enjoy the rest of your night. >> joey: i had my 2.5 hot dogs. up next an inspiring interview with some of america's bravest heroes in a special we call home of the brave. so stay tuned and check it out. >> thank you so much for watching tonight. we are so happy you spent the fourth of july with us. happy independence day and happy

in the morning yesterday. i was really lucky. as you mentioned i got a chance to work. but also in addition to working, i got a chance to go up to the rooftop here at the bureau in washington and snapped some shots. i'm not the best

photographer. your pictures. yeah, these are some of the pictures are awesome. it's really great because if you think about how close we are to the capital into the mall itself, you really get some really cool shots and best of all, ashley, i can tell you this the company fed us so i got some pulled pork and some barbecue. there you go. that is that a pretzel roll. oh, now i'm hungry. yeah that was good stuff. what did you do besides sleep? honestly i slept. i worked hung out with my dog. we did grill though. we had some burgers, so that was good. that was my contribution to 1/4 of july. um but you know, it was fun. and like i said, i didn't see any until this morning, but i heard them. always good to have you with us this morning, kevin, glad you could be with us. we're both patriotic people, hope you had a safe and fun 4th of july. we have news to get to, fox news

benjamin hall >> positive attitude, you are the one who inspires all of us and make me and all the others part of that incredible team proud to be an american so thank you. >> hall lost one leg, sight in one eye and ability to use one hand in the blast. the attack took the life of pierre zakrzewski and sasha

kuvshynova, who were reporting in the field with hall. the mission of tunnels to towers had to pay off 31 mortgages for fallen first responder families. created in honor of steven smith, who laid down his life on 9/11 and u.s. marine corps staff sergeant benjamin webb a fully-equipped smart phone. >> this great american hero three purple hearts. imagine what he did for our country and to be able to give him a mortgage-free smart home on independence weekend meant a lot to him. he served with many great heroes and we want to recognize him and the battle he went through on the field and afterward, as well. >> ashley: almost all the families were able to move into their new mortgage-free homes.

what a great organization. >> they do tremendous work indeed. thank you, ashley. cincinnati reds stars rocking red, white and blue necklaces against the nationals. the team highlighting his look on twitter and dubbing sincy as the land of wearing as many necklaces as you please. also known for chili. hot streak on the field batting 4-5 with rbi, in the reds victory in the nation's capital. joey chestnut strikes again, chomping down 62 hot dogs. 62! securing yet another nathan's hot dog eating contest victory. >> for his 16th win, i give the

number one ranked eater in the world, joey chestnut! >> kevin: undefeated, undisputed eating champion of the world, joey chestnut. the competition was cancelled briefly because of storms, didn't stop joey chestnut claiming the independence day victory. good for him. i think that is gross. and mickey soto devoured 35 and a half dogs in under 10 minutes. pass the maalox. soto apologized to fans for not doing better than her record back in 2021. i love this, if you are a new yorker, it is like a right of passage, check it out once. more than that, not sure.

some people love to get out there. have you seen it in person, ashley? >> ashley: i haven't and to be honest, it is hard to watch even replayed. i couldn't imagine eating that many hot dogs and it was so humid up here in new york. i wonder if that contributed to the fact both of them ate less than the year prior. 67 for joey chestnut last year and i think you said 48 or 58 -- >> kevin: 48. >> ashley: that probably had a lot to do with it. good for them for eating all the hog dogs. a lot of people like it. got to do what you got to do. >> kevin: make you offer, if i gave you $10 grand, could you try to eat 10 hot dogs? >> ashley: just a couple months, i can't have hot dogs right now, i'm pregnant.

congresswoman cori bush bashing america and calling for payouts. >> new jersey must acknowledge and repair the harm it's caused to black communities, this can look like funding for repairative programs and direct payments. >> kevin: patrice will explain why reparations actually hurt black families. that is coming up next. ♪

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>> ashley: back with a fox news alert. california and desert southwest bracing for triple digit

temperatures. phoenix expected to see highs over 112 degrees for the next week, heat advisories issued for western oregon with storms expected to slam middle of the country. adam klotz has the fox weather forecast. a lot going on. >> adam: there is a lot, storms in middle of the country. that little yellow box there, that polygone is severe storms across the region. winds up to 60 miles per hour, hail and heavy rain from portions of colorado back through denver and through midwest including st. louis and chicago. severe thunderstorms today, coming with heat of the day. afternoon and evening, happening around a frontal boundary. to the west, cool, it will become hot, particularly in desert southwest and stretching

along the west coast. for today, phoenix 111 today, vegas 107 temperature has been hot that way and it is not as warm as it has been. 109 in yuma. up the west coast, talking about record-breaking highs, metford, up in the corner, record-breaking highs from seattle to metford. 101 in metford, temperatures close to 100 in a lot of communities. heat is building. ashley and kevin, real summer-like forecast next couple days, especially for folks up and down the west coast. >> kevin: progressive lawmakers cori bush and jamal bowman spending their holiday trashing america. bush tweeting declaration of independence was written by

enslavers and didn't recognize black people as human. demand reparations now and bowman says, this is july 4th, remember we stand on stolen land toiled by enslaved africans. these ideals are accessible to everyone, not just a few. patrice onwuka, director of independent women's forum, join us now. so many ways i could take this conversation, but obvious first question, when people talk about what ought to be done to restore descendants of those brought here against their will, this conversation is great in theory and in practicality, talking about paying people off. the mayor in newark is calling

for reparations and you heard bush and others calls for reparations. i've heard you say this is damaging to black americans. why is that? >> yeah, good morning, kevin. we have seen reparations tried and failed through programs meant to uplift families, especially black families and subsidize counter productive behavior that undermine the black family and led to single-parent households and games be being made including up to the 1960'ses, when you saw crime reduction and homeownership rates rising, wealth starting to accumulate with great society program. idea of redistribution from nonoppressors to nonvictims today, i don't see way to unlift black communitieses, even poor

white communitieses. reduce roadblocks that make it difficult for people to access school choice or opportunities in the workforce through higher ed or apprenticeship and working and starting small businesses. >> kevin: yeah, and got to rebuild the family, it starts there. i mentioned newark's mayor, share video and get you to react on the other side. listen to this. >> reparations, new jersey must acknowledge and repair harms it caused to black communities by deeply investing in the very areas where there have been generations of systemic disinvestment, programs and direct payments. through reparations, we can make the two new jerseys one. >> kevin: he said something really key there, make the two new jerseys one.

i think that is separation and that bothers a lot of people. we don't have much time, 10 seconds of reaction to what you just heard. >> yeah, this idea of dividing people when really the divide is along class lines, that gets lost in nuance there. there are a lot of poor people who are white and there are middle class black families, hispanic and asian american families temperature is a class issue and ensuring everyone has good k-12 level and access to opportunities, whether through four-year school or alternatives to college. that is not what they are talking about, but where we see opportunities take root. >> kevin: it is infuriating for americans who have done many years of work to create a cohesive society showing how we can work together and do well together rather than separate.

patrice onwuka, thank you for your time, have a great day. >> thank you, you, too. >> kevin: a federal judge blocked biden administration from communicating with social media companies accusing them of colluding with big tech to silence free speech. get the scathing response from the white house. >> ashley: and elon musk and mark zuckerberg is escalating. going toe to toe with twitter and joe concha weighs in on the billionaire battle next. ♪

>> kevin: 23 after the hour. tomorrow house republicans are demanding u.s. attorney david weiss turn over key pieces of

information relating to his investigation into hunter biden. republicans are claiming weiss had little to no control over the probe into the president's son, after irs whistleblower gary shapley claimed proper charges were not filed for hunter due to political interference. weiss denied that claim and responded to jim jordan saying, i am not at liberty to provide the materials you seek. republicanings could move forward with accepting weiss and calling on him to testify before congress. congress does have oversight of that agency. secret service investigating suspected cocaine. that is right. found in the white house. agents discovered the powdery white substance on sunday, prompts evacuation. the substance tested positive

for coke. officials say further testing is underway. authorities are looking into how that substance made it into the white house. federal judge temporarily blocking biden administration from meeting with social media companies after determining the white house likely colluded with big test to censure free speech during the covid-19 pandemic. >> ashley: if the allegations made by plaintiffs are true, the case involves the most massive attack against free speech in united states history. fox news contributor joe concha joins us. it is great somebody is standing up to the white house, but my gosh, the damage done in 2020 especially, will it ever be able to be undone? >> joe: like taking toothpaste and putting it back in the tube

temperature is already done, can't be undone. we'll likely see something like this again going into 2024. if you do it one, why not do it again if the results are success. we saw this before the 2020 election, ultimate collusion, suppressing any mention or talk about the laptop from hell and you had traditional media calling it russian misinformation and intelligence officers claiming the laptop was a product of the kremlin. like a coroner declaring cause of death without getting close to the body, right? this was biggest act of collusion in history, that is not hyperbole. activists work for places like facebook and they are not there

to serve the users they are supposed to represent. >> kevin: andrew bailey brought this lawsuit and reacting strongly saying happy birthday, america. you get your first amendment back. i think that crystallizes the argument. you cannot collude with big tech to stop americans from speaking their mind. that is what the first amendment is all about. >> joe: precisely, remember the misinformation governance board, where the biden administration wanted to monitor online what is and is not true. when you have a government agency doing, maybe they may weaponize that a bit in terms of their truth, instead of allowing free speech. it is good to see people fighting back and ag's fighting back and this will not fly. we will see political

administrations do it and hope they benefit from it. >> ashley: hopefully something sticks. that is the way we're leaning here. tomorrow, mark zuckerberg will launch his so-called twitter killer app called threads. place where communities come together to discuss topics you care about today to what will be trending tomorrow. kind of tying into the topic we just talked about, i don't want any more zuckerberg involved in any of my apps. what about you? >> joe: yeah, zucker-bucks, being poured into wisconsin to get the democratic nominee over the finish line. we know what this app is all about. seen this movie from the that's it, we're leaving twitter crowd. in the end, all people will use twitter and tweet.

why? they are addicted and twitter is more interesting than the boring echo chambers with everybody saying the same thing. elon musk is right, put down the phone, see friends, i would, if i had any. social media when you are on there all day -- >> ashley: i'm with you. >> joe: kevin, can we hang out? >> ashley: i'll hang out with you, i have nothing else to do. i agree with you and elon, get off the phone and do something else. if you are looking at 10,000 or 5000 tweets per day, obscene. and joe concha gets on his phone. >> joe: look what is trending. >> kevin: stop. >> ashley: america's largest teacher audience wants the book

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>> kevin: 33 after the hour. fox news alert, the man suspected of killing five people and wounding two other in monday's philadelphia shooting is due in court today expected to be charged with multiple counts of murder for deaths of five victims. police believe this was a random attack as the brother of one of the victims says this tragedy has left him in shock. >> walk up to the house and that -- right there and shot him twice. it is sad, man. this is you have it is i see on tv, not real life. like that is why i'm so shocked. >> kevin: progressive district attorney larry larry krasner unleashing on second amendment supporters and placing blame on republicans after the attack. >> it is time for everybody in our legislature, including the ones who would like to walk

around with an ar-15 lapel pen, time for them to face the voters. if they are not going to do something, voters will have to vote them out. that is what that lapel pin means, vote me out, i'm against you and your safety. >> kevin: mind you, same da impeached last year over his controversial crime policies. police say the suspect was armed with a rifle, pistol, police scanner and wearing a bullet-proof vest. here fired at officers before surrending in an alley. >> ashley: one dead and two recovering after being trapped under a grain elevator in texas last night. the elevator fell on you can trs and trapped three workers under the debris. the extent of the injuries are unclear, officials are

investigating what caused the collapse. san diego opening safe sleeping sites to keep the growing homeless population off the street. officials introduced the this back in june. expected to fit 136 tents and house 150 people. residents call it a temporary solution. a second site will open in the fall near the naval hospital, holding up to 400 tentses. a nine year old migrant child is dead after traveling in the extreme heat in arizona. >> griff jenkins spoke to migrants who made this dangerous journey and join us now. griff, i understand desperate times call for desperate man measures, to travel in scorching

heat, devastating story that unfortunately happens all too often. >> griff: yeah, it is devastating, kevin and ashley, good morning. you make a good point, kevin, this is why border officials say do not let the cartel smugglers convince you to make thiseck tr, your life will be at risk. this story is tragic and does highlight the fact border patrol agents across the country from texas to california and arizona where the sun is scorching and just getting summer other staed. we talk about border patrol agents perform rescues every single day along the border. they save migrants fromun droing in the rio grande and try to rescue people like this nine-year-old child, they used an atv and helicopter.

the mother of this nine year old had gotten across and realized her son is in distress, having seizures and dialed 911 and authorities responded. this is why we have a humanitarian crisis on this border and because of the administration's policies that began in 2021, when joe biden took over, it drew migrants believing they could come and would be allowed to stay and this is the tragic end no one likes to see. >> ashley: griff, you have spoken to countless people at the border, is this something they are worried about? is that in the forefront of the mind? >> they are very worried and they talk about the disregard smugglers have. they are fully aware and in many cases, paying their life savings

to take this chance, the fact so many of those are caught and released, they achieve that goal and believe it is worth taking the risk. that is the incentive addressed by deporting on immediately when they get her will stop it. >> kevin: if the administration won't step up and stop this, this is a story we'll see play out continuously as we have for so many years. shift gears, you are at the juk box diner, i'm jealous, i could use prek breakfast. >> griff: the heart of america, battle of bull run first and second happening mileless from where i am.

we will talk to americans about what is affecting them and top issues and who they like on the republican side or will they vote for joe biden? we'll have the governor, glenn youngkin here in an hour talking about issues that matter to them and particularly what is happening in american classrooms across the country and the retired chief, raul ortiz, who just retired on friday, this is his first official interview. we will talk about what the next chief will do to get it secure. guys. >> kevin: thank you, looking forward to that. have a good time. don't eat too much, if you do, i'm jealous. still to come, ice cream giant ben and jerry's melting down over 4th of july calling for america to return stolen land. critics are calling out some chilling hypocrisy.

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>> kevin: 44 minutes after the hour. china new export control on two metals used in microchips and semiconductors have industry suppliers worried about what could be limited next. >> ashley: cheryl casone has more. good morning. >> cheryl: interesting swipe from the chinese just ahead of secretary janet yellen's trip to china. the two minerals, we're seeing prices on the market jump for companies that produce those or use those products. these are two hot products because china will possibly be restricting them. there is concern this is one of the first swipes the chinese could take against the united states when it comes to things we need for electric vehicles,

defense industry, batteries for semiconductors and washington threatening chinese with potential for possibly doing some kind of high-end chip. i won't get too far into the weeds. this is from a china chairman, china hit the american trade restrictions where it hurts. i think that sums up the story. big, maet reaction to the story and there will be political reaction issue as well. >> kevin: interesting, that is a success, cheryl, where you say, this could go tit-for-tat. we are messengers have been talking about reparations in california. they are trying to do something on top of that? >> cheryl: yes, this is part of the gavin newsom task force he

formed to talk about reparations in california. they came up with a new report, basically they say that disproportionate number of african american parents are saddled crushing debt. they want to end child support debt. if you have child support in california, you get taxed on that, 10% tax. they want to get rid of that interest payment. get rid of that, they still owe on principle. this group wants a formal apology to anybody that was a descendent of an american slave and live in california. >> ashley: a lot of back and forth, cheryl. i want your reaction to ben and jerry's post on anti-america

message for july 4. >> cheryl: look at this tweet from ben and jerry's. they say 4th of july, high time we recognize u.s. exist on stolen indigenous land and commit to returning it. some responses were funny. are we all supposed to move back to europe? give up the whole land mass of america and go back to europe. mike lee, republican from utah, had a funny response. i am a customer and will never consume another pint of it. we will not eat your ice cream anymore. this is from joel petland, a professor, he said speaking of stolen land, the nation would like to have a word about the

land under ben and jerry's, commit to returning stolen land. shameful hypocrisy crunch is the next flavor. >> kevin: okay, that is cold. >> ashley: i love the puns everybody is throwing, that is cold. >> cheryl: ben and jerry's just can't help themselves. >> ashley: appreciate your time this morning. switch gears to this, nation's largest teacher union encouraging teachers to read this controversial gender-queer book over the summer, it touches on sexuality and gender identity and featured on great summer reads for educator list, "white fragil fragility" is another of the books. 2024 candidates playing up fitness for voters, hoping to

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>> let's go. >> how about all that north carolina congressman dr. greg murphy joins us right now. listen, i kind of like this idea of getting out there mixing it up just a bit and i think there's this unmistakable, if you'll pardon me for saying, idea that they're trying to put out there. we're vigorous, we are strong mentally and physically. am i right or wrong on that? >> no, kevin i think you're right. we talk about a sound mind and body i think it's very crucial especially as one ages. if you look back on what you thought the perfect high school star was, he was the class president, valedictorian, you know, player on the football team, all those type of things. i was lucky enough when i was in high school to get some

scholarships based on kind of the all around personality but when you look at folks are getting older what are they telling you to do, be active, it helps with the mind. it helped, that little clip there reminded me of when putin was showing off his jude 0 prowess. so what are we doing today dcreating another celebrity show? it's interesting. >> ashley: on horseback is what it was. >> kevin: don't say that. >> ashley: stained my brain. congressman i totally understand the notion behind the physical and mental fitness of current president biden but i do not understand when they talk about president trump. i obviously understand people going up against him or thinking of going up against him are much younger but i feel like trump has really proven himself, i mean mentally capable, physically capable. the man never sleeps. i think he's proven himself to be more capable than half the people half his age. he golfs.

that's not easy mentally or physically. do you think this more pertains to the democrats more than anything? >> well, i think it pertains really so much to a younger population. they want to identify with someone who's physically active. but to your point, president trump has kept a schedule beyond schedules. you know, i'm a surgeon. i used to keep a really very, very tough schedule and i'm always surprised at, you know, his 2:00 a.m. messages as they were to the world and everything. no, i think he's fine physically fat. other guys may be able to show a little bit more muscle or pec action but i think the president's done a pretty good job. >> ashley: absolutely i agree on that. we do have to switch topics here. the state department has released an unclassified version of its report detailing the breakdowns and communication and decision making during the afghanistan withdrawal. one of your constituents, sergeant nicole g was one of the 13 service members killed in kabul. not only do you have that tied

to this, there's that aspect of it, but also, do you take issue with the fact that they released this on the friday before not just a holiday weekend, but an extra long holiday weekend. because the 4th didn't fall until tuesday. usually we would see these on monday so it's even more time. what do you make of that timing? >> well, it implies guilt, ashley. basically, you know, ask chair man roberts -- rodgers rather was asking for these documents, same with representative mccall, asking for these documents, keep continuing getting blocked and blocked, which seems to be a mantra of this administration. then finally when the report comes out which absolutely dams and contradicts the white house report previously, of course, the white house wants to hide it, the administration wants to hide it and the best thing to do is to do that on a friday before a holiday weekend. this is just typical from them.

they've been about as transparent as a block of bricks. it's a very damning report. it does dam the trump administration a little bit, too, but the fact that the biden administration is the one that executeded this disastrous and deadly withdraw is pretty paramount in that report. . >> kevin: camp lejeune of course in your district so you understand well the service and sacrifice of so many. and just devastating to see what happened there and i'm glad we got a chance to get our eyes on this report. congressman as always we certainly appreciate you spending time with us and i hope you had a wonderful holiday, talk to you soon. >> we d hope you did too, god bless have a great, too. >> ashley: kevin you have a long day ahead of you my friend and like i said, he's like an energizer bunny can he do all of these things. i'm praying for you later on today, other than later on, do you have any other plans. >> kevin: two things. i have a little test coming up, little midterm so i'm ready to rock and roll on that, i have my

coffee, i've been studying. and before that i love to wash my car, you know i'm a car fanatic so i'm going to get out there put a little wash on my car wax it. >> ashley: are you going to do it yourself hand wash it. >> kevin: i would if i had more time today next time maybe. >> ashley: i'm going to the car wash. good to see you my friend. fox and friends starts right now. have a good day. >> you too >> federal judge is blocking key biden administration administration agencies from meeting with big tech companies in response to a lawsuit claiming the government engaged in censorship. >> the man who did this will face multiple counts of murder. >> five were killed and a gunman ram paged through the city of brotherly love. police say he randomly fired at cars and people on the seat. >> just saying this is tv not real life. >> the education president joe biden. >> the president and the first lady addressed 7000 of the country's educators promoting the administration's work to support school