todd: friday july 3, '01, troopers in portland to protect the federal courthouse as protesters pass the streets for 64 straight night. jillian: the liberal mayor apologizes to agitators, a conservative journalist speaks about the moment he was stabbed during the unrest. >> there are those in power who'd who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting. >> hundreds of millions of universal mail in ballots,

hundreds of millions. where are they going? todd: donald trump sparking a tidal wave of backlash suggesting election day be delay. jillian: the concern over mail in ballots is becoming a major talking point for both campaigns. jillian: they are taking a knee for the national anthem as the series gets back underway. jillian: the controversial restart. ♪ jillian: what you might not

know, across the studio, unless i am leaning over the camera i saw a little glimpse of dancing going on. todd: they did not have to see me dance. jillian: good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: thank you for starting your friday with with us. election day delay? donald from defending his suggestion to postpone the election citing concerns over mass mail in voting. jillian: lawmakers are divided over the president's comments. >> reporter: the president had a tweet floating the idea of postponing the election. 2020 will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history, a great embarrassment to the usa. the way the election until people can securely and safely

vote. he asked to clarify the tweet in comments at the white house. >> i want to have the election but i don't want to have to wait three months and find out the ballots are all missing in the election doesn't mean anything. do i want to see the date changed? now but i don't want to see a quick election. this will be the most rigged election in history if that happens. >> reporter: the president has no power to delay the election and members of his own party were quick to knock it down. >> i understand the president's concern about mail in voting which is different from absentee voting but never in the history under the election. todd: the biden campaign pounced on it. >> in april, something donald

trump has tried to do and do you know what the response to the trump campaign was? he used cracking some conspiracy theories. jillian: president obama's eulogy for john lewis taking a shot at donald trump over mail in voting. >> there are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities with restrictive ideologues and attacking our voting rights even undermining the postal service in the run up to the election. it will be dependent on mail in ballots so people don't get sick. >> reporter: the president has more to say about that today, 94 days away. todd: bill mcgurn says legally delaying the election will never happen but argues the president

has valid concerns about voter fraud. >> delays we had, primary results, election results, this is not a good thing. it seems he takes a bone and throws it in an area that everyone goes running after. there are legitimate complaints about possible fraud, what happens across the country with competing versions of results. that is not a good thing for democracy. todd: the president of the american postal workers union saying budget cutbacks, worried about the impact of mail in ballots come november. jillian: oregon state police moving to portland as the city transitions federal agents out of the city. this includes the sledgehammer,

leaf blower and leg armor, protesters gathered downtown overnight with some lining the courthouse fence. a superintendent wants officer friendly ground on the courthouse hoping it sets a more peaceful tone. the police chief echoing that message. >> everything in our power to de-escalate these likely events, a better track, more safe than in the recent past. jillian: 494 people have been arrested by portland police since protests began 64 nights ago. portland and other cities spiral into violence, dan bungino said it is shocking the police are blamed. >> i never thought i would wake up in an america where in cities that are losing black men and women and white men and women in droves to shootings, people

being mugged that the cops would be the enemy. you have the speaker of the house referring to federal agents, by the way the same designations of federal agents that protect nancy pelosi, those capitol hill police, don't know if she told you, as storm troopers. jillian: donald from pulling leadership from the national association of police organizations at the white house after the group endorsed him earlier this month. todd: felony charges for displaying guns during a protest says police had a video of armed protesters outside his home. >> the police were aware of people in the crowd, that just got revealed. as i told you once before, one in particular pulled out two loaded magazines, you are next.

todd: st. louis circuit attorney tim gardner said the election campaign with the case against him. >> in orlando, kneeling for the national anthem with two games back for the 3 star. todd: won't force any players to stand. >> reporter: after a 20 week hiatus the nba, players focusing on social justice. ♪ >> players for the new orleans pelicans joining referees taking a knee during a prerecorded version of the national anthem, locked arms while others raised their fists in the air. lebron james leading the lakers

and taking a knee with officials on the court, lead commissioner adam silver saying to stand, i respect the team's unify act, peaceful protest, social justice and under the unique circumstances will not enforce long-standing requiring standing during the playing of the national anthem. former player charles barkley getting blasted online for speaking his mind. >> i'm glad these guys all unified. if people don't kneel they are not a bad person. i want to make that clear. i am glad they have unity but if you have a guy who doesn't want to kneel he should not be vilified. jillian: people taking to twitter saying he doesn't speak for all black people or deserve airtime to speak on social issues.

jillian: the spacecraft carrying the nasa perseverance rover is healthy and transmitting data. in safe mode, the rover will search for ancient life on the red planet, it is expected to arrive in february. todd: awesome stuff. michael flynn facing another major hurdle to get the case dismissed. david bruno breaks down the latest on the high-profile case. jillian: the hilarious viral video of the bare necessities, we are coming back on friday morning.

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michael flynn is not over yet. the national security adviser is in limbo after judge ms sullivan asked an appeals court for dismissal. todd: david bruno breaks down what comes next, 99.99% of attorneys never faced a situation like this. can you explain what is going on? >> he pled guilty to false swearing, tried to get a tweet back. with evidence of his conduct. for charges in front of judge sullivan, federal court

procedures, will 48 a, judge sullivan took the opportunity to do his own investigation, appointed advocates, to look at this, william barr's attorney general, what happened was, a petition under the risk act, 1651 and the dc circuit court, 3-judge panel said this is inadequate and judge sullivan on separation of powers taken that dismissal. because of that the 3-judge panel dismissed the charges. it is up to the appeals court, 11 judges fail because there is

a majority, they agreed to reevaluate this, the entire circuit to make this determination, dismissed in front of sullivan's investigation. shannon: michael flynn's attorney was on with hannity. let's get reaction on the back end. >> judge sullivan's petition should not -- there was no standing to file it. taken on the role of the advocate. jillian: what do you make of that? >> district court judge taking that petition, very does favorable for the entire circuit

court, exceptionally important issues, it does, it is legitimate. this is unfortunately going to come down to politics. the 11 judge panel, 7 democrats, four republicans. in the event the circuit court believes the circuit court does not intervene down from district court, they have an election coming up. the us attorney's office, could be a different decision. >> that is an interesting thing. thank you.

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todd: donald trump sitting down with the fort hood soldier believed to have been killed by a fellow soldier afraid of reporting sexual harassment. donald trump vowing to help them.

>> your daughter, vanessa respected and loved by everybody, looking into it powerfully. and get to the bottom of it. todd: fort hood announces an independent view, a bill would overhaul allegations. kathy barnett, thank you for being here, we appreciate it. can you tell us about this bill, is there a pathway to come forward right now? >> generally it is in the chain of command, for her to make this report she would have had to go to the person within the unit itself, the people in that particular unit.

this bill is long overdue. like so many others, my heart is torn, to communicate frustration with the system and as i learned about vanessa and the matter she died it is horrific, should never happened. i spent ten years in the military and credit who i am today as a result of my time in the military, i had an opportunity to work alongside great men and women. we heard of stories like vanessa so many times, gregory morale us, this deep situation, a better pathway for that.

todd: this bill allows active-duty service members for assault claims instead of their chain of command. you mentioned that this was long overdue. why haven't a bill like this been put into law? >> there are a number of reasons. there are bad apples in every walk of life and when they raise their ugly head we need to take swift action and make sure victims, those who have been harassed in any form have the ability to make their concerns known. in any corporation the military is no different, those who want to protect the system more so than the individual and we are not just seeing that in the military but a congressional

slush fund allows victims not to be heard but to be paid off. when we have people in power they need to be held to a higher standard of accountability. i was a private once myself. we have young impressionable naïve 18, 19, 20-year-old boys and girls in this situation the need to be protected. todd: sad times in 400. jillian: the battle over the next covid-19 bill heating up, mitch mcconnell wants more action than talk as lawmakers extend unemployment benefits. >> we had enough rope a dope, it is time to go on the record. we will see who wants bipartisan outcomes and who is trying their

hardest to block one. jillian: mcconnell is looking to extend the benefit which expires today. the senate will begin debate on the house approved stimulus deal. todd: doctor anthony fauci on the national need for a coronavirus strategy. doctor robert redfield and testing the czar for the house select subcommittee on coronavirus. jillian: 26 after the error, florida preparing for hurricane bearing down on the bahamas, janice dean tracking the storm. backlash to donald trump suggesting the election should be delayed. todd: the media and the left are missing the point. he explains next. are you sick and tired of looking and

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jillian: welcome back.

oregon state police moving to portland is the city transitions federal agent outside the city. rob: they did not stop protesters from gathering overnight, more on the city's new tone as the present without a crackdown on rioters. >> reporter: troopers moved into portland to replace federal agents. oregon state, and officer friendly look at a more peaceful tone as portland hit into at 60 fourth day of protest with 400 arrests made at that time, the president blasting the violence, vowing to bring back federal prisons if necessary. >> these are professional agitators, professional anarchists. they are working today and probably tomorrow to cleanout a beehive of terrorists. if they do i will be very happy.

if they don't we will send in the national guard. jillian: a conservative journalist is speaking out after he was stabbed during the unrest. >> a message to tell everybody they need to wake up and people need to expose them for who they truly are, domestic terrorist organization. jillian: we won't know the officer's point of view for now, a judge blocked them from reporting and live streaming protests. todd: thank you. jillian: tropical storm isaias strengthening to a category one hurricane as it approaches the bahamas. heavy rain and strong wind gathering parts of puerto rico and the dominican republic.

todd: florida bracing for the storm expected to hit this weekend. janice dean joins us with the latest track. >> janice: the latest information from the national hurricane center as of 5 am, still a category one hurricane, it is going to battle some dry air and upper-level sheer which could inhibit it from strengthening but we also have warm water in the bahamas that could help it strengthen so it is battling are few things we have to watch and fine tune the forecast. look like a brush with florida and direct impact on the north carolina coast line. moving through the bahamas it will continue its northward turn. when it actually makes the turn is going to determine what our track is going to be into the weekend but right now looks like the center, the core of the strongest winds remaining offshore from florida and the computer models are in good

agreement of that. as we get to the latter part of the weekend, monday into tuesday it starts to accelerate and perhaps direct impact on the outer banks. cape cod, the island have to watch this. the official forecast track has it remaining a hurricane for the duration of its lifespan. you see the tropical model in pretty good agreement. we have to find tune a lot of things. the intensity, exact track and if it makes landfall yet to be determined. if you live from south florida to maine you need to watch the track of this system. we will keep you up to date. jillian: the good news is a couple days people have time to prepare. todd: donald trump sending shockwaves from capitol hill after floating the idea of delaying the november election. >> i want to have the election but i don't have to wait three

months and then find out the election doesn't mean anything. >> whatever the situation is. >> never in history of federal elections have we not held an election. >> we are not going to delay the election. todd: lawmakers on both sides pushing back on this idea. david webb joins me with reaction. now republican support for this idea at all so why did the president put this out here? >> when you add the tweet with three question-marks, donald trump raising of the issue, saying there won't be an election, what he says is questions will it be valid. there is a real issue with mail in voting, massive mail in voting his mail fraud. with you like his method or not, he raised the issue for

americans to think about. we had prosecutions of republicans in west virginia, mail in voting issues, we have had elections in new jersey on the democrat side in local elections and for months now since last november i had a problem and don't get my mail from the post office, i get an image and haven't seen that mail from fox news networks. there are problems between lost mail, potential for fraud, mail in voting opening the door to problems and that is what the president is addressing. todd: half the country is somewhat interested in this problem, the other half not focused on it and we are a few months from this election. switching gears, 100,000 criminals released because of this pandemic.

those are the stats spread across 39 states, dc, the federal system. is that the right move, releasing his individuals due to covid-19? >> now. are there people who need to go into protective care or isolate? in extreme circumstances we can do that but removing someone from prison who is there because they have been adjudicated and convicted, the majority of them didn't stop being criminals because of coronavirus. catching coronavirus is not an automatic death sentence. can it happen? yes. but as they friends but americans in jail for not wearing a mask, criminals we don't want out on the streets back on the streets and ask people whether it has been a murder or bank robbery or other

crimes committed by these criminals why are we letting them back out into society? >> five times likely to get sick in the non-prison population. herman cain passing away. it is sad. tea party movement is successful. and we miss him. i don't know what contributed to it. as the media has done, all i can say is we lost a really good family man, someone who cared about this country and lived his life on principles of freedom

and achievement. he worked hard, we can thank him for his success in helping them along in life. todd: thank you for sharing your insights on these topics, specifically the loss of herman cain. jillian: 38 after the hour. a boycott giving up wrote trump pizzeria a big boost, social media response to the president's endorsement coming up.

jillian: rescue efforts underway after a training mission goes wrong, eight others still missing off the coast of southern california, two others, servicemembers assigned to the fifteenth marine expeditionary unit. we will keep you updated with

information. todd: the nasdaq defines markets gaining points despite news of a drop in the pandemic. jillian: cheryl casone he joins us with more. >> a big day for the market after we got the first read on second-quarter gdp, december was better-than-expected, a contraction of 32.9%. this is a record. not a good record but a time when boat lockdowns, for gdp, the dow and the s&p lost ground, you see 225 point loss, the nasdaq with 44 points in the afternoon. the tech heavy index and technology companies you know very well have been performing

stock wise incredibly during the pandemic and lockdown. jillian: todd is not a and - >> hard seltzer guys, coca-cola will be making this, never sold alcohol before. they are going to lunch in latin america and bring it to the united states and i say that because there's been a huge surge of popularity. it is sparkling mineral waters but also white cloth and in 2019, hard seltzer volume tripled according to research firm iws are. i am not a seltzer person but

everybody else seems to love it. todd: hand sanitizer -- i don't want to heat that. >> that was a lemon lime flavor that excites me, haven't given us a lot of details but we are waiting to hear. people are into it. todd: a flight instructor ending her career, 99-year-old woman sitting a record as the world's oldest pilot, gave a final flight in california, she wanted to show seniors are strong, vital and can contribute. jillian: you will barely believe this. a florida man find out a very unusual guest in his home helping to tidy up.

the trashcan from the curb driveway, taking it up there but after making it all the way up topples it over and dives right in. todd: wasn't in altruistic bear. let's see what is coming up on "fox and friends". do you put the bears to work in your neighborhood? >> mostly on an island especially with this traffic. over the next three hours and 15 minutes, riots rocking american cities, no change, we will speak to chad wolf on the bias against law enforcement, what they did last night as we tried to get security back in american cities as the mayor of new york went to queens and places a mural in the streets, 174% and we will speak to stephen miller on the nationwide address and what the

federal government should be doing and herman cain, we will talk about his legacy and great success and lieutenant colonel allen west. also on deck, greg jarrett, we will be talking to him, congressman lewis's final farewell, the truth about florida and hurricane heading for the coast. we've been telling you -- we are talking to 21-year-old college student, 8 foot long bull shark, you don't have to worry about anymore. that is where it took place. we discussed that and more in 14 minutes on "fox and friends". the same exact show is highly unlikely. please get dressed.

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jillian: back to the hard wood for the in the year, the league relaunching its season as the pandemic poses new challenges across the sports world. good to see you this morning. good morning. beating up the pelicans, 106-104, beating the clippers by two points as well. this bubble scenes to be working. if one person gets covid-19 how quickly that can spread. how will this pan out? >> the nda was in a position 3 or 4 weeks ago, as a fan i was

concerned they could not pull it off. we heard about players testing positive for making it to the orlando area. you had 344 players who got tested and 344 negative results. that has to make you smile. playing in the secluded bubble on this campus in the by world of sports complex doing something we are seeing major league baseball wondering if we should be operating in a bubble because baseball players haven't kept perfectly clear with the miami marlins but in the nba one or 2 players test positive it becomes isolated situation unless it is a whole locker room. it depends how quickly they are with testing and the response. they are certainly off to a great start and jill will be operating that way in canada. jillian: multiple nba games in

that bubble. they are on your screen. football with a lot of issues at this point, obviously high risk. what do you make of what is going on so far? >> it has to scare folks, it was just baseball. not just the nfl and anything else, face shields, making droplets from essentially flying out of the helmets. people are spreading it in baseball, two members, they had to cancel their series for the toronto blue jays, football to me seems a scary concept of how

to pull this up. players opted out on the season and college football teams, rikers, new jersey football team, 15 players test positive for hanging out. they have the same sense of fear or respect or the virus is older folks do. todd: a lot of players with personal stories that you heard from philadelphia eagles, suffered 3 miscarriages and the young baby. for the first time i'm choosing my family and it is really touching, thank you for joining us. carley shimkus coming up next.

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because this disease isn't waiting, neither are you. go to alz dot org slash walk. >> a woman come into my store and asked the counter girl whose flag was hanging in the back of the store. she said it was the owner's flag. well, she took offense to that and said that she was the administrator of a facebook page and she was going to post it online and she was going to drive me out of business. >> cancel culture taking on pizza. that long island pizza owner got a presidential defense. >> there is nothing cheesy about his saucy come back on twitter. carley shimkus here with more.

[laughter] carley: good pun, i like that the owner of a new york pizza restaurant told our own stuart varney a tried to drive him out of business that story got the president's attention. he posted a tweet saying yesterday support patio pizza and wonderful owner. guy calari in saint james, long island, new york. great pizza. he says he is thrilled by the president's tweet. he called it humbling. and he says that his phones have been ringing off the hook. and now hungry for pizza. jillian: i'm always hungry for pizza though. >> no better way to send you off to your weekend than. this take a look. >> i told you, students ♪ can't touch this ♪ you better pull that mask up. >> ♪ can't touch this ♪ it's the cdc, not me ♪ hey, go wash your hands ♪ don't touch this

♪ break it down ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ carley: i could watch this on repeat and i'm sure i will today. todd: you will. carley: the principal at childersville high school setting social media on fire with incredible dance moves. his video has already received around 180,000 views on youtube. his students are so lucky to have him. not only does he seem like a fun principal. he always seems like he would be pretty darn fun at parties, too. jillian: i know. just so funny. the fun principals and teachers and everyone that had that made such a good impact they are the ones you never forget. >> absolutely. i was thinking, todd, if you were a principal, this is the kind of prescription pal i think you would be. todd: beautiful sentiments. that makes me feel good this morning. that message from that principal is important. if he saves one kid from getting covid, that's important.

jillian: bingo, absolutely right. thank you, carley. don't forget to set your dvr for 4:00 a.m. eastern every sing goal morning so you don't miss a moment of "fox & friends first." todd: they didn't see us dancing hammer time to the video but with that have a great weekend everybody. >> i don't want to delay. i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing. >> oregon state police move into portland as the city transitions federal agents out of that city. >> we are going to do everything in our power to really deescalate. >> teacher's unions are now at state capitol threatening to strike if their demands are not met. >> parents and children can't be held captive to other fears or agendas. >> are you a paid campaign surrogate? >> i don't get a dime from this president. you only ask me that because i don't fit your narrative. it's outrageous and crazy