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you very much for making me feel so welcome. we'll see you, next sunday. when the next revolution will be televised. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ todd: it is monday, may 17. a fox news alert, israeli war planes raining fire on gaza as pressure mounts on the white house. jillian: the nation's top coronavirus experts are defending mixed messaging from the cdc. but americans are ready for a return to normal as major retailers start lifting mask mandates today. >> three, two, one, zero. todd: always cool, always blast off. nasa successfully blasting a rocket which is heading to space
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for a very specific mission. we'll tell you what that is when "fox & friends first" starts right now. jillian: oh, hello. [laughter] i thought there was going to be a little bit more -- todd: nope. jillian: well, good morning. it's monday. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. overnight, israel launching strikes on gaza as calls for a cease fire grow. jillian: amy kellogg joins us live from israel outside a destroyed synagogue. what's the latest there? >> reporter: the synagogue wasn't destroyed but it was in fact damaged. it was hit directly with a rocket yesterday. though all of that occurred and can you perhaps take a look at the damage just over my shoulder, people are back here today at prayers. it is a religious holiday in israel and we spoke to some people who were at synagogue this morning. they didn't want to be interviewed because of the religious nature of the holiday but one of them said what would
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the world say if israel had hit a mosque somewhere? in the meantime, just to bring you up-to-date, over 3,000 hamas rockets have been fired from gaza. about 200 palestinians in gaza have been killed, between a quarter and a third of them children, 10 israelis killed so far but they are being told to stick. stick in the meantime very close to bombshell terse which have saved many lives and the rockets continue to come from the gaza strip. the air strikes from the israeli to gaza continue but the diplomacy is heating up too. we've got the un, we've got egypt, qatar and the u.s. of course very much involved with this. president biden in a message said this. >> we also believe palestinians and israelis equally he deserve to live in safety and security
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and enjoy an equal measure of freedom, prosperity and democracy. my administration is going to continue to engage the palestinians, israelis and other regional partners to work towards sustained calm. >> reporter: over the weekend, journalists at the associated press in gaza were amongs residents of a high-rise building given a warning to get out. you can see them getting ready to evacuate right here. they were told their building would be struck shortly there. were scenes of panic. what do you take in such an event? everyone made it out safely. in an angry statement, ap, which is an american company, asked for proof that there was ah ha mass target inside. they they say they they were not aware of a hamas presence in the building. >> they plot and organize terrorize attacks, so it's a perfectly legitimate target.
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>> reporter: now, of course the calls for proof of that evidence do continue and the journalists including the associated press really do believe that they were targeted, their building was targeted anyway in order to slow the flow of information and images out of the gaza strip. you heard prime minister netanyahu, he insists there's was some sort of hamas presence inside the building. jillian and todd, back to you. todd: amy, great work. please stay safe. jillian: former secretary of state mike pompeo says the biden administration needs to abandon nuclear negotiations with iran over their funding of rockets. >> they are in vienna, trying to decide how many billions of dollars to give to that regime. what's that regime doing today that's impacting all people.
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the iranian regime is underwriting the terrorists who are flying rockets -- firing rockets on israelis, putting american lives at risk. the fact that this administration is so whetted to this jcpoa, it's almost an article of faith for them and it puts american lives at risk and it's bad for global security and certainly for our friends and allies in the middle east. jillian: senator marco rubio sent a letter to the administration last week, urging the administration to abandon negotiations with iran. it was signed by all but six senate republicans. todd: take a look at this shocking video, bleachers collapsing in a west bank synagogue. two people are dead. more than 150 people hurt, hundreds were packed in the unfinished building, celebrating the beginning of a jewish holiday. arrests are expected. jillian: today, jury selection
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is expected to begin for the trial of the illegal immigrant accused of killing an iowa college student, mille continue bits. her body was found in a corn field. if convicted, he could face life in prison without parole. she was just 20 years old. the nation's top health experts are defending the mixed mask messaging from the cdc. todd: doug luzader live for us in washington as governors call for better communication from the white house. doug, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. many americans are no doubt thrilled about the new mask guidance that most of us don't have to wear face masks if we've been vaccinated in most situations but the cdc's guidance on this has run into all kinds of criticism from some who think the cdc moved too slowly to others who think they're moving too aggressively. here's dr. anthony fauci on the decision. >> the underlying reason for
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the cdc doing this was just based on the evolution of the science. >> reporter: but look at president biden over the weekend. apparently going well beyond cdc guidelines now and still wearing a mask, although at other times he doesn't wear one. the country is pretty split on this. the cdc is not backing away from its recommendation that kids in school keep wearing masks. >> we have asked the schools not -- we will not be changing our guidance for the end of this school year. most kids will not be vaccinated or fully vaccinated before the end of the year and we're going to work on updating our school guidance. >> reporter: and then you have still questions about where the virus came from and whether a lab in wuhan, china played any role. >> there's 25 questions that the united states government ought to be answering not just for house republicans on the intelligence committee who are trying to get to the bottom of this but for all of the american people and all of our allies
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around the globe who are still reeling from this virus. >> reporter: all right, and in a letter to the biden administration a group of house republicans is asking for more information about that investigation and they have set a deadline for may 31st for that to happen. todd and jillian. jillian: doug luzader, live for us. thank you. todd: starting today, starbucks and walmart are among several retailers to lift mandates for fully vaccinated shoppers. trader joe's still going to require employees to wear face masks. companies lifting restrictions will not require customers to show proof of vaccination. jillian: congresswoman elise stefanik blasting liz cheney after replacing her as house republican conference chair. >> she is looking backwards. republicans are looking forward. we are unified and we are talking about conservative principles. president biden is an important voice in the republican party.
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we are working as one team. jillian: congresswoman cheney, though, is not backing down. >> what about the millions, tens of millions of republican voters who still support donald trump? why alienate them. >> those millions of people that you mentioned who supported the president have been misled. they've been betrayed. he's causing people to believe that they can't count on our electoral process to actually convey the will of the people. jillian: cheney also accused stefanik and house minority leader kevin mccarthy of what she says is them being complicit in trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen. todd: today, the united launch alliance set to send a rocket into space carrying a u.s. space force satellite with missile detection and early warning capabilities, a day after nasa's lawn of the black brandt 12 rocket. watch. >> three, two, one, zero.
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todd: cool. the release of the vapor tracers lit up the night sky across the east coast. the mission is aimed at studying how energy moves in space. you want to join that organization that i just read, what was it again, the united alliance of -- the united launch alliance. you should join that. jillian: maybe i will, a absolutely. todd: can we get her an application still to come, the deadly conflict as the world watches. jim hanson thinks israel absolutely has the right to defend itself. he joins us live to explain, next. jillian: a fiery finish for alex bowman who smoked the competition in his nascar cup series win at dover.
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rock etcaches and arms. jillian: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing to continue rocket attacks against hamas as the death toll rises in the worst violence gaza has seen in years. todd: joining us with his insight, securities studies president, jim hanson. great to see you as always. what's your analysis of that tough talk from netanyahu? >> why would anybody expect him to say anything else? the palestinians have not stopped attacking israel. as a matter of fact, they haven't stopped attacking israel for 70 years. they've been conducting terror attacks, trying to destroy the entire state of israel and all its occupants. so i don't think that anyone should expect israel to act differently than any other country as the prime minister mentioned, until the palestinians show that they are not going to act especially hamas in gaza as a terrorist
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state then israel has every right to respond militarily to eliminate that threat to its people. jillian: if we pull up some of the numbers here, the death l toll, it is devastating. deaths in gaza, 192, deaths in israel, 10. a lot of people say they haven't seen anything like this in years and jim, you see the video and you see the images coming out of the iron dome defense system, it really puts it into perspective what's going on on the ground over there. when was the last time you saw something like this? >> i don't think there's anything like this that happens anywhere else in the world because in this situation, the israelis are in many cases they gave gaza control back to the palestinians to try and make peace. and what hamas did with that was to build their terror state which as you mentioned is shooting rockets into the state of israel consistently. and i'd like to mention on the idea of more deaths in gaza rather than in israel, israel
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does have iron dome. but the idea of proportionality, the idea that somehow israel should not respond to these rocket attacks, it doesn't mean that if hamas fires a rocket, israel fires a rocket. it means if what a mass fires a rocket, israel can respond in a way to destroy that ability to hurt them proportionally to the amount of military force needed, not a one for one exchange of rockets with hamas. todd: as for our position, here's president joe biden. >> we also believe palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live in safety and security and enjoy equal measure of freedom, prosperity and democracy. and my administration is going to continue to engage the continuans and -- palestinians and israelis and other regional partners to work toward sustained tom. calm.todd: my personal take, it know if that statement said much at all. what would you have rather heard
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joe biden say. >> what he needs to say is that we will not tolerate, nor will we fund, nor will we allow other people to fund a terrorist state in the gaza strip that seeks to destroy israel. and until then, israel has the support of the united states to take whatever measures are necessary to keep its people safe. that would be the honorable thing to do and the right thing. until the palestinians decide they want peace more than they're willing to go ahead and shoot rockets from their own civilian locations, trying to kill civilians in israel. there is no way to make peace with people who are doing that. jillian: do you see this escalating even more? >> i think there's a very good chance the israelis will go ahead and go into gaza to clean up the last bits. they've done a lot of air strikes. they've made artillery strikes, very precision. there are palestinians dead, that's due to the fact that the hamas terrorists operate from directly within civilian locations in order to make sure
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that civilians die. so i think the israelis may end up risking their own troops' lives to go in and clean out the last couple rats nest of hamas terrorists. todd: you can pick up your copy of jim's book, winning the second civil war without firing a shot, there it is on your screen right there. thanks for getting up with us this morning. jillian: banning the blue, new york city's pride parade rejecting new york city's finest. todd: our next guest is the president of the gay action league. he reacts, next. ♪ i won't back down. ♪ hey baby. ♪ there ain't no easy way out. ♪ i won't back down. ♪ hey
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todd: welcome back. organizers of new york's annual pride parade have banned police officers from participating in any of their events coming up this june for at least 2025. brian downy, the president of the day officer's action league, says the decision is taking the low road. he joins me now. brian, thanks for being here. how hurtful is this action taken by the pride parade? >> it's definitely hurtful to our members who offer so much of themselves, being lgbtq people that have come into the criminal justice system which has not always worked the best for lgbtq people or for marginalized people, people of color. one of the core values of goal is we work to make that system more fair and equitable for people. todd: here's the statement from parade organizers, it reads,
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quote, nyc pride seeks to create safer spaces for the lgbtqia plus and bipoc communities, the sense of safety that law enforcement is meant to provide can instead be threatening and at times dangerous to those in our community who are often targeted with excessive force and/or without reason. how anti-thetical is that to the sense of inclusiveness that is meant to be fostered. >> when you try to dissect that message, when you talk about law enforcement, does that mean the gay officers action league, my understanding is the nypd is going to needs to be present to police the event. what about the five elected district attorneys in the city of new york? you know, they're law enforcement. so have they been uninvited too? you know, has the fbi, has, you
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know -- and if this starts here, where does it end? you know, who's next on the chopping block? todd: hypothetical here, god forbid there's a hate crime during this parade, nypd is going to show up and respond and help those impacted, right? >> absolutely. and i have absolutely no -- i don't speak for the police department but i have heard no communication from them that they're not going to be there. they have to be there. they will be there. and with everything we've seen in this country, as far as active shooter scenarios and things like that, do we really want police officers or first responders to be a block away?
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you know, that time differential is crucial in saving lives. so that really doesn't make a lot of sense to us either. todd: here's the statement from the nypd, quote, the idea of officers being excluded is disheartening and runs counter to our shared values of inclusion and tolerance, we will be there to ensure traffic safety and good order during this huge complex event. i want to switch gears quickly. what has been the he reaction to this move by others in the gay community who are not police officers? >> i think the gay officers action league has received tremendous support from our community, from our friends. you know, the donationses are through the roof. i had to have an emergency call with our accountant yesterday, just to kind of sort through some of this stuff and the support has been overwhelming. so many people stepping up. elvis durand, you know, from radio has just been such a
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tremendous supporter, wrote a check for $25,000 yesterday. so we thank him and we love him. todd: seems like there is a silver lining there but it shouldn't have happened in the first place, brian. we appreciate your time this morning. >> no, absolutely not. thank you so much. be well. be safe. todd: jillian. jillian: coming up, the colonial pipeline is back online but the southeast is still out of gas and prices are still rising. will it turn around by memorial day weekend? and president biden struggling to gain support from small business owners as the country faces a worker shortage. pennsylvania congressman fred keller joins us live, next. ♪ hard working man. ♪ i got it all on the line. ♪ for a piece of the promised land. ♪ i'm burning my candle at both ends. ♪
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a fox nice alert, a manhunt is underway for the person suspected of starting aing a rag wildfire west of los angeles, mandatory evacuations remain in place as the pacific palisades fire grows out of control. more than 1300 acres have been torched. meanwhile, in south jersey, firefighters are battling a massive fire in the forest. it has grown to more than 900 acres with zero percent containment. that cause is under investigation. todd: a bridge collapse in iowa causing a train carrying explosive material to derail. approximately 47 cars came off the tracks. it was carrying fertilizer and ammonium nitrate. a five mile radius around the scene has been evacuated as a precaution. no injuries have been reported. 30 minutes after the hour. gas shortages and rising prices across the east coast after hackers force a shutdown of the colonial pipeline. jillian: ashley strohmier joins
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us with more. >> reporter: hackers forced the pipeline to be shut down for six days. some gas stations in the southeast are still struggling. according to gas buddy, 80% of the gas stations in the nation's capital are out of gas. it also says 58% of north carolina gas stations are without gas, along with 48% of south carolina stations. those are also dry. along with gas shortages comes the worry of price gouging, some areas getting harder hit than others. with the highest gas prices since 2014. in d.c. it's $3.14. maryland is $3.06, virginia is at $2.95 per gallon. then when it comes to pipelines, one republican congressman says we need more, not less. listen. >> we need more pipelines, not fewer pipelines. pipelines are a lifeline for our energy, for our economy, for jobs. this administration has been asleep at the switch on this.
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if one pipeline goes down and can cause this amount of panic and these long lines, it tells you how vulnerable we are. >> reporter: earlier in the week, the senator released a statement saying the cyber attack on the pipeline should concern every american. meantime, president biden is apparently set to meet with republican lawmakers to discuss his spending plan. >> we certainly need infrastructure in this country to remain competitive around the world. but with the democrats and under the biden administration, when everything is infrastructure, nothing is infrastructure. >> reporter: texas congressman babin warned about the potential of seeing even more cyber attacks in the future. back to you guys. todd: ashley strohmier live for us in studio. thanks. jillian: republican lawmakers have been vocal critics of president biden's business policies as america's worker shortage plagues companies big and small. todd: now a conservative legal group is suing the administration over relief funds they say were illegally
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distributed to businesses based on racially discriminatory practiceses. here to react, pennsylvania congressman, fred keller. thanks for being here. before we get to the lawsuit, i want to take a look at the over arching picture. the april jobs report, not good. 226,000 only added, unemployment rate jumping up to 6.1% and this is the reason. weekly unemployment payments. there it is right there. you see 2020, it got jacked up there, not going down too much in 2021. pick your poison, either the administration is ignorant at realizing free money is keeping workers at home or they know it and they're doing it purposefully, which is it, congressman? >> i hate to get in the mind of the administration. it's hard to figure out what they're doing. one thing they're not doing is listening to the people that he create jobs in america. we had 8.1 million job openings according to the bureau of labor statistics and 266,000 filled. they need to start listening to the people that employ
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americans. jillian: when do you think that's going to happen? >> well, i would be -- i would hope it would happen sooner rather than later. we've talked to many people across pa-12 and the one thing i will tell you is people want of to work, they want to do the right things, but the administration has been out selling the american rescue plan that democrats passed, ran through congress and signed into law which really has taken us in the wrong direction. it's not incentivizing people to work and do the things we need to do to have a healthy economy. jillian: i asked the when. now i'll ask the why. why do you think in your estimation they're not listening? >> well, it seems to be their pattern of behavior, quite frankly. they haven't listened about the border, they haven't listened about the jobs. think about how many more jobs we would have had if they hadn't shut down the pipeline on day one. seems they're listening to people inside the beltway, not listening to the american people. todd: let's get to the lawsuit.
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the decision from the biden administration to determine eligibility and priority for restaurant relief funds based upon race is profoundly illegal and morally outrageous, congressman, this is literally textbook race based discrimination which in case you don't know, i'm not saying you don't know, but in case people don't know literally is illegal, with all their lawyers, how does this make it out of the gate in the first place? >> he's so stunned by the question that he can't answer it. obviously, it's a -- jillian: the magic of skype, of course. whatever the case may be. todd: i'll lawyer here. that's going to be really, really tough to hold up in court. in the meantime, you're doing anything involving race, even if it's in the pro, affirmative action went through a long road there in the supreme court. this is barely affirmative action. i don't think this approaches affirmative action.
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he's back? all right, congressman, i don't know if you heard that question. did ya? and he's -- jillian: he's he frozen again. todd: we'll move on. jillian: not his morning to -- his computer is still asleep. todd: maybe he's so stunned by the question and what's going on with race. all right, let's move on. jillian: thank the congressman for joining us. todd: florida governor ron de santis attending the grand opening of nick filet restaurant, a play on chick-fil-a, after the owner moved from pennsylvania because of fewer restrictions. >> i saw what was going on, restaurants were full, people were running businesses how they wanted to run it and i was like i have to be here so i got in a car and i moved and three months later here we are with the governor here. .todd: his name is also nick, that helped with nick fill. jillian: i got it. todd: he said he moved to florida after seeing the state
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and people living normal lives under looser restrictions. jillian: tax returns are due today, the traditional mid-april deadline was pushed back by americans who want more time to file because of the pandemic. texas, oklahoma and louisiana, you have more time. the irs extended tax day in those states to june 15th. you can file for a five month extension but keep in mind if you do, you could face penalties for each month you don't pay. todd: all right. nascar driver alex bowman conquering the monster mud. >> checkered flag in the air, alex bowman gets his fourth career victory, winning the dry dean 500. todd: he won it all at the dover international speedway, his second win of the season. things got a little hot during the post race interview. look. >> you're on fire over here, so
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much rubber. >> we're on a lot of fire over here. i don't know if somebody wants to put that out. i'm on fire. that's a big fire. kind of worried. jillian: obviously referencing the "talladega nights" after a small fire, it was pulled out with no problem. todd: don't you love how chill these guys are. jillian: prince harry exercising his freedom of speech to slam the first amendment. >> i have so much i want to say about the first amendment. it is bonkers. jillian: a bold statement that has a lot of people talking this morning. todd: come on, harry. big boom triggered by a brave little boy, his dream come true in the lone star state, next.
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todd: welcome back. did you hear about this? twitter suspending a spanish politician over what he is calling fascist biology. yeah, you heard that right, francisco contreras revealed he was blocked for 12 hours for hate speech after he responded to an article about a man giving birth. he said a man can't get pregnant because he doesn't have a womb or eggs. egg twitter declined tocomment. rand paul's book is climbing the charts, the tyranny of big tech hitting number 15 on amazon's list of most sold books of the week. the original publisher, simon &
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schuster canceled it in the wake of the january 6 capitol riot. jillian: prince harry is facing backlash over comments about the first amendment. take a listen. >> i have so much i want to say about the first amendment. i don't understand it. it is bonkers. jillian: the prince recently appearing on dax shepherd's podcast. he said he didn't quite understand the freedom of speech clause. republicans are furious over the firing of a space force commander who spoke out against marxist ideology and critical race theory in the military. ted cruz tweeted, troubling. another writing the lieutenant colonel is a hero for putting on the uniform every day to defend the freedoms of the leftist mob attempting to cancel him. he was relieved of his post due to, quote, loss of trust and
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confidence in his ability to lead. and fox news contributor sean duffy calls this report concerning. here's why. >> the concern is that they're purging conservatives or trump supporters, i don't care if brown, white or black. you care that someone bleeds red, white, and blue. i want patriots in there of all colors, creeds and sections. jillian: there was controversy over a recruitment that some say politicized the spy agency. todd: move over peanuts and cracker jacks. there is the offer of a free hot dog and soda if you get vaccinated at wrigley field. vouchers are redeemable at any concession stand in the ballpark. validate me on this one. i'm not going to make up this joke. it is written in the prompter. here we go. as mayor bill de blasio would
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say, mmmm, vaccinations. jillian: that's just a weird moment. todd: firing on all cylinders against me. portland rocked by gun violence as homicides soar, meantime merited wheeler thanking president biden for reversing a trump order that sent federal agents to crack down on protests. jillian: our next guest is a retired marine and civic leader who says the city has become a battleground, he sounds off, next. when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. try pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultra-coating. nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. get powerful relief with pepto bismol liquicaps.
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[female narrator] nurses are there the day we are born, they are there when your family is in crisis and they are there in the end. in confronting the most catastrophic health crisis in modern history, we must remember our american nurse heroes need our support as much as we need them . to show our gratitude for their courage and ensure they receive the critical education and support services they need.. donate to the coronavirus response fund for nurses today in honor of your american nurse hero. jillian: good morning. welcome back. portland experiencing a massive spike in crime even the fbi now deployed in the streets over, quote, imminent threats of gun violence. but as merited wheeler refunds his city cops, he's praising
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president biden for an executive order reversing former president trump's rule that sent federal troops to contain the summer's riots. here to weigh in, retired marine gabriel johnson. thank you for being here. what's going on there? what do you see? >> well, what we're seeing and what we've heard from the mayor is that it's time to take our city back but we've actually seen half of the federally charged rioters, charges being brought by the biden administration which only leads to further destruction of our city. wheeler's words are contradictory. it's crazy-making at best and leaves him zero credibility. jillian: homicides are up 800%, shootings up 120%. how do you get a handle on those numbers and bring them down? >> well, by funding the police and actually at this point we've already seen the fbi has come in
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to help the local law enforcement. we need help from the federal government. whether it's the fbi, whether it's federal officers. this air of lawlessness that's been he created is beyond the capabilities of our local law enforcement. we need help in our city. jillian: there's a poll here. it talks about portland residents, how they avoid going downtown because of certain concerns they have, you can see 67% say safety. 60% say protests. and the other 60% here say homelessness. do you see all three of these things being a major problem? >> well, of course they are. if you're here in the city, you come to the downtown area, it actually seems brett depressed. -- pretty depressed. buildings are still boarded up. it doesn't make people want to come down to the heart of the city. we've got homeless camps in city
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parks, city parks have been fenced off that basically have been knocked over and these areas taken back over by the homeless and drug addicted. jillian: what do you love most about portland and what would you like to see come back to that city? >> our city used to be a destination city, a place where everyone from around the country, from around the world that would love to come. portland has a great heartbeat. it has had a great heartbeat. we have festivals during the summer, great weather year-round. we have different seasons and i think that with all of this unrest in our city, and lawlessness, it's not inviting and that's what we want back. we want our safety back. we want our liveability back. we want our city back. jillian: absolutely. can't blame you for that. gabriel johnson, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you again for having me.
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todd: the defenders of freedom ride honoring veterans in colorado, take a look. >> just a feeling that you're making a difference and that you're helping out the people who have served our country and are unfortunately not receiving the attention and service that they have earned. todd: the 14th annual ride was started by an army vet in 2008. the event has raised tens of millions of dollars to benefit wounded veterans and their families. we love watching people helping out their communities. it's so vital. jillian: a 6-year-old leukemia survivor helps demolish part of a bridge in austin, texas. watch this. oh, man. that's archer folderman, known as the master of demolition for
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obvious reasons. he hit the button to bring down two spans of a bridge. todd: the texas department of transportation partnering with the amazing folks at make a wish, my god they do the lord's work over there, to make the blast happen. when asked what he was going to tell his friends, this is the best line. archer said, quote, i blew up a bridge. jillian: you look at his reaction to that, as soon as he had hits the button and he jumps back a little bit and the smile on his face, i love that. todd: it's not just the trips to disney, which they do but they run the gamut and these kids want such varied things to put a quick smile on their face as they go through a horrific time in their lives, it's so beautiful to see. jillian: all of them are very touching. the ones that stand out to me are stories that you hear when the kids want to be police officers or firefighters and they they get to go out with them for a day and i think it's so remarkable. todd: keep them coming. we love them. we know you love them too.
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coming up on "fox & friends first," police in big cities across the country bracing for a summer of bloodshed, a panel of officers predicting whether the reopening of our economy and a rise in gun purchases may lead to a spike in violent crime. jillian: joey jones, dr. marty makary and bill mcgern join us live in the next hour. ♪
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jillian: it is monday, may 17. a fox news alert, israeli war planes raining fire on gaza as pressure mounts on the white house to bring both sides back from the brink of war. we're live in israel. todd: the nation's top coronavirus experts are defending mixed messaging from the cdc, but americans, well, we're ready for a return to normal. jillian: i think a lot of people have been ready. todd: major retailers start lifting mask mandates today, mele. three, two, one, zero. jillian: and blastoff. nasa successfully lawn ofs the black brandt 12 rocket which is headed to space for a very specific reason. we'll tell you about it. "fox & friends first" the continues right now. todd: i am todd piro. jillian: good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm jillian mele. overnight, israel launches new strikes on gaza as calls for a
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cease fire grow. todd: amy kellogg joins us live from israel outside a damaged synagogue. amy, good morning. >> reporter: we are running to a shelter right now, guys because the sirens have just gone off for the first time this morning. we are in the synagogue that was hit yesterday with rockets. [audio difficulties] jillian: looks like we lost her signal. she's is obviously running. what we heard from her, she said the sirens went off for the first time this morning. the situation is dire over there and the situation changes ram i'dly. when you -- rapidly, when you hear the sirens, the first priority is making sure amy and her crew is safe, getting the information to us when they can safely do so. and if she can, we will check back in with her but that's the priority, making sure the team is safe. todd: as we've seen, this is a scene that's repeated itself over the course of the last week. trey yingst, in the same position. once the sirens go off, has the
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hehas to get to safety. we'll hopefully get back amy in a little bit to report from the scene. we have amy back. all right, we lost you for a minute while you were going to get shelter. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, i don't know where this rocket has landed or in fact whether the iron dome defense system intercepted. we're in the basement of the synagogue that hit yesterday. the rocket hit the rabbi's bedroom in his house which is adjacent to the synagogue and then came through here. we wanted to show a massive hole inside the synagogue but we've run down to shelter to be safe. people were remarking that it had been a quiet morning, maybe that was something to do with a pending truce. but it appears that the hamas activity has started up again this morning. we've been hearing israeli air strikes on gaza this morning and we know that since last night a
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