>> friday july 2, '04, this is a fox news alert, overnight protests erupted in chicago, hundreds gathering outside the mayor's house demanding the speedy fund police is another night of unrest sweeps the nation. >> the white house and the tactical team to seattle into spinning weekend rides to cities across the country brace for chaos. >> i wouldn't be there if it weren't for those two. they did a good job. iran against what they did and i won. the white house because of them. >> donald from swinging back at joe biden and barack obama after

the duo traced is white house record. >> is 2020 message as covid-19 forces him to cancel the rnc in florida. >> we are celebrating baseball's big return. jillian: we have a look at this weekend's matchup on fox "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ take a shot for the weekend, got to get going. >> look at that. live look outside city field, baseball is back, phillies taking on the marlins. a big day.

heather: yankees won 4-when an arrangement game against the washington nationals. jillian: good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. todd: thank you for starting your friday with us. protests erupting outside shows chicago mayor lori lightfoot as agents head to this he to curb the violence. jillian: cities prepare for violence of the weekend. >> reporter: protesters turned out in the streets outside mayor lightfoot's home and let me take you to a brand-new video in grant park where efforts to take down the christopher columbus statute was a scene of violent clashes last friday. it is proving successful this morning. a crane has been brought in, the

statue covered in plastic. this not protesters doing this. the question was whether we would support this and move forward with this and that we see video that suggests she is indeed trying to get this statue down, perhaps to avoid another confrontation this weekend and it comes as the mayor is telling demonstrators to be monitoring law enforcement activities. >> if you see something that doesn't look right please don't hesitate to report it. we are going to remain diligent if we see any steps out of line, we will not hesitate to take the president to court. >> reporter: the mayor blamed the violence spiraling out of control republican leadership in the president for not taking action on gun-control. donald trump doubled down on his willingness to help chicago. >> we want to help chicago, we

put in 50,000, 60,000 people that know what they are doing, they are strong, they are tough. >> reporter: in portland protesters taking to the street for the fiftieth straight night, confrontation with federal law enforcement trying to protect the federal courthouse as nancy pelosi continues to blast actions by the administration. >> use of storm troopers under the guise of law and order is a tactic not appropriate to our country in any way. >> reporter: following this, department of justice inspector general michael horowitz opened a probe into the deployment of law enforcement in portland, the oregon attorney general, we will see what comes of that but as mentioned in the open more federal law enforcement officers being deployed in places like seattle where they anticipate

there could be clashes as well. todd: a lot more on this in the next two hours, appreciate your report, thank you. jillian: china ordering the united states to shutdown its consulate in the southwestern region, one of 5 us consulates in the country. the move comes as the us demands china shutdown its houston consulate calling at the epicenter of american research staff to. todd: mike pompeo calling on every nation to demand transparency from beijing. >> the sector of which xi jinping dreams, the old paradigm of blind engagement which i won't get done. we must distrust and verify. >> china hasn't oh 4:00 pm to close the houston consulate, donald trump canceling the republican national convention in jacksonville, florida as the state sees a huge spike in coronavirus cases.

>> we talked about that decision. >> reporter: many republicans say they were shocked to hear the convention was canceled, donald trump telling fox news the move is a precaution because of covid-19. >> we are setting an example. we don't want to have people so close together. we have had such enthusiasm, won't be a typical convention but it will be very safe. i thought i had an obligation not to have large numbers of people crowded into a room. >> reporter: donald trump blasting joe biden and barack obama, releasing a new ad slamming the president's record. >> i wouldn't be there if it weren't for those two. if they did a good job -- iran against what they did and i won. biden and obama, i am here in the white house because of them. >> reporter: radio host charlemagne slamming biden is the nominee, calling donald

trump the first racist president. >> i wish joe biden would shut the f up forever and continue to act like he is starring in the movie a quiet place because as soon as he opens his mouth, he gets us all killed. >> reporter: this as biden tells donors donald trump will, quote, indirectly steal the election by arguing mail-in ballots don't work, donald trump responding on fox news. >> when we talk about biden, he has a manifesto he agreed to, i call it a manifesto with bernie sanders for open borders, things he wouldn't even believe. these are left-wing level that i don't think bernie ever talked about to the same extent. >> reporter: several states are expected to use mail in ballots to avoid the spread of covid-19 during the november election. shannon: as the pandemic

transforms the campaign trail washington -- 2020 will come down to the debate stage. >> this election will really depends more so than usual on the debates. this -- those will really be three instances where we have both candidates in the traditional setting up against each other. the conventions don't matter as much. there is no campaign trail rallies. it will come down to the debates. >> reporter: the first debate is that% over 20 ninth. todd: mitch mcconnell dealing the release of the next rotavirus relief package. it will be rolled out monday. will call saying the white house wanted more time to review final details. jillian: it will include $105 billion to reopen schools in the fall, $15 billion for daycare center assistance and $16 billion for coronavirus testing and tracing.

rob: is the gop has its final framework democrats are pushing their own plan, three times the cost. mark meadows sounding off to bret baer. >> it is easy when you are spending someone else's money. eventually you run out of other people's money. we already know that. just because we are talking about $1 trillion your $1 trillion there doesn't make it responsible. the bill the democrats have put forward is not even reasonable when it comes to the needs even with their best estimates they have to smile when they put forward some of the numbers and i can tell you we will get to the bottom of it, we will make sure we do it right, the president is committed to that. todd: what is going on? where things stand on the stimulus bill. >> former congressman and olympic sprinter jim ryan will be honored with the presidential medal of freedom. he was a 3-time olympian before representing kansas for 10 years in the house.

this moment is for his family. >> couldn't be happier, prouder, more grateful. my father was a man among men and is so worthy of this award. >> he was the first high school runner to:00 a mile in under 4 minutes. the white house calling him one of the most decorated runners in us history. we offer our congratulations as well. 10 minutes after the hour is anti-police rhetoric rises in seattle. a massacred us from the police department. 40 officers guns. >> reporter: the radio host in seattle joins us with his message next. guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'.

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another wild weekend, they are banned for using nonlethal crowd control methods. jillian: thank you for being here, jason, we appreciate it. live pictures of what is happening in portland at 1:15 in the morning. you can see it appears to be in our camera's view, 100 or so are people out there, we see things being thrown. what is your reaction to what we are seeing in the middle of the night? >> reporter: yet again, we see the same thing happening over and over again, federal law enforcement officials gave warnings over the course of well over an hour and a half telling people you have to leave. they can acts of violence, start fires, throw munitions at the building and try to break

through and federal law enforcement officials react and tomorrow some folks in the media will pretend the whole action was unprovoked, media members will pretend it was totally peaceful, did you see the wall of mothers standing there protecting folks? it is a scam at this point happening over and over again. todd: let's focus on seattle, seattle expecting a year of unrest. on monday morning, what will be the headline from seattle? >> the headline is going to be what we fear which is mass demonstrations the turn to rioting. we've seen riots over the last week where people are wandering through the streets of seattle, not being stopped by law enforcement under order from the mayor, breaking into every starbucks they can, amazon warehouse they can and they are not doing this, what they are doing is an anti-capitalist

movement driven by socialists, marxists and they are trying to make a political point. the only thing we will try to figure out is now we have federal law enforcement officials on the ground. they are not expected to get involved unless they have 2, the situation on the ground becomes untenable but there are a lot of police officers who are worried because they will not be able to use nonlethal tools in their arsenal to disperse crowds. >> we are adjusting deployment plans for upcoming major events including this weekend. i cannot ask any of you to do this work limited only to your sidearm, baton and body is tools, these are not tools that are reasonable in modern policing for crowd control. sticking with the conversation of police we heard reports

across the country that a lot of police officers will be retiring only, you are seeing slower numbers in people who want to come in and join the police force. police are calling it a mass exodus, 40 officers ditch the department within a month. how bad is this going to get? >> it is worse than that. 80 applications gone into different agencies within the western washington region and to put this in perspective we had a massacred this crisis when cops didn't have a contract. at the end of the year we saw 109 separations, not just cops who were quitting but retirements, firings, that is all inclusive. right now we have 80 applications out on a department that is already woefully underfunded so we are getting -- we are already in a staffing crisis but at some point it will be completely untenable.

shannon: that is alarming. thank you for joining us. todd: donald trump canceling the jacksonville republican national convention over coronavirus fears. what happens now? liz harrington joins us next. jillian: this isn't your average arrest was watch as this guy quite literally flips out. we will tell you about it. ♪ bed to the bone ♪ these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office

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right, just not right with what has happened recently, the flareup in florida, to have a big convention is not the right time. i have to protect the american people. that is what i have always done, that is what i always will do. todd: donald trump canceling the jacksonville republican national convention due to high daily coronavirus case count. jillian: liz harrington, thank you for joining us. the campaign took a lot of criticism after the rally in tulsa. i wonder if this decision was a reflection on what was learned after tulsa or was it strictly looking at numbers in florida? >> reporter: donald trump is a straight shooter and is exactly right, he will tell you exactly why he is making these tough decisions, always make a decision that is right for the american people. in this case the situation changed on the ground, we were planning a safe convention, we truly believe it would have been a safe convention but looking at

what is going on and what we can do to get back on the v-shaped recovery, the timing isn't right and we will get back to normal as quickly as possible, with these big-time gathering events and our delegates and great supporters, focusing on defeating this invisible enemy in communist china. rob: this will negatively impact the campaign of republicans in november? >> it is not about the campaign. it is about the american people, that is what donald trump will always do. the enthusiasm level is off the chart. a lot of people are disappointed.

our supporters are so committed to voting for donald trump, organizing and reelecting him, not just the c-shaped recovery but freedom and prosperity that is coming under attack from the radical left. joe biden adopted that agenda and this election is about that. we will have an amazing speech from donald trump, accept the nomination. the fourth of july speech at mount rushmore, he will a down the marker and say this is what we stand for in america. jillian: how much, we got 100 days to go, now this is canceled, a huge event leading up to the election, how does that change. >> a different year, turning into opening day in july, cardboard cutout in the stands.

we've never seen anything like that. a quite different year but that issues haven't changed, it is about freedom and prosperity. not holding china accountable. and we show that contrasts, and and we will get the schools reopen, that is a priority. they are blocking kids from going back to school. donald trump will leave the country, get back on the path of what is underway. and deliver the real results for every american.

rob: there are enough issues to debate or discuss whether there is a formal convention or not. we appreciate it. jillian: the dnc releasing its policy platform and doing everything donald trump has done. jim hansen doesn't think america will get behind it. he will expire next. todd: in case you haven't seen it, baseball is back. did you catch the game? you know somebody who did? this person, carley shimkus is live at city field as america's pastime makes its big return.

jillian: cranes moving to chicago's grant park as they attempt to remove the christopher columbus statue in the overnight hours.

not far away protests erupting outside mayor larry light -- mary lightfoot's home, thousands blocking the streets. >> unrest continuing for the 50 seventh straight night. no relief in sight. teargas filling the air as police try to get massive crowds under control. donald trump sending hundreds of agents across the nation's riots are expected over the weekend. jillian: as donald trump invokes federal law enforcement against others joe biden wouldn't know where to begin to keep law and order. >> people forget that joe biden was president of the united states when ferguson as baltimore happened in the country. the inner cities on fire. joe biden is the chaos candidate whether it be how his administration fumbled been guys

your fast and furious with the irs scandal. the idea that joe biden will we be returned to peace and normality is the opposite. you will have that band of reticles with unlimited power and joe biden will abdicate all of it to the aoc wing of the party. >> reporter: donald trump shifting to the far left, biden accuses the president of using egregious tactics to settle unrest. the last couple days, fox news alert retaliating over -- ordering the us consulate to be closed. jillian: after the us orders a consulate in houston which china saw seriously breached international law and harm china us relations. how big of an issue, china in the 2020 race. would love to see you. this is something china doesn't

want, the responsibility rests with the united states. they slammed the president saying, quote, the move shows that lagging behind the election opponent in the polls donald trump going out in his attempt to portray china as an agent of evil. >> it damages them but they earned it and that is what donald trump is doing. he's reacting to real damage, maligned influence the china has been. to make trade deals with them and do things but the pandemic shows its true colors. they don't -- what they deserve. >> we love a good flashback on this show. and and china will eat our lunch.

and they are not in competition -- >> how they deal with china. >> i don't think you can count on joe biden to do anything the united states and the rest of the world need to get china. donald trump will treat them as they need and reorient our supply chain and all the things the rest of the world want us to do with the predatory nation. >> coronavirus affecting every single person in this country, how big a deal is a going to be for people when weighing their options in the next few months to think about china at the top of their list for the election. >> they gave us the pandemic. the fact they lied, cheated and misinformed the world when the outbreak happened caused it to

be a global pandemic. the american people should rightly, look at them is the disrupter of the economy in their lives. things go back in balance, will stand up to china and have their back. >> look at the democrats 2020 policy platform for the dnc, some of the key take aways opposing regime change, increasing defense spending and rejoining the paris climate accorded reentering the iran nuclear agreement. >> return to the failed policies biden and his boss obama put it in when they were in charge. the paris climate accorded works for everybody but the united states, the iran deal was a nightmare suicide pact that was going to get them a pass and

everything else they did was cringing capitulation to the rest of the world. america needs to lead and donald trump is the one who puts america first, they will make the right decision. >> the career -- in charge is denied bail. his girlfriend and brother robert wiggins making the first court appearance in florida. tj shot and killed brandon rollins and kevin springfield because he believed one of them stole his pickup truck and sold the engine. a long rap sheet includes 230 charges with grandma on this's mother calling for the death penalty is she more the tragic loss of her son. >> that was my only son. i will never have a grandson now, another grandchild, nothing.

>> grady judd will join "fox and friends" with an update on the investigation. todd: ghislaine maxwell, with a lawsuit from one of jeffrey epstein's accusers. maximus 2016 deposition could link hundreds of people to epstein. he won't get a fair trial is those records are released. there was a gag order in that case. girls as young as 14 years old. >> thinkable video, a police officer getting hit by a pickup truck. south carolina officer, a diver died in a crash when the truck slammed into the officer's cruiser. the truck driver didn't see it. the cruiser was turned into a mangled pile of metal and

amazingly not seriously hurt. >> watch as this guy literally flips out. just watch fort, florida man tries to avoid arrest and does that, cartwheels away from officers, middle of the road, officer took him down, to out of the grass, didn't get far. arrested and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. i don't know if that was the best tactic to take to get away. seems like it slows you down. >> a better cartwheel than i could do. >> i'm not shooting down your ability. >> let's talk about baseball. >> kicking off the mlb season. >> we can do a live shot in new

york. >> baseball is back in the big apple, the epicenter of the coronavirus. the area will be packed with fans in a few hours but that is not the case this year. big opening day yesterday. doctor anthony fauci throughout the first pitch. probably wants another shot at it. someone who is good at baseball, carlos vinson made his presence known at his first at-bat. >> it left centerfield, just like this the yankees jumped in front, 2-0 new york.

the worst seat - >> meantime at the white house, celebrity opening day with mariano rivera, he also said he has been invited through the first pitch on august 15th at a yankees game, something to look forward to a little later down the road. he talked about how important baseball coming back is for the american psyche. >> kids get back to normal. nobody wants to see this. it is good that baseball is opening, football is opening. it is a tremendous thing psychologically for our country. jillian: met take on the braves, 10:00 pm eastern, taking on a whole slate of games. tomorrow fox sports will have

four games, one on fox sports one. interestingly enough, fox sports doing something cool, using virtual reality to put fans in the stands to make this experience as normal as possible for people so no cardboard cutouts for us. we are using virtual reality. >> abby was talking about this yesterday with charles payne, saying you don't actually look at everyone in the stands until you get that moment the ball goes in -- - >> people get a home run, that ball will be installed for months to come. todd: it will deteriorate. speaking of baseball, one little slugger may be ready for major leagues already.

jillian: oh my gosh. calvin with some help from mom showing off his impressive swing and adorable grunts. sharing the video online, someone signed him up. rob: a younger bryce harper. he maybe should follow 20 months. jillian: it is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. home school enrollment surging in the pandemic. how practical is that for parent? education expert breaks down the pros and cons next. todd: so much for naptime, little girl swinging from a chandelier that will make your morning unless you are a parent, then you will be horrified.

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jillian: welcome back, donald trump urging schools to resume in person learning this fall. >> we believe many school districts can reopen safely if they implement mitigation measures and protocols every district should be actively making preparations to open. jillian: despite pressure to reopen schools the nation has made homeschooling enrollment skyrocket so we've brought in an expert to break down education options. thank you for being here, we appreciate it. there is a survey that says 47% of parents are considering homeschooling this year. >> it is a possibility.

a very small percentage of our population as a whole has been doing this for some time. we are looking at 3% but we have scaled up with 56 million kids through remote learning. in terms of is it a good option you can customize your childhood education, you can dive deep into their interests whenever you want to and this is an opportunity, to build up what might be challenges for the best. it will be difficult to fold back into education once you are homeschooled with accredited homeschooling. >> people have been doing this for generations but what does it do for social skills, developmental skills like that as young kids. >> absolutely.

there are alternatives that have been forming. you go to a co-op several days a week or take classes, with other children being homeschooled, that is an opportunity to socialize, you would be home and working on a new curriculum. jillian: school reopening guidelines involves implement mitigation strategies, social distancing, masks, hand sanitizer's, and community transmission to increase classroom space. it is for positive test and trace casing. here is a facebook page going viral, talking about pandemic and micro schools, explain what these means and what you think that would do for the education gap that exists in this country.

>> pandemic pods, and creating uncertainty for the time of major flux. this is kind of in the vein of the wandering school house. with oncoming, the inequity and how this would affect and how it folded into one of these pods. were for schools to do this. and the community coming out to

support volunteers, retired teachers, college kids to create -- >> something we are going to continue to follow, a conversation among so many across the country. thank you for your time. have a good day. todd: so much for naptime. one little girl swinging from the chandeliers, literally. watches little elsie climbs on her bed, starts swinging. elsie's mom says the shared noise coming from the room during that time, check the monitor, saw this, the chandelier was immediately removed and, quote, this is why we can't have nice things anymore and with that we will be right back. this isn't just a wifi upgrade.

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>> americans uniting to back the blue. the largest support for law enforcement will happen on long island. national spokesman for law enforcement today, kyle, why are you doing this? >> somebody has to. evil triumphs when good men and women do nothing and we were tired of good men and women doing nothing. >> what is your expectation for tomorrow? >> we expect upwards of 10,000 people, accurate turnout, speakers including ted nugent, and the metro support for men and women who hold that thin

blue line. jillian: are you worried about counter protesters? >> we are not worried about counter protesters, these men and women at the event, used to dealing with it every single day in every way, shape or form. going down the road, the thin blue line flag on their car, we are used to it by now. todd: you broke up when i asked what it would look like. a few other speakers you mentioned. >> men and women are coming out. people coming out from sea to shining sea at this point so we expect upwards of 10,000 people, we expect a great lineup of speakers and the blue angels coming out, blue lights coming out as well. todd: a facebook page detailing the event, facebook shut it down, can you elaborate a little more?

>> we did. we have 6300 people rsvp the event on facebook and as of last night facebook - we know facebook has taken down pages of other rallies and events over the last 6 months, we just didn't expect it to happen with this. todd: we reached out to facebook for comments, we will update viewers if and when we hear back. this is a poll that the majority of our country opposes defunding police, 43% strongly oppose, 43% support defunding police. a year from now where are we in terms of these numbers? >> it is difficult to trust the polls. we saw in the 2016 election, 85%, a number that supports law enforcement, 85% of americans.

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shannon: this is a fox news alert, overnight protests erupt in chicago, hundreds gather outside the mayor's house demanding to defund the police as the city removes an iconic statue of christopher columbus overnight. todd: another night of unrest sweeps the nation, the white house and the tactical team to seattle anticipating rights this weekend. the city's brace for chaos. jillian: an american consulate closed in retaliation. todd: the white house moves to shut down the chinese consulate in houston. what this means for the future of our two nations. jillian: from the oval office to opening day, the president celebrates the return of baseball with mariano rivera. todd: "fox and friends first" on friday continues right now.