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your day and week with us. recharging legal team in a final push to add citizenship question to the 2020 census, meanwhile the president says he's reviewing all available options for inclusion, mark, joins us live from the nation's capitol to break et all down for us, good morning, mark. >> good morning to you, heather, the justice department is not saying while it's shuffling lawyers, only new team will be taking over the census citizenship question case, we spoke to a spokesperson and the news comes after president trump announced last week he still wants to ask census respondents if they are u.s. citizens, this comes after supreme court ruling that the case needs to go back to lower court, the government has long said it was up against tight deadline and now administration officials believe they have enough time to get argued before key census

deadline. >> we are moving ahead with the census, 15 to $20 million on census, asking everything except are you a citizens of the united states, how ridiculous is that? >> president trump says he's considering an executive order to get the question on to the census, the commerce department says right now in the process of printing forms without question attached, this week lawmakers are schedule today hold a hearing investigative the trump administration's treatment of migrant children, invited border security and customs officials to testify this week after government inspectors found dangerous overcrowding at detention facilities, several house democrats toured the facilities for themselves, some lawmakers comparing them to concentration camps. >> under a lot of trauma that they are in facilities that

dehumanizing and this is a choice by the current administration, they are choosing to not allow asylum seekers to go through the legal process. >> the house overnight committee will be hearing the into the government treatment of migrants, that will be happening wednesday, busy week in dc. heather: sure is, great to have you with us this morning, appreciate it. democrats' talk on tough immigration but they have little legislative action to show for it, 2020 trump campaign senior adviser katrina pearson says for democrats illegal immigration was never about the people, it's all about power. >> so we've always said that it's president trump against the world and every day we see that to be true more and more over time but hopefully the president will be able to move forward on this either through executive action or some other manner so, again, force this through the court system. it is common sense, country has right to know who is in it, this is not some weird twisted thing

that they are trying to make it out to be and this is a power grab, the democrats want as many people in the country as possible because the numbers aside from whether or not they are citizens gives them the electoral advantage when it comes to distribution, congressman and they want more of that, it's all about a power grab, that's what it's always been, they don't care about people, they don't care about race, they just want the people on their side. >> the white house has vowed to appeal the ninth circuit ruling barring the use of 2.5 billion in pentagon funds to build a border wall, much more to come on all of that. for the meantime recovery efforts underway in california after back to back earthquakes walked the southern part of the state, scientists warning that natural disasters are far from over and another potential quake, another one in the horizon.

>> on the long run we will have more earthquakes an we will have lot stronger shaking, we will have a magnitude 6 on average somewhere in southern california every few years. heather: take a look at this new video showing the moments of family inside laundry mat frantically running tout door, the little boy carrying a little girl and carrying her to safety, part of the ceiling collapses, quake causing more than $100 million of damages, no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. well, the taliban now taking responsibility for deadly car bombing as it negotiates peace with the u.s., at least 14 people were killed and nearly 1400 in afghanistan, many of the wounded were children, attending a school nearby, this comes during 2-day conference including the taliban to try to

find an end to afghanistan's wars. the u.s. envoy calling the latest talks the most productive ever. president trump issuing strong warning to iran after the country surpassed uranium enrichment limit. >> iran better be careful. you enrich for one reason and i won't tell you what the reason is but it's no good, they better be careful, iran will never have a nuclear weapon. heather: by breaking another commitment iran one step close the other weapon's grades level, iranian officials say they will keep breaking commitments every 60 days unless remaining parties in nuclear deal find a way for tehran to avoid u.s. sanctions. well, the president already negotiating major deals with china and north korea but senator marsha blackburn says president trump is giving the world exactly what it needs,

american leadership. >> they wait for us to lead from the front. that is one of the lessons we learned through the obama years that leading from behind does not work and our allies want to know that we are with them as we look at what is happening in iran, look at what china is doing, look at what russia is doing, look at what's happening in north korea and then you have to ask is this the new evil. donald trump has been consistent in saying, stop the spread of terrorism and make certain that iran does not have a nuclear weapon and that is the goal and we are going to continue to support that. heather: back at home thousands of fans are expected to celebrate in new york city when day following team usa's historic world cup victory.

>> up the middle. looking, cutting, scores. heather: team usa beating the netherlands 2-0 to win second world cup title and fourth win overall, aisha with the remarkable win, good morning. >> good morning, a lot of congrats going out to the team including from president trump, he was proudly congratulating team usa, but team captain megan repinoe isn't exactly playing nice, on sunday trump tweeted congratulations to u.s. women's soccer team on winning the world cup, great and exciting play, america is proud of you all, he even supported the idea that men and women world cup soccer players should make the same amount of money which players like repinoe have demanded. >> i would like to see that but, again, you have to look at the

great stars and you have to see year around how -- >> repinoe isn't in the president's words, on saturday she told french media she's not going to the white house and that not many of her teammates will go either, quote, i haven't spoken to anyone about it, not myself, not alie and i suspect not many if any of the other players, the controversy started last month after comments that repinoe made in january resurfaced, watch. >> excited about the white house? >> i'm not going to the white house. no, i'm not going to the white house, we are not going to be invited. >> you're not going to be invited? >> i doubt it. >> the president responded back then by tweeting in part megan should never disrespect our country, the white house, our flag, especially since so much has been done for her and the team and now heather, the president is taking a second look at white house invite

extended tweet last month, not likely though that we will see the champs show up by the way. heather: we will see, great to have you with us. it was a great win for the usa and your comments have been pouring in on this all morning long, many of you believe it is time for athletes to put patriotism over politics, james on facebook writes, i hope all of the patriotic america-loving players go to the white house, shay, tweets, president trump took the high rod which i doubt repinoe and her teammates will reciprocate, large stain on the victory, keep your comments coming. you do have a lot of them, time now is 11 minutes after the top of the hour, president trump shaking up legal team to get the citizenship question on the census, why is it so critical to have that counted? george rodríguez say that is the

u.s. has every legal right to ask that question and he joins us live. >> it was a lot emotionally. heather: emotional exit of michelle obama but would endorse a candidate for 2020 race, we just found out

♪ ♪ >> alexandria ocasio-cortez, your colleague who was at the border which she compared the facilities to a concentration camp, do you agree with that comparison. >> absolutely, there's a number of experts that say -- it's traumatic, they are in facility that dehumanizing.

>> freshman lawmaker rashida tlib doubling down on concentration camp comments, so are democrats just playing politics? here to react george rodríguez, thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. heather: so i want to begin with your personal response because i understand that you have been to some of the same detention centers that aoc and rashida tlaib were talking about. >> yes i have, i have been to laredo and mcallen and i will tell you, first of all, the detention centers were designed to hold people temporarily, not designed to hold folks for weeks at a time and also were designed to hold a lot smaller population, people were deported very quickly or removed very quickly. you know, these folks are just

pandering, they are playing political games and we've seen how -- how they tend to exaggerate and it just -- it just infuriated me when i hear them, when i've heard them and i hear them make comments of concentration camps, give me a break. heather: they talk about the money that's needed to actually help these migrants at the detention centers and improve the facilities but at the same time, at the same time multiple times those aoc and tlaib did not vote in favor of extend ago discussional funding. >> that's right, they -- it's so hypocritical on their part that they claim that they are so caring that they are worried about the folks but they won't provide a lifeline, i mean, it's like somebody is making fun of you that you're drowning, it's, you know, you shouldn't have jumped in the water, well, these folks are just the height of

hypocrisy in my opinion and they are going to pay for it -- i really think that the american people are getting tired of it. heather: what about the next issue that actually led our newscast this morning, president trump considering an executive order to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, what do you think that word should look like and why do you think it's critical to have that counted? >> look, in the past like in 1950 there was a question regarding citizenship, i think that the question can be something very, very simple that says like in the past it says where were you born, in the united states, what state, et cetera, et cetera, it's very important, first of all, in a nation that puts its citizens first, it is extremely important that any time that you're going to appropriate money that you're going to divvy out seats in copying based on legal residents

and citizens of the united states to include folks that are here illegally, folks that have entered without permission, i think that's very disingenuous and at the same time you've got the communities that are sanctuary communities who encourage folks to come in, i think -- they should pay the price. heather: 2020 candidates actually crossing the border to campaign. >> exactly. heather: you know, some of our legislators actually going there and telling people how they should try to cross the border and what they should do in terms of declaring asylum, how do you think we got to this point? >> being per missive, excusing illegal immigration, we've done that for a long, long time saying, you know, these people are fleeing this or they're fleeing that and we've made so many exceptions to the rules that now it's just over the top, what we need to do, you know, i

can't put it in any other terms, we need to punish illegal immigration and one way to start punishing illegal immigration by not giving it money. heather: george rodríguez, thank you so much for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. >> you got it. heather: have a good day. >> thank you. heather: 20 minutes after the top of the hour, disney star dies from a seizure at just 20 year's old, the warning sign that is you need to look for, joe biden apologizing on the campaign trail after kamala harris called him out for working with segregationists. >> this is about the future, it's not about the past, and i'm proud of my past, have i made mistakes, yes, do we grow, yes. heather: but is it too little too late, the reaction on the road to 2020. are you a veteran, own a home, and need cash? you should know about the newday va home loan for veterans

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heather: welcome back, you're watching "fox & friends first", democratic presidential candidates joe biden and kamala harris hitting campaign trail over the weekend, former vice president on the defense explaining why he apologized for comment that he made about working with segregationists in the senate, garrett tenney the latest whether it's too little too late. >> the timing of apology is interesting because just a few weeks joe biden refused to apologize for working with segregationist senators, but in the first democratic debate senator kamala harris had one of the debates most memorable moments going after biden over remarks, biden took a slip, this weekend he apologized.

>> if any comments i made were taken in a way that people took offense from them, then i am truly sorry if that, that was not my intention, this is about the future, it's not about the past and i'm proud of my past, have i made mistakes, yes, do we grow, yes, but the fact of the matter is, that's why i chose here in south carolina and chose an audience that in fact, would be the most likely to have been offended by anything that was said. >> kamala harris also campaigning in south carolina told reporters joe biden' apology is good but doesn't erase policy. >> i applaud him for doing that. [inaudible] >> that remains, but i applaud him. >> joe biden said there are plenty of differences between kamala harris so this is not likely to be the last showdown

between the two we see especially within the next democratic debate a few weeks away n washington, garrett tenney, fox news. >> how about sports headlines for you, los angeles catcher jonathan is in the hospital after collision at home plate, watch. ouch, barreling into head while trying to score in third base. carted off the field and being evaluated for possible concussion and broken nose, the astros won 11-10. let the festivities begin to 2019 mlb all-star game, best hitters lead things off, this year's winner gets

1 million-dollar prize, but mlb mvp brewer, christian dropping out at the last minute. he said due to back injury. expected to play in tomorrow's all-star game. i can't believe it's that time of year again. will try to extend magical run at wimbledon today, the 15-year-old american said to face the seventh ranked player in the world in the round of 16, the breakout star has captured the tennis world over the last week in london, her match is scheduled to start at 9:15 a.m. eastern, just 15 years old, really remarkable. the time now is almost half past the top of the hour and there's a new war of words brewing between alexandria ocasio-cortez and nancy pelosi over voting for the border funding bill, mix

messaging bad democrats up next.

heather: welcome back, half past half of the hour, look at headlines, today new legal team take to add citizenship question in 2020 census, this comes after supreme court rules to block addition, the white house is reviewing all available options. president trump is sending iran a strong warning saying that they better be careful, this after the country surpassed uranium enrichment levels which they said they would do breaking second commitment in 2015 nuclear deal, iranian officials say they will continue to break commitments unless remaining parties in the nuclear deal help them avoid u.s. sanctions. and thousands of fans expect today celebrate in new york city wednesday following team usa's historic world cup victory.

the women's national team beating netherlands, 2-0, america is proud of you all. one of the acf most wanted fugitive after 8 years on the run, michael arrested at native american reservation in montana after agency got tip that he was there. judge ordering him to return to iowa where he was indicted on federal weapon's charges back in 2011, criminal record includes explosive possession and obstruction. epstein is expected in fourth, registered sex offender arrested in fork on new specific-trafficking charges, they stem from allegations of trafficking under-aged girls

from new york and florida homes in 2000's, epstein sentenced to 13 months in prison on similar charges in 2008 in florida. meshal oob objection, form revealing thoughts and feelings as she watched president trump take over the white house. >> that day was very emotional and then sort of sit at the inauguration and to look around at a crowd that was not reflective of the country. during the last inauguration we made sure that the crowd looked like all of america. >> former first lady's comments coming at essence festival and refusing to endorse 2020 presidential candidate at least for now. nancy pelosi calling out four democratic women who voted no on bipartisan border funding bill, the house speaker saying, quote, all the people have the public whatever and twitter world but they didn't have any following.

>> thank you both for joining us this morning. >> good morning, heather. >> good morning. >> kimberly what do you think about this going in 2020 and infighting going on? >> i think speaker pelosi is trying to teach the socialist freshmen class a valuable lesson but unfortunately it isn't penetrating. i want to talk facts at first, she didn't vote for the funding because she wanted to send a message and turned the message around and said she did not vote for the funding because she didn't trust the trump administration with the money, i'm not calling her a liar but two very different specific reasons, i think nancy pelosi is being polite, i think she knows freshmen class likes attention, same reason why we have a video of alexandria ocasio-cortez

dancing on a rooftop, she know that is she goes against the grain, more air time and she will get more likes on social media but as far as the risk in the party, i think that will be a factor when trying to take back the white house, we saw in 2009 moderate republicans were against the tea party movement and i believe that's why president obama was reelected, it definitely wasn't because of a job well done. heather: kevin, i want to ask you about this when it comes specifically to voting no on the border funding and you can see the four who did that right there. publicly they talk about the conditions at the border in these detention centers are are deplorable but at the same time voting against what they need. >> to give point, with party as diverse as we are and caucus as diverse as we are, there's always going to be some problems, i will note that i think it's the republican party

that's actually in distress when it comes to house caucus, let's not forget you had sitting member of house republican caucus lead party over disagreements with party leader in terms of donald trump and that was justin amash last week, in terms of caucus in distress, that's playing out in the republican party when democrats have passed over 100 bills in the house of representatives since taking office. heather: yeah, this is one to have issues that they seem to be most vocal about at this point. let's take look at another tweet from alexandria ocasio-cortez and you referenced this, kimberly, i don't believe it was a good idea for dems to blindly trust the trump administration when so many kids have died in their custody, it's a huge mistake, this administration also refuses to hand over docs to congress on the rrashts -- whereabouts of families and i have personally spoken with a couple of people, including one today that they have been in

facilities that aoc has been to and they say conditions are different and what they are saying, kimberly. >> absolutely, border patrol agents denied, she made a comment saying that people were being forced to drink out of toilets, that's not happening whatsoever, i don't know what to believe as far as what she says, she has different stories all of the time. with kevin's point with justin amash, she's kind of in an island by himself. >> i think they'll be more to follow. >> as you can see, kevin, speaker pelosi is not happy with the freshmen class. >> she will get them in line. [laughter] heather: she doesn't seem to be able to control, we will see what happens on that front, long time to go before the elections, kimberly and kevin, thank you

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heather: welcome back, california steaming up this morning after two large earthquakes rattled the state, danger is far from over, james with the new warning of more quakes on the way. >> oh, my god. >> no one saw it coming, two powerful earthquakes in southern california happening back to back in the same week making

shake to violently, buildings swayed and foundations cracked, neighbors so terrified they felt safer sleep tong street or driveway, the quake causing multiple fire breaks and gas leak as cross the area, 6.4 on fourth of july followed by 7.1 quake taking everyone by surprise including scientist who is argue there's no sure way of predicting earthquakes. >> there's no reason to think that we can't have more larger earthquakes. >> usgs says the best way to stay safe is taking cover under a solid piece of furniture, also when driving, pull over to the side of the road and stop and avoid parking under any overpasses or power lines, some good news for californians thinking about relocating before

another large quake strikes, possibly wiping out the entire state, the scientific agency denying the idea that earthquakes will sweep the whole state into the ocean and for those who think earthquakes can crack the ground wide open, scientists say that's not reality, it only happens in the movies. jay, fox news. heather: for those folks that certainly felt like it. well, today the president will recognize america's role in environmental leadership, he's expected to discus the country's clean air and water which he has claimed both are at record clean levels, environmental protection agency administrator andrew wheeler will join the president at the white house event. heather: president trump seeing highest approval rating since taking office, new abc news washington post poll finds that 44% of voters approve of the job he's doing as president and that's up 5 points since april.

51% think that the president is doing well with the economy and 47% think he deserves most to have credit for that. well, the time now is about 15 minutes, almost until the top of the hour and best known for his role in disney movies and grown-ups. >> no, way. heather: 20-year-old cameron boyce passing away suddenly after suffering from a seizure and dr. janet with the warning sign that is you need to know, and brewing controversy starbucks saying, sorry, after 6 police officers were checked out of a store, how the department is responding this morning.

>> welcome back, landmark trial in opioid crisis could land today, wants oklahoma judge to toss out the case without anymore testimony, the company claims they are being state goat, oklahoma's state general says johnson & johnson fueling and judge will hear argument on both sides before making ruling, the trial began back in late may, new york city of new york city mob suing fertility clinic, doctors used embryos who belonged to two other could you please. children were not their kids and

the babies weren't even related to each other. the couple had tried for years to get pregnant, they spent over $100,000 at fertility clinic and forced to return children to respective biological parents. man, hollywood is mourning the loss of cameron boyce. >> when she gets here i will ask her to the dance and blow her mind. >> do you think she will say, yes? >> why not, look at this face. >> the star tragically passed away this weekend after suffering seizure in sleep, the result of what we were told ongoing medical condition, the tragedy leave manager with a lot of questions and joining us now to discuss and answer some of them, family and emergency physician, medicine physician dr. janet. >> thank you.

>> so we are told that he was 20 year's old, take a look at what the leading causes of death for people ages 15 to 24 are, we know that it's unintentional injury, suicide, homicide, cancer, first defects, diabetes and influenza, does that give you a clue as to what happened? >> unintentional injury, a lot of people are concerned could it have been possibly drug overdoes, unintentional injury, was he depressed, perhaps suffering from depression, sometimes if your doctor start you on new medication for, for example, depression, you to watch closely and monitor for the first few weeks because you can have change in behavior, this is very shocking, definitely heartbreaking and devastating and people want to know what happened and we have to take a look, first of all, what medicines was he taking, what is the ongoing medical condition that he's being treated for that resulted in a seizure which happens when there's miswiring, when the electrical signals in the brain

go haywire which is what cause of death was, we wondered what caused the seizure in the first place because you don't usually pass away from a seizure, it's possible but you don't usually pass away from it. medications, drug overdoes, sudden death of epilepsy. heather: if you are put on new medication to make sure that you know it thoroughly and what the implications of taking it could be. >> absolutely. heather: also people i'm sure wondering this morning what are the warning signs, are there any symptoms of a possible seizure? >> sure, sometimes you don't have any, it happens unexpected and some people may have headache, dizziness, different lights, shades of lights and some people might feel like they are going to collapse, faint or they become nauseous or their heart beats fast and some people are able to see a neurologist and learn and know what triggers

are and that's why it's so important, heather to see doctor routinely and regularly for routine physicals and check-ups and not just when you're sick, we are not just to get you better when you're sick but keep you healthy and look for early diagnosis because usually that means better outcome. heather: early diagnosis leads to the possibility that these can be controlled? >> absolutely, so many advances in medicine and technology that can treat, you know, most medical conditions such as epilepsy, seizures, medications to treat depression, drug addiction as well, drug overdoses as we know, they call it the crisis next door because it can affect anyone. so that's why for parents, look for changes in behavior, look for changes in appetite, withdrawals, on new medications, new friends, changes in

behavior, sleep patterns, that should open up an eye to dig in deeper and find out what's going on. heather: we still don't know what caused the sea chuirs perhaps that will be released, sounds like it would be important that that is. >> absolutely, deepest condolences. heather: great to see you in person, the time now 8 minutes until the top of the hour, act of kindness, simple gesture from 11-year-old boy that is going viral this morning. do you remember this, the girl who went viral for licking a tube of ice cream and putting it back? well, there's now a copycat and it is just as grows as the first instance. a(p7

>> feeling encouraged after apology from starbucks, coffee giant vice president traveling to arizona to make amends after group of officers were asked to leave a store because another customer felt unsafe, statement sent to officer association, in part, we are encouraged that starbucks has reached out to our organization to apologize and further express support for law enforcement. is association right to be accepting starbucks' apology so quickly and most of you say, no,

not good enough, make it company nationwide to serve officers, john on install tbram says i will return, enough is enough and then terry posted on twitter, too late. let us know what you think. federal authorities have had access to photos without consent and approval from congress, according to washington post, fbi and ice are using state driver's license databases for facial recognition searches as some u.s. cities have banned use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement fighting the need to preserve civil rights and neither have responded for request for comments. time for the good, the bad, the

ugly. first the good. tie shoe after man walks down street, the boy ran out to make sure that he didn't trip, good for him. now the bad from shocking video, showing a lightening strike on a boat sitting in a dock, watch this. the boat sending sparks flying at yacht club in south austin, the boat was supposed to be in a race over the weekend, no one was on board, thankfully, wow. and finally the ugly, a man arrested after posting a video of himself licking and sticking his finger of blue bell ice cream and putting back in the freezer, seeing this happen all too often, copying viral video to get attention and he's facing multiple charges as is the girl

who did that originally on twitter. that wraps up this hour of "fox & friends first", thank you so much for joining us, "fox & friends first" continues right now, bye, bye. ♪ ♪ rob: all right, it is monday july 8th, executive order still looms over washington as the president fights for a citizenship question on the 2020 census. >> the major moved made inside the doj overnight as white house super charges legal fight, plus. >> so look around at a crowd that was not reflective of the country, it was just such the opposite. it was a lot emotionally. >> emotional exit, michelle obama is opening up about president trump's inauguration. rob: will the former first lady endorse 2020 candidate, what she just revealed? [cheers and