cbp is taking the same course of action in this case that they did last week in response to allegations from propublica. fox news has also independently obtained an internal memo from deputy commissioner robert perez sent to all cbp employees. it reads in part, "the discovery

earlier this week of some cbp employees engaging in disturbing social media activity is disappointing and unacceptable. these activities undermine the credibility of our agency. the views expressed in those posts are deplorable." senior cbp officials tell fox news the agency is shocked by these allegations, both last week and now, at or taken very seriously. they also noted they don't monitor the online activities of their 60,000 plus employees when they are not on the job. leland? >> leland: seems as though the online activities of those employees will not get a closer look. gillian turner in washington. thanks. arthel? >> arthel: okay, leland. the president sticking to his guns over including a citizenship question on the 2020 census, telling reporters earlier today he is considering executive order. the question whether it will pass the muster in the courts is what we will talk about how prejoining me for that is steven

greenberg. he's a criminal defense attorney. first of all, stephen, thanks for being here. explain why the supreme court made this decision that it made thus far. >> what the supreme court said is we can't determine whether the question of asking people whether or not they are citizens is proper or not proper yet. they sent it back to the lower court to gather more information. that question comes on the web to the year 2000. people are saying but it's discriminatory and will discourage people from answering the question truthfully. >> arthel: so you are saying it was already on previous censuses, and now it's not. the president is trying to get it back on? >> right, it wasn't on the 2010 census, but he's trying to put it back on now. they don't just ask about a citizenship. they ask you to your name, to see where you live, to provide your telephone number. and i think the fear is that the information will be misused to discriminate against immigrants.

people who are here illegally, people who are not yet citizens, and want to become citizens. so they won't answer the question. they won't claim to be residents here at all. then they there will be an odd account. this view on so an executive order. in those details you just outlined. does the president have a strong legal argument that the constitution would allow? >> i don't know if he has a strong legal argument. but he can do with executive order what they've already tried to do by administrative procedure. if they are looking at the justification for why you are asking this question, if you have a legitimate justification, the supreme court says, "we will allow you to ask this question." but there's time constraints. at 2:00 today the federal judges are convening a hearing, and he wants to know from the department of justice and the commerce department who administers the census, "are you

going to have this question are not, so we can figure it out?" >> arthel: meanwhile, here is the president to on his explanation as to why there's a need for the citizenship question. let's take a listen. >> you need it for the divisions. you need it for congress, for districting. you need it for appropriations. where are the funds going? how many people are there? are they citizens, are they not citizens? unit for many reasons. >> arthel: is that a valid and strong explanation, stephen? >> absolutely not. if that's his explanation, the supreme court is going to shoot them down again. because appropriations and redistricting have nothing to do with citizenship. >> arthel: meanwhile, -- >> he's going to have to do better. >> arthel: he will have to do better. meanwhile, ted lewis -- i think he agrees with you -- of california, he tweeted "please," he is pleased the president made it harder now to include the citizenship question on the census 2020.

during congressional district based on citizens rather than persons is unconstitutional. trump has now stated the real reason and that is unconstitutional. what is your take on the congressman's assertion?" >> i think it's correct. all of our constitutional rights apply to everybody who's in this country. they don't just apply to citizens. he is shooting himself in the foot. they can ask the question, i think, if they don't ask the rest of the information. if they don't ask you to give your name, if they don't ask you to give your phone number, if they don't ask for those details, i think it's perfectly proper to ask the question for statistical purposes. but you can't ask the question if you want to do things like redistricting and appropriations based on it. i think the supreme court was clear on that in their decision. >> arthel: so the president is up against time, he's up against the constitution. however, he still making the good fight so his base will still be pleased that he is still trying to get it done. correct? >> yes, but the president is up

against his own words. he keeps shooting himself in the foot on this. he should leave it to the department of justice and congress. let them figure it out. let them come up with a legal justification, because every time he treats something it seems like he undercuts his legal position. although his political position might be strengthened. >> arthel: policy by twitter. steven greenberg, thank you. >> leland: the city of chicago now reeling from a holiday celebration that devolved into violence. we will examine what police are trying there. and iran says it will ramp up uranium enrichment this weekend. the new threat the iranians have for president trump. ♪ this is the couple who wanted to get away who used expedia to book the vacation rental

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>> arthel: a new escalation from iran as it pledges to take the next step in uranium enrichment, saying it'll start this sunday. lucas tomlinson is reporting live from the pentagon on this very -- wow. big story. it's a big wow, isn't it?

>> it is, arthel. the president -- this comes two weeks after iranian military personnel shot down that u.s. drone. president trump responded moments ago. >> we will see what happens with iran. iran has to be very, very careful. >> iran's president ronnie says he will enrich uranium to any amount he wants. >> translator: from july 7th, our level of uranium enrichment will no longer remain at the 3.67 level. we'll put this commitment to one side. we will increase the cap to whatever level we deem is essential for us, and to a level that we need. >> highly enriched 90% uranium is needed to make nuclear weapons. president trump walked away from the obama-era nuclear deal last year, but other countries in the agreement -- china, russia, france, u.k., and germany -- are trying to hold it together. the president wants a new

wide-ranging agreement to include the ballistic missiles. yesterday, british royal marines seized an iranian supertanker near gibraltar and the ad turns to the mentoring. john bolton current graduate has british allies on july 4th. "excellent news, the u.k. has detained a supertanker laden with iranian oil bound for syria in violation of e.u. sanctions. america and our allies will continue to prevent regimes in tehran and damascus from profiting off this illicit trade." britain's defense minister also saluted her majesty's forces, "as ever, fantastic wrist they use their skills to support a operation to in four sections on syria." his lungs evolution regard courses iran should take back that tinker by force, arthel. >> arthel: lucas, think you very much. >> leland: we wait and watch the straight of hormuz in the mediterranean. we bring in retired navy captain

bob wells, former national security advisor to dick cheney pretty good to see you as always. boy, what do you make it? not only did the brutes do this and lead helicopter on the strip and take it by force, this training vessel, but they are now taking the football. >> i think we're in a new era with regard to enforcement of sanctions against iran. the united states with our allies are looking at the deeds of iran, and in this particular case, if you look at the specifics of the tanker, it is carrying illicit oil and it would be in contravention of the sanctions with regard to its use for the assad regime in syria and the continued humanitarian crisis inside syria. so it's a good thing we are holding iran accountable. i think with the previous deeds, the shootdown of the american drone, it's "here we go again, iran," with regard to them

flouting norms and sanctions. >> leland: knew it believe that it's the british who took the first offensive actions against the iranians. it was an american drone that got shot down. >> it is, but we are all together with regard to international norms. if you are looking at with the european union sanctions and the authority that is granted with the united kingdom who also has the sanctions, they have the right to actually board the vessel. >> leland: understandable. but the last time people were afraid of the british navy acting unilaterally, most of the ships are made out of wood. if iran is going to be afraid of anybody is going to be the united states. based on how they are acting, it doesn't seem as though they are all that afraid or that afraid of president trump's warnings. >> i think the united kingdom in particular, the commandos who took on this particular vessel -- and i did quite a few of the introductions when i have commanded my cruiser in the persian gulf. i'd be proud of the united kingdom, the royal navy, and their particular efforts

with regard to sanctions enforcement. >> leland: i'm not saying it's not worth being proud of them. when you think of blue water navy second project for us around the world, there is nothing like the u.s. navy. the fact of the u.s. navy did nothing after shooting down the drown that the british are now picking this metal up, it does make you wonder who is more hawkish in what they say versus who is more hawkish and what they are willing to do. >> i think your point of the united states navy with regard to power projection, quite right. at the same time, we do operate in a coalition. we are also part of nato. if you look at the president's decision, the national security council, with regard to what we should do, what our options were against the drone shootdown, i think the united states did act in another way with regard to our cyber capability. that's another totally different issue. but i think looking at the like-minded responsibilities of the royal navy, the maritime trade, looking at the end point with regard to it going to syria -- >> leland: we got that on the tanker. now we zoom out to the larger

issue of the uranium enrichment. in the iranian position, "we are not the ones he backed out of the deal coming at the united states backed out of the deal. we are not bound by it, so long." as her but he comes and agrees to what is signed, they will stop there uranium enrichment. did they have a point to be made with the international communit community? >> i think they are within the as described with the jcpoa looking at the european union and the other stakeholders, they were stakeholders to it. they have a particular opportunity to ratchet up the stress within that particular agreement, as was described in the lead up to the point. but also, i think they are on a slippery slope with regard to uranium enrichment. >> leland: they may be on a slippery slope but they are continuing to become more and more combative. just look at a tweet from one of president ronnie's aides. "we have unseated an american president in the past, we can do

it again. trunk and listen to pompeo and we will make sure he stays a one-term president." >> i think the national security team in the trump administration are going to do things in a deliberate way. they won't do things in an urgent way to take action. the iranians better watch out in terms of their deeds. i think revolutionary iran is a lot different than the nation-state of iran. if the revolutionaries in the eye ogc make the point of come up with their rhetoric, take over the tanker again and do something in response, they neeo come through. rac is about diplomacy in terms of the iranian government? or does the irg sea have the pen with regard to foreign policy of ira iran? i would hope the nation-state of iran and diplomacy would have a stronger position when they are working with the european union and eventually the united states. we've done it before.

we can do it by working with the iranians. >> leland: my father's good friend used to always say you can have a bad deal with good people but you can never have a good deal with bad people. we will see how it comes out. colonel, we appreciate your time. could have you as always. >> thank you, leland. >> leland: all the best. arthel? >> arthel: the fourth of july celebrations taking a chaotic turn in chicago. three people were stabbed, suffer more hurt in a stampede. this is after a fight broke out at the annual fireworks show. meanwhile, chicago's mayor and police department are implementing a new strategy aimed at preventing more violence over the holiday weekend. we are live at the navy pier with mike tobin, where the melee unfolds yesterday. what can you tell us, mike? >> i can tell you that chicago police went into this begin anticipating they would deal with or try to prevent gunfire in the parts of town. what they could not have predicted is the stampede beside navy pier. according to police, what happened is after the organized

fireworks display, some people continue to set off firecrackers. at some point someone mistook that for gunfire. >> at some point during the evening, while fiona was exiting, we believe that someone yelled "gun!" there were calls of shots fired at this time. there was a stampede. 14 individuals were injured in the stampede. they've been taken to area hospitals with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> i saw a lot of different people running, chaos, people falling, i heard some shots. i'm not sure if they were from the police or if they were from people who were around. they were really scared. >> most of the injuries were from people trampled in the stampede. one person was impaled in the leg when he ran into a table. three people were stabbed just outside of a secure area, and according to some police, teens were flashing gang signs. that resulted into a knife fight.

one person was stabbed in the armpit and another stabbed in the arm and the rib. a third person was stabbed in the face, he was not involved in the fight. they did not arrest this suspects, they are looking for two male suspects. the mayor and the superintendent made an effort to get out in front of the violence this weekend. they had an additional amount of officers on the street. the emergency operations center was activated. they had undercover police and the crowd. please also executed a big round up over the can. he said they nabbed 38 illegal weapons, arrested 170 people for guns and narcotics crimes, and took hundreds of thousands of drugs off the street. if you start counting at noon yesterday, there were some 19 shootings in the city of chicago resulting in three deaths. the latest shooting was at 7:30 a.m. this morning. a young man was shot in the shoulder. he survived, he was taken to the hospital. but he's not cooperating with police, as we often see. he's not telling police shot end. arthel? >> arthel: oh, boy. mike tobin, thank you.

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great job numbers today. 70% i think in manufacturing. do you see job growth continuing, and if so, and what areas? >> i can tell you a few things. far be it from me, i have little sympathy for people who complain about this economy because it's so good. but i will complain about the economy. because that's what we do. when you talk about job growth, i do see job growth continuing over the next couple of years. but it's tough. the reason it's tough is because a lot of small businesses, a lot of medium-sized companies, or having a hard time filling these jobs. right now we are seeing the unemployment rate holding steady. a lot more people in the workplace, that's a good news. most of my clients out there, their growth is inhabited a bit because they are still trying to find people to put to work. i'm looking to see continued job growth. i think that's fine. but i don't think it's going to be as strong as a lot of people are predicting. >> arthel: why can't they find the people? is it because those jobs are not high-paying jobs? before you answered that, tack

this on, as well. i want to talk about underemployment. 3.7% on employment is great, but what about those who are underemployed? how does that factor into the overall health of the economy? >> to answer your first question, one of the big reasons why a lot of employers -- remember, small businesses hire 50% of the workforce out there. it's the big companies that are snapping them up. some of that, of course, can be blamed on larger companies paying more and offering better benefits. but a lot of small companies themselves have got to step up and offer better wages themselves. a lot of my clients and readers are realizing that, as well. it's a very competitive market for finding good employees. which brings me back to underemployment. skills are really needed, as well. where there's a lot of lower-entry jobs that are open right now, which is good. many of them are being replaced by automation and a lot of employers themselves are looking for more skilled employees. that's another big challenge to them. it's a great number for the jobs, the economy is doing very strong. that's good. but there is still some headway

over the next few months, over the next year. but isn't there always, arthel? there's always challenges, right? >> arthel: well, with that we will segue to wall street. what comes up must come down. are we headed for a downturn? >> first of all, do you realize that since the president was elected back in 2016 the market is up 55%? which is just an astounding number. if there is a downturn in stocks, i think a lot of investors are willing to observe that continuing the returns in the gains they've had over the past couple years. but there are some headwinds there, as well. for example, many people are expecting corporate earnings this quarter to be less. i too have percent than it was the same time last year. a lot of companies are also buying back less of their own stocks than they were over this past year, as well. that's a lot to do with the demand on the market. of course, we are seeing a lot in the news about the fed being there. if the economy is going strong and jobs are going good, the fed obviously has less motivation to

lower interest rates or even keep them steady. if interest rates go up, or if the fed keeps the way they are, the people have more options to invest their money for retirement savings. that could have an impact on stocks as well. the president knows, he is a smart guy, the impact of the stock market has on the psychology of his motors. we are feeling wealthy or not because stocks have been going up. he is going to be using his position to take as much advantage of possible over the ways the stock market goes. which is why he's trying to have an influence over the fed and keeping interest rates low. the fed is independent of the president, and jerome powell has said before that he will do what is necessary to do for the american economy. he could very well raise interest rates if he thinks the economy is eating up too much. >> arthel: you know that 94% of the very rich are invested in stocks, whereas 27% of the

middle class are in the stock market. we've got to look out for the midsection of our country, as well. right quebec we've got to go. do you agree or no? >> a lot of people have a lot of money and retirement funds all across the middle class. i figure all benefiting with the increase in the market. >> arthel: will leave it on the positive note, i like it. jean marx, thank you. >> think you can have a great weekend. >> leland: we watch the markets. the closing bell coming soon. the president not giving up on adding a citizenship questions the 2020 census. the admin stricken deadline 12 minutes from now. we will see we can do. it's been 42 days since anyone has seen jennifer do most. police are now searching for clues and what her exchanged has is saying about this. ♪ at's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. it's a sit-up, banana! bend at the waist! i'm tryin'! keep it up. you'll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein.

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>> leland: police are working through the holiday weekend searching for a missing mother of five in connecticut. they are now looking at a reservoir near the home of her estranged husband. jennifer dulos disappeared more than a month ago, but her husband, fotis dulos, is maintaining his innocence in a new interview. chris swecker, former fbi agent and assistant director joining us now. chris, sadly, in cases like this, we always think where this is headed. which is to a murder case. the estranged husband, his girlfriend, they have already been charged with tampering with evidence, conceivably buddy clothes and the like. but the overarching issue is almost impossible to prove murder without a body. >> it's getting easier. it used to be almost couldn't prove a murder case without a body. now with digital evidence, as in the mackenzie lueck case, where digital gumshoe work sort of paved the way for the indictments, i think it's a similar situation here.

that's why they have not indicted him or her yet. because they are still working their way through the digital evidence. there are pretty strong circumstantial evidence right now, as well. >> leland: as we look at this, fotis dulos is now out on bond and he is giving interviews, putting statements out, et cetera, et cetera. i will summarize a little bit. he says, "i trust the system in the process, ask people to the scene." he essentially says, "i know it looks bad." anything police will be gleaning from that? >> just that he's in full p.r. mode. the more he talks the more they can lock them into statements they can prove our lies in the future. they don't mind i'm talking. i think that's a good thing. if you would submit to an interrogation, that's what they would be trying to do. >> leland: and we don't know exactly what he has and has not told police. full stop. what is going on here on here behind-the-scenes? you've got this ex-girlfriend, you have him. and then you have this charge of

tampering with evidence. it makes one think that at some point either the investigators or perhaps prosecutors are going to try and flip somebody. >> yeah, they could divide and conquer between the two. that remains to be seen, which one will be the first to flip. as i've said, i still think there is some pretty strong digital evidence. in this day and age, with social media, cell phones, texting, instagram, geo tracking, all of that will come into play. i think it's really strong. >> leland: what you make to how close to the best police are holding their cards in this investigation? >> they don't want to tip their hand to the other side. the couple. so they are playing it pretty close to the vest. keep them guessing. force them to make a mistake. they are not going anywhere. time is on their side. >> leland: have they made any so far? >> i think they've locked themselves into stories that can be refuted. this flimsy story about the

novel, the "gone girl" theory. they will come up with a lot of evidence that it's thoroughly inconsistent with her lifestyle. just in general. >> leland: now we await to see the result of this latest search near one of the house. we appreciate your expertise. unfortunately with a case the side, there's a lot of talk about. we will have you back to do it. >> thank you, take care. >> leland: all the best. arthel? >> arthel: thank you, leland. it's the time for the beach and backyard barbecues. will your plans get rained out? hope not. the fourth of july holiday weekend forecast is up next. ♪ jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart's ability

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>> arthel: time for a look at the july 4 holiday weekend forecast. radar showing a nice day. what's it gonna be, rick? >> it's july 4th. it is hot, humid.

when you have those two together, you have thunderstorms. that's what we're going to watch today. most everyone is going to have some chance to get outside. it's not going to be a washout. it is certainly warm. current temperature, 92 degrees in atlanta, 88 in dallas, 91 in houston. temperatures are just here. temperatures really humid along with it. get ready to feel much more like the hundreds. to get the idea, you look on the radar. something going. last two images you start to see the thunderstorms warming up. humid air mass allowing all that air to rise. then we see thunderstorms. one bigger batch of thunderstorms here. more rain coming in here. some very heavy storms south of the kansas city area. you'll notice the stream line. that's all the air coming in from the south. that is air moving across the gulf. that's why it's picked up so much of that moisture and causes extreme heat. it's going to feel like hundreds

today. same goes for tomorrow. no big break. we're right at the fourth of july. this is what we expect. >> arthel: hotter than july. all right, rick. thank you. >> leland: fox news alert. 2 p.m. on the east coast. deadline time for the trump administration. president's fight to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. earlier today, the president insisted it's still possible even after the latest court set back. welcome to america's news headquarters, this on july 5th. so many justice department lawyers we are told ended up canceling their vacation. >> arthel: what vacation? >> leland: threw everything out to work on this issue. we'll work on it. >> arthel: administration right now facing a 2 p.m. deadline, which is now, to explain to a federal judge how it plans to proceed in the on going legal battle over the census and citizenship. a source at the commerce department telling fox news to expect this big atphoupbment at

any time now. this morning as he left the white house for his trip to new jersey golf club, the president saying several avenues remain open, including a possible executive order. >> we're thinking about doing that. we have four or five ways we can do it. it's one of the ways we're thinking about doing it very seriously. we're doing well. >> arthel: we have the very latest from new jersey. ellison? >> reporter: an executive order alone would not override the court's ruling, but it could restart the litigation process. president trump said it is one of a few options he and his administration are considering. >> folks, with the attorney general, we have a number of different avenues we could use all of them or one. i have a lot of respect for justice roberts, but he didn't say come back. essentially, he said come back. so we'll see what happens.

we can also add an addition on. we can start the procedure now and do an addendum after we get a positive decision. so we're working on a lot of things, including an executive order. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled against the administration, saying they could not add the citizenship question, at least for now, because the administration justification in the courts seem to have been con traoeufrbed. the commerce secretary left a statement saying they have started the process of printing the questionnaire without the question. then confirmed it would not be on the census. doj lawyers told a federal judge in maryland, one of three states where there are cases related to this question. they told that judge that they would not be putting this question on the census and they would not be pursuing the matter in court. then a day later, the president

contradicted that, tweeting in part, we are absolutely moving forward. then there was a conference call with that federal judge in maryland. doj lawyer said they had no idea what that tweet from president trump was about, but they did reverse course saying in the conference call on thursday that they believe there may be a legally available path under the supreme court's ruling. the judge clearly frustrated with all the back and forth then told the doj, the administration's lawyers that they had until today at 2 p.m. to decide whether or not they were going to continue pursuing their efforts to try and get this question on the census. that is what we are waiting for right now, to find out what they decided and what they will tell that federal court in maryland. >> arthel: we will have that information as soon as we get it. elison barber, thank you very much for the debate. >> leland: let's talk about the politics of all of this. we bring in the secretary of the young republican club in new york, former candidate for new york state assembly, founder of

pinion enterprises. ben kissel, author of last podcast on the left, although he's on the right of your screen. ben, for so long in the 2016 election, president not only won the primary, but winning the general and continued to use immigration and some would say pretty tough stance when it comes to immigration issues. it's a wedge issue. he's president. it worked. does this work in the same way here? >> i mean, i think this is just a grotesque attempt to under mind our democracy. there's no denying there's political motivation behind this. the fact that the republicans gave up 56 seats in the house in 2018 was a shock to their system, and they want to use this citizenship question on our census to further jerrymander districts where they think they're losing control. this is completely

unconstitutional. >> leland: but is it going to work? >> it's 100% political. having said that, it's political on both sides. it's ingenuous for us to sit there and act like it's only one way toward the president. realistically -- >> leland: just so our viewers understand, it is thought that if you put the citizenship question on the census, those who are either related to illegal immigrants or who are illegal immigrants, will not put down their information, therefore, republicans get more congressional districts. that's what this comes down to. >> it's going to skew the entire census. it will basically make the census moot. it's not going to achieve the goal of the census, which is finding out how much public funding is need for schools, road, infrastructure in general. so this whole thing, we talk about politics on both sides. this is only a political issue because donald trump has brought it up. >> leland: she didn't say do,

but did say you can't do that. nancy pelosi, we'll put her tweet up here and get chance for you to react to it. as long as president trump continues to try adding sited zenship question to the census, we will continue to work to expose the trump administration's corrupt motivations including the administration in contempt of congress on the census, we will never stop fighting to ensure a fair, accurate and timely census that counts everyone and every community without fear or confusion. joe, to you, is it good for the presidented and for his base if this goes into 2020? >> i think realistically when you dispense with all the legal arguments and all of the things with jerrymandering. the average american is not sitting there thinking about who is trying to jerrymander. what is so harmful about asking people if you are a citizen or not. whether you agree with the political motivations, i think resonates with a lot of americans. that's how president trump got

elected in the first place. >> the argument that people don't care doesn't matter. the census is to know how many folks are in this country. >> leland: you say in the form of a question. president trump won by flipping working class voters in pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan, who voted for barack obama, who did it by, in your words, taking some tough lines on immigration. i know a lot of those people, i spent a lot of time rorgt in those districts. i don't think there are people who have an issue with asking whether or not someone is a citizen on the census. that doesn't suddenly push them to the democratic side. >> it's very risky once you start going down this road. my father is a german immigrant. he married my mother. he's still not a full citizen. does he fill this out and say, no, i'm not an american citizen. >> leland: he's here legally, what's the issue? >> why change it now? this has never been done in the history of the country. there's no denying this is solely for political reasons.

it is not for actual data. >> i think just because we've never done it before, is not to say we shouldn't start doing it now. i do recognize there are instances, we can sit here and say there will be trepidation in certain communities because the question will be asked. >> leland: i just want to stop you. we just got this in from our justice department team who also cancelled their vacation to work through the holiday weekend. federal judge set that 2 p.m. deadline over the citizenship question. justice department just made a filing that said they are still exploring their options. joe, to you. does the president and republicans, are they well served by just continuing to draw this out or is it worth at some point just putting it to bed if they lose in the courts? >> i think realistically if they lose in the courts, it probably helps the president. look, i made a promise on immigration. i have done everything i could to hold this line up on immigration.

again, we can talk about the legal ramification, but i think if you're talking strictly political, they're really not playing a game of chicken. they're playing game of counter brinksmanship. >> mitch mcconnell, they assured the supreme court was going to be conservative. it's stacked with trump appoint's. if this supreme court doesn't side with donald trump, he's way off base. >> leland: that will be the debate or big part of the debate for 2020, in terms of who gets the next appointments. fellows, appreciate it. great thoughtful conversation. we enjoyed it. joe, ben, enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. thanks. >> arthel: prosecution learned the after shocks continue in california. one day after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern california centered in the mojave desert. we just got new video of cracks in the ground. you can take a look at that. this was the strongest quake to hit southern california in two decades. and the hardest hit area is ridge crest, which is 150 miles

northeast of los angeles. jeff paul is there with the very latest. jeff? >> reporter: local department store, you can see behind me, that's a tile from the ceiling that fell. it's just dangling by a cord from a security camera. this image here really gives you an idea how powerful this magnitude 6.4 earthquake was. all of this coming from the ceiling at this store up here. either during the shaking or shortly after due to a water main break. now, we are getting some reports that there were other damages throughout the area, minor damages to a mobile home park and one other house that caught on fire shortly after this earthquake. so far we're getting reports of minor injuries. no fatalities. we did catch up with the local police chief, who tells us he feels very fortunate that this community wasn't impacted any worse from this earthquake.

take a listen. >> the damage could have been a whole lot worse. we didn't have any casualties, which was amazing, or injuries. we dodged a bullet. somebody was looking out for us yesterday. >> reporter: now, people are concerned about the after shocks. just an hour ago we felt one while we were standing here. the most powerful one happening a few minutes ago. 5.4. seismologists say we can expect more in the coming days. >> arthel: thank you very much, jeff hall. >> leland: customs and border patrol now investigating allegations of a second facebook group linked to the agency posting more inappropriate and derogatory comments on migrants and members of congress, including new york congress woman alexandria ocasio-cortes. hi, jillian. >> reporter: confirmed to fox

news they've opened an investigation into the existence of the second facebook group allegedly affiliated with its employees. they also tell fox news if these posts are authenticated and found to contain derogatory comments about migrants and members of congress, it could result in dismissals. asked about the matter, president trump jumped to the defense of the bp and put the claim with congress. >> well, i haven't seen it. i'll say this. border patrol's been treated very very badly by certain members of congress. very very badly. for the most part, they're very respected by congress. but certain members of congress say very bad things and lie and exaggerate. >> reporter: fox news also independently obtained an internal memo from the deputy commissioner, robert perez, sent to all employees. it reads in part, the discovery earlier this week of some employees engaging in disturbing

social media activity is disappointing and unacceptable and this under lines the credibility of our agency. the views expressed in those posts are deplorable. now, another senior official tells fox news if the investigation verifies that employees posted content in violation of the code of conduct, the findings will inform management decisions regarding appropriate disciplinary action. cdp doesn't tolerate this conduct and will hold those who violate our code of conduct accountable. this allegation was first brought to cbp's gdz by cnn and screen shots of the comments have been handed over to the office of personal responsibility which will conduct the investigation. now, so far, cbp is taking the same course of action in this case they did last weekend in response to allegations from pro publica. cbp all noted they don't notify the online activities of their 60,000 employees when they're on

the job but they're encouraging everyone to report them for investigation. leland? >> leland: we'll watch it as well. gillian, thank you very much. >> arthel: strong jobs report for june. the labor department finding u.s. employers added 224,000 jobs last month. that's much higher than predicted. the unemployment rate actually rising slightly from 3.6% to 3.7% as more people are encouraged by the strong market begin searching for work. now, the robust jobs growth putting a damper on the market as hopes for a fed rate cut fade. the dow down just about, going between 57 and 60 -- now what? >> leland: 61 points. this hit the mark yesterday that the market was now 50% since president trump's election. more on the economy in a couple of minutes. we have got some new details about the murder of university

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>> leland: after friday, prayers in iran and we are tracking new threats from iran militarily and politically. iran's president warning tehran will take the next step sunday to increase its aour reign upl enrichment closer to weapons grade levels. and we now have photo evidence

of british royal marines seizing an iranian oil tanker off gibralter for alleged sanctions violations. all of this being tracked by our pentagon. lucas tomlinson tracking the tracking, as it were. >> reporter: tensions escalating with iran today, two weeks after iranian forces shot down that u.s. drone. president trump issued this fresh warning to iran before leaving for new jersey. >> we'll see what happens with iran. iran has to be very very careful. >> reporter: while americans were celebrating independence day near spain, royal marines comandeered an oil tanker near the entrance to the mediterranean. the national security adviser congratulated the british in a july 4th tweet saying excellent news. they obtained the tanker in violation of the eu sanctions. america and our allies will continue to prevent regimes from profiting off this illicit

trade. the british defense minister saluted her majesty's forces saying fan taftastic work by th royal marines. spain's top diplomat said u.s. intelligence tipped off the british. >> translator: naturally, we were aware of this operation. this was a request made by the united states to the united kingdom. we are looking into how this affects our sovereignty. >> reporter: this comes as iran's president threatens to enrich its stock pile of uranium past the amounts set by the nuclear deal. 90% uranium is needed to make nuclear weapons. president trump walked away from the deal last year. other countries in the agreement, china, russia, france, u.k. and germany and france are trying to hold it together. president wants a wide ranging agreement to include the ballistic missiles. today a former iranian leader and its revolutionary guard said

that the british must release that tanker. another official, leland, said if that tanker doesn't get released, iran could take a british tanker in return. >> leland: we'll see if they make good on those threats. thanks so much. >> arthel: joining us now for more on this is the senior vice president for research at the foundation for defense of democracies and a former counter terrorism analyst at the treasury department. is iran bluffing or will they make good on their threats? >> i think all eyes are on the 7th of july. we'll find out whether the iranians do begin to enrich beyond the levels that it were allowed pursuant to that 2015 agreement. we have an iaea meeting scheduled a couple days after that, that the u.n. is preparing for this. i think that there's a good possibility that iran does push the envelope. i think the question is whether they push it far enough to

prompt the usz and perhaps some of the other parties to that original 2015 agreement to act to impose additional sanctions or perhaps even further than that. >> arthel: if they do move forward they're going to want to let agents in there to show, yes, indeed, come take a look. we did what we said we were going to do. >> yeah. that's right. they're certainly not pretending that they're trying to stay within the confines of the agreement. i think they're basically saying, look, we are under a lot of sanctions pressure from the united states. we're feeling isolated and we don't see the need to remain in that needle. this is a sign of the president's policy of imposing those sanctions, of imposing that political isolation is working. i think the real question now is whether the brits, the europeans, join the united states and take action against iran to basically punish them for this kind of maligned activity. >> arthel: that's a good question. will they? >> i think we don't know. i do think that it's a good sign

that we saw the brits engage in this operation off the coast of gibraltar. it's a clear sign that they're working with us in coordination with u.s. military, u.s. intelligence to block the ship with iranian oil. we've seen some other indications that the brits are with us on some other elements of this campaign. it's also worth noting the germans have also indicated that they agree with u.s. assessments about iranian aggression in the perking gulf, the shooting down of the drone, the bombing of some of the temples. this is all an indication that perhaps the europeans and brits, even though they were not exactly happy when president trump pulled out of the nuclear deal last year, that may perhaps may be coming around to us and may be willing to join us. >> arthel: what about china and russia? are they in? >> they're not. i think we know that's going to always be the case. the hope is that if china continues to buy oil from iran,

that they're going to continue to drive down the price. they're not gonna pay full price for it, so iran will continue to lose money as a result of this. the russians, of course, do anything to confront the united states and under mind our leadership position in the world. we're not going to have everybody on board. but having the europeans would be a terrific sign. we may be seeing some positive signs right now in that direction. >> arthel: that's good news. meanwhile the president tweeted a warning saying, quote, iran has just issued new warnings saying they will enrich uranium to, quote, any amount we want if there is no nuclear deal. be careful with brit, iran. they can come back to bite you like nobody has been bitten before. so, jonathan, if iran takes the next step this sunday, how should the trump administration react? right now sanctions don't seem to be stopping iran, and nobody has an appetite for a military response. >> well, look. i think first of all, i do think the sanctions are working.

i think the political pressure is working. this is why iran is acting out the way that it is. i think the key here is to see whether we can bring our european allies on board, whether we can add to that international pressure on iran. i don't think that we should be drawn into conflict. i think the president's probably correct not to respond even to the downing of that drone two weeks ago. if we stay the course, continue to put pressure on iran, we could get some real movement in terms of buckling of their economy and watching iran come to the table to negotiate. >> arthel: if they come to the table, jonathan, quickly here, i have got about 30 seconds. if they come to the table, president trump said he could come up with a new deal in 20 minutes. what items should be in a new deal? >> it might take more than 20 minutes. dealing with terrorism, rogue states, human rights, all these things need to be on the table. of course, no sunset pro-sreugs

for that nuclear program which was the fatal flaw of that original deal. >> arthel: we'll keep watching. thank you. now on to china, who is calling on president trump to lift all u.s. tariffs. that's what they want. hundreds of billions of dollars in chinese goods are tariffed. and the chinese say lift them or a trade deal won't happen. last week president trump and the chinese talked at the g20 summit. pictures there. while there has been no deal, president trump did say that meeting went far better than expected. we saw the results in the u.s. markets. >> arthel: the story keeps going. we've got more protest, as things are going -- this is venezuela. now the united nations is getting involved. we'll have the latest on that. all out of the campaign trail, some 2020 democrats are in texas getting pressed on public

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them in houston texas. glad to see you're inside in houston texas. little warm there, peter. good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, too, leland. there are thousands of public school teachers at this event. joe biden is starting to talk about president trump like somebody that he would square off with in the school yard. >> the idea that i would be intimidated by donald trump. he's the bully that i knew my whole life. he's the bully that i have always stood up to. he's the bully used to make fun when i was a kid that stuttered and i smacked him in the mouth. >> reporter: this isn't the first time joe biden has talked about physically confronting president trump. it does not sit well with the vp for emily's list which advertises itself as trying to elect pro choice democratic women. christina reynolds said i would

pick someone who would handle a bully calmly rather than someone who will pop him in the mouth. president trump is pushing back on biden now, too. >> i don't think i'm a bully. i just don't like being taken advantage by other countries. >> reporter: kamala harris is turning her attention toward president trump now. she has been repeating a line on the campaign trail that she thinks is time to prosecute the case against the president and now she's making it clear that she is not going to approach mr. trump delicately. >> we need a fighter on that stage in that general election. pretty speeches are not going to be enough. there is so much at stake. >> reporter: harris and biden and bernie sanders are all going to be taking questions within the next couple minutes. also here elizabeth warren who

has a plan for everything. part of her plan to tell teachers about today would be to nominate a public school teacher as education secretary if elected president. leland. >> leland: that was a personal story there as well. peter doocy on the trail in houston. safe travels home. >> arthel: we're going to bring in politico's reporter andrew. biden is still in first position. following the debate we saw, harris is on his heels. so, how does biden maintain his lead and then how does harris surpass him? >> i think the intensifying nature of this dispute between biden and harris is reflective of the fact that the polls are really narrowing between joe biden and kamala harris after that last debate. harris had a commanding performance in that debate. joe biden admitted this morning that he was not expecting her to come out in that fashion and

target him in that way over his past record, his past statements. again, it's just reflective of the fact that joe biden wants to really focus on donald trump and not really on his democratic rivals. some of his rivals in the democratic primary are not taking the same sap approach. >> arthel: well, in the mean time, let's look at two polls i want to show you. quinipiac poll canvassing female voters with 24% say harris has the best chance to beat president trump and 22% saying that biden does. now, the abc/washington post poll has biden with a 45% chance of beating president trump in 2020 to sanders 18%. try this one, andrew. at what point might biden and harris, they're fighting right now, but at what point might biden and harris join forces to created a formidable ticket?

>> that's a great question. as of now it's hard to see whether that would happen any time soon. joe biden did say this morning on that cnn interview is he is not going to take advantage of or try to go after the past record oven his opponents. once this reaches a fevered pitch and becomes harder for joe biden to respond to allegations about his decades in public service, i think he's going to have to come away from that position that he's maintaining right now and it's going to be unsustainable. >> arthel: maybe voters are saying we want someone who has a long record of public service. we want that experience. people change their minds. you've been doing your job for this long. we want to talk about someone who is going to move forward and take the democratic party in the direction they need to go to win, which is what might happen with the response from the democratic voters. saying move on, guys. >> that's exactly what joe biden is doing right there. in today's new democratic party, there are all these litmus tests

and issues of racial justice, views on healthcare, education, support for the iraq war, for example, which joe biden helped orchestrate as a senator. all those things can, of course, come back to bite these candidates when they have a long record of public service. these newer up and coming candidates like kamala harris and elizabeth warren have a lot to work with if they want to jockey their way to the front of the polls. >> arthel: president has strong job numbers today that the president campaigned on in 2016. he all campaigned on fixing the immigration issues. we currently have an immigration crisis at the southern border. so as he works to keep his job, what does president trump have to do to keep the keys to the white house? >> well, the first thing is the first thing you mentioned. focus on the economy. we had more positive job numbers this morning.

stronger these numbers are, the harder it is for trump's democratic opponents to try to use the economy as an issue that they want to present at the forefront of their campaign for president. the more the president can capitalize on the positive job numbers is better it will be for him. the way he can fall into a trap is if he keeps intensifying these trade wars which these tariffs have started to hurt a lot of the folks whose vote he is going to depend on in 20 and whose votes he depended on in 2016. the extent which he manages that will be whether or not it is good for the economy. >> arthel: texas has a projected 41 electoral votes. can the president win texas? >> i think texas is pretty solidly republican this time around. you saw in 2018, beto o'rourke gave ted cruz a run for his money. he came within a couple percentage points of defeating

ted cruz, which is closer than republican in texas would have liked to see in a state wide race like that. but i think the president will probably win handedly in texas just like he did in 2016. i don't think it will be much of a concern for his campaign. of course, anything can happen between now and election day 2020. >> arthel: and the immigration crisis he thinks will factor in. texas is a border state. >> of course it can. texas deployed their own resources to the border regardless of what the federal government might or might not be doing. that's a huge issue right now. congress, as you know, just passed a pretty substantial emergency supplemental appropriations package that's meant to sort of help the overflow there and provide resources to the children who are being detained there. i think that's something that's going to be at the top of voters minds in that state as well. >> arthel: quick final question back to biden. do you see biden taking on president trump ultimately when it comes time for the general? >> i have given up on the

prediction game ever since 2016 when i kept thinking ted cruz would be the republican nominee or marco rubio. it's safe to say at this point, as long as the former vice president can manage his record in a good way, not just attack his democratic rivals but really look forward as we were talking about before and focus on president trump, i think that's the way you can show democratic voters that, hey, i'm the person that can take on this guy and ultimately defeat him. that will be the top thing in democratic voters minds as they head into election day 2020. >> arthel: andrew, thank you. we'll leave it there. >> thank you. >> leland: july 5th, independence day in venezuela. the man the u.s. recognizes as president, juan guaido, is calling for massive protests urging venezuelans to use this day to recover, perhaps restore. phil keating is live in miami where so much of the venezuelan community has gone during the

tough times. hi, phil. >> reporter: a scathing all of that in addition to this. a scathing new united nations human rights report describes venezuela as a humanitarian crisis, where death squads target anti-government opponents and the rule of law is eroding. in caracas, the capital of venezuela, big crowds have gathered. the disputed president nicholas maduro, celebrating the country's liberation from spain in 1811. in switzerland, comes at u.n. condemnation for president maduro, who accuses armed forces of separating a death squad engaged in judicial arrests. according to u.n. investigators, maduro's special action forces killed more than 5,000 people in 2018 and another 1500 this year by mid may. all of that on top of the

estimated 4 billion venezuelans who have fled the country. >> attacks against political opponents ranging from threats and smear campaigns to attention on ill treatment, sexual violence. excessive illegal force has been used again the people. >> reporter: the deputy foreign minister pwhrafed the report calling it incomprehensible, bias and lacking rigor. juan guaido who is recognized as the true president by the u.s. and 50 other countries is calling for street demonstrations today. he was seen climbing up a statue this morning in the latest effort to force maduro to step aside. mike pompeo tweeted out this. today venezuela's independence day.

the u.n. human rights assessment that was done in march, they need humanitarian assistance. >> leland: people, phil keating in miami. thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. >> arthel: u.s. and russia at odds over the health of detained citizens. why the u.s. embassy feels moscow is not doing enough to help him.

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logan canyon in northern utah. here is the mayor of the city of salt lake city. >> the hope the information today brings additional closure to mackenzie's family and friends. i continue to offer my support to seek justice. >> leland: police have charged a suspect with aggravated murder and aggravated kidnapping in this case. >> arthel: u.s. embassy in moscow accusing russia of denying medical care to american citizen paul wayland. russia has been holding him in jail since december on espionage charges. the former marine saying those charges were trumped up. rich edson is live at the state department with more. >> reporter: the state department said the russian government has wrongfully detained wayland for more than six months now. officials at the u.s. embassy in

russia say they are concerned about his health. that the russian government denied requests for a doctor. spokes person for the u.s. embassy in moscow said, quote, we have submitted official requests in russia per diplomatic protocol. perhaps our messages are lost in the mail like the many undelivered letters from paul's family. whelan's family say rush government has produced no evidence of a deal while he langishes in prison. they say he was a business man visiting moscow when the rug authorities arrested him. russian state media was told we would like to call on the american side to resolve the situation on a reasonable well balanced basis not waiting even for a verdict to mr. whelan. they suggested the united states release a russian pilot.

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>> not just for the fourth of july, it was a record temperature they never had in alaska. recorded and circled back up, about 60 some years, in the lower 48. most of the records go back about 120 and 130 years. alaska about 60 years. they've never seen temperature there higher than 85. yesterday they hit 90 degrees. now 67. almost 11:00 this morning. probably will get back up to about 86 or 87. it will likely be higher than

they have ever been at any point. incredible high temperatures in alaska. lower 48 all warm. down across the south, it's hot. all really humid. because of that, feels much hotter than that. afternoon, with temperatures and humidity in place, we see a lot of afternoon storms. big storms across the country. some severe, flooding continues to be a concern across parts of the central plains. all this air mass coming up, that's why it's so humid. one little spot, heavy rain across western kansas. maybe up to about an inch or so. >> arthel: rick, thank you. >> leland: group of people happy about that heat wave in alaska. air conditioner salesmen up there. all right. up next, canines helping those who have given so much to our country. we'll check in with paws for purple hearts. how do you gauge the greatness of an suv?

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>> on this holiday weekend, we'll tell you about paws for purple hearts. a group that uses veterans to train dogs for other service veterans. we have dan fudge here from paws and with him is calinko. you're supposed to look at the camera, calinko. we'll work on that. what is interesting about this, it's not only an organization to help veterans but veterans doing the training. >> absolutely, yeah. we enlist the help of service members to come in and actually take part in the training of every one of our dogs. really unique. the skills that they learn include emotional regulation and they get to demonstrate the leadership abilities that they learn while in the military that they feel that they lost in that

traumatic event. it's really powerful. we call it k-9 assisted warrior therapy. >> is it assisting the trainers or those that get the dogs? >> no, they're training dogs for somebody else. so it gives them a renounced sense of purpose to give back to the community that they're a part of. it's really unique in that ability. >> so within the confines of what is possible on live television in one camera, give us an idea as you're sitting there what calinko can do. >> yes. we teach them to respond to stress cues. when you come home from a stressful day or event and you bury your hands in your face, the dogs will break up -- >> we can use calinko here on the set. there's days that i feel like that on live television. how long does it take to get a

dog to this level? >> so generally takes us two years to get a dog to this level. the biggest thing is our volunteers. our volunteers and generous donors is what make us successful. our volunteers -- >> takes two years between purchasing the dog and training it what are we looking at in terms of cost? >> oh, generally speaking for one dog, anywhere between 30,000 and $40,000 to train from birth till placement. >> and given to a veteran for free? >> absolutely. all of our services are offered to veterans for free. so if anybody out there is looking to get involved, looking for a program to help them on their healing journey, reach out to us. we'd love to assist any veterans. >> we'll put the address up there. dan, calinko is welcome any time back on the air. that means if you have show off

as well, we'll have you back with us. >> i know how that works. yeah. >> good to see you. we can use that. >> we could. >> we could definitely work that. >> we're taking a break. julie banderas is next. >> protesters facing charges after burning an american flag outside the white house before the president's salute to america. the supreme court has ruled flag burning is free speech, but secret service agents say this protest went too far. hundreds of after shocks after the strongest earthquake to hill california in 20 years. we're live near the epicenter. a top expert taking -- talking about the chances of an even bigger quake in the next few days. a dad with a drone spots a shark swimming near his kids. >> literally as soon as i got it in the air, i started seeing a shadow moving through the water towards them. >> wll