experiences. >> we will have guest writers around the country and that makes it a special night. >> laura: make sure to go to foxnation.com tomorrow and remember "hidden gems" with laura ingraham. you don't want to miss it. it is, american now and forever, greg gutfeld is next. ♪ ♪ >> carley: republican candidates with victory until the virginia races in the power of the house of representatives in november. former police officer and virginia state senator jen kiggans both projected to win and face democrat and comments most competitive districts the country has all. you are watching "fox & friends first" on

wednesday morning carley shimkus. >> ashley: ashley strohmier import todd piro. a chance to run for u.s. senator in alabama and mike collins securing a victory over vernon jones in georgia. next live with the latest results this morning, brooke, good morning. >> good morning, carley, ashley, we have big republican primaries in boulder congressional is out of yesterday's election with a strong g.o.p. ticket come november. virginia house candidate jen kiggans dominating the g.o.p. candidate in district 2. she will face elaine maria ants flip a seat in a military heavy area because of redistricting. she joined us with her matchup. >> also a navy veteran like myself a helicopter pilot. we are both moms. we were both elected but my job will be to educate about

nancy pelosi and joe biden's failed policies and disastrous policies and what they have done to america. >> police officer advances in virginia with crowded district g.o.p. primary. she is looking to him, abigail spent burger in november. in georgia, businessman mike collins easily defeating trump back vernon jones and that state house g.o.p. run by 50 points. the tycoon to fight big government if elected, listen to this. >> we will fight for our constitutional rights and securing our borders. we will fight for energy independence and we will get the federal government out of your way. >> collins is predicted to be the mike beat john green in november. katie britt wins the republican primary runoff against six term congressman mo brooks. congressman trump pulled his

endorsement of trump in may election and threw his support behind katie britt instead of. >> alabama has spoken. we want fresh blood. we want someone who will fight for christian conservative values and the freedoms and liberties this nation is founded on. >> katie britt will go with a head-to-head and then mayor of muriel bowser with the democrat nomination for a chance for a third term, carley, ashley. >> progressive candidate could not receive a nomination with 28th district after losing a recount. in the race was called last night with before the recount. the texas democratic party declaring clara the winner by 289 volts. in a tweet to cisneros house,

big pharma and nearly the entire democratic party establishment. in washington, congresswoman flora's warning and to the answer speaker pelosi. and held a news conference by her fellow g.o.p. lawmakers. >> today i will give a voice to voices. my father florez moved us to the united states because of the promise of america. he told me in this country if you work hard you can accomplish anything. my story proves he is right. >> america may not be perfect. nothing is greater. nothing is greater. you may just be learning today.

and years to come. >> carley: florez making history as the first mexican born city in congress after flipping a blue state and a special election. the balance of power in the house stands at 220 democrats, 210 republicans. the border crisis can be one big reason the floor is win international border union calling out the biden administration treatment of the border agents saying "morale is in the toilet. i've been here 20, going on 21 years and i've never seen it this bad when allowing people to come over and in a sense flaunt the rules in your face. we are not doing what we were hired to do." national border patrol council joins us and that statement that carley read to you, do you agree with that statement? >> yes, chris cabrera is one of my vice presidents and he knows what is happening.

and he's been doing it like it set for 20 years. going on 25 years now. i can tell you everything we are currently seeing is absolutely unprecedented. we know we can't do the job that we were hired to do. we know that there are hundreds of thousands and a call to 1 million people have escaped apprehension. we don't know who those people are, where they were coming from and their intention in the united states. we want to protect her children in the u.s. the american people suffering through biden's policies. the open border policies inviting people over illegally continue to destabilize our entire system and we just can't do what is necessary. >> carley: you mention policy and also remain a mexico policy. this is the one the viewers know forces migrants to stay in mexico while they await their court date in the united states a federal judge demanded the biden administration implement this policy, but he is barely doing it as 1.5 million

encounters for the year. just 4,000 were placed in this program and brandon, this can solve the border crisis. what has the orders been for border patrol when it comes to mexico? >> we haven't been given absolutely anything. we have 2,000 miles of continuous orders from texas and new mexico. and a few people every day in certain locations but it's not across the board. and when you look at how well remain in mexico works, 45 year lows in immigration and when you do that we go after the cartel. we can try to keep as much fentanyl out of the country as much as possible, which again saves the lives of children. yet, the administration doesn't care about that. they care about open active border activist instead of protecting the lives of our children. that is crazy when you think about it.

the president of the united states is supposed to be doing his job for the american people. rather, he's doing it for the cartel. >> carley: let's talk about the borders are kamala harris who seemingly absent when it comes to this. do you expect this administration to ever do anything about this because the border patrol agents are understaffed by 2,000 at least? the encounters keep going up. do you think at the very least he will say, we messed up and we better try to get a hold of this or there is no end in sight? >> there is not. when you go back to the first three months of this administration, we had over 170,000 apprehensions in april of last year. we thought for sure, every single agent thought for sure, that will be the ceiling. that will be the tenth this administration is going to do something to drive the numbers back down. we know that they can. went know that they are not doing anything. as we thought we hit the ceiling and those numbers continue to

rise, we are at 240,000 apprehensions right now. when you look at the data, nearly 1 million that we have, that is what we know of. we don't know what actually has come to the united states. we don't know what has gotten away. on top of that the 1 million already released, we have it more than 2 million people to our population. right now. that is 1.5 years of this administration. >> ashley: border patrol apprehended 50 people trying to sneak into the country on the terror watch list. when you think about 440,000 known got a ways, that is a terrifying prospect. here is another headline. the border patrol with the last three administrations, bush, obama, trump, together, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas disciplining the agents falsely accused of haitian migrants in september. the letter says we ask that you

in deciding officials ensure a fair and impartial review of the facts. we collectively believe in the statements made by the president and vice president predictably prejudged the desired outcome of the investigation and may be therefore influence the case. how do you feel about this? this is bipartisan letter, meaning agents from the last three administrations speaking out against punishing these agents. >> yeah, i know every single one of the patrol agents. i know what they are trying to do pure they are trying to accomplish a fair process for these agents. these agents did absolutely nothing wrong. secretary alejandro mayorkas was there when the horse patrol was employed to stop these people from coming in. this was the single largest illegal immigration event in our history! and the outcome of this administration didn't do anything. the border patrol simply agents down to stop people from crossing come of course, they will become cameras. of course, there will be taking

pictures and video, but to cherry pick a few agents and say these agents did something wrong, that is disgusting. what makes it worse is that president biden, he already convicted these individuals without all of the facts and without an investigation. that should never happen in the united states. >> ashley: ran to him, you are hosting a conference at the border with g.o.p. senators. what can we expect out of that when it comes to the border security? >> we are hoping to highlight to the american public. if the mainstream media would actually pick this up and tell the american people to truth about what is going on, this would stop, but the american people don't know. they don't understand the harm, the lack of border security. we will not let go with everything that is happening for years to come because of the millions of people that have already into this country. we are hoping to highlight this.

and let the american people know exactly what is happening on the borders. >> carley: brandon judd early with us this morning, brandon, we appreciate it so much. >> appreciated. >> carley: accounts are denying paid leave of absence for city councilman and police chief p.r. condo with criticism over his response to the rob elementary school shooting. family members who lost loved ones calling for his resignation for the delay with 19 children and two teachers. if he truly wanted to be respectful he would step down. you chose the job knowing you could be in the line of fire. these kids didn't choose to be in the line of fire. >> we deserve better! our children to serve better, and the teachers deserve better! please, we are begging. get this man out of our life. >> accused of leaving for more firepower. and the keys to the classroom

even though the door ended up unlocked. and shows heavily armed officers and the school hall for about an hour before moving in. the texas director said they could have stopped shooting with 3 minutes of arriving. >> there is compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was abject failure. the only thing stopping the haly of dedicated officers 111 and 112 was the officer and commander who decided to place the lives of the officers over the lives of children. >> ashley: firing back at texas dps saying they misstated information to blame. he announced the school campus will be torn down. president biden with a three month gas tax holiday in response to skyrocketing cost of the pump. these reports surfacing as biden's criticism from oil ceo

who mocked him. >> carley: griff jenkins live in washington with more, hi, griff. all signs to the gas tax holiday which would amount to $0.18 per gallon. but consider this a gallon of gas just to dollar $0.39 on inauguration day this morning, $4.95 more than double when biden took office and republicans calling him out on it. senator tom cotton said it's live to cover up the fact that the policies have restricted supply and raised costs. senator scott at this to say. >> we will try to trick the market and suggest that we can reduce prices by alleviating the tax pressure. that is great, but unfortunately, the way that gas is picking up every single week, that reduction in price is eliminated in about 12 days. >> chris, unlimited to capitol hill. blasting the idea of federal gas

tax holiday saying it could do more harm than good and change the supply and demand curves for fuel and transportation. speaking of ceos end of the oil company chief is responding to biden's letter last week with puppeteer and not doing enough. and writing this "your administration is largely to criticize and sometimes vilify our industry. these actions are not beneficial to meeting the challenges we face and are not what the american people deserve." that was met with a snarky response from the president. >> i didn't know they get there feelings hurt that much. we ought to be able to work things out and increase refining capacity and still not give up on transitioning to renewable energy. >> so what comes next? we will see what the president may have to say. he is expected to give an

address that gas prices later this afternoon, ashley. >> ashley: we will be watching, thanks chris. the owner of united refining will be here to respond to president biden we are talking to dan roccato about the impact of gas tax holiday could have on your wallet and inflation. so make sure you stick around for all of this. >> carley: "abc news" clashing with former new jersey governor chris christie during the network's coverage of the january 6th hearing. kristi getting into it after pointing out there's a trend of democrats not accepting election results into presidential races won by republicans, listen. >> this is very dangerous in this country brought to a new level in 2020. >> you also know, governor, for the nation actually conceded and did something very different. this is much different. >> i didn't say outdoor. david, let's be clear.

let's remember what i said. >> carley: chris christie got cut off before finishing his thought. the supreme court backing more religious pools and a 6-3 vote. the high court with an assistance program in maine as unconstitutional because it includes funding private religious schools. chief justice john roberts are during the program freedom of religion. still, no word on the decision of the decision of roe v. wade. yesterday, resting protesters who chained themselves to the barricade outside of the supreme court. >> ashley: at the national committee slashing the price for -- with the vice president. selling a ticket to rub elbows with harris at an event last month for $15,000. but it was postponed due to poor ticket sales. now, you can get a photo with the vice president in the home state of california for $5,000.

the deep discount comes as a hero's approval just 39%. the g.o.p. and national press secretary tweeting "americans may not be able to afford gas anymore but at least taking a picture with kamala harris is on clearance." house speaker newt gingrich expressing concern harris is one seat away from the presidency, watch. >> you don't quite understand kamala harris is the first product of the modern teachers union woke education system to get to national office. she doesn't know anything. she doesn't know how to learn anything. she is an articulate and she doesn't know what the big words mean anyway. never take her seriously and under terrible circumstances she could actually be president. that would be horrifying. however a bad you think joe biden is, kamala harris would come in fact more rapidly surpass him and achieve worst president in american history within 30 days.

>> carley: this trend continues and the latest democrat refusing to face the word "woman." >> i have a constitutional ability to bring a lawsuit to protect constitutional rights of people. >> carley: jumping all over that one. and roe v. wade with fireworks in minneapolis yet again this year. this time the city is blaming staffing shortages and construction. the next guest lived in minneapolis entire life and calls at a gut punch to his community. ♪ ♪

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>> ashley: how frightening the heroic rescue sunday as first responders rushed to a burning home to save a little boy. the police who initially struggled to break into the bedroom vote to make sure the child's hope is on the way, listen to this. >> come on!

>> mj, come on! >> ashley: finally a firefighter to smash his weight in the house, crawl into the home and handoff the child to the police. the boy is said to be stable. his family lost all of their possessions, but they say they are thankful the little boy is safe. and at least three people are hurt after a plane makes a fiery crash landing in miami on tuesday. the aircraft barreling through several structures including a small building in a communications tower that ended up wrapped around one of the wings. the initial report contributed to the crash to landing gear malfunction pure the crews were able to quickly evacuate a 126 people aboard and doused it with flame spirit miami mayor calls it a miracle that no one was killed. minneapolis canceling its annual red, white and blue fourth of july celebration for the third year in a row.

this time, it is not because of covid but instead record high labor shortages and ongoing construction problems behind it. phillip murphy is a photographer and resident of minneapolis. good morning to you. because you are a photographer you have covered this event in the past and taking pictures of it and the cancellation is a gut punch and another example of the city of minneapolis overall in shambles. what is going on in your city? >> a lot of challenges, that is for sure. that is a good question. today, i asked a lot of questions about this and couldn't find any real answers. it is a real disappointment. independence of the fourth of july, especially at this year after coming out of covid. people should be coming together. and the celebration has been canceled. i don't get it.

you know, there is a lot of fun answer questions. i even went down to the park today to check on the velocity of construction in the area being the reason for this to be canceled. and it is actually way above the river and behind the tree line. there is no impact on anything at the bridge where this is. in fact, just yesterday on saturday, they had the bridge festival. more people, 80,000 or more were at that festival this weekend. more that would be drawn out for the celebration. >> you cancel something like this, it's got to be bad news for you and other small business owners because i'm sure you would have made a bunch of money off of something like this. >> and i have a friend that as a restaurant downtown minneapolis. i talked to him today about that. exactly, the people that would

have been downtown and the other side of the river, riverplace, defenders, exactly. so, there is a lot to consider. economics, you know, minneapolis is financially stressed, crippled for a long time here since this george floyd incident. wow, exactly! >> you mentioned george floyd and i know you are heavily involved in the anticrime movement in the in minneapolis. you are fighting an uphill battle because violent crime has surged to minneapolis-st. paul with combined 135 homicides last year and larceny theft up with 31%, assault up 12%, theft 35% and you donate your time to take pictures of crime scenes and i'm sure you have a lot of thoughts on this. >> i think part of the reason why they canceled this is because they don't have the resources here to deal with the

crime. because it goes hand to glove where they are afraid. saturday night, 2:35 for sunday morning, a millet screw downtown minneapolis took incoming gunfire. so there is a lot to consider here. >> minneapolis is a beautiful city but we have to get it back on track. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate you joining us this morning, thank you. >> you up. >> the el monte city council voting, no confidence in overnight after the two officers killed known gang members lead free by his policy. >> ashley: we have breaking details of george guess phone's response that has the community furious this morning. >> they are never coming back.

they are never coming back. [crying] they are gone.

>> carley: authorities in florida giving these teams a chance to come clean after breaking into $8 million mansion in panama city and throwing a wild house party. and posting for the social media, large crowds and boxing match with underage drinking. what were they thinking here at the homeowners had no reaction to the young people. the sheriff's office identified several young individuals but an investigation is underway. >> ashley: may be some moms are watching. their faces are right there. a new pursuit policy barring officers from chasing offenders who commit or are about to commit low-level crimes. critics say criminals a green light to run and chicago

mayor lori lightfoot disagrees. >> the current night down alleys, down ways, and it's important that they stayed together to do everything they can. >> carley: according to the new policies come officers have to establish reasonable suspicion a person has committed, is committing or about to commit a felony of endangering public safety. and in california at the 35th city in los angeles county to issue a vote of no confidence for woke district attorney george gascon. the wake of the shooting last week that cost the lives of two local police officers. >> the very latest, good morning, marianne. >> has a family of the two slain officers, george gascon doubling down on the handling of the case allowed the shooters to be out of jail. leo floor is a decade-long criminal history on probation

when he shot and killed the officers for a case with weapons charges that could have sent him back to prison for three years but gascon said having a gun does not make a person violent. >> at the procession of possession of a gun is not a violent crime. okay? he was arrested for possession of drugs and possession of a gun, not the use of a gun. this is simply about clearing the record. >> he went on to say florence convicted of noncrime violence with drug, gun an end asked if he had anything to say to the victims families, this was his reaction. >> do you have anything to say explaining your policy? speak with mother of officer joseph santana laying the blame squarely on gas going. >> how many more lives before something needs to be done?

this guy should never be out there. speak with a criminal that and killed my son should have been locked up. they both would have been here today. and this needs to be recalled immediately. they've destroyed so many lives and he completely destroyed hours and they are never coming back here they are never coming back. [crying] and i blame it on gascon. >> the city council in elmont to california where this took place, a unanimous vote of no confidence against gascon becoming the 35th city in l.a. county to do so, back to yu guys. >> carley: marianne, thank you so much. now the basketball star from texas shot and killed while visiting his home in harlem, new york, for summer break. 21-year-old darius lee was killed and 80 others hurt and that shooting in the police have not made any arrest.

wonka trail was his basketball coach and joins me live now. my condolences to you and your team and darius' family. i want to point this out he was the lead score and named athlete of the year. he was on track to graduate this year. but do you think these soft on crime policies and this rampant loose gun control and gun issues, the violence that we are seeing, this goes to show that it doesn't matter how well you are on track with your life, how good of a person that you are that no one is exempt from this? >> well, i think certainly we are all affected, there is no doubt all over the country, we are seeing gun violence. it doesn't matter where you are. you can be gunned down very needlessly and senselessly. and it is certainly a shame. but i'm here to talk about

darius and the type of person he was. the memory of him and who we are missing right now. >> have you spoken to your team about what happened and their safety and how you guys are going to work your way through this? >> well, we talk about their safety all the time here that is the constant conversation we have with our team, even before this. but certainly, yes. we met with millions of them individually on campus, but also with guys that are not here right now. we did a zoom last night and had a lot of discussion about that and just making sure they are okay. they are dealing with a tragedy right now. they lost the on the court leader, leading rebounder, leading assist guy that they all looked up to peer that is what we are focusing on right now is the loss of someone we love dearly. >> tell us about darius in your

words. >> probably the most unassuming, quiet, humble star that you could ever imagine. i've said it before if you walked into a room of 30, 40, 50 basketball players and watched their demeanor and watch them walk around and interact, you would never suspect he was the best player in the room because he was just so quiet and unassuming. but when you get on the basketball court, he was certainly something really, really special. especially as he was as a basketball player committee was even more special as a person. he was loved on our campus, not just by the team, the teammates and the team but other athletes, professors. i've gotten emails and texts and messages from staff and faculty all over the campus expressing their grief over the loss. just because he interact with everybody. he didn't walk by anybody on the

campus without taking a low peer that is just too darius was purity was a special young man. >> people on your campus have reached out. but have other universities or colleges reached out and what have they said? >> absolutely to say the least. and darius was well known in the basketball community. we are getting messages constantly, phone calls, texts from people, friends, people in the basketball community, people in the basketball world who respected him as a basketball player, but also new with his character and the type of person that he was and expressing their grief and concern, condolences for us. certainly, it is heartfelt from them and well taken by the team and the coaches. it is certainly a sad time for us. >> it is sad to hear that such a bright light and such a great

young man, his life was cut short for senseless violence. ron cottrell, thank you for being with us. i'm so sorry for your loss. thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much. thanks for having me. >> no problem here at one msnbc panel has something to say about republicans. listen to this. >> many are dealing with the party increasingly. >> the reasonable tele-band member, they are all the extremists. let's be blunt about it. >> really? sean duffy has some thoughts about that plus texans trying to be discreet about the ice cream shop but forced to raise his prices twice already this year. and now he's forced to get creative to keep customers coming through the door. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> mission democrat governor greta to getting ripped to refuse to say woman by talking about roe v. wade. list them. listen. >> i have the constitutional ability to bring lawsuit to protect constitutional rights of people. so i brought a lawsuit on behalf of of all the people in

michigan, 2.2 million. >> those comments on zoom drilled during response a group of republicans who want the job. the gubernatorial candidate said "governor whitmer an entire administration show they are on the extreme french last when it comes to every issue." president biden calling for more pandemic funding at a vaccination drive in washington. for kids under five years old. the nation has enough funding to get through the cheer. >> we need more money to plan for the second pandemic. and we will get through this year. we do need more money. the united states is the first country in the world that offer safe and effective covid-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old. get your shots, get your boosters. >> and you just heard, the president also bragging about the administration vaccination efforts.

authorizing modernity faxing for children six months to five years old and three shot regimer children six months to four years. and an ice cream shop feeling the chilling effects of ice cream inflation forcing to raise prices not once but twice this year to keep up with rising cost. prices for items such as fresh fruit, milk, household paper products are all surging. eduardo garcia, good morning to you. you are in a difficult spot because you want to keep prices as low as possible but inflation is such a killer. how are you handling this? >> we are trying to come if you know, we've always been honest and straight up with the community. so, we tried to not raise as prices as we have two this year appeared but we haven't had an option this year. >> so that means you are taking some loss? >> be noticed at a certain point this year profits are very

little. at that point, we start -- i think that was february or march this year and a month ago we had to raise the prices again. like i said, we tried to be honest and straightforward with the community to let them know the situation we are in and why we do what we do. because you are selling ice cream in the best possible area and it is hot in waco, texas, and it's not even for a clock on the morning and already 80 degrees. so how are customers ants handling the price increases? >> because we have been in waco so long over ten years, to some of the people that have been with us for a very long time it is definitely a shock and we only do this once a year. so to be halfway through the year and raising the prices, it is difficult for them. we tried to be, as i said, straightforward and it's not up to us. it is our choice, but we kind of have no decision at this point. >> people understand what's going on. it is not just ice cream but

everything appeared that is really the unfortunate part. i was talking to one restaurant owner and for him at his avocados. he can't get them and when he does they used to be $50 for a big box but now $100, double the cost. i'm sure you are used to seeing the sticker shock like that all the time. >> yeah, and it seems like it's always something. earlier this year it was mangoes and this year now the dairy we use for the ice cream. it is so hard to find in waco that we had to go to dallas and by one-third of the price more. but as a small business, there was no option. we have to find things to make things work. >> you have to get creative. inflation is one thing but other issues affecting small businesses right now. supply chain and labor shortages and some businesses are having a really difficult time to hire people. are you running into those issues as well? >> it is definitely very tough

for us. we have a great team at our location that has been with us for a while. like i said, we are very close with the community. so, it's not too hard to reach out, okay, we are looking for one or two positions. for someone to apply online it is easily to higher. >> despite the challenges and i thought this was really cool, forbes has named you 1,000 entrepreneurs. so congratulations to you. you are left in your community. edward oh, thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> of course, thank you all. >> you're very welcome, announcing his retirement from the nfl for the second time here the former patriots and buccaneers calling it a career -- i will now be going back into my retirement home walking away from the ball again with my head held high knowing i gave it everything i had. every time i stepped out on the field.

he made four super bowl titles with tom brady, his longtime friend. singing "no one has embodied leaving it out on the field like rob has for his entire career." in the pga tour responding to the golf series by proposing changes to 2023 schedule. an increasing prize money. though schedule changes reportedly include eight events for the 50 players. no cuts in $20 million each. and brooks kept on one of the pga tour's biggest doors is also reportedly joining golf and will not play in the travelers. telling the press he wants to focus on golf when asked about future plans for last week u.s. open. and one house making a major announcement on gas prices minutes from now. we will tell you what it is and

what it means for your wallet and wife facing widespread criticism. >> some of the house races and the country are set in virginia and republicans are ready to flip congress. here to tell us how they plan to do with, plus dan roccato, sean duffy all live with the fox hour on deck. don't go anywhere.

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>> ashley: the white house says president biden will call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax through septembers, the move being dismissed by the president's own party as the administration struggles to rebrand and drive the crisis back down. you are watching "fox and friends first"s, i'm ashley strohmier. cake and