that is the implication if democrats stay in charge of the cities and joe biden wins. that is more powerful message. >> we are approaching the top of the hour and just getting started on the ingraham angle and we will be right back. >> we will defend america against all threats. we will lead america to new frontiers. >> you don't achieve different results by doing things the same way. >> a new spirit of unity that can only be realized through love for our great country. >> i never stopped fighting for my freedom. my christian faith and so many. >> america is the torch that enlightens the entire world and

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good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. jillian: thank you for joining us. the land of greatness. the final night of the rnc with a display of fireworks. todd: donald trump accepting the republican nomination at the white house, griff jenkins live from washington with the attacks on joe biden. >> reporter: i have never seen anything like that as a backdrop, donald trump accepted the nomination promising the best is yet to come. >> joe biden is not a savior of america's seoul but is the destroyer of america's jobs, if given a chance he will be the destroyer of american greatness. joe biden's agenda is made in

china, my agenda is made in the usa. >> reporter: of thousands supporters, and praised the economy and law and order. >> as long as i am president we will defend the right of every american citizen to live in security, dignity and peace. of the democrat party wants to stand with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burners that is up to them, but i as your president will not be a part of it. >> reporter: he was introduced by his daughter ivanka who made the case for another four years. >> to the hard-working men and women across america and here tonight, you're the reason my father fights with all his heart and all his might.

you are the reason he ran for president in the first place, and you are the reason he is going to keep fighting for four more years. >> reporter: after works that fireworks display was worthy of a fourth of july celebration. the biden campaign, kamala harris had this rebuttal. >> donald trump failed at the most basic and important job of a president of the united states. he failed to protect the american people. clean and simple. >> reporter: joe biden going on a tweet storm in real-time tweeting when donald trump took office he took a grim economy from the obama biden administration like everything else he inherited he squandered it. what donald trump says tonight,

you won't be safe and joe biden's america. look around and ask yourself how safe do you feel in donald trump's america. after the speech rand paul took to twitter noting that he was surrounded by what he called angry mob of protesters, he thanked the dc police for making sure he is unharmed as protesters are expected today during an organized march in dc but it is not clear donald trump will see him because he is headed to manchester, new hampshire to make a speech. >> which message resonated with american voters. >> ron meyer joins us live, good to see you, thanks for joining us. what do you think was the most impactful? >> last might the most impactful two impactful messages, he

worked the last four years to rack up accomplishments but ended what joe biden worked to do the last 47 years, in particular on trade what resonated most, trumpeted the tax cuts which ended a lot of obama biden tax hikes and helps create one of the most inclusive economies we have seen, numbers that have been highlighted before, record low unemployment, if you look at trade biden has always been supportive of beneficial trade policies toward china and mexico and trump ripped of those agreements with nafta, china, and we did them. that was impactful. his message on criminal justice reform was good, biden wrote the 1994 crime bill which incarcerated millions of african-americans longer than they should have an trump find the step act which got

highlighted very well the trump past the first step act and gave people a second chance whether on foreign-policy, he went accomplishment by accomplishment on how he undid what biden supported for the last 47 years and put america on a different path. >> the big issues will be covid-19 and the economy both candidates speaking about covid-19 at their convention, let's do with covid-19. >> if reelected you know what will happen. deaths will remain too high. more mom and pop business will close their doors for good. joe biden's plan is not a solution to the virus. >> we are focusing on the science, the fact that the data. we have three different vaccines in the final stage of trials right now. >> who wins the covid-19 argument? >> i thought trump put out an

interesting response yesterday as it was a counterattack on biden, that biden stands with china on trade and coronavirus, favoring easy trade policies, favorite an easy policy called trump a video for and we should have kept traveling to china open which would have sent people to other cities for quite some time where trump closed that window early. the difference between the plans, i watched the democratic national convention and don't know what joe biden's coronavirus plan is except a national mask mandate and most states mandate masks. hard to tell what the difference is in the plan from here on out. trump is starting to land better attacks on biden, getting his

message clear and you will see polls sliding up to these debates. >> let's talk about the economy and listen to what both had to say. >> my economic plan is all about jobs, dignity, respect and community. we will not only build back but build back better. >> he has pledged the $4 trillion tax icon almost all american families which will totally collapse our rapidly improving economy and once again record stock markets. >> can joe biden win that debate? >> i don't see how he can. do you like your tax bill or did you like your tax bill under obama biden and a better opportunity in the pre-abca24 economy or the obama years and most people in most age groups and most demographics have done better under this administration than the last and a pretty clear argument. >> if i am the president, all

the way until election day. >> now to this. tropical depression laura moving through arkansas triggering flash floods and reported tornado. todd: striking louisiana and texas as a category 4 hurricane tearing apart homes, leaving six people dead. jillian: lake charles, louisiana a closer look at the destruction. >> reporter: this is what residents are facing, blown outbuildings, shredded by the storm and downed power lines, six people lost their lives in the storm in louisiana. listen to the governor of the state. >> all were related to trees falling on residences which is in line with this being the major wind event. >> a fire exploded a chemical

plant a few miles from lake charles, they were told to turn off air-conditioners and stay indoors at the second fire flared up. it is not clear what role the hurricane played. donald trump plans to visit the region this weekend. >> i was prepared to postpone the speech, going to texas and louisiana, maybe arkansas. got a little bit lucky, he was big and powerful but passed quickly, probably be going on saturday or sunday and heading to texas and louisiana. >> reporter: take a closer look at this building, we spoke with the family yesterday, trying to clean up, simply too dangerous with the downed power lines, they will be back in a few hours. the man who owns this business lost his home. his son lost his home but for this family, no injuries.

todd: horrible stories of devastation, thank you. jillian: we will talk to a member of louisiana's cajun navy helping those devastated by the storm. todd: a business owner speaking out after an employee is beaten by violent protesters in kenosha, wisconsin, used to fire exposure to stop the mob from setting fire to a mattress store. protesters lit the building on fire after beating the heroic worker with a water bottle full of concrete. >> it is hard because he did that for me. he did that selflessly. >> reporter: protesters broke the man's job. he is expected to recover. that store destroyed by fire.

a fox news alert, rand paul attacked by protesters outside the are in see. when is enough enough? jillian: a new jersey jim gets a green light to reopen. there is a long way to go coming up.

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todd: hurricane lara battled the gulf coast, the cajun navy jumped into action. jillian: we get a full picture of the catastrophic damage, jordan, thank you for being here, appreciate it. some of the images we saw are devastating. tell me what you are up against. >> it was a little different than what we expected to come through. the storm surge wasn't quite as bad. rescues were not necessarily out of boats, navigating the streets and trees, we changed it up a little bit, just really be a truck and get the people out

that are still tracked. todd: 24 hours since the storm hit. what is your plan of attack? "imus in the morning" >> we are getting back in after sunrise. in lake charles we are going to finish, we have some requests, people who stayed and insisted on losing power and realize they can't do it, they didn't have a way out so we will get to those people first and make sure everyone is safe, people that are still trying to stay and from there we will look at distribution centers. >> curious about reaction of people on human to human level when you help them out of these situations. what is that like?

>> all they can say is thank you. we are not doing it to be thanked or anything. it is a horrible time. my family went through katrina. we didn't ride out the storm but we lost everything, not a lot you can say. heather: thank you for what you do. you and your team stay safe. 19 after the hour, how the speech went over. >> pastor rob jeffers at the president's address, he relives it next. so you're a small business,

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>> we will defend america against all threats. we will leave america into new frontiers of ambition and discovery. we will rekindle new faith in our values because we understand america is not a land cloaked in darkness. it is a torch that lights the entire world. >> donald trump delivered uplifting message of patriotism and faith as he accept his party's nomination for president, pastor jeffers of first baptist church joins me, described the night for us. >> it was a great evening. this was a historic speech

delivered by a historic president as america finds itself at a historic crossroads. never before have we had two political parties paint such differing views of what they envision for america but for those americans who want a country founded on faith and freedom and law and order they were excited by what they heard the president say tonight. i was in the west wing earlier today and i can tell you the president was polishing, editing until the last moment. todd: hurricane laura hitting your state and hitting we see in a real hard. what is your message to those trying to put their lives back together this morning? >> you may feel alone but you are not alone. millions of people are praying for you but god is with you. at 43 he said when you pass

through the waters i will be with you. he never promised to spare us from problems or hurricanes or anything else, the good news, god will create a new heaven and new earth free of hurricanes and anything else that ruins our lives. todd: of time, now is the time you lean on faith more than ever. thank you, appreciate your time and insight. jillian: senator rand paul attacked by protesters outside the rnc minutes after the president condemned mob violence. that story next. >> we condemn the writing, looting and arson and violence, we must never allow mob. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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>> fox news alert, protesters chasing and pushing senator rand paul after leaving the white house following the rnc's. todd: just got attacked by an agreement mob -- angry mob, thank you for the dc police for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob. senator rand paul will be on fox and translator to talk about the attack, stay tuned. federal offices and national guard members in wisconsin amid unrest over the shooting of jacob blake as donald trump touts law and order at the rnc, joe biden slammed the administration's responsible process. >> reporter: compared to previous night last night was

fairly quiet, 200 agents were deployed on the heels of the shooting of jacob blake. ben carson mentioned jacob blake at the rnc. >> our hearts go out to the blake family. other families impacted by the tragic events, jacob's mother urged the country, choose our hearts, and intelligence to work together. >> multiple felony charges, being accused of killing his people and protesting, to appear in an extradition hearing today as justice for the team. in minnesota the national guard was deployed after dozens of people were arrested and violence looting.

>> all i ask is these cities that are having difficulty, the national guard, we will put out the fire, put out the flame. jillian: the republicans reaffirmed trump as the law and order candidate, listen to the former police captain david dorn. >> violence and destruction are not forms of protest. they do not safeguard black lives, only destroy them. donald trump understands this, offered federal help to restore order in our communities. >> joe biden saying donald trump is the opposite. >> we keep pouring gasoline on the fire, donald trump's america. >> donald trump saying no one

will be safe in biden's america. todd: brit hume, senior political analyst says biden is addressing the violence in our cities, realizes americans want law and order and is trying to score political points. >> we are not seeing signs of the backlash against this urban violence and rioting, now we are beginning to see it and to what extent it leaks into the presidential race is unclear but when you see joe biden after not speaking about it almost no one did, mentioned it at all starting to talk about it, blame it on the president, you know something is happening and it remains to be seen how far they go. todd: joe biden says he is considering visiting wisconsin. he opted out of traveling to the state for the dnc which is supposed to be held in milwaukee.

>> if you and trust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. i will be an ally of the light, not the darkness. >> biden wants to keep us completely in the dark, rekindle faith in our values, pride in our history and a new spirit of unity. jillian: two visions for the future of america have been laid out, which party did a better job swaying voters and reaching the suburban moms? thank you all for being here. you are all fans of the current president. i'm curious to hear from each of you, whether it be joe biden or donald trump, what is your feeling on this? >> i certainly was moved by the

rnc presentation and the diversity they have, moved by the humanity given to the president we don't normally get to see for people who don't care for him. anybody who got to see what they brought to the table. possibly a change of heart. >> were you undecided before this? >> very much so. jillian: what about you? >> i was undecided, i went into this with an open mind. i am a mother first, it is my job to vote for the best interest of my children. i watched the dnc, open eyes, opening years, i was curious what kamala had to say but when it flushed out, biden had a lot of blanket statements was the only thing i could take away was his incentive to make sure

everybody wore a mask, law and order and jobs for america moving forward with education and lower costing healthcare and drugs was on trump's initiative and he followed through. at the end of the day trump ended up winning my vote. jillian: barbara talked about the president following through, we heard from so many people what the president has been able to do with them, that is one of the things stand out to a lot of people. does that stand out to you? >> of course. he protects our borders, protect this country. keeps us safe, and our jobs.

that is what barbara said. my kids are who i am thinking about when i am voting and donald trump seems to be the one, he is not shy of lending our country. i don't understand why kamala harris and joe biden can't condemn the virus -- violence we see on our streets. jillian: the looting and writing and things like that but a lot of people were waiting during the dnc to hear them talk about anything about the violence going on in our cities. was that a big miss? >> without question. there is a lot of fear mongering, pitting our country against each other and to see that happening in the streets, the protest turned to violence. i'm free speech, protests should be happening but there is no excuse for this violence. this cannot continue. this is not acceptable. i am glad they are speaking out about it but too late. >> how does this resonate with suburban voters?

>> the biggest mistake going on now is biden underestimating the intelligence of the american people. trump came into the pandemic and rioting hard on covid-19, insinuating they can cure the pandemic. the only reason the american people know the word zeno phobia is when trump tried to shut down the borders they call them as enough open and they are trying to rewrite history and the american people were smarter than that, trump is adding gasoline to these riots, we know these are democratic run cities. this isn't a trump issue, this is on their hands. this i am really disappointed in that party that isn't taking responsibility of their own actions and what their byproducts are. as a voter, as an american, i am

more emboldened to be part of the republican initiative. jillian: we are out of time but appreciate you offering your insight. todd: 6 people dead, 700,000 without power after laura lashed the deep south as a category 4 hurricane. homes torn apart by the storm's raging wind, gusts so powerfully louisiana it knocks that train off its tracks and heavy rain leaving entire communities underwater, laura causing flooding and reported tornadoes in arkansas turning into a tropical depression overnight. janice dean tracking it, where is the storm right now? >> reporter: the middle of the country moving through arkansas to the middle mississippi and tennessee river valley. eventually the ohio valley and the northeast, what is left of

laura. let's look at the coordinates, 35 mile-per-hour sustained winds pushing through northern arkansas and look at the wind gusts in lake charles yesterday, 134 miles per hour, 30 miles inland. impressive windmaker, storm surge maker and heavy rainfall threat not only yesterday but today and the next couple days. tornado threat will be an ongoing risk as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. we are talking portions of the ohio and tennessee river valley, mississippi, toward kentucky and tennessee. there is the track through the next several days moving over the ohio valley towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast as an extratropical low bringing potential for very gusty windss, heavy rainfall and severe weather. flooding will be prevalent over the next couple days, flood

advisories in parts of the tennessee, mississippi and ohio river valley as the system moves northeast. there is your forecast for precipitation. not a lot of rain, isolated amounts of two to four inches but the storm is weakening and the risk for the storm affects is lessening. i want to point out in terms of tropical activity we are not even in the peak season. a wave coming off of africa we have to monitor but the next few days is quiet. the weather forecast will get a little bit of rest. it is going to ramp up again. jillian: hard to believe we have so much time to go. todd: 40 minutes after the hour. a star-spangled celebration only this president could pull off. jillian: a bit of sour grapes from the left.

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todd: democratic nominee joe biden trolling the president online at of the are in c using a familiar slogan. jillian: carley shimkus with serious xm 115 as the story. carley: their final attempt at counterprogramming during the republican national convention the biden campaign revealed they were able to acquire the web domain name keep america great.com and are using it to attack the president. not sure how the trump campaign let this slide past them but the trump campaign spokesman said you can buy all the domain names he wants but joe biden can't ever buy his way out of 47 years worth of failure in elected office. the trump campaign had us listed by purchasing the website for biden, his latino outreach

program, so that is only heating up. jillian: how did they do that? carley: i do not know. todd: like trump on the way, doesn't make any sense. as you might imagine reaction to the president giving the speech from the white house lawn. >> at our beautiful and majestic white house known all over the world as the people's house, we cannot help but marvel at our great american story. not even a house, it is a home. >> the president talking about having the speech at the white house, because of the coronavirus, critics are up in arms over this because some folks say it is inappropriate to politicize the white house. amy klobuchar said get off our lawn.

hawaiian senators is no president should ever use the white house for this purpose ever again, disgusting, unacceptable. this is not precedent, it is a stain. supporters of the president did not seem to mind, lindsey graham said a great speech and great week for donald trump. the controversy around the hatch act which prohibits government employees from participating in political events on federal property. whether that should apply to the president, i thought chief of staff mark meadows summoned it up simply saying nobody outside the beltway cares about this. jillian: wasn't necessarily first choice, wouldn't have been done this way if we weren't dealing with a pandemic, would have been in charlotte or second choice jacksonville. todd: working from home. jillian: there has been a lot of talk about violence the last few

weeks in the streets of our city. listen to what joe biden has to say. >> the last four years we weren't having racial riots was when they occurred we didn't have to call -- we protected federal property without hurting people. jillian: joe biden suggesting the violent riots and racial tensions are donald trump's fault and that happens when he and obama were in office but the unrest in ferguson in 2014, baltimore in 2015, charlotte, north carolina in 2016, each time the national guard was called in to quell the protests so there you have it. rob: thank you. jillian: the school year just started but cancel culture on campus in full swing. todd: ac recuse professor placed on leave over a coronavirus nickname, turning point usa reacts next. ♪ experience the ultimate sports hub.

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jillian: donald trump reviewing military heroes and telling their success in fighting terror during the first term. todd: would donald trump or joe biden make the best commander-in-chief for the next week for years. army veteran graham allen live to weigh in. point blank is a veteran who do you want as your commander-in-chief? >> i would want donald trump. the predominance of my service was under the obama administration which joe biden was a part of and i can so you point blank it is not even the

same military morale, has never been higher, the military loves this president and it is not even a question, donald trump is our commander-in-chief it needs to continue to be the commander-in-chief or another four years. jillian: those of us who are not on the frontline to don't know what it is like to be fighting for this country what is the big difference between the administrations? >> i got out as donald trump was getting elected. i served in iraq underneath bush and obama. the difference is the feeling of the president has our back, the president has our men and women in uniform's back, what is going on with police right now sometimes these men and women putting themselves in harm's way to protect citizens it is not always about needing more money, more health care coverage, it is knowing when push comes to shove the commander in chief is going to have your back no matter

what. that goes a long way and trump's advisory board, the love of this president for veterans and military has never been higher. todd: one of the most powerful moments of the night came from the parents of kalin mueller, humanitarian. listen. >> the obama administration said it was doing everything it could, the trump administration is. let me just say this. kayla should be here. if donald trump had been president when kayla was captured she would be here today. todd: how can the biden administration if elected president how can he defend the obama administration's record on this incident? >> i don't think he can. a simple answer to that. under the obama administration in my opinion doing service at

that time it could be argued america was viewed as we, had week leaders, a week presence among the world. donald trump has done a very good job reminding our enemies that america is number one for a reason and we are not going to tolerate any acts of aggression, targeting of american citizens, we have seen that with how baghdadi, soleimani, he's taking names and handling business. jillian: there is a professor at syracuse put on administrative leave after referring to the coronavirus as the wuhan, take a look. the chinese communist party flew, the school has this to say, syracuse university condemns racism and seen a

phobia, derogatory languages damaging to the learning environment for our students and chinese, international and asian americans everywhere. what do you say? the change i think it is ridiculous we can't have conversations, ridiculous we can't point out facts. we have no idea what this teacher's purpose was. was he going to have a debate do you think it is racist to say this, do you not? we will never know because teachers are allowed to do what teachers need to do because we live in a generation where words hurt, feelings matter. we are getting upset with something that could possibly offend china, talking chinese-americans, pointing out the fact that what we know, coronavirus came from somewhere in a wet market in wuhan, china. we will never know what this professor was getting at, getting canceled and his job is at stake over a course syllabus. todd: school just started, expect to hear more like this.

we appreciate your time. jillian: update on the story we have been following among jim owners who decide new jersey lockdown orders are allowed to reopen. the governor, the green light for jim's to reopen next week the governor revoked after they opened without consent but the owners say legal troubles are far from over. >> a long battle ahead of us, governor murphy got us, quote, out of his this but we are open and will continue to be open. jillian: without a business license they face a 15,$000 fine. owners say they are going to reopen anyway. todd: a fox news alert, senator rand paul attacked by protesters while leaving the rnc. giano caldwell reacts live at the top of the hour.

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