condition of boxand friends . it is awesome for six and 10 p.m. if you miss it there's a podcast. millions downloaded. according to reports i'm getting confirmation,lawrence jones is getting ready to go . this camera is going to go up the music will come up going to walk this way >> welcome to cross country. we're kicking off independence day weekend, america's birthday talking about some of this system problemswe're facing 247 years later . homelessness, crime up there is still hope and no matter what you may hear, there are reasons to feel proud to be some of the men who dedicated their lives to protecting our

freedoms it wasn't for this country i would be where i am today when i think of that flag, it's rocksteadyand live exactly why what it means . >> 's kick off this nationwide birthday party with none other than cody i take a look. >> on, that's what we're here for. ilove this place . born in the usa. >> have fun withfriends and family . >> for me, it's like to see how americans are spending their day. >> independence, liberty, freedom. beingable to enjoy this wonderful city . >> being able to celebrate independence day in the united states >> to be an american . >> to respect those who serve and the verizon up for their

country for independence and freedom. >> have a barbecue and celebrate and have time . >> you come to thesame place where you have a good time . >> joining me on set, new york post columnist ricky schlott. there was a study done and it said the meeting able as an admin more vacation time than the us. ricky, does thatsurprise you ? i don't even know how they practice but does it surprise you that peasants of the needle times loosen up a little and weren't working more? >> not surprised in the hospital that we have right now i'm seeing pendulum swing in my generation stored you are hardly doing it also i see signsof that for sure . >> reason they tracked it,

this was church law that the peasants a certain amount of time each day . that's why they were peasants, because they weren't workingvery much . that's not something to be chased after we lost our work ethic and at a time when the economy is teetering, so many people i know who owned restaurants and auto repair shops, they'relooking for workers, they can't find them . we need a life andvacation and work balance at the same time . your priorities in order first, then you can worry about taking time off. >> there's a lot of workers that because we can work at home, there's a lot of people that work at home, and having their laptops on thebeach and theyshould be working .i

don't know how i feel about it . >> i think that's an easy way to the phone it in but i know people who rented houses and they all work together collectively with their friends and they can concentrate so that's one extra for you in the post pandemic air is not a bad thing as long as your boss is happy with your output . >> i rarely take vacations. i took a vacation after this i wish i could bring a camera along the journey as i'm serving . i can't even swim i want to learn. >> you and i go to south beach with our laptops and see if we can do a fox satellite on the beach. >> 45 percent of people took these work vacations and they are working but they are at our recreation spot, spending time with friends and families. i don't mind if you can do the job that way if it's a

distraction or your dodging work, these people taking harsh vacations, that's different. >> i want to bring up some patriotism since this is america's birthday. there's a new poll from fox news talk to this country, the us being the best country in theworld . democrats, 56 percent said yes, 41 percent said no. 74 percent of republicans said yes and 60 percent of independents and 35 percent said number does that surprise you? >> another statistic is just shot, gen z say the founding fathers were better described as a and not heroes. i disagree but i think they came of age in a very

partisan way is there is no their catastrophe i sing over climatechange so this is contributing to these statistics . >> there may be something to forexample most of my friends are liberal . some of them, we are in direct contrast. i work for the new york city public defenders office as well but we have these heated debates but then we drink, have a good time and agree we will not allow it to affect our friendship a lot of become so tribal politics is busy. >> your politics is your religionand you nailed it . young people have been taught is a horrible detestable place and the people who found it worked oral sex is racist monsters who ravaged and killedpeople to gain their way . this is nonsense.

when you're taught to keep the country you find yourself in horse you don't think it's the best and is a study in self-loathing and if you will have a wall street journal hold mind blowing, only 38 percent of people said patriotism was important all have 25 years ago but the most telling statistic, religion, 38 percent but it was important. having a child down to 27 percent of people wanted to have children. that's my hatred of yourself and your future. we got to turn this narrative on the founding fathers, founding mothers were people. >> lets all come together, have a drink and celebrate coming up, how much privacy would you be willing to getto the name of safety ? plus, chicago mayor ruling

out a program that's supposed to curb crime in the windy city. and theirown safety in the summers . >> >> welcome back to cross

country, we head to chicago where the city is bracing for a summer of violence and things seem better, worse than ever in the windy city. 32 people were shot and on father's day weekend 75 peoplewere shot, 13 killed so chaos unfolding week after week . parents understandably worried about their kids and the mayor's answer is a summer job programthat will keep thousands of teenagers trouble is too late for lunch . juliogollancz was shot while sitting in the car . his family members projects could violence prevention that's been on this show many times. the nonprofit pastor brooks joinsme now . pastor, it seems like this is

happening week after week but this family wasclose to you . >> jaleel's mother is trying to make the city better. she's working on efforts to help people and it's unfortunate she now has become victim to the very people she's tryingto . >> i know in your program you talk about prevention. i know there are all these studies out for the public when i'm walking to chicago, i see many of the kids sometimes don't have a choice . when you have the gangs forcing good kids to join or die and they're going to terrorize their brothers or sisters, it seems like elected officials can do more in connection with law enforcement to remove people

that are the gatekeepers of the community off the street. >> absolutely. there has to be a collaboration between our elected officials and the police department. there's such a detachment from working together and as a consequence our community has been damaged as a result. we have to do everything we can do better relationships with the police department. wehave a wonderful police department in chicago . they work hard to keep citizens safe and we have to do everything we can to support them. it's unfortunate they have to work against so muchjust to do their jobs . >> the mayor proposing this summer jobsprogram . do yousee that helping ? >> it is a help that we give peopleopportunities they might not have had otherwise . it's important that we give these individuals an opportunity to gain dignity . one of the things i like

about work is not just that it occupies your time but it gives you dignity and accountability to take matters for yourself and your life so having summer jobs is important but that's notb& all the problems of the violence that we face every day. we need more than that if we're going to solve the issues of violence in the city of chicago and is going to have to be all of us putting our brains into it. our energy and effort into it . it's all hands on deck and we cannot afford to leave the responsibility in the hands of government . that doesn't look too hopeful at all. >> i wouldn't profess where going to solve this issue on our five minute segment but what is one action that can be done the elected officials as well as the community to stop some of the leading? >> we need to have places where these people can be

trained . our young people are not learning how to read and do math are you. there's a four percent reading proficiency so we definitely need to do something about the educational system to make sure these young people are able to sustain themselves with education but we community centers like project could where we give them opportunities and options and alternatives to the way they've been living so they can learn and grow, to be productivecitizens with the american dream everyone else what we need to in chicago . >> i love for you to give the audience your website. we've been supporting project and the communitycenter because we believe that will make a difference .>> people can go to project could .for and fox has been tremendous and i am so appreciative.

>> pastor brooks, thank you so much. >> now let's head to madison wisconsin where a democratic senator lashed out against those who live in the summers was supposed to be in a floor speech about rising crime in major cities. >> to say theseadditional police are needed because crime is spilling out into the suburbs . what about these babies who are being lostright in their own cities ? [bleep] the suburbs. because they don't know a. [bleep] about how life is in the city. >> fox news contributor kellyanne conway joins me on set. you asked me what got your attentionand it was the suburbs content . i warned the progressives

that their little experiment was going to spill out. frankly it's only when it hitsthe suburbs where it starts to get the attention . she disagrees with the solution. >> as i understand the solution of providing more police officers, there are police officers in other resources in thecities but i think anybody should feel it belongs to urbanrural , suburban . crime is so random and capricious and is everywhere right now we see with our own two eyes rather than what the left with only us saying i, now you see why people have so little faith in their elected officials is allthe problems that are right in front of them . where is to the left red blue divide but to have the urban suburban i, it's not true and doesn't help. >> is not even about what she's making it about.

we've covered crime in chicago and got an alert that des moines was getting the same type of crime atlanta, okay, the same thing. if you are going to treat criminals the same way with sucha calling approach, let us be our own city . in urban america or in the summer. >> my job ispublic opinion and what people are saying is cost of living issues are perplexing . this is not a mystery tothe elected officials who are not trying to solve . the thing about crime is it makes people feel insecure and that things are out of control. the field what the you can't help control so they're looking to washington to help . it's ironic somebody who

works in madison wisconsinis telling her colleagues, you don't know what's going on in madison wisconsin . they do they go to work there every day. is the statecapital . but what's happening to the democratic party and the hard left is big ben so against the police, the fund the police. recidivism has been a problem . >> will it hurtthem in the election ? >> it does because crime used to be a bipartisan issue and this party has so hurt themselves on the border with security, crime andarguments . a feeling for her ability this feeling that people don't feel they can live a safe life and make the difference is also a quality of life issues for our seniors, for ourschools . it doesn't spill out to the exclusion, it means everybody is living under the same

problem as meto come together . worse, they can be defined, not unified people. >> the problemis people are already unified against crime . >> at the democratic lieutenant governor, do i see a trend here? she doesn't like what's happening in herown backyard in madison wisconsin .she needs to talkto her party and get it together . >> of next across the investigation that is in califo

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now back to lawrence jones, cross country. >> let's move to california, home of one third of the country's homeless population and its now the lighted administration about to give theentire state federal funding to fix the problem . los angeles being one this week mayor karen bass says she loves even moremoney . >> allstate county and city absolutely my own wishes we treat it like it's a hurricane. there would be a state of emergency be knowledge on the left allows and he. >> they are mask has been spending a decision since she last december and disease new

budget case and unprecedented $1.38 on a problem. the office says there are more than 4000 people off the streets january . here's what we sawon our latest visit . as you can see homelessness, poverty and crime are prevalent as ever. it's the struggle for the businesses and employees like one business on we ran into . earlier that day is coming and is on fire is in a holistic sign the source of their money arrived. watch.

>> this happenedtoday. 7 am and you want then this was a . what did the leaders say? >> he doesn't care about us. they want us to be homeless. the people don't burn everything in mylife, my kids, my family . is in danger. >>when you call them what they say ? >> will assign someone to take your after they burn the whole building? who's going to pay? my insurance, three years after? i want to lose the business. >> somebody set afire in my house sweet and the people here and said man, you better get out of here . >> before pandemic insurance

was $2000 per year. now it's $14,000 per year. >> $14,000. what do you do now? >> nothing, this isit . i'm moving. i'm moving out it doesn't make sense . they don't have anything. this is the problem with la and nobody cares about profits owners, business owners . we are the onespaying the taxes and the homeless and street . >> this type of dysfunction is notrare . according to bradley luster, a family-owned real estate in downtown lasernearly 60 years . >> downtown la isdealing with our record number of things . 30 percent is going tobe a blog . the market is going to

collapse. >> part of the reason is all of these businesses can't operate in amore . >> this building was hit by a fire. this was a $62 property with 500 businesses got burned . there homeless, they're the same as across the street at one was lucky they didn't lose their building. these people losttheir building and all their income. this has been two years. now they hired me to sellthe building . >>this is being normalized . >> this has been going on for years . >> when you have the mayor dedicating billions of dollars towards the problemis it just ability ? because it's billions. >> it's the lack of political will to tackle it. lack of will by the private owners to force the leadership. >> what i'mlooking at here ?

>> you got the warehouse that would rent for $15,000 a month. businesses pull out and because of the fire in jersey . all thesedifferent families lost their business . this is just sitting on to lisa. both homeless are sleeping here andthey start fires all the time . there's multiple fires every in the city of los angeles by the homeless and sometimes they catch buildings on fire so it's a constantbattle . >> this is dangerous. >> is beyond dangerous. >> crisis is part of a statewide. the study showsone third of nations . in addition lives in california. >> the people in power i'm sure they're aware allthese buildings going up in flames, they said ? >> you have one message to the leaders nowwatching this right now ? >> is it is not safe for

businesspeople or people that lived downtown to walk. there's nothing, shootings. there's assault today mobilizetoday and as you see there's fires every day . >> is the new normal. >> was next forthe city with all this going on . >> this trend is going, is a disaster. and our family owns a significant portfolio there and we're thinking about leaving. we are thinking about calling it. >> . what's standing here right now wecould be shot . our family worked hard to build but we have a beer and why should i be here weare ready to give up . >> we reached out to the mayor office, mayors bass and city council multiple times buthaven't heard back . we love to sit down with the mayor as well as the council

any of their future plansfor los angeles . i'm joined now by two people who watch the fall, two more. one in californiacities, david me on skype area in san francisco . thank you also muchfor joining the program . you know david, we down, we talked. you were awful but you told me you said things don't change i believe you have to update for us . >> today is actually my last day was my restaurant for good just time since we spoke nothing better than i shootings on the market shootings at the cable hard for. more ratings nothing satisfies why even waste my mental energy to the with this anymore so time togo . >> anyway in the city try to bring you back, do something

to keep your business there # . >> know. they make it harder. like chocolates, they made it almost impossible to keepthe park lit . there's no help. >> we are watching the break-in at yourrestaurant. i remember youtelling me how much to repair the building every time that happened kate , i want to go to you is it any better in san diego ? >> know, it's absolutely not any better in san diego? all the mayors have the same paucity as you said previouslywe spent a lot of money on the problem . verylittle on a solution . in san diego a vote trying this safe campaign but the reality is it's been tried here in san diego it failed because there's not enough stick and not enough teeth in

the adjudication of what you're supposed to be doing when you're homeless and not enough incentive togo there . and letgo there temporarily . it was unsafe for us to be up us being our performance is not any betterin san diego . >> in the. >> i agree, it's like just as bad but sometimes you see it getting cleanup the next day is just as before you know what thesolution is anymore on this . >> case, can you explain to our audience about the stick and carrot philosophy what you're talking about because i don't think a lot of people realize the people you see on the street have been offered services. mental health services. they then offer housing. they're gettingthree meals a

day. they had done the needles , many times there also can you explain what you mean bythe stick and carrot to our audience ? >> the stick andcarrot, really all there is right now is the parent . here's food, here's some drugs were going to let you live your lawless life on street is a bunch of carrots is what you do what she wants you to stick because you have about it, space james, the police being allowed to actually do theirjobs . so there really is no stick. and with all of two of them working in unisonyou solve this problem . >> i hope forbetter , for california and that the leaders get their act together. becauseyou guys deserve better than everyone else deserves better aswell . you for joining the program .

coming up are you willing to sacrifice your own odyssey to essentially reduce >> how much of your personal

freedom would you be willing to give up to the government for the alleged greater good? a survey finds 75 percent of americans would be against the idea of the government run cameras in every house to reduce the domestic violence activity one in three is actually in favor of the idea so we had to go out for ourselves and hear whatpeople are saying .>> why would i want to have a security camera in my home? it's an invasionof privacy think a lot of people would agree with . >>might as well put them in homes . >> i would prefer nocameras .

>> we had cameras watching us all the time. people need privacy. is not something you can take away. >> i think it's a bad idea. >> you can't purchase it ourselves. that's crazy. >>is an invasion of privacy to . >> i think now it would benefit people in the area. it would be to say. >> but if your home? >> joining me with her take, tomi lahren. i've got to get your thoughts because a lot of these polls are our generation is holding you in ages of 18 and then present them as in ages of 30 two 44. i think you support this, do

you? >> not all. it is surprising to me and shocking to me so many young people are actually working for fewer rights and less privacy this is the first generation that wants less of both of those two things i want you shouldn't be that surprising because young people , and there is still cool and it probably carry around their eyes are losing the worst on my surprise, i think that young people want to be survey longtime ? no already agreeing to the sbc problem with this kind of monster monitoring them if they make dances that videos friends lost so this is the generation raising up. it's a social media generation values, and privacy sensor. >> our generation used to be

when we reached this stage you werepart of the libertarian movement . this is where i felt at home originally watching years going from the long-haul of world to now going for over to the bernie side? and some crossover in the past but this is a big jump. >> is also this notion that there is the savior and that hit a fever pitch during transfer when you had young people doing remote learning , listening to the government to plan their every move so is it surprising that young people are looking to be all, the end all? not so much. another factor is that through all the lord and savior jesus christ, when you

have people moving further away from a and religion is not a surprisewanting all these things and is a disturbing trend . i hope we find putting sometimes soon except our younger generation is go with educating this generation aboutthe dangers of this ? >> yes, i think to some extent. our biggest strength is when we, freedom and i don't think we thought about freedom lately with conservative movement . we are so wrapped up in scandals and investigations are not preaching. this is something i think young able our messaging is a little off so we have to reject and where they are not on social media crucial. we send and explain what is the bedrock of everything and they should be up and . >> is so glad it was simply an idea and is not.

because beeson dangerous month of july that is off next, a salute to our nation's veterans ahead today. >> they didn't want to enlist me so i walked out dejected mastered researchand got out in a car and said he wasjust in the office . he says follow >> welcome back.this

weekend we begin another year following the birth of these united states. america will be turning 256 years old so i sat downwith veterans andspecial operators to hear about what it means to fight for our freedom . watch . >> in the past year i'vespent time with ournations heroes . i wanted to know what 4 july , the fly our countries state means to them. >> before we start talking aboutthe country, introduce yourselves . >> 1969 to 71, vietnam. >> us army, 32 and a half years, iwas a green beret .

>> servant for ryan for over 40years . >> secondly, 13 years. both of those in the city air force guy. >> master gunnery sergeant, served 25 years there in 14 yearsoverseas contractor . >> 26 years, still serving us army, special forces . >> let's open it up. eddie, what does the flag mean toyou ? >> is not lost its meaning for me and i'm ashamed to say or some other it's lost its meaning that's a disgrace. the fly to the is, all my brothers. they died for this country. >> travel the world, you'll find out the freedom that

flag represents isunlike any other place you can go in the world . there's no place else the united states and if you take this down the road to ruin there is nowhere else togo . >> i grew up in the mountains of west virginia wasn't for this flag be where i am today . when i see that flag is rock steady to me it symbolizes what it means. >> a servicemember comes on underneath there's a reason we put that flag on top. >> talking about coffee straight with the american flag, not everybody else to do this . >> my father joined the marine corps which he kept his dress uniform in my closet so every day i got dressed i wouldlook at his dress blues and said i want to be part of . >> i went to the creditors office and the army was the only one open and he had his

feet up on the desk and didn't want to enlist me master gunnery sergeant got out on the 1920s k car and said you weren't inthe army office where you ? he says follow me. 15 minutes later iwas in the marine corps . >> i decided that what was i going to dowith my life ? >> i come from a big italian family and if you went to a family function you will not find me sitting around the old guys telling war stories fromworld war ii . ever since i can remember. >> they came from two large families. world war ii at thesame time . that inspired me to go in the army and my dad said son, why doyou want to be a paratrooper ? jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

but i just wanted to be a paratrooper, aranger . being a cut above . >> what is life likewhen you've given it all and come back home ? >> i knew i needed to get focused and start getting back involved. kind of find my feet again. >> the biggest about being on the outside is everybody thinks more about themselves. maybe that's the generational thing. some of thedisappointments on way , everybody fights each other there's not a lot of unity going on .>> i have rough times with ptsd but if you're a warrior , what you tell yourself is you can't go talk to no shrink because that's the sign of weakness but it's helped me to come down and share with these guys and be able to take them out on a hunt with the dogs .

met a lot of new friends. >> out and on this note. what is yourmessage for the fourth of july ? >> for all the bad that seems to be hyper focused, we're the youngest country and we achieved the most because we are americans . >> not everything that's wrong but everything is right . >> read that declaration of independence. >> it shouldn't be you voted for trump and you voted for by in and that's the end of it. you both like puppies, you both like beer so there's a lot of commonalities you can focus on and is your god-given right to vote for buying . that's the whole point ofthe united states is freedom . >>

well that was fun thanks so much for watching we'll be right back here live next saturday night at 9 p.m. eastern until then find

me on social media lawrence b. jones and lj cross country set your dvr so you never miss a show watch it in 24 hours don't forget to text me right here, below. good night america. mellow america i'm tom and this is fox news saturday night. >> well fourth of july weekend is officially upon us. it's a great time for people who love america, fireworks, and barbecues. that's most of us isn't it? as we were choosing the stories for the show this week it occurred to me that america is like a big fireworks store