>> i thought that the world was burning. >> toxic smoke blocking the sun from new york to chicago. >> this is unfair. seems apocalyptic. >> people urged to stay indoors. >> this is not air for us to be breathing. >> the republican field got bigger, mike pence, chris christie and burgum. >> joran van der sloot trying to block extradition to the u.s.

for allegedly agreeing to lead natalee holloway's family to the body. >> allegedly links the then vice president to a bribery scheme. he is other taet of a criminal investigation regarding classified material. >> hold your horses. belmont stakes for this saturday and fox will cover one of horse racing's triple crown events. >> steve: welcome to hour three, it is 8:01 in new york city. we start this hour with a fox weather wildfire alert. there is a travel advisory, traffic management program in effect for traffic arriving at laguardia airport as thick toxic smoke blocks the northeastern united states. >> is it ground stop? yesterday they said ground stop,

but i had a friend that flew out of laguardia. check with your airline. >> steve: this is causing arriving flights to be delayed an hour, not exceeding an hour and a half. >> ainsley: 100 million americans are urged to stay indoors to avoid breathing the air from the wildfires coming from canada. >> brian: nicole, it is getting hazier or lightening up? >> the wind is picking up, so all of the smoke is being pushed around. don't know it is dissipating with all of that wind. just a heads up, you were talking about laguardia, it is a ground stop. we are in long island city park of queens, not far from the area where flights are seeing just a domino effect of delays and cancellations. new york city skyline, take a

look at midtown. further south, will see wall street district and the world trade center. notice you do not see those areas with how much haze remains in the area and it really has been the case for more than a 24-hour period. you can still see the smoke and still smell it and feel it the longer you stand out here, it creates a difficult situation for a lot of people to breathe. as i look around long island city, people out walking dogs and going out for their morning job are masking up to give some layer of protection against the poor air quality that is at a very unhealthy level. state and city officials announcing more than 1 million m-95 masks are available to people who need them and can't stay indoors as often or as much as they would like to. they are available from grand

central station toen approximaten station, jamaica station, major areas for those who may need it. mayor eric adams urging and begging new yorkers to stay inside today. >> this is unprecedented event in our city and new york must take precaution. we recommend vulnerable new yorkers stay inside. and all new yorkers should limit outdoor activity to the greatest extent possible. >> now new york public schools also canceling school today for staff members, even though students were off for the day. yonkers and school districts closing. major sports games, yankees, phillies game and wnba games have been postponed because of different effects from the lingering smoke. we may not see things completely clear up until we approach the

weekend. >> steve: nicole, thank you. she's on the other side of the east river looking at manhattan. meanwhile, he's in a diner in des moines, iowa, our former vice president republican presidential candidate right now. mike pence. good morning, mr. vice president. >> good morning, guys. great to be with you from iowa. i tell you, we had an exciting day yesterday after a lot of prayer and deliberation over the last two years. my wife and i decided we would seek the republican nomination for president of the united states and thought we would announce it here and encouragement we've been receiving here and around the country has been humbling. people going to mike pence 2024.com, andin zooing up, has been brisk since yesterday. we've been humbled by the outpouring of support from here and all over america. thanks for having me on. >> ainsley: you are welcome, so

glad you gave us a portion of your morning. we wish you and your wife nothing but the best. she is at the diner, i believe. why in the world would you want to run for president right now? >> thanks, ainsley, for the kind words. i think this country is in a lot of trouble. joe biden has weakened joe biden at home and abroad and i travel as a private citizen and i've seen firsthand harpship the american people are facing, stood on the border and seen the worst crisis in american history, watched unfolding tragedy in eastern europe, the withdrawal from afghanistan and seen steady assault on values and ideals by this administration. when i think back about the privilege we had to serve as your vice president and four

years as governor of the state of indiana and 12 years as leader among house conservatives, we felt a duty to bring our experience and our background to bear on the challenges facing the country. the encouragement we've been receiving has been very humbling. we're responding to what karen and i believe is a calling and we're trying to answer that call to the american people and to our audience. >> brian: word came out you were going to run, the former president said good words about you. you disagree on january 6. you said anyone who ask themselves to be put over the constitution should never be president again and demanded you choose between him and the constitution. you are calling him out, you do

not think he should be president again, whether you are running or not. >> look, i think that is in the hands of the american people, i thought in announcing my campaign, it was important people understand, i believe i did my duty on january 6 in supporting the constitution and upholding peaceful transfer of power. you and i have talked, not because i didn't think there were irregularities in the constitution, but once they were certified issue the constitution was clear that as i presided over the house and senate, our job was to open and count the electoral votes. i said yesterday the president was wrong then and wrong now and i thought important the american people know we have that difference. i also said i'm running because i see my former running mate and others walking away from what has been the timeless

conservative agenda of the republican party, leader of the free world. we have people walking away from american leadership, we are committed to fiscal leadership. the president has same ideas on entitlement and -- you know i'm pro-life, i hold the view that now at the moment, this new era in the sanctity of life, we cannot shy away or back off, we have to continue to drive until we restore sanctity of life. i have differences with my former running mate and others in the field and it is important to layout on day one as we take our case to iowa and all across america. >> steve: mr. vice president, i heard in your first response what i think you are trying to do in presenting yourself to america and talking about how you served as governor, you

served as congressman, you're a conservative guy. conservative republican. the same time, you are most famous for being donald trump's vice president. you are running more as the conservative republican, who is going to change things, rather than donald trump, even though you got a lot done as his running mate. ultimately, for people who do the picking, the voters, it is like, do i pick the guy who was president or the guy who was his vite president because the guy who was president is running against the vice president. >> well, it is a fair point. i think you make a great point. the thing i learned traveling the country, the last two years, i'm well known, i don't think i'm known well. i was proud to serve as vice president in the trump-pence administration. i am proud of the record of our

administration, i was loyal to president donald trump up until my duty to god and the constitution demanded otherwise and i'll be proud of that record. different times call for different leadership and our ambition is people would come to know us, know the journey that my wife and i have been on in the last 30 years, since time when i joined the reagan revolution and never looked back. conservative principles, the former president and many in our party are starting to shy away from, commitment to american leadership in the world. and commitment to practice fiscal responsibility and reform and be honest with the american people about the debt crisis we're facing. i want to bring that experience and background to bear and that is why we're a step forward in

this race. i think we can do better. i really do believe that this is a time when all of us who have the ability and experience to make a difference have a responsibility to i troo. >> ainsley: the fbi will allow house oversight, not just the two leaders on the democrat and republican side to see the 1023 form that alleges there was a $5 million crime, bribery crime that involved the then vice president and foreign nationals in exchange for money for policy, those are all allegations, we don't know what the document says. what is your reaction to that? what will happen? >> well, i want to commend house republicans for being tenacious about it, when you ask the executive branch for something, they don't give it to you. subpoena tends to get their attention. i'm glad this information will be made available. this has been going on for

years. it was disgrace in the runup to the 2020 campaign that most of the major media and big tech literally suppressed the story about hunter biden's laptop. it would be more than a year later before everybody conceded it was the laptop and found out that the fbi had the laptop, as well. equal treatment under the law is at the center and heart of american justice and i commend members of congress demanding to know what the facts are, holding the biden family accountable, the american people have a right to know whether the president or his family have been compromised by foreign investment and foreign dollars, long era of collusion between big tech, big media and the democratic party on this issue has got to stop the american people deserve the facts. >> brian: chris christie was on earlier and had interviews and

said that the grifting during the trump administration by jared kushner and iv anka. are they grifters? >> i want to say i'm proud of our time in the white house, i have great respect for jared and ivanka, i wouldn't use terms like that to describe them, they made extraordinary contributions. i think personal attacks have no place in public life. i said yesterday democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. i will draw a clear line where i differ with others in the field and where i differ with joe biden, i think the american people want to see us restore civility to public life, something we've aspired to as a

family throat our career and we will carry ourselves forward. >> brian: you don't think trump should be indicted on this document case, i saw you said yesterday? >> look, no one is above the law, i hope not. i mean, we're all still reeling from the execution of a search warrant a year ago at the home of a former president. i was on the judiciary committee, i said, there had to be dozens of ways that could have been resolved without a search warrant at the president's residence. i want to say, i hope the doj thinks careful about the prospect of it is indictment of former president of the united states. it will divide our country and send a terrible message to the

wider world. these issues, whether classified documents found at president biden's home or classified documents found at former president trump's home, i'd rather see issues litigated in the public square. let the american people decide those issues. let's take it to the country in this campaign, in the primary and general election and for heaven sakes, after all of the missteps and misdeeds within the department of justice over last four years, working to restore public confidence and equal treatment of law. i hope it doesn't come to that, i truly do. >> steve: political world is on indictment watch and you are on breakfast watch. thank you for joining us, what is the website for more information or to donate? >> thanks for asking, mikepence2024.com. people can get information, sign up to volunteer and support us.

thank you and god bless you. >> ainsley: god bless you, thank you. >> brian: carley shimkus. >> carley: sad news breaking, religious broadcaster issue pat robertson has died. robertson led the 700 club for 60 years. he ran for the republican party nomination in 1998, losing to george h.w. bush. robertson passed away at his home, he was 93 years old. cuba will host chinese spy base allowing beijing to evidence drop on the united states. the ccp will pay cuba several billion for that access. the facility would allow chinese intelligence to scoop up american communication throughout the southeast u.s.

cuba is located 120 miles from the florida keys. soccer superstar lionel speaking out about his move to mls, after turning down billion dollar offer from saudi arabia. messi claimed if it was a matter of money, i would have gone to arabia or elsewhere. my final decision goes elsewhere and not because of money. his deal with inter-miami is valued high as $150 million per year after incentives as new club experiences the messi-effect, with tickets spiking 1000 percent, the team instagram gained four million followers in less than 24 hours. i can't believe he turned down all that cash. >> brian: we've all turned down one billion offer. >> steve: i took it.

>> brian: july 21, first time he will play in miami. >> are you going to go? >> you should go cover it. >> brian: we will bring the whole show. >> ainsley: let's do it. >> steve: get the rv again, worked out great. >> brian: we'll go cross-country. >> steve: he scraped toll plaza and knocked off all of the mirrors on the side of the rv. the toll booth and got stuck. >> brian: besides that, you remember very little about it. >> ainsley: awesome trip. >> brian: speech silenced on campuses, break down ways states are supporting free expression. >> get your patriot pocket square at fox news shop. next weekweekend, don't forget your father. go to shop.foxnews.com.

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>> brian: welcome back, everyone. growing number of governors and state legislators, promoting free speech and pushing back. there is reason to have hope. let's begin in tennessee. the governor put money into his coffers, announced civics institute at university of tennessee, saying there is no reason why institutions of higher learning can't be part of america at its best. governor desantis decided to take action about civics and talks about this all the time.

he has university of florida receiving 8 to 10 million to launch the hamilton center for civics and free speech and offer western political thought. unc chapel hill, known to be kind of liberal, getting concerned about not knowing the foundation of our country, they put money to start their center for public debate and conversation. to texas, border approved school of civic leadership at ut austin dedicated to teaching individual liberty. how about that, in austin, there might be pushback, in the state, almost none. in ohio, may of this year, just weeks ago, state legislature debating senate bill 117, civic center at ohio state university and bill 117 is one that would bring freedom and free thought and fundamentals to the

university. there is hope out there and maybe prompted by need to expose education and give parents choice. pete, do you have some hope from what we just showed the country? >> pete: sure, i give credit to princeton university professor robby george, he started james madison center for ideals and institutions in the early 2000 and they denied other professors tenure, he is a conservative, christian, scholar issue but over time, other professors gathered and vibrant pro-faith, pro-speech center at the liberal university. florida, texas, tennessee, north carolina, ohio, these are red

states whose legislature and governors are saying, our universities, which are publicly funded are so left wing they block free speech of other ideas. we have to start centers inside the schools. the whole school should be this way, free speech zone where you learn about civic life. that is why universities were founded. you get that foot hold and students are attracted to truth and discourse. the centers will become popular, the university will understand that and grow. it is only a start. >> brian: these are red states in blue cities, the place they are doing it is liberal, chapel hill has that reputation big time. we showed video of ping-pong and soccer, more than that in college life. looking at this in the big picture, you want parents to know you are picking a college, but really look into picking a

school, primary school and high school. so you don't have to, you don't make your child susceptible to reprogramming in college. that is what your book is about and why you have your kids in christian education. >> pete: exactly right. the real battlefield is no longer freshman year, it is first grade, fourth grade, left is indoctrinating and universities are finishing schools for radicalism and activism for young left-wing activists. pay attention to where your kids go to school, if you're not, the standard is progressive pedigogy, look for buzz words, equity, diversity, climate, when you see those, you see more. >> brian: you opened up pete hegseth university for your

children, you could open that university again, am i right? >> pete: hegseth school of higher learning, when they lock us down next. >> brian: he has plenty of chalk. he will debut "how well do you know your co-anchor," you will debut it with will cain. and bill barr slams jamie raskin's claim the probe was terminated, he said that never happened. we will his rebuke next. choice hotels has a hotel for every type of stay. like a comfort with the kiddos. spacious! that's what they all say. stay twice and get a $50 gift card when you book direct at choicehotels.com.

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>> steve: bill barr is denying jamie raskin's claim on the alleged joe biden bribery scheme. >> what i know is that the f fbi-department of justice terminated the investigation, said no grounds for further investigative steps, they ended that. >> steve: the ag says it is not true. it wasn't closed down, on the

contrary sent to delaware u.s. attorney. joining us is fox news contributor marc thiessen. good morning to you. you have jamie raskin who said i heard from the fbi, they sat in my office and told me it was closed and the former attorney of general saying it wasn't closed. the "washington post" says the department of justice declines comment. who are we supposed to believe? >> marc: i think bill barr since he is citing bill barr. jamie raskin is going through a lot, lost a child to suicide, going through recovering from cancer. bill barr said, no, i didn't shut down the investigation and

you say bill barr sent to the u.s. team in pennsylvania and bill barr says i sent to the u.s. attorney in delaware and they didn't shut it down. these things are not compatible. give him the benefit of a doubt, he may be conflating two different investigations. bill barr is saying this is different that was sent to delaware and not been shut down. there is no room for this anymore, democrats have lied so much about the fbi and conduct, the fbi has lied to the american people, fisa court, we don't have room for the mistakes anymore. he has to correct and say i was wrong and get his credibility right. >> steve: there are so many open investigations because i read and mentioned "washington post" a moment ago, "washington post" talking about how bill barr sent

something to the pittsburgh office for scott brady, u.s. attorney and bill barr talking about the u.s. attorney in delaware. who knows how that will shake out. in the meantime, you are in the washington area and the town is atwitter whether or not donald trump will be indoited for document handling in mar-a-lago. >> marc: yeah. who knows if they'll do it or not. if they want to make donald trump the nominee, go ahead and indict him. if you look at the polling before the indictment by alvin bragg, trump in the mid-40s and all of a sudden, bragg indictment comes around and he shoots into the 50s. there is a rallying effect when this happens, because donald trump has been treated unfairly by the justice department. we have politicized justice

department. a poll came out that only 17% of republicans trust the fbi. so when you go after trump, you know, in this way, especially as brian has been pointing out, when joe biden had documents in his house and hillary clinton had classified information. it is unfair and will cause republicans to rally around them. >> steve: you mentioned the fbi, republicans are not going to hold the fbi director in c contempt of congress to show all members that document in question. marc thiessen, thank you for getting up early. do you mean that? i think you do. >> marc: i do, any time you want me. >> steve: thank you. 22 before top of the hour and carley joins us with sober news in the world of television and religion.

>> carley: fox news alert, religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate, robertson has died. he hosted for 60 years before retiring in 2021 and ran for the republican party nomination in 1988, losing to event nominee george h.w.bush. robertson passed away at his home in virginia beach, at 93 years old. another fox news alert, joran van der sloot, main system in disappearance of natalee holloway is handed over to the fbi and will be headed to the united states after losing an extradition appeal. he will face charges in federal court in natalee holloway's home state. holloway was last seen in 2000 knife in arubba, leaving a nightclub with van der sloot and declared legally dead in 2012.

protesters gather after state's governor signed bill on transgender healthcare for children and transgender participation in school sports. healthcare providers cannot provide puberty blockers. the law takes effect august 28. steve, over to you. >> steve: thank you, carley. still ahead, taking a live look at believe it or not, skyscrapers in there somewhere. millions of americans remain under air quality warning, toxic cloud stretching across a number of states, canceling eventing, how it could affect your summer travel coming up next.

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>> carley: 26,000 more than economists expected. ainsley and janice, over to you. >> janice: live look at new york city, this morning millions of americans facing another day of hazardous air quality as smog blankets the northeast. our next guest covered the wildfires on the east coast for years. craig herrera and janice dean. thank you for joining us. janice, we've been talking about this, have you ever seen anything like this? you covered wildfires in california. >> not here, no. >> ainsley: do they look like they do? >> living in california and all the wildfires we've had, i've seen many times before, air quality gets into closer to 500 and it is the type of smoke that you are so close to.

think how far we are from the wildfires in canada, up in quebec, understand hads of miles. covering wildfires in southern california, you are at the base. he would go drive in and the photographer would turn the truck around, you don't want to cut off the engine, it can smother the engine. and terrain, so many mountains, san diego, we had 10 wildfires going at once. i was in a prius and drove down a dirt road and a big tree fell behind me onir foo. it just missed me and i had to go through a dirt road to figure out how to get out of thisirria. there is smoke all around and you can't see and you hope the road ahead of you is not blocked, if it is blocked, there

is no way out. >> janice: some areas get more than others. folks in the northeast were scared yesterday going into a place that looks like mars, it is understandable. >> weather affects us all differently, thunderstorms and tornados. we don't always think about wildfires, smoke and how they are driven. a lot were driven by lightning, it caused a lot of storms and wind and the way the wind blows, what we're experiencing now is cause of, this is all weather related and affects us in different directions and i ways. >> ainsley: what about this weekend? >> the weekend looks better, the wind will shift and become more southerly, which will take the smoke away. until the fires are out -- ask your momma >> janice: it will be a whole

summer of it. >> think how dry it has been there and all the timber burning, no end in sight. more to come. >> ainsley: i don't know why i was a part of this segment, thank you both. great questions. >> ainsley: download fox weather app or stream fox weather on favorite connected tv advice. belmont stakes, this saturday and for first time fox sports and ericaing triple crown event, preview the big race after this. first check in with bill hemmer. >> is today beginning of justice for natalee holloway's family, 18 years laters, tell you why coming up. report china will build a spy base in cuba, we might know what happens to student loans today and try to clear the air with this smog. join us top of the hour coming up shortly.

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>> brian: wow. >> ainsley: call to the post, that is when the jockeys know, that is when they know it's time the race will start, get on your horses and go to the starting line. >> brian: that was done in honor of the 155th belmont stakes and for the first time, final race in the triple crown will air on fox. >> ainsley: how exciting, joining us is world champion retired jockey richard migliori. nickname is the mig, like the aircraft, like the russian fighter jet because you are tenacious and have a great reputation. how many years were you a jockey? >> 29 years and injured in 2010, retired and now i talk about it. ance we need you to come and

start reporting on the wonderful races. >> brian: tony and carson gumbaro, welcome. good job. big fans of "fox and friends." what is fox in for with this belmont? >> longest and most prestigious of the triple crown races, everybody knows kentucky derby, belmont stakes being mile and a half and great history and try to bring people inside our sport and show them how great it is and how wonderful the horses are treated, we don't have triple crown on the line, but a competitive field. >> yes, the horse will be at the belmont. >> forte has been training well and tappit trice, out of the barn of todd plecher. national treasure has good

speed, should be forwardly placed. to me, race goes through teppit trice. >> janice: how about conditions issue today they are not racing. >> they are not training, they have not made a recommendation, they could delay it. today is late post, twilight racing, they are monitoring data and will make a decision based on what is best for the horses and racers. >> ainsley: tell us how you got into racing, how did you transition from playing an instrument to being part of these races? >> last summer, we got a call, abouten it days to go and it was offered to me. about 40 days of the meet in saratoga, i couldn't do, he was going to be a sub, and the

father-son thing exploded. >> i love the out fits. >> when you hear the trumpets, what do you think? >> i have issue thatbacks now, i haven't done it in 13 years. part of the race track lure is all the pomp and circumstance. >> and the history. >> the history of it and traditions of it and this is one of the great tratraditions. they have been a welcomed addition. >> you won 4450 races issue including 362 stakes, 25 agreed one events and career purse of $160 million. >> those are the horses i rode. i got my cut. >> brian: now commentating, 4:00 on saturday on fox. >> i'll be there tomorrow. do you wear a hat? >> i will wear a hat tomorrow, tune in to see what i'm wearing. thank you for coming. more on "fox and friends" in a

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[applause] >> we're going to go marching out. good luck this weekend, everybody. >> thank you so much. >> i'll be at belmont tomorrow. >> we'll be watching. >> goodbye, everyone. >> bill: good morning. back on this now, smoke on the horizon, hazardous smog coming into the u.s. from canada grounding more flights at major airports. canceled ballgames for kids and try to keep children indoors. not the way you want to start your summer on the east coast. i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." it's bad but going to get better. screen left new york city is where the smoke is grounding flights at laguardia for the second day in a row. screen right