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 recent media reports that russian gru or military

intelligence units in afghanistan have offered to pay the taliban to kill american soldiers with the goal of pushing america out of the region. the president responded to graham, quote, intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible. and therefore, did not report it to me or vice president. possibly another fabricated russia hoax. maybe by the fake news new york times wanting to make republicans look bad. the times reported the president and national security council discussed the russian bounties in late march, d and are looking for the president to choose a response. some are calling for hearings and the house speaker suggests this is a deeper issue. >> we had 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 is 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 aggression like that against american service members is a very, very serious matter and nothing's been done. >> reporter: other conservatives like congresswoman liz cheney says the white house needs to explain what the u.s. is doing to protect its forces in afghanistan and to respond to russian president vladimir putin. rob and jillian, back to you. jillian: rich edson, thank you. rob: covid-19 cases surpassing 10 million worldwide with more than 500,000 death as nearly 20

u.s. states are pausing their reopening plans. jillian: todd piro joins us live with details on what states are doing to try to stop the surge. todd. >> reporter: hey, jillian, hey, rob, good morning to both of you. a grim milestone as the world continues to fight covid-19. take a look. the number of global coronavirus cases surpassing the 10 million mark. you see it on their screen, such a huge number. deaths passing 500,000. the u.s. is the worst affected country with more than two and-a-half million cases and more than 125,000 deaths. several states hitting records for new daily coronavirus cases. as of sunday, florida seeing over 8,000 with texas surpassing 5,000 and arizona nearly reaching 4,000. vice president mike pence pledging additional resources and testing to the lone star state in a meeting with governor greg abbott and the coronavirus task force. >> the rising positivity and the rising number of cases with

a very simple message, that is to you, the people of texas, we're with and we're going to stay with you. >> reporter: at least 17 states nicnationwide reversing and paug reopening plans. alex azar says the u.s. should not take the rise in cases light. >> i the window is closing for us to take action and get it under control. >> reporter: in california, the governor ordering bars to close in seven counties including los angeles. and in pennsylvania, allegheny county banning alcohol consumption at bars and restaurants starting tomorrow. a positive milestone in new york, the state reported five deaths on saturday, the first time the number was below double digits since all of this started. rob: todd, thank you so much. jillian: the four former minneapolis police officers charged in george floyd's death are due back in court today.

and all are expected to appear in the same hearing. derek chauvin will appear remotely from jail. the other three are expected to physically be in court. all four could enter pleas in today's hearing. minneapolis police announcing new rules for body camera videos. officers will no longer be allowed to view the video before finishing a police report. the change comes days after the city council voted to dismantle the police force. senator tim scott says he's disappointed with democrats for blocking his police reform bill. >> it 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. rob: a protester now charged with murder in a deadly shooting

at a louisville demonstratio de. gunshot rang out at a park where people gathered to protest the death of breonna taylor. steven lopez is accused of firing on the crowd. he was arrested and hospitalized after being shot by a bystander. a district attorney is doubling down on filing terror charges against protesters, four people arrested during protests last week in oklahoma. one of them accused of setting a sheriff's van on fire. the aclu is accusing oklahoma county's da of over-charging these protesters. he defended his move say, quote, when you act like a terrorist, you'll be treated like a terrorist. jillian: chop avoids the chopping block for now.

protesters cutting rebar loose on concrete blocks to make them difficult to move. joey ridalfo who owns a store near the chop zone, he joined us earlier and says the city government has not done its job. >> as long as we have these council members in this, we don't have any confidence that this is going to end anytime soon. jillian: the problems continue for seattle with more than 20 people joining a growing lawsuit against the city and its mayor, saying chop not only damages homes and businesses but tramples constitutional rights of others. rob: nascar wrapping up a doubleheader in the poconos. sunday's poconos 350 was threatened by rain delays and dark skies. drivers trying to finish before sunset because the track doesn't have any lights on it. in the end, denny hamlin grabbed the spotlight. >> denny hamlin is going to tie jeff gordon as the all-time poconos winner with six

checkered flags. rob: hamlin holding off kevin harvick to get his fourth win of the season. saturday he finished second behind harvick. jillian: a 1-year-old boy killed in a surge of shootings that claimed more than a dozens lives this weekend in chicago. pastor cory books joins us to break down the changes he thinks could help break this cycle of violence. rob: and the faa clearing the way for a key test of the troubled 737 max jet. the big next step in boeing's struggle to get this grounded fleet back in the sky. ♪ at walgreens, we know summer may look different this year. luckily, we are right around the corner with safer ways to shop so you can enjoy the moments you do make. like making sure you have pool toys the whole family can try out. ♪ and never running out of sunscreen before playing in the yard. and if you do spend the day indoors,

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1-year-old child. jillian: new beginnings church of chicago pastor cory brooks says the community needs to come together. he joins us now with his message. pass torques thank you for being here we appreciate it. >> thank you, jillian, i appreciate it. jillian: black lives matter activist was on fox news yesterday, he said in order to understand what's going on you need to go to the source of where crimes are being committed to fully understand why. he talked about high levels of unemployment, talked about not enough education and talked about the fact that all these things combined make some people desperate. do you think enough is being done and if not, what else needs to be done to try and stop this? >> well, we're definitely not doing enough. we have to take the responsibility ourselves in our community, we have a no snitch policy and we have to get rid of that policy. that's the first thing. we have to get violence intervention actively in the lives of these young men, on the streets.

the third thing is we need mentoring programs getting going early on if we need to defeat the violent surge we see every day in our community. rob: looking at the numbers, staggering, horrible numbers, 13 killed this past weekend, 43 people shot and last weekend, 10 days ago, 15 killed, 104 shot. the mayor getting a lot of criticism on this. she writing it's on all of us to double down on our all hands on deck public safety efforts with police officers, street outreach teams, trauma support workers, community and faith based partners, we must ask our ourses what are we doing to make this a season of bounty, not tragedy. what does the mayor need to do. >> we need more violence interrupters, violence engagers, those individuals who know the street, we have to get them involved and get them engaged and we need to do it immediately. the more we can get, the better. we can't wait on police officers

to do all the work for us. we have to engage our community and do loft of -- lot of the work ourselves. we need all hands on deck. we need to get everybody more engaged because every single day we're experiencing violence in the city of chicago and it's very, very disheartening. jillian: you talk about police officers and the work they do in these situations. i'm curious what more you think needs to be done in order to regain that trust between community members and police officers. you have president trump here sending a letter to the chicago mayor and the governor, saying, quote, to succeed you must establish law and order. unfortunately, you continue to put your own political interests ahead of the lives, safety and fortunes of your own citizens. the people of chicago deserve better. how do we regain that trust? >> i wrote an article in the american conservative and one of the ways we gain that trust back is we have to get police officers engaged in the community. we have to get those individuals participating not just when we

have crimes showing up, but we definitely need to get them involved in community events, get them in dialogue, get them in discussion because they're not our enemy and we're not their enemy. we have to work together if we're ever going to solve the violence that we're plagued with. we have to come together as society, very to come together as a team and we have to do all we can to make sure we don't lose another baby in the city of chicago. losing babies and children in the city of chicago has become something we've become accustomed to and it should not be the norm. rob.rob: the devastation we saw over the weekend in chicago, why don't they get the same kind of traction as the stories between the police community and the black community. >> we need to make more of anus, we need to make more -- make more of a fuss, we need to make more noise. every individual we should be disturbed about this and we should make as much noise as

possible. we shouldn't just hit the streets when we see something happen with the police station. we should hit the streets with the things going on in our community. we will never be able to survive and be the quality community we feed to be if we don't make noise and if we don't lend our voice to it. jillian: excellent insight there. pass torques thank you for joining -- pastor, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. jillian: a statue honoring civil war soldiers who fought against the confederacy toppled, but protesters in denver didn't stop there. rob: the defense secretary set to lay out options for a possible troop withdrawal from germany, we're ahead of today's white house meeting that could lead to a shift in our military strategy geyse overseas, more ot coming up. 49... 50!

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. three people are under arrest, accused of burning the pedestal of a civil war statue. it was toppled last week in denver amid protests over the death of george floyd. police say the suspects set the fire using wood and other materials on saturday night. one of the three facing attempted arson charges. rob: today, a montana man is in court after allegedly pulling down a 10 commandments monument. he attached a chain to a pickup truck before dragging it off and tearing it down, leave it in the street. the driver facing a criminal mischief charge. jillian: mississippi's state flag will soon be history. 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 in november. rob: today, the president meets with defense secretary mark esper to discuss plans to pull nearly 10,000 u.s. troops out of germany. jillian: trey yingst is live in jerusalem with the potential ripple effects around the world. good morning, trey. >> reporter: rob, jillian, good morning. reports indicate u.s. defense secretary mark esper will present president trump with plans today 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 have told reporters that up to 9500 troops could be withdrawn. the move is being seen as a punishment for germany not living up to agreed upon defense spending numbers. president trump called the germans delinquent, saying america is protecting the germans from adversaries. germany currently spends about 1.38% of its gdp on defense spending. president trump urged all nato allies to meet a 2% threshold.

a few days ago, angela merkel addressed the issue saying, quote, we grew up in the certain knowledge that the united states wanted to be a world power. should the u.s. now wish to withdraw from that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect on that very deeply. the defense spending agreements and possible troop withdrawal are between the united states and germany but experts around the region worry that this could be a large win for russia, as we've seen in the past, whenever the united states has pulled out of areas such as northern syria the russians have looked quickly to move in and fill that power vacuum. rob: it is very interesting stuff. trey, thank you so much. jillian: it is 22 minutes after the hour. the governor of texas sounding the alarm on covid-19 as they try to flatten the curve. >> we need to understand that covid-19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in texas over just the past few weeks. rob: the vice president pledging additional help for the lone star state.

congressman michael burgess joins us next to talk strategy, coming up.

rob: welcome back. a check of the top headlines this morning. overnight president trump pushing back on a new york times report about russia offering bounties on u.s. troops in afghaafghanistan. the president says u.s. intelligence didn't believe the claims were credible. the trump administration set to brief select members of congress on this report today. jillian: today, the four former minneapolis police officers charged in george floyd's death are due back in court. they're expected to be in the same hearing with derek chauvin appearing remotely from jail. rob: and the president facing bipartisan calls to wear a face mask as covid-19 cases are spiking nationwide. republican lamar alexander of tennessee says it would help if he wore one from time to time as nancy pelosi takes a dig at the

president saying, quote, real men wear masks. jillian: this comes as vice president mike pence pledges additional resources and testing to texas as the lone star state seans over 53 -- sees over 5300 new cases as of su sunday. >> there has been a swift and dangerous turn in texas over the past few weeks. >> this is a moment where we have to put our arms around and protect the most vulnerable among us. rob: this as more than a dozen states are pausing the reopening plans because of these coronavirus spikes that we're seeing across the country. jillian: texas congressman michael burgess joins us to discuss the next steps for the state. good morning. thank you for being here. let's take a look at the number, 5,357, the number of new cases in texas on sunday on this covid-19 surge.

do you think texas opened too soon, do you think that's why we're seeing the spike right now. >> >> of course, that's why you do phased reopenings, because if the conditions change you can dial back certain parts of it. but, look, the biologic behavior of this virus, we have a lot to learn about it. every week that goes by, the story becomes a little different than it was the week before. right now, we're seeing a significant amount of community spread, particularly in the southern areas of texas, in the lower rio grande valley, talking to some of my doctors down there, it's not hot spots like we've seen in other areas. it's community spread. well, we have to do things that we'll be able to mitigate that and prevent that spread and then we all know, we all know that we're not through with this thing. we knew that going into this in the month of may. but the number of cases did not immediately begin to increase in may. it was much more slow in onset

than that. i don't know quite what has changed since the first of june. it does seem that younger people seem to be getting more -- are accounting for more of the cases, maybe that's why we've seen the lethality decrease a little bit. rob: that is part of the story. we hear about the states, california, texas, florida, closing the bars. i wonder if you think maybe opening the bars in the first place was maybe a bridge too far. did they kind of jump the shark there? >> well, here's the thing. any condition that puts you close to people with loud noise where folks have to raise their voices and talk loudly, that may be one of the places where your risk is increased and at the very least people need to be aware of that. i don't know if it's so much what's served in the bar that's a problem, as it is the proximity to people, loud noise that typically occurs in some bars, where in order to be heard

you've got to raise your voice, that does seem to be a risk factor. is there a way to distance or a way to put barriers between the bar stools, i don't know. maybe there's a way to keep bars open with some other mitigating factors. but it does seem to be an issue. jillian: the mask debate has unfortunately become a very political one, especially seeing a lot of it over the last couple weeks, the last few days. where do you stand on this with your message to your fellow community members of texas? what should they be doing and could they be doing right now to try and slow the spread? >> first and foremost, we know social distancing works and that six foot perimeter that you keep around yourself is critically important. if you cannot do that, if you're in a situation where that is not possible or it might not be possible, then the best option is to wear a mask. masks are now much more available than they were when

this first began. it's a little bit inconvenient. it's a little bit awkward. it's hot in texas in the summertime. but it's a good idea if you want to protect yourself. if you don't want the virus, wear the mask. rob: what's your concern as far as businesses go in your state and i guess in all states. we start opening things up and if we have to start shutting things back down again, the guy that cuts my hair said if i had to close the store back up there's no way we would ever reopen again. do you have that same concern? >> well, i think that's absolutely correct and i talked to people back home all the time. some did not survive the first wave of stay at home orders. look, in the very worst of this, in the latter days of march, early days of april, i would go to my walmart it was pretty well populated. now they've tried to do some things since then, the one way

aisles and face coverings are much more strongly encouraged than they were back in those days but you can't shut everything down. it's one of the things we have learned. the economic effects are profound and those are not without health consequences. we're going to be having a big hearing in our committee in a couple days, one i have asked for for a couple of months, dealing with the mental health effects of the crisis and there's no question that there's been an increase in mental health crises and suicides since the stay at home order began in the middle part of march. jillian: great information there. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. rob: today the man accused of being the golden state killer is expected to plead guilty to murder and kidnapping charges. under the deal, joseph deangelo will be spared the death penalty. he is expected to admit to dozens of assaults across california in the 1970s and '8 ofs.

the sense -- '80s. jillian: evacuations are ordered for more than 13,000 people as brush fires burn in utah. the fire broke out south of salt lake city. high winds fueling the flames, ravaging nearly 2,000 acres. evacuation orders are lifted nearby as crews gain the upper hand on another fire. officials say the traverse fire is smoldering and don't expect anymore flare-ups. police believe it was sparked by fireworks. rob: overnight, powerful storms, heavy rain left a trail of destruction in the northeast. >> oh, my lord. >> look at this. >> i think we're in hell now. >> you're right. rob: dumping rain. in massachusetts, streets turning into rivers. jillian: major flooding forces a hospital outside of boston to evacuate patients. the basement was flooded with up to four feet of water. rob: meteorologist adam klotz

joins us live. is most of that threat over with now? >> well, the rain -- hey, guys, good morning, to both of you. most of the rain that we were talking about across the northeast still lingering as of right now. the real strong stuff may be beginning to wind down a bit. let's take a look at our satellite and radar from across the country and taking you into what was happening in the northeast. some of the heavy downpours lingering this morning, that should wind up a little bit later. we will see a few more pop-up thunderstorms on the eastern side of the country. out west, the story continues to be the extreme wildfire risk, red flag warnings from arizona, into new mexico and stretching farther to the north, everything in the pink, you're looking at an area with low humidity and high winds. any sort of fires that spark would spread very rapidly today and at least part of that is fueled by extreme heat. your forecasted temperatures for today just really running up to near record levels, stretching

back into the midwest, into the northern plains. you're looking at 96 degrees there in south dakota, widespread temperatures getting up into the 90s and that is what has fueled the pop-up thunderstorms. as i throw it back to you, extreme heat, talking about fire, talking about summer thunderstorms, kind of what you expect this time of year. jillian: i heard some of those thunderstorms roaring last night. i was asleep and i was like -- thanks, adam. it is 35 minutes after the hour. the troubled 737 max facing a critical test today. the significant next step in boeing's toaster work out the kinks -- efforts to work out the kinks and get the plane running again. >> we have to vote like our life depends on it because it does. please continue to be the change you want to see. rob: beyonce getting critical at last night's bet awards. how social media is responding this morning.

jillian: good morning. welcome back. 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. clearly, the greatest jobs president in history, trump, check that box. who will be tougher on china? the commander in chief demonstrated he's the one that's tougher than joe and hunter biden. check that box. with law and order, which candidate will keep our neighborhoods, communities and cities safe and allow us to grow and pro prosper. clearly, that's donald trump. jillian: navarro warns the u.s. could face an economic winter of discontent if biden takes the white house. rob: mark cuban calling on the nba to push back the start of

the next season. >> i've always been a proponent of starting on christmas day. that's when we go to broadcast television. whether it's christmas day or possibly a little earlier, part of the thought process is hopefully there's a vaccine by then. rob: the nba2021 season is set to start november 1st seven weeks after the current season ents in orlando. jillian: boeing's 737 max jets could take off for critical test flights today. the jets have been grounded since fatal crashes last year. rob: cheryl casone joins us with what it could mean for the company. people aren't really flying right now anyway. >> finally good news for dow component. the faa confirming the 737 max test flights will begin very soon, regulators approving a set of tests that could get underway today. the agency is moving forward to

approve the jets returns to the sky, that means the government is finally comfortable with the multiple fixes to the aircraft. the tests, the final stages the faa always do before they certify an aircraft is safe to fly. this is the final steps. jillian: what's new at chick-fil-a you? >> mango passion tea lemonade. two new items coming out in time for summer and sports. first is this one, chick-fil-a is introducing a mango passion tea lemonade. the company says it tested really well so they decided to actually roll it out nationally. that gets rolled out today. rob: sounds good with vodka and a swimming pool. >> yeah, yeah. rob: what about -- don't listen to me. i'm just here for -- you know.

shaq and a pizza, what's going on with that? >> when you think shaq, you think pizza, no? rob: of course. >> this comes out today, papa john's teamed up with shaquille o'neal with the debut of the shaqaroni, the largest sliceses they've ever served to customers. it has 66 pepperonis on top and they cut it into eight slices instead of 10. shaq says he could easily eat the entire pie. he's on the board by the way of the company. there's a tie there. rob: imagine how much pizza shaq could eat. jillian: on saturday, you get the pizza by the pool, that's your lunch, the mango punch with the umbrella and the vodka in it. i have your day planned for you. rob: silicon valley getting a warning from the federal government, homeland security urging tech giants to police their platforms to ensure

they're not being used to promote rioting. a perform dhs official is on deck to weigh in, coming up. it's pretty inspiring the way families

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rob>> we're going to check in h the white house press secretary, kayleigh mcenany, she'll be with us now and the trump administration pushing back on reports that they allegedly knew about russia offering bounties to afghan troops. we'll find out how the administration is answering this morning, more allegations on the same thing. also with us, the former governor of texas, rick perry, he'll talk about the trend with the coronavirus, rising up in texas, also what's happening

with energy and a major fracking firm filing for bankruptcy. texas congressman dan crenshaw will be here talking everything intelligence as well as what's happening with law and order. dr. oz weighs in on the recent speak in covid-19 cases. plus, this high school valedictorian proves that hard work really does pay off. meet the recent grad who hasn't missed a single day in school and is heading to college with more than $400,000 in scholarships, if we can hopefully get everybody back to school in the fall. now back to two lovely people, one in particular. jillian: thank you, brian. obviously he means rob. the department of homeland security is urging social media companies not to promote riots as the gop and president trump face repeated suppression from the same platforms. here to break it down is lauren klaffey. thanks for being here. >> good morning. great to see you. jillian: here's a portion of

the letter that dhs sent to social media giants, this reads, quote, we witnessed crime such as burglary, aggravated assault, rioting all of which undermine the safety of americans seeking to exercise first amendment rights, to coordinate criminal acts, threa threatens the safetd security of the nation. among the companies that received the letter, apple, facebook, twitter, snapchat and alphabet. how do you think this will be handled? >> so dhs, the fbi, other intelligence agencies have long partnered with social media companies in a slab br collabory to counter violent extremism. this is mostly focused on isis and global terrorist organizations and stopping the spread of recruitment tools or violent acts being carried out and stopping any sort of threats going viral, removing content. it's been pretty globally

accepted that that's a good thing. and many of the social media companies have actually written into their terms of service that they'll remove content that incites violence, encouraging criminal activity. dhs' letter to ask them to participate in making sure that violent acts, criminal acts in regards to protests is well within the normal relationship that dhs has with these social media companies and is actually just asking them to really enforce their terms of service in regards to what content is going up on their platforms. jillian: you know, as well as anyone, that companies are -- social media companies are facing growing pressure to balance two things at this point in time, allowing people to voice their political opinions freely of course, that's one of the things, but also clamping down on those people who are abusing the platform. we've seen that a number of times with the situation with the rioters and the looting. we were seeing these videos and these calls for violence going up left and right. how do you balance it?

>> yeah, absolutely. i mean, that is always the struggle especially with domestic organizations. i think when we're contrasting it with isis it was a global threat that the global community all recognized was horrible and needed to be stopped. domestic issues are a little trickier. a lot of these organizations, a lot of the riots, a lot of the viviolence we're seeing is opportunityism by far left or far right extremist groups within the united states and that's what's concerning for dhs. they sent out a lot of missives to warn that some of the violence is not actually part of the protests but may be other organizations taking advantage of this. but it is never okay and it is never protected speech within the first amendment to conduct organized criminal activity, incite violence, it's that thing they always tell you in school, if you yell fire in a crowded movie theater, you're putting others in danger and that's not

protected by the first amendment, that's what dhs is reminding social media companies of right now. yes, there is a balance that we need to be able to express ourselves freely. but we also need to counter that with it is not legal to condone violence and incite violence. jillian: something we really haven't spent much time talking about, but it deserves to be discussed is earlier this month dhs sounded the alarm on police officer safety after the rioters looked up officers' addresses, some scenarios followed them home. how real is the dan danger for r police officers? before we have you answer that, let's take a look at this, this document here. it says, quote, some cyber actors will probably continue to target law enforcement officers with tactics of to undermine law enforcement's response to ongoing lawful protest. this might result in the down downstream threat of violence or prevent law enforcement from executing their lawful mission. what do you say on that? >> yeah, you know, i think it's

never okay for that to occur, especially for law enforcement officers who are trying to protect the american people and who are the first responders in emergency situations. this is one of those instances too where it's not illegal to necessarily post the information because a lot of officers' information because they're public servants is available online via public databases. however, if you are acting on that information and harassing, going and trying to start something violent with them, then obviously that is criminal activity and should not be condoned. what's most concerning to me is the cyber aspect of this. while some of this information is going out because it's already publicly available, a lot of this information they think it's because of cyber hacks, people going into law enforcement officers' personal e-mails or sending them e-mails that have quizes where they fill out information and they're able to discern if they have kids and what their kids names are and that type of information and so law enforcement officers, in

particular right now, have to be extremely diligent about the information that they're sharing online. jillian: okay. lauren, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jillian: and we'll be right back. stay with us. . .

♪ rob: welcome back. bone say getting political as she accepts the humanitarian award at last night's bet awards. jillian: carley shimkus cirrus

with 115 here with more. >> see received the beth humanitarian award last night and encouraged protesters not just to march but also head to the polls. take a listen. >> i'm encouraging you to continue to take action. continue to change. we have to vote like our life depends on it, because it does. so, please continue to be the change you want to see. >> beyonce received the ward from former first lady michelle obama previous recipients denzel washington. she sing dwell black parade celebrates black culture. rob: cop here with the soundbite of the year. let's take a listen. >> i come in this morning we are informed there is going to be a protest to defund the police. they requested a police presence, you know, for their

safety. at the defund police event. carley: that video going viral with over a million views. this twitter user just tells them you were defunded for today's event and go that patrol elsewhere. dripping with eye rob any yet they go because it's their job to protect and serve everybody. it's unclear where the officer worked because he removed his badge. this is a situation that police officers are facing every day. keeping people safe who are protesting essentially against them. jillian: very interesting. nba jerseys are going to look a little different. carley: nba aannounced allow them to have a social justice message on the back of the jerseys when the season starts next month. point guard and player's association president chris paul released a statement on this saying we're just trying to continue to shed light on the different social justice issues

that guys around our 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 when the season starts with these jerseys it doesn't go away. social media, of course, divided on this. joanne says sports used to be a place where we could forget just for a little bit the outside world troubles. not film. this twitter user totally supporting it say be may should be able to replace the team logo with it as well. give more visibility. so it looks like players will be able to replace their last name on their jersey with a social justice message of their choosing, guys? jillian: a lot happening. mark cuban saying maybe the nba needs to postpone the start of the next season. we will z. if that happens all because of coronavirus. you had cam newton i woke up this morning that news going to the patriots on a one year deal. so that was an interesting development there a lot is happening in the world of sports. carley: absolutely, guys have. a good day.

rob: carley, good to see that will do it for us "fox & friends" coming up here in about 9 seconds. jillian: have a great day. good to see you everyone, have a nice day. bye-bye. steve: good morning, everybody, it is monday, june 29th, 2020. this is "fox & friends." hour one starts right now with this: overnight president trump pushing back on a "new york times" article about russia reportedly offering bounties on u.s. troops killed in afghanistan. ainsley: todd piro joins us live as the administration is set to brief members of congress on this later today. hey, todd. todd: steve, ainsley and brian, good morning to you. president trump say he was not briefed about intel that russia offered bounties to taliban fighters to kill troops in afghanistan. president trump tweeting intel just routerred to me that they did not find this info credible and,