did great on fundraising. steve: you made your case very well tonight. so well we are out of time great to see you. see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. jillian: it is monday, june 28. we are following major developing stories this morning, starting with a fox news alert in the middle east where the biden administration launched air strikes against iran backed militias in the dead of the night. >> nine people are confirmed dead following the devastating condo collapse in surfside, florida. we're live at the scene. jillian: she turned her back on the american flag and now u.s. track and field athlete claims she was set up. we'll tell you about it. "fox & friends first" starts

right now. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm ashley he strohmier, in for todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. the u.s. carries out air strikes. ashley: lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with the latest this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the air strikes carried out in the middle of the night at three locations near the border of syria and iraq. the u.s. targeting iran backed militia. we're told these were operational and weapons storage facilities that engaged in uav attacks against u.s. assets in iraq. pentagon press secretary john kirby called the strikes necessary and appropriately limited in scope. quote, the united states took necessary appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation but also send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message. president biden did not comment on the strikes, as he and the

first lady returned to the white house last night after a weekend at camp david. this is the second time in his presidency he's ordered air strikes. in february, it was for an attack on a northern iraqi base that killed a contractor and wounded u.s. and allied troops, the pentagon sunday's strikes defensive. an official said they did not expect a lot of casualties. according to reuters, the militia groups said in a statement four militants were killed in the strikes and they vowed to retaliate. a pentagon spokesperson called them precision strikes and said united states will take necessary measures to protect and defend u.s. personnel, partners and allies in the region. pentagon officials said the jets that carried out the strikes returned to their base without any issues. jillian, ashley. jillian: lauren, thank you. now let's bring in jim hanson, president of security studies who served in the u.s. army special forces. as you heard lauren mention, the pentagon press secretary called

the actions necessary, appropriate and deliberate whavment is your take? >> -- deliberate. what is your take? >> i am happy to see the dangerous toys of the iranian regime return to component molecules. i think that's a bonus. if they were conducting uav strikes against bases where there are u.s. troops, then turning those into wreckage reminds iranians there are consequences for the actions. i'm concerned that the biden administration hasn't shown any kind of coherent policy towards iran. they're trying to get back into the fatally flawed iran deal and i think this might be a little pressure on the iranians to move them in that direction or to be a little more cynical, potentially a little wag the dog to distract from the awful general critical race theory from last week. jillian: do you think that iran senses any type of weakness with the biden administration with all of this coming to light? >> i think the iranian regime always senses weakness from the

biden regime. they've already lessened some of the sanctions that were put on iran without getting anything in return. the iranians are telling them we're not going to let anyone inspect anything that matters as far as nuclear facilities. and before anyone has given any indication that the iranians will be helpful in the deal, the biden team dropped sanctions and gave them an unearned reward. that's not the kind of signal a tough negotiator sends. .jillian: we know these facilities are used by several iran backed militia groups. do you know much about what goes on in facilities like these? >> they've been using bases like this and iran has been paying for these proxy militias to conduct attacks in a way to pretend that it's not them directly. so they recruit. they send their guys out. and their guard troops go out and recruit, spread some cash around and pay these guys off to

do the things that iran wants done to destabilize both the region and to attack u.s. troops. so it's pretty much standard operating procedure for them. jillian: since it is standard operating procedure, what do you think comes next, whether it be with iraq or with the united states? >> that's what i want to hear from the biden team. what is the plan with iraq and syria. iran has still tremendous control in both iraq and in syria and there doesn't seem to be any plan to stop them from their control of that and their destable eyeing role in the region -- destabilizing role in the region as a whole. i would say it's a good sign they're willing to make strikes and note that iran is the problem but until they have a good policy that says we have a plan to stop this around the whole area, i don't think they've done anything that's going to make a major difference. jillian: okay. jim hanson, thanks for joining us on this breaking news this morning. don't forget to check out jim's book, winning the second civil

war without firing a shot. good to see you as always. another fox alert. the number of deaths in the florida condo alert nearly doubling in over 24 hours. the remains of nine victims have been recovered. ashley: charles watson is live in surfside as rescue crews continue to search for 152 people who are still unaccounted for this morning. charles. >> reporter: good morning. crews are working nonstop at the collapse site. miami-dade officials say the priority remains search and rescue as they cling onto hope of finding victims alive underneath that mountain of debris. >> we have six to eight squads that are on the pile, actively searching at any given time. we need to be sure that the pile does not fall on them, that it does not fall on any possible

survivors. >> reporter: on sunday, four more bodies were discovered, bringing the death toll to nine. officials say rescue crews are also finding human remains but five days into the rescue mission, more than 150 people are still unaccounted for. in fact, crews have not pulled anyone alive from the collapse site since early thursday morning. yesterday, the families of the missing were allowed to visit the collapse site. many shouting messages in hopes of finding loved ones under the heavy concrete and twisted metal. state, local and federal authorities are working side-by-side as they investigate what caused the tower of to suddenly collapse as npr reports a surfside florida official told residents the building was safe less than six months after a stunning inspection report from 2018 revealed an engineer warned that failed waterproofing in a concrete structural slab needed to be repaired in the near future, a project that would have cost around $9 million.

in recent months, residents complained about construction of a nearby building, according to the washington post. some residents complained that the vibrations had caused property damage including cracks in their buildings and the u.s. corps of engineers will assess the remaining portion of the tower that is still remaining as well as nearby structures to make sure there are no additional collapse as the search and rescue efforts continue, guys. jillian: charles, keep us updated. thank you. ashley: one of the two suspects accused of killing an arkansas police officer faces additional charges. local media reports he faces wreckless driving and suspended license charges. they are accused of fatally striking the officer with their vehicle during anil tear case with -- an altercation with

police. jillian: the surge of violent crime in the u.s. is because of guns, not attacks on police, this according to the biden administration which insists calls to defund the police are not to blame. cedric richmond said it's republicans that cut funds to law enforcement. take a listen. >> let's talk about who defunded the police. when we were in congress last year, trying to pass an emergency relief plan for cities that were cash-strapped and laying off police and firefighters, it was the republicans who objected to it and they defunded the police. it's time to ban assault weapons again. the president supports that. he asked congress to do that. you have to look at access to guns when you talk about fighting violent crime. jillian: biden faced criticism for his focus on expanded background checks and limits on legal gun owners instead of rising gang violence and other attacks that don't involve guns. ashley: turning to the tokyo olympics. cindy mclaughlin set a record

in the 100-meter hurdles in the track and field trials. in the gymnastics trials, simone biles cemented her ticket to tokyo. biles did have trouble falling off the beam, but she still won the two day competition. six gymnasts were selected to compete in the summer games. time now, 4:10 on the east coast. we took you to the scene of the condo collapse in surfside, florida where rescue cruise are working to try to find any signs of life under the rubble. after the break we talk to a forensic expert about the tools they're using the identify the victims and notify their families. more signs of a democratic divide, congresswoman's alexandria ocasio-cortez's strong words for her democratic colleague in the senate.

jillian: an elementary school in connecticut inviting parents to a seminar about how to talk to their children about gender and sexuality. are kids too young for such topics? director of outreach erica sandby joins me to discuss. good morning. thank you for being with us this morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. ashley: no problem. i want to get to the elementary school promoting the gender 101 presentation, it says the assumption that sex equals gender is millenia old. if you look at the history of the trans community as well as the existence of inner sex people throughout history, the myth starts to shed its authority. what is your reaction and your thoughts as far as the questions this might raise for you, coming from the school? >> so, i think that there's a few different questions. i think first of all, we can have a conversation about whether or not the schools have a role to play in speaking to elementary school parents about

the gender and sexuality of their children. i would probably argue that they do not but certainly if it was a balanced presentation that helps parents understand gender dysphoria and perhaps brought in the perspective of a variety of people, we could at least have a debate about where is the line and what is appropriate. the problem with this is that this, this presentation in particular, was completely baked in with trans activeist ideology, so there wasn't even any room for the person to believe that a child's biological sex has any connection to their gender. jillian: you talked about a balanced presentation. was there ever talk or anything brought up about perhaps more conservative side giving their thoughts on this? >> again, not that i'm aware of. this was a newsletter that went home to families.

i think that it has -- elementary schools will send out newsletters that have announcements about upcoming events. one of the events was the gender seminar. it wasn't mandatory. there is a power dynamic in place when you invite parents and encourage them to attend. this sort of has the sense of if we can get the parents to buy into this one particular ideology, then perhaps they'll be able to sort of push it onto their children. so again, it just felt over the line not only in terms of why are you talking about this subject with parents of very young children but also this is just -- this is an activeist who specializes in trans nonbinary and intersex people so the words boy and girl and female and male weren't anywhere in the presentation. jillian: that gets plea to the

next point. the principal's statement, they released a statement saying this was not for students or children, nor were they present. correct me if i'm wrong but to be honest i think that's kind of a cop-out. they say they weren't present. they say this was not intended for them to hear at that time but ultimately it is because they want the parents to talk to their kids about it. correct me if i'm wrong. >> yeah, i mean, i certainly think that we would be having a different conversation if this was a mandatory presentation for elementary children, i do think that that would be different than an optional workshop for parents. so i do think that's different. but to your point, i also feel like this -- it feels a little bit like a way to begin getting that message to children by way of their parents and so if they could get a parent who perhaps doesn't really know much about the topic at all and then suddenly feels that what's being presented to them by this group is the truth, because it was

presented as the truth. it was presented that a child's biological sex has nothing to do with their gender and i just -- again, it feels over the line and again, there was no -- it wasn't like okay, next we're going to have a workshop by biologists who actually have a completely different view of this and who believe that male and female is very, very linked between biology and screen deer and it begins -- gender and it begins in the womb and let's talk about that. this just sort of felt like trans activeism targeted at parents of young children and potentially at the children themselves if the person doing the presentation gets what they want. jillian: i completely understand. thank you very much for being with us and for giving us your take on this this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. jillian: wish denied, the make a wish foundation says they'll

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>> the process of identifying these victims is very difficult. we're going to be relying on dna testing and that is why we've already been gathering dna samples from the family members. jillian: the miami-dade county mayor revealing challenges facing rescuer as more human remains are pulled from the rubble from the surfside condo collapse. ashley: here to break it down

is forensic expert, reggie ferrer. right now, there's more than 150 people unaccounted for in the search for the may amy condo collapse as far as the survivors. we were talking moments ago. i don't think people realize -- you see it and you know it's bad. when you said there's 13 floors worth of concrete and materials that has to be more or less dug out, that's a lot for these rescue crews to get to and that could take a very long time. >> yeah. good morning, and it's a pleasure to be here with you this morning and it's a sad situation here in south florida where the building collapsed. but yes, concrete is a very heavy material so sifting through about 13 to 14 floors worth of concrete material is a very daunting task. ashley: i want to talk about the engineering report that obviously a lot of people are talking about right now.

came out in 2018, noted serious structural concerns. you also have documentation of residents in the building expressing concerns over the years, even the last two years specifically with construction going on. one resident was concerned about construction next door happening too closely. what do you know about the engineering report? where do we go from here? and can you talk about -- because you do have a background when it comes to design experts, structures and things like that, can you talk about how different it is when you have cities like this along the beach, you have the ocean water right there. it's a little bit of a different game, isn't it? >> yes, it is. i had a chance to review the report and it did point out moisture intrusion issues in different parts of the building and there was visible cracking and fragmentation of the concrete so those were signs that needed to be -- that

indicated there were some issues that needed to be addressed. being in a marine environment right on the coast, the building is subjected to a lot of sea salt exposure from salt spray or from salt air. so if you do have some cracking, this allows the corrosive air and salt to get into the components and to the reinforcing bars of the structural elements. so if you have enough deterioration of the reinforcing bars that causes spotting of the concrete, which is basically pieces of concrete flaking off, it results in a reduced section of that structural element then in turn it reduces the capacity of it and once the capacity falls below the applied loads on it, it can lead to the failure like we've seen. ashley: as far as the elements down there, it's hot and humid and on top of everything else, it's been raining. how is that going to hamper these efforts to try and recover

those bodies? >> well, it's going to make it a little bit more difficult and i heard reports yesterday of fire happening under the rubble as well. so removing the rubble, you have to be careful not to allow it to shift so in order to -- if there are people under the rubble, to preserve them. but with the rain and the reported fire, it's going to make it very, very difficult. ashley: real quick, because we're out of time but do you think recertification in an area like this should happen more than every 40 years. >> i think in light of the catastrophe, there should be systems put in place to better evaluate those buildings on a more regular basis. ashley: okay. reggie, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate your expertise. >> thank you. jillian: top republicans plan to hold a hearing tomorrow on the origins of covid. house minority whip steve scalise said the hearing will feature doctors, scientists and

members of congress who have been investigating on their own. this comes as reports surface that dr. anthony fauci initially resisted a trump era order to cancel a research grant linked to the wuhan lab. according to an upcoming book by washington post reporters, fauci later, quote, reluctantly agreed to the order. the make a wish foundation is being slammed for saying it would resume granting wishes involving air travel and large gatherings in september but only for those fully vaccinated. this comes despite vaccine doses not being currently available to kids under 12 years old. the foundation clarified to fox business saying unvaccinated families would either have their wish delayed or changed to an alternate event. right now, it is 4:27 on the east coast. violent crime is on the rise in louis villas police departments say it's short about 200 officers. why are good officers retiring from the force in record

numbers. a spokesperson joins us live, next. later, a 101-year-old world war ii veteran who fought after being wounded on d-day finally receives the recognition he deserves. we'll tell you about it. ♪

jillian: we are back with this fox news alert. dozens of families desperately awaiting any type of news about loved ones missing after the florida condo collapse. 152 people are still unaccounted for. this as authorities confirm nine people are dead. madeleine rivera is live in surfside as search crews work around the clock. they've been nonstop for days now. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and ashley. yes, crews are working 12-hour shifts, digging through the debris. it is a tedious process as family members wait anxiously for updates about their loved ones. last night, officials identified

four more victims, leon, louis, anna and christina, the four of them among the nine that officials have confirmed dead. over the weekend, crews caught a break. they dealt with good weather and were able to contain a fire within the rubble allowing them to dig a 125-foot trench, crucial to their operation. there has been no shortage of resources. yesterday, a search and rescue team from israel arrived to help as teams on the ground used sonar and laser equipment and k-9 units to find survivors. >> our first priority and our only priority is to pull our residents out of that rubble and reunite them with their families who understandably are out of their minds with emotion, sadness, anger, and just confused and want to know what's happening. >> reporter: yesterday family members boarded busses to visit the site of the collapse.

many clinging onto any signs that their loved ones may still be alive. one family tells a local station here it received 16 calls from a land line belonging to their grandparents. among those unaccounted for. but they say they didn't hear voices on the other end, just static. some of those who live in the building say they're experiencing survivor's guilt. >> i have a lot of survivor's guilt on this, you know. why me and why my neighbor from 604, she was a lovely lady. >> reporter: coming up in the next hour, we'll hear someone whose mother and grandmother are still missing. many of these families now hoping for a miracle. jillian and ashley. .ashley: such a sad and gut wrenching story. thanks so much. jillian: at least three people dead and 65 hurt after a violent weekend in chicago. at least five of the victims are 17 or younger.

yesterday, six people were hurt in a drive-by shooting. one of the victims is 15 years old. no one is in custody and chicago police are investigating. meanwhile, police searching for a gunman captured in this shocking dashcam video. you can see him hopping out of a vehicle and open fire with a fully automatic rifle. amazingly, no one was wounded in that incident. police are searching for two suspects who shot a 21-year-old man in times square. jackie ibanez joins us as some are questioning the face's crime surge. >> reporter: good morning. the daily mail is reporting the man shot served in the marines. he was shot outside afternoon outside the marriott hotel in times square. police are searching for two suspects. according to the new york post it was the result of a dispute between two groups. it's a day after congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez claims recent media about spikes in crime across the country are

stirring up, quote, hysteria. >> i want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much. but i also want to make sure that the hysteria, that this doesn't drive a hysteria and that we look at these numbers in context so we can make responsible decisions about what to allocate in that context. >> reporter: but you according to new york city police, crime is up across all categories. meanwhile, in minnesota, lawmakers have reached an agreement on a public safety bill which includes public accountability measures. the bill includes regulations for the use of no knock warrants, a police misconduct database and the creation of a task force for missing and murdered black women. the agreement comes one day after a minneapolis judge sentenced former police officer derek chauvin to 22 and-a-half years in prison for the death of george floyd. amid a rise in crime across the nation, a former los angeles police officer is blaming some police officers for the violence. listen to this. >> so officers now we see

across these 18,000 police doesn'ts are hurt because they can't run willy-nilly through a police department and abuse with reckless abandon so they're stepping away from specialized units, too cowardly to quit outright the department. >> reporter: she went on to deny an uptick of crime existed and suggested reports of crime increase coughs be manipulations from police departments but last week the biden administration acknowledged the crime surge and outlined a strategy on how to stop rising crime. ashley, jillian. jillian: thanks so much. the louisville metro police department says it needs more officers to help protect against the surge of violent crime throughout the city there. look at that number. the department reports being under-staffed by more than 200 officers. joining me to discuss is officer beth ruth. thank you for being here. these numbers that we see across the country are startling. they are shocking.

and quite honestly they're sad, being down 241 officers. your current recruiting class is 15 recruits and you're allowed 48 per class. what is going on? >> well, i just think everything that's gone on nationally for the past year really is not drawing new people into the profession and it is sad for 15 years i've been a police officer, it's been an amazing profession and, yes, we are going through challenges. but it's still a career like none other. if you have a heart of a servant and you want to protect your community, it's absolutely something to go into. jillian: look, i mean, you're a person just like i'm a person just like everyone watching is but i think sometimes people forget that officers are humans and you go home and you have a family and you have a life and you have feelings and emotions and i imagine when you go to bed at night sometimes it must be hard to know that when you wake up in the morning the next day, first of all you don't know what you're going to deal with.

second of all, you don't know what you're going to run into on the street now. >> all of those things. i'm a mom. i'm raising two kids. my husband's also a police officer. and we have dedicated our lives to this profession and to keeping our community safe. it's a big deal to us. and to have our kids and people that they're around question some of those things, it's just heart-breaking to us because we have truly dedicated ourselves to this profession and it's just something that we really need the community to come out and support law enforcement. i understand questioning and clearly there's a need for accountability among police officers. and good police officers are okay with that. we want accountability. we want bad officers gone. so i think moving forward we have to have the community support to get back to proactive policing which is what we need to tackle violent crime. jillian: can you talk about the

increase in juvenile offenders and juvenile victims that you're seeing? >> yes. and i think even your program spoke to it. in chicago, in new york, we're seeing young offenders and we're also seeing young victims. here in louisville, kentucky our juvenile justice system and the way we manage juvenile offenders is quite frankly inevidenceic i. often time juvenile offenders are refused incarceration. it's a challenging situation. we need to revisit that and make sure we have the best process possible to handle these juvenile offenders. jillian: before we let you go, i want to get your opinion on this. sometimes i feel like we spin in circles with these conversations because people have ideas or they say we need to make community policing relations better but then nothing ends up getting done. is there anything in your mind that you think could be done

today to be able to at least take a step forward? >> i think one, we need to be in the community and we need to reach younger ages. the violence is real and it is starting very young. we're seeing 12 and 13-year-old offenders. i think we need to reach children in elementary school and talk about violence and talk about law enforcement and just build those bridges and relationships very early to ensure that they are not living a life of crime starting early. jillian: that's a great idea. officer, thank you very much for joining us and thank you for everything you do for your community. hope you have a good day. >> thank you, ma'am. ashley: congresswoman allstate always called out fellow democrat kyrsten sinema over her defense of the filibuster. sinema said democratic flip-flopping on the topic was, quote, cementing uncertainty. aoc called this defeatism.

listen. >> it's essentially an argument of saying why do anything at all in case something in the future may change it. ashley: the squad leader arguing even if certain policies were reversed by republicans after a few years, it would be better than not having them at all. it comes as an naacp reverend blasts senator joe manchin as being, quote, on the side of sin for supporting the filibuster. experts are now weighing whether a booster shot will be necessary for those who received the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. this comes after a study in the u.k. found the pfizer and moderna shots are more effective against the highly infection delta variant which is currently prevalent in the u.s. at this time, the cdc is not recommending booster shots for anyone. harris won the second tour win of the year.

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after the crash over the weekend. officials say she ran away. the director of the race is vowing to file a lawsuit over the incident. ashley: an american athlete who qualified for the olympic games is stirring controversy after turning away from the american flag during the track and field trials over the weekend. gwen berry got third place. she said she felt set up. she covered her head with a t-shirt that said activeist at least. she said the anthem never spoke for her and she is competing for those who died due to systemic racism. here is fox news' tie russ on the protest. >> -- tyrus on the protest. >> jessie owens, they had issues, they fought, they wanted dignity but they also wanted a seat at the table, wanted to show how much they loved their country and how much they

belonged and they fought for it. this isn't it, with a professional athlete being a citizen, taking a he respectful knee during the flag. she turned her back on the flag. she was upset they had the gall to -- what song do you think would play at the olympics? this very simply why are you even competing in the olympics if you hate the flag and the country so much. jillian: a former soccer player was removed from the council last week after he made a speech against repealing an anthem kneeling ban. he will join us with his response. a louisiana veteran is honored with a purple heart after more than seven decades. 101-year-old world war ii veteran johnnie jones earned the honor for fighting while injured on the beaches in normandy. jones went several years without recognition for his service

until senator bill cassidy learned of his story and in addition to the award, johnson was giving a juris doctorate by southern university law center. jillian: thank goodness for men like him. seven decades. good for him. and republicanning opening up a probe into the origins of covid-19, this as dr. anthony fauci is accused of lying to congress about funding given to a nonprofit linked to the wuhan lab. the author of a bill that would force fauci out of his post, he joins us live, next. ♪ ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach... ♪ ♪ diarrheaaaa. ♪ pepto bismol coats your stomach with fast and soothing relief.

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ashley: welcome back. a new book by two washington post journalists alleges dr. fauci lied to congress when he said he didn't know why a grant for the wuhan institute of virology was being canceled. jillian: congressman warren davison who introduced a bill to fire the country's top doctor joins us to react. good morning, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for covering this. ashley: i want to get to the quote first. francis collins said fauci received notice that trump wanted to announce in a 5:00 p.m. press conference that the grant had been terminated. the hhs general council made clear it was a direct order from president trump implying their jobs were on the line if they didn't comply. fauci and collins reluctantly agreed to cancel the grant. do you think if their jobs were not on the line this would have

happened? >> it doesn't look like it. frankly, dr. fauci has a problem acknowledging it did happen after the fact. jillian: let's pull up this quote. in june dr. fauci testified that he didn't know why the grant had been canceled and this reads, quote, why was it canceled, it was canceled because the nih was told to cancel it. i don't know the reason but we were told to cancel it. look, you introduced the fired act. you're trying to get dr. fauci out of there. you're not necessarily the only one. i guess the question is, do you think we ultimately -- and if he yes, how do we get to the bottom of who knew what exactly when. >> yeah, i mean, unfortunately i think it's going to take fauci being removed and that's fauci incompetence requires early dismissal. we need somebody to lead the organization that has the trust of the american people, that is credible, that hasn't been caught repeatedly in lies. i moon, you're talking about --

i mean, you're talking about an action in april a of 2020. now, what had gone on prior to that, dr. fauci had led the effort to suppress an investigation into what are the origins of the virus. i mean, in january of 2020, senator tom cotton laid out four plausible theories. dr. fauci led the charge that anything saying that the wuhan institute of virology had anything to do with this virus was a conspiracy theory. then accomplices in the media an big tech suppressed it. even to this day, maybe we should check with facebook, if you mention covid, facebook has a warning that pops up and covers up what you want to say on there. wherever the experts are, they're not led by dr. fauci. jillian: going back to that big tech conversation, you said that dr. fauci was so-called fact checked by the social media giants but nothing was really done. >> no, that's right.

eventually they've gotten around to pointing out some of the things that he said that are inaccurate. for over a year, he was given cover and frankly this is still going on today. there are doctors that are trying to get a fair hearing, a fair presentation of what their research is on therapeutics like ivermectin. i'm not an immunologist. people who are credible in the field aren't gave voice at all. i think it's important that we get to the point where the country trusts science. i come from a manufacturing background. we use six sigma problem solving to find the problem, analyze the situation, prove it and control it, you know, rubric. but some sort of scientific method that the public can trust, right now we see it over and over again, particularly with dr. fauci, political science is being put ahead of science and that has big consequences, not just for this situation, but for future, particularly virus outbreaks,

but for future things that require scientific method to build consensus. jillian: i think we're at a point in time where people don't know who to trust, people are frustrated. i hope we get answers. congressman, thank you for joining us. have a good day. still to come, his loved ones were inside the condo that collapsed in surfside, florida. we talk to a man who is anxiously waiting for any information about his mother and grandmother. ashley: the bill that would penalize cities for he defunding police is now on the wisconsin senator's desk. we talk to a state lawmaker about it next hour.

ashley: it is monday, june 28th. we're following major developments this morning starting with a fox news alert in the middle east where the biden administration has launched air strikes against iran-backed militias in the dead of night. at least nine people are confirmed dead following the devastating condo collapse in surfside, florida as newly released documents reveal serious questions about how safe the building was. we're live at the scene. she turned her back on the american flag and now a u.s. track and field athlete claims she was set up. "fox & friends first" starts right now. it is a busy morning. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. ashley: