rob: it is monday, july 6th. a very violent 4th of july weekend for the country with dozens killed in shootings across several major cities. carley: president trump calling on those mayors to get the surge in shootings under control. we're live in washington where he says the feds are willing and able to step in if needed. i'm not going to get into whose right and whose wrong. what i'll say is we have data in the white house task force, those data show this is a serious problem. people need to take it seriously. carley: reopenings on hold. new restrictions in place as several states report more coronavirus cases. rob: there is good news as

death rates in some states drop to historic lows. we're live with everything you need to know about the virus. days after the big debut on disney, hamilton becomes the latest target of cancel culture. carley: why some want the curtains to close on one of broadway's biggest hits. "fox & friend"fox & friends" cot now. carley: good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm carley shimkus. rob: i'm rob schmitt. we begin with a fox news alert. 4th of july weekend marked by violence. 77 people shot, 14 killed including a 7-year-old girl. carley: mark meredith is live in the nation's capital as the president is offering federal help to the cities seeing a surge in shootings.

mark. >> reporter: carley and rob, good morning to you. a lot of people took the holiday weekend off but not police officers in cities nationwide. they were dealing with a spike in shootings. president trump tweeting about this overnight, saying quote, chicago and new york city crime numbers are way up. 67 people shot in chicago, 13 killed. shootings up significantly in new york city where people are demanding that governor cuomo and the new york mayor act now. the president says that the federal government is ready, willing and able to help if asked. now, we also in new york saw this picture go viral, what appears to show a bullet hole going through a patrol car window. a former detective says the police need the community and local leaders to help get the situation under control. >> the numbers do not lie. murders, robberies, shootings are up. it seems like they're turning a blind eye or they're politically not paying attention and listening to the people on the other of side. >> reporter: as the president mentioned, chicago also seeing a spike in shootings over the

weekend. two children, a 7-year-old and a 14-year-old boy were among five people shot and killed over the weekend. the youngest victim, the 7-year-old, was reportedly killed while standing on the sidewalk outside of her grandmother's home. the shooting has left chicago's community and the entire country in shock. >> it hurts that somebody could rob somebody of somebody's life like that and don't think twice about it. >> in don't care. >> all i can do is pray to god. >> reporter: chicago's mayor also weighing in on this, saying as families gather to commemorate the founding of our nation we must ask ourselves is this who we are as a city or as a country. another shooting making headlines, this one in greenville, south carolina where investigators say there were two people killed and eight were hurt in a nightclub shooting. police are seeking at least four people of interest in this case and they're trying to piece together exactly how this shooting happened. there are a lot of questions about why the club was open because there's reports of some 200 people that were inside

that. as you guys know with the coronavirus, that would be way over the social distancing guidelines. so rob and carley, we'll be watching to see if police have news on that later on today. rob: that will be something to see. mark, thank you. carley: with the nation reeling from the violence, many are now calling on local leaders to step up and do more. rob: however, turning point usa founder charlie kerr made the arrestingment for federal intervention as the president offered on the next revolution. >> it's an uncomfortable conversation for some conservatives to talk about because we inherently don't like using centralized power and the federal government. however, at some point we have to ask ourselves, where is the breaking point. is it when you have 15 schools in baltimore where you can't find a fifth grader who can do math or read at grade level, most of which are black students. i think we've hit the breaking point. i think the local democrats and the county officials and the teacher unions have done such a disservice to the education of urban children, of black

children in particular, and also you see crime rates, i think it's time for the federal government to step in. carley: and new york city members of the nypd are also calling out the district attorney for not responding to any of this weekend's shootings. cy vance's office responded by saying it's unclear what he could substantively have contributed at a crime scene. rob: a fox news alert, eight people are feared dead after two planes collided over a lake in idaho. the bodies of two passengers were recovered before those planes sank to the bottom. six others unaccounted for this morning. reports show they include children and adults. investigators don't know why those planes crashed over the lake. crews will work on recovering both of the aircraft from the bottom of the lake later today or maybe tomorrow. the ntsb will likely have to take over this investigation. carley: the family attorney of a missing soldier confirming her remains have been identified. her remains were found in a shallow grave more than two

months after she vanished from fort hood. a soldier suspected in her death killed himself. his girlfriend is expected in court today on tampering with evidence charges after admitting to hiding the body. the family's attorney said the soldier killed her before she could file a harassment suit against him. rob: the deadly coronavirus showing no signs of slowing down as more states pull back on their plans to reopen. carley: todd i-pyro joins us live as -- todd piro joins us live as the world marks a grim new milestone. >> reporter: good morning. the world health organization reporting more than 212,000 coronavirus cases were recorded in just 24 hours. the largest percentage still coming from the u.s. but relief is on the way for several states as the fda begins shipping of out supplies of the coronavirus drug, remdesivir. >> we've been in touch with the states and the localities to surge remdesivir to the areas that most need it.

>> reporter: among those states, texas where hospitalizations hit a new daily high, hospitals in at least two counties already hitting full capacity. florida also receiving supplies of the drug as the state moves past 200,000 cases for the first time. miami's mayor saying it's time to crack down. >> you know, we've been breaking record after record after record, all the last couple of weeks. we instituted about a week ago a mask in public rule and we increased the severeity of penalties for businesses that don't follow the rules. >> reporter: more than 20 states have begun putting their plans to reopen on hold but four are still on track to loosen restrictions today. new york and new jersey adjusting plans to not allow indoor dining just yet. >> when you combine indoors, lack of ventilation, sedentary, close proximity and by definition you have to take your mask off to eat, those are bad

facts. we're just not there yet. >> reporter: meantime, experts are warning that 4th of july gatherings could cause another surge in cases. if that happens, we would start seeing that spike in about two weeks. rob and carley, back to you. rob: todd, thank you. carley: meantime, the man charged with driving his car into protesters in seattle, killing one of them, is due in court today. a judge to determine if he should be released on bail. he was arrested on saturday after police say he sped into a crowd on a freeway, 24-year-old summer taylor was one of the two people hit. she died on sunday. the other person remains in serious condition. rob: a statue depicting abolitionist frederick douglas is ripped from its pedestal in upstate new york. police say it was taken from a park along the underground railroad where douglas and harriet tubman helped take slaves to freedom. the damaged statue was found

about 50 feet away near a river. the vandalism comes on the anniversary of douglas' speech delivered to the city, called what to the slave is the 4th of july. that monument will be repaired. carley: unbelievable. president trump heading to new w hampshire this weekend for his next railly. his campaign announcing the outdoor event on saturday. the campaign will provide face masks and strongly encourage people to wear them. this as is the president's second rally since the coronavirus pandemic began. his first rally was last month inside an arena in tulsa. rob: the legendary composer known for one of the most iconic movie sound tracks of all time has died. ♪ carley: he created the score for the good, the bad and the

ugly. it's one of 400 film and tv credits to his name. he also composed music for a fistful of dollars and once upon a time in america. he died at a hospital in rome from complications of of falling and breaking his leg. he was 91 years old. rob: wonderful composer. sad to hear that but what a life of work. carley: full life. rob: jeffrey epstein associate ghislaine maxwell is expected to be transferred to new york early this week. will she name names in exchange for a lighter punishment for herself? defense attorney keisha evan joins us to break down the case, coming up. carley: a major rift within the washington redskins organization, the minority owners looking to sell their stake in the team. wouldn't it be nice if there was a place that kept you... vibrant

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>> i think that whatever information she knows, she's going to turn over. i just don't know that it's going to be enough to save her. whatever information she has on anybody, it's not putting somebody else above her in the organization. that's the problem that she's going to have. carley: ghislaine maxwell is set to be extradited to new york this week after being arrested at a multimillion dollar home in new hampshire over the past week. rob: that's right. she's charged with abusing as well as recruiting and grooming underage girls for jeffrey epstein. so how significant is her arrest in the victims' quest for justice? joining us live, attorney and former prosecutor, keisha evan. thank you for coming on. what do you make of this big development? >> well, it's a huge development. like you stated, she's very, very knowledgeable in the enterprise and although it may not have her not have any prison time, if she is a cooperating

witness, which she will give significant testimony to bring down the other people in the criminal enterprise, it will significantly reduce her prison sentence. carley: okay. so how -- you know, have you to think about her defense. i was reading a new york post article yesterday and it said that her defense team is preparing to go to war and they've had about a year to come up with any way to possibly get her out of spending significant time in jail. with so many people linking her to this sex trafficking ring, how can her defense actually defend her in any significant way? >> well, they'll probably try to say that she was either a victim herself of epstein or she was not knowledgeable. with that many victims coming forward and testifying against her, especially with the role that she played in the sex trafficking, it's going to be very difficult for the defense to have her acquitted. so i think the best route that

if she was my client would be to cooperate. rob: let's take a look at the charges here. you've got a number of them. count one, conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, all the way down to charges of perjure at the bottom. everyone is talking about how she can weasel out of this thing if sh can or if she will roll or and start naming big names. >> she is better off cooperating. with these types of sex trafficking enterprises, the female plays a very big role because a lot of times these younger female victims, they'll trust an older female before they trust a strange man. so it's going to be very, very difficult for her to be exonerated or to be acquitted. so what they're going to do is you heard to say, okay, who were the males that were involved and she's going to cooperate.

most times the feds will go after the key person and being that she's the next in line with epstein being deceased, they're going to use her to get everyone else. and i don't think she's going to be acquitted. she's going to probably take a plea. carley: being a former prosecutor, i'm sure you know what her arrest means to epstein's victims. can you speak to how significant this is for these women? >> absolutely. i'm sure most of those victims felt hopeless when he committed suicide. now that they have her, it's like okay, we will have justice served. and we will have our day in court to be able to prosecute someone who was also big in what was done to them. so this is a huge win in my opinion for the victims of these crimes. rob: one of the victims of these crimes, this is a quote, we'll pull it up, she ruined so many lives, she belongs in jail. prince andrew should be panicking at the moment because

ghislaine doesn't care about anyone else but ghislaine. this day has been one of the best days of my life. i have not stopped smiling and crying happy tears. no matter how much she can give to the prosecutors in this case, do you think she would be able to skirt away without some kind of punishment behind bars? >> no, i don't think so. and i've seen horrific crimes where the big defendant in the case will cooperate and sing like a canary. they still end up getting prison time. even though they cooperated and get a lighter sentence, they now have to watch their back in prison. as you know, in prison, if someone's a snitch, they have a really hard time with other inmates inside the prison. carley: she's facing 35 years right now. we'll see how that number goes up, possibly. we'll be keeping an eye on it. keisha, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> you're welcome. rob: thank you. 18 minutes after the hour. historic statues taken down or

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rob: welcome back. tense moments in the middle east after a rocket lands near the baghdad international airport. u.s. officials blaming iran backed militants for this attack which came just hours after another rocket was shot down. carley: trey yingst is live in jerusalem with why tehran is targeting americans. trey. >> reporter: rob, carley, good morning. the rising rhetoric between iran and the united states does come

amid continued proxy action in the middle east. overnight we did see one rocket fired towards baghdad's international airport that does house some coalition forces. additionally, we reported last night on iranian proxies in gaza firing three rockets into southern israel. these developments coming as iran says it has built missile cities along the persian gulf that will be a quote, nightmare for iranian enemies. a brigadier general said they're managed by the revolutionary guard rather than the navy. there are concerns that iran could start provocative action in the region as nuclear aspirations are delayed. a fire at an iranian nuclear development last week had a fire. the event caused significant damage to the facility that could push back the country's nuclear program. iranian officials told reporters they believe a cyber attack caused the fire.

the new york times was told that israel planted a bomb in the facility. the fire is the latest in a series of events related to iranian facilities including an explosion last week at a military complex that houses a milmissile production facility. there has been rising tension in the region as iran continues to violate key terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement. carley: on to a fox news alert, broadway is mourning the death of nick cordero. the veteran tony nominated actor losing his three month long battle with covid-19. he had been hospitalized since march. cordero starred in plays including a bronx tale, bullets over broadway and waitress. his wife posted on instagram, god has another angel in heaven now, my heart is broken as i cannot imagine our lives without

him. cordero died surrounded by his family in los angeles. the 41-year-old leaves behind his wife and 1-year-old son. that is sad. rob: very sad. a cluster of covid-19 cases breaking out in fraternity houses at the university of washington. more than 120 students testing positive on the seattle campus. college officials say the houses have reduced the number of people living inside while school is out. a pop-up testing site is now available on the campus. carley: president trump striking a patriotic tone this 4th of july weekend. >> we celebrate our history, our heroes, we are the decedents of the most daring and courageous people. carley: and while many americans celebrated the fourth, some protested it and now there are calls to re-evaluate the 4th of july all together.

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carley: welcome back. a look at our top headlines this morning, starting with a fox news alert. eight people are feared dead after two planes collide over a lake in idaho. the bodies of two passengers were recovered after the plane sank. six others are unaccounted for. reports show they include children and adults. crews will work on recovering both aircraft from the lake later today or tomorrow. rob: the president offering federal help to cities plagued by violence over the holiday

weekend. in chicago, 77 people were shot, 14 killed including a 7-year-old girl. the president tweeting, democrats want to defund and abolish police, despite poor crime numbers in cities that they run. crazy. carley: new york city is entering phase three of its reopening today. residents in the big apple can visit nail salons, tattoo parlors and tanning salons but indoor dining is no longer part of the plan. only outdoor dining will be allowed until further notice. rob: president trump defending america's history during his independence day address to the country. >> we celebrate our history, our heroes. we are the decedents of the most daring and courageous people. we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history. rob: however, protesters marched in cities across the country with a very different

message, claiming that celebrations on the 4th of july are hypocrite call because they say not everyone in our country is free. there are demands to re-evaluate the 4th of july. joining me live to debate that, republican strategist, joseph pinion and democratic strategist, anthony toll. joseph, what do you make of these protests of july 4th? >> look, i think 4th of july should be a joyous occasion. and i am in many ways taken aback by individuals who are professing love and tolerance and at the same time somehow think they can heal america by telling people that they have to hate america. so i think we can acknowledge the fact that america is in many ways an imperfect -- a perfect nation, founded possibly by imperfect men. we should be able to understand the art of progress that's been able to be made and that progress is rooted in the decisions and words committed to

paper in 1776. and so i think we should be able to start there and acknowledge the greatness that is america and also the pr progress that we have yet to make. rob: anthony, your response? >> well, i think we're doing it. what i think america is doing right now is i think america is trying to reimagine itself. we're trying to reimagine ourselves as something a little more than just celebrating things that don't make a lot of americans feel comfortable. you have to remember what happened when the europeans first arrived to america. it wasn't the most beautiful scene. and i keep hearing this argument about oh, well there's just -- they all have character flaws. a character flaw is, you know, something that you may fail to do. there were plenty of white people who knew slavery was wrong in 1776. there are plenty of white people who knew slavery was wrong in 1619. just like it's wrong today. the argument that they were a product of their time or that they all have character flaws is

different. a character flaw is -- rob: what changed in the last couple years? a lot of this -- you didn't hear a lot of noise about this until recently. history hasn't changed at all. >> well, i think -- i don't think history has changed. i think you're hearing the voices of black people that have never been able to be heard before because for years black people have been saying these things have been happening to us and we always felt a tuneness with the 4th of july. i celebrated every 4th of july probably just as much as anyone. i'm not going to stop. that doesn't mean i haven't felt it's part of hypocrisy. there are things i don't feel comfortable with with the 4th of july. maybe we can celebrate it and feel the same way. rob: joseph, your response? >> look, let's be very clear. i think the in vogue thing to do is to run around talking about

the words of frederick douglas, those words were written in 1852 at a time when black people were literally still being sold. we can understand that at this moment in time when we saw a man lose his hands at the -- lose his life at the hands of government, how those things feel like if they're happening again, if we can celebrate barack obama saying that america is not static, that what happens in one generation to the next is this notion that america has the capacity built into its dna for us to pursue that more perfect union, then we should also be able to understand that even in times like this of great uncertainty with covid-19, with people feeling as though the lives of black people have not mattered to the full tapestry of americans, what makes america great is that the 4th of july doesn't have to be one thing for everybody. that's what freedom is about. that's what america has always

been about. and i think if we can focus on that point instead of feeling as if somehow we have to tear this nation down and make it brand-new, i think we'll be in a much better place. rob: anthony -- >> joseph, no one is saying tear it down. >> the statues, the monuments, it's what's happening. >> joseph, all we're saying is let's reimagine it, including more people, let's reimagine it where you and i can walk down the street and not feel like we're going to get a billy club upside our head, where we don't have to have a talk with our kids about what's going to happen to them if they're driving and get pulled over. that's what everybody's saying. >>.i don't think anyone is out e -- i think there's a proper way to do things. rob: sounds like you guys are closer on this than you might think. thank you so much. we appreciate it. thanks for the conversation.

we have to cut it of off there. good to see you both. carley, over to you. carley: a private memorial service will be held tomorrow for the ohio officer gunned down in a home depot parking lot. the 26-year-old, anthony dia was shot and killed while responding to a call of an intoxicated man on saturday. bikers honored him at a rally on sunday. they showed support to his family. atlanta's mayor telling protesters to clear out after an 8-year-old girl was shot and killed near the wendy's where rayshard brooks was killed. >> you shot and killed a baby. you can't blame this on a police officer. you can't say that this is about criminal justice reform. this is about people carrying weapons who shot up a car with an 8-year-old baby in the car. carley: she died saturday after two men opened fire on her mother's car. police say the mom was trying to

enter a parking lot where protesters illegally set up barricades. >> she didn't make her ninth birthday. we didn't do nothing. >> saving that life matters. you killed your own. carley: protesters set up camp at the restaurant after it burned down following brooks' death. meantime, protesters in philadelphia are demanding the mayor resign. >> [chanting] carley: protesters shutting down the highway. people in the city of brotherly love calling for the mayor to step down over this incident last month. peaceful demonstrators tear gassed while protesting the death of george floyd. mayor jim kenny has since apologized for the city's escalation of violence. rob: all right. let's talk about weather with

adam klotz for a second. the big story has been the heat, right, adam? >> yeah, rob, it has been the heat. a lot of people really enjoying it over the past holiday weekend as temperatures are running up into the 90s and 100s. that is not going anywhere. we're going to get that summertime feel. take a look at the temperatures, 90 in new york city, 95 in chicago today, 112 in phoenix. any time you get that much heat, you get pop-up summer thunderstorms. those have been widespread. the worst will continue across the upper midwest, across the plains, from montana to wisconsin where there's a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, large hail, isolated tornadoes, those are all things to watch. and then taking you back out west, we continue to see a risk of wildfire danger. talking about temperatures getting up to 110 degrees, it's very dry conditions, windy conditions, wildfires are continue to possibly be a problem for folks out west.

so, yeah, rob, a lot of heat and a lot of weather that goes along with the heat, that's what we're seeing across the country. back to you. carley: adam klotz bringing the heat to "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. rob: good to see you. all right. nypd officers bringing some joy to a birthday girl who was left homeless by a fire. ♪ happy birthday to you. ♪ carley: the officers singing to the young girl and bringing a cake to celebrate her tenth birthday. they lost their home during a massive fire. the cause of the fire is under investigation. she looked happy in that moment which is so sweet. rob: that's a big one. 10, right. very big one. 39 minutes after the hour. the trump administration very upbeat when it comes to the economic recovery. >> we're doing very well. we do need to be careful about

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rob: welcome back. as businesses reopen nationwide, the labor secretary is optimistic about america's outlook. carley: cheryl casone joins us with what the recovery could look like. >> as states begin to reopen, the question is how long is it going to take for the u.s. economy to get back on track in a full capacity. well, labor secretary eugene scalia appeared on of fox news sunday. he took one of the optimistic views of what the recovery would look like and he explained why the extra $600 in unemployment benefits should expire at the end of july. >> do you see a v-shaped

recovery going into the fall, sir? >> those are the indications that we see. it was a really important thing of to do as we were shutting our economy down. as we reopen the economy, i don't know that we need a benefit like that. >> so again, that extra 600 bucks a week for the unemployed expected to expire at the end of july. he says it should. you remember, friday the labor department reported nonfarm payroll jumped by 4.8 million and the unemployment rate dropped to 11.1%. while goldman sachs predicts gdp is going to shrink more than expected in the third quarter, the month of september will be the month they say that the economy gets back really on track. goldman economistings upgraded their 2021 forecast numbers because of prospects for an earlier vaccine to hit the market. as you know, you've got a lot of different companies, at least 20, that are trying to develop a vaccine as fast as they can. carley: absolutely. also, i understand that some folks who work at target are

making some more money now. >> yeah, exactly. target started paying employees a $15 an hour minimum wage on sunday, this is company-wide, across the board. they originally promised they would hike pay by the end of 2020. so this is actually about five months ahead of schedule. i'm sure their employees really needed the money now. the current minimum wage nationally is still $7.25 an hour. the numbers vary widely state by state. new york city and washington dc have a basic minimum wage of $15. a lot of the retail companies were giving hazard pay. it looks like target will not do the hazard pay but they'll bump up the salary. carley: good news for those target workers. thanks, cheryl. rob: 45 minutes after the hour. kanye west says he is running for president. how seriously should we take his potential bid? gee anna caldwell says if the

rapper means business he would certainly chip away at joe biden's base. we'll talk about that coming up. carley: first, let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> she had to go do something else. did you have a nice 4th of july? carley: we did. rob: absolutely. did you see any fire boxer? >> fireworks are in my neighborhood every night now like so many people in the new york city area. boom, boom, boom. what was that. hope everybody had a nice holiday weekend. time to get back to work today. coming up, we're going to talk to the pretty new white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his first tv interview since he assumed the top job in the white house. plus, we're going to have arkansas senator tom cotton and former speaker of the house newt gingrich, join us then. and then the new york city police department will disband its anti-crime unit as the city sees a violent 4th of july weekend, the numbers are through the roof.

former new york city police commissioner is here with a message for city leadership. he doesn't like the direction things are going. rachel campos duffy is a mother of nine. she says there are six ways to raise a patriot. you're going to want to see that. plus, mike roe is returning to the dirty job show, this time he's in an rv. he's going to stop by our show to talk about the new special called dirty jobs, road trip, exploring the best of what america has to offer. we have a busy three hours, kicks off a dozen minutes from right now, right here on the channel you trust for your morning news. rob and carley shimkus will return in just a couple minutes. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need.

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carley: kanye west announcing his 2020 presidential bid in a tweet that sent shock waves through social media and through the country over the weekend. rob: is there a real path for a new candidate this late in the game. joining us live jianna caldwell. thanks for joining us this morning. what do you make of this thing? >> it's tough to take it seriously considering we're four months out. obviously, kanye west is an icon, a lot of young people follow him, a lot of african-americans, people of all races follow him. this is how i view if he's serious. i spoke to some of his people yesterday. it doesn't appear to them at least that this is a truly serious bid. however, if he were to be serious and actually run for president which will be very difficult because in some states he couldn't qualify to get on the ballot. have you to sign petitions, pass

them around to get on the ballot. in some places he couldn't. he could go as a write-in. this would hurt joe biden's candidacy a lot. there's a lot of african-americans that may not like president trump, but they don't feel really comfortable with joe biden and there's a number of reasons why they shouldn't feel comfortable with joe biden. they would respect and appreciate a kanye west presidency because he appears to be an individual who is all about black lives. so for joe biden, this is a candidacy i'm sure his team is considerate of. kanye west could do damage to joe biden. carley: we're showing video of kanye west b in the oval office with the president wearing the maga hat. do you think he's doing this intentionally to hurt joe biden, not necessarily because he wants to become president himself, but to maybe split that vote for biden and then possibly help president trump secure another four years? >> i mean, that's been the word

that's been going on. i talked to a lot of black celebrities who believe that very thing. they believe that kanye west is doing this intentionally to help president trump and as you know, kanye west is a big friend of president trump and he's saying nothing but praises and he said this was the first time in his life, i believe, if i'm correct, forgive me if i'm wrong, i believe he said this is the first time he's actually going to vote, and he's going to be voting for president trump. so if he were to be hatching a plan to benefit president trump, i'm sure the white house and president trump would be very happy because just a small percentage of the black vote, not voting for joe biden, would help president trump enormously. carley: very interesting. rob: there's also a chance that he doesn't believe tha the poll numbers with biden leading. if you look at the states where he's not allowed to appear on the ballot, there are some pretty big states, new york, texas, illinois, north carolina,

big swing state. i mean, it doesn't help, doesn't help his cause. >> that's correct. but again, a write-in is a totally different situation. so for people who support joe biden, they should be concerned because if you think back to when kanye west began to endorse president trump, you saw his black support go up. talking about president trump. his black support went up enormously. we sat down on his network and we talked about wow, how is president trump getting all this black support now, it was because of kanye west. kanye west can do a lot of damage to joe biden. and they should be concerned. carley: moving on to the election between president trump and joe biden, you have said that you think that the president has done more for the black community than the former vice president. why do you say that? >> absolutely. and i have a piece that came out in the new york post and foxnews.com, pick it up, i encourage people to take a look at that at foxnews.com. so here's my consideration.

joe biden to me is a person who should not be running for president right now. and i say that for a number of reasons especially considering the fact that he cemented his status as a nominee, they'll nominate him at the convention because of the black vote. when we look at the black vote and look at policies which joe biden has supported, i think of the 86 crack laws which provided disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine, providing that crack cocaine which african-american as we know a lot used during that time in the '80s and '90s, they had a higher penalties in jail. when we think about police brutality and the folks saying that racial discrimination doesn't exist or institutional racism, that came out with the '94 crime bill providing funding for local government to have harsher policing system. rob: there's a lot of things he has to answer for.

that's absolutely true. >> 100%. rob: thank you so much. good to see you again. we've got to run. we'll be right back. >> thank you. ♪ book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. . .

♪ >> real quick three owners of the washington redskins looking to sell their stake in the team. 40% not happy being a partner with owner daniel schneider. comes as the team comes discussing its names amid pressure from sponsors. banking firm searching for

possible buyers. carley: calls for hamilton. after the broadway musical's debut on critics play. alexander hamilton's life should not be celebrated. "fox & friends" starts right now with mark meadows on in the 8:00 hour. ainsley: we begin with a fox news alert. violence erupting all across america on the fourth of july weekend. dozens of people were killed in shootings in several major cities, steve? >> steve: a number of victims, ainsley, children. youngest ones just 7 and 8 years old. brian: todd piro joins us live as president trump offers federal help to stop the violence. will they take it, todd? todd: that's the question, steve, ainsley and brian, good morning to all three 6 you, a weekend of celebration turning no a weekend of mourning for so many. let's start in chicago where at least 77 people were shot. 14 of them killed. including a 14-year-old boy and