you, it's the heart and soul of it. >> doctor. >> "the red, white and blue" by toby keith. >> do not miss tonight, joey, carley, aishah and jimmy will be hosting. life fireworks, live performances, and then fox news, home of the brave, fox news hosts will interview some hosts. >> gillian: right now at the white house, president biden holding an event with the national education association, that's the largest teachers' union in the country, the president wrapping just about a couple seconds ago. welcome to fox news live and happy 4th of july. bryan, great to be with you. >> nea has been very vocal in the wake of the supreme court court ruling on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness

and religious freedom, calling the court "not equitable and impartial," and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union's president last week. >> extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. >> gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. >> hey, happy 4th. >> gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american

students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? >> you know, i have to say, gillian, i'm not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden's student loan plan and steadfast promise to keep trying at this has really surprised me. he's totally out of step with public opinion on this issue. that's not just me saying that. the "washington post" editorial board calls the policies regressive and the majority of americans don't graduate from college so of course they do oppose subsidizing the richest two fifths of americans who do not benefit from this at all and disagree with it. the polling is very consistent, a clear majority opposes the policies.

>> gillian: what about these proposals the president has now been touting across the white house, across the department of education, he spoke about it just a few minutes ago. these so-called work arounds that he is now lasering in on. he did not get his big ticket item, which was a win, a victory in the supreme court, so he's going to try and pull other legal levers to see what he can do. >> honestly, my guess about this given the unpopularity of the policy would have been that biden would say to progressives look i tried it, but it's the supreme court's fault, i can't do anything about it. we have seen him do those things before when he knows he doesn't have institutional power, that's what he says about the filibuster, for instance. i would love to overturn it but we don't have the votes in the senate, he blames another institution. it's politically smart to some extent but support for the executive power overreaching on domestic policies is historically very low. sometimes we are willing to give

presidents leeway on foreign policy when we think it's in our security interest, when we think it's in the national interest,s but not on a policy like this and so i really am surprised. >> gillian: and the president -- congress can ratify treaties but aside from that, free skating for the president. the power of the purse is with the congress. marc thiessen. >> he's not just circumventing the supreme court, where does joe biden get off thinking he has the right to spent half a trillion dollars of taxpayer money by executive fiat, he bypassed the democrat controlled congress and tried to do it with a stroke of his pen. that's unconstitutional. >> gillian: what do you say? >> well, nancy pelosi said something very similar, actually, and she knows the

congressional roles better than anyone. some of those arguments came out in the supreme court hearing. but you know, even if we look at education policy overall and i have to thank you, i normally would not watch the proceedings of the national education association, but some of it is a little bit upsetting for parents who went through the pandemic, 9-year-olds lost the equivalent of 20 years of math and reading progress, and frankly seeing educators and i am an educator, i love teaching, pat themselves on the back for a system that is broken in a lot of different ways, especially for students that are younger than college in the k-12 system is very hard to take. >> students all across the education spectrum are hurting right now, lauren, you are right about that. thank you for joining us and sharing your expertise. >> new details emerging around

the horrific mass shooting in philadelphia leaving five dead and injuring two little boys, just 2 and 13 years old. it's one of several shootings during what has been a violent july 4th holiday in america's big cities. mike tobin reporting live in chicago. >> philadelphia police are not confirming but the philadelphia inquirer reports the identity of the mass shooter is 40-year-old man, no idea what sent him on the killing spree he had a bulletproof vest, ar rifle, and side arms. the scene was eight blocks, and littered with shell casings. it's possible the second man is only connected because he fired at the gunman. a couple of children were injured, four fatalities were found on the street.

a fifth fatality appears to be a man who tried to run from the gunfire into a house. >> when family member went inside, he found the son laying on the living room floor unresponsive. so immediately went outside where he saw the police officer, notified that officer, the officer notified medics, medics entered the property and pronounced that 31-year-old victim dead on the scene. >> another mass shooting on the west side of fort worth, texas, three are dead, and injuries. a holiday event, gunfire. >> a lot of vehicle traffic, foot traffic, as you can tell, still fireworks were being shot off. lots of people just trying to flee the area from the multiple gunshots so it was difficult for them to navigate quickly into the area. >> and just one day of an a mass

shooting in baltimore killed two and injured 28. one year after a gunman fired on a 4th of july parade in illinois killing seven. >> mike, thank you. retired nypd lieutenant joe cardinali. shooting in philadelphia, fort worth, baltimore, the last couple of days. we are used to an uptick in violence of july 4th weekend, i want you to understand why that is and do you see the recent violence this weekend to be different or escalated compared to prior holiday weekends in years past? >> well, good afternoon, bryan. and absolutely a rise in this, and the reason is we have police headquarters so understaffed that the criminals know this, and this individual went out there in philadelphia and he planned this. i mean, it's obvious he planned it with the scanner and weapons and how he went through that

section and started shooting at people. but it's always been a problem with the gatherings outside, especially when the warm weather is here, you know, these large gatherings, it's a perfect time for gangs and for other criminals to go out there and commit these crimes. but the fact that we have our police departments an all time low and the police are handcuffed to be proactive to get the guns off the street, it makes it a more serious matter and the rise is obvious. >> 0 in on philadelphia. record 562 homicides in 2021. the numbers for this year, 212 homicides in philly, but compared to other cities new york city 193, philly 212, l.a.145, philly is a fraction of new york city and has more than new york. they are call for a coordinated and sustained effort, police are

making arrests here and there but it's not enough. what does that effort look like in your mind, joe? >> you know, it's just that revolving door but right now it's a block in the system. make the arrests, prosecutors will not prosecute certain crimes and the criminals are on the street the same day committing the same crimes. and it's the same thing in a lot of american cities like philadelphia, like seattle and baltimore and chicago. repeated over and over but what is it going to take to get the powers that be within these cities like the new york city council to take the handcuffs off the police. they have to get proactive. they have to get these guns off the street. they are not allowed to do so under the regimes that exist right now that are handcuffing them as i said. it's ridiculous. and just going to be a loss of life like you have never seen

before. >> there is the idea of no snitching in a lot of neighborhoods, predominantly black in urban neighborhoods it can be difficult. steven a. smith from espn, he lived here in the city, worked many years in philadelphia, this morning this is what he had to say about the violence in the black community. listen. >> we need each other. we need each other living. we need each other breathing. we need to uplift one another. i'm not talking about the white community, i'm not talking about the hispanic community, i'm talking about my own community we are talking about it because we are dying, that's why. we are killing one another, that's why. you got black people scared to go in their own damn communities. >> joe, you talk to some of these people in philadelphia, they want the national guard to come in. what do you make of his comments and that? >> steven a. smith is so spot on with this.

he's right. it's within the community. enough of this no snitch. it's a genocide on the black community by the perpetrators that are allowed to commit these crimes over and over again and it's no snitch, even the baltimore mayor, he gets it. saying enough of this. they have to get the community involved, the community has to understand they have to get involved with the police departments. this rhetoric that's keeping the police and the communities apart is a problem. it's a major problem. and you need people like steven a. smith to get up there and start speaking on behalf of the community and get them involved with the police departments. you need the 1-2 punch, you don't have it because of politics. and it's going to continue to happen. >> joe cardinale, happy 4th to you, wish it was for better circumstances but thank you for your insight. >> gillian: jacqui heinrich was at the education event over at

the white house. >> we just left the event in the south court auditorium, it's unclear to us at the white house why a conference with 7,000 teachers is convening on the 4th of july and why they picked today for the president and first lady to address that crowd. but nevertheless, the first lady started off the remarks, marking her 39th year as a school teacher and the president began by promoting past legislation that funded schools coming out of the pandemic, especially the american rescue plan. he notably called the teacher shortage ongoing a national security issue and highlighted some things he's trying to do, including apprenticeship programs. he did not really spend much time on the student loan forgiveness issue. he did highlight the public service loan forgiveness plan that he called a total mess when he came into office, that was the program that would forgive debt for people who are going into the teaching field, social work or police officers. he said they have made that plan

easier to access and so far 615,000 people have benefitted from it, amounting to about $42 billion in debt forgiven so far. he said that program is still out there, but he did not touch on any broader initiative that his administration is undertaking after the supreme court struck down his loan forgiveness plan next week. he also did not specifically react to the recent gun violence we have seen across the country, but he said when it comes to schools, arming teachers is not the answer and once again, highlighted his efforts to expand background checks, ban assault weapons, and push forward gun control in that way. he again today called on congress to take those measures. back to you. >> jacqui heinrich at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, thank you. >> a live look at the misery map from flight aware as severe weather puts flights in jeopardy across the country on this july 4th.

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>> bryan: this july 4th weekend breaking records at the airports. flight aware, tsa screening close to 3 million people a day thursday and friday, that was an all-time high. correspondent charles watson reporting live from heartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta, people are rushing to maybe get in place for tonight's fireworks. how does it look there? >> well, bryan, things are running smoothly here at the atlanta airport. some good and bad news for folks travelling this 4th of july holiday. we have been taking a look at the flight aware numbers in terms of cancellation and so far it is for today the dance rations have more than doubled what they were on monday, but the good news here is that it's only 334 cancellations, nothing compared to the number of

cancellations we were seeing at the height of the 4th of july travel period. again, we have been talking to folks here in atlanta who tell us operations have been running smoothly and that has largely been the case for the record number of folks flying during the fourth of july travel period. aaa estimating more than 4.1 million holiday fliers and that seems to be in line as you mentioned with the massive tsa checkpoint numbers. the agency averaged well over 2.6 million screenings every day friday, saturday and sunday, and 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, but they are not out of the woods just yet with some severe weather threatening to sweep across the country this 4th of july. that, of course, has left people with a lot of concerns how hollywood travel, the rest at least, will pan out for most.

successful for some, others not so much. >> from new york, and supposed to be yesterday, but they did the flight to washington and hotel, and yeah, now i'm in atlanta. flights were delayed, flights were canceled. we sat on the plane for an hour waiting for something to happen. eventually they said nope, it's canceled. >> yeah, and so far today the flights seem to be making it off the ground but again, delays are beginning to pile up spirit airlines, jetblue led the pack on monday, more delaying 20% of the flights. what will things look like when travelers try to make it back home on wednesday. will they meet all the delays or run smoothly, that's a big question. >> bryan: that is the question. charles watson live at the

airport in atlanta. thank you. now in between all the hassles at the airport, americans are enjoying parades, cookouts and fireworks during this long weekend. correspondent christina coleman from santa monica beach, california, assignment of the day. >> hey, bryan, here at the santa monica pier. i've been asking people what are they doing today, how are they celebrating, people from all over the world, all over the country, including this great couple. what are your names? >> zeke. >> jordan. >> you know what, you guys both as of now have the same last name. tell me why was this 4th of july weekend so special? >> it was so special, we just got married. >> we did, we did, on july 1st. >> july 1st, and we are here celebrating our honeymoon. >> you are from new york, right. you do performances on broadway? >> yes, ma'am, i'm on broadway

in the cast of "the lion king." >> i'm from idaho. he's from mississippi, we got married in utah and we live in manhattan. >> i just love it. how are you guys going to celebrate the rest of the day? >> walk on the beach, get some sun and hopefully about food in a bit. >> what is this 4th of july, what does independence mean to you guys? >> independence means freedom. >> that's right. as we continue to fight for it and fight for equality and love each other and everyone around us, i think that's what it means, to continue to grow and be better as a society in general. >> yes, ma'am. >> that is awesome. beautiful answer, beautiful couple. congratulations again. and happy 4th of july. >> thank you, happy 4th. >> well, speaking of performances as you mentioned, you know, "lion king," some incredible musical performances all over the country to celebrate this holiday weekend.

here in the los angeles area, spectacular fireworks show lit up the night sky after families enjoyed the hollywood bowl orchestra performance of what they call "anthems of american youth." including beach boys "surfin' u.s.a.," and north of los angeles, a drone light show instead of fireworks to mitigate fire risks and air quality issues, and even farther west, the army's golden knights honored the nation's birthday in hawaii but wowing the crowd with a free-fall parachute demonstration. camera footage from a helmet after they jumped in the sky from a blackhawk helicopter. the sun has come out, a beautiful day. so many people are going to be out here celebrating the 4th. it's a wonderful way to honor our country and celebrate this

nation's birthday. back to you. >> bryan: fireworks, drones, love, you had it all. christina coleman, happy 4th to you. gillian. >> gillian: something completely different, former state department spokesperson morgan ortagus here to break down israel's massive military operation inside the west bank. the idf claims to be cracking down on terrorists there. and the afghan crackdown on women. stick with us. finding military information, newspaper articles, how many people were living in the house and where it was, makes me curious and keeps pulling me in and the photos reminding me of what life must have been like for them. finding out new bits of information about the family has been a wonderful experience, it's an important part of understanding who we are.

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>> bryan: israeli forces using drone strikes in a palestinian refugee camp where the israeli military claims armed militants are hiding. and planning attacks like this one today in tel aviv, where at least eight people were injured after a hamas militant drove his car into a crowd of people before trying to stab those around him.

trey yingst is live in jerusalem with the latest. >> good afternoon. israeli forces are continuing a second day of operations in the west bank city of janine. so far, ten palestinian militants have been killed and 100 people wounded, including some civilians. according to the israeli military, they say they have destroyed two operation rooms and uncovered underground storage for explosive devices. a spokesman explained the operation will continue indefinitely, there are ten targets inside the janine refugee camp that need to be searched. israelis have used airstrikes and drones as palestinian governments use ieds. security officials are warning of possible escalation before the operation is complete. in total, israelis have around 1,000 troops operating inside janine. this is the largest israeli operation in the west bank since

2002. hamas and islamic jihad have threatened retaliation for the raid. both organizations have fighters inside the city, among the estimated 300 militants hiding inside the camp. some of the response may have started. there was a ramming attack in tel aviv, injuring nine people. assailant drove out to a bus stop and injured people. the attacker was killed. gun battles with the israeli military. there are thousands of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire here. many of them displaced by this fighting inside the camp. bryan. >> bryan: the kind of violence we have not seen on the west bank in two decades. trey, thank you for that. gillian. >> gillian: the taliban government meanwhile is continuing it's campaign to erase women's and girl's

freedoms across the country, ordering female beauty salons to close within a month. teenage girls and women are already banned from attending high school or college. going to public parks and gyms. barred from taking on jobs outside the home. they also can't reveal any part of their bodies except their eyes. year around in public. former state department spokesperson morgan ortagus to talk about both. happy 4th. thanks for taking time with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> gillian: a bit of a head scratcher at the white house, the president said of all things, the teacher shortage in this country poses a national security threat to america. he also in another head scratcher on friday said this about afghanistan. listen. >> coming back, remember what i said about afghanistan, i said

al-qaeda would not be there. i said wouldn't be there. i said well get help from the taliban. what's happening now? what's going on? read your press. i was right. >> gillian: morgan, is it clear to you how the taliban is helping america in the region? >> no. you know, the emperor clearly seems to have no clothes on whenever it comes to the national security analysis being briefed to him. what do we know as a fact almost two years after the chaotic withdraw, isis k has a footprint in every region of afghanistan and of course we see the devastating effect that the taliban takeover has had on the women in afghanistan. you know, closing the beauty salons while tragic for the women who are the entrepreneurs and business owners of women who may just go there for a sense of community, it shows the larger problem of the taliban in

control, we are not allowing women to be employed, not allowing women to have education. now, what do we also know. friday afternoon on a holiday weekend, biden's state department disgracefully released a report that did not allow officials to comment on the record, a background briefing and the report covered what we know to be true two years later, the disastrous and chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan did not have to happen in the way it did. we certainly did not need to lose those 13 american brave men and women that we lost in that chaotic and disgraceful withdrawal, and as someone who has served and many members of my family serve overseas, to the families and the parents, you deserve more than to be leaked

on the holiday weekend and we are mourning the loss two years later. >> gillian: and the taliban came back into power in two weeks. i want to ask for your take what we are seeing unfold in the west bank this holiday weekend. >> i thought trey's reporting has been excellent. fox is lucky to have him out there and keep us informed. for the bigger picture to help our viewers understand why this had to happen, why the israeli military operation had to happen, first of all, you must know that iran, the islamic republic of iran is financing and training, providing technical support, operational support to these terrorist groups, and so that is important, we see iran threaten israel and the palestinian authority, that leadership basically has no control over

janine anymore, no control over the terrorist groups and so unfortunately, israel, their military has to go in with an extensive operation and finding things iran has given the terrorist groups like ieds. it's a sophisticated terrorist command center attacked last night, sophisticated hub for terrorists and israel has to do what is best to protect themselves. make no mistake the islamic republic of iran is behind these terrorist groups and the biden administration policies to give iran sanctions relief will only embolden these terrorist groups that threaten the state of israel. >> gillian: morgan, could chat with you all afternoon, have to leave it there. as always, thanks for joining us. happy 4th and thanks for wearing such a beautiful scarf. i love it. >> thank you. god bless america. >> bryan: it is a beautiful scarf. heroic actions of this georgia sheriff's deputy potentially

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>> bryan: dramatic bodycam video of a sheriff rescuing a woman from a burning car in georgia. smash the driver's side window and finally pull the woman to safety, wow. the candler county sheriff's office commends the deputy for the outstanding job that likely saved the life of the driver. and take a look at this, a frightening moment for roller coaster riders at a fair in wisconsin, stuck upside down for three hours as rescue crews worked to get them down after the ride abruptly stopped. correspondent c.b. cotton reporting from a nightmare of mine and many others. what can you tell us. >> every thrill seekers' worst

nightmare, and happened to eight people in wisconsin. seven reportedly children. on sunday, riders at the forest county festival were stuck up side at least three hours on the fire ball ride, while first responders worked to bring them down safely. a mechanical failure caused the scary situation, and to north carolina where on monday, labor investigators searched for answers at the amusement park after a crack in a supporting pillar. the tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in north america. speeds up to 95 miles an hour. the man spotted the crack not long after he and his family got off the ride. >> and i just happened to look up and i'm like that's not normal, i looked at the other -- and they were not like that, then the car came through and it moved as much as it did, and i'm

like dude, i got to let somebody know about this. >> the ride is still shut down after being closed last week. the rest of the park is still open, though. the startling discovery on the coaster has not kept some from enjoying the other rides. >> i think always subconsciously we think something might happen in the back of our minds but also know that, you know, they do have people's lives in their hands so they are going to make sure that they do what they are supposed to do on their end. >> they say all the rides, including the 325, undergo daily inspections. state investigators have not shared details about their findings. bryan. >> bryan: c.b., thank you. >> gillian: might think of july 4th as a time to feel proud of the united states of america. but the number of americans who say they actually take pride in their country may surprise you. we got new polls you don't want

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>> bryan: update from the u.s. secret service on reports of a

suspicious powder found in a work area of the west wing at the white house on sunday. the secret service tells us "the d.c. fire department was called to evaluate and quickly determined the item to be nonhazardous. item was sent for further evaluation and an investigation into the cause and manner of how it entered the white house is pending." gillian. >> gillian: how about this for the 4th of july. take a look. nearly 70% of americans polled say they do not have confidence in the u.s. government. this according to gallup's latest polling. 31% say they do have confidence in the nation's government. that ties the all time low in the survey which we also saw under president obama as well as trump. daniel davis, senior fellow and military expert at defense priority.

thank you for your service. >> gillian: interesting, colonel, in the polls, the u.s. ranked lowest among all the g7 countries, meaning germans had more confidence in the german government, the french had more confidence in the french government, brits had more confidence in the u.k., so on and so forth, than americans had in the u.s. government. pretty shocking. >> yeah, and i think the actual number is ten points less than the one above us, and that's reversed in 2006 when we were the number one ranked country in that category, and i think there are two main reasons driving this, should be concerning to all americans. number one, the people primarily prioritized today party above government. and above the country, and when you prioritize your party, you denigrate the other party and always view what they are doing in a negative way.

second thing is on the government's problem and going back to 2005, right before this drop started, you had the bush administration into the iraq war in 2003 and every admission since has continued on. most famously put in the afghanistan papers, things i've talked about many times, where the military and defense officials were lying to the american public for years about this. the problem is we know we are lied to because we are see self-evidently things were not going that way, so naturally the trust continues to fall and i'm telling you, 31% is not the bottom and it's going to get worse if we don't make changes. >> there are real world consequences, not just about feeling good as you well know, sir, military recruitment is way down as is recruitment among intelligence agencies, among the diplomatic core, this is real problems for the u.s. government. >> right. really is, and the last category, you look at the age group in that study about the

people who were in the military age, you know, recruiting, they have extremely low trust in the government. so of course if you don't love your government, why are you going to join up for a military where you may have to sacrifice your life for them one day. that's a real red flag. there are many areas this will continue the trust in the government will erode, the trust in the military, trust in the police force and the court systems. if those erode to some level, we could see the disintegration of our society. this is a bigger issue than people think and we need to turn it around. >> gillian: i think it's very difficult for young people to sign up to serve the country if they feel, whether that's in the military, whether that is in a civilian role, whether that's in a diplomatic role, in the intelligence community, wherever, very difficult for them to sign, you know, sign up for service if they feel a party whose ideology they disagree

with is currently in power. one of the problems -- >> that's exactly right. >> gillian: underscores your figures point where we are with politics. that's an obligation that officials in washington have to really take on to make young people feel comfortable joining ranks wherever they stand on the political spectrum. i don't think that's happening today. >> clearly it's not, and that's huge -- it's a leadership issue. whe when i joined the military in 1985, i loved my country and wanted to join congress and run for congress because i had such high value of the country but man, look at what's going on right now, it's not that way anymore because you see just almost forgive this phrase, almost like a clown show up on the hill right now instead of seriously things done to help our country and people see that and that erodes trust in the government. we need leadership to step up and start doing what it takes to restore that trust and to earn

it back. >> gillian: very well said, sir. thank you for joining us and taking time with us on america's birthday, wonderful to see you. >> thanks for having me, gillian. same, hope you have a good day. >> gillian: you bet. bryan. >> bryan: one of the nation's biggest patriotic celebrations is happening right now in provo, utah. hundreds of thousands of people from across the country heading to america's freedom festival and abby is there. abby. >> you know what, bryan, i was able to wrangle this incredible friend group, they said i could join one day if i play uno with them. you have been here to watch the parade. what was your favorite part about the parade? >> i liked all the different police officers and all the community support that came together, it was great. >> i love seeing the american flag, humble shoutout, and studio c, huge shoutout.

>> a lot of american flags, red, white and blue. what do you love about living here in this country? >> first of all, the fact we get to have parades like this, and the feeling of togetherness with people you don't really know but it just works. it's really fun. >> totally, we work together, united country. what's your favorite part about the 4th of july? >> we get to focus on what we love about america and we need a whole lot more of that. >> what do you love about america? >> dude, all the individuals, you know, i think we are all individuals no matter what group we are in and i think the more time we take to listen to each other the better place this gets, you know. yeah. that's all. >> have you guys gone to other events during this weekend? freedom fest, balloon fest, stadium of fire, we have the parade, have you done anything else? >> personally i haven't, no. but journey came to stadium

fire. >> the fireworks were so good, i loved the fireworks and the finale was amazing. >> there are fireworks across country. what made the stadium of fire fireworks the best. >> everybody coming together to really enjoy them and have so much fun. >> i was talking to a guy told me there were over a million firecrackers one time during stadium of fire. that's a lot of fireworks. guys, thank you so much. happy 4th of july to all of you. i'm looking forward to our family christmas card. bryan. >> bryan: abby, you've been in provo, utah for a bit, and all over the country, favorite thing about your visit to provo? >> you are not allowed to ask me that, bryan. every single thing has been absolutely perfect. went to the rodeo, we went to stadium of fire as well, my favorite thing are the people. people here in utah are the absolute best. a sense of community and makes me want to come back here.

>> bryan: i know they want you to be part of their friend group, they would be lucky to have you. abby, appreciate you. happy 4th to you and everyone there. take care. >> thank you, bryan, you too. >> gillian: we have a second hour of "fox news live" coming up next. we have congressman darrell issa, dr. makary and more coming up. stick with us for hour two. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need.

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