most watched, most trusted and most grateful you spent the evening with us. good night from washington. i'm mike emmanuel. ♪ vote for any democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism. if they don't love it, tell them to leave it. you must never forget the 2020 election is all about one thing. you. it's about you. [ cheering and applause ] heather: hello and good morning. it is thursday, july 18th. happening right now at 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast, maga rally fireworks, president trump pulling no punches, firing up thousands of voters in north carolina. his message? love america. how he took direct aim at the squad while making no apologies for the red, white and blue. a message for democrats who refuse to condemn antifa's handling of the american flag.

the reminder republicans just signed, sealed and delivered. and above and beyond the call of duty, the heart-stopping moment officers drag a man from a burning van with just seconds to spare. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ don't need money. ♪ don't take fame. ♪ don't need no credit card to ride this train. ♪ it's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes. ♪ butt i but it might just saver life. ♪ that's the power of love. heather: huey louis and the news to get you going this morning as we cover the news for you right here on "fox & friends first." good morning. thank you so much for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm heather childers.

let's begin with president trump. he fired up this roaring crowd during a campaign rally in greenville, north carolina. the president blasting the rival democratic squad as many are calling them while touting our booming economy. >> vote for any democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the american dream. when you see the four congresswomen, oh, isn't that lovely. omar has a history of launching vicious anti-semetic screams. her colleague, representative rashida tlaib, she was describing the president with the vicious "f word, that's not something that loves our country. representative alexandria ocasio-cortez --

>> [booing] >> these are bad people. if they don't love it. tell them to leave it. when biden goes out, i see sleepy joe, they had 115 people show up. that's our first row. i always said i have more indian blood in me than she has in her, and i have none. bernie sanders, he's desperate now. leaders come in from other countries, all start out by saying mr. president, i'd like to congratulate you on the incredible economy that you created, the greatest anywhere in the world, by far. you must never forget the 2020 election is all about one thing, you. it's about you. [ cheering and applause ] heather: well, the president as you saw there wasting no time going after what he called the left wing extremist of the

democratic party. todd piro is here now with how the rivalry with the squad seems to be ramping p. i loved it when he was talking about aoc and he said three names is too much for him and he's just calling her cortez now. >> reporter: if you thought what happened over the weekend was going to die down, incorrect, heather man. we showed you some of the president's takedown of the squad. it didn't stop there. take a listen. >> the leading voices of the democrat party are left wing extremists who reject everything our nation stands for. republicans know that america is the greatest force for peace and justice in the history of our world but these left wings see our nation as a force of evil. their comments are helping to fuel the rise of a dangerous hard left. they're always telling us how to run it, how to do that. you know what, if they don't

love it, tell them to leave it. omar minimized the september 11t 11th attacks on or homeland, saying some people did something. >> send her back! send her back! >> reporter: a new poll pounds that 49% of likely voters say the president's opponents are accusing him of racism for political gain following that weekend tweet storm and the doubling down that you just heard. still, reaction from the left and those hoping to run against the president in 2020 was forceful. kamala harris tweeting it's vile, it's cowardly, it's racist, it defiles the office of the president and i won't share it here. it's time to get trump out of office and unite the country. elizabeth warren tweeting in part this president is desperate, calling out his racism and mis mysogyny is imperative. the president tweeted this, quote, the indians got together

and we don't want her. if you think this is dying down, you're wrong. heather: it's just beginning, especially as the campaign wraps up. did you enjoy north carolina, by the way? >> reporter: your state is beautiful. heather: no argument there. another story we're following for you today, lawmakers expected to grill acting homeland security chief kevin mci'lmci linen on the border crisis. griff jenkins joins us live from washington with those details. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, heather. here we go again, another contentious hearing over the crisis at the border on capitol hill, a topic that was very much on the president's mind last night in north carolina. >> democrats have put the needs of foreign citizens far ahead of our own citizens. the democrats' open border

policies deplete our public services, overcrowd our schools and hospitals and bring crime, drugs, and deadly gangs into our community. >> reporter: this as the dhs chief faces off with some members of the squad today. alexandria ocasio-cortez, ayana pressly, and rashida tlaib who sit on the house oversight committee and who testified themselves last week. >> there's no need for us to overcrowd and to detain and under-resource. there is no need for us to arrest innocent people and treat them no differently than criminals when they are pursuing their basic human rights. >> reporter: mcilenan who has been speaking out very loudly over the conditions at the border, but blames congress, he will make his case today for additional funding as well as border security.

the hearing comes as the pentagon announces 2100 additional troops will be sent to the border. it will be 1,000 texas national guard troops being activated, 250 in support of the port of entry operations, 750 to migrant detention facilities and 1100 active duty troops will increase in support of cbp ongoing operations. back to that hearing, heather, this is going to be very significant because, remember, mcienan has been driving the ship as the dhs head and he will face many of the democrats who failed to provide funding. so we shall see what comes at 10:00 a.m. today. heather: griff jenkins, live from washington, d.c. thank you very much, griff. a birmingham officer is shot multiple times in what is being described as a running gun

battle. officer collin stafford ambushed while responding to a robbery call, he is now in stable condition. today is the nine year veteran's 36th birthday. the shooting comes six months after a birmingham sergeant was shot and killed. overnight protesters swarmed the home of an nypd officer one day after the justice department clears him in the eric garner case. >> we will find you. heather: officer daniel pantaleno is accused of choking garner while arresting him for allegedly selling untaxed, loose cigarettes in 2014. garner died of a fatal asthma attack. investigators determined it was the choke hold that caused the attack.

the incident helped spark the black lives matter movement. well, the u.s. is preparing to send 500 troops to saudi arabia as tensions with iran reach a boiling point. they'll be stationed at the prince sultan air base where it would be hard for iranian missiles to actually target. and an army court ruling that beau bergdahl got a fair trial, rejecting claims that president trump interfered with the case. the president criticized the former soldier who was captured by the taliban after abandoning his post in afghanistan. >> we're tired of sergeant bergdahl who is a traitor, a no good traitor, who should have been executed. heather: his lawyers argued that the president's comments

and tweets swayed the trial. he pleaded guilty, resulting in a dishonorable discharge. what about this, did you hear the nike ad featuring colin kaepernick. it's nominated for an emmy award. he is seen at the end of the dream crazy commercial which also features other notable pro athletes. kaepernick became the face of the just do it campaign two years after playing his last game in the nfl. well, the time now is about 10 minutes i think after the top of the hour, 11 minutes specifically, and president trump slamming the squad at a fiery rally in north carolina and despite all the drama this week, his approval rating has gone up. our next guest is a member of the women for trump coalition. why she says it's more proof democrats are on track to lose 2020. and have you heard? bernie sanders has something huge to tell you about. >> and today we announce loudly

and clearly that -- heather: that isn't your tv. too bad the audio actually went out. don't miss bernie's mic drop moment. .♪ i would like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans,

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thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. first of all, your thoughts on last night, the rally in north carolina. >> there was so much excitement, so much energy, which trump tends to jen at all o generate s rallies. we saw so much energy from trump and also from the audience. people who love him get very excited about him. heather: he always has a wide cross section of people standing behind him, but a lot of women, a lot of signs from women supporting president trump and he also spent a lot of time talking about how women have benefited during his administration in terms of jobs and in terms of family. so was that something that we can expect to see throughout the campaign? >> yes, we have already seen that half of his donors this cycle are women. women are putting their money where their political opinions are. we've seen that women's unemployment is the lowest it's been in 50 years. and so trump really is improving our country for everyone, for

men and women. and women really care about all the same issues as men, health care, our border, all those things, so trump speaks to them. heather: he mentioned the majority of new jobs that have been gained under his administration were in fact by women. that was interesting. let's take a look at his poll. 50% approval rating for president trump. so the group that you're now a part of, women for trump is what it's called. >> yes. heather: that's a positive thing for you, obviously. >> his approval rating goes up and it's gone up in the last week, even though the democrats continue to criticize him. everyday americans are supporting him even more so. heather: specifically with i.c.e. raids as well. that's been one of the issues that's come up lately. 32% strongly support i.c.e. raids. >> yeah. i mean, most americans don't want to give health care to all illegal immigrants. most americans want to have a

safe country, they want their kids to be safe and want immigrants to come here legally. trump speaks to them. most americans don't relate to the far left wing democrats that are now becoming the spokespeople of the democratic party. heather: does it surprise you, going back to that 50% approval rating and looking at those statistics right there, in that poll, that with all the controversy involving the four freshmen congresswomen that his poll numbers are rising and the majority of people still agree with him? >> i don't think it's surprising. because they are extremely anti-american in their ideology and most americans love this country, want to see this country improve and be better, they want people to have the american dream and ocasio-cortez wants socialism to return to the country. ilhan omar, when asked if she supports al-qaida, can't answer. what does that tell us? that tells us their values are not american. so that's really what trump speaks to it american values. heather: and also not speaking

out against antifa as well. >> absolutely. trump has been so great at supporting people who are bold in their expressions and unfort netly the left -- unfortunately the left use these tactics. heather: he was classic last night in terms of his one-liners. >> he's always so funny. heather: thank you so much for joining us. the time now is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. ill hand omar and ray should r b set to visit israel. and one controversy has just got worse. carley shimkus will have the latest. moving is hard.

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heather: welcome back to "fox & friends first." ilhan omar and rasheed tlaib are planning a visit to israel and the west bank but it's u up to prime minister benjamin net netanyahu if they'll be allowed. israeli law allows authorities to deny anyone who supported boycotting the country. the republican national committee are sending american flags to dozens of democratic leaders. the rnc said it's meant as a wake-up call for democrats who have been too silent on recent attacks against the flag. it includes a letter from the rnc chairwoman. in it, she calls out the left for refusing to condemn antifa's burning of the american flag, telling fox news we want to remind them you're blessed to live here. many americans are patriotic. they want to see our

congressional members stand for our country and stand for our flag. actor chris pratt slammed for wearing a pro america shirt. now we're learning that the group behind the design is a veteran nonprofit. carley shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7, sirius xm115 is here with the online reaction. i thought everyone knew this was a pro veteran, pro america symbol. >> it's a revolutionary war era symbol with the coil snake and the words, don't tread on me. chris pratt wore the shirt yesterday and received backlash on twitter. some said it was a white supremacist symbol. it's not. that shirt is from a nonprofit called the brain treatment foundation whose mission is to support rehabilitation and research for anyone suffering from brain injuries, including

military members suffering from things like ptsd or brain trauma. niknicole fisher said on twitter she woke up to thousands of messages informing her that she is a white supremacist. can you believe it. the foundation is standing by theirs message. they said this on facebook. we are proud of the american flag and all symbols that represent the freedom brave men and women have shed blood for since the inception of our great country. many on social media speaking out on this. kathy says now we have the clothing police. first it was the maga hat. now t-shirts that offend. this has gone off the rails. another twitter user says tell them to stop treading on my sanity and lastly this twitter user says good for him, nice to know there are still some people in hollywood that think logically. such a shame this happened. this is what happened with the

betsy ross flag. people are taking something from the founding of our country and turning it into a negative thing. heather: i think what needs to happen is there needs to be more a history lesson for a lot of folks coming up through school right now so they can learn what the meaning -- the true meaning is behind the different symbols. let's talk about bernie sanders. nothing seems to be going right for him apparently right now during this campaign. it's just the beginning of it. listen to this, what happened. >> and today, we a announce loudly and clearly that -- heather: his audio dropped out at the most inopportune time. he was going to say something loudly and clearly and the audio goes out. >> what he was going to say was that we will no longer accept the greed of the pharmaceutical industry. so he finisheso we finished tha. one twitter user said that's the best bernie sanders speech i ever heard.

and another one said don't you just hate when that happens. that's all i've got to say about that. heather: there's going to be conspiracy theories that hatch behind that online, for sure. >> somebody pulled the plug? heather: thank you so much, carley. the time now, half past the top of the hour. calls to abolish i.c.e. are growing and the squad leading the way. >> i think abolish i.c.e. is a call to action on several levels. >> we need to abolish i.c.e. >> abolishing i.c.e. protects my family. heather: the next guest is the wife of a border patrol agent who grew up in central america and has a reality check for them. stay tuned for that. ♪ ♪

heather: welcome back. it is half past the top of the hour. a look at your headlines this morning. the pentagon ordering 2100 additional troops to help fight the crisis at our southern border. they'll back up law enforcement

in illegal crossings and help with asylum seekers. the u.s. is also preparing to send 500 troops to saudi arabia as tensions with iran reach a boiling point. according to cnn, they'll be stationed at the prince sultan air base where it would be apparently hard for iranian missiles to target. this comes as iran's foreign minister backtracks comments that his country's missile program is negotiable, tweeting they must manufacture missiles for defensive purposes. and today a random drawing will determine the 2020 candidate lineup for round two of the democratic debate. out o10 will take the stage on h of the two night debates that will be held in detroit on july 30th and 31st. we are not a tool of law enforcement, that is how the denver post is justifying its cease and desist order to the aurora police department. this after the publication forced the department to

blackout a photo of a possible suspect involved in an i.c.e. protest. araasia>> the denver post made e thing clear, police must get their permission before using pictures to solve crimes. this was around an immigration protest last friday. protesters pulled down an american flag from an i.c.e. detension facility, they tried to burn the flag and replaced it with a mexican flag. aurora police posted pictures of the suspect they're looking for. a photo of a masked man with an american flag actually belongs to the denver post newspaper and it didn't waste any time sending a cease and desist letter to police. aurora police responded by tweeting this blacked out photo instead. so why is this such a big deal for the post? the newspaper's editor writes that it's, quote, not a tool of law enforcement and that, quote,

the aurora police department's use of our photographies a clear violation of copyright law and the denver post terms of fair use. aurora pd is regretting the way they responded, adding we will continue to communicate with them on the appropriate use of their materials in times of public interest and all of this is happening as president trump condemns the media's coverage of antifa. >> antifa, these are bad people. these are sick, bad people, remember that. they don't get the bad press. they are very evil. they hit people over the head with sticks and i mean sticks, i mean bats even. they're whacking people with bats. they're very brave. they always show up with a mask and they're covered. >> that was the president last night in north carolina. by the way, doesn't look like those suspects have been found just yet. heather. heather: thank you so much for joining us this morning. great to see you. republicans slamming the political theater on capitol

hill after democrats vote to hold commerce secretary wilbur ross and attorney general william barr in contempt over adding the citizenship question to the 2020 census. a former congressman, trey gowdy, said democrats are creating more turmoil than productivity. >> they can't even enforce their own house rules against their own members. there used to be a stigma attached to being held in contempt of congress. there ain't no more. i would tell bill barr, your reputation is intact. heather: jim jordan added, quote, democrats are engaged in another episode of political theater. and president trump also taking jabs at democrats, this time at his 2020 opponents during his rally in north carolina. >> guys like biden say oh, we're -- he was there eight years, we'll stop that. no, trump is stopping it. he's not mentally prepared,

that's his problem. then you have a young guy, buttigieg. he's a beauty, he runs a failed city. and bernie i was watching him, he was screaming, no more college loans, you're not going to pay for anything. i mean, he's desperate now. he's desperate. pokpocahontas is gaining a litte bit because we probably used the pocahontas a little too early but that's okay. we'll bring it out of retirement very soon. heather: president trump bringing his campaign to the swing state that he won in the 2016 election. calls to abolish i.c.e. growing with the squad, becomeing the new face of the -- becoming the few face of the far left movement. >> i think abolish i.c.e. is a call to action on several levels. >> we need to abolish i.c.e. >> abolishing i.c.e. protects my family from the militaryization that is happening in our neighborhoods.

>> [ indiscernible ] heather: does the rest of america agree? a new survey shows 51% of americans support the raids aimed at deporting undocumented immigrants with outstanding court orders. joining me now to react is renee perez, the wife of a border patrol agent. thank you so much for joining is. >> thank you for having me. heather: let's take a look at the map where president trump and i.c.e., they were targeting nine major cities. as the wife of a border patrol agent, how has this impacted your family, the calls to abolish i.c.e. and the things that have been said? >> you know, it just continues -- it just perpetuates this constant dialogue of just hatred and just lies towards the agents and our families and it's just -- it's continuing to stir the pot, in my opinion, and a lot of the opinion of the other agents'

families as well. heather: when you take a look at the polls, overwhelmingly, people actually support the work your husband and others are doing and as we mentioned in the intro there, these are people who are supposed to leave. it's a court order. so it's not just randomly going out there and targeting families. >> exactly. but i feel just as other things that this is in certain media outlets and with certain members of congress, they're putting out social media to where it seems like they're just raiding innocent families just at random. they don't understand that there is an order to this, they're very professional with i.c.e. they have been surveilling a lot of the people these are raiding. these are known criminals that are living in the united states and not criminals meaning they're just here illegally, meaning they have actually committed criminal acts.

and they are living here. and so if they haven't met their court date, obviously and they're criminals, they need to go back. it's just common sense. heather: something that's not common sense is we've been reading about not only the targeting of the border patrol agents themselves but as a mother, children of border patrol agents being bullied in school because of their parents' jobs. are you experiencing that? is your child experiencing that? >> you know, i was pretty shocked because, you know, as an agent's family we don't broadcast what my husband does but we live in a small community and obviously people realize what he does after time. my oldest is a teenager and we are so blessed that he goes to a school that's supportive but even with that said, he's not immune and i was talking -- having a conversation with him, and i have multiple times where

he told me that he has had people tell him we know border pa l trol l troll agents are --l agents are keeping kids in cages and they're like nazi concentration camps. my son's not a follower but it's almost like our children these days are paralyzed by fear to say anything to be proud of what their parent does or being called a racist. imagine being told that your dad or mother is keeping kids in cages. they're learning about the holocaust in school and what nazis were and hearing the comparison is just -- it's mind-blowing to me. heather: so unfortunate. >> we definitely have felt it, as well as some other families in our community. heather: it's so unfortunate. with this dangerous rhetoric, people need to understand there are consequences. >> it's really harmful. it comes to the point where they

want to stand up for what's right and what the truth is, but because they should be able to speak their opinion just as people who speak the lies about the agents, but now we have to deal with trying to explain to our children the reality of the situation. it's just horrible to see all over social media. kids are on social media all the time. so the fact that it's being portrayed that way is just an injustice. heather: social media can be bad enough. renee, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it and we appreciate the work that your husband is doing. thank you. >> thank you so much for supporting border patrol agents and homeland. we truly appreciate it. heather: have a great day. >> you too. heather: protection versus privacy, the great debate as america goes high tech. oakland, california battling over facial recognition and disney could be spying on spark-goers with the bracelet that you have to buy. what's more important? our panel on deck to debate, up

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heather: welcome back. oakland, california taking the first steps towards becoming the third u.s. city to ban the use of facial recognition software by employees. the law which is expected to become finalized in september does include police officers. but does it help protect the public or is it an invasion of privacy? here to debate that, cara frederick, associate fellow for the technology and national security program and dr. dan porcher, former nypd officer. thank you for joining us. we appreciate. cara, i'll begin with you. the third city where this ban has been passed, what do you think about it? >> so for all its flaws, the oakland ordinance does signal something very important. and that is, that it's time to take a tactical pause when it

comes to deploying facial recognition responsibly. what we're working towards are two outcomes. one is technical, one is policy. the technical outcome, we're looking for good algorithms, trained on a high volume and variety of data so that their output is more accurate. that 81% false positive rate that the london metropolitan police force is looking at right now, that's not acceptable. additionally, the policy outcome. we want to see these -- the input from policy makers, from the public, from citizens and from law enforcement officials, those that are on the front lines, to have proper standards and governance of the technology. heather: they have more time here. oakland hasn't completely banned it yet. it's the first step for them. they're expected to do this in september, dr. porcher. what about that, what about the possibility of false positives? >> well, the facial recognition is merely an investigative step.

the standard of proof necessary to make an arrest is probable cause. all facial recognition does is introduces an additional resource to police, where they can actually question the individual to determine if he or she committed the particular offense. all of the decisions are resourced that comes in the wheelhouse of police conducting an investigation. in terms of using this, when we look at the false positives, it goes to vigorous steps before you actually arrest someone. so it goes back to hey, look, unfortunately people may dislike this or disagree with it but this is going to be the new normal moving forward and when we look back at last year, what happened with the mayor of oakland, california, when they were against i.c.e., this is par for the course with the liberal agenda they practice in oakland, california. heather: another arsenal in investigators' box they can use

when it comes to solving crimes. i want to ask you about this, cara. disneyland now using magic bracelets to spy on park guests. should we be concerned about this? >> we should. i think this should awaken americans to the silent creep of this digital surveillance, of what corporations and private companies are doing with our data. something as innocuous as disneyland, americans are already willing to sacrifice their privacy for convenience. this is especially prevalent in young people, 18 to 24 yolds, s they typically accept the privacy agreements without reading the agreements. when it comes to data mining of minors especially, i think we need to be on our guards as americans. heather: just another way to be tracked, is that what you think? >> there's two sides of it.

this is basically the consumer base of disney. i think the focus is to see where people are going in a particular park and they can ramp up additional resources in the area, such as if someone visits a particular character more so. this is something that's been done for a long tim time. american express, if you use your american express card higher in one blaze tha place te other, they'll send you a coupon to patronize the business more. this is par for the course, where we're going as a society going forward. heather: but is it a good thing that everything you do these days is monitored in one way or another. cara and darren, thank you both for joining us. we appreciate it. >> always a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you so much. heather: have a great day. and we will be right back. do you want me to go first or do you want to go first, brea?

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heather: welcome back. jon stewart lays into senator rand paul for blocking the 9/11 victims compensation fund. >> pardon me if i'm not impressed in any way by rand paul's fiscal responsibility virtues signaling and how he stands up at the last minute after 15 years of blood, sweat and tier tears from the 9/11 community, who stands up and size we're going to balance the budget on the back of the 9/11 first responder community. heather: he said spending should be cut somewhere else before moving forward with any new debt. mike lee placed a procedural hold on extending the fund. the house passed the bill last week. and the world's most kno notoris drug lord could pay for the u.s.'s border wall. a federal judge ordered him to spend the rest of his life behind bars, plus 30 years, possibly in the nation's most

secure prison in colorado. he was also ordered to hand over nearly $13 billion of his drug money to the u.s. republican senators ted cruz and ben saas are proposing the cash be used to fund the u.s.-mexico border wall. the drug lord says his case was stained. he was convicted of murder and drug trafficking earlier this year. now to a fox business alert for you. cruise ship passengers heading to puerto rico detoured. royal caribbean calling a off the trip as protesters and police clash in the capitol city. tracee carrasco is here with some other cruise lines that might not sail. >> cruise ships are diverting their ports of call in san juan, because of the video, because of the unrest we have seen in the last few days. a statement from royal caribbean cruises says they're skipping

the port in san juan, instead going on to st. maarten. they say the safety and well-being of guests and crew members is the top priority. celebrity cruises are supposed to dock on sunday. they might reroute the ship if they need to. heather: all those protesters demanding the resignation of the governor of puerto rico there. let's talk about something a little more fun. gm unveiling this all new stingray, a long-anticipated corvette model. >> chevrolet will unveil that today, the eighth generation of the corvette stingray. there have been a lot of rumors and leaks about what kind of features this will have. we're hearing it's going to be a v8 with 500-horsepower. not clear if it will offer man l manual transmission. more will be unveiled tonight in california. we'll have to wait and see. chevy and corvette enthusiasts

will be excited about this to see the stingray name and badge has been carried on. it was first introduced in the 1950s. it was reintroduced in 2014 with the c-7 generation of the corvette stingray. heather: i love the paint job with that one, that or red i'll take. i'll order one up. thank you so much, tracee. >> thanks, heather. heather: two hero police officers risk their lives to save a man from a burning van. they recount this brave rescue that was caught on camera. and it's police versus these penguin perps. why two little trespassers meant big trouble for an area restaurant owner. stay with us. ♪ a smooth criminal. ♪ one of the benefits we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. thank you, admiral. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa.

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heather: time now for the good, the bad and ugly. up first as always the good. two police officers hailed heros, saving a homeless man from a burning van. take a look at these photos. they were posted on the san jose police department's facebook page. the man's car was on fire. he did not want to get out. officers braving the flames to save his life. now the bad. just call them the wobbly robbers. the pair of penguins repeatedly breaking into a sushi truck in new zealand. a worker said she sensed something was fishy after she heard weird sounds underneath the grill. the penguins were taken back to

their home, a nearby harbor. the ugly, the minnesota state fair forced to pull a sweet treats from the stands. activists started a petition against the donuts because they came with plastic syringes to inject the filling. they said it was too much plastic, too much waste. i'm concerned about the syringes themselves. that's kind of weird. that wraps up this hour. "fox & friends first" righ conts right now. bye-bye. a vote for any democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism. if they don't love it, tell them to leave it. you must never forget the 2020 election is all about one thing. you. it's about you. rob: it's thursday, july 18t july 18th. the president taking his message straight to the american people, firing up a massive crowd in north carolina and taking on the so-called squad in a very