arthel: we begin with breaking news from south florida, a gas explosion rocking a shopping center leaving at least 20 people injured. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm arthel neville. mike: and i'm mike emmanuel, great to be with you. these aerials from the city of plantation, just west of fort lauderdale, the windows of an l.a. fitness appear to be blown out, and the building next to it completely destroyed. david smiley, a reporter from the miami herald, joins us by phone. david, what's the latest? that you're seeing there on the scene? >> well, fire rescue and a number of fire and police agencies have the entire area cordoned off. this is a very busy area about

two blocks north of interstate 595, pretty close to a shopping mall and the shopping center. and we can see from where we're at that the l.a. fitness seems to be damaged, but there's the corner of a strip mall complex right across the parking lot is incredibly -- it is blown out and is twisted. there is, there was debris thrown across the street into the shopping complex parking lot. i don't know if it was the debris that blew out windows in some of the storefronts here. i spoke with an employee who was working in a daycare when the explosion happened, and she said that there was a massive, bright light, ceiling tiles began to fall in, it shattered the windows out of the storefront, people began to panic and weren't necessarily running, but were scrambling to get out, find their kids. they rushed out into the parking lot, and there was dust -- not

smoke, but dust everywhere from the explosion, car alarms going off. there are perhaps 50-20 people injured, fire rescue did not know the exact total at this point, two in serious condition. but right now they believe there are no deaths from this explosion. which given all things considered, it seems to be pretty lucky that we may get out of this without anybody killed. arthel: yes, very good that the injury count at this point is fairly low. of course, we hate to see anyone get injured in situations like this. you know, i'm thinking l.a. fitness center on a saturday morning of a holiday weekend, it's got to be pretty crowded. people try to work off the, you know, holiday hot dogs. people are in that summer mode of shopping. have you had a chance, david, to talk to any of the people who were there at that shopping center when this explosion took place? >> well, i spoke to one employee of the l.a. fitness, and fire

rescue have not confirmed where the explosion was, but the employee believed it was not at the gym. it more likely seems an empty pizza restaurant across the street, but that's not confirmed. because they cordoned off the area, i was not able to talk to anybody who was shopping there. i was going to go shopping at a publix immediately next door to l.a. fitness right around this time so, yeah, it's a really busy time late on a saturday morning. and i -- normally that complex is incredibly busy. mike: looking at the visuals there, it looks like a bomb was dropped on the area. and i'm not minimizing what those 20 folks or more are going through, but when you look at the devastation the, it seems miraculous that perhaps hundreds of people were not killed in this blast. >> yeah, absolutely. i was, i was going to show up here, i rushed over because i live about 2 miles away, and

living about 2 miles away, i thought that somebody had fallen off of my roof, that's how much my house felt the explosion. but, yeah, i was worried that we were going to have a number of people dead, especially when it seems like maybe we were having an explosion at a gym which right now doesn't seem to be the case. but definitely really lucky that we're getting out of this, hopefully, without any fatalities. arthel: and you said you were on your way to a publix, i believe, grocery store, and you heard this 2 miles away. what are folks in your neighborhood -- if you felt it, your neighbors did. how was the reaction? >> yeah. my neighbor, i was, actually, i was going to go shopping at that moment, any minute i was going to leave my house. but my neighbor texted us, a number of neighbors and said, hey, you know, that explosion that we all just -- you know, that bang that we all just felt was an explosion, you know? people coming out of their houses, definitely jarring for

miles around, for multiple miles. i talked to people who came here from 3.5-4 miles away because they felt it in their homes, and they're questioning what the heck just happened. arthel: and how quickly did you find out what the heck happened? how quickly did you find out as a reporter that it was a gas explosion? >> well, my neighbor texted me about ten minutes after we felt it, and as soon as i got that text, i didn't wait to find out what it was. i just heard an explosion happened at that location knowing how busy it is, so i jumped in my car, so i didn't know anything about what might have been the cause. and, again, they have not yet confirmed it's a gas explosion. they're still trying to determine that. but, yeah, it's very -- as soon as i heard the location just because of how busy it is, i came right over. arthel: got it. mike: david smiley, we are grateful for your time. thank you so much. arthel? arthel: and now we go to those

powerful back to back earthquakes shaking up southern california. >> [bleep] >> oh, my god. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my god! [bleep] arthel: oh, my god, is right. a 7.1 magnitude quake rattling homes, rattling nerves last night about 150 miles northeast of los angeles. now, this is after a 6.4 earthquake rocked the same region one day earlier. jonathan hunt is live in ridgecrest, california, with more. and, jonathan, that's right there at the epicenter. what kind of damage are you seeing today? >> reporter: well, 7.1 is a very, very large earthquake, arthel, and that's what's remarkable about this, there is very little damage in the entire town of ridgecrest which was, as you say, at the epicenter. that's not to say there wasn't any damage. the earthquake did start a few fires, for instance. our reporter, jeff paul, caught

one of those at a mobile home park in here in ridgecrest, population are about 27,000. overnight firefighters were back at that mobile home park today doing some cleanup. but really while there hasn't been much physical damage, it's certainly damaged the psyche of people who went through it. listen here. >> yeah, the 6.4 turns into about an 8 when this thing's moving over here, and the 7.1 went to a 10. threw me off the couch and i went out the door. my cats were in this kennel right here, and everybody was ordered to evacuate while -- [inaudible] >> reporter: talking of being safe, a lot of people simply do not feel safe right now in their homes. last night, for instance, the shelter behind me here was pretty much at capacity. people were also sleeping out in their front yards just too fearful to be under their own

roof. arthel? arthel: absolutely. and, you know, it's been decades since that other big northridge earthquake. many people have moved to southern california since then and have not witnessed such a big shaker. i mean, have you talked to any, some of the newcomers to that area? >> reporter: yeah -- [laughter] well, one of those newcomers is one of our own producers, arthel, dan gale low. he moved out here from d.c. a few years ago. this is his first big experience of an earthquake, and dan and his reporter, jeff paul, were taking a well-earned break last night at a local restaurant when that 7.1 struck. and dan caught the sheer terror on his cell phone, people just screaming, running to get out of the building. and dan, i can tell you, is not a guy who is given to exaggeration, but he said to me this morning it really felt like it could be the end. it is that terrifying when you are caught in it. and officials say that one of

the concerns now is that we've had the 6.4, we've had a 7.1. so while buildings may not have fallen down, a lot of them may have been destabilized by this. listen here. >> through time, buildings are going to get weaker. a 6.4, a 7.1, you know, maybe it's not a 7.1 next time, but maybe it's, you know, lower. and with that there could be more damage just because structures are weakened. so we just need to be vigilant, and the community of ridgecrest is. >> reporter: yeah, the community of ridgecrest certainly is going to remain vigilant. we've had a few smaller aftershocks through the morning. they appear to have tailed off right now, but nobody is going to rest easy tonight, arthel. arthel: not at all. jonathan hunt, thank you for that update. mike? mike: arthel, the citizenship question's off the 2020 seven is us for now, but the white house is not giving up. president trump saying the justice department's working on a way to add this to form that

would pass legal muster, but he's also considering taking executive action. garrett tenney is live in washington. hello, garrett. >> reporter: hey, mike. the administration's now trying to come up with a better justification for why iten wants to include the citizenship question on the 2020 census. the supreme court ruled that it was legal but said the administration's explanation that it was to enforce the voting rights act lacked merit. president trump is vowing to keep this fight alive. as he departed the white house friday, he said he's looking at four or five options including different justifications and potentially an executive order. if. >> i just spoke with the attorney general. we have a number of different avenues we can use, all of them -- we're doing very well. you need it for many reasons. number one, 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?

you need it for many reasons. >> reporter: opponents of the question say they will challenge any effort by the administration to have it added to the census, and in anticipation of an executive order, the aclu asked a federal judge in new york friday to permanently block the commerce department from adding the question with the group's director saying in a statement the trump administration repeatedly argued the census forms could not be altered after june 30th. they've now changed their tune because the supreme court ruled against them. they can't have it both ways. the administration's facing several other challenges to citizenship question in federal court, in california and one in maryland which claims the question discriminates against minorities. it's important to note there is no deadline or timeline for when the administration needs to come up with and provide a new justification for the question, but with one and a half billion census forms going out, the clock is certainly ticking. it is a very real possibility that these court fights could drag on all the way up until the

census goes out or even after. mike: garrett tenney live in washington, thanks a lot. arthel: let's bring in white house reporter for "usa today" david jackson, david, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. arthel: let's start here, can the president and his legal team devise a passable argument to get the citizenship question on the 2020 census? >> i think it's going to be very difficult. they can certainly try, and i think that's what they're going to do, but it's very difficult to see. the basic thing that trump and some of his aides are talking about is, as the reporter mentioned, chief justice john roberts said it wasn't the question he objected to, it was the reason, the justification that the administration gave. so some lawyers are saying, well, look, we submit the case, use a different explanation, maybe the supreme court will take it up again and roberts will change his mind. a lot of lawyers that i know think that's very improbable. arthel: yeah. it's kind of like the professor saying go back, rewrite the paper, i might consider a

different grade. exactly. arthel: how is this explained inside the administration? >> i think there's a lot ofty version. as early as tuesday, there were papers submitted, the administration indicated it was going to give up the fight, print up the census ballot without the citizenship question, and then on wednesday morning president trump said, oh, no, we're not giving up. i'm going to direct my lawyers to look for ways to try to revive this case, and that was really a u-turn, i think, for the administration. a lot of lawyers in thed a managers, i think, are frustrated by it -- in the administration. they're trying to comply with the president's wishes, but it's a tough go. arthel: here's how it's playing with the mexican-american legal defense fund. it says, quote: we're in this posture because they don't know what the real plan is. executive orders do not override decisions of the supreme court. separation of powers remainings as it has been for over 200 years, a critical part of our constitutional scheme. so, david, as you know, referring to president's consideration of an executive

order. so how is the president's desire to get the citizenship question on the 2020 census playing inside the republican party itself? and does the president have the full support of the gop? >> my sense is they do. in fact, i think the president revived this very issue because of pressure from republicans. a lot of his outside advisers were urging him to make the fight, pitching the same legal argument we discussed earlier, so i think among rank and file republicans, you've got a lot of support. arthel: all right. and right now we're going to listen to u.s. citizenship and immigration services' acting director ken cucinelli on the topic. >> to know for both voter allocation and because of the requirements of the voting rights act and and, frankly, as part of the ongoing debate about how we deal both financially and legally with the burden of those who are not here legally, that is a relevant issue. arthel: all right. so, david, as you know, district

judge george hazel in maryland gave clearance to anyone who is accusing the trump administration of engaging in racial discrimination to go ahead and gather evidence to support their claim. now, according to your reporting, david, is the citizenship question considered a valid tool to control illegal immigration or a tool to control voting districts? >> that's never been my understanding. it's never been used -- someone uses it as a tool to establish some kind of statistical portrait of the united states looks like, it's never been used to try to track down illegal immigration. i don't know how that would play out in a court of law. redistricting has always been based on total population, not on population of citizens, so so to me, that's irrelevant to what we're talking about here. arthel: in the end, where does the citizenship question land? >> that's a -- i think it's anyone's guess, because i think among the attorneys you cited, they're concerned that the administration will try to

include the citizenship question in the census regardless of what the court says. there's also concerns the administration may try to delay the census while this legal fight goes on. i really don't think there's any way to answer that at this point. arthel: final question, how does this play with the president's base? >> i think it'll be very popular, he'll talk about it on the campaign trail, and people are going to be receptive. that's not the legal standard, but i think in terms of politics, i think that'll play very well. arthel: all right, david jackson, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. arthel: be tour so tune -- be sure to tune into "fox news sunday," dana perino will be in for chris wallace, he'll sit down with ken cucinelli airing at 2 and 7 p.m. eastern right here on fox and you, of course, can check your local listingses for the air time on your local fox affiliate. mike: 2020 democrats making their pitch to an important demographic of voters in the

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mike: runing for the white house is a full-time job, and there's certainly no rest for the weary this holiday weekend. several different democratic candidates are attending the essence festival in new orleans. senator cory booker on stage right now, trying to make the case to african-american voters. meanwhile, moments from now joe biden will hold a community event in sumter, south carolina. jacqui heinrich has more on what the campaigns are doing. >> reporter: hey, mike. since the beginning of his campaign, joe biden's really chosen not to share the stage with other candidates when possible save, of course, the debates where it propelled senator kamala harris ahead after an exchange over civil

rights. biden's keeping with that trend, notably not attending the essence festival in new orleans where senators harris, booker, warren and beto o'rourke are speaking to a mostly african-american crowd. harris used her moment to announce a new plan to close the wealth gap. she said after generations of discrimination, black families need a real shot at home ownership, and she pledged to invest $100 billion to help families with down payments and closing costs. >> by taking these challenges on, we can close that gap, and that not only lifts us, black america, it lifts up all of america. [applause] so, essence, join me as we right what is wrong and write the next chapter of history in our country. >> reporter: while harris has a recent boost in support, she's still soft on fundraising.

her campaign announced a second quarter total under $12 million, far behind biden, sanders and buttigieg. all the presidents are far behind the president's re-election campaign. the rnc announced $105 million in the second quarter. mayor pete's campaign announced they hauled in an impressive $24.8 million in funding from nearly 300,000 donors. he told supporters he plans to spend it on staff the, especially in iowa and in new hampshire. meantime, it is lonely at the top for the democratic front-runner who is still trying to recover from a poor performance at the debates. he told cnn he was not prepared to have harris come after him on his voting record for civil rights, noting that she knew him and she knows his -- or knew his late son. so he tried to assure viewers that despite that exchange, he is still ready to take on president trump and is scheduled now to head to south carolina this afternoon where he will once again bring up the topic of racial relations and civil rights. mike?

mike: mayor pete with $25 million, he's not going anywhere anytime soon. >> reporter: he is not. mike: jacqui heinrich here in new york, thanks so much. arthel: a toxic algae bloom is forcing officials in the gulf to close or limit access to beaches. it's all coming at the worst possible time, during a holiday weekend. charles watson has more. >> reporter: summer beach plans are hitting a snag along the gulf coast this fourth of july holiday weekend. mississippi is closing down more than a dozen beaches as a safety precaution as a toxic blue algae grouse along miles of -- grows along miles of shoreline. >> we've had to change everything to adjust to this freshwater, and now the near-shore algae blooms. >> reporter: sonny schindler makes a living taking people fishing in the gulf on his charter boat. his customers have had concerns about the toxic algae affecting seafood. >> we just try to explain to

them that the areas that are affected are near the beaches, very close to land. the areas we fish, very far to south. >> reporter: mississippi's department of marine resources says the toxic algae bloom is the product of a large amount of freshwater from the mississippi river into the gulf after this spring's widespread flooding. the higher amount of freshwater lets harmful bacteria thrive causing nausea and breathing issues. more than a dozen beaches in louisiana and texas have been placed under advisory. toxic algae blooms have been spotted in the water along florida's coastline, the noticeably murky water keeping beach goers away. people are being kept out of the water on some of the beaches until the levels of the toxic bloom decrease. >> certainly gave us pause when we were walking on the beach yesterday, and i wanted to trot out in the water a little bit. >> reporter: mississippi state officials say they're running tests. the algae has so far caused no serious health concerns to people or marine life, but --

>> it's an issue to where we think that it might be a problem, we're going to go on the err of safety. mike: tensions increasing between the u.s. and tehran, and they seem poised to break the 2015 nuclear deal. what comes next as the deadline looms?

♪ ♪ mike: a top aide to iran's supreme leader today warning the islamic republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal, this as the deadline looms for europe to offer new terms by tomorrow. tensions escalating after the british navy seized an iranian oil tanker in gibraltar believed to be carrying a shipment of crude to syria. let's bring in james care a fan know, vice president for national security and foreign policy at the heritage the

foundation -- carafano. good to have you. the iranian regime is talking tough, what is your explanation for tehran's behavior? >> well, it's a bid of a -- a bit of a head-scratcher from an external per spectivity. on the one hand, they show how the deal wasn't a restraint to begin with. that's not good for iran. they're putting the europeans in a tough spot, they either have to put sanctions on them, which would put more pressure on iran, or they have to ignore the violations, which makes the europeans look feckless. you know, iran's in a tough part of the world, and if you're not looking tough, you're on the menu. and, again, we're just speculating here, but i wonder if some of this is for internal consumption where if we're not pushing back, we look weak, and that's something the iranian regime can't afford to do. mikebook the iranians are pushing europe to cut a deal in a hurry, but does that risk them actually bringing the u.s. and europe closer together? >> look, i think the breaking news pretty soon is going to be the u.k. will flip.

i think a new conservative government's, essentially, just going to break with the europeans and side with the u.s. and so the likelihood of the europeans coming together and doing a deal for the iranians is zero. what's much, much more likely is the space between the europeans and the iranians is going to grow. mike: are the iranians watching the american political calendar? a presidential election next year, to see if perhaps they won't have to deal with president trump in january 2021? >> you know, again, we're speculating because we're not in tehran, i don't have classified info, but i always assumed it was just trying to wait trump out and hope they would get a better deal from the next american president which seems kind of likely because they've heard several candidates say, oh, we'll just go back to iran deal. on the other hand, they can't just do nothing for the next 18 months. on the one hand, look tough, push people, but on the other hand, just really hope somebody else gets elected in two years.

mike: what kind of lashing out are you expecting from the regime, terrorism or more aggressive military a action? >> the one thing we know is this is not a unified regime. it's not like the united states. sometimes factions are fighting each other, just like we fight on our side about whether we should be tough or soft, sometimes they do things on their own initiatives. i would expect something because the iranians have to continue to find ways to look tough, but they've been very consistent in this, they're looking for ways to keep things below the threshold because they don't want to get in an escalatory situation either. mike: president trump thought long and hard about a military response after the u.s. navy drone was shot down. would you advise him to not go too far if the iranians do something provocative again? >> well, i think the key thing for the u.s. is proportionality. matter of fact, the president used that word, and i've never heard him use it before.

[laughter] if the unite wanted to -- if the united states wanted to continue to gather partners, i think that would put the u.s -- that would jeopardize, undermine our policy of really looking for international con seven is us and really, in the end, trying to press the iranians back into a diplomatic track that would actually provide a sustainable solution over time. so i think the u.s. will, if the iranians try to hurt living human beings, the united states will respond to protect them or to take out the threats to them. but i think that would be the limit of u.s. action. mike: i'm curious what you see is the difference between the iran situation and north korea. we saw the president making history going into the dmz last weekend, speaking with the north korean dictator. is it the fact that north korea's willing to talk and rouhani of iran is not willing to talk at this point? >> well, i actually think the strategies are identical, and they have to be identical, because they're watching each other.

if the united states does one thing with the north koreans, then the iranians look at that. so in both cases, he is protecting u.s. interests. in the case of iran, he's defending freedom of access in the waterway. in the case of north korea, he's deterring a war or a nuclear threat against the united states. but then he offers a diplomatic offramp. as long as the north koreans willing to engage on that, i think the president holds pressure where it is. but on the other hand, he's going to continue to put that pressure until the iranians adopt the similar option. but i think what's key here is the president cannot offer a sweetheart deal in north korea. he can't just say, okay, you can keep your nuclear weapons, don't worry about that, because the iranians will read that and know they can play him as well. mike: james carafano, fascinating discussion. thanks so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. arthel: let's go back to new orleans and dip into the 25th annual essence festival. 2020 presidential candidate senator cory booker speaking

now, joined by reverend al sharpton on stage. let's listen in. >> also the right to choose is an important issue where black women are disproportionately negatively impacted, their lives are often on the line. what will you do, senator, that is not lip service, but the delivering for this community of black women? >> i'm so grateful for that. so, again, always ask candidates -- because this issue didn't start yesterday -- what have they already done? a lot of people introduce big legislation when they're running for president, but i've been a senator for a long time. so i actually wrote a bill called the mommies act that was specifically tailored to closing this mortality gap, the postmortem mortality gap. and it included everything by significantly widening medicaid to make sure that during the post-partum period it doesn't cut off two, three weeks, but

goes on for more than a year. start having conversations which we should have in america, that things like doula care should not just be for affluent or middle class women, it should be to all women because we know women that have things like due la care, it -- doula care, it lowers maternal mortality rates and elevates child well-being. we have got to start having this conversation not just during election time, but looking to our leaders of what they've done. and so understand this, these laws like we're seeing in alabama are targeting and coming after low income women and african-american women in general. because the women who are going to be denied the kind of contraceptive care and abortion rights, wealthy and affluent women are going to be able to go on to other states, but this is severely impacting low income women. so specifically -- and president of the united states for the first time in history -- i will create in the white house an

office of reproductive freedom to make sure that all of these issues from access to contraception care, abortion legality, to making sure that we address these gaps in maternal mortality. that's going to be a white house office that's going to coordinate between different offices to make sure that we don't just have a plan, but we actually produce if results for african-american women and all women. >> thank you, senator. [applause] >> welcome, sir. >> thank you, sir. >> you know, many of the issues that we need in our community stem from our having been deprived of access to real economic opportunities. and by default, our human rights are often violated because we can't afford to pay for the basics that will enable us to overcome some of these obstacles. what are some of the things that

you're thinking of doing or that have done that can, that lend itself towards driving entrepreneurship in our communities so that we're truly building wealth outside of, you know, home ownership or having a great job at the bank? what are the things that you would do or have done -- arthel: okay. so this is one of the seminars that takes place at "essence" magazine's big festival. it's not just about food and fun. they get down to real important social issues, and you just heard senator cory booker stating his case for abortion rights and contraceptive care and how they are becoming less is accessible to african-american women in particular and what he plans to do about it. that is the 25th annual "essence" magazine festival happening in new orleans. mike: production companies threaten to stop filming in georgia after the republican governor signed a very restrictive abortion bill in

may. the boycott could cost the state billions of dollars in lost revenue. steve harrigan is live in atlanta with more. hey, steve. >> reporter: that's right, mike. those remarks by cory booker playing right into the situation here in georgia where a strict anti-abortion bill is scheduled to become law at the start of the year, and that proposed law is dividing people here in the state of georgia. a lot of newcomers from california and from new york here to work in the growing film and television industry, on the other side in rural georgia, a lot of conservative voters. we went could down to savoy, ge, about an hour from here, to find out what they thought about pullouts by netflix or disney. we went to town where they filled "the walking dead." here's what they had to say. >> we appreciate hollywood's impact economically but not at the expense and value of sacrificing unborn children.

>> reporter: over the past decade here, the film industry and television has become a huge business, $3 billion a year in georgia, now making the state a real leader. also about 90,000 people employed. this heartbeat bill, though, could put it all into jeopardy, but many people see a likely challenge in the courts. so as of now, we are not seeing an exodus of major film companies yet. >> the larger companies have hedged their bets. they're saying they won't work in georgia if the law goes into effect. but it's not going to go into effect for some time, because the federal court's likely to block it temporarily at least. it could be a couple of years down the road. >> reporter: you can really see the effect that film and television production has had here in georgia, especially smaller towns. their main street had seven

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patrol council. great to have you, sir. >> thank you for having me on, i appreciate it. mike: what are your concerns about the men and women on the front lines of this crisis trying to keel with this issue -- deal with this issue? >> obviously, we're under a magnifying glass. the big concern is that because of these facebook posts, people are going to use that to categorize every single agent. by no means would i make up any single type of excuse for some of the language ask and some of the posts that are done. the national border patrol council came out first before even the agency and, you know, talked about it. and and we don't appreciate, we don't condone it. however, some of the issues are, obviously, a lot of these pages you may have been invited onto the page and put on there without even knowing you're part of that page. so, obviously, that's one thing that we have to look at. at the same time, a lot of these individuals that are on this page, we don't know how many of them are actually border patrol

agents. and, you know, those are other concerns. so my main concern is that, don't categorize the entire, you know, men and women that put their lives on the line and actually, you know, care about the job that they're doing based on comments of a small group of people on a facebook page where many of them you don't know if they're agents and, two, a lot of them didn't even know they were part of the page. mike: my day job's covering congress, and many house democrats were not happy with the $4.6 billion humanitarian aid package that was negotiated in the senate. does that say to you congress is not likely to provide any legislative relief to the problems at the border beyond possibly money? >> obviously, we've been talking about it for quite some time. the money is helpful because the detention facilities definitely need it. we're at a crisis, as we've said before. but at the same time, there's loopholes within the law that need to be looked at in order to prevent this. we have individuals that are

constantly crossing into the united states. a lot of them are turning themselves in, and that's a big issue. and, you know, getting back to the facebook issue, we don't want that to be something that categorizes our agents because that doesn't even come close to reflecting what the men and women of the united states border patrol out there do. mike: i asked secretary mcaleenan this week about this facebook issue. take a a listen, and i'll ask you to respond. >> a couple of bad apples expressing these kind of views, they need to be held accountable, but it's not representative of the men and women. mike: do you agree with that assessment? >> that's dead on. that is just 100% dead on. unfortunately, you know, people like to spin it a different way. but i can tell you wholeheartedly we don't condone that type of behavior. just like we've never condoned individuals in political positions calling our border patrol agents nazis. mike: some have asked if it's a

leadership issue when you look at agencies and their senate-confirmed appointments, lack of. state, 70%, homeland security comes in at 41% according to the partnership for public service. is that a problem? >> i mean, when you look at those percentages, you have to think that, you know, something needs to be done and something needs to be fixed. but it's been an ongoing issue that we've been talking about for quite some time. and, obviously, since we're underneath that magnifying glass, everything that gets done within the department of homeland security is judged a little bit more strict than in other departments. mike: you talked about a magnifying glass, what's the promale like of your rank and file people -- the morale like? >> the agents are doing the job, and it is disturbing and heartbreaking when a couple bad posts from certain individuals are being used within the media and are being useed within politicians to describe the majority of our agents or to

even judge us all. and i can assure you that those comments and those bad posts that were made are not even close to describing what the men and women of the united states border patrol are out there doing each and every day. mike: art del cueto, thanks for your time, sir. >> thank you for having me. arthel: nerves are on edge in southern california after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake coming only a a day after a 6.4 quake. lots of dramatic scenes captured on social media, and christina coleman is covering this side of the story from our los angeles bureau. christina? >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, the ground shaking didn't stop people from pulling out their phones and recording these frightening moments. a lot of people took to social media and posted videos and pics last night after the 7.1 quake hit at 8:19 local time. this video was taken in a restaurant at the casino in

california. the casino was about 160 miles south of ridgecrest, the lights were swaying back and forth over the heads of people just trying to enjoy a nice dinner. and this is one of several fires possibly caused by the earthquake. the san bernardino county strike team is in the area to help in any way possible. as of now, two senior citizens are homeless today after this mobile home went up in flames early in the morning. this is in ridgecrest, the city close to the epicenter of last night's quake. the two were inside the home when it happened. curran county officials say they were able to escape. this ridgecrest family got under the table. listen to them during the frantic moments when all of this was going on. >> the table -- >> [bleep] >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my god! [bleep] >> oh, the front door came open. >> it's okay, just hold on. hold on! oh, my god. this is bad, brian.

>> reporter: and take a look at this pool. a family, obviously just trying to enjoy the holiday weekend, watches on as the water in the pool starts moving back and forth. >> oh, my gosh! >> hannah! >> on video, dude. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey also tweeted this picture of a bubbled road on twitter after last night's earthquake. this is on highway 178 just southwest of trona, a town about 25 miles east of ridgecrest. inspectors are surveying the area, looking for leaks and ruptures, and curran county officials say there are some reports gas leaks, but they're not sure how bad the damage is right now. arthel? arthel: christina coleman, thank you for that round-up there. mike? mike: arthel, we're just one day away from the united states women's soccer team pursuit of back to back world cup titles. a preview from france next.

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arthel: well, the women's world cup champion will be crowned tomorrow, so today england and sweden battling for third place. and tomorrow the final taking place with team usa going up against the netherlands. greg talcott is live in lyon, france. >> reporter: hi, arthel. sweden beat england 2-1 in that runner-up match but, frankly, all eyes on the big final tomorrow, a lot of american fans here as we speak rooting on their own hometown team. now, the u.s. women's national team is going for a record fourth world cup. they are favorites to beat the netherlands, but the dutch are

not a bad team, so it's not finished yet. the u.s. women's squad, however, is being described as one of the best ever. they are certainly the most outspoken on a range of issues. we caught a glimpse of one of the stars, megan rapinoe, today. she looked cool, calm and collected. here's a bit of what she had to say to press earlier. >> there's just so many fantastic players at this world cup and so many players that have elevated their game throughout the entire tournament. so i'm honored to be considered one of those players, and i don't want mind a bit of media. i don't mind a bit of media. >> reporter: the fan zone right now, there's a bit of rain now, but earlier in the day it was packed with folks about 300 miles south of paris. people came from all over the united states, we spoke to folks from south carolina, from chicago, from california. they are all united in one opinion, that this team is something else.

take a listen. who's going to win tomorrow? >> usa! >> why? why do you say that. >> because they're awesome. >> the best team in the world. >> they are pretty awesome. >> i i think they're good role models, and i think they're showing us what we should be doing. >> it's a great team. it's one of the best we've put together, a powerful group of women, and they're look to make some changes, so it's awesome to witness it. >> i'm glad to be here with my daughter so she can experience it. >> usa? usa? >> usa! [laughter] >> reporter: usa, usa. the game time tomorrow is 11 a.m. eastern, 5 p.m. local here in lyon. they're looking to see if they can break the record from the last world cup, that was 2015. 23 million people tuned in to watch the u.s. win in that one. also everybody looking to see if the usa wins again. arthel: usa all the way, we're back in a moment. [laughter]

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mike: a fox news alert, a gas explosion rocking a florida shopping center. at least 20 people are hurt. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm mike emmanuel in for eric shawn. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. you can see just how devastating the blast is. it happened in the city of plantation which is just west of fort lauderdale. in fact, phil keating is on the scene and, phil, if you could, tell us what you're seeing now. >> reporter: hi, arthel. this is the strip mall where all of this happened right before noon this morning. busy saturday, people are out shopping, numerous stores here. and when you walk around the whole property, the perimeter -- as i've done -- debris is all over the place. presumably was gas-caused even though that's not officially determined by the fire department here in plantation. blew the roof off, windows -- [inaudible] but you rea