brian kilmeade's great show "what made america great" coming up next. up next. it's monday, june 29th. president trump doubling down on his defense in the fallout from say new york times report about russia allegedly putting a bounty on the heads of u.s. troops in afghanistan and now conservatives are joining democrats in demanding concrete answers. we're live in washington where a number of lawmakers are set to be briefed later today. >> all positive cases, get them isolated. we have now -- things are very different from two months ago. >> california joins the list of 17 other states in pausing or even reversing reopening plans due to a concerning surge of coronavirus cases. coming up, major changes being made at home as the global case count surpasses the 10 million

mark. and from the panthers to the patriots, can cam newton fill tom brady's shoes as new england quarterback. the moves being made off the football field that have sports fans talking this morning. "fox & friends first" on a monday morning starts right now. ♪ >> that is certainly an interesting move. i was reading something this morning, todd, that cam newton said that the panthers gave up on him. so we will see how that plays out. and with that -- todd: are you expecting the guy to have a chip on his shoulder? he had a good season in 2015. not a lot since. we will see. i think he'll be coming out with a lot to prove. >> with that, we say good morning. you're watching "fox & friends first." i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. thank you for starting your day with us.

overnight, president trump pushing back on a new york times report about russia offering bounties on u.s. troops in afghanistan. jillian: rich edson is live in washington, d.c. where the administration is set to brief some members of congress later today. rich. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and todd. president trump is denying he was briefed on intelligence that russia was offering bounties of total ban fighters to kill american troops. the president tweeted, quote, intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible and, therefore, did not report it to me or the vice president. possibly another fabricated russia hoax, maybe the fake new york times wanting to make republicans look bad. the new york times reported that the president and national security council discussed the russian bounties in late march. congress is demanding more information. the associated press reports the administration is expected to brief select members of congress later today. republican congresswoman liz

cheney tweeted, quote, if reporting about russian bounties on u.s. forces is true, the white house must explain why weren't the president or vice president briefed, was the info in the pdb or president's daily briefing, who did know and when and what's been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable. democrats claim this goes much deeper. >> we have called for a report to the congress on this. this is as bad as it gets. i don't know what the russians have on the president politically, personally, financially or whatever it is but he wants to ignore. >> reporter: former national security advisor john bolton says it is the president's responsibility to respond to this intelligence. >> it's pretty remarkable, the president's going out of his way to say he hasn't heard anything about it. one asks why would he do something like that. i think the answer may be

precisely because active russian agletioaggression like that agat american service members is a very, very serious matter and nothing's been done. >> reporter: other conservatives like senator lindsey graham say it's imperative that congress get to the bottom of this. jillian and todd, back to you. jillian: thank you. coming up, former national security advisor kt mcfarland will weigh in in the 7:00 hour. we're following this. california ordering bars to close across seven counties as covid-19 spreads. bars, breweries or pubs that serve food also asked to enforce stricter dine-in rules or to just do take-out and po-patio services. todd: allegheny county is banning alcohol consumption in

bars and restaurants starting tomorrow. this comes as the number of global coronavirus cases surpasses the 10 million mark with deaths passing 500,000. jillian: reacting to the surge in southern and western states, here's how health and human services secretarial ex say secr says the u.s. can stop the spread. >> nationwide, we're at two months lows but we're seeing increased hospitalizations from covid in these areas. the surveillance and testing is bringing out this information so unlike our western piers peers e doing asymptomatic testing. we're deploying teams out to state and local areas. this is very much a community-based situation. we've got to get the local authorities, we've got to help them get out into the community where the disease is spreading

and test everybody in a community, get all positive cases. get them isolated. we have now -- things are very different from two months ago. jillian: he points to three things, including hospital capacity, reserve of equipment and progress being made to develop a vaccine. todd: four former minneapolis officers charged in george floyd's death are expected in court today. derek chauvin is charged with second de degree murder. they could all enter pleas in today's hearing. minneapolis police announcing new rules for body cam videos. officers will not be allowed to view the video before finishing a police report, days after the city council voted to dismantle the police force. protesters calling for police reform take to the streets

nationwide over the weekend. claudia cowen has more on the growing calls for change as hundreds of mothers are demanding protection for their kids. >> reporter: protests calling for change continue to spread across the u.s. protesters from all races taking their message to the streets, marching from coast to coast, demanding radical systemic change. >> stop trying to villify those who are out there fighting and try to understand why they're fighting. >> reporter: most are peaceful. violence mars some of the demonstrations. an investigation is underway in louisville, kentucky after a man was fatally shot saturday night at jefferson square park, where protesters have been gathering to demand justice for the killing of breonna taylor. there was a march on saturday where hundreds of mothers including elected officials are demanding protection for their

children. the peaceful event was held in response to the killings of taylor, george floyd and ahmaud arbery. organizingers say the goal is to empower mothers to stand in solidarity against racism. >> we all know the tragic events of recent days. let me say, there's no excuse to what happened to george floyd and justice will be served. >> reporter: in seattle, protesters were seen marching along the interstate highway saturday. the demonstration reportedly causing a massive traffic jam. meanwhile, the no cop chop zone on capitol hill is about to enter the fourth week and there's no timeline for when it will end. >> we have created a free kitchen, that's running out of the middle of -- out of chop. >> reporter: monday marks three weeks since the chop autonomous zone began. in seattle, washington, claudia cowen, fox news. jillian: senator tim scott says he's disappointing with democrats for blocking his

police reform bill. >> its is certainly a crying shame that the average person in this nation will not benefit from the parts of the bill that both sides agree upon right now and not having to wait until november to make it an election year issue. jillian: scott says both parties need to work together to get police reform done. the house passed its own bill on thursday. it is not expected to go anywhere in the senate. todd: chicago residents left reeling following a weekend of gun violence that killed three kids. >> too many times children are killed by senseless violence. when is this going to stop? when are we going to say enough is enough? todd: the community holding a vigil to remember 15 people gunned down since friday, among them a 1-year-old boy, a 10-year-old girl, and a teenage boy. 35 other people injured during this weekend's shootings.

jillian: overnight heavy rain leaving a trail of devastation in the northeast. in mas massachusetts streets tud into rivers. a hospital was forced to evacuate patients due to major flooding. >> it was something from a movie, like we were running away from water. jillian: officials say the hospital basement outside of boston was flooded with up to four feet of water. todd: all right. let's do a little sports now, shall we? nascar wrapping up a doubleheader in the poconos. it was threatened by rain delays and by darkness. drivers starting to finish before sunset because that track doesn't have lights. in the end, denny hamlin grabbing the spotlight. >> denny hamlin is going to tie jeff gordon as the all-time poconos winner with six checkered flags. todd: hamlin held off kevin harvick to win.

jillian: it is 10 of minutes after the hour. dozens of people facing federal charges following weeks of violent protests, as president trump calls for law and order. georgia democrat vernon jones has been working to make acts like this a hate crime in his home state. he joins us next to praise the president's crackdown. todd: chase rice in hot water, the country music star playing a packed concert. it has fans and fellow performers wanting to know what happened to social distancing and masks. we're on the concert controversy, coming up. ♪ guys, times are tough. but force factor's test x180 can help us man up, america, by boosting total testosterone. build muscle, fuel desire, and improve performance. get test x180 from force factor, the #1 fastest-growing men's health brand at walmart.

jillian: good morning. welcome back. the law and order president trump is taking a stand against riots and vandalism. more than 120 alleged rioters facing federal charges.

todd: representative vernon jones tried to make politically motivated acts of violence a hate crime in his home state. he joins us now to explain why the president's call for order is the right move for america. thanks for being here with us. take a look at this. there are right now more than 500 active investigations into arson and destruction of property. again, these are federal investigations. will federal charges, though, deter other would-be vandals. >> i hope the federal charges and local and state charges are cire read out and enforce -- carried out and enforced. you cannot through acts of violence go and tear down property in that way. i call on local governments to take action, they want to remove it the proper way or if they want to have private companies come in and they donate the statues to them. but to go and riot and tear down

our monuments, where does it stop. some want to deface stone mountain. it has to stop somewhere. i agree with the president, he needs to take action. hopefully the local governments will follow suit. jillian: let's take a look at the georgia hate crime law protections, this includes actual or perceived sexual orientation, mental or physical disabilities, i know that you were trying to get an amendment put in that would target -- that would include targeting someone for their political affiliation in the final version of a bill. i know that that did not end up going through. but you haven't given up, right? tell us more about that. >> i am somewhat disappointed that we didn't include freedom of expression based on people being targeted, being assaulted, based on their political ideology and party affiliation. i can tell you the good thing about it, it has started the debate nationally and you have to -- other states should start

to move on including the protection class based on someone's party, affiliation and political ideology. it has to happen. more and more assaults are happening. i've been threatened because of my political choice. it comes down to your constitutional rights. people will asought you for your -- assault you for your choice and who you want to support politically. and so i think it's a good thing now that the debate has started nationally. todd: representative, 30,000-foot view on this one. is this bias we're seeing right now strictly a result of something we call trump derangement syndrome and something that will go away once president trump is no longer the president or is this something you think is here to stay, unfortunately. >> i think the democrats are mostly opposed to it because they've been the biggest perpetrators of it. if you see who is committing a lot of these assaults, it's the liberal left who are attacking people on the right and sooner or later it's going to happen

the other way around. within 24 hours after i pushed to have political ideology included in the hate crime, we saw what happened to the democratic state senator in wisconsin, where you're going to see more of that. you're going to see the rush to come out and try to do something about i this has nothing to do with president trump. there's a move from the left to do things that we've never heard before. they want to abolish the police department. there's a hate for policemen act, those who honorably serve and wear the uniform with bravery, there's a lot going on right now. when you see antifa and other groups who are infiltrating black lives matter, it's okay to protest, and i support those who protest but those who are committing acts of violence, that is different. one of the biggest problems with the devicthe divisiveness is th. they don't cover the protests

the way they should. they need to unveil and show how the rioters are breaking the law, destroying businesses, black and white, and they're killing and assaulting black people and it's black on blacks killing black people, white on whites, killing white people. where does the protests stop and the rioting start? that's not being shown by the media. jillian: representative vernon jones, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jillian: have a good day. todd: time now, 19 minutes after the hour. the nypd under siege, bottles and debris thrown at officers responding to a call. the police union once again blaming the mayor. jillian: a shift in our military strategy overseas, we're live with today's white house meeting about bringing american troops home from germany.

todd: welcome back. boeing's 737 max jets could take off for critical test flights as soon as today, the faa clearing the planes for certification flights. the jets whim go through a -- will go through a variety of extreme maneuvers. pilots will also test the software, which was blamed for two deadly crashes overseas. jillian: white house economic advisor peter navarro says president trump will win the november election on a platform of, quote, jobs, china, and law and order. >> which candidate, biden or trump, will create more jobs. the greatest jobs president in history, trump, check that box. who will be tougher on china? well, certainly the commander in chief here has demonstrated he's the one who is tougher than both joe and hunter biden, check that

box. and in terms of law and order, the question is which candidate's going to keep our neighborhoods safe, our communities safe, our cities safe and allow us to grow and prosper? clearly, that's donald trump. jillian: kno navarro warned te u.s. could face an economic winter of discontent if biden takes the white house. todd: the trump administration envoy to iran is urging the un to renew a weapons embargo. it bans the regime from buying major foreign weapons. u.s. officials calling iran's threats to retaliate over the embargo a, quote, mafia tactic. the embargo set to expire in october. jillian: today, president trump is meeting with defense secretary mark esper to discuss plans to pull nearly 10,000 u.s. troops out of germany. todd: trey yingst live for us

in jerusalem with the potential ripple effects around the world. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. reports indicate u.s. defense secretary mark esper will present president trump with plans to dramatically reduce u.s. troop presence in germany. there are currently more than 34,000 u.s. forces stationed in the country with 17,000 civilians working alongside them. pentagon officials told reporters that up to 9500 troops could be withdrawn. the move is being seen as a punishment for germany not living up to an agreed upon defense spending number. president trump calling the germ mans delinquent at a june 15th round table, saying america is protecting the germans from adversaries. german aid currently spends 1.38% of gdp on defense spending. president trump urged all nato allies to meet a 2% threshold. angela merkel addressed the issue saying we grew up with a certain knowledge that the united states want todd be a world power. should the u.s. now wish to

withdraw that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect that very deeply. now, the defend spending agreements and possible troop withdrawal are focused on germany and the united states but analysts do worry the real winner here could be russia. russian president vladimir putin made a habit of looking at other areas of the globe where there are power vacuums created by u.s. troop withdrawal, trying to move his forces into those areas. jillian: trey, thank you. chop is still standing this morning, protesters digging in as barriers remain around seattle's occupied zone. todd: one business owner says he is not waiting for those barriers to come down. he's moving out. he joins us live with a message for city leaders.

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bounties on u.s. troops in afghanistan. the president saying u.s. intelligence didn't believe the claims were credible. the trump administration is set to brief select members of congress on the report today. todd: also happening today, the four former minneapolis officers charged in george floyd's death are due back in court. derek sha chauvin will appear remotely from jail. jillian: california is ordering bars to close across seven california counties as covid-19 spreads. in pennsylvania, allegheny county is banning alcohol consumption at bars and restaurants starting tomorrow, this comes as the number of global coronavirus cases surpasses the 10 million mark with deaths surpassing 500,000. seattle's chop zone still in place this morning, despite plans to dismantle the area. occupiers refusing to leave over the weekend and physically blocking bulldozers from

removing concrete barriers, this as fed up business owners file lawsuits against city officials. joey ridalfo who owns a store close to the chop zone joins us now. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. jillian: tell me your level of frustration. >> here's the frustration. the city council said they were going to take the chop zone down on friday. and the agitators won that one. then they said it was going to happen sunday. agitators won again. now they're saying it's monday. you know what happens when you keep moving the goal post, right? the goal posts keep moving. we have a governor, we have a mayor, we have a city council and particularly the city council person whose district is on capitol hill, she's our militant councilwoman. and as long as we have these council members in it, we don't have any confidence that this is

going to end anytime soon. i will tell you, we have a capable police force that could probably go in there but we believe they probably have a stand-down order. for all of us citizens right now, there's a huge concern this will continue to perpetuate itself and just keep getting bigger and bigger. i'm a block away from the west precinct where tonight -- last night there was another huge demonstration. so they moved from the east precinct to the west precinct. so there is no end in sight to this thing. so i think we need a great team to come in and lend some help. jillian: here's the mayor's proposal for the future of chop. this includes encouraging that occupiers to leave, removing the barriers for more access which as you pointed out and as we noted hasn't worked so far, to keep some art installations and community gardens long-term, provide social services at the protest zone, we will follow that to see if that ends up

happening. i know you talked about moving out of seattle, moving to somewhere maybe like arizona. i'm curious if that's built up over the course of the last few months because i know a lot of businesses have been hit really hard by coronavirus, being forced to shut down. then you get to a point where you're able to open and you have all of this going on and i'm assuming you've never opened your business since you shut it down. >> that's correct. businesses have not opened up. now, this city has gotten so progressive here lately that i talked to my friends who own restaurants and other businesses and i can tell you, the crescendo keeps increasing with people that are saying we want out. we want out. listen, the other piece of it from the city council is all they talk about is raising our taxes. you know, we're trying to get downtown rolling and they're out here towing cars, that's a priority, towing cars in downtown seattle is a priority for them. this is a tough, tough city to

feel very comfortable and reigniting our businesses and having some sort of a vibrant downtown coming back anytime soon. jillian: let's take a look at this quote from one of the lawsuits, this says seattle allowed, aided and actively facilitated the takeover and control of publicly owned property of an american city by an unelected, unauthorized and violent group of citizens promoting a political special interest group. now, that is from a washington attorney. that was from friday. so we'll continue to follow that as well. joey, before we let you go, what's the name of your business so once you do get it up and going, whether it's in seattle or in as as arizona, people can? >> the name of the business is bookie brand in seattle. thank you for your time. jillian: thank you very much. have a good day. keep us updated. >> thank you. jillian: todd. todd: new york city police officers coming under attack while responding to a shots

fired call. >> [crowd noises] todd: glass bottles and debris being thrown at police cars all while people danced in the middle of the street. police unions slamming mayor bill de blasio for, quote, von surrendering our city. the mayor hasn't commented. denver police arrested two people suspected of burning the pedestal of a civil war statue. it was toppled last week. police say the suspects set the fire using wood and other materials on saturday night after a protest. one of the three was being held on suspicion of second degree arson. all right. protesters rallying outside of new york city's museum of natural history to save the statue of president teddy roosevelt. >> usa! usa! usa! todd: more than 100 people demanding the monument to our

26th president stay in place. this all comes amid a nationwide movement to remove confederate statues. bill de blasio and andrew cuomo are backing the decision to remove the roosevelt statue. and mississippi's state flag will soon be history as state lawmakers passed a bill to change it by removing the confederate emblem. the current flag has flown since 1894. a commission will design a new flag without the emblem, featuring the phrase, in god we trust. people will vote on the new design coming up in november. jillian: it is 36 minutes after the hour. princeton scrubbing woodrow wilson's name from a campus building. is the ivy league university confronting racial inequality or erasing history. a princeton student sounds off on the message they say it sends to the next generation. todd: everybody is talking about this, i checked, every

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. congressman devin nunes slamming social media companies claiming they're silencing conservatives and manipulating the american people. >> they're getting funneled garbage and fact news. i'm encouraging others to to bring lawsuits against these tech companies and why do i say that, it's because republicans and conservatives are being driven out and off of that

internet super highway. jillian: last week a judge ruled that the republican congressman could not sue twitter over fake parody accounts, saying the company cannot be legally liable. a se texas sheriff claims a posl worker dumped campaign posters in the trash. a video shows a driver getting out of the truck and throwing something in a dumpster. he's calling on the postal service to investigate. they have not commented on those claims. todd: princeton university, calling woodrow wilson, quote, an inappropriate namesake. but if we continue to cancel history, what message does it send of to the next generation? campus reform cor core correspod princeton university student joins me now.

thank you for being here. does this come as a surprise to you. >> thanks for having me. no, it didn't come as a surprise. it was a deeply problematic decision. it was rushed in the last few days without input from the broader student body, alumni, faculty or anybody except for a couple of fringe groups and it overturns a decision made a couple years ago in response to the exact same controversy. wilson transformed princeton from a run-of-the-mill college to a world class university that has done immeasurable good for the world. this doesn't mean dismissing its racism or pretending it doesn't exist. it means making the full record public and be open about the history so that we can honor the good that he did while condemning the bad. this is exactly the path princeton forged for himself but before it was forced to submit to the angry mob. todd: you mentioned the 2016 situation, not the first time

wilson's name on buildings has come up for debate. what happened during the previous iteration of this discussion? >> during the previous iteration, the university formed a committee to look into the history of wilson, his contributions, and make a recommendation and they recommended that the name be left on campus, not be purchasing dark dar -- perged bt up a monument or made the record public, while honoring the good and condemning the bad. that's how people are. not everybody is perfect. this isn't just a trend at princeton. campus reform documented how rampant the movement is. for a while it looked like princeton was going to stand up for this movement to think for itself and not buckle under the mob's pressure. but it looks like that's what happened, unfortunately. todd: here's what the board of trustees of princeton says, this statement from friday, quote, we believe that wilson's racist thinking and policies make him

an inappropriate namesake for a school whose scholars, students and alumni must be firmly committed to combating the scourge of racism in all of its forms. let's go over the history of wilson. he was one of the first individuals to really start up the progressive movement. i said that right. the progressive movement. but he also had an undeniable history against black people, specifically allowing them into princeton university and he definitely expressed some kindness let's say towards the kkk. my question for you is why is this situation so much different than in the past? why did this happen so much quicker if we knew this about wilson for decades now? >> it's very much worth noting that the situation isn't really about race ultimately. it's going to have no influence on anybody that a few words were symbolically changed or moved around. this is a power tactic to show

that the mob is really in charge of elite institutions that they can make administrations buckle under their will, with no regard for recent approaches and competing viewpoints even if it's been done in the past. i can guarantee this whole thing is just getting started. the move to purge wilson from campus is a warm-up exercise. at the end of the day what their goal is, it's to control elite institutions and curtail academic freedom. that's the holy grail. and they hope to use racism or any other ism as a pretext to car tail what people say, think, research or write at the universities and control institutions that way. todd: let's read the statement from the school from saturday. this is from your president, he states these conclusions may seem harsh to some, wilson remade princeton, converting it from a sleepy college into a great research university. people will differ about how to weigh wilson's achievements and failures. part of our responsibility as a

university is to preserve wilson's record in all of its considerably complexity. 10 seconds on this question. not rushing r your life but if and when you become a parent, what's the situation going to look like for your kids? are there going to be any names on any buildings going forward? >> if we take this standard, probably not. but we really hope that the universities are going to stand up for academic freedom and whis deeply central to the mission of universities and we hope the president and the rest of the academic world stands up for it. todd: we will see. thank you so much. hope you have a great school year coming up. i don't know what it's going to look like in the fall of this year but good luck, no matter what it looks like. we appreciate it. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. jillian: anti-police activists calling for backup. >> requested a police presence, you know, for their safety at

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♪ you are always on my mind. ♪ you are always on my mind. jillian: willie nelson has joe biden on his mind today. the country music pledged end will perform at -- legend will perform at a virtual fundraiser in texas. former democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke and julianne castro are expected to

speak during the event. todd: country singer chase rice in hot water after holding a packed nashville concert. ♪ todd: many fans as you can see right there not wearing masks. they're really not social distancing either. that's from rice's instagram video, one day after tennessee saw the highest daily increase in covid-19 cases. fellow country star kelsey balerini bashing rice, saying imagine being selfish enough to not think about people's health and playing a normal country concert right now. jillian: a lot of conside critn that, that's for sure. a police officer is going viral after posting his message on tiktok about a defund police protest. >> i come in this morning, we're informed there's going to be a protest to defund the police. they requested a police

presence. you know, for their safety. at the defund police event. todd: sure sounds like irony to me. we have the reaction online. chase going on -- what's going on, carley. >> you can see the smile. that video going viral, it's got over a million views on social media, people pointing out the irony of the situation of course. the twitter user says, tell them you were defunded for today's event and go patrol elsewhere. jerry writes, dripping with irony, yet they go because it's their job to protect and serve everybody. it's unclear where the officer works because he removed the badge. this is an example of what's happening across the country every day, police officers are working to make sure people are safe as they exercise their right to protest against police officers. so there you have it. jillian: interesting.

todd: there you go. nba jerseys could look a little different during the restart. not everyone's on-board. >> the nba announced that players will be allowed to have a social justice message on the back of their jerseys when the season starts on july 30th. the thunder point guard, chris paul, he responded saying we're just trying to continue to shed light on the different social justice issues that guys around the league continue to talk about day in and day out. people are saying that social justice will be off of everybody's mind in orlando with the jerseys. it doesn't go away. reaction of course to this is divided. joanne says sports used to be a place where we could forget for a little bit the outside world troubles. not anymore. this twitter user says make they should be able to replace the team logo as well, gives more visibility.

looks like players can replace the last name with whatever message they decide. jillian: it is very strange, seeing cam new non a patriots jersey. will he be revived? >> for those who haven't seen it, let's pull up the tweet from the nfl. you can see breaking patriots signing qb cam newton to a one year deal. cam newton posted something about this on social media. he responded saying i'm excited as i don't know what right now along with the hashtag let's go pats. he's pumped up. you'll have critics sounding off. jay says i'll take it, let's go, bucs, patriots, super bowl. rim chimeing in, saying this is why the patriots win, a great landing spot and i'm amazed it took someone so long to sign cam. patriots say they see it as a high reward, low risk situation. jillian: one year contract. when i woke up this morning, this was the first thing i saw,

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jillian: it is monday, june 29th. president trump doubling down on his defense in the fallout from a new york times report about russia, allegedly putting a bounty on the heads of u.s. troops in afghanistan. todd: conservatives joining democrats in demanding concrete answers on this. we're live if washington where a select number of lawmakers are set to be briefed later today. >> all positive cases, get them isolated. we have now -- things are very different from two months ago. rob: california joins the list of at least 17 other states in pausing or even reversing reopening plans due to a concerning surge of coronavirus. jillian: coming up, the major changes being made at home at the global case count surpasses the 10 million mark. and chick-fil-a is giving you a taste of summer with some new

additions to its menu today. rob: "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ rob: good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm rob schmitt. jillian: i'm jillian mele, as always. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin here, overnight, president trump pushes back on a new york times report about russia offering bounties on u.s. troops in afghanistan. rob: rich edson is live in washington where the administration is set to brief some members of congress later today. rich. >> reporter: good morning, rob and jillian. and congressional democrats and republicans are demanding more information on this. the associated press says that a select number of congressmen and women will be briefed later today. senator lindsey graham, republican from south carolina, tweeted, quote, imperative congress get to the bottom of