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griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui hinrich. >> they're battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. >> 104 degrees yesterday, it's supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn't slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we've seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it's been the recent policy of text's governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that's drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. >> not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand

that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now. >> the texas governor says the mayors are blaming the wrong person. he says, texas is not to blame, but the policies of president biden for blame for the situation. in the meantime, under very tough conditions, customs and border patrol agents still doing at times heroic work, rescuing one 77-year-old woman recently abandoned on the northern side of the river. they had to carry her through tough terrain for about a half mile to get medical attention. back to you. jacqui: steve, i want to ask you since you're down there. now that some of the east coast mayors are reacting to the migrants bused to their cities, what's their reaction from local officials and even from migrants themselves? >> i think there's a level of frustration here along the border that this is a move many support simply to get attention

to the problem. that they can't simply let business as issue continue to go when their towns here are simply overwhelmed. >> do you get the sense, steve, that migrants want to get on the buses and you know, continue further into the country? >> i think there's some confusion among many migrants about what's being offered and where they're going to. but it's a very sort of programed group. ne they do what they're told for the most part when they're detained by national guard and turned over to custom patrol agents. there's confusion and uncertainty where they're doing. the mayor of d.c. says that they're being tricked into the cities. jacqui: and they're saying that the migrants willfully made the trips and there's a dispute over that. steve harrigan in eagle pass.

griff: jacqui on the set with us to dive further into this a tom homan and fox news contributor. when we talk about secretary mayorkas talk about the border is secure, this, the 2,000 mile plus entire border, but we've had yet four straight months of more than 200,000 illegal crossings and if you look literally just here, at the rio grande valley. rgv, el paso, three busy sectors, and you add them up, more than one million, add in yuma, arizona, more than 250,000 so far this year to date. and that sector is up 265% and we're talking about a tiny part. >> well, look, secretary mayorkas has no integrity. every month since he's been secretary has been a record month and the past month

they're bragging they went down to 207,000. they're backing at 207,000, the highest month we've seen in 24 years in june. so, look, at the end of the fiscal year we'll have over two million encounters, two million. last year was a historic record of 1.7. they're going to blow that out of the water. the most concerning thing is by the end of the fiscal year, we will have nearly one million got-aways. people who cross the border, weren't arrested, weren't fingerprinted, vetted, we don't know who they are or where the hell they came from. my problem is, in arizona, tu san sector in arizona have the highest number of got-aways of any border sector and reason is because they have lacked the resources because so many resources have been pushed over to texas, it leaves the other areas wide open. the number of got-aways-- >> the border patrol is bringing over resources for the areas hit so hard making these areas much more open. i want to take you just to the

next map and that's the del rio sector next to the rgv. ap in the rgv sector there, this week alone, the media folks report 17 gang members apprehended and two convicted sex offenders. >> and the number of criminals are a concerned. and the past 30 years i've been involved. the average number of criminals between 20, 24% of every apprehended has a prior criminal record. and that's had a lot of gang members and it's higher than that now because they have overwhelmed the border patrol with family groups and caused 70% of the agents to go in facilities and process which 30% of border patrol on line. that's when the cartels above the fentanyl and move the bad guys. >> you're talking about them and i want to move to this map

shall the final map. so that we understand what this administration is apparently allowing to take place with regards to the cartels. we traveled to the darian gap. the most dangerous jungle on the planet they go through panama where officials right now say it's a majority of venezuelans and colombians, making their way through mexico's southern border, overwhelmed on guatemala and mexico and then come up to rgv, to del rio, to el paso in this area, you get the idea. >> look, what's important to realize, not only the drugs, not only the bad guys, but we have a record number of migrant deaths under the biden administration. there's a remember. under trump we had two children die and everybody ran to the border and alexandria ocasio-cortez screaming about

the dead children. and now we have migrant deaths now because we invited them, and they're putting themselves in the hand of criminals and thinking they will be released. you don't hear a word from the democratic leadership or the administration about this. and the gap for special interest aliens. they've arrested 53 on terror lays. griff: 56. >> and the cartels overwelcome the border patrol and that's when they're going to enter the country to do us harm. arrested people from 161 countries, if you don't think that one of 900,000 came in the country to do us harm, we're ignoring the facts. griff: thank you, it's a good point when the secretary says

the border is secure. jacqui: thank you. the white house physician saying in a letter released moments ago that the president is continuing to improve after testing positive for covid-19 on thursday and most likely caught the ba.5 variant. mark meredith joins us live from the white house with the latest. >> hey, jacqui, a few headlines moments ago, from the president's physician, indicating new updates, he had a second dose of the paxlovid and the symptoms, new ones, the president having both a sore throat as well as body aches and his voice remains deep, but that he's responding well to treatment. and the other headline, that after sequencing data came back, i believe it was the ba.5 variant of coronavirus that the president got, but say just learning that won't change any of the treatments he's been receiving. this is the latest update from the white house and they've

called a lid here today so we're not expecting to see the president on camera. just yesterday we saw the president briefly at an event with his economic team and this is a look at the briefing room. we spotted the president coughing a bit and drinking a beverage and a cough drop and giving a thumbs up. this morning we heard from dr. anthony fauci, he's been peeking speaking with the president's physician. >> i spoke to mimm as recently as 10:00 and we went over the case carefully and he's been saying the president is doing really quite well and he continues to improve. >> now we're told that the medical staff determined there were 17 people considered to be close contacts of the president, but that as of friday afternoon, nn of those people tested positive. vice-president kamala harris is considered a close contact, but these' maintaining her schedule. we saw her out on the road earlier today and she was making her way to richmond

virginia to talk about access to abortion and we know that the first lady jill biden is keeping her distance, spending the time in delaware. >> the update on the president's physician in the one-page letter, that the president is doing well and responding to the therapy as expected and they're going to continue following c.d.c. guidance, but no word when we'll see him. he scrubbed events from monday. jacqui: mark with the latest, thanks. you know, the doctor's letter says the president is doing better, but a couple new symptoms and the sore throat and body aches. and the white house has not allowed the press to talk to the president's physician, we've gotten paper statements from the physician and send out dr. jha and careen with the spin revealing that the president was taking tylenol,

but not for temperature, but for discomfort. and they're rolling out the officials to roll it out in a light, and given that this is we know is a 5 variant and covid is much more mild these days, but they'll get questions, why they're uncomfortable with questioning the president's doctor. griff: spin is nothing new to washington d.c., the way things appear in this town. one thing perhaps the only bipartisan things of our lives is transparency, whether you're a republican or a democrat you want transparency and i was struck by your report how un-transparent they were being after a reset and they want

today move away from the criticism of not being transparent enough. jacqui: it feeds into the criticism of this administration, and the conspiracy oriented questions why don't they want his doctor out there, too. griff: and later in the week when they get to the gdp numbers out. the president will be back out in front of cameras. all right. meanwhile, the brutal heatwave baking the nation expected to intensify this weekend. in the northeast with temperatures coming in on the triple digits. and katie byrnes with more on how hot it is. >> griff, this is dangerous heat we're talking about and it's turned deadly. we're learning more about the first heat related deaths in the region and health officials confirm a 73-year-old man died

partially because of excessive heat exposure from allentown, and north of us in philadelphia. the region is going on six days in a row of temperatures above 90 degrees. in fact, new york and boston trailing behind us going on five days in a row of the same conditions, heat advisories, heat alerts in the northeast and impacting all three of the major cities and more than 70 million americans are dealing with some type of heat alert this weekend. so we've been talking to people in philadelphia. what kind of precautions they're taking and some runners are out earlier than usual because they're trying to beat the heat. >> we usually meet at 6:00 and we met at 5:30 because of the heat and we tried to avoid the hot, hot sun. there will be people running at noon and that will not be me. >> now, here in philadelphia. it's usually quiet here for this time of day. usually you would see people out here exercising, but i think a lot of people are

opting. and the city of boston postponed the triathlon because of the heat. new york's is still on, but they've shortened some of the events. griff: i'm struck that people are still running up and down the rocky steps, named for the movie, there 6789 katie, staying to stay cool. thank you. and fox is available or apple, ios and google devices, and download the app and see breaking news live 24/7. check it out. jacqui: what to do with the inflation crisis leaning into all of our pocket books next. with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. (sighs) here, i'll take that. ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein,

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>> americans still waiting for relief from record high inflation after the consumer price index hit a staggering 9.1 in june. democratic congresswoman from pennsylvania, member of the house foreign affairs armed services committee, congresswoman, thanks for your time. >> thank you, and thank you for having me on again. jacqui: of course, good to always talk to you. the white house has been celebrating this dip in gas

prices over the course of the last month or so which of course is welcomed news, but with a lot of buts. when prices were going up we heard so often that it was putin's fault and the company's fault and when they come down, the president apparently controls gas prices and most importantly, goes prices isn't the only thing that need to come down. the inflation, 9.1% and outpaced wage growth. how much credit does the white house deserve. >> inflation is a real thing and we need to be aggressive about it and i would argue that the fed was perhaps too slow in moving on this issue and there is more to this, of course, than gas prices alone, so i think that there's quite a lot of work that can be done. i'm part of a new dem coalition and helped a foundation working group that recently put out an inflation report that was lauded by forbes report as being the best blueprint to

combat inflation that's come out of congress. and it does go over all the things, energy being one of them, but only one of them that we can be doing to push on all the levers possible to lower this inflation problem that we're having, whether it be supply chains, will it be energy securities they've talked about work force issues, lowering the price of agriculture and those sorts of things to try to make the american dollar go farther are the things in that report and i would encourage people to take a look at that because it's an example of what all can be done, not just the congress, not just the administration, but all levers of government to try to address this really important issue. jacqui: i'd like to take a deeper look at that. the white house says releasing barrels from the streak reserves have kept gas prices at bay, but that's scheduled to end in october and then in december we've got this ban on cargo ships from russian oil into europe. december 5th it would block double the amount of oil from the market since the war began

and concerned that russia could shut down supply to europe completely. so my point is that things might seem like they're trending better now, but it's pretty ten uous and they don't want to fill the russia-sized hole in the market with the u.s. >> we're existing wells and permits that exist today. the real answer is to get to a clean energy economy as soon as possible. jacqui: what's your reaction to that? >> so my reaction would be, it's a yes and. we need to make sure that we are using the resources that we have available to us here and we need to be making sure that we're looking forward to the fact that we need to reduce our dependence as a nation and planet as those sources of energy so i think that we absolutely need to be doing both. i think that the united states, we need to, as a nation, as a government, be making sure that we're showing the demand signal to the industry so oil and gas

city so they can have a demand into that and being comfortable to level out the production that they have. but we need to be moving aggressively forward as we have been in places like the american rescue plan and other places to make sure that we're also thinking about the renewable opportunities that we must pursue as well. jacqui: so, the white house is under a lot of pressure for the president to reach as far as he can on climate after senator manchin basically killed the climate provisions of the initiatives the last week or the week before. it's a tough time to be making executive orders on climate given it could be used as a legal basis to block oil or gas drilling or other projects. the president didn't pull the trigger on that, but he says it's coming. >> i'm not certainly i'm following what your question is. i think you're asking whether or not it makes sense to declare some sort of emergency, a climate emergency. i think what i push back on

both parts of the aisle on is that everything cannot be so hyperbolic and so extreme at all times. we really need to be working together, collaboratively across both sides of the aisle. people agree that our planet is heating up at an alarming rate and we need to do something and the vast majority do. the far left and far right swings all the time end up with us, frankly, never moving anywhere and never getting anything done and we need to knock it off to be honest. >> to rephrase my question, we're in a time when the domestic oil producers have been pushing the white house to send a strong signal to the market that they support long-term investment, but at the same time, the white house is under pressure to make these executive orders and does that timing conflict? is it the right time to be reaching far on climate when you've got domestic oil producers saying we need a strong signal that the white house will support us? >> i think right now is the time for us all to be working

collaboratively and collectively to address this issue of inflation now and it's a yes and combination, and it's something that can pull the levers in the future as well. things like making sure-- it sounds like we might be out of time, but i'll stop there. jacqui: we appreciate having you back anytime you can. congresswoman christy hoolahan, thank you. >> on the other side of the aisle, we've joined by from wisconsin, from the infrastructure and armed services committee, mike gallagher. you heard congresswoman hoolahan saying they can't get anything done, democrats in control, because of the hyperbolic and extreme positions that some of you are taking. your reaction? >> well, the democrats have

unified control of government and they've used that power to get a lot of things done that are actually causing inflation. they came in and passed a $2 trillion spending blowout bill that was supposed to be a covid bill, but with filled with non-coronavirus related provisions and a massive affect on inflation and a massive green new deal bill, as an infrastructure bill. and the first thing that president biden did was launch a war on energy production in the united states. and now hard working class m americans are paying the price at the pump every day. if they want to blame us for the economic crisis they're in, they're forgetting the last year of history. griff: well, and americans as you rightly point out feeling the pain at the pump, but you heard jacqui talking about congresswoman hoolahan about the white house appears to want

you to know that when prices go up the at the pump, it's not biden's fault, it's putin's fault or someone else's fault, but when they come down, they deserve credit. do you agree with with that? >> think how crazy it is for them to be bragging the prices come down when the national average is still above $4 for gas. $2 more than it was when president biden came into office. this is nothing to brag about. i get that ron klain lives on twitter, but the world is here in northeast wisconsin and people are looking at the pain. and contradiction what the president is doing, he's going all over the world begging people for oil. in saudi arabia trying to get them to increase production. he's talked about reaching out to venezuela. at the same time, he's talking about the emergency of climate change and is on the cusp, dangerous cusp are declaring a national climate emergency. these things don't make sense and contradictory and can't

seem to free themselves of the climate change wing of the party. griff: i want to ask you about that, you voted against former president trump in that emergency declaration to get funding for the border wall and now you are also opposing any presidential emergency declaration on climate change which appears to be forth coming, but you also see hypocrisy here. >> at the time i certainly heard about it from my republican friends, and everyone on my side of the aisle. what i said to them under the constitution only congress has the power to appropriate money. if a president comes in and takes appropriated money and redirects it for another purpose, it's unconstitutional, but also at the time i said i guarantee you once you open this pandora as box the democrats are going to declare a national climate emergency or gun emergency and wield the powers of the executive branch to do unconstitutional things and that's exactly what president biden is about to do and the same democrats

criticizing president trump and losing their minds about the southern border emergency declaration are now praising president biden and egging him on to do it and bernie sanders it one much them. even more moderate like tim kaine. it's hypocrisy and it's extremely damaging to the constitution and the lawless executive branch government. government through executive fiat and careen back and forth between wildly different approaches because we have different presidents and it's unhealthy for our republic. griff: and it sounds like an executive overreach if republicans win the house back in the midterms. do you think that something should be done about that? >> i have a bill with senator mike lee to claw back some of the emergency powers that we surrendered over the last three decades. we need to have the same project across the board when it comes to war powers and areas where congress has surrendered its primacy under the constitution and passes

bill nothing more than a fill in the blank for the executive branch. that's unhealthy. i hope when we take the house we'llen committed to the revitalization project and come 2025 we'll have a president that's more respectful of the constitution and willing to give back the dominant branch. griff: we will see see. congressman mike gallagher. thank you for taking the time. jacqui: thank you. jacqui: criticism of new york's no bail law, the attacker who went after candidates lee zeldin. that story is next. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted.

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hosted by piers morgan, with david beckham, ashton kutcher or mila kunis. and two americans were killed. >> that's right, the state department says two americans were killed in eastern ukraine, earlier in a statement they said, quote, we can confirm the recent deaths of two u.s. citizens in the donbas region of ukraine. we're providing assistance and out of respect for the family, nothing further to add. and fresh off her travel to washington, the ukraine first lady focusing on post war reconstruction in ukraine. and president zelenskyy did appear as well. it does not appear that this war will end anytime soon.

the delegation arrived and the first green beret in congress and said the u.s. should do more to send in military personnel to handle logistics. >> i think they could do more and, with that appropriate safeguards and appropriate oversight. the only way we can get that oversight to have some advisors in ukraine helping their military with the planning and logistics. >> when you say advisors, u.s. military personnel? >> it could be contracted, it could be civilian, it could be military as well. >> we also spoke to congresswoman from new jersey, former graduate and navy helicopter pilot and she spoke about the attack on odesa one day after the agreement was signed. >> this is critical for world food supplies, a day after negotiation, russia in bad faith would then do exactly what they agreed not to do, the

day after is really shocking and quite frankly, quite depressing. >> and congresswoman walsh, he said he would like to see u.s. military personnel here in ukraine. he says he does not want them on the front lines in donbas and eastern ukraine where frankly, the russian armament outnumbered ukraine three to one and that's why the biden administration is bringing in more, the drones are getting shot down every fourth or fifth mission, and congressman walsh is advocating for more robust presence of the u.s. military personnel and to track the weapons shipments here. jacqui: thanks, lucas. coming up in the next hour, one of the members of the ukrainian parliament will join us on the set. stay tuned. griff: meanwhile, republican candidate for new york governor

lee zeldin slamming the cashless bail laws after he was attacked at a campaign stop and the perpetrator was released shortly after his arrest. >> well, lee zeldin says the new york's cashless bail law is dangerous after a man with a sharp weapon rushed on the stage during a campaign event and the entire thing was caught on camera, watch. >> what is he doing? why is he up there? zeldin, who is a republican candidates for new york governor says he was attacked by a man on the stage. he says the man helped up a sharp object and told him that you are done. they fell to the ground. the accused attacker was held down before he was taken into custody and released a few hours later under new york's cashless bail law.

and the man on the ground from fairport, new york. 43 years old and is facing attempted assault charges. >> we have somebody within hours was put right back out on the streets after he comes on stage and tries to stab me at a campaign event. >> zeldin's campaign sharing the weapon on the bottom, it has two very sharp edges and that's under investigation. they're taking a close look at that weapon. the new york governor hochul and zeldin is back on the campaign trail with security. >> and he's been looking and thinking about, and they're in contact with capital police, they're not sure if active charges could be filed. griff: a frightening incident.

alexis, thank you. jacqui. jacqui: griff, a police for the in north carolina is resigning en masse after the new hiring of a town manager. members of the department blamed this exodus on a hostile work environment and stress among other factors. charles watson has more on the story. >> this is happening in kennedly, north carolina. and the folks who live in the small town of 2000 are shocked the entire police department gone in a single day. >> it's dismay because this is a shock. >> and the police chief, josh gibson who resigned with four of his officers, laid the blame squarely on the new town manager jones. and gibson writes in part, in the last three years we've made substantial progress that hoped

to continue. due to the hostile work environment i don't believe it's possible. two town clerks also resigned citing hostile work environment. and the questions swirl about who should stay and who needs to go. >> it sounds like she's double and she should go. >> the down manager knows we support her. she's only been here a couple of months. >> jones, hired through a national search from a group about 30 candidates have been on the job for just seven weeks. she and kenly council members had little to say about the resignation is following an emergency closed session. the mayor did say that they would be protected by the county and we talked to a shop owner to says that's not good enough. >> the county response is 30 to 60 minutes at some point and

having a police force, especially owning a pharmacy and not having a police presence for 30 to 40 minutes is quite shocking. >> yeah, and so the police chief or former police chief now says, reportedly says he would consider returning to that police department. only if the town manager is gone, jacqui. >> charles watson for us, thank you. >> new battle lines between parents and schools are drawn over increasing calls for new mask mandates for kids headed back to the classroom next month. that's coming up. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. get a personal loan with no fees, low fixed rates, and borrow up to $100k. sofi. get your money right.

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>> as students prepare to head back to school in the fall. rising covid-19 cases are prompting some school districts to reinstate mask mandates. and the san diego unified district returned to mandatory this week for summer programs sparking outrage from some

parents. let them breathe founder, sharon, things for your time. appreciate you coming on on a saturday. >> for sure, thanks for having me. >> you're running for the school board ap pursuing legal action because you believe the mask mandates are unnecessary. layout for us why. >> absolutely. they're unscientific, they're unnecessary, and they're harming our kids' social, emotional and academic well-being. every school should be focused on everything to recoup learning losses for the students not forcing masks back on their faces. let them breathe, we have been advocating with parents and taken successful legal action from the past and they're sending illegal demand letters to san diego unified, but really, the best response to poor leadership is new leadership and that's why myself and so many other parents are running for school board and i think that any school board trustee that did not put students first and that did not take a stand after, against these harmful policies should expect to lose their

seat in november. >> so we should point out, it's still unclear whether san diego schools are going to continue this mandate when the regular school year begins. i want to play you some sound from the school president. >> for those students and parents who don't want to wear a mask indoors, is there any other option for them? >> for the fall, there are options, they can go to our school that's online, they can opt not to return to the regular school, but to go to the school where they don't have to go to school at all other than via zoom. jacqui: so, school via zoom, is that an equal option as far as quality of education goes? >> no, it's not. zoom school is a proven failure, 300% increase in failing grades. mass pass rates in minority students and the kid are our future and generation, the

problems in society is the failure in educational system. if we don't help the kids recoup what they've lost during covid. that's going to get worse. the flip side, if we have new leadership come november, i think we can turn this around and do what's right for students and prepare them to bring this country in to a better generation. >> i want to just bring up some stats from the other side of this argument. from the national institutes of health. schools of mandatory masking had approximately 70% of in-school transmissions, 1.1 million students and in-person across nine sates. those stats are a bit compelling. would you be oppose today maybe a step down from a mandate, but maybe schools encouraging masks, but not requiring them or do you think that masks should go away completely?

>> we're for choice. and if people want to read other studies go to dr. tracy hoke, on twitter, she's got great studies that she cites and what, i'm really concerned about the mental health impact on our students, not only has there been learning loss, but we're seeing, our kids are in a mental health crisis and even american academy of pediatrics have confirmed that and our kids are at low risk from the virus. jacqui: we've run out of time, but we enjoyed having you on. the founder of let them breathe. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. griff: former president trump set to speak in front of thousands of young conservatives in florida today. we've got a preview next. switched to verizon's new welcome unlimited plan, for just $30. (daughter) i've already told everyone! (cool guy) $30...that's awesome. (mom) it's their best unlimited price ever. (woman) for $30 a line, i'm switching now.

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>> the biggest names. conservative world, including former president trump have gathered in florida for turning point student action summit. phil keating is live from the sunshine state. hey, phil. >> good afternoon there, griff. thousands of young high school and college kids who are here for the turning point usa student action summit, they are the future of the conservative,

political movement according to the organizer. on stage right now is judge jeanine pirro, it's all about the future, this year there's a whole lot of buzz about 2024. the convention center is chockful of potential white house contenders. last night governor ron desantis headlined with his mind equally on the midterms and biden bashing. >> now, i must say, he did test positive for covid and i want to, on behalf of the state of florida, wish president biden a speedy recovery from covid and i also want to wish the united states of america a speedy recovery from joe biden. >> friday, the political battle went out west in the desert and showing the former team in the white house is not always on the same feed anymore.

former vice-president pence campaigned for arizona gubernatorial candidate karen taylor robson, a wealthy real estate developer. and trump for care carrie lake, a former newscaster and you hear trump tease 2024. >> and now, we may have to do it again. but first, we have to win a historic victory for the republican party this november when we retake congress among our highest priorities must be to end the nightmare. >> and the former president will be right on that stage tonight. he's the saturday night headliner, a lot of trump supporters i've seen on hand

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>> white house physician kevin o'connor saying the president is improving after his positive covid diagnosis and the cause was, quote, the ba 5 strain

which is surging through the us. griff:great to be with you. doctor anthony fauci reassuring neil cavuto that the president is doing well enough to fulfill his duties virtually. mark meredith is live with an update on the president's health. >> reporter: the white house says the president's health continues to improve but he's battling coronavirus. we are told he's experiencing new symptoms including a sore throat and bodyaches. in a letter released by doctor kevin o'connor his pulse, blood pressure address detroit rate remained normal, his oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air, his lungs remain clear. on friday we saw the president on camera for a few minutes meeting with his economic team

to discuss gas prices. we saw him reach for some cough drops. reporters asked how he was feeling and he gave a thumbs up indicating he's feeling okay. >> great to see the president doing better. he's doing better because he's vaccinated, boosted in getting treatments. he's getting world-class treatments, what you would expect for the president of the united states. >> reporter: the white house is called a meeting, we will not see the president on camera but it is possible they will put out videos or photos, they want to show the president is able to handle his job, including the economy which we will hear about because republicans are sharpening attacks. the rnc yesterday where things stand with the economy. family struggle to shoulder the

burden of inflation, meeting the economic recovery, conservative leadership, biden and democrats push reckless tax and spend agenda leaving americans to foot the bill. we expect to hear more about inflation especially thursday, some new numbers will detail what the gdp was like in the second quarter and that could indicate whether we are in a recession, the white house pumping the brakes, likely to do little. maya millette griff: thank you for hitting things off. jacqui: let's bring in our political panel, vice president of government affairs of the conservative coalition filled robinson and new york state senator david carlucci. i was telling my coanchor the white house keeps underscoring

how transparent they've been with the covid diagnosis but not letting reporters question the president's doctors, not to suggest he's not doing as well as they say but rolling out officials to painted in a favorable light and probably not necessary since covid is so mild these days but feet into critics who question why is the white house press afraid of the president's doctor taking questions. what questions don't they want him to get? >> president biden's health has been a concern for a long time at the news that he contracted covid is cause for concern as well. our country's reaching challenges from teetering on the edge of recession to what is going on in ukraine to other issues and we need a strong leader in the white house to take on these issues and tight don't think this is inspiring confidence in the american people.

jacqui: is the white house being transparent enough? >> we can speculate about president biden's vitality and health until the cows come home but that is not our business. we need to make sure we are electing a president who can do the job and not have physical fitness tests. other countries around the world you need to be 50 years old to be chosen to be president. we have to be careful how much intrusion we have, in an individual life. the president shouldn't be different. if they can do the job at up to voters to decide and not to be probing into their medical data on a day-to-day basis. jacqui: he's the leader of the free world that has a virus has killed millions, we should probably know how much he is doing down to his blood oxygen

levels. >> they have been giving us information. we don't need to know much more than that. if this was someone who might be younger, we might ask different questions. as we have seen, if you are vaccinated you are going to do very well with covid. the symptoms can be problematic. we are getting the information we need. to be overly speculative takes us down a sad road. jacqui: gas prices, inflation, the white house wants credit for gas prices having come down and that is great but could be temporary. the strategic reserves are coming to us legal. some economists say the very thing the white house is trying to do, put a price on russian oil antitax oil companies could make things worse, your thoughts? >> reporter: the white house is right to duck out gas prices

have come down but gas prices above $4 a gallon are nothing to celebrate. couple months ago vladimir putin was responsible for the increase in gas prices and now the white house is taking credit for decreasing gas prices. don't know what gives. at this moment the biden administration needs to maximize energy production, increasing availability of energy in the united states and that is not what they are doing. they bear response ability for the ongoing responsibly to energy prices. jacqui: the white house is trying to project the image that they are trying to increase to mystic oil production through existing permits and telling oil companies they've got to stop profiteering. you've heard this call from the right mostly that there needs

to be a bigger effort to send a positive signal to the market because this cry about climate change and the need to go electric, starting to catch on. there are people who can't afford to buy an electric vehicle and he might alienate even some democratic voters if you go too far in that direction. >> the president is being very cautious, using the very few tools available to him to affect gas prices and has done that effectively. releasing from the strategic petroleum reserve, unclogging the ports, and there is a lot to blame for putin's war. we can't take all the credit but president biden has been doing the right thing, sending the right message. when you look at the price of gas in the united states compared to most of the developed world you see a drastic difference but we have to be smart.

president biden recognizes we can't kill the goose that lays the golden egg and that is mother nature. we have to produce more, be energy independent but we have to do that in an environmentally responsible way. jacqui: the white house is under pressure to reach pretty far on climate through executive privileges because senator manchin killed the reconciliation bill and looks like he will behind the stroke of a pen to get anything done. a tough time to make those executive orders with gas prices where they are. there is concern ceos will block oil and gas drilling for other projects. >> the durability of these executive orders can be reversed. if president biden wants durable climate policy he needs

to work with congress that of chuck schumer was serious he should go to senator joe manchin. the biden administration has a mandate to make american energy secure, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. he can do those things but the only way is to work with republicans in congress and expand nuclear energy, streamline, focus on these bipartisan policies. he is failing on all fronts. he can change that if you wants to. jacqui: i want you to respond. the white house says biden doesn't negotiate with manchin but these executive orders will be tied up with legal challenges as soon as they come out. should the white house start talking to manchin? >> the president set all options on the table, that's why the president has had to be

creative. not one single republican has stepped forward to support president biden's climate plan. at the 2 way street. with the absence of any republican working with president biden he has had to be creative, put forth executive orders that will make a big difference to create more cooling centers, more energy efficiency, for so many communities and residents and increase wind energy like we've never seen before. in the atlantic in the gulf of mexico, this is something he has done for this executive order. not to think outside the box because he's stonewalled. and much to do with not getting any support across the aisle from republicans. jacqui: thanks for coming in.

tomorrow bret baer anchors fox news sunday, with the response coordinator and the vice chair of the january 6th committee. lose cheney, check your local listings for time and channel antone media buzz, white house secured coordinator strategic communications john kirby tomorrow at 11:00 am eastern. griff: pushing back on alejandra mayorkas's claim that the border is secure. steve harrigan in texas with more. >> reporter: a steady stream s including a number of pregnant women making that across today. there have been large groups as

well, 300 strong crossing the rio grande. there has been a program by the governor of texas but migrants across on buses in northern cities drying the average, the mayors of new york city and washington dc, on "fox and friends," the governor of arizona pushed back against that criticism. >> president biden isn't going to go to the southern border, we will bring the southern border to president biden, this is a man-made crisis and we demand action. this is very fixable issue. >> reporter: under difficult conditions, customs and border patrol agents continue to perform lifesaving work to rescue a 77-year-old woman abandoned on the north side. for medical attention.

will: 7 griff: traffic and crossings don't slow down because how hard is it? are you seeing any decreases? >> reporter: it was 104 yesterday. it will be over 100 all week. it gives a sense how desperate the situation is. the phenomena we are seeing is larger groups, 300, 400 at a time. are markable to see that many people crossing into the us. griff: great reporting, thank you. jacqui: the world health organization declaring monkeypox a global health emergency after the cdc can from the first two cases in the us of monkeypox in children.

>> reporter: it is unclear how they caught the disease, health officials believe it was household transmission. they are both doing well and receiving treatment according to health officials but i want to warn our viewers some of the video you are about to see is graphic, the cases are among 2900 confirmed cases reported in the us. monkeypox systems include blisters or pimples, fever, headache, muscle aches the swollen lymph nodes and exhaustion. >> we anticipate more cases before there are less cases. we have seen two cases that have occurred in children. both are traced back to individuals who come from the gay men's community. when we have seen those cases in children they are adjacent

to the community most at risk. >> reporter: confirmed cases in the us according to the cdc the state with the most, 900 reports of monkeypox, florida has 247, illinois 238, georgia close behind with 211 and confirmed cases in the district of columbia. the cdc they are working on containment, testing, isolation of cases and vaccines to combat this disease and globally 17,000 confirmed cases including 68 that have not historically reported monkeypox before. jacqui: thanks. griff: do you have your mega millions lottery ticket yet? what is the fourth-largest in us history. we will tell you when it is coming up. to the tower cam fo! folks, we seem to have a visitor.

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but he's coming forward now pointing the fingers at elected democrat officials because as he says the top concern was their personal safety of what is happening in these stores. maybe that's a message democrats should heed. jacqui: they should start listening now, we had rising crime in several cities, new york, just seems to be something no one has gotten their arms around and these bail laws are a problem. griff: you mentioned new york, we can show you the stats, robberies up, burglaries up 32%. violent crime as well. there are the viral videos we are seeing at the beginning of july on tick-tock, this fast food restaurant, women were upset having to pay extra for more hot dogs.

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jacqui: millions americans heading to the beach to cool off in a record breaking heatwave but in long island, new york, shark sightings are scaring swimmers from the water. >> reporter: an unusual shark season on long island with multiple reports of shark attacks combined with the current heatwave and you've got a recipe for dicey activity in the water. >> i didn't go that deep. got to get ready for a punch.

>> reporter: it has been a shark season like no other with 6 reported shark bites on the shores of long island. >> so many attacks happened recently. a bite or two and the shark leaves, they don't come back to finish the job. >> reporter: check this video by a beach go round rockaway beach, woman catching a shark jumping out of the water and spinning around before splashing back in. if that's not enough to unsettle your nerves it did juvenile great white shark washed up near the hamptons. marine expert say the south shore of long island is believed to be a nursery for great white sharks and they are not uncommon in these waters. they get curious when people are splashing in the waves. >> that's like ringing the dinner bell. is that a dead fish over there? let me go check it out. after a bite or two i can't eat this. >> reporter: the shark attacks have been happening since

june 30th this year, the most recent wednesday when a 16-year-old surfer not a 4 inch gash on his foot when paddling in the waves on fire island an hour from where the great white washed ashore. >> didn't see anything coming. it probably held on for a few seconds, bit really hard. i have a few puncture wounds on the left side and on the right. >> reporter: the department of parks and recreation releasing this video for shark chasing baitfish off jones beach illustrating how these sharks come close to swimmers when they are on the front for food. if you are going to swim don't swim in the predawn hours or at dusk when sharks are most likely feet and make sure there's a life lard -- lifeguard on duty.

griff: joining us now is marine ecologist and dean of the college of arts, sciences, mike hitehouse. no one knows sharks better than you. a string of attacks on long island, great whites washing up on the shore and the latest attack on a surfer. i surf every chance i get. what's going on in should servers be worried? >> the problem -- what is probably going on is we have a ton of people in the water and the number of shark bites is related to how many people are in the water and we have warm temperatures. a lot of shark species like warm water. you might have more sharks in these areas. the good thing is on long island they are not life-threatening. a lot of them are cases of mistaken identity. see in the hand or foot that looks like fish. generally it is not something

to worry about for surfers. go into the ocean. pretty much going into the water, rip currents are more dangerous than sharks. pay attention to local conditions and warnings. the lifeguards are there to help people safe. for the most part, you can go to the beach without worrying about sharks. griff: you mentioned the likelihood of being bit. i was 7 years old when jaws came out and my parents took me and terrified me. i overcame that. you can see lightning, 80,000, one in over 4 million chance of a shark related death. i was showing video from the shark addicts group. down in jupiter, florida, he will take me out to swim in the ocean not in a cage, with some sharks and we will see.

should i reconsider that considering more bites? >> you should absolutely go on that trip. you will have an amazing time. those sharks, you can swim with them safely, you have experts to help you and you will see a couple different species. those waters are shark superhighway. you get different species coming through. they are not mindless killing machines biting everything they can find. they are quite calm, they can be curious and beautiful predators. we want to have healthy shark populations. it's good we are seeing sharks here and need to make sure we are safe, follow some basic tips to enjoy the ocean while we still have sharks out there. griff: those tips are important. you spend a lot of time in the water with these creatures and telling me i shouldn't be concerned for my safety but we

do know there is some human behavior particularly on the shore and shallow waters, we can protect ourselves from potential bite or attack. >> you heard in the report, avoid sunrise and sunset, the period when predators are active. you want to avoid waters where sharks might make a mistake, lots of baitfish or potential food in the water, there are areas with lots of white sharks around you want to stay out of the water and listen to local advice. if you follow those few things, might be attracting sharks in feeding mode, you will be pretty safe. it doesn't minimize that accidents can happen but so rare it is not something you should worry about and not enjoy the ocean.

griff: if you find your self in the water in the coming days or weeks that you see a dorsal fin, what should you do? >> if you see a shark keep your eyes on it. predators won't attacks things that are watching you. if it is a big one especially i would get out of the water slowly keeping your eye on it. clear waters the sharks, you have no problem. the sharks behind me aren't a problem. if you see when see one they are predators, give them their space and you will be fine. griff: is there ocean, we are just visitors, thank you, great insight on those toothy creatures in the sea. jacqui: new outrage around the world for russia after a missile attack on the ukrainian city of odesa.

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griff: ukraine's first lady holding a summit to draw attention to the brutal war raging in ukraine. ashton kutcher, just some of the in person virtual attendees.

piers morgan speaking live on foxnews.com, to allow grain exports to resume caliber cruz nestles in the port city of odesa, and the keyport, was attacked. lucas tomlinson is in the capital of kyiv. >> reporter: two americans have been killed fighting eastern ukraine, one day after that deal was signed in istanbul, backed by the turks and united nations, russia firing cruise missiles, a warship, in the black see targeting ukraine's largest port of odesa were 20 million tons of grain is in the silos.

it was supposed to be exported, the russians are permitted to export grain and fertilizer as well. the us ambassador ukraine calling the strike outrageous. the trip to the white house, the first lady returned to the capital to join pierce morgan who will moderate the summit focusing on postwar reconstruction of ukraine, president zelenskyy also attending, the war won't end for month. in october it will be harder to hide. earlier today a bipartisan armed services delegation visiting in ukraine met with ukrainian president zelenskyy. i spoke to a former navy pilot, and expert, i asked if she wanted military advisors to handle logistics on the ground. michael walsh wait in.

>> it would be good i think to have a logistics officer here to make sure we understand and track the weaponry. >> no one is advocating the military but helping with logistics planning, integrating the intelligence is incredibly important. >> reporter: the biden administration will send more weapons to ukraine to destroy russian forces include 580 phoenix ghost drones, four more satellite guided rocket launches and 36,000 rounds of ammunition. officials say it's not enough weapons for ukrainians to defeat the russians, just enough to make sure ukraine doesn't lose. ukrainian forces are not strong enough to launch a major offensive for russian occupied crimea.

griff: if you want to tune in to check out piers morgan, go to foxnews.com for that. jacqui: for more on this, and the current state of the war, you represent the people of odesa in the ukrainian parliament, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for the invitation and covering it. jacqui: you are from odesa, the city that was struck by the russians a single day after the deal to get grain out of the ports was reached. what does that say about whether russia can be trusted to negotiate in good faith? >> there were huge explosions and people were scared. definitely that is the answer from putin that he's going to continue this terror.

he wants to be a food terrorist taking hostages throughout the planet, some of them starving. they have problems with food prices because of this blockade of the black see and it became possible because the army showed strength, destroyed part of the black sea fleet, liberated snake island, to protect the coast, known after this he decided he should go to the deal but do everything possible to disrupt it. that means russia doesn't respect any agreement. that is evidence of this for the whole world. jacqui: we've seen that with the humanitarian core doors. the us downgraded intelligence to share it publicly and get ahead of what the russians are planning that they plan to

annex additional territory, rolling out a playbook similar to 2014, some of those things. they are establishing the ruble as currency, setting up banks, taking control of communications forcing residents to apply for citizenship. there is a bipartisan bill in the senate that would label what russia is doing as genocide. you were on the hill. do you see this getting traction? >> i spoke to -- this bill, republicans and democrats, presented that it soon be approved and will be recognized. clearly genocide. many people think genocide, just holocaust, genocide, what russia is doing, destroying monuments, deportation of children.

200,000 children deported from ukraine and dispersed through the territory of ukraine with the aid of russia, the aim to make from them russians and sexual violence, murderers that is all we have in ukraine and clearly the convention of the united states and prevention and prevention of genocide that it is genocide. i hope it will be in the house and senate in the house. jacqui: you have been all over the world speaking to leaders. i met you in madrid at the nato summit. you were on the sidelines, the world is rallying around ukraine to make sure it doesn't drop out of the news. it will be a different obstacle trying to declare russia a state sponsor of terrorism. what are the reasons that's a hard task and why does it make this genocide declaration more important?

>> russia is terrorist itself and putin is terrorist number one and it should be said clearly. it is a project of resolution in the senate, in the senate foreign affairs committee and waiting for it to be adopted on the floor, the state department cannot wait for this but make this decision and to say that white is white and black is black and russia is a state terrorist. that is true. together acknowledging the fact that ukraine is a genocide we have to do what we can to stop it as soon as possible. women and children, should be to prevent it, so important for

the future to show others it's impossible to do such things in the 21st century. the free world is strong enough to stop things like this. that is the only way back to normality. with inflation rising, no high prices for food and refugee crisis and other things. we need to do this. jacqui: i have been speaking with you since the invasion began. one of the refrains, we are getting support but the kind of weaponry we are getting is not a difference maker. it will not end the war right now. the you feel there is no urgency among nations that are supporting you to spiegel the war or keep it where it is right now? >> that is vital for us. there are limitations.

the problems, american weaponry, we should make a difference but not provided with long-range missiles, only short range and can't understand why 25 miles is not escalatory and 70 miles is, no one can explain it. such imitation's should be taken from the table. we should say our aim is victory of ukraine. that the only way. the victory of russia would be the worst, stalemate is worse. only victory of ukraine is what we need. from this everything will be clear. jacqui: thank you for being with us. appreciate talking to you. prosecutors in brazil charge three suspect for the murder of her british journalist in the amazon last month. details next.

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griff: new york candidate leaves eldon's attacker has been arrested will face charges which he will make an initial appearance before the fifth magistrate this afternoon. he attacked zelman during a campaign stop.

jacqui: three have been charged in brazil, the two victims disappeared during a trip to a remote region of the amazon rain forest, kitty logan has more on this tragic story. >> reporter: those two men who were killed while reporting on environmental issues when they disappeared last june when traveling along the river. they had been working in this remote area of the amazon rain forest, participating in the guardian newspaper. both were involved with the rainforest and were heading back by boat when they were attacked and killed. they found items of clothing, bodies being discovered in the forest. three people are charged with her murder.

they claim they were unhappy about being photographed by the journalists. there was speculation it was linked to illegal fishing in the area and the victims may have been gathering evidence. prosecutors press charges and on thursday saying two of the accused have confessed to the murders. this is a high-profile case with international pressure to continue with this case and secure the conviction. jacqui: glad we got him on. griff: he has been available since the beginning. that is it for us. foxnews live continues. jacqui: thanks for watching. and now we're providing 88 billion dollars to support underserved communities...

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