>> president biden hitting the road in a desperate attempt to tap the u.s. economy. there is brutal economic reality for the white house. you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm back. >> carley: you are back, did you do anything special while you were gone? a beautiful baby born? >> todd: when you start playing man-to-man defense, it is different. >> carley: new monmouth

university poll find 10% of americans think the country is on the right track and 42% say they are struggling financially. doug luzader has more, good morning. >> doug: the president will be talking about a huge bail out for pension plans today while traveling to ohio. we're seeing administration targeting all levels of gas and oil industry for high gas prices, going after small gas station owners. the putin price hike message, just last week, he claimed russia, russia, russia. >> how does the president go from blaming putin to small business owners now? >> when you look at crude oil and wholesale oil prices, as well, they have declined about

15%. retail gas prices have only declined 3% over the same time period. >> doug: secretary of transportation took it a step further saying oil companies are happy about high prices. >> when it comes to high gas prices, i'm mad about it, the president is mad, oil company executives are thrilled, we've seen them saying they will not increase production, why would they when they are this profitable. >> doug: new monmouth poll shows only 10% adults think the country is moving in the right direction and they are considering whether to tariffs.

congratulations, todd, no economy of scale, two is twice as hard as one. >> todd: that is why i look as horrible as i do. >> carley: you look great. here is a response to the president. watch this. >> they are not making any more today than they were making last month, the month before or a year ago, the president's statement is absolutely ridiculous and in fact, it's so untethered from reality that i'm thinking he had to actually misspeak or he really just doesn't have an understanding of how things work and i was quite frustrated and pretty annoyed he would make the suggestion it is the corner gas station, the quintessential small business of america causing the problem.

>> carley: you heard it there. there is this. later this hour, we will be talking to station owner who is lowering his price to the price before biden took office. >> todd: gascon set to get the measure on the november ballot, the sheer magnitude of this effort and time and investment show how strong the public desire is to remove george gascon from office. officials have collected 566,000 signatures, the registrar will determine if they have met the 10% number for a recall. >> carley: and herschel walker sending a message of unity ahead of the midterm. >> i love this country, the

united states. walker will face off against warnock, this could determine the senate majority. several texas areas fight against the border crisis. >> todd: two border officials who are sounding it is alarm will join us next. >> it is an invasion into our country and it must come to a stop.

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atmosphere. look at louisiana and look at southeast and temperatures feel over 100 degrees. oppressive heat for today and next several days. take precaution, check on the elderly, bring your kids inside the air conditioning. look at potential for severe storms today. mid-atlantic region, could see hail throughout the day today, not only today, also through friday. those are things we'll be focusing in on, foxweather.com, for the latest details. >> carley: texas counties declaring invasion at the texas border when it comes to illegal number of crossings into their home state. listen. >> the invasion is real. >> it is an invasion being pushed by the cartel into our

country. >> governor abbotts, we are asking you to step up. >> people of texas are experiencing an invasions. >> carley: sheriff boyd and county commissioner bow nettelton join me now. sheriff boyd, your county has officially declared an invasion, what led you to take this step? >> thank you for having us this morning. what caused us to take this step is the fact we are finding ourselves inundated with cartel in this country. they are depriving land owners of ability to use their land and coming in large caravans, endangering citizens of the community and the state and unprecedented number being brought through by cartel are overwhelmed this point in time.

>> carley: is invasion a step you are considering take something >> we are looking at doing that, we have received the letters that the counties have done, we're considering it, we have a problem here the same way the cartel are moving through here and we have a lot of people moving through our county. we see them pushing south of us and west of us than through the center of town. our counterpart in mexico is doing a good job keeping them out of acuna. >> carley: it is guns and drugs, can you explain why declaring invasion would benefit your county? what would you receive in return? >> well, we would not necessarily receive anything

directly from the state of texas, but the governor could take steps necessary to repel individuals invading our country and organizations that are causing this. we are fortunate governor abbott has done more to protect the border and protect texans, but we are seeing an unprecedented event. governor abbott threw us a lifeline and kept us from drowning, but the tide is riseing and we have to do more. with resources he's provided us and cooperative we have developed, we find work continues to rise and manpower is at ceiling, this is next logical step to secure borders. >> carley: there are ranchers

being affected by this illegal immigration issue, a lot of them live in remote areas and have strangers crossing through their property day and night, can you explain what this is like for peep snel >> i have a ranch west of here and there are people going through ranches on daily basis. they are not people you want to meet in the woods by any form or fashion, they are trying to smuggle stuff through the areas, breaking into houses, stealing stuff. it is a very dangerous situation when you are as remote as some land owners are and ability to get law enforcement to them take sometimes hours. they're kind of on their own, i agree with the sheriff, the governor has done phenomenal job of getting us resources. areas are so vast and wide, you

can't get enough law unforcement to protect american citizens on ranches and trying to make a living. it is next to impossible. >> carley: governor abbott did say all strategies remain as texas continues to step up in the federal government's absence, do you need him to declare statewide invasion? what is holding him back from doing that? >> well, i can't answer for the consideration governor abbott has to take in, i can't answer for what he is going to do. yes, we would like to see him declare statewide declaration, that is a decision heville to make along with advice from ag paxton. we want people to realize it is difficult to cover the counties,iad has one or two

deputies on any given street except governor abbott provided three additional. we were never set up to deal with problem this magnitude and even three hours to the border, we had 16 different cartel sites here alone. >> carley: you are not forgotten, sheriff roy boyd and county commissioner nettelton, thank you for joining us. >> carley: listen to this, a couple days ago, chicago mayor lightfoot cursed out a supreme court justice.

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>> carley: 51 people shot, including a police who have, who was wounded during a shootout with a gunman trying to open fire on a crowd in queens. to a fox news alert, gunman behind the independence day shooting is set for first bond hearing today facing seven counts of murder and prosecutors say that is just the start of it. >> todd: live from highland

park. >> this community is focusing on recovering. >> by end of second round one person charged through saying active shooter, run. everybody in a mass exodus picked up their kid, their dog and ran. we just all charged in whatever direction. >> seven people were killed in the rampage, six have been identified, ages range from 35 to 88. a husband and wife, kevin mccarthy and irina mccarthy, their son is now an orphan, just two years old. gofundme page for him has raised one and a half million dollars so far as grows up without his

par. a family member had reported crimo as threatening to kill everyone. he was still able to buy five firearms in illinois, including the one used in monday's attack. >> the police responded in september to the call, responded, took knives out of the home and filed with the illinois state police. there was no function at that time to make an arrest. >> crimo could face mandatory life in prison without parole, he will appear this morning for a bond hearing. >> todd: bloody in the windy city, 68 people and eight

killed. urging parents to take responsibility of their children over the weekend. >> there is no reason why everyone can't enjoy the holiday and every event safely. parents, please know where your children are. >> todd: raymond, great to have you, to that police superintendent's points, there are no consequences for kids whether in the home or on the streets. >> welcome back, todd, everything the superintendent says rings hollow telling parents to be aware when the judicial system fails on weekly and daily basis putting criminals back on the streets no sooner than officers arrest them. the superintendent is following in mayor lightfoot's footsteps

and deflecting responsibility that embolden criminals in chicago. it is not parents who decided to dismantle the units to babysit monuments in grant park. it is not parents not responding to 911 calls, the superintendent is trying to deflect and say parents need to step up, he needs to get his own house in order and not be the puppet to may lightfoot. >> todd: that video is unbelievable, you saw a police vehicle when i was growing up and had respect, nothing like that here, we know if this officer did anything, he would be the one that would be in

trouble. this video is shocking, the officer felt scared, nowhere to turn. how can we turn chicago around if kids think this is okay? >> the police need to be able to show there are consequences for bad action, charging police, throwing fireworks and m-80'ss into squad cars should have consequences. our officers are not allowed to engage, they are addressing criminality in their midst and we are no longer allowed to chase offenders. how can you expect things to come back to normal, police are not able to apprehend criminals in the city, that falls on the superintendent and mayor who endanger the lives of chicagoans.

>> todd: talk about the current mayor, remember when mayor lightfoot said this about clarence thomas? >> [indiscernible] -- he said, [bleep] clarence thomas. >> todd: here is what she's saying now. >> people are losing respect for the institutions of our democracy, the toxicity in the public discourse is a thing we should be concerned about. >> todd: does she not see how ridiculous the hypocrisy there sounds. >> she said f-u to clarence thomas and to a sitting president. talk about toxicity, she is epicenter of politics in chicago and she's failed our city miserably and no matter how much she tries to change the

narrative now, she won't be able to undo the fact that three years have taken -- track. >> todd: thank you, sir. to arizona, justice department suing arizona to block state law requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal election. the ag says in addition to free rooms and transportation, the doj wants to give them a chance to vote, another round of bernovic verse us biden. >> it is not a question sometimes of people purposely voting illegally, you could have a citizen or nonresident who has

been here for years and he misunderstands the rules and the federal government should ensure given tens of millions of foreign nationals in the united states they are not registering the vote and voting. they normally have voter id to vote. >> todd: bernvic says he will take it to the supreme court if it comes to that. voicemail found on hunter biden laptop. >> why is there a voicemail of president talking to his son about overseas business dealings? >> carley: you will never believe how she answered that question, we will share it with you coming up next.

>> todd: white house refusing to address a leaked voicemail president biden alleged lie left his son hunter. if verified, it would discredit the president. >> carley: brooke singman join us with the latest. >> brooke: the white house is dodging questioning on whether or not president biden was involved in his son's overseas business dealings. ace voicemail shows he was in

the loop despite repeated denials. >> it is 8:15 on wednesday night, give me a call, nothing urgent. i thought the article online that will be printed tomorrow in the times was good, i think you are clear. >> brooke: president biden appearing to be referring to a conversation between hunter and a an overseas company. peter doocy is shot down after this question, watch this. >> why is there a voicemail about the president talking about overseas business dealings if the president said he never spoken to his son about overseas business dealings? >> what the president said stands, so if that is what the president said, that stan

>> brooke: karine jean-pierre insists she cannot validate the video despite confirmation by multiple outlets. >> i think it is clear, how is that not him talking about overseas business dealings? >> i will not talk about alleged -- >> are you disputing the president's voice on the voicemails? >> i cannot comment. >> brooke: hunter biden was with his father celebrating the 4th of july at the white house >> carley: president biden approval rating hitting record low 36% of americans approve of his performance in a new monmouth poll. >> todd: a congressman says he has to change course issue his

numbers are in the toilet, what he is doing is not working. sean duffy joins us now. sean, different day, same story of increasing panic, what will it take for joe biden to change policies that democrats and republicans don't think are working? >> sean: a lot of democrats like the policies, this is what they have in a plan for the american people. massive programs, attack oil and gas and massive inflation and high gas prices, democratic party, this is what they want, most average americans can't survive or live or feed their families in joe biden's america. the way you bring numbers up is per this congressman's points, you change course.

joe biden is hell bent on staying on the aoc course. america, i understand you are having problems and i will try to fix it by going in a different direction. we will stay on course that gives you an economy hard to live in, only 88% of americans think we're on the wrong track, these are horrible numbers and democrats trying to win in the house are going to have a really hard time trying to go to constituents and say, i deserve another term, please elect me and joe biden together. we saw this in 2010, a lot of seats most americans know are contested seats, tough races, you will see the safe democrat seats no one think a republican could win in will fall and republicans will win, that bad of cycle for democrats.

one last points, you can have a bad economy and make mistakes, if you change course and tell people, i get it and i will fix this for you, they can forgive you. your poll numbers will come up, when you say i will continue to attack oil and gas, i will go get saudi arabia oil, not texas oil, people get angry. >> carley: bill clinton reversed course when he was president. crime is a major issue, two police officers shot on monday. take a look at how the mayor is addressing it, watch this. >> the weather was beautiful, we live in america and we have the second amendment and supreme court telling everybody they can carry a gun wherever they want. i was in canada two weeks ago and never thought about a gun,

only people there that have guns are police officers. >> sean: criminals gets back on the streets and take your gun away to defend yourself and your family? no way, carley, americans understand democrats want to take the second amendment, and americans from the left, middle and center are saying, we will not let you do that, we will defend ourselves. we want to rely on ourselves for self-defense. >> todd: guns in hands of the government. the mayor doesn't get it. sean duffy, we appreciate it. pennsylvania gas station owner responding to criticism by lowering gas prices to pre-biden levels. >> carley: and lines are around the block, we will talk to him

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police. >> carley: cheryl casone has more, good morning. >> cheryl: good morning to you. rules for thee issue not to me, "new york post" finding spending has been happening since december, $520,000 was paid for security services in installments. paris dennard calling out hypocrisy considering their push to defund the police. >> stacey abrams is a hypocrite, you have increase in violent crime in atlanta issue it is a problem. you have stacey abrams playing wordsmithing with reimagining police or redirecting funds, that means the same thing, defunding the police. >> cheryl: brian kemp spent $31,000 for security.

>> todd: you have lost tom hanks, wake up. >> cheryl: actor tom hanks calling out pixar and disney for failing to hire openly republican reporter and supporter tim allen for lightyear, it was a spinoff of what the two men started together. >> i wanted to go head-to-head with tim allen and they didn't let tim allen do that. >> cheryl: tim allen said he was approached years ago to do it, lightyear was a big box office failure and a lot of people are saying it is because the film tried to be so woke. tim allen openly a republican in hollywood, you know can be risky. >> carley: to say the least,

american dream home not a risk >> cheryl: join me tonight and we'll follow jeff and jen and joe and laura ready to return to the u.s., they are looking for their dream home 9 p.m. eastern time tonight. >> todd: thank you. did you hear what buttigieg had to say about gas? >> when it comes to sky high gas prices, drivers are mad, i'm mad about it, oil company executives are thrilled because it is good news for example them. >> todd: president biden is tweeting at gas station owners to lower prices. two gas station owners -- one decided to lower their price to gallon of gas before joe biden

took office and tavern giving away 100 free drinks, co-owner of that gas station and owner of the pub, joey's edge, joe ferry here to react. fiason, the white house thinks you are driving to work in a gold tesla, explain to joe biden how you have no margin to decrease prices. >> they're hurting in a lot of ways possible. we don't have control of the gas prices at all, especially when the fuel companies e-mail us what is going to be next, we can't even lower prices on our own self, it hurts that when the president is trying to say that

us gas station owners are the ones that need to lower gas prices down, we don't have control over them. >> todd: it shows his lack of knowledge of how this works. joe, great promotion, i love it, bar involved, low gas prices, what was reaction from the community? >> we didn't give the booze away, americans for prosperity came in and bought everybody a drink, reaction was very positive, i have business owners and local customers and they were tickled to speak with the people with americans for prosperity. >> todd: that is awesome, faizon, you worked four years straight with not a day off, that is not somebody who is -- really crushing it in terms of you are not some rich guy is

what i'm trying to say, when you hear the president talk about how you can lower your prices and this is something you need to do for the public, that lack of knowledge, that lack of awareness, now frustrating is that? >> it's really frustrating, that is why we took the opportunity with americans for prosperity pennsylvania when they came out with this type of deal, i wanted to take that, this type of field listening to regular people everyday about hardships since prices going up, this is great opportunity for them to see how much a difference it makes when gas prices go down to $2.38. >> todd: two hard-working guys trying to make it and helping the community. nice to see you coming together

and helping your community in way that puts smile on people's faces. we appreciate your time this morning, thank you, gentlemen. while the white house trashes american business owners, president biden might be cutting china a break by rolling back trump-era tariffs. >> carley: the former budget director is here, let's check in with brian. good morning. bribing welcome, guys, i look forward to that interview, in 10 minutes we will discuss, we are live from highland park, illinois looking into the deadly parade shooting, what we're learning about the victims. authorities charge the suspect and why this guy never should have had guns to begin with. what can be done to restore law and order? how about having the governor stop taking ads out about the

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♪ >> todd: the president turning to china for help for record's record inflation and could roll back chinese tariffs put in place by president trump why the end of this week. >> carley: director under president trump and president for the center of renewing america and joins us now. good morning to you, sir. will removing these tariffs

benefit the american people. >> this is one of those things that you have to really look at the geopolitical aspects of it and we have unfair trade practices with china. these are put in place because of those unfair trade practice after studying our trade law provides us. they were not inflationary for two years. yet, the biden administration is going to this first to decide to deal with the inflation that they caused to their higher spending? no, i don't think this is something in the long run will help the american people because it neither gets a handle the trade practices but also gives up geopolitical leverage with our adversary china a and that will make us less safe. >> todd: the juice isn't worth the squeeze on this one especially considering the win that it gives to china like you said. meantime experts saying a recession is looming but president biden and his team still have not yet gotten the message. take a listen. >> since i took office, families

are carrying less debt, their average savings are up. >> i don't think a recession is at all inel evident tillable. >> this economy is actually in pretty strong shape. we also have made historic economic progress. >> todd: this is not what the people on the ground are feeling, sir. how inevitable do you think a recession is? >> yeah, i think we are living in the middle of second quarter of a recession. i think that's what the data is going to show. that's what the american people are feeling; you know, the job market is still pretty good. when it comes to people's savings accounts and the factors that these officials are citing, people are dealing with that in the context of high inflation. making calculations do i need to spend this out so it's not wasted and sitting there and becomes worthless. that changes people's behavior in a very anxiety inducing way to be able to make decisions on what they are seeing at the pump

in the supermarket and it's -- it is not something that the american people are going to be table solace in the fact and would allow them to think that this is somehow a thriving economy, it's not. and, unfortunately, the biden administration continues to just not deal with the reality of where we are sitting and they just want to continue to double down on their talking points. >> carley: you know, multiple texas counties, russ, have declared an invasion at the southern border and you for a while now have been urging state governors to make this very declaration. why do you think this is so important? >> because the biden administration will not enforce the border and we have about two years left in which they are in office. and as a result, it's incumbent on state governors to declare under allergy 1 section 10 clause 3 that we face an invasion and that there are self-help provisions to repel

that invasion and return illegal immigrants across the border. what we saw yesterday was historic action that local judges, county judges agreed that this constitutes legally an invasion but the facts on the ground and agreed with the attorney general of arizona's legal opinion and the concept of the foundation, the documents we put out. now, it's incumbent on governor abbott to go and do it, to secure the border. and what you saw is the counties are ready to stand with the governor and enforce the border at a time when the biden administration won't. >> carley: russ, we have about 15 seconds left. i wanted to ask you a quick question. now that they declared an invasion does that mean they get extra funding? >> texas has put forward a lot of resources to be able to ensure that they do everything they can. but it relies on the governor having to declare the invasion. he needs to do it. it's the one thing he hasn't done. it's incumbent upon him to do it

and it's necessary. >> carley: we will see if he takes that additional step moving forward. russ vogt, thank you for joining us this morning we so appreciate. >> same here. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> new details about the deadly shorting at the fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois. >> so far six victims have been named. >> officials charging the accused gunman with seven counts of first degree murder. >> for the killing spree he has unleashed against our community, these are the first of many charges. >> we expect to hear more from the president this week about the economy. set to head to cleveland about inflation. >> just 10% of the adults think the country is heading in the right direction. more than 40% are struggling financially. >> it's a scary time in this country. we have inflation. it may be coming down. it's comingow