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edition of "fox & friends." i'm joined by griff jenkins today and jason chaffetz who served alongside lewis. jason: during his three decades in congress, john lewis never stopped fighting for justice. he continued to serve despite being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer late last year. griff: for more on his life of patriotism and service here is jonathan seare. >> hate is too heavy a burden to bear. >> with the death of john lewis, america has lost one of the most iconic figures of the civil rights movement. >> he's as close to being a saint as anybody i have lived with. >> on february 21, 1940, lewis was born into a family of share crime stoppers near troy, alabama. growing up in the jim crow south he became acutely aware of racial injustice and found inspiration in the sermons of dr. martin luther king jr. >> dr. king was his spiritual

follower. >> as will student nonviolent coordinating committee and organized peaceful protests that segregated lunch counters and bus terminals throughout the south. he was the youngest speaker march on washington. helped lead a march h edmund sel pettis bridge in selma, bmw. televised images of the violent police crack down galvanized support in 1965. >> the one thing you will is to do the will of god no matter what the cost. and john lewis walked into congress with that same sense of oneness with god. >> in 1981, lewis won a seat on the atlanta city council. five years later he was elected to congress where he has served georgia wants fifth congressional district for nearly four decades.

lewis was a member of the congressional black caucus and served on the committee on ways and means. he continued to champion progressive causes, including women's rights, immigrant rights, and healthcare reform. although a member of the washington establishment, lewis never lost his activist spirit. in 2016, he led democrats in a surprise sith-n the house chamber to call for gun control. and lewis boycotted inaugurations of both george w. bush and donald trump prompting a barrage of angry tweets from the latter president describing the congressman's georgia district as in horrible shape and falling apart. two years later, lewis joined the chorus of democratic house members calling for president trump's impeachment. >> i believe, i truly believe, the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come. >> yet, in the most polarizing of times, lewis won the respect of colleagues from both sides of the aisle. >> he is a fighter in the positive sense of the word.

>> despite his lifelong efforts for equal rights lewis admitted he never dreamed it possible that america would one day elect a black president. >> from his act i have. in the civil rights movement to his nearly 25 years in the house of representatives, john r. lewis. >> when president barack obama awarded lewis the presidential medal of freedom in 2011 the ceremony took on added significance. >> john lewis is my hero. he's my friend and a great role model for me and a great example to me. he has been a great leader for the civil rights movement. >> hi, how are you doing? >> in late 2019 lewis announced he faced a different kind of battle, a fight for his life against stage four pancreatic cancer. he continued to serve in congress while undergoing treatment saying there was still plenty of unfinished business to be done. it is that fighting spirit that enshrined the legacy of this gentle warrior of the civil rights movement. in atlanta, jonathan serrie, fox news.

griff: it's hard to overstate the significance of lewis' legacy. we saw that great package by jonathan serrie ending with president obama putting the medal of freedom around lewis' neck. and at that moment in 2011, president obama said generations will read about lewis used from now and they will learn what courage is about, a powerful, powerful moment in our history. and, jason, you had the honor of serving alongside him. jason: griff, it he really it was an honor. weighs icon. sweet man with a forceful voice. while i disagreed with him on a lot of things politically, nobody could ever doubt his commitment to the civil rights movement and those things that he believed in. i think it was very appropriate that president obama was able to award him that medal of freedom. i think it was a great moment for the country. and, he walls a good forceful

voice and i got to tell you, his dedication to his cause throughout his entire life is an inspiration to a lot of people and his voice will be sorely missed, jedediah. jedediah: yeah, an absolute legend in the civil rights movement. someone who fought tirelessly for what he believed in and at a time right now you when the country where there is so much division, a voice that will most certainly be missed. we are going to bring in dr. alveda king fox news contributor and niece of dr. martin luther king jr. she is joining us on the phone. doctor, welcome to the show as always. a somber day here as we discuss the passing of congressman lewis. what is your reaction to the unfortunate news that has unfolded? >> good morning. this is a very poignant day in american history. congressman lewis is everything that was just stated in that beautiful tribute to him, of

course. i remember congressman lewis as a very strong and a very gentle voice. he, of course, has served america for many, many years and was certainly a civil rights icon. he will be missed. griff: alveda, i want to ask you because your uncle led the march on washington. but, of course, the youngest member there, the youngest speak at 23 years old, john lewis, yet to become a congressman. and it really speaks to what he may mean to the younger generation and generations to come. what do you hope they know about john lewis' legacy? >> i believe it's very important today when we remember 1963, and also that moment just a couple of years later on the edmund pettus bridge in selma. john lewis is a beautiful example of strength and courage.

i do agree that even my views and john's views through the years were a little different as a christian evangelist i function from what's called a biblical world view. and john has always been certainly a champion for social justifiable. now, those platforms are different, but the principle is there that we see in the beautiful lives of congressman john lewis, that strength, that courage, that little, that tenacity is something that every person, young or old, can certainly admire and regard. my father, reverend alfred daniel was on edmund pettus bridge that same day that young john lewis was there and was brutally beat. my father was beaten, also; however, john's injuries were so much more severe. my daddy during his lifetime, my

dad was killed the year after martin luther king jr., my uncle in 1969. my dad we lost him as well in that same movement. daddy greatly admired john as well and certainly i do. my younger cousin called congressman lewis uncle john. i'm more closely contemporary. i'm 70 years old. john was 80. i marched during that same time period and had the opportunity to see that living courage that john had. jedediah: alveda we would like to you stick with us. we would love to get your reaction to another fox news alert that we have coming in right now because overnight 18 police officers are hurt after a protest take as violent turn in chicago. [shouting]

rioters hurling rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers guarding a christopher columbus statue after they try toppling it to the ground? [chanting] bring it down. bring it down. jedediah: 12 people were arrested at the protest. alveda we see this continuing theme where you have what were once nonviolent protests turning violent. toppling of statues. what is your reaction to this continuing unfortunate trend happening around the country? >> during their life times, my father reverend martin luther king jr. the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. resisted that type of violence with prayer. and with faith. it is time for the christian community and the faith community, that includes everyone who believes in god to stand up and resist this violence. dr. martin luther king jr. talks about something called soul

force. and our souls our wills, our minds and our emotions, we have to get those in line with the word and the power of god. martin luther king jr. also said that the day would come, he was praying and believing for the day when it would not be black power or white power. but god power. and human power we are one human race. and we really can learn to live together as brothers and sisters and not per rickenbacke perish . that type of violence is uncontrolled emotion, frustration. and it has to be met with faith, hope, and love. i am asking the faith community to rise up in prayer and strength and to be present, not absent, during this time. this is something that all people, young and old, the human race, every ethnicity must come

together to resist this evil. jedediah: dr. alveda king a voice of peace and strength that inspires us all, always. thank you so much for being here on this somber day. over to you, griff. griff: important words, thank you, dr. alveda king. turning now to your other headlines though starting with a fox news alert violent protests continuing overnight in portland, oregon. [shouting] [cheers] griff: rioters clashing with police throwing tear gas back at officers unlawful assembly at courthouse as try blocking the entrance with fences. all of this as the city's mayor will president trump for deploying federal troops. >> this is explicit abuse of power and places federal officers and oregonians in danger. mr. president, federal agencies should never be used as your own personal army.

griff: police say they arrested 20 people overnight. and first-time candidate jamaal bowman wins the democratic nomination in historic primary upset. bowman winning by roughly 15 point margin ousting 16-term eliot engel from his seat in new york's 16th congressional district. the race taking a month to call because of mail-in. bowman progressive insurgent is backed by alexandria ocasio-cortez and those are your headlines. jed? jedediah: still ahead, another violent week in chicago. a five-month old grazed by a bullet in a drive-by shooting. up next, meet the local pastor calling for peace. ♪ usaa is made for what's next we're helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa.com

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jason: chicago someone of several u.s. cities seeing massive uptick in crime. last week alone 127% increase in shooting incidents compared to the same time period in 2019. this as we learn a 5-month-old was grazed by a bullet during a drive by shooting. thankfully the infant is now in recovery. next guest hidz an organization that aims to end violence in the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. joining me now is the ceo of project hood, pastor corey brooks. pastor, thanks for joining us this morning. tell us what does hood stand for and what are you trying to accomplish? >> hood stands for helping others obtain destiny. we started an organization that focuses on eradicating violence and poverty specifically on the south sides of chicago. we have a violence impact team that goes out every single day to try to have encounters with individuals who sometimes are shooters or have the potential to be shot. so that we can get rid of the violence in our neighborhood.

jason: now, pastor, in chicago alone, this past june, there were 424 shootings compared to 242 the year before astro no, al numbers. how are we going to solve this and what is the role of the police? >> well, i think the way we are going to solve it is we have to take responsibility and take our communities back. we can't continue to always wait on government and wait on the police department and all the other individuals who are trying to assist us. we, as individuals who live in these neighborhoods have to stand up, be accountable and make sure that we take our neighborhoods back. the police role is the same as always been, to serve and to protect. i think in chicago they are doing the best that they can possibly do. i think the police department here in chicago works very hard to try to eradicate the violence that we're experiencing in our neighborhoods. i do wish that we could get more

engagement. go right ahead. jason: you say you want to take these streets back, you want to take these neighborhoods back. how are you as a pastor going to do that? >> well, jason, we go out into the blocks every single day. you have to go where the shooters are you have to go into the neighborhoods. you have to go to where the people who have the potential to be shot. you have to go where they're. you have to have encounters with them. you have to have engagement with them and conversation. until we do that give them another alternative and some more opportunities, we're going to continue to see these shootings every single day in the city of chicago. jason: very quickly, do people have the confidence in the police? >> i think morale is a little low. i think the confidence could be better. i think that as police gets more engaged in the community and as we get more dialogue with the police department and see the police showing up not just for busts but being engaged in the

community we could build better trust. jason: pastor corey brooks god bless you and your service, thank you. >> thank you, jason, appreciate it. joyce joyce top scientific panel urging schools to reopen full time. dr. nesheiwat is on the front lines of the coronavirus. what does she think? she will join us live coming up next. ♪ you doing okay?

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sarah pearl posting this photo in a now deleted tweet it reads, quote: please keep calling cops pigs, pigs are highly intelligent and empathetic animals who would never radically you. she calls for defunding. >> american schools to open full time. according to the sciences of medicine, opening schools provide families beyond education including by providing child care, full services. schools risk children falling behind and exsass diser baghtd educational iniquities. this comes as the economists warns that the risk of keeping schools closed far outweigh the benefits. here to react and weigh in fox news medical contributor dr. janette nesheiwat. welcome to the show as always. >> than thank you. jedediah: what do you make of the science of academy school

medicine on reopening? >> i completely agree with them. this is a well-respected organization. and i agree. the benefits of having children in the classroom far outweigh the risk of coronavirus. a study out of britain shows that these children under the age of 10, especially, are 1,000 times less likely to die from coronavirus than someone who is over the age of 65. look at the science and the facts. also, take easy, simple understanding. children, especially under the age of 10, they cannot learn efficiently and successfully online. they need that social interaction with their teacher and classmate that allows for psychological development. teachers are more than educators. they are our children's protectors. they are our eyes when we're not around. they can hear and see if child has any problems with their vision, with their behavior. any issues that they can present to the parent to further investigate. so that's one issue.

the other issue is, you know, physically, emotionally, nutritionally, some children only hot meal might be at school. they may suffer from abuse, sadly, at home. so there is a lot more than just an education that they get at school and very important, i do agree, that we need to open, especially if there is an area of low prevalence of viral transmission. jedediah: no question that in-person instruction has significant benefits. one thing that in this aforementioned organization talks about are common sense measures of reopening. they talk about social distancing and mask-wearing for kids in elementary school and up, older than the age of 2, i believe. so what should that look like? should schools just reopen without any safety measures in place? should they, you know, take certain safety measures? what should those measures be? >> sure. every school, depending on your community, depending on level of prevalence of this virus in the

community should have a plan or protocol in place it. depends on where you are and depends on the angeght child, of the student. it's really difficult to have elementary school kids physical distance but you do the best you can. some of the most important things we can do are simple measures like hand-washing, disinfecting the classrooms ryu teenly. do the best you can with spacing out the desk. try to conduct outside, outdoors where there potential tenly may be a less risk of transmission. do temperature checks. check on the temperature throughout the day. how are they feeling? normal behavior? do they seem sluggish. all these little things together can fight the transmission of this virus especially if you have maybe one child who might be ill. it's also important for the teachers, the school to have a plan and protocol in place. what if a student gets sick? what will they do? what if a teacher gets sick? what's the protocol and plan in place? not a one-size-fits-all depends on where you are, the age of the student. i think it's definitely doable.

we have seen it successfully happen in germany, in sweden. they have reopened successfully without large outbreak in their schools. so, it can be done we have to have a plan and protocol and well structured plan in place. jedediah: yeah. obviously a very challenging time and another colonel is teacher-to-teacher transmission. teacher to administrator transmission. lots to think about classroom being an extremely unique setting. thank you, doctor, as always for your input and your thoughts. we appreciate it? >> a pleasure. thank you, jed. ♪ jedediah: still ahead, more on our top story, civil rights icon john lewis has died. congressman michael waltz reflects on his life and legacy. that's next. it's not just fund fees that matter.

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jason: we are back with a fox news alert. congressman and icon john lewis passing away overnight at the age of 80 after a seven month battle of pancreatic cancer. jedediah: tributes are pouring in for lewis house speaker nancy pelosi reading john lewis was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation. griff: kevin mccarthy writing it was a true privilege to call john a friend i admired him and will miss him. his life and legacy of patriotism will endure for as long as america does. we want to bring in now another

man who served with him. representative michael waltz of florida. good morning, congressman. your thoughts on the passing of john lewis? >> well, you know, my colleague john lewis was just a giant of a man. i just watched the movie selma. and one of the things that that brought out how much john was in the center of the fight against violent resistance. how he fought that kind of hate and violence with love. he fought it with hope. and he truly changed his community and he changed his country through nonviolence, with hope and with that love. he was a servant leader in every sense of the word. and, you know, i'm deeply saddened for his loss. and i'm deeply saddened that i couldn't take him up on his invitation to come march with him in selma where he brought together all element of our

society every year. the focus was on the change that he brought but the focus also was on how he and dr. king and others brought it about. and that's something that he lived his entire life and he will be greatly missed. congressman waltz, this is jason chaffetz. you and i had the honorable of serving with congressman lewis. he was a soft and gentle person when you would chat with him one-on-one. he had a definitive voice when he wanted to make it be heard. tell us about your experience with that. that. >> was my experience with him. that's why i call him a servant leader. as a christian jesus walked on this earth with strength and humility. i think that is what john lewis avowed. there was a presence and strength about him. like so many other politicians want to be the loudest person in the room. he didn't need to be. when he was there, you knew it.

and when he spoke, he truly had something to say that was impactful. and i think that's a lesson all of us could take. jedediah: congressman like to keep you with us as we switch to coronavirus. reporting over 10,000 new covid-19 cases on friday. two states making up 30 pierce of all of new cases in the entire country. griff: texas governor greg abbott has implemented a mask mandate florida governor ron desantis has not. 28 states and washington, d.c. have made wearing masks in public mandatory. we want to talk a little bit about the situation in florida. i'm in washington, congressman, and i know the senate, mitch mcconnell, is going town vale his next feyes phase 4 package to try and address the pandemic. and you actually have a piece of it that i want our viewers to hear about. that is you wants to inspire military veterans to become part

of the fight against covid. >> yeah. so we are taking this virus very, very seriously. i will tell you i was just in a i have a hospital. and people, you know, obviously are testing positive. some with mild symptoms. the average age is 39. but they are come in. they are getting treated and released. actually that hospitals told me their average treatment has gone from 12 days down to 8. so as we see that age drop, we are still paying close attention the hospital rate and to death rates, not necessarily to the testing numbers. and i want to get to the bottom of why some of these testing numbers are being so overreported. in terms of the next stimulus package, the senate has what's called the core act. and it's very focused on national service. why is that so important? it incentivizes people to give back to their community. this can be through habitat for humanity. this can be through elderly care, through national park

service. but, how do we get folks back out serving their country, their neighbors, and their community again. meanwhile, we have youth unemployment at 25%, which is just incredible to get them out learning leadership, followership, team work, all things that we know inherently as veterans. and the important thing when you serve you do it with people that don't look like you, that don't come from the same background, right? and that really came home to me when a veteran that i was very close with used to tell me coming from the segregated south the first black man he ever spoke to was his bunk mate in the navy. we have a piece that's going to incentivize that and expand that in next stimulus package. this is backed by veterans groups with honor action and others. i think we need to get americans serving again. that's not a military thing it's an american thing. i'm excited about it. jason: congressman, we need to get your quick reaction because

our own chris wallace from fox news sat down with president trump to talk about a mask mandate. now, this interview in its entirety will air on "fox news sunday." but we have a little clip. listen to this. >> you wore a mask for the first time in public at walter reed this weekend. question, the cdc says if everybody wore a mask for four to six weeks, we could get this under control. do you regret not wearing a mask in public from the start and would you consider -- will you consider a national mandate that people need to wear mask? >> no. i want people to have a certain freedom and i don't believe in that, no. and i don't agree with the statement that if everybody wore a mask everything disappears. hey, dr. fauci said don't wear a mask. our surgeon general, terrific guy said don't wear a mask. everybody was saying don't wear activist that. now the sudden everybody has got to wear mask. as you know masks cause problems, too. with that being said, i'm a believer in masks, i think mask was are good.

jason: more on that interview with donald trump. the president with chris wallace, fascinating interview. it will be on fox news channel "fox news sunday" tomorrow. congressman, your reaction to what the president said. >> i absolutely agree with the president we don't need national mandates. we don't need a ranchner wyoming taking care of his ranch being forced or fined for not wearing a mask. let common sense reign here. when i step into an elevator if i'm crowded with folks i putt the mask on and put it back in my pocket if i'm outside walking my dog. you know, i have seen people literally screaming at people across the street to wear their mask when they are out there by themselves walking on the beach or just oust enjoying time with their family. so, i think this really espouses a difference in how the left approaches things and how conservatives do we're about common sense and individual

responsibility. if you are in to a crowded space indoors, the cdc guidelines if you cannot social distancing and you are forced together for some reason, then pop a mask on. the president did that in the hospital. i did coming in to this building. but, outside, look, let's -- again, let's let common sense rule here. griff: congressman, thank you. jedediah: obviously a very challenging time as businesses try to adapt to the situation and create a safe environment, health officials try to respond to what seems to be an ever-changing virus. congressman michael waltz we appreciate your thoughts and time today. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. jedediah: we will turn to he had lines to you. formal personal tech. charged in the murder of exbox saleem. he allegedly elm beveled 100,000 $ from saleh. police believe that was his motive for murder after failing to pay it back. the tech ceos dismembered body

was found in $2 million apartment in manhattan earlier this week. and overnight, twitter releasing new details on its cyber attack. the hackers targeting a number of twitter employees to gain access into the social media internal system. from there they posted on high profile accounts including joe biden and elon musk using a bit coin scam. the hackers were a group of young friends, one of them was a teen still living with his mom. a truly heart-pounding moment for a group of new jersey transit cops responding to a call to a baby not breathing. one officer immediately performing chest compressionst without skipping a beat. they rushed the baby to the hospital. >> there we go. good girl. good girl. good girl. that baby will thankfully be okay. and those are your headlines. griff? griff: thank goodness. all right, time now it's getting hot out there, let's toss over

to adam klotz and see what the day is going to bring, really getting humid, at least here in d.c., adam. adam: yeah, griff. we are getting into the dog days of summer. it's really hot across the country. that's fueling some big storms for folks in the northern plains, stretching up into the upper midwest. that's going to be one of the big stories. seeing it out right now. take a look at your map, we are tracking very strong thunderstorms sweeping across portions of minnesota. storm reports wind damage, hail damage, that's going to continue to be an issue for the day today right across wisconsin, up the i.p. and into northern michigan otherwise it is all about that heat. temperatures running up in the '70s and 80's early this morning. as i toss it back to you, yes, very, very warm heat indices. that is widespread, guys. 100 degrees, pretty much across the country here a little bit later today. griff: 100, 100, 100. adam klotz, thanks.

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griff: welcome back. russia denying allegations that they are hacking labs and pharmaceutical companies around the globe. cyber senator backed by the nsa claims a russian group targeted various organizations involved in covid-19 vaccine development in canada. the united states and the united kingdom. highly likely the intention of stealing information. here to react fox news contributor and former cia station chief who served in moscow dan hoffman. dan, good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. good morning. griff: i want to ask you i think what everyone wants to know is how successful were these russian hacking groups? we have heard them called cozy

bear and that they may have been in 2016 hacking the dnc successfully. how successful were they in hack this vaccine research? >> well, apparently they have not been extremely successful because we detected that threat and that's what is so important about the announcement this week. it was mental, first and foremost, to name and shame russia. damage their reputation while the world is trying to find a vaccine for covid-19. russia is conducting espionage. again, no surprise there vladimir putin was a kgb officer and ran russia's ruthless internal security police, the sfb. this is also a warning, you know, to russia that we can counter attack as we did allegedly in 2018 during the midterms when we launched our own cyber attack against russia's internet research agency and it's also public service announcement particularly to our scientific community to be on alert that russian intelligence is using this cozy bear. they have done it since way back

in 2016 when they targeted the state department and the white house as well as as you point out the dnc during the elections. >> dan, i want to shift you from russia to china. we also had secretary pompeo with pretty strong words about china paying a price. here's what he said earlier this week. >> i think the world will make them pay a price. i'm confident that the world will look at china differently and engage them on fundamentally different terms than they did before this catastrophic disaster. griff: your thoughts? i think the united states clearly had already started to swivel our foreign policy into the trump administration countering more effectively and defending ourselves from china. i think that the coronavirus, china's willful attempt, willful effort to conceal the outbreak and the severity of the pandemic i think it was a tipping point for much of the rest of the world. china is militarizing the south

china sea stealing intellectual property. even in the state of texas they bought subsidiary broke wind farm to conduct espionage against air force base. their ambition risk as 21st century cold war and we're leading the way right now in countering and deterring and defending ourselves with our allies from china. griff: dan, just in the seconds we have left, you mentioned china militarizing the south china sea. how big of a threat is that right now? >> >> china set sites on south china sea. threatened philippines in vietnam. what the united states has done is used u.s. military and working with our allies to make it clear that china does not exercise sovereignty over that resource-rich part of the geographic space. and it's going, i think, continue to be an area of

contention. griff: all right. we will continue to follow it. dan hoffman, thank you for taking time. >> thank you. griff: all right. still ahead. forget defund the police. what about defunding liberal universities? it's a new movement. the man behind it, turning point u.s.a.'s charlie kirk joins us thrive explain. allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today.

jedediah: a conservative group is launch ago campaign to redirect donations away from liberal colleges. the initiative from turning point u.s.a. is called divest you and already decommitted $7 million of gifts from harvard and baylor university. here with more on project is founder and turning point u.s.a. charlie kirk.

welcome to the show. >> thank you so much, good morning. >morning. jedediah: tell us what the goals of the enterprise are. >> it's really interesting. as conservatives, i have always been perplexed over the last couple of decades how many conservative donors and philanthropists have continued to fund the most radical left wing institutions in our country. look at the root causes. why do we want thousands of people that want statues to be torn down in our streets or even more than that when you look at the broader population. millions of young people. continually sent our most prized possession, the next generation to centers of learning, that actually teach in gratitude towards america. and i think conservatives have a moral prerogative to not have their hard-earned dollars go towards these centers of left wing indoctrination. it is not about western society or free speech or friday log anymore or meaningful conversation at these colleges. unfortunately it's about one

size fits all ideology where their idea of diversity is everyone looking different but thinking the same. i think it's time for conservatives to use the tactic of divestment to effectuate positive social change. jedediah: what do you actually do? do you call these individuals and how do you get them to decommit their money? >> so a lot of people -- i have had the opportunity to get to know over the last few years have been very successful business people and philanthropists and the examples you just mentioned. let's take harvard, for example, i'm really proud to say that over $6 million in gifts have been decommitted to just harvard alone in the last week because of this project that divest you.com. what's been incredible is thousands of emails has been pouring into our organization of donors also decommitting their gifts from other colleges. we will be announcing them in the next week. basically these donors, we are not telling them what to do with their money. just don't give it to that college do. whatever you want to do decommit the dollars from the previous

universities. jedediah: just to push back a little bit though. what if these donors, what about the idea of just letting these donors give money where they want to give it? what if someone went to a school, for example, had a particular experience there that they cherish, maybe it's not about the ideology of the school or about something else? if we are a country that values freedom and freedom of expression and liberty shouldn't it be up to them where they want to put their money? >> it's a great point of course they have the freedom to do as they wish. s the college we remember 30 years ago is not same college as today. that's a phenomenal point. a lot of these donors have a history and memory that the college is a place of free discussion and a place to study socsocrates and aristotle and that's not the college that exists today. jedediah: charlie, thanks for being here and interested to see how this plays out. appreciate your input. >> thank you so much. jedediah: still ahead this morning, would we are remember john lewis civil rights icon.

he lease stefanik joins us live at the top of the house. don't miss it.

doesn't black or white latino asian-american oar whether they are straight or gay, muslim, christian, or jews. we all live in the same house. griff: this is a fox news alert. john lewis passing away overnight at the age of 80. jedediah: it is a somber morning on this edition of "fox & friends." i'm joined by griff jenkins and jason chaffetz who served along john lewis. jason: good morning. during his decades of service he never failed to fight for justice. he was diagnosed with pancreatic

cancer late last year. griff: for more on his patriotism and service, here is jonathan serrie. >> hate is too heavy a burden to bear. >> with the death of john lewis, america has lost one of the most-chronic figures of the civil rights movement. >> he is as close to being a saint as anybody i have lived with. >> on february 21, 1940, lewis was born into a family of share croppers near troy, alabama. growing with up in the jim crow south, he became acutely aware of racial injustice and found inspiration in the sermons of dr. martin luther king jr. >> dr. king was his spiritual follower. >> as a young man he became chairman of snic student nonviolent coordinating committee and organized peaceful protests that segregated bus terminals and lunch counters throughout the south. he was the youngest speaker 1963 march on washington. he helped lead a march across the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama and suffered a

fractured skull which when state troopers used force to break up the demonstration. televised images of the police crack down galvanized support for the civil rights act of 1965 recommendation the one thing you will is to do the will of god no matter what the cost. and john lewis walked into congress with that same sense of oneness with god. >> 1981 seat on the city council. five months later elected to congress where fifth congressional district for if four decades a member of the congressional black caucus and served on the committee on ways and means. he continued to champion progressive causes including women's rights, immigrant rights and healthcare reform. although a member of the washington establishment, lewis never lost his activist spirit. in 2016 he led democrats in a surprise sit-in in the house chamber to call for gun control.

and lewis boycotted inaugurations of both george w. bush and donald trump, prompting a barrage of angry tweets from the latter president describing the georgia district as in horrible shape and falling apart. two years later joined the chorus calling for donald trump's impeachment. >> i believe, i truly believe, the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come. >> yet, in the most polarizing of times, lewis won the respect of colleagues from both sides of the aisle. >> he is a fighter in the positive sense of the word. >> despite his lifelong efforts for equal rights, lewis admitted he never dreamed it possible that america would one day elect a black president. >> from his activism in the civil rights movement to his nearly 25 years in the house of representatives, john r. lewis. >> when president barack obama awarded lewis the presidential medal of freedom in 2011, the

ceremony took on added significance. >> john lewis is my hero, is my friend and is a great role model for me and is a great example to me. and he has been a great leader for the civil rights movement. >> hi, how are you doing? >> in late 2019 lewis announced he faced a different kind of battle, a fight for his life against stage four pancreatic cancer. he continued to serve in congress while undergoing treatment saying there was still plenty of unfinished business to be done. it is that fighting spirit that enshrined the legacy of this gentle warrior of the civil rights movement. in atlanta, jonathan serrie, fox news. griff: he was known on the hill of the conscious of congress and stilconscience of congress.he hs of the aisle. we want to bring in one his colleagues new york congressman elise stefanik. congresswoman, good morning to you. a somber moment as we reflect on the life and legacy of john lewis.

what are your thoughts? >> it was an honor to be able to serve and walk the halls and be on the house floor with an iconic leader who is so widely respected from both sides of the aisle like john lewis. what an extraordinary life. every american mourns his loss and we are praying for his family. he has been a tremendous leader for racial justice and has just lived an extraordinary life. jason: congresswoman, this is jason chaffetz. thank you for joining us this morning. he had a message of peace, the sound that we heard from him just a few minutes ago was about we all live in the same house. but, when you see the violence that's happening in chicago, in new york, and other places, that message seems to be getting lost. >> john lewis did have a message of peace. he was a leader who always reached out to others, who always sought to bridge divide. hole always spoke about the prosecuting attorneys of peace and working together.

that was one of the reasons he was so widely respected on both sides of the aisle. when he took to the house floor, you could always hear a hush. everyone listened to what he had to say. even if there were policy disagreements, he just is a bee con of light. and, unfortunately, as we are turning on our tv screens, we are seeing violence. we are seeing targeting of law enforcement. we are seeing new york city historic levels of deadly shootings. and we need to work together and support our law enforcement outreach to our community to bridge the divide that exists. but there is no excuse to target our hard-working public servants who are law enforcement officials. jedediah: congresswoman, you mentioned the violence and i want to shift over to chicago where a lot of violence, unfortunately, is happening right now. 18 chicago officers injured as rioters launch fireworks, hurl rocks at them, bottles at them

neither columbus statue this week. what do we do here is the question. because you have this ongoing battle where people feel that law enforcement doesn't represent them. where law enforcement feels like hey, listen, we are trying to keep the community safe. oftentimes we can't get into these zons to do just, that is a disconnect here that needs to be fixed. what do we do? >> well, we have a lot of work. and there are proposals that have been put forth. tim scott has been leading the justifiable act which i'm a co-sponsor of. we need to increase founding for training, outreach to the community. what is not the answer is defunding our police. our police are needed in the communities that are being hurt the most right now, where you are seeing the most violence. we need to defend the police not defund the police and look at how we can have positive change and that's by increasing our training and increasing our community outreach. not turning our backs on hardworking law enforcement there has been footage of the horrible, horrible statements

made to our african-american law enforcement officers. there is no tolerance for racism in this country and we absolutely need to root out bad actors like the case of george floyd's murders. we shouldn't be turning our backs on police which unfortunately we are seeing in new york city today. >> congresswoman we are also seeing a number of back-the-blue rallies in support of law enforcement across the country. i believe you are going to attend one today. >> i am. i am going to back the blue rally. i am excited to announce that i have been endorsed by the police conference of new york. the first member of congress in the delegation. we are seeing widespread grass root support standing up for local law enforcement. standing up for these hard-working men and women who put their lives on the line every single day to ensure the safety and security of every community and every individual and every family. i'm so honored to have earned the endorsement of the police conference of new york which represents police departments all across my district and the state. griff: all right, congresswoman.

jedediah: congresswoman elise stefanik, thanks so much for being here today. >> thank you. jedediah: we are going to turn now to your other headlines this morning. we will begin with a fox news alert. violent protests continuing overnight in portland, oregon. [cheers] rioters clashes clashes with police throwing tear gas back at officers. police unlawful assembly at the federal courthouse as rioters try blocking the entrance with fences. all of this as the city's mayor slams president trump for deploying federal officers. >> this is an explicit abuse of power in places federal officers and/or oregonians in danger. mr. president, federal agencies should never be used as your own personal army. jedediah: political science say they arrested 20 people overnight. detectives now reveal the rookie officer shot and killed in washington state this week was

killed by a bullet from his partner's gun. officials say officer jonathan shoup was shot in crossfire when his supervising officer shot back at their attacker. shop was still training after only serving on the force for a year. eugene washington is charged with murder. prosecutors say he is still responsible for officer shoup's death. and the officer calling for freedom when discussing a potential mask mandate with our very own chris wallace in an exclusive interview. >> i want people to have a certain freedom and i don't believe in that, no. and i don't agree with the statement that if everybody wore a mask everything disappears. with that being said, i'm a believer in masks. i have think masks are good. jedediah: big interview you won't want to miss tomorrow. right now 28 states, washington, d.c. and puerto rico have put mask mandates in place. and an act of redemption for two men in rochester, new york, helping to restore a statue of frederick douglass vandalized

july 4th weekend. wilkes and -- plead guilty to fourth degree criminal mischief after knocking down a different douglas statue. >> being a part of this means so much to the both of us. the importance of continuing the conversation helps us to continue to grow and never go backwards. >> pair says this was their way to make amends. those are your headlines. griff: good for them. coming up, reviving the american economy. president trump says joe biden's plan to roll out the red tape is a threat to our country. is that true? we'll break it down, next. ♪ ♪ you want to say no ♪ what do you mean ♪ you don't want me no more ♪ you tell me to go ♪ what do you mean?

>> our entire economy and our very way of life are threatened by biden's plans to transform our nation and subjugate our communities through the blunt for the instrument of federal regulation at a level that you haven't even seen yet. jason: with just 108 days left on the campaign trail, president trump is issuing another stark warning against a joe biden presidency. blasting the former vice president's plans to ramp up the red tape against american families and small businesses. here to react is fox news contributor and chair of the program in business and finance at the kings college in manhattan, brian brenberg. brian, thank you so much for joining us. the president makes a poignant -- he makes a great point here, i think, that joe biden, who was elected in 1972, is now saying he wants to totally transform america. that's going got to scare the

market, doesn't it. >> it does, yeah. that's exactly what he is saying. this is not a moderate plan. this is not a moderate joe biden. somehow he has been able to hang on to that label. in fact, this is a green energy plan written by bernie sanders. bernie sanders himself said that if joe biden actually implements this he will be the most progressive politician in our lifetime. so, let's be clear, the president is using strong language but he is not overstating it. this plan does not tinker around the margins. it's meant to change the way you live. the car you drive. the house you live, in the products you consume, the way that you get around, everything, it's $2 trillion in four years. a massive increase over what biden was talking about just a few months ago. jason: yeah, it's not just the energy sector. vice president biden has promised to raise taxes and institute more government control through red tape. what does that really mean to the person, the average person

at home that's watching this shoshow? >> when you hear the word regulation, think tax. because what regulation is doing, it's putting up new requirements for companies from the people that you buy things from, from the companies that hire you and all of those things have costs. you know, joe biden is talking about creating jobs. he is talking about spending $2 trillion to make this happen. but the truth is the only way that you can actually transform the economy the way he is talking about is to change the way the government regulates everything. and that means everything gets more expensive. so, as you listen to these plans, if you are the average consumer out there, you have to understand costs are going up and the question is what does that do to your livelihood? i will tell what you it does, your paycheck doesn't go as far and the companies that were thinking about hiring you, that were thinking about expanding are now thinking about how they comply with the new regulation of one thing that absolutely means is they slow down hiring. it's a plan to slow economic

growth at a moment where obviously we need a lot more economic growth. jason: yeah, the markets like certainty and one of the good things that donald trump did when he became president was slow down that regulation. i think the markets started to invest. one of the good things that's happening right now, brian, under president trump is the fixed rate mortgage down below 3%. i don't think it's ever been that low. >> yeah. we are at record lows on mortgage rates. i will tell you it's a big shift in american life. people are looking around at their world right now. they are trying to figure out where they can raise their family and make a living. more and more they are saying i have got to get out of some of these badly governed cities and got to get into a home where there is a place where there is safety and security and opportunity where can i live the life that i want to live. and it's -- you know, the mortgage rates are just accelerating that right now. this is going to be a big political shift. it's going to be a big economic shift. it's going to change the center of power in this country. and we may even see some of that

reflected in the 2020 election. don't under estimate what moving, what housing mortgage rates can do to american life and american politics. jason: very true. we are feeling that here in the inner mountain west, a surge of people coming from the coast. we kind of would like to slow that down, actually. brian brenberg, thank you so much for joining us here tonight -- i mean this morning. sorry, it still feels like last night. it's awfully early. thank you very much for joining us. all right, still ahead, officers under attack across the country, overnight 18 chicago cops hurt protecting a statue of christopher columbus. rocks, bottles and fireworks thrown at them. how has this become the new norm? our police panel is up next. is mealtime a struggle?

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griff: we are back with a fox news alert. protests turn violent in chicago overnight as officers are hurt while guarding a christopher columbus statue. this comes just days after several cops face injuries during a unity march in new york. here to discuss it retired dallas police officer c'mone wingo police chief lisa parker and former nypd officer and author of "prepared, not scared" bill stanton. good morning to you, guys. let me start, c'mone with you. here we see, again, not after night in chicago, the video we just played turning violent around that statue. your thoughts? >> you know what i think -- you know, these are vigilantes. these are not peaceful protesters. the violence in the community seems to be coming from the community. and it's criminal, actually. you know, these people have no intent for peace.

they have no intent for resolution or solution all they want to do is destroy property and attack the police. if they still attacking the police is going to get them anywhere they are sorely misunderstood. when you attack police, you attack society. you attack the u.s. because these are men and women in blue. they are out there. they are protecting and serving. they are out there on the streets getting bloody every night. and what are they doing it for? for criminals, for vigilantes. griff: chief parker, let me ask you, we just lost one of the nation's great true nonviolent warriors in congressman john lewis. he spent his entire life trying to affect change through peaceful means. but, chief parker, we just -- how do we get there in times like these? >> you know, watching law enforcement officers across the country be assaulted under the guise of peaceful protest is appalling. it's not effective. when we have peaceful protests

hijacked by looters, rioters, people who are committing crimes, destroying property, assaulting law enforcement officers, we really have to start with holding them accountable. if we continue not holding them accountable and continue to have a soft hand, a soft touch, when does it end? and people who live in these communities have to be tiring of this. i know law enforcement we're tired of watching. look at nypd, officers assaulted on national tv. they are arrested and released. of the same day. if we're talking about criminal justice reform and we really mean that can we add this to the list? when you hijack a peaceful protest and you turn it into a violent assault on the community on the officers hold people accountable. stop the violence. it has to happen but the political leaders need to come forward and political leaders faith based leaders, community leaders, we need support from

everyone. griff: chief parker you talk about holding people accountable, we just saw this week nypd officers attack the woman that was arrested for using a cane attacking the officers. and it wasn't just any officer. it was the chief, the top uniformed nypd cop. what are your thoughts? >> my thoughts on this is that regardless of the rank. griff: i'm sorry, that was for bill stanton. >> no one is against peaceful protests. i would attend those myself. but, what i'm failing to understand, this protest against the police is against white police officers, black, brown, yellow. what are they protesting? or are they just protesting the blue? because of some cops that pose as criminal, a very small minority. the fact of the matter is new york city the majority is the minority. i myself am a person of color. i proudly took the oath to protect and serve the blue. but what it seems a small group

of people they don't want the cops. so what's the alternative? we swore to protect folks and they want to push us away and that leaves anarchy in my opinion. griff: let me play a quick soundbite from hawk newsom talking to brian kilmeade on his show. listen to this. it may answer your question. >> you are responding like a bunch of big babies. they are whining. they are complaining oh our morale is low. oh, i'm sad. people don't have faith in us. i believe in the bible it says gird up thy loins. i challenge police to gird up their loins accept the fact they have done wrong and correct it instead of dig their heels in and crying. griff: bill, do you have has done anything wrong.

>> will -- in my opinion the nypd is one of the greatest police departments in the world. we set the tone. and as i said, the majority of the officers in the nypd are persons of color. so what's to happen? if every time a cop looks to effect an arrest, they are beaten, they are put in head locks as we have seen on video. if this is to happen, what compel as cop to fight crime? what it seems a small group of folks want is cops going from crime fighters to report takers. and if that's the -- those people, if that's their answer, well, the evidence is in the pudding. the statistics are skyrocketing. shootings, robberies, murders, we lost a baby last week because of a shooting. this is not the way the nypd should be treated. nor should the victims, the inner city, the persons of color who need it most they want law enforcement. griff: simonec'mone this isn't

isolated to new york it's in dallas and everywhere else. what do you say, c'mone, to the young officers coming into the force right now trying to process what they walked into? >> i would just say to stay strong. being a police officer is an amazing career. i love doing my job. and i would just tell them to stay strong. , this too, shall pass. you know, you have to understand that we have always -- it's always been a pattern. we have had these things happen before, maybe not to this extent, but i would tell the youngsters to just stay strong, do your job, keep your heads down and just try to do the best that you can in this circumstance. they are trying to feed their families. they are trying to do things in their lives and it's hard. this is hard. griff: it's hard to stay strong in times like these. chief parker, let me give you the last word. >> well, i would echo simone's comments regarding stay strong. i worry about recruitment efforts like we're always trying to have our police department reflect what our community base

looks like and how are we going to recruit new officers now? who wants to come into this profession? it's going to be really difficult. so when we are looking to increase our female and our minority base who really wants to come into a job that is politicized every single day and made to be a villain job when really when you go to work that's not what it's like. you get to do amazing things. you get to help people. that's your job. it's an awesome career. but i do think it's going to be difficult for recruiting and i see that a problem in the future. griff: all right, thank you very much for joining us and thankfully we still have people, men and women across the country with servants' hearts that want to serve and protect. thank you, guys. >> thank you, griff, for having us. griff: up next remember when the plane carrying dale earhardt jr. and his family crashed? new details on how they managed to escape this wreckage.

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♪ jason: we are back with a fox news alert. the country mourns the death of congressman john lewis. the civil rights icon passing away overnight after a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. chad per brahm joins us to remember his life and legacy as tributes pour in. chad? >> good morning, jason.

he was the youngest speaker along side martin luther king in august 1963. on that day, lewis said, quote: we are tired. we are tired of being beat by policemen. how long can would he be patient? we want our freedom and we want it now. john lewis was one of the nation's leading civil rights activists and assembled the movement long before he was first elected to the house in 1987. lewis was one of the original 13 activists who participated in freedom rides in the south and sat in at segregated lunch counters. lewis said before president obama's inauguration in 2009 back when he was protesting he never thought an african-american would be elected president. but it's important to note that lewis first backed hillary clinton over obama in 2008, much to the dismay of his congressional black caucus colleagues. lewis famously led the march

from montgomery to selma 1965. across the edmund pettus jr. alabama state trooper con cussed lewis to the head. he carried a steel plate in his head till the day he died. he led lawmakers on annual pilgrimage across the bridge to commemorate bloody sunday. he helped lead a sit-in on the house floor gun violence. seizing the floor. >> morgan: than 20 hours in 2016. presented lewis the presidential medal of freedom. that's the nation's highest civilian honor in 2011. obama said, quote: when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of john lewis will come to mind, an african-american who knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other times who life is a lesson in the fierce urgency of now. lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late december last year. fox is told it's possible lewis could lie in state in the capitol rotunda.

john lewis was 80 years old. we are getting reaction that's been coming in overnight here from house minority leader kevin mccarthy. it was a true privilege to call john a friend. i admire him and miss him. his life and legacy of patriotism will endure for as long as america does. a former president bill clinton, hillary and i loved john, we were blessed by his friendship and support counsel. we will miss him so much. we will always be grateful to god for his good long life and grateful that he will live to see new generation of americans take to the street in search of his long sought beloved community. and from house speaker nancy pelosi quote: john lewis is a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation in the halls of the capitol he was fearless of his pursuit of a more perfect union. jason? jason: chad, you cover congress as tightly as anybody. talk a little bit about his

countenance. the way he carried himself, the strong voice that he had combined with sort of that gentleness that you would experience in person, what was your personal experience with john lewis? >> there was always a calm about him. and when you woul you he would e hands with you he would call you brother and friend. there was a softness, yet strength in his handshake. i remember one of the first times i saw him speak on the house floor in he shallly 1990s not long after i came to washington that was the other side of john lewis there was fiery speech. fire lightning and thunder and dramatic contrast. i was always amazed about how he would, you know, bring students into his office and show them films, just not documenting his story but telling the civil rights story because he did not want that to be forgotten. i think that that was key. and you know he had an aide in his office who, you know, kind of documented lewis' life in comic books later on.

a comic book series about john lewis there was talk when the marvel recall comics movie the blacpanther came out. john lewis was the original black panther depicted in the movie. griff: i will tell you he was respected by reporters like yourself and i because he would always stop in the hallway and talk to you even if it was a contentious hearing. chad per program thank yochad pt great report. turning to your headlines. brianna taylor briefly stayed alive after the police shot her five times. boyfriend told investigators she was alive for at least five minutes calling for her mom and yelling for help. no effort was made to save her. jefferson county coroner disputes her boy friend's account saying briana likely died within a minute being shot. she was shot during a raid at

louisville home back in march. struggled to open emergency exit as the cabin filled with smoke during a plane crash last year. that's according to new ms-13 nb report. the plane coming down hard on a runway losing landing gear and part of a wing before crashing through a chain linked fence. eastern hart, his wife and then 15-month-old baby were not hurt. and quick-thinking, an off duty cop saving a little boy from a very close encounter with a shark. >> hey, buddy, hey,. >> hey, buddy. >> hey, there is a shark. >> there he is. >> while beach goers tried to get the boy's attention this cocoa beach cop jumped right in and pulled him to safety as he should. look at that shark. cocoa beach, no stranger to the men in gray but fortunately we had an officer pulling that kid away and that's what we like to

see, jed? jedediah: i myself like to say in a shark-free zone as you know, griff, very well. let's talk to adam klotz. do you like to stay in shark-free zones or do you like to fancy yourself a friend of the shark. >> i like to say how hot it is now i don't want to go neither ocean. stay away from the ocean because i don't want anything to do with sharks. yeah, so the story as we head into the forecast, guys, is going to be the heat, maybe a lake time or swimming pool if you want to avoid the sharks. the forecast already warm out there this morning. dive into the maps, 70 degrees, 80 degrees, this is widespread but just the very beginnings. we have heat advisories, warnings, stretching across the plains to the midwest through chicago. and then over on the east coast, also, philadelphia up to new york. it is going to be intense. these are your actual temperatures. and i do want to leave you with one more this is your feels like temperature. this map showing it's going to feel like triple digits almost across the entire country.

very warm. definitely going to want to stay cool as you head into the afternoon. back out to you. jedediah: adam klotz once again reminding me that i need a swimming tool. thank you, adam. griff: it's okay to go into the ocean got to respect them. jedediah: the shark lover on the panel. griff jenkins speaking out in favor of sharks once again. more on that to come. still ahead, the rnc announcing a scaled back convention because of the pandemic. what does that mean and what can we expect? rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel is going to join us live next. coming up. 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.

jedediah: rnc announcing new changes ahead of you will will convention. the committee using indoor and outdoor venues limiting the amount of attendees and health and safety protocols to ensure safety. here to tell us more of what

this means for the big event rnc chair ronna mcdaniel. welcome to the show, as always. obviously, safety comes first. we are looking at scaled-back convention. tell us what that is going to look like and what the impact of that may be on a president trump. >> well, we are really excited about what we put together in conjunction with the officials in jacksonville as well as the health officials we have been dealing with we will have a intings of testing and temperature checks and ppe staying things down, using more outdoor venues and really putting the health and safety of the convention goers first and foremost. with you also balancing that with a great celebration. because there will be a lot of people there even with just the delegates that's 2500. the final night it will be the delegates alternate guests, it will be a big event for the president's final speech. so we think we are putting the perfect blend of safety and health together with the

opportunity to highlight why president trump deserves another four years. jedediah: ronna, you know, president trump thrives in these settings, no question. he performs very well at these rallies. this is, perhaps, what he is best at some would argue. has it hurt him, the pandemic and the inability of him to get out there and really speak to people as often as he ordinarily would be? >> well, i think the president has been able to get out through some of his official events and talking to the american people on that front. but there is absolutely democrat governors right now who are shutting down freedom of speech and i think will extend these orders to make sure the president can't come into their state and do rallies. and i think that's the unfortunate part of it because you have seen them support protests and these large groups outside. but then when the president says i want to come to a rally, especially in my state of michigan, the governor says

absolutely not. he can't come to a rally. so, that is the concern i have is we are heading into a campaign. we should be able to hear from these candidates. they should be able to talk to voters in their states. and i hope but we're not seeing this from democrat governors that they would allow the president to come in. that's not going to stop him. is he going to get his message out and we are seeing that through the volunteerism, sign up and voter registration and fundraising. jed. jedediah: ronna, i want to shift over to new york an interesting race. aoc backed first time candidate jamaal bowman defeated democrat representative eliot engel. eliot engel was endorsed by hillary clinton opponent endorsed by aoc, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. what does this tell us about the future of the party that this new first-time candidate backed by the hart left wing of that party was able to defeat a very well established long-time democratic candidate backed more

establishment democrats? this is what have you seen with the democratic party ilhan omar rashida tlaib the new face of the democratic party. do you know who is joining them? joe biden. have you seen unity manifesto with bernie sanders calling for an end to cash bail and end to deportations. i mean, some really extreme things that are in there. joe biden did call for defunding the police when he said in an interview he wants to see their funds redirected. guess what? that means defunding. he has called the police the millimeter. i mean, he has embraced this left, left wing of the democrat party, which is frightening. he just put together a tax plan that would tax 82% of american households. so, aoc is the head of the democrat party and joe biden is following her every step of the way. jedediah: it will be interesting to see who his vice presidential

pick is and what that says about the direction that he will be leaning in. more to come, thanks, ronna, as always. >> thank you. jedediah: still ahead, prism with a purpose. one barbecue joint is on a mission to serve our nation's heroes and they join us live coming up next. ♪ only in america ♪ red, white, and blue ♪ only in america ♪

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and dedicated its service to our soldiers ever since from hiring veterans to standing for the national anthem every day at noon, mission barbecue keeps patriotism at the top of its menu. jason: joining us now are the founders bill krause and steve newton as with you representative lisa marie riggins. bill, i want to start with you. what are you trying to do and how are you going to do it. >> good morning. what we try to do at mission barbecue is serve. and in serving step forward and stepping forward we also give back. the mission of mission barbecue is to serve honor and thank our american heroes. griff: steve, i want to ask you, i have been to that columbia, maryland mission barbecue where you guys are standing right now it. is such a great place to go. the food is amazing, by the way. but, i want to talk a little bit about, you know, how your customers feel about what you're doing to honor our service

members. >> yeah. we got the plaque right here in the booth for you where you sat. you are well recognized. i will tell you, we are so blessed. the customers come in and the american spirit is strong as steel-toed. and you see patriotic and patriotism on display every day our customers. jason: lisa marie, what does that mean to the troops? we have people who serve families people are overseas? what does it mean what mission barbecue is doing? >> well, i can't express enough how important it is, especially now, in these unpress debted times, what mission barbecue has done for morale, spirit, and, of our troops. being shut down and food and supplies very scary and difficult. mission barbecue didn't miss a beat with us. and we were able to meet those needs, our military people on

the front lines, our medical military personnel. our quarantine crew. our families, our national guard. they did not skip a beat and we were able to get warm, fresh meals to these people throughout this entire crisis. griff: quickly, bill, you, mission barbecue is present ago big check to the uso to support them. >> we are. and we couldn't be any more proud of the incredible hard work of our almost 4,000 teammates as loyal support of our customers even through these difficult times. we are proud to present the uso through the sale of our american hero cups with a check today in the amount of 1,000,075,952. griff: nearly $1.2 million. bill and steve, thank you for what you are doing and thank

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bear. >> with the death of john lewis america has lost one of the most iconic figures of the civil rights movement. >> he is as close to being a saints as anybody i have lived with. >> on february 21, 1940s, lewis was born into a family of share crime stoppers near troy, alabama. growing up in the jim crow south, he became acutely aware of racial injustice and found inspiration in the sermons of dr. martin luther king jr. >> dr. king was his spiritual follower. >> as a young man, he became chairman of snicc student nonviolent coordinating committee and organized peaceful protests at segregated counters and bus terminals throughout the south. he was the youngest sicker at the 1963 march on washington. he helped lead a march across the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama and suffered a fractured skull when state troopers used force to break up the peaceful demonstration.

tell vifsed images of the police crackdown began van nuysed support of the police act of 196 56r7b8g9s the one thing you do is to wil to do the will of godo matter what the cost. and, john lewis walked into congress with that same sense of oneness with god. >> in 1981, lewis won a seat on the atlanta city council. five years later he was elected to congress where he has served georgia's fifth congressional district for nearly four decades. lewis was a member of the congressional black caucus and served on the committee of ways and means. he continued to champion progressive causes, including women's rights, immigrant rights, and healthcare reform. although a member of the washington establishment, lewis never lost his activist spirit. in 2016 he led democrats in a surprise sit-in in the house chamber to call for gun control and lewis boycotted inaugurations of both george w.

bush and donald trump, prompting a barrage of angry tweets from the latter president, describing the congressman's georgia district as in horrible shape and falling apart. two years later lewis joined the chorus of democratic house members calling for president trump's impeachment. >> i believe, i truly believe, the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come. >> yet, in the most polarizing of times, lewis won the respect of colleagues from both sides of the aisle. >> is he a fighter in the positive sense of the word. >> despite his lifelong efforts for equal rights, lewis admitted he never dreamed it possible that america would one day elect a black president. >> from his activism in the civil rights movement to his nearly 25 years in the house of representatives john r. lewis. >> when president barack obama awarded lures the presidential medal of freedom in 2011, the ceremony took on added significance. >> john lewis is my hero, is my

friend and is a great role model for me and a great example to me. and he has been a great leader for the civil rights movement. >> hi, how are you doing? >> in late 2019 lewis announced he faced a different kind of battle, a fight for his life against stage four pancreatic cancer. he continued to serve in congress while undergoing treatment saying there was still plenty of unfinished business to be done. it is that fighting spirit that enshrined the legacy of this gentle warrior of the civil rights movement. in atlanta, jonathan serrie, fox news. jedediah: thanks so much, jonathan for that reporting. we will now bring in alveda king, fox news contributor and niece of dr. martin luther king jr. dr. king, thank you for returning and joining us this hour as well on this very sad day. your thoughts on the sad passing of congressman lewis? >> today is a very poignant day in america. congressman john lewis has passed. he will be missed.

griff: alveda, let me ask you, because john lewis was certainly a true nonviolent warrior. he was respected by so many across the aisle. it was never about him. it was always about the cause and the struggle that he was fighting for through peaceful means and yet, today, our streets we see all sorts of violence out in the streets. what are your thoughts when you look at such a true nonviolent warrior like lewis passing and his legacy and contrasting it with what we see today? >> my cousin called congressman lewis uncle john. john and i were more like contemporaries. we both worked in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. that's where i began my work as a youth organizer as well. so i called him john. however congressman lewis has

always valiantly thought for all that he believed. and that's why i know. i was praying this morning i said i realize with the death of -- and now john lewis there is a space in the atmosphere that has to be filled. my dad on was on edmund pettis bridge with john lewis, the selma bridge it's called: however, john was severely beat. yet, he never hated. he always forgave and when he was elected to congress, he always had a peaceful way of protesting and expressing his concerns for social justifiable. >> alveda darks this is jason chaffetz. i had the honored privilege of serving with congressman lewis and he was a force. he was a force to be reckoned with. he also had a message no matter your race or religion, we all live in the same house yet when

we see the violence going on and and pick one of your major cities, specifically chicago, 424 shootings just last month, i want to get your reaction to what's going on in chicago how that relates to the message that seems to be lost on what john loose was trying to convey. >> john lewis was right. i was raised by martin luther king sr. my grand dad. my my dad a.d. king was great influence on dr. martin luther king. they believed in god's power and soul force. in our legacy we all believe we are only one race, only one human race. and so that social justice that deals with us as separate race, there is a little difference in the gospel of jesus. and god's gospel and righteousness in god's justice. and so john was totally right that it had to be done peacefully, nonviolently and in chicago right now, new york,

violence threatening around america, it is time for the faith leaders to rise up and meet that violent force with something called soul force. that's our wills, our minds and our emotions organized under the influence and power of god. god power. and martin even said there will be a day when there is no black power. no white power. only god power. and human power. that's that soul source. so i believe that we can model the examples example nonviolent example of congressman john lewis. he did that so very well. he stayed with what he believed, he was faithful to the end with that i believe that whatever our viewpoints are, if we remain in faith, faith in god, nonviolently, that is how we can overcome these forces and the church -- the people of faith should rise up in those violent cities and stand and resist with

love, with prayer and say no, there's a better way. i can show you a more excellent way. the apostle paul about that on hill. we can stop this violence with god power. i know we can do that. jedediah: dr. king, your message of love and healing always so much needed, especially now when we see so much violence erupting toward law enforcement in particular and a lot of cities around the country. very challenging time in our country and you are needed and your voice is needed so much. thank you for spending your saturday with us. >> thank you very much for the opportunity. jedediah: as always turn now to headlines for you. beginning with a fox news alert. violent protests continuing overnight in portland, oregon. shall. [shouting] [cheers] jedediah: rioters clashing with police throwing tear gas back at

officers. police deeming unlawful assembly at the federal courthouse as rioters tried blocking the entrance with fences. all of this as the city's mayor slams president trump for deploying federal officers. >> this is an explicit abuse of power in places federal officers and/or oregonians in danger. mr. president, federal agencies should never be yufsed as your own personal army. >> police say they arrested 20 people overnight. and two fbi agents are shot while trying to arrest an alleged serial bank robber. >> come out of door with your hands up. this is the fbi. we have warrants. jedediah: the agents shot just moments after that cell phone video was taken in arizona. one agent was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released. the other was treated at the scene. the suspect was found dead inside his home.

and also overnight, twitter releasing new details on a cyber attack. the hackers targeting a number of twitter employees to gain access into the social media internal system. from there they posted on high profile accounts including joe biden and elon musk using a bit coin scam. a new report claims the hackers were a group of young friends. one was them a teen still living with his mom: and turning lemons into lemonade. young entrepreneurs struggling in the pandemic are going to get sweet relief. >> now the smallest of small businesses are about to get some help. country time introduces the littlest bailout. jedediah: country time lemonade announcing closed their lemonade stands during the pandemic. honest work while putting a little juice back in the economy. the dead line to apply is august 14th. those are your headlines. pretty cool, griff.

griff: ppp for the lemonade stand kids. i love it. good for country time lemonade support them in a light-hearted moment we all could use. jason is, this teaching young people a bad lesson that congressional bailouts are a good thing? >> yeah, they are going to learn about the heavy hand of government real quick. i have got to tell you, country time lemonade is a lot easier sell than what my brother tried to do in selling graham crackers. that didn't go so well in the summer. i can tell you that hats off to him for doing it. griff: i want to know what you think. jedediah: tell us what you think. [laughter] griff you and i on the same page this morning. friends@foxnews.com. griff and i are eager to know what you think. should there be a bailout of lemonade stands. i'm a fasten the lemonade. griff: yes, definitely. jedediah: still ahead, meet the democrat challenging president trump's former dr. ronny jackson for a house seat in texas.

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ing. >> i have been frustrated for a long time about the lack of support the president has sometimes even from republicans in the house and the senate. he needs some folks in there that are going to get in there and have his back and help him with his keep america great, america first agenda. this is trump country up here. and everybody lost our president. jason: former white house doctor rear admiral ronny jackson joining us earlier this week on "fox & friends" after winning tuesday's republican runoff for the 13th congressional district in texas.

jackson will now face off with our next guest in november. his democratic opponent gus joins us now. thank you for joining us on "fox & friends." this 13th district has been occupied by matt thornberry for like nearly 25 years. how do you think you can actually beat a republican in that district? >> >> well, hi, jason and thank you for this opportunity to be on the "fox & friends" show. and this district, we sr. a very proud people. we are all down-to-earth texans. i think the key difference in this race is going to be that i'm a local candidate who has lived here my whole life and grown up here with public schools, public education, public universities, interned for congressman thornberry who is retiring his post now. and i want to be a voice for the people not for the president. not for partisan politics. but for the people of district 13 first.

griff: as the democrat where do you stand in relation to joe biden who is insisting he wants to redirect money from the police department to other aspects? is that going to sell in texas' district there? >> well, i think that vice president biden and many other democrats, especially someone like me, we don't want to -- i think that the term defunding the police is kind of inaccurate, because i think that what we want to do is we want to invest more into our communities, more into social services, mental health things, so that we can actually tackle i before they become a violent interaction with police. so, i am not in favor of completely defunding police. i think that we need to just invest in our communities so that there are less duties that a police officer has to endure. i mean, they already do so much for us. and to have them be a social worker, a mental health expert

and a bunch of other things is asking too much of them. and i mean, we just need more investment in our communities. jason: that still will redirect money away from police departments. i have got to tell you, the president or vice president biden has also advocated new $2 trillion green new deal if you will, following aoc's lead. how is that going to sell in an oil-irish texas inenvironment? >> well, i think many farmers and even the oil industry and other industries are seeing the value of having policy that is going to ensure that we have a green futures. now, the green new deal we do support legislation like that. now, i think that it's going to take time to implement and a lot of hard work to get to that point. it's something that is ultimately needed and with the covid-19 pandemic, it's going to create so many more jobs that we can actually have and they will

be here for a very long time, probably indefinitely. so, anything that's going to bring jobs back during this crisis is going to help any time. jason: gus trujillo the democratic nominee for the congressional district. thank you for being on "fox & friends." thank you. >> thank you so much. jason: all right. most california students will stay home this fall while places like florida and chicago are looking to reopen schools. so, what do parents think? our moms' panel is up next. no matter what challenges life throws at you, we're always here to help with fast response and great service and it doesn't stop there we're also here to help look ahead that's why we're helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most and that's just one of the many ways we're here

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width of this flying ant storm. cluster picked up on weather rampleted not unusual for flying ants to swarm on warm humid days. next, 60 miles, that's how far a dog traveled to former home in missouri. clio witnessing after moving to kansas with her family. they found her a week later after returning to former missouri home. they say the 4-year-old golden retriever was sitting on the porch when they arrived. and finally 29 years. that's how long a police officer served his illinois communities. officer will taylor signing off on emotional call. hundreds of members thanked him for his decades long service and we, sir, thank you. jed? jedediah: thanks, griff. school systems across the country are considering different reopening plans. california governor gavin newsom ordering virtual classes in most counties as chicago public schools consider a hybrid of online and in person classes. this as a top scientific panel

stresses whenever possible younger children should go back. join me to discuss a panel of moms from across the country, curry foster the mom of two girls going into first and second grades in plano texas marissa mom of a 5-year-old starting kindergarten and kim mom of a 14-year-old going into ninth grade in alanenberg, pennsylvania just outside of philadelphia. thank you all so much for being here. such important voices. parents right now, to have as key in this discussion. clarissa, i want to start with you. are you comfortable sending your kids to full-time, in-person school at this point? >> right now, jed, i'm not. simply because they don't have officially a plan in place, which i understand. you know, things are changing on a daily basis. but i don't want that upheaval in their lives right now. so i figure, you know, it's just going to be another year of asking where are your pants? because that's where we are.

unfortunately. but, to have the. jedediah: what is your plan? >> we are probably going to home school at this point going forward. because, you know, that way if things do change for everyone else, we won't be thrown into upheaval that's my number one job as the advocate for the two people i gave birth to. i need to make sure they are getting their proper education and it's not being up ended. jedediah: okay, marie's, is a are you comfortable sending your kids at this point, what could the school does to make you more comfortable? we live in connected cut where the government acted responsibly: my son's school has put forth a very expensive plan for in-person learning with different tiers toots what will happen if there is infection,

how severe the infection is and they will scale back from there. my son is also in private school so the class sizes are much smaller and makes it a lot easier for the children to social distancing for the teachers to have more control over what's going on in the classroom and they also in march went to five days per week online livestream instruction which will also continue if should they close again. i feel comfortable with that. jedediah: kim, have you an older child going into high school, which is a different set of circumstances and different set of challenges that come with that so i will ask the same question again because i'm curious, are you comfortable sending your child and, if not, or if so, tell us why. >> i'm so on the fence. i desperately want my daughter to go back. she is so socially distanced from her friends. she is isolated. but, i'm also terrified because i -- you know, she is my precious commodity. she is my thing. i don't want her to go away.

i am really frustrated with what i think is sort of a lack of creativity in all of this. i feel like we are trying to jam a whole new way of learning into a 1950's style box. instead of just red throw fitting what we have. why aren't we thinking inside the box? i am probably going to send her if her friends go, i'm going to go with peer pressure i really wish they could do something more than just hey sit six feet apart and put a mask on. i wish they could come up with something that get them the social connection without the problem. jedediah: clarice, let me go back to you for a moment. have you faced challenges doing with them that they are not getting that in person learning in school? >> without question. i hate that they're missing the experience of being with other small children. we were fortunate to go to an

incredible monday montessori school. how are you expecting little kids to keep a mask on if they are there and to social distance? they are supposed to be touching things and engaging and creating those bonds. but, you know, that's part of being a human being. and so, you know, unfortunately, that means we have to do it within our own little circle or bubble then that's what i'm willing to do. jedediah: yeah, i want to thank the three of you, i could talk to the three of you all day. i taught children of all of these ages for years, it's a fascinating discussion and no one is truly more important in this conversation than the parents who have to trust these institutions to carry this out safely. these are your most prized possessions your children that you are sending there every day. thank you for being here. we will hopefully continue this discussion and have you back more. thank you so much. >> thank you. jedediah: still ahead, more on our top story civil rights icon john lewis has died. senator tim scott and congressman steve scalise remember his life and legacy coming up.

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jedediah: we are back with a fox news alert. georgia congressman and civil rights icon john lewis passing away overnight at the age of 80 after a seven month battle with pancreatic cancer. jason: tributes pouring in for lewis former president jimmy carter also from georgia releasing a statement minutes ago. it reads in part everything he

did he did in the spirit of love. all americans owe john lewis a debt of gratitude. griff: house minority leader kevikevin mccarthy writing it ws a true privilege to call john a friend. i admired him and will miss him. his life of legacy and patriotism will endure for as long as america does. we want to bring in now fox news analyst lawrence jones. lawrence, good morning to you. it's a somer morning. what are your thoughts. >> good morning. >> on the passing of the civil rights icon, john lewis? >> yeah. you know, i have known the congressman since i was a little boy and i was a young democrat. you know, i would find myself getting in these fights with, before i switched over to the other side, with a lot of the leadership back in the day. and one of the people that was always -- it wasn't just me, it was a lot of young people, and john lewis was one of the people that always had the heart of the young people, i remember him telling me stories about him and

andrew young and peter johnson telling me stories when they found snicc student nonviolence coordinating committee. they were the young people that were kind of mischievous back in the day when dr. king was doing his nonviolent protests and things. and they would switch the signs on the water fountains and they had their own way of doing things but they also stressed being nonviolent. and a lot of elders used to always try to shew them away. john lewis was one of those people try to bring both sides together with the help of rosa parks to get the young people's voice to be heard. when i was a young person in the young democrats and pushing against some of the status quo things, john lewis was one of the voices that said no, we need the young people a part of this conversation. they are the future. jason: we are looking at pictures, lawrence, of the flag at half-staff there at the

capitol. i got to tell you though, the message that john lewis portrayed was one of peace. there's a picture of him on his instagram account where i think it says "i'm too busy to hate." yet, we see record violence in numbers in chicago and new york and others that are just off the charts. where is that message? >> yeah. you know, john lewis was a great man and he was a peaceful man even though back in the day when he was young, he could be mischievous at the same time. you know, what we're seeing in these cities is that, you know, there was a cry out for help. many people that we were starting this conversation about where we need to go when the state abuses its power? and then you have people that were anarchists that took advantage of that movement and calls for defunding the police and calls for the disbandment of the anticrime unit and we have seen the fruits of that now. you know, i have been on the ground reporting on this stuff,

and what we are seeing is right now in new york, the shooting is up to 161%. and, you know, earlier this week i had the opportunity to interview a family of a 1-year-old that was shot and killed and thank god they finally caught some of the suspects. but, we're at a breaking point. i think the country is sick and tired of this. i think the community is sick and tired of this. and i have been preaching about this for years, guys, about the death, poverty and destruction in these communities. and i wonder if the leaders are listening. jedediah: lawrence, we have some sound from the father and grandmother of that 1-year-old who was shot in brooklyn, new york. you spoke with them. let's listen to what they had to say. >> i got to put my son in the ground now and he is only 1. his birthday is in two months.

he didn't live to see two. like he didn't live life. >> for the cowards that did this, you should be ashamed of yourself because everybody talk about black lives matter, what about baby lives? what about teenager lives? jedediah: this is devastating. story of a 5-month-old having his temple grazed and going to the hospital by a bullet. the most vulnerable members of our community are now being affected by this violence. what do we do? >> well, we typically look to our leaders to protect us. that is literally their job. i know they like passing all of these other laws, big government policies, but, one of their duties is to keep us safe. and for far too long these communities have been abandoned. i know the aocs of the world say this happened because of the pandemic. that's just not true because the

violence has been going on for a long time and, you know, the president used to have this about the forgotten men and women of this country. i believe these communities are the forgotten communities. you have the democratic party that overwhelmingly represent these communities. they are in the leadership. and they do nothing to improve the lives of that community. they are forgotten on that end. then you have the republicans that don't show up in those communities. they don't feel like they can get the votes. as a result, these communities are forgotten. i mean, i don't just come on air and talk about this. i have been to philly, baltimore, you know, chicago, south class, reporting on these communities for years. so often these communities don't get any attention. but, as i said earlier this week on the program, we're getting to the point where we have to make a decision as a country. this is america's treasure. are we going to be from the life from the womb to the tomb.

we can't say let them kill themselves. that is not the american way. this is not how you treat your american family and all i'm say something leaders have to stand up. griff: lawrence, thank you for the work do you going on the ground in this community. the powerful interview you had with that father and grandmother this week. lawrence jones, thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. griff: turning now to your headlines, a former personal assistant is arrested in the killing of a tech executive. tower reiss hatfield escorted to court accused in killing his boss, he allegedly elm beveled $100,000 from sa is he$100,000 . the tech ceo's dismembered body was found in his $2 million apartment in manhattan earlier this week. gangs are hosting covid-19 parties with the intention of getting people sick.

that's according to the sheriff in osceola county, florida. shocialging video shows cars blocking roads so hundreds of party goers can dance and hang out in the streets. the sheriff says his county is seeing a sudden spike in coves cases, residents are living in fear. quick-thinking mom boy saves his mom from a falling tree. the frightening moment caught on their home surveillance camera. watch. >> oh my god. holy crap. oh my god. are you okay? i almost died. >> melissa resendiz bolting from lounge chair. son sought tree cracking warning her to get out of way fortunately no one was hurt a shark jumps out of water and nearly lands on a passing boat,

watch,. [laughter] the shark leaping out of the water, barely missing the boat off australians coast. who knows if it was a great white or a spinner shark. what a video of a shark just showing off. jason? jason: that's my worst nightmarenned i'm out on some boat and a shark -- i love going in the ocean and body floating and stuff like that it's so fun. it happens all the time, great. adam, it's getting hot out there. people want to get in that water because it's so blazen hot. adam: so hot we keep sharing them with shark videos. sharks getting a lot of hate out hire. i just don't want to bump into one myself. i know that's the truth. the temperatures though are going to be hot. you will want some sort of body

water before the day is over. we are seeing temperatures one run up into the '70s, 80's. just the beginning of what is likely going to be one of the hottest weekends we have seen so far this summer. heat advisories stretch from the plains up into the midwest, minneapolis up into chicago. east coast, philadelphia up into new york. your daytime highs are going to be widespread into the 90s, 95, 96 degrees. 95 in chicago. 92 in new york city. then you add in the heat index, that's the humidity, the really heavy air and suddenly it feels like you are up to 100, 105. couple spots on the map. 107 degrees. i don't know. maybe that's worth risking some sharks to avoid 107 degrees. i don't know. pick your poison. what do you guys think? jedediah: thanks, adam. never worth the sharks. i phoned a friend. griff jenkins rescue me. thanks so much. griff: indeed. jedediah: still ahead, new

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jedediah: we're back with quick headlines, the pentagon bans the confederate flag from all military installations. lays out the flags allowed to be displayed on bases. the confederate flag is not on the list. leaves out the word ban or mention of the confederate flag. and houston rocket star james harden says he was not trying to make a political statement after posting this photo wearing a thin blue line mask. harden says he didn't know that the mask was pro-police and that he just thought it looked cool. jason? jason: newly released documents could undercut the reliability of the fbi and steel dossier

from the russian probe. griff: mark meredith joins us live from washington with details. >> good morning, griff. the senate judiciary committee released documents on friday that they say raise obvious credibility i with the trump administration intelligence investigation that was started by the justice department several years ago. now, senator lindsey graham says he was outraged that the justice department moved forward with the surveillance of the trump campaign carter page after agents should have found the steele dossier and original sources unreliable. the senator told sean hannity earlier this week that the government relied too much on rumors and second and third hand information. >> anybody that read that memo or was briefed about the memo and continued to use the dossier to get a warrant against carter page in april and june of 2017, they are in big time trouble. >> meantime as the presumptive democratic nominee for president, joe biden says he is now getting regular intelligence

briefings, biden made the news while attending a virtual fundraiser last night and he said, quote: we know from before and i guarantee you i know now because i now get briefings again. the russians are still engaged in trying to delegitimize our electoral process. fact. now, lawmakers from both parties have been warning that other foreign countries may try to intervene in this year's election and it's not just russia. officials are warning both china and iran may also try to create some trouble between now and november. griff, jed, jason, back to you guys. jedediah: mark meredith from washington, thank you, as always. and up next, after getting the go ahead to reopen indoor dining rooms, restaurants in new mexico now ordered to shut them down again. our next guest says closing his restaurant a second time is simply off the table. hike!

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griff: after getting the go ahead to reopen dining rooms over a month ago restaurants in new mexico ordered to close indoor dining again. next guest defying the governor's order saying it would be a death sentence for his business. he joins us now. mike, good morning to you. so, you say this. >> good morning, griff. griff: you say this would be a death sentence and you are going to defy. are you concerned about the consequences? explain. >> not at this point. we are concerned about fighting for our business and the right to stay open and for our employees. that's one of the main reasons we are doing. this if we were to close again this time, we would have to lay off over a third of our staff of 90 employees and they have

families to provide for. that's one of the main reasons we are doing this, that and put our whole business in jeopardy to close the dining rooms down again. griff: the public has been involved. have you had people protesting. this and have you had the environmental authorities there going after pizza inn and such restaurants. where does it stand right now? >> well, apparently we were served on monday with the notice of extension of our food permit. since then we haven't heard back from them. we have also been, you know, threatened with $5,000 a day fines for defying the order. as of right now, we haven't heard much from the state or officials since monday. griff: we have a comment from governor grisham's office here is what she says. there are consequences for violating the public health order. this business center will spread the virus and infect people in his community. everyone knows how hard this is

for businesses, and the state has done and will continue to do everything it can for affected workers. mike, your reaction to the governor's statement there? >> we can v. been doing this for the last six weeks. we went through so many protocols just to get back open after being closed for 12 weeks. spent thousands of dollars to right way buffet and to make it safe for our employees and our customers to come into the store. and the food industry as a whole, we can open safe provide. griff: how though? let me play devil's advocate. how will you keep them safe? >> well, i mean, we are doing the social distancing. all of our tables 6 feet apart like we are supposed. to say we have sanitizer dispensers in multiple places in the restaurant. we ask all of our employees are wearing gloves. and masks. we ask the customers to put on gloves when they come up to the bar. they are not touching anything

plates, silve silverware, nothis on the tables. it's a totally safe environment and the customers, they are happy. they see what we are doing. they tell us they appreciate what we are doing. griff: just in the few seconds we have left, do you intend to ride this out as long as you can? >> as long as we can yes. we do. i mean, we will take it day-by-day we plan to do this. if we close down now, it's going to jeopardize our business and more importantly put all of these employees out of work they are like family to us. and that's just not an option right now. griff: all right. michael moore owner of pizza inn in hobbs, new mexico. thank you for telling us your story. thank you for coming on. be safe. >> thank you. griff: still ahead, tributes pouring in from both sides of the aisle after civil rights icon john lewis passes away overnight. we are remembering his life and legacy with congressman steve scalise and senator tim scott

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>> we were beaten, tear gas, some of us was left bloody right here on this bridge, but we never became bitter or hostile. we kept believing that the truth we stood for would help. griff: we begin this final hour of fox & friends with a fox news alert. georgia congressman and civil rights icon john lewis passing away overnight at the age of 80 the american flag on capitol hill now flying at half staff, at the capitol to honor him. jedediah: this is a somber morning here on this saturday edition fox & friends joined by griff jenkins, jason chaffetz who served alongside lewis. >> jason: during his three decades in congress, john lewis never stopped fighting for equality and justice. he continued to serve despite being diagnosed with stage iv

pancreatic cancer late last year griff: for more on his life of patriotism and service here is jonathan siri. >> hate is too heavy a burden to bear. reporter: with the death of john lewis america has lost one of the most icon iconic figures of the civil rights movement. >> he's as close to being a saint as anybody else. reporter: on february 21, 1940 lewis was born into a family of sharecroppers near troy, alabama growing up in the south, he became acutely aware of racial injustice and found inspiration in the sermons of dr. martin luther king jr.. >> dr. king was a spiritual father. reporter: as a young man he became chairman of the student non-violent coordinating committee, an organized peaceful protests at segregated lunch counters and bus terminals throughout the south. he was the youngest speaker of the 1963 march on washington. he helped lead a march across

the edmond bridge in selma, alabama and suffered a fractured skull when state troopers used force to break up the peaceful demonstration. televised images of the violent police crackdown galvanized support for the civil rights act of 1965. >> the one thing you will is to do the will of god no matter what the cost, and john lewis walked into congress with that same sense of oneness with god. reporter: in 1981 lewis won a seat on the atlanta city council and five years later elected could congress where he served georgia's fifth congressional district for nearly four decades lewis was a member of the congressional black caucus and served on the committee on ways and means. he continued to champion progressive causes including women's rights, immigrant rights and healthcare reform. although a member of the washington establishment, lewis never lost his active

spirit. in 2016 he led democrats in a surprise sit-in in the house chamber to call for gun control and lewis boycotted inauguration s of both george w. bush and donald trump, prompting a barrage of angry tweets from the latter president describing the congressman's georgia district as in horrible shape and falling apart. two years later lewis joined the chorus of democratic house members calling for president trump's impeachment. >> i believe, i truly believe the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come. reporter: yet in the most polar izing of times lewis won the respect of colleagues from both sides of the aisle. >> he is a fighter in the positive sense of the word. reporter: despite his life-long efforts for equal rights lewis admitted he never dreamed it possible america would one day elect a black president. >> from his activism in the civil rights movement to his nearly 25 years in the house of

representatives, john r. lewis. reporter: when president barack obama awarded lewis the presidential medal of freedom in 2011 the ceremony took on added significance. >> john lewis is my hero, is my friend, and was a great role model for me and an example to me, and he's been a great leader for the civil rights movement. reporter: in late 2019 lewis announced he faced a different kind of battle. a fight for his life against stage iv pancreatic cancer. he continued to serve in congress while undergoing treatment saying there was still plenty of unfinished business to be done. it is that fighting spirit that was the legacy of this gentle warrior of the civil rights movement. in atlanta, jonathan siri, fox news. griff: jonathan thank you and tributes have been pouring in overnight, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying our great nation's history has only been towards justice because great men like john lewis took it upon themselves to bend it. jedediah: congressman dan

crenshaw tweeting john lewis was a hero and an icon and will be missed dearly. rest in peace. >> jason: georgia governor writing in part john lewis changed our world in a profound way and georgia's first lady, the girls and i are praying for his loved ones, friends and colleagues in the incredible difficult time. we want to bring in now, the house minority whip, we're very pleased to have congressman steve scalise and i served together in congress and we served more importantly today, with congressman john lewis. you know, i never wanted to speak after john lewis, because his was a force. when he spoke and he didn't speak often, but when he did, it was a force, congressman scalise. >> yeah, jason. what a loss, and what a giant. when john lewis would get up to speak, he wasn't somebody who would always go speak but when he did everybody would stop,

just because you knew the magnitude of his voice and the legacy that he carried along with his voice, the things that he did and the non-violent way to seek out justice and racial equality, and he lived by those words. he was somebody honored to serve with as you served with him as well, and at the time, you served with him you knew you were serving amongst someone who was a legend who was a giant, who you would tell your kids and grandkids about. griff: congressman, he was certainly a legend and you know, his legacy one of non-violence and he never broke from that. you know it was an interesting great obituary that jonathan did there because it talked about how he always mate it about his cause, his struggle, not about himself and i'm wondering whether his legacy will live also with the younger members of congress as they come in and look for ways to make their mark

on history. >> i think it will. i was talking to my colleagues last night, and you know, cedric is from that next generation and just we all looked up to john lewis and john would pass on his history of what he not only learned but the pioneer experience, he really helped pave the way along with martin luther king jr. for the civil rights movement and it was his blood, his sweat that helped earn it. he would bring members of congress to selma, alabama to go across the edmond pettis bridge and he invited me and it was one of migrate honors to be able to walk arm-in-arm across this bridge and he talked about that day, bloody sunday, and he would point to the buildings and he said that's where we met and here is where, you know, our snc c, the student non- violent coordinating committee, would have their meetings and of course you approach the bridge and you could just feel the sense of what you were about to encounter

, and what john lewis went through that day where he was just brutally beaten, and yet, still marched on and inspired a nation to speak more justice and equality and really, led to the passing of the civil rights act. jedediah: yeah, the loss of an incredible civil rights figure, his legacy will be remembered, never to be forgotten and we mourn his loss today, congressman. another story that we've been talking about a lot is with respect to the coronavirus and the impact that it has had on our young kids around the country and whether or not they can be in school, when to return to school, how to return to school, what's safe and what that looks like, well joe biden has released a school reopening roadmap. let's take a look at what that includes and then we'll talk about it $30 billion for ppe sanitation products custodial services alterations to ventilation systems and classroom structure, $4 billion for upgrading technologies and here is joe biden on reopening

schools on twitter. >> everyone wants our schools to be open. the question is how to make it safe, how to make it stick, forcing education students back into the classroom, in areas where the infection rate is going up or remaining very high is just plain dangerous. jedediah: this seems to me like an incredibly smart decision for the biden campaign to come out and present a plan. is there a missed opportunity here by the trump adminitration? >> well president trump has been leading the way to reopen schools. in fact i was with vice president pence tuesday in baton rouge when we had a round establish meeting with the vice president's whole coronavirus task force including dr. birx as well as the heads of the lsu system and the southern university system talking about how to reopen schools safely and of course lsu and southern all of our higher ed institutions will be reopening with students in the classroom next month ourk

-12 systems are all working to do the exact same thing. i wish joe biden be more focused on how to do it, not whether or not to do it, because one of the things you've got to look at the american academy of pediatrics just came out with strong guidelines of how to reopen safely, but in that they talk about the damage that was done to students by not being able to be in school those last few months of the last school year, and what damage it would do to students not going back-to-schools safely. again there's no trade-off of safety. it's just let's establish these protocols and then let's go get it done. we put a man on a moon. we can absolutely reopen our schools and we owe it to those kids as over 50 million kids counting on us not to come up with excuses why not to do it , the virus is out there but we also know a lot of good things about how to do it safely and again when people like dr. birx say yes you can do it, you have to do it, we need to go and focus all of our energies on getting our schools open for our kids so that they're not denied

that opportunity. griff: that's right congressman. the kids are counting on it and so are the parents. i have two teenage daughters who are ready to send these kids back-to-school. house minority whip, steve scalise, thanks for taking time to join us. >> great being with all of you. griff: coming up violent protests overnight in portland, oregon as rioters clash with police throwing tear gas back at officers, this as the city's mayor slams president trump for deploying federal officers. pam bondi here to react, coming up. i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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buildings or have them leave our city. this whole situation is now blowing up as a result of the tactics being used by the federal government. we need our federal government to be held accountable. we need our president to be held accountable. griff: here to react former florida attorney general and co- chair of women for trump, pam bondi. pam, good morning to you. as a former attorney general, this is quite something, i mean look nearly for seven weeks chaos has erupted so, the federal officers go in there and it's interesting the mayor wheeler would like them to clean-up the graffiti before they leave but doesn't want them to establish law and order what do you make of this? >> i think it's the ultimate projecting on the mayor's part what do you think? he's not doing his job at all. you know, you see these great federal officers coming in and they are going to protect our federal buildings, our federal monuments, there are over 9,000 of them in our country and they

will protect them and i'll tell you what the people of portland are probably very very glad they are there to help. there's a reason, griff, why the national organization of police endorsed president trump. last time they endorsed biden and obama, but this time, they endorsed president trump. all law enforcement officers around this country appreciate the law and order president that we have in donald trump. this is unreal that our mayor is telling law enforcement whether they're state, federal, local, go away, we don't want you. look at that scene right now that you're showing. that's absolute chaos there and around our country. so we have to support our men and women in law enforcement, griff. griff: pam, is there anything that the attorney general or anyone else statewide in office could do to override the mayor there in portland? >> well the problem really arises in portland it's the governor could come in and

do something. you notice we don't have these problems in florida. we have democrat mayors, republican mayors and they all get along in our state because they are law and order. you showed something earlier griff that was really interesting. it was that little infant in new jersey being saved by the transit officers. those are sworn police officers in new jersey. those are the exact kind of officers that all of these liberal mayors around our country are trying to do away with. that's what our good men and women and police do every single day. those guys went out there and they saved an infant's life. that's happening all over this country and not being reported yet they're not respect ing them and these mayors need to step up because they are being paid by the taxpayers. griff: and good on those new jersey transit cops, pam bondi thanks very much for taking time >> thank you. griff: coming up, the green new deal is back, sort of. joe biden's $2 trillion clean energy plan should does sound

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>> jason: back with quick headlines starting with a fox news alert. overnight, 18 police officers are hurt after a protest takes a violent turn in chicago. riot or s hurling rocks, bottles and fire woks at officers guarding a christopher columbus statue after they tried toppling it to the ground.

>> [chanting] >> jason: 12 people were arrested at the protest. overnight, twitter releasing new details on its cyberattack. the hackers targeting a number of twitter employees to gain access into the social media's internal system. from there, they posted on high profile accounts including joe biden and elon musk using a bitcoin scam. a new report claims the hackers were a group of young friends. one of them was 18, still living with his mother. that gives you a lot of confidence, jed over to you. jedediah: [laughter] thanks, jason. joe biden revealing part of his build back better economic plan this week focusing on clean energy with a $2 trillion price tag, but is biden's so-called clean energy revolution just the green new deal with a different name? here to react is executive editor of climate depot.com and

author of the politically incorrect guide to climate change, mark welcome to the show as always so is this the green new deal revisited, what's the deal here? >> climate advisory council and he recruited tom styre brought in former obama epa officials, brought on aoc and bernie right behind and they have literally ghost written this plan. it is his version of the green new deal which on paper is only half as expensive as aoc's original green new deal but it has all the aspirations of it. it's a slightly slower start than aoc's vision but once it commits us biden's overriding principle is he wants to make this so no future president, what trump has done to president obama, could ever undo this so once this begins they could put my price tag they want on it because it's going to be locked in and biden is essentially doing the exact same thing that aoc, that bernie sanders

and all of the other architects of the green new deal did. jedediah: and marc, we have an interesting flash back from july 8 of bernie sanders. check out what he had to say on policy proposals. >> the most knowledgeable people in the country coming together to deal with education and climate change. the compromise that they came up with, if implemented, will make biden the most progressive president since fdr. jedediah: yeah, so this is after they put out their unity plan that seems to me an admission that the hard left of that party is now heavily involved in kind of organizing what joe biden releases. now, is this a surprise to you though? doesn't he have to cater to that hard left to get them excited to get out and vote for them? >> he absolutely does. this , you know,aoc's chief of staff, other architects of the green new deal have admitted it's nothing more than a re distribution of wealth and a change everything in america plan so they are just using the

climate issue to do that and biden, as he's running, has to unify the base, so he's brought in, matter of fact he's basing it on governor insley too who barely showed up in the poll and made his campaign about climate so you've got insley, aoc, carol brown from the epa, they are all basically taking over biden's climate and energy plan and this is from the hard left of the democrats, the same people. if you remember who wanted a fleet of electric cars and one of the candidates said who wants to stop in the single family homes elizabeth warren wanted to unless they're built sustainably all of those regulations are coming courtesy of the biden version of the green new deal maybe just slightly less expensive at the start and slightly less noticeable. he's trying to mask it a little bit from as slate magazine was saying it's the green new deal without the crazy or wackiness or leftist overreach is what he said at least it's being

presented as more mainstream. it's the same plan. jedediah: you know, marc, we don't have much time but very quickly will this marketing work >> i don't know. climate is not a huge issue like they thought it was going to be. one of the things that climate activists are so jealous of is they saw how the lockdowns from covid happened and everyone from u.n. officials, the professors to teen activists , they're all saying if we can shutdown the world for a virus we can do it for a climate emergency so they're trying to use the green new deal to shutdown, as we did with the lockdowns that's what their dream is to be able to regulate every aspect of our economy. jedediah: yeah, well thank, marc we appreciate your input and it remains to be seen will the biden campaign rebrand any other old hard left policies coming our way in the future thanks so much. >> thank you. jedediah: still ahead, 28 states now have a mask mandate but what about one at the federal level? our own chris wallace just asked

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>> jason: we're back with a fox news alert. georgia congressman and civil rights icon john lewis passing away overnight at the age of 80 after a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle paying tribute. congressman steve scalise joined us earlier, remembering the sacrifices of his former

colleague. >> he really helped pave the way along with martin luther king jr. for the civil rights movement and it was his blood, his sweat that helped earn it. griff: other lawmakers sharing kind words for lewis house speaker nancy pelosi writing in part, john lewis was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation. jedediah: and house minority leader kevin mccarthy writing it was a true privilege to call john a friend. i admired him and will miss him. his life and legacy of patriotism will endure for as long as america does. we are now going to bring in senator tim scott, republican south carolina who we have on the line right now. senator, welcome to the show very somber day as we celebrate the life of congressman lewis and mourn his passing. your thoughts on his passing today. >> well without any question, good morning, and what a sad day for the nation, but what a

blessed life john lewis lived he loved everyone and one of my earliest memories of meeting the icon in person was when i got elected to congress he took he to his office and sat down with me and we took a journey through the pictures of all of the challenges of the past and it reminded me then for the first time to never let the challenges of life make you bitter. never ever become bitter, and as a person who saw the violence and the uglyiness of the 60s, he rose above ited and he rose above it in a non-violent way because he knew that love always snuffs out hate and he held on to that conviction in the face of hate coming through fire hydrants fire hoses and dogs, german shepherds back in the 60s snapping at him, but yet , he held fast to the

conviction that we are better together, and love will always conquer hate. it is the most amazing journey through history i'd ever been on in person. >> jason: senator scott, you served in the house of representatives before you became the senator from south carolina. tell us about your personal interaction. i like that story about going into his office, but when he spoke, he commanded the floor of the house of representatives. >> well jason you and i were there together with john lewis he was one of your friends as well, as he was one of mine. when he started talking, he never screamed but he had this quiet power that was evident and manifest in every single word he chose is as if he spent a lifetime learning how to chissel into clarity, exactly the message he wanted to deliver

and because he did it with eloquence, and with power, and with substance, we all paid attention and that's what you're talking about. we would lean into his comments because it was such a rare experience the greatness literally right before. griff: yeah, senator you see the american flag flying at half staff here in the nations capitol at the white house, and at the u.s. capitol and, you know, your words very eloquent this morning. i'm reminded of president obama in 2011 giving the medal of freedom to lewis, they will read about john lewis senator thank you for taking time today you will be joining harris faulkner in her primetime special tomorrow night at 10 p.m. called the fight for america in the civil unrest a across the country. thanks for taking the time, sir. >> god bless. griff: all right turning now to

your headlines. the president calling for freedom when discussing a potential mandate, in an exclusive interview. president trump: i want people to have a certain freedom and i don't believe in that, no. i don't agree with the statement that if everybody wear a mask everything could disappear. with that being said, i'm a believer in masks. i think masks are good. griff: right now, 28 states, washington d.c. and puerto rico have put mask mandates in place. the full interview with the president airs on fox news sunday tomorrow, do not miss it. >> nascar legend dale earnhardt jr. had an emergency exit as the cabin filled with smoke during a plane crash last year, that's according to a new ntsb report and his family was eventually able to escape from the main entrance and the plane coming down on a runway losing landing gear and part of a wing before crashing through a chain link fence, he

and his wife and 15 month old baby were not hurt. >> truly heart pounding moment for a group of new jersey transit cops responding to a call for a baby not breathing. one officer immediately performing chest compressions, without skipping a beat and they rushed the baby to the hospital. watch. >> [sirens] >> there we go, good girl, good girl. griff: fortunately that baby will be okay thanks to those officers. >> and turning lemons into lemonade young entrepreneurs struggling in the pandemic will get some sweet relief. >> now the smallest of small businesses are about to get some help. country time introduces the littlest bailout. griff: country time lemonade announcing it will write $100 checks to kids who closed their lemonade stands because of the pandemic. the company wants to encourage honest work while putting a

little juice back into the economy. >> jason: i love this story. your reactions have been pouring in on this. dan saying kudos to country time i thought it was real cute and i applaud it. go kids. jedediah: bailout for kids is a horrible idea. it stifles entrepreneurship and encourages looking for a handout griff: and jillian sending us this adorable photo of her granddaughter's lemonade stand, in case you have to shutdown there's help on the way for you. jedediah: you know, i love a lemonade stand. >> jason: the private company they can do whatever they want. jedediah: jason i'll let you weigh on the politics i'm going to weigh in on whose lemonade stand be best. would it be mine, griffs, jasons or adam klotz. how is your lemonade? >> adam: i would never run a lemonade stand.

i'm going to come to your lemonade stand and i'll be the judge but i don't do anything myself. yeah, i'm trying to spend that money and help you guys out. and you're going to need it today. i'll dive right into the forecast there. great day for lemonade because these temperatures are going to be really hot. we're talking about probably the hottest weekend we've seen in the entire summer temperature s already early this morning, 70-80 degrees and we'll be adding 16-20 degrees to that so we see heat advisory stretching from the planes up into the midwest through chicago , also up and down the east coast, philadelphia, up to new york, and all areas where we see heat advisories watches, and warnings, temperatures will top off in the middle 90s but you add in that humidity, and it's going to feel a whole lot hotter than that, spots 105, we see 108 that's the highest number on the map the widespread triple digit, we are really getting into the dog days of summer as i toss it back out to you. griff: that hot, red map adam

and all that cool, blue ocean water right there, that's where i say you could cool off. >> adam: you need it for sure, yeah. griff: don't worry about the sharks thanks, adam. still ahead, a huge step in america's quest to return to space. the details after the break. place that you laughed about well the names have all changed since you hung around

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jedediah: overnight congressman john lewis passing away at age 80 the white house lowering the american flag at half staff in his honor and moments ago white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany tweeting representative john lewis was an icon of the civil rights movement and he leaves an anthropology enduring legacy that will never be forgotten and we hold his family in our prayer s as we remember representatives john lewis' incredible contributions to our country over to you, griff. griff: jed thank you very much. well a big step for america's newest military branch, the u.s.

space force selecting over 2,000 volunteers to join their operations, ready for transfer as early as september, so as we look to the stars, what does this move mean in the fight to defend our nation? joining us now vice president and. >> governor: of external relations for space force for space florida, dale, good morning so this is significant development, these are some of the first men and women that are volunteering for service in a yet to be determined missioned force. >> yeah, it's actually, it was very encouraging, because they made a solicitation for those members of any of the services, air force, navy, army, marines, who wanted to consider transitioning over to the new space force, and they were overwhelmed with responses, so they had a great selection to choose from, but they narrowed it down to the first round, it'll be about 2,400 folks, and they were encouraged as they got

the skillsets they were starting to get the skillsets they were looking for like any other industry around the world, talent is the most important thing to success and their challenge is a daunting one and they need skilled talented mostly young people. so they got off to a good start but a long way to go. griff: okay so dale talk to me. what are those skills and what are those challenges? >> well most of what space force is going to be a little bit different because we're not going to have a bunch of people in space fighting for us not for quite some time but the assets that keep america strong number one and enable us to put gas in our car, get cash out of an atm and go about our regular business, all of those assets in space are vulnerable and our targets of our adversaries, so maintaining a defense and being able to prosecute a conflict if necessary, and win that conflict

, is going to be much more cyber focused, managing critical technology. it's state-of-the-art stuff, and we need to make sure we've got the best talent available defend ing those assets. griff: and dale, these 2,400 initial members volunteering but it's going to get larger, right? there's going to be a real opportunity for young men and women in the military particularly airmen that may want to forge into a career as a space operations member. >> yeah, this is all a part of standing up for service. you have to have distinct career paths that they can feel comfortable because all of these people are presently either commissioned officers or enlisted personnel. within an existing service, they

know what their process is going forward, and they're moving over into a brand new organization. it's a startup for lack of a better characterization, so they're having to make some transitions, certain element of risk involved in all of this but at the end of the day, selling space force is pretty easy right now because it's the new thing on the block, it's cool, it's sexy and its got a netflix series running on it right now, helping promote it. griff: listen i remember when top gun came out. i was in high school and and saw it at the movie theatre and many people of my generation went out and immediately tried to get into the air force academy because they saw that so when you talk about the total numbers like an additional 8,500 cobble inable. how large of a force are we talking about once you get stood up on your feet? >> well that's, it's designed to be much smaller and lienor hopefully starting out. the challenge of defending, being able to prosecute and win

and defend the conflict in space is a daunting one and going to get much more challenging, but they are still intending to be small, lien, efficient of course every government organization starts out that way but i think they're going to be successful. they still need a lot of talent. they're looking also for the right skillsets from the navy, the marines, the army, coast guard, probably do some recruiting from some other three letter acronyms across the government, and but their goal really is to bring in the right talent and then you have to keep that talent, because you're competing with google and facebook and amazon and organizations that can pay a heck of a lot more money but a commitment these are the services. you're putting on a uniform to defend the interest of the united states of america so that's something that you can't get at google or amazon. griff: no you can't. the cool thing the space force,

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jedediah: we are back with quick headlines the pentagon bans the confederate flag from all military institutions. in a carefully-worded memo, secretary of defense mark esper lays out the flags allowed to be displayed on bases and installations. the confederate flag is not on the list. his memo leaves out the word " ban" or mention of the confederate flag. and houston rockets star james

harden says he was not trying to make a political statement after posting this photo wearing a thin blue line mask. harden says he did not know the mask was pro-police and he just thought it looked cool. griff? griff: yeah, and he liked it, it covered his whole beard he said. an incredible roadside rescue a man pulls his car over to save an injured bald eagle on the side of the road in minnesota, on a highway there. jedediah: he ran through traffic , jumped a median and crossed multiple lanes to save our national bird. >> jason: that daring driver sam rituski joins us now. sam thanks for being here with us. i've got to tell you my wife a couple days ago saved a hummingbird but there wasn't a whole lot of risk of bodily harm these eagles have talons that can tear you apart and you're running into traffic. did that eagle give you a sense it was going to tear you apart or was it grateful you saved its life?

>> [laughter] when i first grabbed it, yeah, it definitely did not like what i was doing. when they say their heads can spin around 180 degrees, their heads can spin around 180 degrees. so it was -- jedediah: sam, i love that photo >> [laughter] jedediah: i'm just going to say i love that photo right there it's a beautiful photo and when we hear the story of how this went down, it sounds like it could have been dangerous for you. i'm an avid animal lover so i'm so grateful what you did. were you nervous or scared for your own safety at any point >> a little bit. [laughter] that stretch of 35 gets pretty busy, four lanes on each side, but i don't know. there's just something about seeing eagle there on the side of the road where i knew i just couldn't let it sit there. it's our national bird. i'd like to think of myself as a fairly patriotic individual and grew up in northern minnesota, deep respect to the outdoors, so i just couldn't let it sit there

griff: yes, good on you, sam you're an eagle saviour now that is a title to add. good job, but do we have any idea of what happened to the bird, why it was injured? >> so i'm assuming it was hit by a car. there was actually a dead raccoon out in front of it, so it either got clipped trying to pick it up off the road or there was woods on the other side and it got snatched out of the woods and came out too low. >> jason: sam, we've got to make you an honorary eagle scout if you don't already have that title, but what's happened to the eagle now? is it going to make a full recovery? is it back in the wild? >> yeah, so actually, heard from the minnesota dnr yesterday. the bird actually didn't need a lot of rehabilitation. they were able to fix it up and release it within the last few days already. so it was the best outcome i could have hoped for.

jedediah: sam, any advice to people who might be in a similar circumstance? >> don't put your life at risk, [laughter] i made sure i was smart about it and i didn't want to put any other at risk either, but i think, i don't know. just kind of go with your gut and do what's right. griff: well you did what's right , sam thank you for joining us and thanks to you, a bird is back flying the land of the free thanks very much, sam. >> thank you. griff: more "fox & friends" just moments away. a lot of healthy foods are very acidic

and they're actually pulling out the minerals from the enamel. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients. pronamel will help push the minerals back into the enamel, to keep the enamel strong. i know it works. and i hear nothing but great things from my patients that have switched to it. jedediah: we are back with a fox news alert, congressman and civil rights icon, john lewis, passing away overnight at the age of 80. >> jason: the white house paying tribute to lewis lowering the american flag at half staff in his honor. griff: white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany tweet ing just moments ago saying

john lewis was an icon of the civil rights movement and he leaves a legacy that will never be forgotten we hold his family in our prayers as we remember representative john lewis' incredible contributions to our country, and they were certainly many he was known as the conscience of congress, and was loved and respected by many on both sides of the aisle, because he was a true non- violent warrior. he was of course remembered today as the youngest person at 22 years old to speak at the march on washington led by dr. martin luther king jr. and that is certainly something that will be remembered. jed? >> jason: it was an honor and privilege to serve with him. he was an icon. he had an important voice and i hope we all learn a little bit about his message of peace. >> jedediah: an incredibly important voice a civil rights

legend his legacy will live on and be a powerful inspiration to many for many many years to come. we send our thoughts and prayers out to his family and to everyone whose lives he personal ly touched. neil: you are looking live at washington d.c., flags flying at half staff today outside the united states capitol and over the white house as well as the nation comes to remember a civil rights icon, john lewis, the 17th term georgia congressman who was there for the selma riots is now dead. dying at 80 he fought a brave battle with pancreatic cancer and now a nation remembers the last living member, the last living speaker from the famous march on washington back in august, 1963 and chad pergram