jillian: it is monday, june 21st. a fox news alert. manhunt in iowa, residents on high alert after a police deputy was shot multiple times during a robly. this just -- robbery, this one of many incidents during a violent weekend across the u.s. we are live with the latest. todd: a tornado reportedly hitting success urban chicago overnight, heavy wind and rain toppling trees, flooding the city's airport. jillian: talk about a sweet punishment, a mississippi man going viral after he spent 15

hours in a waffle house because he lost a bet. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ todd: i find you and i both questioning if this is a punishment. because i think we would love the waffle house to be our house as flo-rida is singing. jillian: i love waffles. i don't agree that this is a punishment. todd: we need to find out what was so wrong about eating nine waffles in 15 hours. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. a manhunt is underway in iowa after a deputy was shot multiple times overnight. residents are being asked to lock their doors and report any suspicious behavior. todd: investigators say the deputy was hit when he walked in on a suspect robbing a general store. the deputy air lifted to the hospital in unknown condition.

we will keep you posted. meantime, violent crime soaring in the first six months of the year as more police officers are being killed in the line of duty. jillian: jackie ibanez joins us now as mayors of cities are under fire for their policies. >> reporter: the number of police officers intentionally rammed by vehicles, shot or stabbed to death has increased more than 40% throughout the first six months of 2021. compared to this time last year. according to the officer down memorial page. this as crime across several major cities soars. homicides in portland are up a staggering 533% compared to last year. and it was a particularly violent weekend nationwide. here in new york city, a campaign volunteer for merrellal candidate eric adams is recovering after being stabbed in the bronx. >> he was stabbed multiple times by an ice pick. that is one of the most dangerous weapons you could use for a stabbing. we're trying to get more from

the police department. i want to thank them. they have been amazing during this time. >> reporter: the attack happening days after two children were caught between a gunman and his target, also there in the bronx. fortunately, neither of those children were injured. police are looking for this man in connection to the shooting. meanwhile, in chicago, at least five people were killed in shootings with another 40 injured over the weekend. police are also investigating the broad daylight murder of a university of maryland graduate student who was found stabbed to death on a sidewalk in the city's loop. police have no suspects this morning. but a father's day attack in detroit that left an 11-year-old shot in the chest and his dad shot in the leg has police calling for an end to the senseless violence. >> what we're having right now is an issue with people just being violent for no reason. right now, people should be celebrating father's day. what we have is we have a father and a child in the hospital with gunshot wounds. >> reporter: and in atlanta, where the buckhead neighborhood

is calling for its own police force, mayor keisha lance bottoms joins the crime surge on georgia's post covid reopening. >> in georgia, we are open up before the rest of the country so our nightclubs and bars remained open. we had people traveling from across the country to party in our city. >> reporter: georgia governor brian kemp did respond to the mayor, calling the crime surge a result of the left's anti-police and soft on crime agenda. todd, jillian, bark to you guys. todd: jackie, thanks. jillian: a positive update about those two children who narrowly escaped gunfire while shopping for candy in the bronx. the new york yankees host eded m both at sunday's game. >> the children, their parents, are guests of the yankees who stand with them. jillian: how sweet are they. the 10-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy sat alongside their family.

and those tragic stories of violence come after a wave of anti-police protests. todd: former detroit police chief says bail reform and anti-police policies are contributing to the spike in crime across u.s. cities. listen. >> our profession is in a crisis right now and when you talk about issues like bail reform, the courts are not using common sense, they're putting violent predatory criminals back in our community. the other big issue, some of the mayors in the city are failing miserably. look at chicago. lorrie light foot talks about what's dangerous. she's dangerous. where is the support for the men and women, this anti-police rhetoric, it's not a surprise that police officers are leaving in large numbers. jillian: and just last week we told you that the entire riot squad in portland resigned due to lack of support following close to a year of nonstop rioting. todd: five minutes after the hour, now to extreme weather.

overnight the large tornado we were talking about slamming a chicago suburb. [sirens] todd: at least six people reportedly injured, more than 35,000 without power. jillian: the storm caused flooding issues at o'hare airport. another tornado caused extensive damage in iowa. meteorologist adam klotz here with our fox weather forecast. some of the images we're seeing, the video is devastating to look at. >> that's a really big line of storms. it's on the move early this morning. we're watching it track its way across the great lakes, working across portions of the midwest, running towards the toledo area, the detroit area and will sweep on over to cleveland. this has been a big system that's done a lot of damage. every one of these storm reports, a lot of hail damage, heavy wind and rain damage with this system, happening along the frontal boundary, extreme heat in front of it, 80 degrees in

memphis early this morning. you see the cooler air on the backside of that system, usually when the air masses meet, that's when you talk about the chance for severe weather. still tropical storm claudette is spinning through portions of north carolina but we're on the tail end of this. this will move out to sea later today. we have some tropical storm warnings along the coastline. this is the path, so by this afternoon this runs out to sea eventually weakening so about to kind of wrap up with this system and we'll continue to track those storms that are moving across the midwest. jillian: very busy out there. todd: speaking of weather, this story absolutely horrific. crash in alabama, killing a firefighter, his 9-month-old daughter, and eight kids on a bus from a home from foster children. officials say standing water on the road from tropical depression claudette likely caused cars to hydroplain, causing the multi-vehicle collision.

this happened saturday 40 miles from montgomery. 10 investigators were sent of to the scene to investigate what could have happened to avoid the tragedy. jillian: investigations are underway for a wildfire in arizona. officials in nearby counties are asking residents to prepare now in case they need to evacuate. the biden administration vowing to refrain from issuing threats to china amid the investigation into the origins of covid-19 but will send beijing a warning if they do not cooperate. todd: lauren blanchard live for us as dr. fauci doubles down on claims that attacking him is attacking science. lauren. >> reporter: the national security advisor jake sullivan said president biden will not threaten nor give ultimatums, instead will rely on intelligence and diplomatic pressure to get to the bottom of

how the pandemic began. >> either they will allow in a responsible way investigators in to do the real work of figuring out where this came from, or they will face isolation in the international community. >> reporter: there is a bipartisan push on capitol hill to establish a commission to look into the origins of covid-19. but some republicans in the house say the administration and democratic leaders are being weak with china. >> i wish we in congress would investigate the origin of covid-19. pelosi won't do it. when we're in the majority, we will do it and we will hold china accountable. they are covering for china right now. >> reporter: how the pandemic began has perplexed scientists i was revealed back in february 2020 just as the world health organization was declaring it a public health emergency, there was a secret meeting of international scientists. dr. anthony fauci recalled it was discussed the virus could be

engineered. in an episode of the new york times sway set to be released to daze dr. fauci pushes back on his critics. he says his opinions have evolved as they got more of data on the coronavirus. quote, that's the reason why i say people who then criticize me about that are actually criticizing science. i put very little weight in the adula tion and little weight in the craziness of condemning me. they will follow two tracks, u.s. intelligence and supporting another investigation by the world health organization. todd, jillian. todd: lauren blanchard, thank you very much. senior fellow at the gatestone institute, gordon chang, joined us in the last hour, weighing in on the secret meeting with dr. touch ease to discuss -- fauci to discuss the origins. >> fauci was america's top infectious disease official. he had to know what was going on in december of 2019, that it was ripping through wuhan and

related cities. he should have been saying to the president of the united states you've got to close the borders to arrivals from china and people who have been in china since december. he didn't do that. todd: a growing number of lawmakers calling on dr. fauci to step down. jillian: how about this, three weeks after testing positive for covid-19 and being pulled from the memorial tournament, john rom wins the u.s. open. watch. >> that's the 72nd hole. jillian: making it look easy. he celebrated his first father's day along with his first major title. todd: as a golfer, that's a really tough putt any time. much less to win a tournament. is that him or his dad? he becomes the first span yard to win the u.s. open. earlier in the day, not as much

good stuff on the course there, a man dropping his clothes, began hitting golf balls on the 13th fairway. he was taken away by police. the course, he and his wife gotten gauged right around there. it's a beautiful story, awesome stuff. jillian: good stuff. it's 11 minutes after the hour. los angeles county da george gascone launching his own campaign to quote, stop the right wing recall attempt against him. todd: it's the happiest place on eater, only if you can afortd it. why middle class families are taking on mickey mouse. ♪

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unquote, tough on crime ideas, because they're finally coming to realize that the last four decades have not made us safer. todd: los angeles county district attorney george gascone touting his controversial reform policies as he launches an effort to counter the recall charge against him. jillian: our next guest is not backing down. she joins us now with more. good morning to you. let's pull up this quote here from gascone and this reads, quote, we need to be very clear about what this recall attempt is. it's nothing short of a hyper partisan effort of to overturn another free and fair election in this country. are you a hyper partisan? is this a hyper partisan effort? are you backed by major trump donors? last time we checked, you're not even a registered republican, is that right? >> that's right. that's far from the truth. this is not a partisan issue at

all. this is an effort that we've done because we've decided something that's right and what's wrong. this is far from a political effort. i am a democrat as you machinessed and i -- mentioned and i am -- i do not agree with his directives. so for him to say that, i think he is dismissing us victims and not really speaking the truth at this point. todd: the recall effort has been largely bipartisan thus far, right? >> yes, it has. yes, it has. it's been a part of us victims coming forward and driving this effort right now. todd: there was something that he mentioned in that sound bite i wanted to get your thoughts on. it was that oh, we're being tough on crime no more. do your family and friends want law enforcement to be tough on crime or not tough on crime as george gascone seemed to be cheerleading there in that sound bite. >> tough on crime is what we want. i have not spoken to one victim

that has stated that they want their loved one's murderer out. okay. or facing less sentencing. it doesn't make any sense. we all want max sentencing. that's not what we're getting right now. we're getting people being in my son's case, given only 20 years for murdering my son, brutally torturing him. jillian: you've pretty much ben at the forefront of this recall campaign. your son died a horrible, vicious, brutal death had. do you feel like the approach of george gascone right now is personal towards you? >> yes, i do. i think that if he's going to turn his face on his victims, it's personal. my son's life mattered. for him to turn his back on us, that's a slap on the face, like he disgusts me. that's not -- this isn't justice. this isn't justice for my son or any other victim that's out there right now. todd: to follow-up on jillian's question, why, why do you think

he is singling you out? is it just because you're going after him or is there something deeper? >> you know, it could be that. i don't know. i would hate to think that that's exactly it. but it may be just that. i've been very outspoken since the day he was elected into office which i believe he was falsely elected on false pretenses. why i say that is, he didn't -- his campaign was reform but he never stated what type of reform he was going to do. i bet you if anybody knew that he was about to release murderers, rapist, child molesters, child abuser, he would not be in his office right now. jillian: tell me where you are with the recall effort, how many signatures do you have, do you need? >> we haven't got the exact signatures yet but we do need 590,000 signatures. we are asking for people to log onto recallgeorgegascone.com and sign the petition. if you're able to volunteer,

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jillian: the band coming in hot on monday. amazon prime day is here with deep discounts. this year, other online retailers are ready to compete. todd: you think in would be tired after playing for weddings on the weekend. cheryl casone from fox business joins us with the retail battle. cheryl: i'm exhausted from the band over the weekend as well. yeah, so prime day has he begun. there's competition this year. amazon kicking things off at 3:00 a.m. eastern time today, that goes through wednesday, 3:00 a.m. eastern time. the two-day event infamous for discounts on electronics has echo devices that start at $14, smart tvs for 99 bucks and apple watch for under 300. but not to be outdone, walmart has what they're calling deals for days. and yes, you guessed it, lots of electronics are on sail. you can get a roomba for $249, a chromebook for 199, and a smart tv, a lot of buzz about this one, $548.

so here we go. jillian: the staffing shortages are hitting the skies, huh. cheryl: this is something else. the labor shortage hitting american airlines really hard. the carrier had to cancel hundreds of flights over the weekend because of significant staffing and maintenance issues as well. they're also cutting 1% of their schedule this month and in july. tsa is having similar troubles with staffing, just as travel demand is pretty much close to prepandemic levels. we're almost there. but the people aren't there to work in the skies. todd: look, obviously i know we talk a lot about business, supply and demand. this story, the realization of this sort of bummed me out. shouldn't kids be able to go to disneyland and have fun. cheryl: you look at the numbers, maybe not all kids. that's the big problem here. so disneyland, disney world, are being accused of pricing out their loyal customers including kids on social media. the magic kingdoms offering such as the $100 super size sandwich,

hotel rooms up to $800 a night, all of this on top of park entry fees, one twitter user said you have to mortgage your soul to go there. there's a point to be made. the expected cost for family of four to disney world, just over $6,000. one daily adult ticket is 104 bucks, at disneyland, 109 at disney world. that's just to get in for the day. it's pretty big movement on social media, criticizing these parks and saying come on. jillian: you're going to spend $500 on food or something once you get in there. cheryl: yeah. jillian: that's an a exaggeration, but -- todd: i understand if you're a 20-year-old going to clubs, i can't afford the $300 bottle service, these are kids trying to enjoy their youth. that bummed me out. i'm sad now. cheryl: i'm sorry. todd: thanks, casone. i'm eyeore, dressed in gray. jillian: congresswoman lisa

mcclain joins us next. todd: a middle school student singled out by a teacher and you bullied for sporting a thin blue line flag at school. that story coming up.

jillian: the border crisis is costing taxpayers big bucks, republicans now demanding recordses for the exact cost as the biden administration diverts billions to pay for housing and travel for illegal immigrants. todd: joining us now, michigan congresswoman lisa mcclain. congresswoman, thank you for being here. here is the text of that letter. quote, we are deeply concerned that hhs diverted more than $2 billion that congress appropriated for covid-19 related health initiatives toward covering the cost of housing and transportation of unaccompanied immigrant children. its is the biden administration policies that are encouraging children to make the dangerous trek. while you have not signed on to the letter, it's more or less

about availability, you'll sign onto the letter when you return to d.c. as for the substance of it, as we try to destroy this virus, shouldn't more americans be fired up that billions of dollars of their covid recovery money are going to this? >> well, absolutely. and this is amazing to me. i had an opportunity to actually question the secretary of health and human services and i was amazed that he doesn't think there's a crisis at the border. i could not get him to admit that there was a crisis at the border. which means there's a noncrisis at the border. well, i asked him this. if there's a noncrisis at the border, why are we diverting $2 billion from our stockpiles and covid relief fund which last i checked was a crisis, so i was confused. here we have a pandemic, a covid crisis, and we're diverting $2

billion of funds for that to a noncrisis at the border. he couldn't explain that to me. jillian: it's going to be interesting to see if this letter does prompt any answers. i'll be curious to hear that for sure. in the meantime, there are a couple of different things going on at the border. have you the surge of migrants there. you have unaccompanied children. we've all seen the video and images of children by themselves in the middle of the night, crying, which is absolutely devastating and then have you the issue of drugs crossing the border, and nearly 8,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at the border this year. you take a look at the numbers, in 2021 more than 7400 pounds, that is in the year-to-date. as you can see, just a few years ago in 2018 it was 2200. i mean, there are multiple issues going on at the border. i've spoken to you when i was down in d.c., you talked about, look, if you think this is just an issue at the border, you are mistaken. once the drugs get across the

border, they're infiltrated in communities across the country, right? >> it's coming to a town near you. the fentanyl and the drugs that are crossing the border are up over 300%. and that is coming to a town near you. and again, i think what the american people want is just a little bit of a true consistency and transparency. let's just admit we have a problem. we're already diverting $2 billion to fix the problem. let's just be honest and begin to fix the issue. you can't fix a problem unless you come down from your ivory tower and actually go and see the border, number one, and begin to talk to some people in your district. because it is a concern to a lot of families, especially in my district, the amount of drugs that are coming over. todd: congresswoman, wouldn't doing that require the

administration to admit that this is a problem that they caused in the first place, beginning january 20th or 21st of this year, when joe biden was inaugurated and they undid so many of the trump policies that prevented what we're seeing from the border from happening in the last four years? >> you're spot-on. and this is the problem. they can't quit trump. if trump had a cure for cancer, they would have reversed that policy because president trump came up with the cure. at the end of the day, you should care more about the people who live in this great country than president trump. his policies worked. they showed they worked. but you can't get over president trump. let's deal with the issues and let's go back to caring about american as opposed to party politics. jillian: many are still waiting for the president or vice president to make a trip to the southern border. we know you have, you've seen it

firsthand. congresswoman lisa mcclain, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. todd: a suspect facing murder charges for killing an american grad student and former marine in russia. alexander popov making his first appearance in court, accused of kidnapping katherine seru and dumping her body. she went missing after getting into a car she thought was an uber. her mother received a text from katherine, saying she hoped she wasn't abducted. court documents reveal the suspect had a history of committing violent crimes. jillian: the mayor of fort lauderdale walking back a controversial comment he made after a deadly car crash during a pride parade. >> what we saw what a terrorist attack on the lgbt community. this is disgusting. we will not stand for this. jillian: he faced backlash after it was revealed the driver

was a 72-year-old parade participant who accidentally hit the crowd after his foot got caught. he said in a statement, i regret that i said it was a tear wrist attack. i don't regret my feelings. i don't regret that i felt terror. todd: three people injured after a hot air balloon crash. officials say it was likely caused by a strong gust of wind. three people in the basket were not hurt. the injured passengers are expected to be okay. jillian: a middle school student was singled out and removed from class for wearing a thin blue line flag. this after the school encouraged students to wear flags. the mother of the student joined us earlier to tell us why she believed it happened. >> the teacher aapproached him, singled him out in front of the entire class and told him to remove his flag or leave the room. he was not disrespectful to the flag in any way. he was not sitting on it. it was not touching the ground. it was completely motivated by

the personal opinions of the teacher. jillian: in a statement, the school said it appears the student was punished for, quote, unintentional consequences and did not violate the dress code. speaking of the thin blue line, police officers in illinois are he responding to those who want the symbol of solidarity removed from their badges. todd: and he made a waffle house his waffle home. how a fantasy football bet turned into a 15 hour waffle marathon. carley shimkus -- carley: you stay right there, todd. ♪ you never count your money. ♪ when you're sitting at the table. ♪

jillian: we are good people, that's the message from officers in one illinois town after residents claimed their thin blue line patches were divisive. todd: carley shimkus, fox news headlines 24/7 here with more.

carley: good morning, guys. we are talking about the town of mount prospect, illinois, about 25 miles outside the city of chicago. and the controversy over the thin blue line patch on police uniform is taking front and center at town council meetings. one resident expressed her concern this way, saying i'm a nurse and the truth is that as a nurse when you walk into a patient's room there is nothing on your uniform that has any political message or anything else. you are here to take care of that patient regardless of their color, their sex, their age, there's nothing on the uniform that i would wear that would in any way alienate anybody in that bed. but two police officers also speaking out, defending the thin blue line flag, saying there's nothing political about it. >> it's not white supremacy, it's not neo-naziism, it does not represent hate. it is not a secret society. >> we are good people. we are here to serve and protect. carley: the mayor of that town

says he appreciates the discourse that is happening in a respectful way and that everybody's voice needs to be heard but two very opposing opinions on what that flag means, guys. jillian: so sad. i feel bad for them. talk about a tease. .so is herschel walker running for a georgia senate seat, that is the question after he posted this cryptic video on twitter. watch. >> he's ready. i'm getting ready. and we can run with the big dogs. carley: there you go. he's revving the engine. so if he is running, it would be against raphael warnock in the senate race next year. in march, former president trump posted a tweet encouraging him to do just that. he tweeted, wouldn't it be fantastic if the legendary herschel walker ran for the united states senate in georgia. he would be unstoppable, just

like he was when he played for the georgia bulldogs and in the nfl. he is also a great person. run, herschel, run. georgia governor brian kemp, he's going to be on "fox & friends" later this morning. i'm sure that's a topic of conversation that he will come up. jillian: i would not be surprised if he a announces. todd: this guy considers this a punishment. i consider this a really cool vacation. carley: so a mississippi man is going super viral on social media for his fantasy football league punishment. lee sanderly he came in last place in the league. he was forced to spend 24 hours in the waffle house. for every waffle he ate it would shave an hour off. he posted things like this, four waffles down, been here for an hour and-a-half. i have 18 and-a-half hours to go. i'm already in immense discomfort, please somebody

launch me into the sun. another tweet he writes, full of waffles, devoid of life. then miley cyrus the climb is playing in the waffle house and i think it's time to put down the last few waffles and go home. in the final tweet he writes the sun is rising, it's a new day and i'm never eating waffles again. that's nine waffles and 15 hours in the restaurant. shout-out to the staff for hanging with me, he said he tipped well. he said this was horrible and he doesn't recommend it to anyone. so you know what, though, guys, the moral of the story is that he may have lost his fantasy football league but he certainly won the heart of folks on social media. todd: and mele is having waffles. >> jillian: i am. i'm going to have waffles today. todd: out with old glory, the singer, at least she was last century, who thinks it's time for a new version of the american flag. jillian: first time to check in with steve doocy to see what's

coming up on "fox & friends." do you have a recipe for waffles in your cook book. >> we have carrot cake waffles and my wife is working up a red velvet cake waffle. jillian: sign me up. let's taste test. >> i will not lock you in the waffle house for 24 hours. jillian and todd, good morning to you. happy monday, everybody. coming up on "fox & friends," 15 minutes from now, is the biden administration bending to china, they're refusing to issue threats to the communist country amid its probe into the origins of covid-19. so what are they going to do? well, senator tom cotton has been demanding china be held accountable for over a year and revealing exactly what took place in the lab. he will react live here on "fox & friends." and the atlanta mayor, keisha lance bottoms, playing the blame

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jillian: the u.s. pushing to re-enter the iran deal reportedly before tehran's new hard line president takes office in august. todd: trey yingst live for us in jerusalem with the time crunch. trey. >> reporter: todd, jillian, good morning. a sixth round of nuclear talks

wrapped up this weekend in vienna. diplomats say progress is being made, though no direct conversations are taking place between the united states and iran. now all parties to the deal will have a chance to return home for political discussion about those conversations. previously the biden administration refused to lift any sanctions until behavior by iran changed. slowly, president biden is indicating economic pressure could be lifted under the right circumstances. on fox news sunday, national security advisor jake sullivan outlined what the united states is looking for in these negotiations. >> what we're intending to do is to reimpose the constraints that put iran's nuclear program in a box, the limits on enrichment, the limits on stopple stockpile, the intensive verification measures u all of which were included in the original iran nuclear deal. once we go back into that deal, chris, the idea is to negotiate a follow-on agreement that will make for a longer and stronger

agreement. >> reporter: the nuclear developments do come as iran elected a new president on friday, conservative judge ebrahim raisi received 62% of the vote amid low turnout in the islamic republic. israel's new prime minister spoke this weekend about iran, saying the world should reconsider nuclear conversation now that ebrahim raisi has been elected calling limb the hangman of tehran. the new israeli government pledged to continue actions again iran and its proxies across the region, this as the new prime minister says the world should wake up and understand who they're dealing with. todd, jillian. todd: trey yingst live in gem. thanks. jillian: it is 10 minutes until the top of the hour. a chicago suburb allowed celebrations for juneteenth and pride weeks after canceling a july 34th parade. todd: kathy barnett joins us live after the break. ♪ one, two! one, two, three! only pay for what you need! with customized car insurance from liberty mutual!

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♪ na na na na... the world's first six-function multipro tailgate. available on the gmc sierra. ♪ todd: can a selling july 4th celebration over covid-19 concerns but allowing juneteenth and other celebrations. jillian: this as they reported zero cases last week. kathy barnett here to react. good to see you. >> good morning, thanks for having me. jillian: of course. we want to pull up a statement from the trustee and celebration manager here. quote: we made the decision in march based on the information that we had at that time. there are deadlines for permits

and to secure the fireworks as well as taking applications for the parade. weared on the side of caution. if things weren't better we would have been criticized for a super spreader event. don't you think there is always time to make something happen if you really want to? it seems like things were very different in march and now we are in june. don't you think they could still maybe do something? >> listen, july 4th happens every single year. what, you know, a lot of the things that we're hearing right now is utterly ridiculous. what's not ridiculous is marxism. and american people need to really get our heads wrapped around the seriousness of this ideology. and at the core of marxism says racism is intractable. meaning there is no amount of pentance anyone can ever do to atone for the sins of racism that happened in the past or that may currently be happening. so no matter what we capitulate

over to the other side, it will never be enough. and our nation is in danger. todd: let's be clear about something here. we are not advocating against the juneteenth celebration, against the pride celebration. the more the merrier, have as many as possible. confusion of look, get a few permits, get some fireworks, and have the party and don't blame covid. look at these numbers, zero new case over the last seven days as of june 17th. rate per 1,000 residents .027 percent. will kathy, how much longer can covid be used as an excuse? >> i mean, it should be stopped. right? and now, as it relates to juneteenth, you know, obviously as black woman who grew up in the very deep south, i have the blood of slaves coarsing through my veins, i completely understand any black people wanting something that can help

us to figure out what that portion of our heritage that we have lost. but i earnestly believe black people, the black community does not need specifically another holiday to celebrate what we need. is to stop allowing democrats, the democrat party to give us trinkets. we need to really begin to understand our true history and history is a fact. the january 1st, 1863, proclamation. 1865 when the house passed the 1st amendment that abolished slavery all together. there is a lot to be gained by the american people beginning to open up history books and begin to understand our constitution. todd: interesting opinion. okay. 30 seconds on this interesting opinion. america should get a new flag. that according to singer macy gray who says the u.s. should different stars and stripes

tattered, divisive, incorrect compares it to the american flag. macy gray had one hit song in the last century, 1999. what do you make of this recent attempt toe stay relevant. >> i would have given my life for this country as a veteran. you know, and it's very disconcerting. but, again, although macy gray is utterly ridiculous, what is very serious is this ideology-based marxism that has gripped our nation. whether we are talking about project 1619, crt, or anything in between. the american people need to realize that this is the greatest country that has ever existed. we are not perfect, but there is no one running a close second and our nation is in trouble. jillian: kathy barnett, thank you for joining us and service to our country: a special to

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