jillian: good morning to you. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this thursday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: great to be with you. i'm todd piro. breaking overnight, federal agents arrive in bend, oregon to clear out hundreds of protesters. jillian: i.c.e. officials said demonstrators blocked busses for hours carrying two men who were arrested for their violent criminal history. hours away in port hand, police say rioters shot fireworks and lit a fire around the federal courthouse as the city faces more than 70 nights of unrest.

todd: the gloves coming off, joe biden and kamala harris slamming the president in their first event as running mates. jillian: and the president giving it right back. >> the case against donald trump and mike pence is open and shut. >> she's ready to do this job on day one. >> there was nobody more insulting to biden than she was. >> the stakes in this election have never been higher. the choice has never been clearer. jillian: griff jenkins is live in washington with the war of words. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and todd. clear the bench, they all came out swinging. first it was joe biden introducing california senator kamala harris in an almost empty gymnasium. harris thanking biden for the history making opportunity. then both went on the attack, hammering the president on his handling of the coronavirus and challenging him on the economy. >> donald trump is on track to

break another record, on track to leave office with the worst jobs record of any american president in modern history. >> trump is also the reason millions of americans are now unemployed. he inherited the longest economy expansion in history. from barack obama and joe biden. and then like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. >> reporter: minutes later at the white house, the president offering a very different take on the economy. >> we're rebuilding america's economy like nobody thought possible, actually. we're doing incredibly well. stock market's up almost 300 points. the stock market's rebound signals a v-shaped recovery, stronger than our competitors anywhere in the world. >> reporter: and true to his nature, returned the punches thrown from harris. >> there was nobody more

insulting to biden than she was. she said horrible things about him. including accusations made about him by a woman where she i guess believed the woman and now all of a sudden she's running to be vice president, saying how wonderful he is. >> reporter: so if yesterday was any indication, the next 82 days are going to be quite a slug-fest. one thing worth noting about yesterday's rollout for harris, let me show you the cover of the new york times, four years ago. in july, when then candidate trump tapped mike pence you see just that small picture of pence below the fold, the headline says bidding conservative in the man in the news column. let me show you the cover of the new york times yesterday, you see a very large, fawning picture, all three columns above the fold of the new york times about harris and her past and

harris joins biden ticket, achieving a first. some will say, todd and jillian, that the coverage is not quite the same. todd: my guess, griff, is that is going to be discussed extensively on "fox & friends" which comes up in less than an hour. jillian: as the attention turns to number two on the ticket, vice president mike pence joined sean hannity last night and said voters have a clear choice in november. >> joe biden's decision to add kamala harris to the ticket confirms everything president trump and i have been saying and that is that joe biden and the democratic party have been overtaken by the radical left. kamala harris, like joe biden, supports higher taxes, socialized medicine, open borders, abortion on demand, and where joe biden said he would be willing to cut funding to police, she said recently that she thought we should reimagine the police in this country. i like the matchup. it's on. todd: oh, it is on.

former white house press secretary ari fleischer says the vice presidency is getting more attention this go-round and for good reason. >> there's typically a minor blip when someone is named at vice president and people focus on them. voters vote for the president. it's different on the democrat side because of biden fraility. people wonder who are they voting for. todd: according to real clear politics, kamala harris had 3% support when she ran for president before dropping out of the race. jillian: the president unveiled new guidelines to help schools safely reopen this fall. todd: ashley strawmeyer joins us live, breaking down the details as hope is fading for a stimulus deal. ashley, good morning. >> the president is making his position clear as doctors, teachers and parents express concerns over long-term virtual learning. listen. >> one thing we learned during this horror show of the china

plague is that individual wall is not as -- virtual is not as good as being there. the virtual learning is not like being in a classroom. we learned that very strongly, in almost all cases. people thought for a long time that would be the answer but that's not the answer. the answer is an old fashioned one. >> and here's a look at those new guidelines from the white house. educate teachers and students about covid symptoms, require them to self assess their health every day, encourage frequent hand washing while minimizing large indoor gatherings, maintaining high levels of ventilation in classrooms and require social distancing from high risk individuals, wear a mask and then post of instructions for hygiene and social distancing. new jersey, governor phil murphy, says schools and colleges have the green light to open in-person learning this fall. but on capitol hill, democrats and the gop are still battling it out over stimulus relief. >> in terms of the negotiations or lack thereof, i was just

writing to my colleagues about how children are affected by these negotiations, when people say to me why can't you resolve your differences, because we're miles apart. >> but treasury secretary steven mnuchin said in part her statement wasn't an accurate reflection of their phone call. he said she made it clear she was unwilling to continue negotiations unless they agreed in advance to her nearly $2 trillion proposal. the president has also promised if reelected there would be permanent payroll tax cuts. guys. jillian: ashley, thank you. todd: political hypocrisy, on the one hand house speaker nancy pelosi slamming the president's executive order on the payroll tax cut. >> he says he's going to do the payroll tax. what he's doing is undermining social security and medicare, so these are illusions. todd: but remember this, the speaker fully supported the idea under the obama administration. >> this is necessary because

our economy and our people need this boost, for individual families, 160 million american families, this will be a boost. >> do you worry, though, that this does take money out of the social security trust fund and that it may never fully be refunded, repaid. >> no, i don't worry about that. todd: pelosi supported a unilateral payroll tax reduction not once but three times, 2010 of, 2011 and 2012. jillian: a legend is added to the country music hall of fame. ♪ and we can run a truck line and a country boy can survive. ♪ country folks can survive. jillian: call it a family tradition. hank williams junior joining his late father in the country music hall of fame. the other two inductees are marty stewart and dean dillon. todd: time now, eight minutes after the hour. kamala harris and joe biden on the same ticket but are they on

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political analyst ron meyer joins us to weigh in. thanks for being here. howehowedhow did it go? >> i would say we got a pretty good idea of how the campaign is going to go from here on out and it was really sort of a more negative message, attacking president trump more than any sort of positive vision. and you're sort of left at the end wondering is this really the best ticket the democrats could put together to take on donald trump. and i think the answer to that is no. the vision for the democrats and for kamala harris and for joe biden is clear, essentially pin the covid crisis and all of its economic impacts on president trump. at one point, senator harris said that president trump basically caused all 165,000 deaths and while i think that there are right critiques of the handling of this crisis, i don't think anyone thinks he is responsible for all of the deaths and all of the economic impacts and some of these things

seem really pretty much like over-the-top attacks and i think people sort of think that the way to take on president trump is with level-headed leadership, rather than exaggerations and that speech was filled with exaggerations and over-the-top attacks and so it's going to be a really interesting race from here on out because i think the democrats are sort of taking a more risky strategy and senator harris is going to embody that and she's clearly going to play the typical vice presidential role of largely attacking the other ticket even though i think she had the opportunity to lay out a positive vision given her background. jillian: i think maybe it's fair to say, tell me if i'm wrong, that there are more questions than answers at this point because if you look at some of the policy differences, i think a lot of people are asking what this administration, if they are to get this election, what it would look like. let's pull up policy differences here. you can see there are a number of them. of these listed, what is most significant to you? >> i think the one that's most

interesting is probably healthcare. kamala harris was an original sponsor of bernie sanders' medicare for all, socialized single payer medicine bill and biden obviously has opposed that from day one, took a more moderate stance on healthcare. it's not just healthcare. if you go down almost every significant issue like you all have on the screen, from immigration to social policy to taxation, they pretty much never agreed on anything. even with the response to covid, senator harris proposed give everyone a $2,000 per month payment until the crisis is over and that's obviously not something that vice president biden has proposed and so this is somewhat typical with presidential tickets where there's some difference between the president and the vice president. there's a pretty stark contrast here. the only place they seem to be aligned is their history on crimcriminal justice issues whis pretty hard line, considering vice president biden wrote the

clinton crime bill and senator harris enforced it harshly in calcalifornia which is one of te reasons why she was forced to drop out of when she was hit hard in the debate. todd: if biden wins who fills harris' senate seat? >> i think the names people will focus on are people like adam schiff and eric stallwell. it could make it very competitive. but i think the more likely chance is the democrats will not nominate someone like say katie porter. what i will say is this. when one presidential -- when the presidential party switches, so if vice president biden were to beat president trump a lot of times there's energy on the other side and this will be a special election next year, if circumstances happen and so you never know. it's interesting to watch. look at alabama for the way republicans lost it a couple

years ago to senator jones and so it's still a good race to watch i think if it ends up happening, especially if they nominate someone who is a lightning rod like an adam schiff or stallwell. jillian: thank you for joining us with your insight. we appreciate it. todd: time now, 17 minutes after the hour. as seattle moves to defund the police, the state sets aside $40 million in relief funds for illegal immigrants. jillian: jason rants says priorities are out of whack. he joins us live, next. ♪ we support memorable moments, concentration - in hectic times . and focus to win the day. unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva's clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. take the neuriva challenge with our money-back guarantee! ♪

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has drawn a lot of illegal immigrants to the state to work. and they're going through the same sort of hardships that people are going through due to the coronavirus. it's important to note there are still tens of thousands of washington residents who have still not received unemployment checks from the state of washington and the employment services department. there's still literally people since march who have not received a check. in fact, some of them haven't received ane-mail or phone call from the department. as we're having this announcement of a $40 million fund, the governor, jay insley, former failed presidential candidate, who still isn't even addressing this issue -- in fact, they're claiming they figured it out, that the backlog of all those unemployment benefits has been cleared, when people are still coming forward and saying no it hasn't, we're waiting for our checks or we got a check and then it was paused and we stopped getting checks and people are getting desperate.

they're at the point where they're ready to sell their personal items just so that -- just so they can actually pay their rent on time. so i just think it's really poor optics at this point. jillian: here's a breakdown of the funds. the relief fund plan. this is would be $3,000 per household, $1,000 per person. i wonder how they're going to disburse this. i mean, this is happening. you have california and oregon developing relief funds for their undocumented residents. you wonder what other states are going to -- states or cities are going to adopt plans like this. >> yes. so in the state of washington what they're planning on doing is going through some kind of nonprofit organization to distri brought the funds which is -- distribute the funds which is problematic when talking about $40 million. how do you deem someone eligible? it's not like you can show your card that suggests you're in the country illegally. the question becomes, how do you ensure the money is going to the right people?

what's to stop someone like me to just walk in and say i'm in this country illegally, please give me the $1,000 that i'm owed. it seems like it's set up to not necessarily be accountable, again, as a time where we really haven't given any money out. now, there is a little bit of sense of irony because we've been in the middle of a scandal where we have given money to scammers in nigeria. a scam paid out $600 million to overseas accounts and accounts outside of washington and that was a big part of the reason why we're in the jam that we're in. so i hope people understand the irony at least here in washington about this. jillian: we want to, before we let you go, since you're in seattle, seattle voted to defund the police department, this is up to 100 officers removed, removing 3 million from the police department's budget, reduce wages of a dozen police

commanders' salary and overtime cap. this is devastating for citizens who rely on the police. >> it is. we just lost our police chief. i mean, welcome to sale seattlee black lives matter means our black female police chief in a profession dominated by white men was run out of town by this council. not only do we lose our police chief that was well loved by the community, but now we're losing 100 officers. the first officers hired are the first ones to go. well, the last year and-a-half has been focused on recruiting officers of color. and so again, irony. because the officers that are -- that we're going to lose are officers of color. and so, again, being pushed by black lives matter and activists in the community means we're losing black police officers. and so i'm just asking who exactly are we serving? we're seeing a surge in violence in the seattle area right now. we're seeing a surge in crime. we're getting rid of the navigation team, the specialized

group of cops who are going in and connecting with people out on the streets who are homeless. so priorities, right? jillian: you're seeing the images there of the chief, carmen best, who decided to resign, she said it didn't have anything to do with her not being able to handle the job and criticism, she said it's for lack of respect that the police officers are getting right now. jason, as always, than thank yor joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. todd: florida trying to make sure no child is left behind. >> mr. cochran, how do you know that parents are so in demand in florida for in person instruction? >> to deny a child that kind of education, you're robbing them of a lifetime. todd: the state education leader joins us fresh off a white house meeting. jillian: how cute is this? the canine cop turned workout partner. we're coming right back. ♪ just over a year ago,

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jillian: good morning. we're back with a fox news alert. overnight, federal agents arrive in bend, oregon to clear out hundreds of protesters. todd: demonstrators blocked busses in a hotel marking lot for house, the busses carrying two men who were arrested for their violent criminal history. in portland, police say rioters shot fireworks and lit a fire around the federal courthouse. that city faces more than 70 nights of unrest. >> she said horrible things about biden. she said far worse about biden than i ever did and now she's running as vice president. so how does that work? jillian: political jabs in full swing as we inch closer to the 2020 election. joe biden, kamala harris returning fire, slamming president trump for a failed economy. >> donald trump is on track to break another record, on track to leave office as the worst jobs record of any american

president in modern history. >> trump is also the reason millions of americans are now unemployed, like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. jillian: the president touting his record, saying the stock market is rebounding and recovering stronger than our competitors. todd. todd: jillian, thank you. in the midst of a heated back-to-school debate in florida, the education commissioner joining president trump's kids first initiative at the white house. >> mr. cochran, how do you know that parents are so in demand in florida for in person instruction. >> education is the uplifting of the human soul to the glorious light of truth. to deny a child of that education, you're robbing them of a lifetime. todd: that commissioner, richard cochran, joins us now to discuss. what was the main take-away from that meeting with the president. >> i think the main take-away was trying to get the message

out there that kids not being physically in school is a greater concern, a greater harm -- we have two different paradigms. if a child goes back to school and is covid amongst us, it's extremely low risk of serious symptoms and the other paradigm of kids being denied the opportunity to go back to school, the risk is certain, it's extremely high, it's emotional, it's physical. you have increased suicides, increased drug overdoses, people with food insecurities, just an exacerbation of an entire serious complications to our student body and so what we're trying to say is, look, this risk is greater than this risk. let's get kids and give them the opportunity, the choice, give is to parents and teachers to physical cliff bly be back in sl which we know is the best way to

deliver an education to kids. todd: here's what the white house is recommending to get back to school. i'm not going to read them all. there's the biggies, the ones you would expect, masks, social distancing, hygiene, is that enough to open schools safely? >> yeah, absolutely. and again, it's -- i wouldn't even -- it's not about enough to open schools safely. the consequences of not opening up schools is of a much greater, dire consequence to these school children. in florida, we have 67 counties, we already have this week 13 districts opening up and here's the stats. five of those districts that opened up, we have from 65 to 99% of the children and the parents choosing to have their kids in face-to-face instruction and we have almost six of those districts have almost 100% of their teachers who are back in the classroom. they want to be with their kids. they want to teach their kids and the kids want them there. when we have that dynamic, we know we're delivering that world

class education. it's the best way when you have a great teacher, a get mentor, a great individual imparting wisdom to these kids, that's how kids learn best. todd: not everywithin is on board with this. the teach's union is suing. who is going to win this thing? >> it's an extremely -- first of all, they're saying that we -- everything they're saying in the lawsuit which is so frivolous is completely opposite of what we did. what we did was, is give maximum flexibility and maximum choice to the districts so they could protect their teachers, protect their students, protect the education community and at the same time if i'm a parent, i'm not just an education minister, i have six kids. all of them are in public school. all of them going back, that's a decision my wife and i made. what we were saying is for people like myself who made that decision which is going to be overwhelmingly the majority of parents in the state of florida, let them go back to school and have that opportunity for them.

if you're also a parent and maybe you're worried about your child, maybe you have generational folks living, -- multigenerational home and you decide what's best for you and your family is not to, they should have that opportunity. what we want is maximum flexibility, maximum choice and the districts to understand they have maximum stability with their funding. todd: it is the focus of the next few weeks. we always look to the election. right now it's going back to school time. kids want to go back to school, teachers and parents as well. richard, we appreciate your time this morning. jillian, over to you. jillian: dallas cowboys owner jerry jones refuses to comment on his policy enforcing players to stand for the national anthem, saying this instead. >> what i do want to show and want us all to be a part of is a word called grace. grace. not only grace in our actions, but grace in our understanding where they're coming from. jillian: jones said he expects the team to host fans at home

games when the nfl season begins next month. we will see. well, how about this, the 2020 masters will happen this year but fans won't be able to see it. at least not there in person. originally scheduled for april, the tournament was postponed until mid-november because of the pandemic. in a statement the chairman called the risks of having fans, quote, simply too significant to overcome. jillian: so sad. todd: lyft and uber could pull out of california. you know the state where they started. if the state refuses to overturn a ruling that forces them to classify drivers as full-time employees. jillian: cheryl casone from fox business joins us with more on the possible service suspension, good morning, cheryl. cheryl: good morning. lyft and uber may stop serving the state of california if a judge decides they have to classify all of their drivers as employees. youtube earn's ceo said that

suspension would likely last until november when voters there are actually going to decide on proposition 22, which would exempt drivers for app based transportation and delivery companies from being considered employees. lyft's co-founder telling investors something similar on the earnings call last night. on monday a judge granted a preliminary injunction that required lyft and uber to stop classifying drivers as independent workers. the companies do plan to appeal in court. i also have another story, a little different. we know that travel is kind of, well, not the same. okay. so people in japan are boarding fake planes to take virtual vacations around the world. a tokyo entertainment company is running first airlines, it's a virtual reality experience, you get to sit in first or business in a mock airline cabin. you get in-flight meals, drinks, flat panel screens to show you passing clouds and i guess there's video of your destination apparently. so it's a -- you basically get

on a plane and get the whole thing but you never go anywhere. todd: why? i mean, the whole point of going on a plane is because you don't want to sit near people. jillian: i don't want to be on a plane un234esly. cherylunnecessarily.cheryl: evt class? todd: no, you don't want to be near people. jillian: just sit on your couch, it's more comfortable. todd: we got fired up about that. jillian: how about this, this k-9 cop doesn't just sit, he also helps his owner sit up. he throws down his partner's feet to stay fit. todd: watch this, sit-ups aren't all he learned in that time. he's good at pushups too. this clip from 2018. jillian: i love dogs so much. k-9s are so beautiful. all right. i rest my case. 22 minutes until the top 06 thee hour. live pd became the latest victim

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jillian: dan abrams hinting at the show's return after falling victim to cancel culture earlier this year. the host took to twitter to say there are active and ongoing talks about the show's return with some changes. abrams writing in part, quote, i believe the show can be an important part of the national discussion about policing in america. the show had run for four seasons prior to being canceled on june 10th. a similar show, cops, was dropped by paramount networks the next day. todd: gianna cal called caldwea damaging decision by choosing kamala harris. he will explain. jillian: let's see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> coming up, joe biden and kamala harris take swipes at president trump in their first public remarks since running mates yesterday afternoon, you saw it here on the channel live. eric trump is here with reaction

with days to go until the dnc officially kicks off virtually. the words law enforcement and crime not mentioned by either biden or harris in their first appearance. former acting attorney general matt whitaker said biden is prioritizing politics over your public say. he's going to explain when he joins us a little later on. also on deck as you can see, the all star lineup, tom homan, tammy bruce and rachel duffy. plus the new jersey gym owners who defied state shutdown orders have lost their business license. the owners of the gym said their fight is not over. we'll talk to them. plus, actress bo derek joins us with her commitment to bring our nation together by supporting our nation's veterans and dogs as well. we have a busy three hours, kicks off 14 and-a-half minutes

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jillian: kamala harris has a distinct record of putting politics before justice. you see this in the planned parenthood case, when she decided to not pursue the death penalty against a cop killer. she supports sanctuary cities, it really shows you what joe biden thinks where the democrat party is going. jillian: the biden harris ticket under fire as critics slam criminal justice records and the impact on the african-american community. todd: will black voters be able to forgive the author of the 1994 crime bill, biden and california's top cop, harris.

thanks for being here. does the harris pick guarantee the black vote or do the exact opposite? >> absolutely not. have you to look at the conclusive picture of what the black vote represents and it's not simply all black people, it's fractured in a way. you have older african americans that are willing to support joe biden and give him a chance and then you have younger african-americans who have expressly placed on social media thoughts that they will not support this ticket because they believe that both candidates at the top, kamala harris and joe biden, have a horrible history when it comes to policies of impact for african-americans. we can talk about the '94 crime bill which i think is the reason we needed police reform today as well as kamala harris, senator harris, prosecutorial record. more importantly, i think, though, for democrats who don't seemingly get it, young african-americans are really going to be the way for these

candidates to try to win. if we were to look at just simple polling, folks who don't really support joe biden that much, kanye west, an individual like them, has an opportunity. why he's gotten 2% of the black vote in the last polling, and he's the most popular candidate among generation z who will be the majority casting their vote for the first time this election. this is going to come down to who can get their bases out and if you've got a person like kanye west especially who is willing to talk about joe biden and senator harris' records, you're going to discourage more young people from going to the polls or he's going to encourage people to vote for him and in a tight, tight election like this, that could make a legitimate different. jillian: let's dig a little deeper into two things you mentioned. let's start out with kamala harris' record as attorney general.

she opposed legallyizing marijuana, did not back state legislation requiring independent investigations of cases where police officers killed people. you mentioned joe biden and the '94 crime bill. we'll pull that up on the screen for folks if they want to read it. my question goes back to kamala harris. she's changed her stance on a lot of those things over the years. but do you think is enough to change people's minds to vote for her? >> so i think people are looking for the ramifications of your policy, so they want to know what has happened after you have either introduced some policy or enforced some policy, they want to know what happened. and the problem with kamala harris is her record is disastrous. that's the reason why she didn't do well in the primary. you saw tulsi -- representative tulsi gabbard. you saw how she attacked her in the debate and the applause, the room lit up because most people

agree that kamala harris had a problematic record on these issues. especially among young african-americans which i think is really going to make a difference in this tickl partic election, especially among young african-american men which trump has been polling -- in 2016 he had 20% of the black male vote and his numbers have been going up, consistently, since 2016. and now adding her to the ticket i think it will go up even more. todd: i know you are a big chicago guy, understandably so. the looting in chicago is going on right now, still fresh in our minds. yet one individual already free on $500 bond after allegedly smashing a burrberry store, as a charity raised $3.5 million to post bonds for people accused of committing crimes. what's going through your mind as such a big chicago guy when you see this? >> my family, i was born and

raised there, i have family that lives there. it's heart breaking to see so many individuals take advantage of a real moment in america where we're having a conversation about racial justice, police reform and then you see niece n these sinister s that take advantage of this moment for themselves. these aren't people protesting on behalf of george floyd or anybody else who might have been killed unjustly by law enforcement officers or anything else. these are folks that want to take advantage of this moment and they need to stay in jail. you talk about the policies of jail reform which seem like a good at the time for a lot of democrats which -- jillian: we've seen in new york how that played out. todd: it's a problem nationwide. >> it's caused an increase in crime. jillian: we are out of time but we appreciate you joining us. thank you. have a good day. >> thank you. todd: we'll be right back. how they gonna pay for this? they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident.

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>> hang on. i have got to put you on speaker. joy, are you there. >> hi. hi, kamala. >> i'm looking forward to working with you guys every day. we are going to get this done. hi, jill. rob: the gang is all here. joe biden sharing a behind the scenes look at the first virtual meeting between himself and newly minted vp pick: >> good morning, guys. a very nice behind the scenes

moment there socially distanced style. joe biden saying on twitter when he broke the news to kamala harris that she was going to be his running mate, he wanted to make sure that her -- his wife jill, her husband doug would be included in the call. he also said on twitter that they are now members of his family, tweeting you are honorary bidens now. so everyone seems to be getting along. everyone is happy and ready to get to work, guys. todd: get to work. this post from a teacher to her students one of the most touching things i have ever read. >> parents across the country are of course understandably concerned about sending their children back to school this year. but a kindergarten teacher in texas is going viral for a really sweet reassuring post. dana kimball writes i assure threw are teachers all around the world preparing their classrooms as you read, this preparing their hearts to completely adore your babies. never would we allow school to

be fearful for them because of us. she goes on to detail different safety measures going to be put in place and say she is going to do everything that she can to make sure that these litigation continue der gartners feel safe and not afraid and comfortable. her post racking up thousands of likes. one says one from one educator to another, thank you. our kids need to be back. tammy tweets teachers equal heroes on the front lines for others. kim commenting as a mom of a kindergartner i'm grateful for teachers like you. this teacher says she has no idea how impactful her post would be. a lot of parents out there are certainly glad that she posted it, guys. jillian: wow. that's amazing. there emotions going on right now for so many families and teachers across this country. everyone feels differently about it. and, you know, you hear from people. you see messages like this. and it makes you real everyone is human and doing it together right now trying to figure it

out. >> absolutely. very well said. jillian: thanks, carley. don't forget to set your dvr every morning so you never miss a minute of "fox & friends first." todd: with that a very fun show and informative show, jillly meally do you agree. jillian: i agreed to pod with that "fox & friends" starts right now. bye-bye. >> the case against donald trump and mike pence is open and shut. >> she is ready to do this job on day one. the case has never been clear. the stakes in this election has never been higher. >> kamala harris comes from the middle of the road moderate ring of the democratic party. >> the government watchdog website still ranked harris as the most liberal senator in 2019. >> the white house and democrats are still nowhere near a deal. >> payroll tax, what he is doing is undermining social security. >> this coming evidently agreement on the payroll tax cut, this is necessary because