then maybe something will pop u up. so many medical possibilities. >> dana: when you are recovering, are you going to watch "the daily briefing"? we will wink at you. thanks for joining us. here is shep. >> shepard: live look at the white house where the president is set to speak in about 30 minutes. he is scheduled to talk about what the white house calls his administration's major moves regarding the environment. we will listen for that, as well as any comments in other headlines including the border, the economy and tensions with iran. we'll bring you the president's remarks live. that president could speak about jeffrey epstein. an hour ago, he pleaded not guilty in federal court to running a massive underage sex trafficking ring. federal prosecutors in new york accusing jeffrey epstein of abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14.

in his mansion in manhattan and his luxury estate in palm beach, florida. investigators say he paid his alleged victims hundreds of dollars not only for sex but to recruit even more girls. >> the underage girls were initially recruited to provide epstein with massages and often did so nude or partially nude. he paid certain victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly abused. this allowed epstein to create an ever-expanding web of new victims. >> shepard: jeffrey epstein made his fortune running a hedge fund for billionaires. he was well-known in celebrity circles and mingled with the rich, famous, and powerful, including both president trump and former president clinton. more on that later. this all comes years after jeff drew epstein a controversial deal for underage sex crimes in

south florida. he was facing life in prison but instead spent a year in jail and was allowed to leave for 12 hours a day, six days a week, for work release. the prosecutor who oversaw the deal is alex acosta who is now president trump cabinet, as the labor secretary. acosta has defended the deal and the white house is not commenting on the new charges, at least not yet. during today's court hearings, investigators that they found hundreds and possibly thousands of photos of naked underage girls when they searched epstein's home. they also say that the massage room was set up exactly as the alleged victims described it. we have team fox coverage. phil keating working the story from south florida. first bryan llenas reporting live outside the courthouse in manhattan. brian. >> at 1:15 p.m., jeffrey epstein made his first court appearance in federal court find me here in manhattan.

he pled not guilty to both sex trafficking charges. our courtroom producers say two of jeffrey epstein's accusers were inside the courtroom when he pled not guilty. they described epstein is looking disheveled but also calm. he wore a blue prison jumpsuit and he was not handcuffed. federal prosecutors have charged him with one count of sex trafficking and another count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking if convicted the 66-year-old could spend 44 year. according to prosecutors, epstein paid hundreds of dollars to girls as young as 14 to massage or have sex with him. prosecutors believe there's dozens of victims and they are urging any potential victims of epstein who stated his new york townhouse or florida mansion to come forward by calling 1-800-call-fbi. >> as alleged, epstein was well aware that many of his victims were minors and not

surprisingly, many of the underage girls that epstein allegedly victimized or particularly vulnerable to exploitation. the alleged behavior shocks the conscience. >> it's important to note that there is no statute of limitations when it comes to federal federal sex trafficking cases. >> shepard: the photographs mentioned today, those are new to us and i presume new to prosecutors. what do we know? >> they are new to us and to prosecutors. they were found inside jeffrey epstein's mansion in the upper east side. he has a 21,000 square-foot townhouse that is said to be one of the largest properties in all of manhattan. over the weekend, the fbi had executed search warrants and they found a trove, a quote vast trove of lewd photographs of young looking women or girls, some were in a locked safe. they had written labels on them, including the underage girls

names and labels like "miscellaneous nudes one," epstein has been a registered offender since 2008 and he was arrested at the airport in new jersey. he had just landed on his private jet from paris. prosecutors are saying that epstein is a "extreme flight risk, citing his wealth and the fact that he has two private jets, six properties all over the world, and he even owns a private island in the u.s. virgin islands. they say that given his vast connections internationally come he should not be granted bail. his bond hearing has been moved to monday. he will be in custody until then. that's next monday. >> shepard: bryan llenas live at the courthouse. why wasn't epstein already in prison? the answer is he cut a controversial deal with prosecutors in florida more than a decade ago. team fox coverage continues. phil keating reports live from the south florida newsroom. >> back in 2008, epstein got

what is described as the deal of a lifetime after his then-u.s. attorney for south florida, alex acosta, agreed to let epstein plead guilty to two stae charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor. all of this is by the fact despite that the fbi had compiled a 53 page indictment of epstein, involving 36 alleged underage sex assault and sex trafficking victims. epstein was allowed to plead guilty, register as a sex offender and served 13 months in the palm county jail. under that deal, he was allowed to leave his cell during the day, go to his office, and return to sleep at the jail at night. in december, attorneys here presented boxes of documents and evidence vowing that they would continue to try to get the case unsealed in the evidence against epstein reveals. in violation of the crime victims act, those victims were never told about epstein's plea bargain and only found out

later. then u.s. attorney alex acosta is currently president trump's secretary of labor and during his confirmation hearing, he defended epstein's plea bargain which reportedly was brokered at a secret meeting with epstein's high-caliber attorney at a west palm beach marriott hotel. at the time, for epstein, notable attorneys he had on the payroll, roy black, kenneth starr, and alan dershowitz. despite repeated calls for acosta to resign or for at least president trump to fire him, neither has happened. >> shepard: epstein connected to a lot of big names. >> a lot of big names, fellow superrich people. even prince andrew, the duke of york, the super rich, super wealthy headphones manager socialized with president clinton, who has reportedly written on epstein's private plane more than a dozen times which was known as the lolita express. president trump before he was elected in a quote to "new york

magazine" said "i've known jeff for 15 years. terrific guy. he's a lot of fun to be with. he's even said that he likes beautiful women is much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side." over the weekend, house speaker nancy pelosi's daughter, christine, also a member of the democratic national committee, she suggested some of our quote favorites could also be caught up in this and that on behalf of the victims, we shoult the chips fall where they may, whether those people are republicans or democrats. >> shepard: phil keating live in south florida. caroline is a criminal defense attorney. she is with us on set. the details of the sweetheart deal are staggering, with alex acosta, the now cabinet member. under it, they have the full extent of the crimes for which he was charged, for which he was indicated. they shut down the future fbi investigation which did two things. prevented them from finding out whether there were more victims and finding out whether any

powerful or famous people were involved. how did that happen? >> it's part of the nonprosecution agreement. one other oddity about the agreement, they agreed not to proceed with charges against coconspirators. you alluded to potentially big names here. that typically is not part of a nonprosecution agreement. so many questions still need to be investigated. it's why you saw the southern district of new york, the united states attorney there, this morning. the entire press conference was absolute scathing rebuke of alex acosta. the words that he used, and the stance that the seven district took. that it's about the victims in this type of behavior will no longer be tolerated, it was all a very subtle rebuke of what happened a decade ago with that sweetheart deal. the southern district is essentially not bringing new charges. this is all behavior that occurred many, many years ago that could have been prosecuted a long time ago. now the southern district has the jurisdictional hook, meaning some of these incidents took place in new york so they are

moving forward with the prosecution. >> shepard: it isn't double jeopardy because down there, the plea was to state charges. this is federal charges. the law from the supreme court is clear on that matter. one more thing. there are new photos today, and did it feel to you today like this is the beginning? >> absolutely. it is such a placeholder indictment. the southern district of new york typically shows speaking indictments. they typically give more information in their indictment indictments. this was a bare-bones indictment, just two counts. they use this press conference today as a way to get more victims. they gave out a phone number for victims to call with any information. this is clearly an ongoing investigation. they want to get to the bottom of it. absolutely it sounds like they have evidence of other potential ongoing crimes. why would they execute a search warrant on his manhattan home, only if they feel they have probable cause to suspect there are ongoing crimes happening at that time so absolutely. this is just beginning.

>> shepard: the list of the rich and powerful with whom he associated in new york and in palm beach as long. one of the questions will be, can any of the others potentially be implicated in any sort of untoward or criminal actions? might this investigation reveal that sort of information? >> shepard: jeffrey berman addressed the issue because there's been such an intense media speculation about who these associates may be. and he noted it's the department of justice's policy not to reveal derogatory information about people that aren't charged. however, if they get to a point where they could potentially charge actual crimes with associates or anybody in sort of this orbit, absolutely they could, with those charges. until then, i don't think were going to hear anything. >> shepard: the prosecutors gave a huge nod to investigative reporting done by a fabulous investigative reporter for mother -- for the "miami herald."

prosecutors pay attention to investigative reporting. >> it was a real indication that maybe this investigation has not been ongoing over several years but that's the "miami herald"'s reporting. the bombshell -- over the course of many, many months, that was what really tipped the prosecutors often terms of opening a new investigation in the southern district. >> shepard: thank you. a lot of people don't like their driver's license photos. investigators apparently love them. so much so that in fact, listen to this, there are reportedly using facial recognition to scan through millions of driver's license photos. without telling anyone. at least not the person in the driver's license photo. doesn't even matter whether you're doing something wrong. the reports, the reaction, and questions of privacy ahead and we are expected to hear from president trump at the bottom of the hour from the east room in the white house. will bring you that as our reporting continues on this monday afternoon. with all that usaa offers

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>> shepard: we have mitten covering extensively the 9/11 victims compensation fund bill. it's been renamed to include two more heroes who devoted their lives to helping others. the bill originally owner the nypd detectives who died from cancer and other health problems related to his time at ground zero. it will now include the firefighter ray pfeiffer in the late nypd d detective luis alva alvarez. both fought cancer tied to ground zero and both spent their final months traveling to washington and in front of cameras urging members of congress to make the 9/11 bill permanent. while in hospice, lou alvarez gave his final interview on this newscast. he told us it's time for the government to make things right.

customs agents are using facial recognition to snoop through americans' driver's license pictures, taking government surveillance to a whole new level. that is according to documents that researchers uncovered and reported first in "the washington post" newspaper. the researchers found that agents with immigration and customs enforcement have been scanning people's pictures during their investigations. it's not just criminals swept up in these searches, far from it. also law-abiding citizens who never gave permission in the first place. they are doing it without the consent of congress or state lawmakers. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reporting live from washington. >> good afternoon. the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement is not new. it took off after 9/11 and based on the latest records, it's use has expanded. the new records were obtained by georgetown law center on privacy and technology and the allegation is that the records marked the first time immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e., division of homeland security, has

applied the technology to stay drivers licenses. at a recent hearing on capitol hill, democrats and republicans keyed in on the central issue, whether proper consent was obtained. >> they didn't sign any waivers saying it's okay to turn my photo over to the fbi. no elected officials voted to allow that to happen. >> in this next exchange, the democratic chairman of the committee pressed the witness, and fbi witness, on the practice and whether they obtain proper consent. the witness said no laws were violated based on what's called an mou, a memorandum of understanding. >> when applying for a driver's license, the consent at the dmv to being in a database searchable by the fbi. >> the federal driver's license privacy protection act allows the state to disclose personal information and including a photo or an image obtained in

connection with a motor vehicle record to law enforcement to carry out. to carry out its official function. >> as the faa for a statement and they referred us back to that testimony. we expect to learn more about these programs into hearing midweek. >> shepard: has there been a response from immigrations and customs officials? >> in the last hour we received a statement from ic that says the department doesn't comment on investigative techniques, adding that i.c.e. has the ability to collaborate with agencies to obtain information that may assist in case completion and prosecution efforts. they said it's an established procedure consistent with other law enforcement agencies. if you read between the lines, it's a reference to the fbi. >> shepard: catherine, thank you. iran is giving an ultimatum on the country's nuclear deal. in the white house this morning -- is warning iran, be careful.

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>> shepard: knew today on iran, giving countries involved in the 2015 nuclear deal a 60 dy deadline to try to salvage it. iran's foreign minister says that would be the last deadline. that country's vice president says if those other nations don't meet the deadline, tehran's next moves will be, as he puts it, stunning. investigators confirm iran is enriching uranium above the threshold set the nuclear deal, getting a step closer to being able to produce an atomic weapon. today vice president pence said the united states remains open to talks with iran but that the united states will not back down. president trump recently warned that tehran had better be careful.

we have team fox coverage. rich edson from the state department. first trey yingst from the mideast newsroom. >> that's right, iran has surpassed the uranium enrichment threshold laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal another country is threatening or provocative action. a running media today reporting that tehran is now enriching uranium at 4.5%, the limit the nuclear deal is 3.67%. this brings the country closer to weapons grade material. speaking today in tehran, the spokesman for iran's atomic energy department said iran could increase the number of centrifuges that has or reinstall other nuclear equipment, both breaches of the agreement. the spokesman added that iran has options to push enrichment level higher as the terms of the deal continue to be broken. >> translator: yes, 20% is an option. even higher than that is an option. these are all options. at the appropriate time. today the country needs something sawyer not wanting to

pursue something else just to scare the other party a bit more. >> the world is reacting to the news of iran breaking another commitment from the nuclear deal. a kremlin spokesperson said monday that rush is concerned about the increased uranium enrichment and also the increasing tension between iran and the united states. russia remains in the nuclear agreement while the united states with your last year before re-imposing sanctions on iran, a move that has pushed iran towards breaking more parts of the nuclear deal. spokesperson for the e.u. called on iran not to take further measures that undermine the dea deal. british foreign secretary jeremy hunt has more to say while echoing the call. >> we think it will be far more dangerous for the middle east if iran acquires nuclear weapons. would like to find a to a way s deal work. >> there's hope for talks in the region over the weekend. french president emmanuel macron indicated he spent speaking with

iranian president cassondra hanni, who is open to dialogue. >> shepard: team fox coverage continues. rich edson from the state department. >> state department official says iran is trying to extort the international community on this and it's trying to gain leverage in negotiation. the official also said secretary pompeo made clear the right amount of enrichment for iran is zero. there is no reason for iran to expand its nuclear program in this way, other than to engage in brinksmanship. we have heard nothing directly from secretary pompeo today on iran's breach, though he did tweet yesterday that iran's nuclear expansion will lead to further isolation and sanctions." john bolton says the trump administration is just getting started encountering iran and the vice president is warning iran to rollback its nuclear program. >> let me be clear. iran should not confuse american restraint with a lack of american resolve. we hope for the best for the

united states and our military are prepared to protect our interests and our personnel and our citizens in the region. >> the united states withdrew from the iran nuclear deal a year ago and restored sanctions on iran's top exports. economy and leadership. >> shepard: the united states has taken this to the united nations? >> that's right. there's a meeting scheduled at the nuclear watchdog in the united nations wednesday but it's unclear exactly how that body or the international community is going to react. you have russia and china blaming the united states were leaving the deal in the first place. you got the european countries are trying to hold us together. you've got is really premised or benjamin netanyahu saying that the europeans rejoin the u.s., leave the deal, and put sanctions back on iran. all of this is ongoing, as the united states is responding, saying if the international community needs to hold eran accountable but it's unclear how that community is going to do so.

>> shepard: the president is set to speak live from the white house a couple minutes from now. he's is set to talk about the environment. we'll have that live as it happens and we will listen for comments on iran, jeffrey epstein, or whatever else comes up. today at the white house, flooding. lots of flooding. it's happening around washington and parts of virginia and maryland. a lab report from just outside where the flooding trapped folks in their cars today. live coverage from the white house right after this. have debt we might d ie with. and most of that debt is actually from credit cards. it's just not right. but with sofi, you can get your credit cards right - by consolidating your credit card debt into one monthly payment. you can get your interest rate right - by locking in a fixed low rate today. and you can get your money right. with sofi. check your rate in 2 minutes or less. get a no-fee personal loan up to $100k.

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>> shepard: a live look at the white house. president trump set to speak momentarily about his administration's actions on the environment or will bring you that lie when it happens. the justice department is shaking up the legal team working to get a question about citizenship added to the u.s. census. the department set to file paperwork today we are told, explained that a new set of lawyers will take over the efforts.

critics, including experts from the census bureau, say a citizenship question would deter immigrants from filling out the survey which could disproportionately allow congressional seats and government funding. notes from a republican strategist have since indicated that undercounting minorities was the goal of the question in the first place. the supreme court has temporarily blocked the inclusion of the citizenship question. the fox business and work hillary vaughn reporting. >> the doj is gearing up for around two over the census citizenship question for 2020 by ditching their team of lawyers that they took to the supreme court and bringing in fresh blood. doj spokesperson saying they are transitioning the case to a new team of civil division lawyers will carry on the fight in the lower courts even though the process to print the census forms has already begun. the president and the white house is not giving up on this citizenship question. white house deputy press

secretary hogan gidley singh on fox earlier that he thinks democrats need to defend why they don't want the russian included and the white house feels vindicated that the supreme court said that the lawful but question the political motivations behind it. >> president donald trump is being asked why he wants this question included in the senses, and democrats aren't being asked why they don't. the president is going back and taking a look and saying i'm going to use everything in my legal authority to make sure this question is added to the census, because the american people have a right to know just he's in this country. >> attorney general william barr telling the associated press he thinks the citizenship question is not dead yet. saying he does see a legal path actually include the question on the 2020 census, teasing executive action that would prompt the commerce department included. ap reporting that would likely be in the form of a presidential memorandum to the commerce department essentially mandating that they included on the

paperwork. >> shepard: in another matter, the cost of prescription drugs, the president saying that he's considering a executive order on drug prices. >> he has. drug companies in congress aren't sure how to react. there's a lot of details up in the air. the president weighing an executive order that he says will drive down drug prices. he's calling it a favored nation clause which essentially would require companies to price drugs for the u.s. according to the lowest price on the market available to countries around the world. there's been a longtime argument, and issue lawmakers feel that the u.s. is subsidizing other people's lower prices for drugs in other countries. with this clause, it would force companies to offer the u.s. the same deal. shep. >> shepard: hillary vaughn on capitol hill. thank you. the event on the environment is beginning. hail to the chief. here we go.

♪ [applause] >> president trump: thank you. thank you very much. great to have you and i hope you all had a truly wonderful independence day weekend. despite the heavy rain and it was really heavy. we had a remarkable salute to america on the national mall.

incredible. standing on the steps of the great lincoln memorial and looking out on the crowds, these incredible big, beautiful crowds braving the weather all the way, back to the washington monument. we celebrated freedom and all its magnificence while saluting our great military. it was something really special. i will say this. he was a wonderful day for all americans, and based on its tremendous success, we're just making the decision. i think we can say we've made the decision to do it again next year and maybe we can say for the foreseeable future. [applause] as we celebrate our nation's founding, we are reminded once

more of a profound obligation to protect america's extraordinary blessings for the next generation and many generations frankly to come. among the heritage we must preserve is our countries incredible natural splendor. that is the shared obligation that brings us together today. we have some incredibly talented people that know the environment and what we're doing probably probably better than any people on earth. from day one, my administration has made it a top priority to ensure that america is among the very cleanest air and cleanest water on the planets. we want the cleanest air. what crystal clean water. that's what we're doing and that's what we are working on so hard. for this afternoon's events, we are pleased to be joined by secretary steve mnuchin. thank you very much. david bernhardt. thank you. secretary wilbur ross. thank you.

secretary alex azar. rate job. drug prices are coming down. i see it. i'm proud of you. secretary elaine chao. elaine, thank you. administrator andrew wheeler. andrew, thank you. and chair of the council of environmental quality, mary neumeier. thank you, mary. in a few moments, we will hear an update on some of their very important work. also with us are senators kevin cramer, steve daines, john bourassa. three great senators. perhaps i'm a little prejudiced because i like them very much. but they are great senators. thank you. [applause] and congressman bruce westerman. thank you, bruce, for being here. thank you all for being here.

as the cabinet secretaries will tell you, from the very beginning i have given them clear direction to focus on addressing environmental challenges so we can provide the highest quality of life to all americans. in addition to clean air and clean water, that means being good stewards of our public lands, prioritizing cleanup of polluted lands that threaten our most vulnerable citizens and threatened them very dearly and implementing pro-growth policies to unlock innovation and new technologies which improve american life and america's environment. so important. these are incredible goals that everyone in this country should be able to rally behind, and they have rallied behind and they rallied behind in a very republican and democrat way. i really think that's something that is bipartisan.

for years, politicians told americans that a strong economy and a vibrant energy sector were incompatible with a healthy environment. in other words, one thing doesn't go with the other. and that's wrong. we are proving the exact opposite. a strong economy is vital to maintaining a healthy environment. when we innovate, produce and grow, we are able to unleash technologies and processes that make the environment better while so importantly, you look at reassuring production all the way, taking it away from foreign polluters and back to american soil. the previous administration waged a relentless war on american energy. we can't do that. they sought to punish our workers, are producers, and manufacturers with ineffective global agreements that allowed the world's worst polluting countries to continue their

practices. these radical plans would not make the world cleaner. they would just make and put americans out of work, and they put them out of work rapidly. production to foreign countries with lower standards. our companies were forced to do that and they didn't want to do that. and they drive up price of gas and electricity at home and drive it to levels that are literally unaffordable. by the way, that's happening too many other countries. but it's not happening here. other countries, they are pricing on electricity it so high, not even to be affordable. on our level, we are doing numbers nobody have seen before. nobody believes we are doing and what we are producing. publishing americans is never the right way to produce a better environment or better economy.

we have rejected this failed approach and we are seeing credible results. since the election, we have created more than 6 million new jobs. nobody would have believed that. nobody. nobody. [applause] if i would've said that during the campaign, it wouldn't have been a pretty picture of the next day, as i read the headlines. 6 million new jobs, unemployment has reached the lowest rate in half a century. and we have more people working today than have ever worked in the history of our country. we are getting very close to 160 million people which is unthinkable. if you go back three years and you said 160 million people, they would say unthinkable. we are unlocking american energy

and the united states is now a net exporter of clean, affordable american natural gas. we are exporting all over the world. [applause] and today the united states is ranked, listen to this, number one in the world for access to clean drinking water. ranked number one in the world. [applause] one of the main messages of air pollution, particulate matter. it is six times lower here than the global average. we hear so much about some countries and what everyone is doing. we are six times lower than the average. it's a tremendous number. since 2000, our nation's energy related carbon emissions have declined more than any other

country on earth. think of that. emissions are projected to drop in 2019 and 2020. we are doing a very tough job and not everybody knows that and that's one of the reasons we're here today to speak to you. every single one of the signatories to the paris climate cord the eggs behind america in overall emissions reductions. who would think that's possible. for this reason my first year in office, i withdrew the united states from the unfair, ineffective, and very, very expensive paris climate accord. [applause] thank you. my administration is now revising the past administrations misguided regulations to better protect the environment and to protect

our american workers, so importantly. as an example, there's a very good place for solar energy. i'm a believer in solar energy. it hasn't fully developed. it's got a long way to go. but it's really got a tremendous future. the united states does not have to sacrifice our own jobs to lead the world on the environment. my administration set the new global standard for environmental protections with unprecedented provisions in the u.s. mexico canada agreement. commonly referred to as the usmca, which includes the first-ever provisions to take on the challenge of marine litter and debris. sure you've all seen, watching television, i may be reading about it, it's a tremendous problem. thousands and thousands of tons of this debris flowed onto our shores after it's dumped into

the oceans by other countries. the tides come to us. usually that was a good thing, but this isn't so good. this is a tremendous problem. thousands and thousands of tons of garbage comes to us. we are focused on practical solutions. more than 100 democrats in congress now support the so-called green new deal. their plan is estimated to cost our economy nearly $100 trillion, a number unthinkable, a number not affordable even in the best of times. if you go 150 years from now and we've had great success, that's not the number that's even sought to be affordable. kill millions of jobs. it will crush the dreams of the poorest americans and disproportionately harm minority communities. i will not stand for it.

we will defend the environment but we will also defend american sovereignty, american prosperity, and we will defend american jobs. [applause] 's we have refocused the epa back on its core mission, and last year the agency completed more superfund hazardous waste cleanup than any year of the previous administration and set records almost every year. we have done tremendous work on super funds. to name two examples, we have made great strides cleaning up damage in a paper plant in kalamazoo, michigan, something that was beyond fixup. they thought it was never going to happen. also the westlake landfill in missouri.

this year we've also directed $65 million in grants to clean up even more contaminated sites and 149 american communities. think of that. the vast majority home to lower income citizens. that's some project. that is some project. for the first time in nearly 30 years, we are in the process of strengthening national drinking water standards to protect vulnerable children from lead and copper exposure. something that has not been down, and we are doing it. last month, our epa took the first major action to reduce exposure to lead contaminated dust. i signed america's water infrastructure act along with these great gentlemen right here. we worked very hard on that, very, very hard. and it wasn't easy.

to further approve and improve drinking water infrastructure and support other critical projects. our administration has directed over half a billion dollars to fix lake okeechobee, the herbert hoover dike. i was out there three months ago with your new great governor and senator actually from florida. we had our two senators. we had rick scott and marco rubio. and our great new covenant, ron desantis. we were all out and we made a certain commitment and the commitment has already taken place and they are fixing lake okeechobee. people are very happy about it in the florida everglades. we are destroying the ecosystems in the everglades, and i also signed legislation authorizing 100 million this site red tide. it's bad.

toxic algae that damages coastal areas, causing havoc and we have a way of straightening it out and we will get it done. we join today bruce roebuck, owner of a bait and tackle shop in port st. lucie. his business was devastated by toxic algae from lake over lake okeechobee. please come up and tell us about what is happening. >> hello. how are you all today? we made a big trip up here to make sure we're here. this is very important. this is my family's business. i have owned the bait and tackle store since 2001 and been in

florida since 2006. i have my son tanner over here with me. he means the world to me. he's my best friend and my son. essentially a brain cancer survivor. he beat it and now he's 21. thank you. thank you. i wanted to say that mr. president, you're not only doing a tremendous job all the way around but you are jumping into this environment brings my heart to warmth knowing that what you're doing is going wonderfully. my business in 2010 was so horrible. i own two stores. we close several days a week because of the algae and people being frightened, they are afraid to touch the water and everything. i am a marine mechanic. i wanted to say look, he has a bad infection in his arm from the marine algae and stuff. basically your completion of

this herbert hoover dike is going to make a tremendous difference because we can store more water in lake okeechobee, safely store it there so the residents that are around there are safe. we care and we are concerned about them, us on the coast. believe me. and that the water does not go into the st. lucie estuary. it's full of contaminants and fertilizers. mr. president, you mentioned the red tide. it's an actual occurrence. fertilizer and contaminants, it's like a superpower. we have seen devastation on the west coast like no other before in 2018. i mean, i'm just so grateful for all the work you're doing, sir. everglades restoration. also i heard great news that the

dike is going to be finished much sooner than expected. i personally want to think you because this year, they are not dumping. our businesses are doing better. my wife don't yell at me as much. well, that always happens. she says to me you're going to be by the president talking and i says oh, i don't need no list. i've got a big mouth. i talk. i don't care. i'm proud of who i am and what i am. i'm a licensed charter boat captain and i've done it since i'm 25 years old and i just want to say thank you for the opportunity to speak. thank you for everything you were doing, sir. i speak for so many people. you bring my heart to warmth for everything you're doing all the way around. sir... my nephew.

thank you all. my nephew kenny roback is like my son. he is in south korea right now in the army and he's doing things. he is so proud of you and those boys, they'll just -- i've never seen people that are so proud of our president. i'm amazed. we stayed up to watch you that day knew got elected. we were like, he's got it. he's got it. i'm sorry. i'm telling the truth. listen, my dad taught me. my dad taught me don't tell no lies and when you want me to shut up, i will. but i'm telling the truth. dad would always say -- he looked like donald trump a little bit but you are much handsome. thank thank you. thank you so much.

i want to say one final thing. i've got a big mouth. god bless america and god bless our president. give him a hand. trump 2020. >> president trump: thank you. >> shepard: the president talking about the environment and the white house record on the environment. widely criticized by environmentalists and academics. harvard law and columbia law have comprehensive environmental trackers that identify deregulatory efforts related to the environment. as of last month, "the new york times" analysis based on research from those groups found more than 80 environmental rules and regulations on the way out under president trump. here's what the research and analysis found. in air pollution and emissions, ten rules have been overturned and 12 more removals are in the process. on grilling and extraction, nine overturned. nine more in progress.

on infrastructure and planning, 12 overturned. protection of animals, eat overturned. three gone regarding toxic substances and safety. on water pollution, four rules and regulations overturned. the times lists these notable moves and reversals. the administration withdrew requests for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions data. a lucent decades-old rules to tr industrial polluters. stopped enforcing a 2015 rule that would've phased out the use of fire florida -- hydro flora carbons. the clean power plant restricting emissions from coal-fired plants. after our reporting will fox news update on facebook watch, a minutes long newscast. streaming live on the facebook watch home page a few minutes ago. once it's concluded it will be available to you online anytime.

the final bell is ringing the ft of this monday session, we are down about 116 points. 11 of the dow 30 are in the green. "your world" starts now. >> neil: president trump just addressing environmental issues is a new poll shows his job approval hitting a new high, for him, an all-time high. former vice president joe biden taking in hit in the polls but still leading to to the democrc pack. elizabeth warren rakes and $19 million in the last three months alone without a single fund-raiser. welcome, everybody. busy day. it's a busy "your world" monday. i'm neil cavuto and we are all over it with kevin corke at the white house. the president's rising numbers. peter doocy in myrtle beach, south carolina. if we are about to see