celebrate this country because we love it. happy independence day to everybody. love this country celebrated. remember, we had to fight for it and we'll keep fighting for it. >> watch joey tonight with carley and jimmy failla. how can i forget? >> happy fourth of july. >> goodbye, everybody. >> travelers in turmoil. delays and cancellations piling up at airports. this as a record 50 million americans expected to hit the road for the fourth of july holiday. welcome to fox news lives. i'm rich edson. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. travelers are coming up against an outbreak of severe weather, by the way. it is forcing some people to spend their holiday at the airport. >> i knew there was going to be

a delay or cancellation. it happens quite often. >> they are too many flights in and out. newark is terrible. >> i agree. charles watson is live from atlanta at the airport. you aren't in newark. look on the bright side. >> that's true, julie. hopefully today is the day that flyers can avoid the chaos and the nightmares that they've experienced for days now here in atlanta things seem to be moving along pretty smoothly. we see a lot of people moving in and out of this airport pretty smoothly this morning. light crowds when you talk about one of the world's busiest airport. the folks here tell us that operations for the most part have been moving along smoothly. that has largely been the case despite all the disruptions for a record number of folks flying during the fourth of july travel period. aaa estimating more than 4.1 million holiday flyers. that seems to be in line with

the massive tsa checkpoint numbers. the agency is averaging 2.6 million screenings a day over the last few days. as for the airlines, they seem to be keeping up with the demand after severe weather in the northeast last week led to a tidal wave of delays and cancellations that left people concerned for how holiday travel would pan out. for most it has been successful, for others they haven't had so much luck. take a listen. >> we've been to four different airports in two days due to canceled flights. it's been hectic. left out with no answers. baggage is lost right now. we've been wearing the same clothes for 2 to 3 days. had to buy new deodorant, stuff like that just to be able to smell fresh. >> so the good news flights are making it off the ground. delays have been piling up. spirit airlines, frontier and

jetblue led the pack monday with delays each of those airlines delaying more than 20% of their flights. the big question, guys, is what will air travel look like wednesday when folks start to make their way home? will they have a smooth travel or will they run into some of the nightmares and chaos they've been dealing with the last few days? big question. we'll be here to look at it. >> julie: thank you so much. i think best bet is to drive. do you have any travel plans or we're stuck in the studio. we don't have to worry about commuting. >> you are looking at my travel plans now. i'm hanging here, trust me. >> julie: i was in an airport with a seven hour delay frontier airlines. one of the top ones he mentioned. the reason our flight was delayed was because the crew didn't show up. the wall street editorial on

this precise reason why cancellations and delays should be on the airline, not passengers. flying the faa unfriendly skies. americans may be sitting on the tarmac for another few summers. mr. buttigieg is passing the buck to airlines by ordering them to compensate flyers for controllable cancellations and delays. how about the government take responsibility and compensate flyers and airlines for its dysfunction? i like that idea. maybe it will make people show up to work perhaps. i'm not going to pay if you don't show up to fly my plane. >> rich: we've seen fares come back after the pandemic. air fares are up. >> julie: we're paying hand over foot. it is expensive to fly these days. we should get the service we're paying for. >> rich: absolutely. politics here.

>> president biden: transgender americans. >> it's hard to tell. he is clearly losing the war in iraq. >> don't go anywhere. it's an exciting day. >> rich: gaffes of president biden. presidential hopeful marianne williamson is ripping the dnc for flowing its full support bee behind biden and refusing to hold debates going against the very notion of democracy. let's discuss this with steven law son from the campaign of ron desantis and kevin walling, former biden campaign surrogate. i want to start with the quote from williamson. she says i don't think it's good for democracy. it is very important the democratic electorate get a chance to weigh in. i look at the campaign season as

a long job interview process and the voters should have a chance to interview all the candidates for the job and that does include the president. steven, what do you think about that? >> absolutely. for a party that wants to talk about free speech and enabling it at every turn, they seem to be suppressing it. the republican threshold for debates is 1%. marianne williamson is at 10%. kennedy 17%. i think the president absolutely should be on the debate stage. the american people deserve that. but forget a campaign. he needs to prove he has the mental cognition to run this country. look, this is part and parcel for his playbook and why he ducks debates and why he doesn't do interviews. it is why he forgets where he is at sometimes and bum bells through speeches. most people wouldn't hire this person to do their taxes let alone run the world's largest super power. so he absolutely should debate. the democrats should be open to that.

the american people deserve that. >> kevin, does the president need to combat the perception he will run another campaign in the basement? does he need to get out and disprove that? >> rich, i think the president is already doing that. he announced investing in america tour touring 20 plus states over the next couple days and weeks. talking about the infrastructure bill. no incumbent president has ever debated in a primary situation. i remember donald trump in 2020 the incumbent president faced a primary challenge from two members of congress and former governor and did he debate those individuals on the primary debate stage? no. the president has rallied the democratic party behind him. no serious challenger has stepped forward to take on the president. he is rallying his base and he will defeat whichever republican is put up in november. >> rich: steven, what about the idea that you didn't have the former president, donald trump, he never debated in 2020, barack

obama hasn't no other incumbent president in modern times has submitted themselves to a debate. isn't it just smart politics? >> no, i don't think so. in 2020 you didn't have two opponents taking up nearly 40% of the democratic base of support. so i think it's an apples and oranges comparison and look, this is why you have a sitting president in joe biden whose approval ratings are in the high 30s. he does not have a base of support. independents and moderates are looking elsewhere for other things. i think it's just again another reason why he doesn't want to be on a debate stage because the people around him realize that anything could happen and none of it is good. >> rich: going into a presidential election especially an independence day, a look at how americans feel about their country. this is from a gallup poll. 39% are extremely proud to be american. that is essentially unchanged from a low of 38%.

gallup points out that when you add those who are extremely or very proud to be american it still is 2/3, 67%. but kevin, what about that? what about the idea that americans aren't as proud to be americans as they once were? >> rich, we have to work on that. today we celebrate 247 years of this incredible experiment. i hate that we view patriotism through the lens of politics and polarization. this is the greatest country in the world and i think if you spend any time overseas and you talk to other folks in other countries, they still believe we're the shining city on the hill. you see a people desperately trying to get to the country. people aren't fleeing the country they're coming in droves because of the american dream. we need to recapture some of that. hopefully we'll see it on display today with barbecues celebrating america, the fireworks displays. we need to recapture that sense

of patriotism and i think we can. >> steve, final word to you. how do we capture that again? >> i think we have to continue to have everybody invested in this country. kevin is right. we live in the greatest country in the world. but more and more people, that american dream is out of reach and we have to get back to investing in that. that means, you know, people need -- it's hard for people to have a pride in their citizenship when thousands of people are pouring across the border. it is hard for people to have pride of citizenship in their community when they see it being overrun with crime and homelessness and drug use. it is hard to have pride in the future generations when we're more concerned about pro nouns and tiktok rather than reading and math. we need to teach civics and the people who died protecting that ideal and freedom for our country to continue to succeed.

>> rich: thank you both for joining us and happy independence day. >> happy fourth. >> rich: all right. julie, what makes you proud to be an american on this fine independence day? >> julie: being able to have the freedom to walk among heroes. here in new york we have the men and women in blue but our service members, women and men who have fought in this country. those who lost their lives and i'm proud to be an american because of what they stand for and that's -- that's the american dream quite frankly, to be able to live our freedoms today, enjoy our independence because of the sacrifices made by heroes that walk among us every day. >> rich: absolutely. given what we do in washington, d.c. we can go into press briefing rooms at the white house and state department and ask tough questions and don't have to worry about anybody knocking on our door and sent to prison. >> julie: freedom of speech. something to be proud of. thousands of fans are expected

to gather in coney island, new york, for you guessed it, the annual eating ex trove began stae the nathan's hot dog eating contest. the champions are saying they'll break their record. amy is live from coney island. she is a judge for the contest. that's very exciting. >> looking forward to it. who knew that weather played such a major role in how these eaters perform. and the contest itself, julie, has its roots in patriotism. they say the early 1900s, the family that founded nathan's hot dogs had a bunch of guys sitting around and said who is the most patriotic of the group. prove it. eat as many hot dogs as you can. the rest is history. today they will compete in just ten minutes' time to see how many hot dogs they can eat. for the women, the record is

48.5. today vickie, the defending champ, is going for 50 hot dogs. a new competitor from japan and we know joey chestnut. he has won 15 times and eaten as many as 76 hot dogs in ten minutes. the crowd should be big. 35,000 fans expected to show up and they started lining up at coney island in brooklyn at 5:00 in the morning. these folks are excited to get into one of the biggest parties in america right here at nathan's famous. as a judge i will count the hot dogs. they have to eat the complete dog and bun. if they don't, i have to throw a yellow card. and if they go really long, i have to throw a red card. any idea what the red card might mean? >> julie: they lost? >> reverse of fortunes. they didn't quite keep the hot dog down. >> julie: oh no, that's wonderful. okay. >> that would be a red card.

they say in this level of competition they see very few red cards . earlier on "fox & friends" this morning i got some great advice from joey jones. he said go for a face shield, or sunglasses at the very least while you are judging the competition. >> julie: did you pack tums to get these guys after. i can't imagine the indigestion. how many hot dogs can you eat? have you tried this? >> i have not tried. i need to put myself in the row. i'm thinking in ten minutes i might be able to do three hot dogs. there is no way i could do it like they do. basically strip the hot doing, eat them in one hand and take the bun. soak it in water and eat that in the other. >> julie: so gross but fun to watch. no thank you. >> we'll see how it all goes down. >> julie: keep your distance. social distancing today, amy.

all right. thank you. rich, how many hot dogs could you down in ten minutes? >> i'll have one slowly. maybe finish it, maybe not. i don't know. >> julie: good thing we're not participating. >> rich: pepcid is the sponsor. the age old debate on condiments in the dogs. sleuthering it in ketchup. the sweet and tangy sauce is reserved for kids. toppings like mustard, onions and sauerkraut are preferable for adults. some on tiktok agree. hot dog no ketchup has many views. 61% of americans enjoy ketchup on their dogs. >> julie: yes, you have to have that on a hot dog. one of the top ivy league coll

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okay, this is the stupidest story ever. $53,000 for basically a booger. that looks like it came out of my 7-year-old's nose and he stuck it on the wall. that actually happened last week. >> rich: put it up for auction. >> julie: thank you, producers, for the laugh. >> rich: we have fireworks today. the largest parade of its kind in the western united states will take place in utah to honor members of the military and first responders. more than 300,000 spectators will line up to watch americans freedom fest. abby hornacek is there in provo, utah. hi, abby. >> what's going on, rich and julie? it has been so great being here. this is the largest parade of its kind in the west. what makes it so unique is the crowd. they are expecting 350,000

people to come here to see these incredible floats like the one behind me, the military, the police, everything that makes this country so great. i talked to the organizer of the event earlier today and asked him what is it about this parade that draws so many people? here is what he said. >> i think the patriotism. i think a love of god, family, country. they come here because they love to see the pageantry and the floats and balloons and love being a part of this event. >> the festival runs throughout the day leading up to the fourth with the grand finale being today. we have been here for it all. we started at festival of fire where the legendary band journey played in front of thousands of people. the night began with an f-35 flyover and ended with the largest stadium fireworks show in the country.

fireworks weren't the only thing in the sky. monday we took off in a hot air balloon called the eagle fitting for the fourth of july during balloon fest. when we landed we talked to a few folks about what makes them proud to be an american. >> you have an amazing outfit. what inspired this morning? >> i love this country. i'm a first immigrant generation and i just love the u.s. and the flag. if you come to my house you see the u.s. flag all over and my office the u.s. flag everywhere. >> i'm from brazil. ever since moving to the u.s., this has been home away from home. i love our patriotic everybody in and we come together for the greatest day. we love it. freedom. >> people also were quick to point out the reason we celebrate this holiday, one of the main reasons why we do so is because of our incredible heroes in that country that fight for our freedom. i had the opportunity to talk with two world war ii veterans

about their stories, one of them got emotional when i asked him about what it means to him to wear the red, white and blue. we'll have that later today. i'll go hop on one of these floats before anyone else gets here so i can get a feel for it. maybe you can join me next year and be on a float. >> rich: i'm in. abby hornacek live in beautiful utah. thank you so much. across the pond first day of the wimbledon tennis championship is in the books. defending men's champ djokovic won to advance to the second round. but goff lost to the stunning upset in an all american match-up. fellow american sophia defeated goff in three sets. a tough day for convenience use williams. not only lost but had to take an injury time-out for falling down on the grass court.

>> oh, that does not sound good. >> the 43-year-old with is five time champ but battling injuries in recent years. >> julie: president biden set to return to the white house in moments as he prepares to host a big july 4th celebration. could the biggest fireworks come from his son, hunter? as new questions swirl over his business dealings. and ukrainian president zelensky wishing the usa a happy birthday as his nation approaches 500 days of war. the latest updates from ukraine next. oh yeah, that is them. (that is howard) yeah, that's on howard's campus. ohhh, she's so powerful, she carried on the family legacy. we were blown away. (chuckles) i not only was a student and an undergrad, but i've been a professor there for twenty years, so it's really a special moment to know that i had a family member who over a hundred years prior have walk these grounds.

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>> julie: the mayor of paris calling the situation in his city hell. as he seeks a tougher response from french president macron. more than 1,000 buildings have been burnt, nearly 6,000 vehicles have been destroyed.

it's been a week of a violent series of protests over a fatal police shooting involving a black teenage. french authorities have made over 300 arrests a third coming in paris alone. >> bill: russia launching drone strikes in eastern and central ukraine. three people killed, 21 injured following one strike on a residential building in the northeastern city. the attack comes as russia claims it shot down five ukrainian drones in moscow. greg palkot is live in -- with the latest. >> five drones fired if he moscow area. flights at an area airport were disrupted. russia president putin looking business as usual today after

that armed uprising by the wagner mercenary group appearing at a tell could have interference with xi and modi and others. he claimed a united front defeated the mutiny. on this fourth of july president zelensky posted an op-ed saying in part today, as americans celebrate their freedom and independence, we celebrate with you and envision the day when every inch of ukraine is free of the cruel tyranny that seeks to extinguish us. citizen soldiers from our history books were a big part of the american revolution. they are a big part of defending ukraine's independence as well in all sorts of ways. take a listen. >> across ukraine workshops like this people pitch into the war effort. this is material for helmets.

a soviet factory used to fend off attackers. a former banker he joined the military and used business skills to bridge a gap for the troops. body armor, ballistics, helmets. >> the war changed the life of ukrainians. >> it is costly. these folks do it themselves including state-of-the-art machinery. painted into something that is life and death on the battlefield. >> our body armor is the last barrier from the shot from the bullet. >> they can turn out 3,000 helmets a month helping soldiers and making those here feel they are helping as well. >> we try to have the guys on the front line come back home in good health. >> incredible tough, rich. the hell either were top notch. they are making them in that small workshop. everyone doing their bit here in a war that everyone knows is deadly serious and critical just

like a lot of wars in the past. back to you. >> rich: thank you for bringing us that story on our independence day as ukraine fights to preserve its. thanks, greg. >> dana: >> julie: at least eight people were hurt after a car slammed into a crowded bus stop in tel aviv. police have called the incident an act after terrorism. police say the driver was a pal is tinian man who got out of his car and stabbed some of the victims. a civilian shot and killed the suspect to end the attack. violence comes as israel conducts a second day of military operations in the occupied west bank city where ten palestinians were killed in air strikes. victoria is a former deputy national security advisor and vice president of foreign policy at the heritage foundation. thank you for talking to us today. the israeli military says it will continue the operation for quote as long as it takes.

in other words, as long as it takes to wipe out terrorists. the palestinian authority spokesperson said in a statement meanwhile what the israeli occupation government is doing in the city and its camp is a new war crime against our defenseless people. what is the greatest sighing cans behind israel launching one of the largest assault on the west bank city in 20 years? >> this is really an extraordinary development over in israel. we have had one of the most deadly years for israelis in 2023 than we have had in a very long time because of the upsurge in terrorism out of cities like this where you have a strong iranian presence. they are funneling weapons and trainers into these cities so these palestinians are hardly defenseless. they are about planting ieds along roads hoping to blow up ambulances that are trying to get in to help some of the wounded. and the israelis are doing what

they have to do. one final thing for your viewers is a lot of this is being funded with u.s. taxpayer dollars. the biden administration started flowing hundreds of millions of dollars back to the palestinian authority back to the united nations that props them up. in 2021. they've been doing it ever since and this is how the money is being used. >> julie: it is a shame to see and it's good that we get both sides of the story here. i want to move on to ukrainian president zelensky wishing america a happy birthday in a "wall street journal" op-ed. it reads happy birthday america, ukraine is grateful to the u.s. for providing both support for and example of liberty. america's founders broke with centuries of subservience to create a new nation, one where all are equal and live free. on february 24, 2022, we ukrainians made the same choice.

this op-ed comes as ukraine approaches 500 days of war this saturday. is there an end in sight in this illegal war led by vladimir putin in ukraine? >> it is certainly an interesting moment. 500 days into a three-day war tells you that things are not exactly going to putin's plan. president zelensky's words were very welcome on this july 4th. we have all been inspired by the bravery of the ukrainian people that greg just reported on. one would certainly hope that they can take advantage of whatever chaosic dysfunction is going on inside the russian government to press their advantage here and to try to bring this war to a conclusion. the one person we haven't heard from on this topic is the president of the united states. he will need to justify to the american people the hundreds of billions we've poured into the

conflict. >> dana: we haven't heard from the president and nice to hear where his stance is. victoria, thank you for coming on today and happy fourth. >> same to you. >> rich: as americans kick back this fourth of july, republican candidates are hitting the trail meeting voters, marching in parades. the holiday weekend takes a turn for some folks. how long this group was left hanging on a rollercoaster. >> julie: oh, my. ♪ (vo) it's red hot deal days from verizon! where you can get the incredible iphone 14 pro max on us with myplan. so you get exactly what you want and only pay for what you need. act now and get iphone 14 pro max on us when you switch. offer ends july 5th. it's your verizon. we handcraft every stearns & foster®

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>> rich: violent fourth of july weekend as a suspected gunman is in custody after allegedly killing five people and injured others in a shooting spree in philadelphia. mike tobin has the details. >> the only description police have given of the shooter is a man in his 40s. here we are talking of another random, senseless, cruel mass shooting. shades of the movie heat. police say he was armed with an ar style rifle. body armor and police scanner to listen to what police were saying. bullet casings stretched over eight blocks. four people killed on the street. five fatality found when police searched a residence connected to the crime. >> found one inside. found the son laying on the living room floor unresponsive. immediately went outside where he saw the police officer. notified that officer. the officer notified medics.

medics entered the property and pronounced the 31-year-old victim dead on the scene. >> four of the dead are male between the ages of 20 and 59 years old. one victim a male who hasn't been identified. two kids ages 2 and 13 were injured. whatever motivated the gunman to go on the random killing spree is unknown but he has been arrested. police did take a second man into custody. it's possible at this stage that second person arrested is someone who fired back at the gunman. this mass shooting is one day and 100 miles away from a mass shooting in baltimore. at that location gunman opened fire at a block party. today marks the anniversary of another mass killing. one year ago today a man took a position over the fourth of july parade in high land park, illinois, chicago suburb, and opened fire. philadelphia marks the 29th mass shooting off this year according to records kept by the associated press.

usa today and northeastern university. sadly that's a record. >> rich: mike tobin, thank you. >> julie: we're getting new pictures of a suspect wanted in connection with a series of bombings across washington, d.c. it happened on sunday. police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. this person is still at large and there may be more suspects. the blasts targeting two stores and an atm. no one was hurt. let's bring in ted williams. former d.c. homicide detective. thank you very much. i love the color combo on your tie and vest. how hard, first of all, is it going to be to get an arrest in this case since police now believe that multiple people may be involved? >> hi, julie. it is going to be somewhat difficult, i believe. we know that the authorities are

racing to try to make an arrest concerning these bombings. they don't know if the bomber or bombers will strike again. that is certainly something that they are very, very deeply concerned about in the district of columbia. we do know that the one bomber attacked three commercial establishments in early morning hours on sunday. and so no one was in those occupied businesses. but we're deeply concerned about what this person may do next. >> julie: yeah. that's the fear because the problem hasn't been solved, the danger is still out there. no one was injured in the suspected attacks. three buildings were damaged, though. thankfully for that surveillance video you see a suspect. you see the vehicle and it's described as a gold cham pain

acura tv with maryland license plate. my question to you is could the suspect or suspects be charged in this case with domestic terrorism? >> very well could be according to what kind of communications they may very well have had with the authorities at this stage, which we do not know. but that car that you've spoken about is the central in trying to bring this person to justice. that car very well could have also been stolen. we don't know that yet. but i can tell you that all throughout the district of columbia there are surveillance cameras. i would have to believe they have picked that person up on one or more surveillance cameras here in the district of columbia. >> julie: the police know if it was stolen. we just don't know. they can figure out in a heartbeat if the car was stolen. you are probably on to

something. it most probably was stolen. i have to move on to just crime in general. in the nation's capital in particular exclusive attacks, violent growing crisis in the nation's capital. maryland police charging a d.c. man in carjacking spree resulting in the death of a man and two dogs. washington, d.c. crime is up double digits in several categories this year including homicides, sex abuse, robbery and grand theft auto. what do you say about these numbers, if we can put them on the screen? from 2022 to 2023, homicide is up 15%, sex abuse is up 36%, robbery is up 47%. these numbers are staggering. all in all up 29% for all crimes. >> yeah, they are staggering and that's the unfortunate thing about what's going on in the

district of columbia. crime is off the chart. we have visitors this time of the year from all over the country. quite naturally this is the fourth of july and celebrating independence day and a lot of individuals visiting the district. that's a deep concern. specifically carjackings, which as you've already represented are very much up here in the district of columbia. the unfortunate thing is that we have less police officers here in the district of columbia. the recruitment of police officers here and around the country is down. we will have to change that. >> julie: morale needs to go up for recruitment to work out. they should work on that. by they i mean politicians. ted williams. thank you so much for being on. >> happy fourth, julie. >> rich: the biden administration's withdrawal left a mess in afghanistan. one group is picking up the p

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♪ ♪ red, white, blue ♪ >> rich: independence day carries special meaning for americans trapped in some of the world's toughest hot spots like afghanistan and ukraine. they enjoy freedom at home thanks to the daring rescue missions of a very brave group. brian stern of project dynamo joins us now. i want to lead off with one of your cases. one of the missions you guys have led. the rescue of terry gaitley. he was arrested and tortured in custody of the russian intelligence with a bag on his head. how did you guys do it? >> we don't like to give away

the secrets to the magic tricks. needless to say it was complicated. terry is with his family this fourth of july. today is his anniversary. we were crossing into poland this time last year after getting him out of custody of russian intelligence and fsd. >> rich: this is almost the two year anniversary from the withdrawal from afghanistan. how daunting is your group's challenge there? >> we still have operations going on in afghanistan. they're very complicated. the taliban are complicated government to say the least. still green card holders there. thousands of allies still there we're working to get out. on top of operations in ukraine and still ongoing to sudan. the last 18, 19 months we've operated in three different countries and three different continents with no u.s. -- with evacuated embassies and americans of allies stuck behind. it is very challenging. >> rich: you are a veteran-led

organizations. areas with no u.s. state department presence. is there any coordination with the u.s. military or are you on your own? >> more or less we're on our own. we coordinate the best we can. bottom line they aren't allowed to go. we coordinate and let them know and telegraph moves and coordinate to the best of our ability but very often they're supportive to the extent they say good luck but they don't fund us in any way. we are -- as far as coordination goes we transmit up to them and let them know what we have going on and hopefully they can try to cover us but they really can't in the end. >> rich: you are donor focused. what are your challenges are as a group?

>> funding is the big one. we have no corporate sponsors and we need them. everything we do costs money, gasoline in sudan where there were 16,000 americans left behind, gas is $120 a gallon. just landed an airplane there not that long ago. airplanes don't fly themselves. we landed a boeing 737 and rescued 146 americans in a week. these things are very expensive. everything costs money and we need public support. >> bill: brian stern from project dynamo. thank you for all you do and happy fourth. julie. >> thank you very much. >> julie: america is marking 247 years of independence. how the nation is celebrating from coast to coast. ♪

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