>> we're staying. >> uh-oh, promises, promises, jo. don't tease us. just go. wait, then we're stuck with kamala harris. check out the latest progress online. >> todd: fox news alert, united states military conducting airstrikes against iranian backed groups in syria after drone attack kills an american and injuries five u.s. servicemembers. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. this is after recent attacks by the guard, coming under attack 78 times by iranian-backed sources since january of 2021.

alexandria hoff is live with details. good morning. >> alexandria: a group afilliated with iran military guard crashed into a building killing a u.s. contractor around 1:30 a.m. once determined the unman aircraft was iranian origin, retaliatory airstrikes were carried out last night. the observatory for rights, eight were killed in that. lloyd austin said at the direction of president biden, i authorize to conduct precision airstrikes in eastern syria. the airstrikes were conducted in response to today's attack and series of attacks against coalition sources by groups associated with irgc. we will take measures to defend

our people, no group will strike our groups with impunity. since 2021, general eric corrila says u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times, saying, we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing, we are postured for additional iranian attacks. we ensure defeat of isis of syria and the region. congressman matt gates offered this. it is deeply sad to continue to see americans killed and troops injured in syria. this is price of guarding oilfields in other countries. iran continue to stain sands with blood of america's rest with relatively -- and the army

general kurilla says iran has the most capable -- force. >> todd: vice chair at afpi, fred, does the killing of an american escalation of tension with iran and the iranian regime? >> i don't think so. what happened here were syrian militia backed by iran. they conduct dozens of attacks per year. this is third time the biden administration has retaliated. the attacks usually don't kill americans. they are unacceptable. it is right response for u.s. to counter attack. i don't think this means iran is taking a new tactic against the u.s. since the attacks have been continuing. >> ashley: you said the third time, but since january of 2021,

78 iranian-backed attacks on u.s. troops. that begs the question, do we still need to be there? >> that is a good question and worth noting that the attacks are backed by syria, syria is supported by iran by the revolutionary guard. syria doesn't like the fact we have presence in their country, they are using their militia to attack the troops there. the syrian democratic forces in north of syria is a coalition, but that is army many people have made. president trump was going to pull american troops out of syria, but he was talked out of it. >> todd: a situation that bears watching. lawmakers on both sides questioning tiktok ceo yesterday about national security concerns surrounding the app.

the ceo was unable to say if the parent company bytedance has access to american user data. watch this. >> has bytedance spied on american citizens? >> i don't think spying is the right way to describe it. >> the chinese government has that data. >> think can congresswoman, i have seen no evidence that they have the data. >> i find that actually preposterous. >> todd: fred, this is understatement to say this went poorly for tiktok. could the hearing have gone any worse for this app? >> it really couldn't have. that was anna eshoo, a liberal democrat. she was looking for the tiktok executive to say no, or i can assure you this didn't happen. he gave the response, i have no

evidence the chinese government has sensitive information. he is not ruling out that is typeset had, it was poor performance by the executive. >> ashley: he admitted his own children are not on tiktok. you would think the ceo of this company would be all for his kids being on this app, do you not? >> it is even worse than that, he claimed tiktok is not ce censuring information on criticism of china and both sides found that completely ridiculous and i think this increased the chance the u.s. government will ban tiktok. >> todd: when you see this bipartisan hostility, i joke these folks can't agree today is friday, they can agree tiktok is bad. when you see that, it is a matter of time before tiktok is

gone from government phones and from all phones. get your thoughts on this, secretary of state blinken says americans are still detained by the taliban. as we speak, american citizens who identify themselves to us in afghanistan, some have been there since the withdrawal, some went back to afghanistan, about 175, 44 of them are ready to leave and we are working to affectuate their departure. >> todd: fred, your reaction to what you just heard from blinken? >> well, when the disastrous u.s. withdrawal was conducted two years ago, it was fairly well known many americans were left behind and the biden administration tried to deny that and play it down. there is evidence now there really are americans down and blinken is trying to play it

down. this is one of the most embarrassing disasters for americans in many years and he's there to make it look less bad, i guess. >> ashley: the president said on august 19, 2021, we were going to stay there until all americans are out. what is being done to get these people out? >> i don't know what the u.s. government is doing to get them out. there are private efforts that have successfully got some americans out. i think we're involved in some type of diplomacy through a third party that is not accomplishing much. i think this administration is dumbfound what to do with afghanistan. >> todd: when we do this story, these individuals, many volunteer to help our country and in return, we promise them safety and this is how they are being treated, it is an abomination and calls into

question our ability to convince allies we'll be there for them on the world stage. it is sad. fredfullyitz. da alvin bragg -- potential arrest while accusing house republicans of interfering with his investigation. his legal counsel claiming jim jordan's request for bragg to testify before congress was unlawful incursion into new york's sovereignty, adding congress cannot have legitimate legislative task relating to oversight of local prosecutors enforcing state law. aside from todd, this is federal law. calling on the da to call it a day after another grand jury cancellation. trump claims there is no crime, despite alvin bragg trying to -- the president.

fox news contributor jonathan turley says it seems like bragg is the only one who thinks there is a legit case against the former president. >> jonathan: some democrats refuse to support bragg in this effort publicly, but many others say this is helping trump and it is. bragg just gave a case positive to prove trump's long narrative. he's always said the criminal justice system was being weaponized against him. well, it is in this case. other cases present a more significant threat. i don't take the georgia case as high threat for trump unless there is new evidence. mar-a-lago is a threat, obstruction, which is focus of the fbi, is favorite for the department of justice. >> todd: the grand jury hearing

scheduled to take place on monday. >> ashley: president biden and trudea will turn illegal migrants away at the border. they will be deported to canadian, officials this will deter irregular migration. next hour, police chief from vermont saying migrants are sucking up his small town's resources. >> todd: the house set to vote today on bill giving parents fundamental right to know what their children are learning in school. >> ashley: brooke singman has the latest. good morning. >> brooke: tloots right. today's vote comes after heating hearing on capitol hill, where gop lawmakers are fighting for transparency in curriculum. calling to have access to material taught to their kids,

ability to voice their concerns to education officials, see school budget, protect their children's privacy and get update on violence at their school. several school districts across the country exposed kids to graphic books with lgbtq comments and critical race theory. democrats are claiming this bill will lead to censured learning. >> this legislation is nothing more than attempt to nationalize our education system and mandate a one size fits all across the country, assuming it is a right wing straight jacket. >> when we talk about progressive values, i can say what my progressive value is, freedom over fascism. >> brooke: gop lawmakers want to know why democrats are opposed to parents being involved in their child's education.

>> we must ask why is that? could it be if inner pas got to see what their sons and daughters are being taught, far left issue of critical race theory and alarmism might be in jeopardy of elimination? >> parents referred to as domestic terrorists, are you kidding me? they are parents who want the best for their kids. >> watch this powerful testimony. >> parents have right to direct their children. >> parental rights do not stop at the classroom door. >> brooke: this follows house judiciary report that says biden administration misused counter terrorism resources against parents at school board meetings. >> ashley: brooke singman, thank you. los angeles school district set to return to work after striking

for three days. teachers, bus drivers, kouftodians and cafeteria workers are returning to work this morning with their demands unmet. the union is set to meet with the school district on monday to renegotiate. >> todd: to march madness, sweet 16, cinderella advancing to elite eight. fau will face kansas state. who had that in their bracket after wildcats beat the spartans in ot. >> ball is loose. noel out of the pack. noel dribbles and lays it in. count the basket and kansas state wins it. >> todd: a spartan stun as k-state celebrates.

the coach is delivering a powerful speech. >> we got a ton of faith in each other, they got faith in me, i have faith in them. i just try to love them, when you love people, it is amazing what you can accomplish. >> todd: that was a great speech. nice job. uconn huskies cruise to victory after dominant display by jordan hawkins, who poured in 24 points. go, uconn. i'm sad because of this, gonzaga bulldogs in a thrilling win that went down to the wire. >> chances are you get more than one opportunity. for the lead and oh, oh. and campbell and it would have counted and gonzaga survives. >> todd: oh, so close, but so

far. zags advance to face uconn in the next round. tough with this, you can't watch. i was watching on my phone as i was shaving. >> ashley: you can't get the full effect. >> todd: asian americans are sending a message to democrats ahead of 2024, protect our community or you'll be voted out. we'll talk to two people at the forefront to clean up the city. >> ashley: and a cyclist is calling it quits because biological men keep winning their races.

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>> ashley: the world athletic organization votes to ban trans athletes from competing against biological females in track and field events. >> eccludemale to female transgender athletes from march 31 this year. where science is insufficient to

justify maintaining testosterone, the council agrees it must be guided by overarching principle to protect the female category. >> ashley: new rule takes effect one week from today. champion cyclist calls it quits because transgender athletes are dominating. hannah explains in new supreme court filings, she finished in fourth place between two biological males. my family witnessed several physical interactions with him throughout the race. this past weekend tiffany thomas facing backlash. we are destroying women's rights in america. todd. >> todd: asian americans in san francisco are fed up with far left progressive policies. local leaders put politics over

safety and education and it is changing the way they vote. one major factor is the alarming surge in number of asian hate crimes in the city. two san francisco residents join me now. thanks to both of you for being here. leslie, how widespread is this voting change ditching the demes for the republicans? >> what we've seen and i led volunteers in the school board recall last year, is there are many asians coming out to vote for the first time or actually coming out to vote and they are actually on the ground as boots on the ground in collecting signatures. so they are activated. >> todd: i mention the hate crimes against asian americans, look at stats. homicide in san francisco up 11%, robbery up 16%, arson up 21% citywide. what are the reasons people that

you speak with are giving for leaving the dems? >> they are tired of the crime, asians are victimized by other ethnic groups. most violent crime by asians are done by nonasians. >> todd: i did not know that, asian american republican voters increased between the 2018 and 2022 election from 28% to 34%. question for you, tom, why are democrats oftericizing such a valuable voting base to them through their policies? >> they are undervaluing us. we are vocal and family oriented. we speak with each other and select people we want to vote for and i think they undervalue us and underestimate our power of voting. they always suspected asians

don't vote, we do in large numbers. >> todd: do you think this exit continues on the same trajectory in 2024? quite frankly, that is pretty significant jump we just talked about. >> definitely that is a significant jump. i predict it will go up another 10%, that is as crime rise and our elders are attacks and we're being robbed and aid not being given to us. we did everything they ask of us, we believe in them and their policy and they ditched us after we voted for them. we are tired of it and changing to the other side now. >> todd: leslie, how much does discrimination play into this shift away from demes to republicans? >> that is a huge factor because education is highly valued in the asian culture. it is much harder for asians to

get into elite colleges, they have to score 10 to 20% higher than anyone else. >> todd: warning to democrats, have democrats done anything, tom, in response to what they are seeing in front of them or do they continue on business as usual, discriminating against asians? what are dems doing in response? >> nothing, they have not reached out to us or made our city or community safer. hardly any crime on the elderly are even being addressed. they take a police report, it is never investigated, never caught the perpetrator. we're tired of being robbed, assaulted, we're tired of it and i wish they would reach out to us and make the city safer, they have not. >> todd: leslie, do you see this

change in voting pattern forcing democrats to the center or agree with tom, they are not doing anything and won't do anything going forward? >> we saw in the last election that a very heavily asian district flipped from an asian incumbent to a nonasian, who promised more police, reduce crime and fair entrance into colleges and high schools. >> todd: it is fundamental desire among all of us fairness, fairness in school and workforce and fairness in life and we want safety. it is like the asian american community is not asking for much and democrats are not delivering and it is costing them. this is an interesting pattern to watch in san francisco and nationally. listen to this, ashley. names and personal information of thousands of lapd officers

published online by anti-police activists. the police union is actually blaming the police chief. we have the details that you won't believe. >> ashley: listen to this. >> the white folks in the pd sessions, this lady actually had the oddacity to say black people can be racist, too. >> ashley: that is from the defense department diversity chief, lawmakers are furious, we'll tell you how the pentagon is responding to this.

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>> todd: listen to this. the names, photos and other

personal information for thousands of lapd has been published online by an anti-police group and the union is blaming the police chief because the information was released through public record request. >> ashley: marianne rafferty joins us. marianne. >> marianne: website is targeting officers after names and information were released of thousands of officers on a website called watch the watchers.net. chief michael moore -- gross negligence. private addresses were not included, commissioners and la protective league expressed concern saying the material put police officers across the city in danger. a statement reads, what we find

ironic, the department did redact the name and photographs of officers engaged in officer misconduct, did not redact the names of officers working sensitive assignments. this site just went up a day or two ago and puts a bounty on our officers. we have cease and desist demands. the group tweeting excitement for exposing the sensitive information using killer caught 1984. we have published 9000 names and headshots of lapd officers. let the games begin. payback time. an organizer defended this saying all information leaked is public information. >> todd: horrible story.

a michigan man charged with fourth murder while out on bond for allegedly killing three other people. jonathan welch was arrested for torturing and assaulting his exgirlfriend in june of 2022. he was released just days after the attack. he then killed that woman and barricaded himself in his mother's home, which he set onir foo, killing his step-father and his mother. he killed a fourth victim with blunt force trauma to the head and set her on fire. take a look at this. confident las vegas shopper thought she would never be caught. they will never catch me. >> todd: police able to identify her from this video, which was posted online. to her surprise, she was arrested for the crime earlier this month and charged with burglary and robbery. >> ashley: oklahoma mom says

teen shoppers must be accompanied by an adult to enter the building over rise of vandalism, theft after teens try to break into a display case of the washington park mall in bartlesville. attendance by any minor under 16 must be accompanied by a guardian. ladies, thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> thanks for having us. >> ashley: michelle, how did you come to this conclusion and why was this chosen? >> well, i started having feedback from tenants and customers of issues with teens running through our mall, vandalizing our mall, disrupting our customers and i felt

something had to be done. i knew there was some other malls that have done this or other organizations and businesses. we decided to do this now. we have had extreme positive feedback from our community, my tenants and customers. >> ashley: that is good there is positive feedback. ashlyn, what do you think about it? >> i think it is a great thing. we are not against teens. we are not in this really big situation, even as a youth pastor, i'm around teens all the time and you're going to get that handful of people that push the boundaries, but i'm thankful for mall management that has stood up against what comes down to disrespect for authority. >> ashley: ashlynn, were you or your staff targeted?

did anything happen to you? >> unrelated to this specific policy, we did have a couple employees that were stalked. we were able to call security and police and it was handled and we did have one situation where we had a group of teens come in after hours, we were trying to close up and they came into the dressing room and they were afraid and there was another group trying to cause them harm. again, we were able to call mall security, they were there and handled the situation and everyone got out safely. >> ashley: i know there has been additional security hired, is it off-duty officers? what is going on with the situation? >> no, we hired just extra security to help take control of this issue. we do have contact with the

local police department and they are helping with this issue. >> ashley: obviously it was bad and teen-based. the small town i grew up in, the mall there did a similar policy, but just on the weekends and we started to notice stores started leaving, it almost put a damper people wanting to go to the mall and feeling safe at all. do you think that may happen or do you think the feedback is positive and more shoppers will come? >> i am having more people call me to lease in our mall now. i've got two calls yesterday wanting to come in and lease. to me, it is a positive thing. >> ashley: good. ashlynn, what are customers saying to you? >> of course you have a few people that are going to see

negativity, but i'm thankful this is an opportunity to spread awareness of what is going on and shine the positive in the situation that we have a mall that is looking after the tenants and after our community. we have so many people come in on a daily basis we really become like family. >> ashley: michelle, did you get pushback on this at all? if there was, what did they say? >> we have had some. it's more toward where are the kids going to go. this is a small town. this community is great with different types of organizations for the teens. it is getting them involved in it. we have great youth organizations. it's, you know, we want the kids to shop here and i'm hoping some time i can take away that

policy, but i want them to earn that trust back. >> ashley: right now it is indefinite? >> right now it is. >> ashley: okay. all right. michelle harris and ashlynn, have a good weekend. >> you, too, thank you so much. >> ashley: the biden administration spent $130,000 taxpayer money so university of virginia students can work with university in china that is completely controlled by its communist government. former congressional candidate is here to react to that. >> todd: you have to see this. ♪ ♪ >> here i am. hillary, you are running again? >> i sure am, karen, i got here early for the new class we are teaching on foreign policy decision-making. >> todd: please stop. a lot to unpack there. joe concha here to talk about the cringy ad for the class hillary is going to teach at

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>> todd: a school district meeting in california breaks out in chaos over critical race

theory. listen. >> i'm writing to express my deep disappointment to bring in a panel of so-called experts on critical race theory. as frederick douglas once said, this 4th of july is yours, not mine. >> todd: the man interrupted the next speaker saying someone in the audience told him to leave the country. >> sir, that is your first warning. >> she told me to get out of the country. my family has been here since 1619. >> sir, that's enough. please escort this man out of the building. thank you. [crowd yelling] >> how dare you. you are horrible. >> todd: the district adjourned the meeting shortly therefore. >> ashley: pentagon official

forced to read a post in front of the house armed services committee, watch this. >> the white folks in the pd sessions, this lady had audacity to say black people can be racist, too. >> when i raised this issue, i wrote a letter to september of last year, today, six months after, you responded three hours prior to this hearing, scrambling before the hearing. >> ashley: the pentagon says they will not issue disciplinary action to former diversity head kelisa wing, who was appointed in 2021, stating her goal was to tear down the system and stating

her belief it was time for racial reckoning and revolution. wing has been under probe since september of 2022. >> todd: interesting word, caudaci ty, never heard that one. the biden administration is using your taxpayer money to fund climate change research project between university of virginia and school that conducts research for the chinese military. >> ashley: grant records shows the school's research to target low carbon economy and potential to offset emissions with newer technology, such as bio-energy with carbon capture. >> todd: former congressional candidate joins us now. lilly, thanks for being here. this chinese school operates under the ccp, xi jinping was an alum of the school and operates in accordance with president

xi's hopes, how many red flags does the biden administration need before it keeps playing into the ccp like this. it makes no sense. no, it doesn't. we shouldn't give money to chinese universities or chinese government on taxpayer money. i'm terrified about this. people got to understand, all universities are controlled by ministry of education. they have a secretary, all positions like president, chancellors, are appointed by the party. i think universities should cut off from doing this with china. china has no good record on climate change and their biggest polluter in the world and chinese people are their biggest victims. suffer from pollution and can't protest or damages are covered

up by ccp, they don't want the world to see it. >> ashley: you would think the u.s. and biden administration would stay as far from this one as possible. $130,000 is really not that much when it comes to the government. my question is what risk are we taking by partnering with this university and the risk by that meaning university american students who could possibly be under surveillance? >> yes. china has no good record on keeping promise, either. i wish our congress had restrictions on any federal dollars should not go to any project or partnership with china. see what happens, he went to russia and talked to putin and they form a strategic international alliances and they feel confident they are going to

be the dominant power by like 2049, which china wants to be number one economically, militarily and technologically. we need to revalue the entire policy when comes to china. they have not stick to promise about hong kong, about world trade organization, they covered up covid. why trust china? i want us not with china. >> todd: uva issued a statement that says basically this is legal. it doesn't matter, it is a horrible idea, not in the best interest of students at uva or our country. china permits two new coal plants per week. >> ashley: not winning awards when it comes to climate. we should not depend on china

for climate change. >> todd: agree. >> focus on destroying oil and gas economy here and they are actually boosting and investing those industries. lesson to learn. >> todd: lilly, thanks, appreciate it. hillary clinton getting mocked for promoting the class she'll teach at columbia this fall. watch this. ♪ >> here i am. >> hillary, you are running again. >> well, i sure am, karen, i got here early for the new class we are teaching together on foreign policy decision-making. >> classes don't start until september. >> yeah, i wanted to be prepared, skarn karen crisis situations, be prepared. >> todd: including iraq, libya, syria and ukraine, teaching columbia students class called

foreign policy decision-making and boy, they are excited. hillary is inside the situation room course will have students examine decision-making in histore cal and contemporary context. i wonder if benghazi will be in there. response to a drone attack that killed an american contractor and injured several of our troops. >> ashley: reaction from members of congress, we are live in washington next.

>> todd: the united states military conducting airstrike overnight in syria after drone attack kills an american and injuries five u.s. servicemembers. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. the drone originated from iran and comes after series of attacks by the revolutionary guard.