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>> can we agree to redirect some of the funding? >> absolutely. >> it is thursday july 9th. happening at 5 am in a push to the left joe biden says he supports defunding police and is working in tandem with bernie sanders to lock in the liberal vote. rob: the progressive roadmap they just laid out. >> a actress known for fox show is missing and presumed dead after an accident in a boat with her son. some of your favorite football players may not take to the field this fall, the coronavirus concerns that could keep them benched. rob: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ got along long way to go

♪ >> what a beautiful shot that is. >> the sky looks purple. gorgeous. todd: right over central part 10 of 12 blocks north of where we are sitting right now and good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. carley: thanks for starting the day with us. let's dive right in. looks like joe biden is defunding the police, the president of democratic nominee now says he supports redirecting some money. >> a new interview from the former vice president. >> presumptive democratic presidential nominee joe biden says funding should be redirected from the police even though his campaign said he does

not support defunding the police. >> surplus military equipment for law enforcement, they don't need that was less than you need is a on the coming into the neighborhood like the military invades you, they become the enemy, they are supposed to be protecting these people. my generic point -- >> we agree we can redirect some of the funding? >> yes absolutely. >> biden siding with bernie sanders's dance on recommendations for a more progressive america, federal funding to create a civilian board of unarmed first responders and social workers, trained mental health specialists who can handle nonviolent emergencies freeing up officers to concentrate on the most serious crimes. the streets of america are growing more dangerous, chicago and new york city seeing a rise in crimes, james comeer said biden's plan is a bad deal. >> this is another political op by joe biden, another example of

how out of touch he is. you really want to defund the police. >> as crimes go of the nypd cannot keep up with retirement filings. between june 20 ninth and july 6th of this year 179 officers filed for retirement compared to the same time last year when only 35 officers filed, 400% increase you to you due to lack of respect and loss of overtime pay and forcing the nypd to limit retirement applications. on the other end of the country the los angeles police department investigating a spike in sick call outs, the nypd looking at whether this has any connection to the suspected blue flu. active protests by the police. >> retirement numbers say it all. william barr addressing racial injustice amid nationwide

unrest. >> i do think it is a widespread phenomenon that african-american males in particular are treated with suspicion and not given the benefit of the doubt. carley: the attorney general hopes the death of george floyd is a catalyst for change, william barr held a police reform event with some -- south carolina senator tim scott, they defended the need for police and slammed efforts to defend them. he has gone back to the drawing board on his police reform bill and met with democrats to come to a new agreement. todd: rob: former governor of south carolina nikki haley worked on police reform and saw the dangers of socialists run countries and turning away from police. >> i know about dirty cops we can sell carolina we had to deal with the shooting of walter

scott. we brought law enforcement together, brought the scott family together and we passed the first body camera built in the country. if they really want results this is not how you do it. you don't get rid of police, you bring them together because there are more good cops than bad cops and i am telling you if they want to turn into venezuela, defund the police. >> actress niagara rivera presumed dead after going missing when boating with her son on a california lake. there and terry county sheriff the provinces boaters found her 4-year-old child's sleeping alone on the boat just north of los angeles, the child telling police they went swimming but his mom never returned. police believe rivera drowned, the search will resume at daylight. >> in a few hours secretary of defense mark esper will appear

in front of the house armed services committee to testify on a crackdown of protests in washington dc as mike pompeo is expected to testify on reports that russia offered bounties for the death of us troops in afghanistan. tim joined us earlier to explain what we can expect. >> the president was not briefed because the reports were verified collect intelligence community consensus, that is what you're going to find, leadership in both parties was slow to get to the facts and be transparent with the members, that seems to be an ongoing problem. >> us at intelligence has yet to verify reports of us soldier bounties. >> the cdc releasing new guidelines for safely reopening schools next week as donald trump friends to cut funds if schools do not reopen this fall. >> richardson live as governors demanded extension to the public health emergency declaration.

>> reporter: the trump administration is telling local districts to wrap up distance learning and bring students back to the classroom tweeting, quote, i disagree with cdc guidelines on a tough and expensive guidelines for opening schools, they want them open it asking schools to do very impractical things. i will be meeting with them. the administrations is the cdc will issue new recommendations next week to local officials on reopening schools. the president also claims democrats think school -- close school's will help them politically ahead of the november elections and warns his administration may cut off funding if schools stay close. >> schools are not going to reopen again, breaking that promise. why should they receive funds for something they are not going to do? >> reporter: most school funding

is local though many districts are announcing their reopening plans, new york city, the nation's largest school district says there is a hybrid system where students go in two or three days a week, local officials are stressing it is their call as to when and how they reopen schools. >> reporter: school reopening's are a state decision period, the president does not have the authority to open schools. >> i appreciate your desire to get us back into schools but i would appreciate their desire to help us figure out how to get back into school. >> reporter: governors calling on the administration to extend the coronavirus national emergency that is set to expire at the end of this month. as for tracking school openings johns hopkins university has tracked this virus around the world. has a new online tool where you can check out nationwide how schools, what the plans are on reopening across the nation.

carley: texas school district order to reopen campuses in august to receive state funding, lieutenant governor dan patrick said that decision isn't about politics but about the students. >> the american pediatric association said today because of the way we ended school virtually we have 10 percent-20% of students in america that are missing, they have disappeared from the system and the gap between those who are leading their class and those with a lot of work to make up, virtual learning, while important in certain areas, killing those who need the help. we need them back in the classroom. carley: as part of greg abbott's executive order children 10 and older will be required to wear masks. fans will pay their respects to country music icon charlie daniels. a public visitation will be held at the same funeral home where hundreds honor him at a patriotic memorial service.

♪ rob: tracy lawrence one of several musicians, flex fly half staff over the state capital tomorrow. the country legend passed away from stroke monday at 83 years old. republicans slamming the far left breathe act as an attempt to destroy policing as we know it. >> it is clearly a serious effort to compete in the woke olympics, the only way i know to improve their bill is with a rip. >> will talk about that will and what office is on the ground think. >> nypd detective angel mason joins us next.

>> you need americans going to support the men and women in the field and this may is not going to do that. >> i lay the problems in new york city at the feet of bill diblasio. >> chaos and lawlessness in poverty and lack of opportunity. i really believe he has to be removed and this you won't survive him staying in the remainder of his term. >> calls for new york city mayor bill diblasio to step down grow stronger with no end insight for the septic environments. >> from bail reform to defunding the nypd, can the big apple survive the democrat's term. it to react, angel mason it, good to see you, good morning. we have all seen the numbers about the spike in crime going on throughout the country especially in new york city. the key question is what do you think new york city will look

like in 5 or 10 years if these policies are kept in place the cops say make it harder for them to do their job. >> the 80s early 90s, the crack mores, a lot more deaths unfortunately, a lot more shootings, it will go back to the horrible times when i first came on the job in 1992. >> why is that the politicians that institute policies like this, what is it they can't understand that you would like to push into their heads that they don't get? >> the police aren't the enemy. they are necessary. we are out there doing our job to the best of our ability and we need to be out there in the easy line between anarchy and safe communities.

carley: bill diblasio has blamed the spike in crime on the coronavirus and summer but you talk to police officers in these communities and they place the blame on the bail reform law, they say they are re-arresting the same people over and over again. >> a lot of times you arrest somebody, this was in the 90s, they are out, letting these people into the streets not taking into account their prior history or their record so along with bail reform you get somebody in and it is a revolving door, the criminals are out and they come out and 2 hours later committing crimes and homicides. rob: taking these policies further, members of the squad, for this left members of congress introducing the breeze act that they will try to push through, the idea to defund

police department, eliminating ankle monitor units, gaining units, get rid of immigration and customs enforcement, getting rid of the dea, what do you make of this plan? >> it is never going to happen. the consequences will be too deadly, worse than what is "happening now" across the city and urban communities across the country. the large proponent of it you mentioned before was the defunding of ice, this has been a big push on their end. you get rid of ice, you get rid of an agency that investigates not only immigration but investigate human trafficking, drug trafficking, gun trafficking and immigrant communities, immigrant communities, minority communities, just doesn't make sense, doesn't make sense, the

gangs, they have to identify the most violent offenders, keep them away from people in the community. carley: i want to ask you as a former detective i know you have a lot of connections to law enforcement, what is it like right now to be a member of the nypd? >> nobody wants the job anymore, they are retiring in droves, 40 retirement today, you have a 400% increase in people trying to pull the plug, it is a job nobody wants unfortunately. rob: good to see you. carley: the time is 19 minutes after the are. will your favorite football stars be on the field this fall more on the sidelines? the nfl tentative plan to let players sit out the 2020 season.

rob: fire festival part 2, social media reaction to this food being served to nba players in the orlando bubble. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪

>> university of california planning to sue ice over on student visas which require certain students to take in person classes or face deportation. constitutional law attorney general us to this earlier and says the rule is common sense. >> if everyone is taking the class online there is no reason to provide a visa and have them come over anyway.

we all experience that during covid-19 and during the pandemic the we can all participate in online. >> 7 universities are suing or support lawsuits against ice. >> could spend one year behind bars if you violated colorado city's new facemask mandate. this feeling a work just south of denver will require all residents over 6 years old to wear face masks outside as coronavirus cases increase was highlighters will have the right to a trial and could face a year in prison or $2,600 fine. >> the nfl will reportedly give players the option to opt out of the 2020 season. >> pro football remains in doubt, the ivy league decided to cancel fall sports this year. todd piro joins us with how players feel about playing in the fall. >> the nfl network saying

general managers were told there would be a specific date in place players need to decide to opt out but as of now it is still up in the year. houston, jj watts is too early to decide on playing out the season saying in part, quote, i don't think we are at a point where people are making that decision because we don't have enough information, several players expressed concerns over returning to the field, buffalo bills wide receiver 7 biggs mrs. football but adds there is so many unanswered questions with the upcoming season. i would be lying if i said i was comfortable starting back up. it college the ivy league canceling fall sports taking a wait-and-see approach going forward. >> has campus policies change, we can modify what is happening. the hope is by deciding only on fall competition we can wait and see what happens with winter competition and spring competition.

>> reporter: michigan's coach jim harbaugh hopes to play this all saying he does not believe sports will spread covid-19. major schools already feeling the financial effects from the virus, stanford cutting 11 sports teams to help recover pandemic losses and stanford has a lot of money. imagine what will happen to those programs that don't have as much money. >> will be spring football for us this year. we will have to wait and see. >> the nba pointing the finger elsewhere after social media users blasted the food as being served nba players at their isolation bubble in orlando. a spokesperson says the food quality will change when mandatory quarantines are over. carley: those are puny portions, these are big guys. afterwards players will have access to, quote, various restaurants on campus and delivery options to choose from and each team will have a nutritionist.

rob: they are spreading this to airplane food and the viral failed fire festival food. carley: many sounding off, a whole nba lunchable, hopeable. chloroquine tommy says i'm sure a lot of homeless and poor people would love a free meal like that, just saying. >> another twitter user says it is just me or am i the only one not losing sleep over athletes eating cafeteria food for a little bit. the time is 27 minutes after the hour. the cost of the unrest in portland adding up, tens of millions lost during the riots. >> little sisters of the poor successful member to opt out of obamacare's birth control mandate. what this means? sister constance joins us on her

supreme court victory coming up.

rob: a check of the top stories is one, new police body can transcript and report's death, thomas latest forward to get out of his vehicle after asking to see his hands ten times, ford told police more than 20 times that he could not breathe after he was put on the ground. his attorney filed to dismiss the charges against him. >> new york city will begin changing their black lives mural outside trump tower. bill diblasio is expected to participate, donald trump slammed the project, blasting the mayor to going ahead with the mural while the city cuts the nypd budget. >> joe biden and bernie sanders release a list of recommendations that lay out a roadmap for the party.

this 110 page platform focuses on an array of issues like climate change, justice reform, education, immigration, healthcare and the economy. it does not include a few major progressive talking points like the green new deal or medicare for all. >> a major win for religious liberty, the supreme court ruling in favor of the little sisters of the poor upholding religious and moral exemptions for birth control coverage. >> that ended a years long legal fight, joining us live to the react, sister constance, thank you for coming on, we appreciate it. tell us what this means to your organization. >> we were so relieved to get this decision. it has been a very long battle for us and we were very grateful and relieved to be able to turn our attention back to caring for our elderly residents. >> you said it would be unthinkable to go along with this mandate but did it ever

cross your mind what you would do if this ruling came down not in your favor? >> it crossed our minds, but we trust completely in god's providence. we were really sure that if we remained faithful to our mission god would take care of us in the end. >> tell us for viewers that don't know, what was mandated here and what was trying to be done, what they were trying to force your organization to do. >> the contraceptive mandates required all employers to provide contraceptives including abortive agents, i should say requires because the contraceptive mandates still stands. we did not seek to strike it down, we were just asking for a religious exemption from it because according to catholic teachings we couldn't in conscience provide

contraceptives and abortive agents and the big issue for us was for those who could not comply with the mandate they were very significant fine so for all a sisters across the country for all of our houses it would have been about $70 million a year in fines and that would essentially, not that we are a business but as the expression goes it would have put us out of business, would have had to end our ministry in the united states because we couldn't afford fines like that. we rely on donations to make up 50% of our operating so fines of $70 million are unthinkable. shannon: a lot of people first learned about the sisters of the poor through this court case, for those who don't know tell us a little bit about your mission and the good work you do? >> we were founded in france in the nineteenth century and we have been in the united states

for 152 years, we came in 1868. our mission has always been to care for the needy elderly. allow residents are seniors who would not be able to afford care in other texas facilities and here in the united states all of our homes provide multi-levels of care so that we can care for seniors who are independent but need financial assistance as well as those who are in firm and frail. rob: reaction from joe biden, i'm disappointed in the supreme court decision that will make it easier for the trump pens administration to strip healthcare from women. physically path to fixing it, a president who will protect every aspect of before the correct, someone outraged over this ruling saying nuns should have

no say in reproductive rights. how do you respond to a tweet like that? >> we are just trying to protect our own religious liberty and to safeguard ourselves from having to violate our catholic faith. we are not out to hurt anybody or dismantle the affordable care act. we just wanted our own religious liberty respected. carley: the decision came down your favor and i am sure you are thanking god for that and thank you for talking to us about it. >> thank you for having me. rob: the father mourning the loss of his 19-year-old son shot and killed in seattle's chop zone, support pouring in from around the world, horace lorenzo anderson spoke to sean hannity on the response to his emotional appearance earlier this month. >> people i don't even know just reach out to me saying you are a

great dad. i wish i had a dad like you. >> support didn't stop there. anderson says he got a call from the president who offered condolences during his son's funeral service. >> portland police say weeks of protests and riots are costing city businesses $23 million, demonstrations and this week in the city, portland's police chief saying a majority of protests are peaceful but there are agitators causing violence. authorities of used tear gas to disperse demonstrations was one person is killed after a severe tornado touched down in minnesota, a driver capturing this one in the city of dalton. watches another twister hits the city of ashby. >> ally god! that is an actual tornado.

rob: an awesome site when you see one in person, severe storms sweeping the northern us. this is in maine. a massive lightning strike sets that tree on fire from the inside out. i've seen pictures of that happening, incredible to see it in the video. unbelievable what lightning can do. janice is here to talk about the weather. amazing to see that. >> incredible and thankfully no injuries, lightning can cause incredible damage and death every year. let's look at the tornado reports. as you mentioned in parts of minnesota but also illinois, nebraska, towards kansas, the same areas are going to potentially get more severe weather today including large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, there is the severe thunderstorm watch in kansas, missouri, and oklahoma. we have severe thunderstorm

warnings as well in parts of south dakota. this will be ongoing. next point of business is possible development of fact off the coast of the mid-atlantic and the northeast, regardless if it becomes a or not the results will be the same, heavy rainfall, gusty winds, bad beach days for parts of the mid-atlantic towards the northeast into friday and saturday and look at the accumulating rainfall on one of these forecast models, several inches of rain in and around new york city, this will impact millions of folks towards the weekend. also watching tropical storm christina in the pacific scheduled to be a hurricane in the next couple days but moving away from land so lots to talk about in the tropics and we will cover the severe weather as well. back to you. carley: some employees reportedly request the company

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rob: a minor clarification, mike pompeo would attend a house hearing on reports of those russian bounties on american troops. he was invited to testify. it is unclear if he will attend. we don't know yet but we will see. >> you could get a tax break for watching sports, the white house is considering giving americans a deduction on their annual tax liabilities for attending professional sporting events. rob: cheryl casone he with how this might work.

we are having all this talk about stage iv stimulus, sporting events have come into play. the administration has discussed making attending a sporting event a tax deduction. larry kudlow says it is on a wish list on way to juice of the economy, the national hockey league, nba, major league baseball trying to restart the season so the question for the fans, it is unclear if fans are going to be in football stadiums of limited capacity, the president reportedly wants a tax break for business and entertainment and this would be layered into that. carley: you transition to what we want to ask about next which is summer food.

>> reporter: everything is boiling hot, sonic introduced a triple layer lemon berry slush float, there it is. this is frozen lemonade which they already have and they top it with vanilla ice cream and strawberry. it was most popular in the south, texas, oklahoma, mississippi, arizona, not to be undone, burger king released a mini shake for those worried about their beach bodies, my first thought but it is a night out drink, this next one that you decide about, they make catch up and getting into ice cream. a lot of people have the ketchup version, do-it-yourself, time flavored dessert, you get a recipe card, on top of the ice cream and scooper's and a large bottle of whatever you choose

$17, looking on the website, the ketchup is sold out but the mayo and bbq still available. rob: ketchup ice cream? i just wanted -- carley: which is available? >> reporter: mayo is available in the salad dressing version. chloroquine you are all getting that this year. i'm is 40 after the hour, let's check in with brian kilmeade for what is coming up on "fox and friends". listen, let me tell you what is on the agenda, coming up, kevin mccarthy will be pushing for schools to reopen and argues congress should work on preventing a child care crisis as officers try to stamp out the virus with more fresh air, cases are rising in the southeast,

arizona, florida, texas. doctor oz will be here how to push back in the southeast as we did in the northeast. democrat, republican from new jersey joins us for he takes on amy kennedy who is a democrat like jeff andrew was in jeffrey epstein's confidant is behind bars, hired a defense attorney, will she talk? is the government guaranteeing her safety? nancy grace is here on that and privilege to have with us the ppp, the trump organization, eric trump will join us about his dad's prospected his big speech saturday in new hampshire. and a texas police officer rushes into the line of fire to save a young boy's life. he will meet that officer on "fox and friends" and i ask you

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rob: donald trump will meet with hispanic leaders before signing an executive order on the white house hispanic prosperity initiative at the rose garden ceremony. what do they want to see before they vote in november, the culture intel, willie gill, tell us what this initiative is and what this meeting is today at the white house. >> we have yet to know the contents of the executive order.

we do now hispanic americans are in a very big and important component of american society. canadians in canada and ironically it will be the largest and fastest growing voting block this coming november but beyond politics, it is important to see and value the contributions of this particular segment, i am proud of being part of and i will be there at the rose garden this afternoon but doesn't matter. i'm here with you sharing the news. it will be exciting to watch and hear the specifics of what the president will share the hispanic leader. rob: it will be a surprise, that kind of research and what is done today and we don't know, keep a close -- close to the vest. it is, white house prosperity initiative, helping hispanic americans become more prosperous and some surprising numbers. a lot of people find joe biden

does lead in hispanic support but donald trump's support has grown in the last four years. we look at this next poll since the 2016 exit poll where we he had 28% supported has gone up to 39% at a time the president is not doing that well in the polling, his numbers going up, what does that mean? >> biden is lagging behind what hillary clinton was able to secure among hispanics, 66%, 58. you have donald trump rising among hispanics which is puzzling to many strategists. we have been running big data using 5.6 million data points and sure enough the data numbers show 33% positive among hispanics. it is about the economics.

despite rhetoric on immigration and other tension points hispanics are here to live the american dream and the kitchen table issues that matter to your family, your businesses, your job, ultimately what moves that segment, 3 in ten hispanics qualify. it will be fascinating to see how we refocus on the economy and what this executive order means to hispanic american community and how biden is going to catch up or not. rob: we will see what happens today, thanks for coming on, we appreciate it. carley: 54 after the hour. collected garbage to pay for college, now he is headed to harvard. is inspiring success story next. .

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rob: ceo defends using after calls on auto make tore stop production. tim hacket responding in part smarter ford vehicles can be used to not only improve officer's ability to protect and serve but provide data to make police safer and more accountable. hacket ford will continue while supporting the black lives matter movement and calling for change. a truck honoring law enforcement will race this weekend in

nascar's truck series. driver rubbing is teaming up with the wounded blue organization saying it is a difficult time for officers. >> i know everyone is scared at this time and i totally get it. i will be standing in honor of the men and women in blue. carley: can you catch saturday's race at the kentucky speedway on fox sports one. rob: first one to complete green beret training sets to graduate today. the i'd tiff the special forces sergeant she has big hopes of going into active duty the army opens special operations jobs to women in 2016. and this is a great story here. this former garbage collector is now ivy league bound. stanton is trading in his job for a harvard acceptance letter. he grew up in poverty and struggled with school but his dad always found him a tutor. jillian: stanton said everything he is doing is to thank his loved ones for their sacrifice. he plans to pursue a law degree

and this story just give me all the good feelings and chills. rob: had to defer payments on mortgage for a while because he had some struggles. they got it done. carley: the american dream. "fox & friends" right now. ♪ ♪ ainsley: well, good morning, it is thursday. it is 6:00 a.m. here on the east coast. we are social distancing. steve: we are. apes ain't steve is over there brian is over there i'm here in the middle. so glad you are waking up with us. thank you so much. steve: good morning, everybody. today is the 9th day of july. we are right smack dab in the middle of summer. ainsley: hard to believe. brian: keep in mind if you are at home we are in studio. steve: we showed the wide sho