todd: it is tuesday july 13th. president biden says the us stands firmly with cuban demonstrators and vowed to take the streets for the largest anti-communist uprising in decades. no word from many progressive lawmakers who are pushing socialist policies right here in the us. >> taking a stand against gop voting bills by hopping on a private jet to dc. these bills once again become the main target of the left. we are live in dc. >> washed it off! what a finish!

alonso defenses title! todd: pete alonso defending his title as home run derby champ with an absolutely exposed performance. that is tonight's all-star game on fox, "fox and friends first" continues right now. >> not a bad song to start with, complete bomb, when you pan up you can't see the ball into the where it is going into comes down. >> according to one of our directors it is japan, it is a tilt, he directed me. a pan is left to right, a tilt is up and down and now that all of america knows that we can begin the show. ashley: you are watching "fox and friends first" tuesday morning.

todd: today president biden addressing voting rights as the white house blames republicans for election reform. >> the battle of the ballots in tens of 5. >> we expect president biden to lay out how he will fight republican-led state election laws, calling gop efforts the worst challenge to democracy since the civil war. >> he will layout the moral case for why the right to vote, a form of silencing. >> fighting the gop bills will be an uphill battle for democrats. congressional republicans have been able to stall new federal voting reform bills and while the doj has announced georgia over its new laws, voting reform will remain mostly a state-level issue. texas house dems fled their state capital to dc to break the

legislature special session quorum meaning they can't hold votes. democrats a republicans voting. voter suppression. lawmakers are prepared to remain outside state lines for the duration of the special session these texas law allows lawmakers to be arrested and locked in the capital to work. governor greg abbott says he will call special sessions as long as it takes. >> once they step back in the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas gernon and we will conduct business. >> they are prepared to kill the voting bill. republicans call move a stunt in and out of the ten, lawmakers were seen on their way to their private jet. >> we are in a fight to save our democracy. the nationwide republican vote suppression efforts, anti-voter efforts is coming to a crisis point in the state of texas right now.

>> when they are in washington dc, i hope they get back to work. >> the president's today will likely be a rallying cry for democrats it is not expected to have much in the way of new proposals. >> so brave to drink beer on a plane. thank you. >> authorities released the mug shots of four suspects caught with an array of guns and drugs near the mlb all-star game. court documents reveal they rented two rooms at a hotel, one of the suspect asked for a room with a balcony. police seized the cousin drugs after being tipped off, the fbi says there is no indication the group is linked to terrorism. still scary regardless. todd: sharing a video of the hospital after being shot in the head last one month.

the 5 year veteran of the force will continue his recovery and a rehab facility, shot by a suspect on with a rifle in a backyard shed. >> put the gun down. put the gun down. todd: the suspect died at the scene. the officer's name has not been released. ashley: president biden standing behind cuban protesters demanding freedom from the calmest regime following historic demonstration. >> far left lawmakers who push socialist policy remain silent. >> reporter: thousands marching in the streets of cuba chanting that they want their freedom after four decades of communism, food shortages and rising prices making life miserable for cuban citizens who hope the us will stand with them. >> the united states stands firmly with the people of cuba

as they assert their universal rights. we call on the government to refrain from violence and attempt to silence the voice of the people of cuba. >> reporter: demonstrations taking place in miami by many who still have family member suffers under the harsh cuban regime and socialist policies. >> the only quality delivered is equal misery for all citizens in every country it has and tried, time for the united states to understand that this could affect american cities if we are not careful. ashley: when questioned about the marches for liberty the biden administration seeming to deflect from the obvious message of the people instead pointing to covid as a driving force. >> when the protesters are yelling freedom, there are people in the administration who think they are saying freedom from covid.

>> people are out in the streets protesting and complaining about lack of access to medical supplies they need, there is a global pandemic right now. ashley: lawmakers like bernie stated to stay quiet through the protest putting their support. >> support throughout latin america and every place else for a decent economy. >> cuba's president blaming it on us sanctions which have strained the economy and reports that internet and cell service have been cut off across cuba. >> thanks. >> we talked with mike gonzalez who fled cuba when he was 12 and here's what he had to say. >> socialism just has a perfect record of failure as we've seen in cuba and everywhere else, this is a warning force in the united states not to try this.

there are many voices that say socialism is not so bad. this is not something -- the best way to tell the cuba people is remaining free ourselves. >> the daughter of a cuban immigrant, her thoughts on what we're seeing in the streets and what she wants congress to do about it coming up later this hour. >> live look at capitol hill where in a few hours senators will try finalizing a bipartisan infrastructure plan, mitch mcconnell promised a helluva fight against raising taxes, his meeting with bernie sanders to discuss reconciliation. >> i introduced a proposal for $6 trillion so i will fight to make that proposal as robust as it can be and quite frankly a strong majority of members of the democratic caucus want to get as big as we can.

>> sanders admits democrats are not unified on the package which would expand medicare and make the child care tax plan permanent. >> california will allow school districts to define how to enforce mask rules for their students initially is reported the state was requiring everyone to wear a mask in schools is bill deblasio says schools in the big apple plan on keeping their mask mandates in place despite federal guidelines that fully vaccinated students and teachers do not need to wear a mask indoors. the tampa bay lightning heading back to another stanley cup title. it really is called tampa bay. thousands of fans joining the

team to celebrate the second stanley cup in several months. the post parade rally, too much run denting the ball of the trophy. my guess is somebody dropped it. and the home run derby, with that. >> alonso defense his title. >> bashing 74 home runs. alonso edging out baltimore,

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new york city borrow has seen a rise in gunshot victims considered to last year. todd: a local wrapper shot 60 times in an ambush outside a jail. andre sylvester was shot in the face and chest moments after getting released, two women were heard and taken to the hospital but will be okay. no arrests have been made. that shooting was one of two new over the weekend, sylvester was one of 11 people to be shot and killed. ashley: community leaders and law-enforcement officers meet with president biden to live the underlying cause of crime as the administration struggles to handle the surge. >> this president is making it clear he is going to redefine the system of public safety, doesn't matter how many police officers you put on the street, we can't continue to respond to symptoms. it is time to respond to the underlying causes of violence.

todd: here to react is angel mason and all the men of the fiftieth warning chicago, raymond lopez. first question to you. you heard eric adams, who is expected to be the new mayor of new york city very soon. are you satisfied with what you heard from the white house from president biden and eric adams when it comes to reducing crime in your state? >> i am not. you have to realize chicago and new york of the strictest gun laws, talking about the ecosystem of crime, district attorneys and judges allowing criminals back on the street after they were arrested, doesn't matter how many police officers are on the street, if criminals keep being led out of conversation crime will stop.

jillian: the increasing crime rates, chicago year to date through july 4th, shooting incidents are 1587 in new york city, shooting incidents are 803, shooting victims 931, as angel said these are the two cities with very strict gun laws. biden says he will do these things to help stop this from the standpoint that they want to tackle the gun dealers, what about people in gangs and keeping violence people off the streets, they are in those numbers with the two cities. >> what was missing from the president's comments was no mention of holding people accountable. we talked about the guns and law

enforcement and violence intervention but no accountability that if you are a gang member particularly a repeat offender how will we address you and not only the president's comments but many leaders including superintendents comments from yesterday's meeting. >> as far as bail reform do you think they realize there needs to be change especially in places like new york city with bail reform, that would mean accountability and keeping them accountable with that. >> i definitely believe because of that, bail should be excluded from you but we can't give bail to everybody particularly known individuals who are going to go out and repeat the same gun affects as soon as they are released from jail and we've seen that in both cities where the road to hell is paved with good intentions and not for profits now making it their

mission to pay for it to get back out often times for crimes committed after the fact. todd: last word to you. is anything going to change? >> not the way it is going to go. they need to hold criminals accountable and support the police. todd: we talk about it, trying to put change but nothing is happening and people are dying. thanks so much. 19 after the hour. parents in one school district had enough with woke curriculums and banding together to make sure kids are educated instead of indoctrinated. the head of their parents who joins us next. ashley: gavin newsom has a new challenger, we will tell you into the recall race and here is a hint, you are definitely going to recognize him. ♪♪

>> we teased for an hour, larry elder enter the race to be the next governor, the conservative radio host deciding to run after witnessing the state's homeless crisis and coronavirus response, the judge rules governor gavin newsom cannot identify as democrat on the recall ballot, the embattled leader failed to designate his party on filing paperwork. the recall election is two months away and oklahoma says no to critical race era, the board of education voting to ban crt in schools and teachers who

defied the ban could have their license suspended, the rules prohibiting teaching materials that makes anyone feel uncomfortable or guilty about their race or sex off arises parents to infect curriculum materials and assignments to ensure compliance. todd: sending a letter to schools and colleges saying woke indoctrination of kids must stop. the executive director of parents united k-12 ashley jacobs. how eye-opening was senior kids lessons during the pandemic? >> it was eye-opening because we send kids to independent schools because we want them to become independent thinkers. they are learning what to think instead of how to think that doesn't seem like a productive exercise. >> what are the egregious things parents are seeing and hearing?

>> less about specific things and it has been covered so widely, there's stories from all over the country, private schools and public schools and our group is made up of a very diverse group of voices. we decided to come up with some key tenets that would help us frame the issue and things we were looking to see, is it age appropriate, is it inflammatory and is it 1-sided? of parents understand those things and look at the exercises and work through those eyes it might be helpful to understand what is going on? >> critical thinking, logic and other essential cognitive skills developed during childhood and it is vital our children you -- engage in thoughtful and respectful conversations. what is the woke ideology, the indoctrination in general doing to our kids and our kids minds? >> we want kids to be tolerant, teach them to be empathetic, curious, thoughtful citizens. when you have a teacher or school telling you there's only one way to approach things, you

get groupthink, not sure how that makes anybody smarter or better. there is a huge opportunity, in a competitive world we would like our kids to learn 21st-century skills to be productive members of society. this opportunity cost means for all the work you are doing teaching ideology that might be one side you are spending a lot of time on stem and literacy and those at the skills we think need to be promoted. >> i don't understand why it's not the focus. here's the response from the school association, quote, it's not our practice to change standards with organizations that are not part of our membership and that tells me parents can't have a role in what kids are taught in schools think they should take the place of parents. do you agree? >> i don't agree. a comment was based on what we ask them to do which is to have schools adopt chicago statements which was a free-speech

statement saying school is a place to shield kids from discomfort, we need to teach them to vigorously debate and if we don't do it then, this is what you end up with which we are disappointed with accrediting agencies until they work with us because it is an everybody's best interest to partner and improve the system. todd: keep us posted from one ashley to another. >> the biden administration is faced with an anti-communist uprising in cuba as the members of his own party push socialist policies in the us. should this be a warning for the left? the daughter of a cuban immigrant joins us next. ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing]

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>> people demanding their freedom from an authoritarian regime. the united states stands with the people of cuba, to refrain from violence and attempt to silence the voices of people of cuba. >> president biden backing the people of cuba in their fight for freedom against communist leaders after thousands of people took to the streets in a historic antigovernment demonstration. the daughter of a cuban immigrant joins me to react. so as i said you are the daughter of a cuban immigrant. you have relatives on the island so this has to be personal for you. >> it is. i visited cuba to see my family in 2009, incredibly sad, not only are they stuck in time but

they don't have any aspirations or dreams or ability to pursue their goals. they are told by the government what they are going to be, what their contribution to society will be, they are treated like slaves, they are paid $15 a month and there's a currency system in which everything is sold comparable to us dollars and it takes months for them to buy anything. >> you said it is like they are living in the 50s. is this a long time coming for the people of cuba? >> i'm very encouraged to see people pushing and demonstrating they want freedom and democracy. i hope it is something real, castro is gone and they will stand up and say no more communism or socialism. we want freedom and to see the

marching in the streets with the american flag is moving to me. we are a free country, beacon of hope and opportunity and they want cuba to be like the united states of america. ashley: a white house statement as we stand with the cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and decades every prescient and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by cuban authoritarian regime. what is your reaction to the white house's response to everything going on? >> i'm glad they issued a statement because people like alexandria ocasio cortez and members of the squat are mia, delete -- bernie sanders spoke well about the cuban regime, the communist regime, they have to be clear, this is socialism, we never allow the united states of

america to seize this opportunity to help the cuban people become 3, they have the opportunity for human rights, freedom and democracy to choose their future personnel lead to pursue their dream and free and fair elections. >> there is a unique opportunity for 10 cuban-americans serving in congress with the biden administration to push for democracy, human rights, freedom of speech etc.. can you elaborate on that and what could they do to help this? >> they need to push to make sure people can continue to demonstrate, shut off internet access to see what is happening and you should not do what obama did which was give away everything, so many concessions and nothing in exchange, we need to push them to be a democratic society, want free elections, end the currency system which is

segregation and these people need food and toilet paper and aspirin and the basics, in humanitarian aid to make sure it gets to the people, not the regime because the regime takes everything. they live like kings and the people suffer. ashley: thank you for your take on this this morning. todd: calling on the city to hire more police officers to combat rising crime. officers are retiring and resigning at alarming rates. >> we have a crisis in the city and that is a disaster. todd: launching a petition calling for officers to have two officers per 1000 residents, the city's population is 950,000. and vaccinated family members not welcome for the holidays, king making the announcement during an interview with anthony fauci discussing the challenges of getting americans vaccinated.

>> i have this problem with members of my own family which i'm going to ban from the thanksgiving vacation. that is how strongly i am taking what you are saying. todd: the trip was canceled last year but in the past they visited mexico, puerto rico and now you know more than you ever thought you knew. >> things not looking good for the usa olympic basketball team. >> to beat the buzzer. jillian: falling to australia in an exhibition game 9183, a day after the us shocking outfit in nigeria, this is the first time the us has lost back-to-back games since pros were allowed to play in 1992. >> get it together, come on. the was olympic committee faces backlash on its plan to redesign the american flag, to replace the 50 stars with five new stars

and alter the stripes. critic like sean hannity say why mess with something that isn't broken? >> it is an awful idea because our stars & stripes should be the only flag representing this country at the olympics and paralympics. so many amazing athletes and champions we are also proud of and they represent the united states of america. we don't need your new flag. we are to have our own. todd: the committee told hannity there will be no change in the upcoming games in tokyo or during the 2022 winter games in china. i have a bold thought. why don't they focus on winning medals? seems like that is why you are there. we are focusing on the flag, your planning celebrations where you turn your back, just when the middle so we can assert our dominance as the most athletic nation. ashley: you would think they would focus on that.

it is 5:37, the fda will issue a warning about the johnson & johnson vaccine's ties to an autoimmune disorder. what is it? should you be worried if you got that shot? cheryl casone has everything you need to know next. todd: in baseball, taking the field in denver for the mlb all-star game and speaking of athletic, carley shimkus next. ♪♪

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the statement from sports illustrated swimsuit continues to redefine the cultural conversation around beauty by celebrating a diverse group of women who include professional athletes, entrepreneurs, models, mothers, rookies and swim search contestants. this change comes on the heels of victoria's secret ditching their supermodel fashion show. the industry is changing. i will be curious to see how the issue sells, this is a business, they are making a big change with how they are debuting the magazine. i think it is great. i hope they sell lots of copies but we shall see. todd: subway fighting against the tuna claims. >> reporter: calling new york times allegations fake news. the chain launching a website one of what they say are the facts about their subs proclaiming subway tuna is real tuna on the heels of a lawsuit which alleges there is no actual

tuna in the sandwiches and the new york times which tested from several chains, several restaurants, concluded no tuna dna was found in multiple samples. we should add subway's ceo will be on mornings with maria to talk about it but also 1 million free subs between 10 am and noon local time. i aid when every single day. if they didn't find any - >> a piece of the interview with the ceo coming up later but they are disputing the methodology of the times. how they did their testing method. we shall see. a lot of grossed out by this story. i got so much social media responses.

todd: anytime you referred to dna in food. let's see what is coming up on "fox and friends". good morning. >> you can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish. bad joke indeed. way too long but i love it. coming up demonstrators in cuba are demanding a end to the communist dictatorship and protesting food and medicine shortages. florida congresswoman salazar is the daughter of a cuban exile and she will share her message this morning and in the middle mark levin will join us with his new book american marxism on sale today. order it. plus leo tyrell on the latest and strangest push for critical race theory. plus movie actor matt damon says it was eye-opening to play a trump supported oil worker in

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southwest, 70 in new york, showers and thunderstorms, no big storm systems but we see potential for flash flooding especially across the southwest, the desert, the northern plains and the midwest and across the northeast some showers and thunderstorms yesterday, that will be the same today. for the southwest look at those showers, monsoonal moisture gets in from the pacific and it could bring potential for heavy rain in a short time and that is potentially causing flash flooding was we do have extreme heat hanging on to parts of the west in las vegas and salt lake city as well as phoenix, arizona and tonight is the night, the american league versus the national league for the mlb all-star series. 80 degrees and cloudy skies, the winds are light as well.

todd: speaking of which. ashley: a live report in denver, just hours from the mlb all-star game. heather: carley shimkus in the mile high city is excitement hits a peak. carley: did excitement had a fever pitch? i like that even better than what you said. that is just me. the mlb all-star game only happened twice in his 90 year history, once during world war ii and the other time was last year during the coronavirus pandemic. needless to say fans are excited to get back into coors field behind me and have some fun. how excited are you? >> full 10.

so many people out, fun to see everything back to life. >> a bucket list for us, dream come true. what about you? >> yes. >> this game means a lot to businesses denver expects to make $62,100,000,000 in revenue but the game was supposed to be in atlanta. major league baseball moved over georgia's voting law, democrats plan is restrictive. george offers two days of early voting, both states require ids devoted person but california gives everyone a ballot automatically. republican national committee is area and add during the game criticizing the move as an attempt to score political points. >> this was supposed to be at night, democrats stole our all-star game to push their divisive political agenda.

carley: it says atlanta has a larger black population than colorado and it hurts black-owned businesses. despite the controversy festivities kick off this week with the home run derby last night. they are calling it a repeat. alonso for the second time and requesting a record 35 home runs in the first round. the action will continue today 7:00 pm eastern time, you can catch the all-star game on fox. back to you. todd: thank you. ashley: republican lawmakers taking a step to protect civil liberties of unvaccinated americans. todd: tomi lahren on that next. liberty mutual save you? one! two! three! four! five! 72,807!

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♪ todd: g.o.p. lawmakers pushing to preserve the freedom of all americans regardless of vaccination status. ashley: here is tomi lahren. pull up the map and give people a look at some of the states that are trying to civil protections, florida, indiana, texas, just a few. your thoughts on this. >> well, i think it's absolutely wonderful that state leaders are stepping up to fill the void of an administration that doesn't seem so too concerned with protecting our personal rights and liberties. i have said it before and i will say it again as many times as i have to. vaccination a personal choice and a choice every american needs to make for themselves.

for a year and a half democrat have been treating americans like we are inept and unable to make their own decisions when it comes to health and wellness. stepping up and filling the void and need to protect the rights of americans. i think it's fantastic and we need to see more of it. todd: meantime outspoken shall speaks out. bernie sanders with a statement yesterday. it was a weak statement. didn't really say much. kind of went in a circle. typically, why aren't they defending socialism now? >> well, listen, they can't defend it because they don't want to have to look themselves in the mirror and say that the policies that they have been pushing in this country simply don't work. they are the also not listening to immigrants came to this country and fled socialism and communism. they are always pro-emand they don't want to hear these stories and confront the policy these have been pushing in their own country. i have said it before and again i will say it again. you can be free or dependent and

we holden on government. you can't be both. people of cuba are showing us that they are showing us what freedom means to them. that's why you are seeing many of them with that american flag. i was just in miami this weekend. i saw so many cuban americans really uplifting not only their own flag but also the american flag. they understand more than some of the whiny entitled celebrities and athletes in this country what freedom means. they know we need to preserve it not only in cuba but also in the united states of america. they are making that heard. the democrats though they don't want to hear it. ashley: we have 4 seconds or. so do you think the silence from progressives maybe they start to realize this is not wanted especially here in america? >> well, i think that they are just trying to distance them sphrlves what socialism truly is they use clever like interest democratic socialism. oxymoron. they don't want to have to confront a t. and admit to it

make it seem like their brand of socialism is different. it's not. it starts with the promise of free things and ends with oppression and tyranny, that's what we are seeing. democrats need to take a look in the mirror and fess up to that check out tomi lahren's show on position nation. we will have no interruption going to "fox & friends." it starts right now. ♪ >> president biden says the u.s. stands firm whether i cuban demonstrators. >> i don't think we have seen anything like this in a long, long time. the shortages they have of food and medicine all because of the failed economic policies of communism. >> texas democrats bolt out of town on private jets in the name of election reform. >> the legislators are showing extraordinary courage. >> once they step back into the state of texas, they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol. >> oklahoma is the state's board of education stroght pan crt in schools. >> teachers who defy