>> we'll figure how to get the 1966 car down here so we can drive it. thank you everybody at the juke box diner. it has been great. steve and kaley, great to join you guys. >> steve: great job. thanks for joining us. >> i'll be here tomorrow and friday. see you then. >> bill: good morning. bad day for the biden administration. a judge accusing the president's team of censoring free speech. no good, as cocaine is found inside the west wing. good morning, everybody. back together again. i'm bill hemmer in new york. did you miss me that much? >> dana: this much. everybody in america missed you. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." good fourth of july? >> bill: awesome, spectacular. >> dana: wonderful usa. secret service agent found the white powder sunday night and forced officials to lock down

the white house while a hazmat crew came in. president biden and his family were at camp david at the time. >> bill: meanwhile, at the same time a federal judge issuing a temporary injunction against the administration barring many officials from contacting social media companies like twitter and facebook. they include the surgeon general, hhs secretary and the press secretary karine jean-pierre. >> dana: former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe is here. let's speak to mark meredith at the white house to give us an update. >> good morning. president biden welcomed thousands of visitors to the white house last night for the annual fourth of july celebrations. a beautiful night in the nation's capital. today there are growing questions about who and what is coming into the people's house after cocaine was found in the

west wing. the secret service said it's investigation is still ongoing. investigators discovered the substance sunday. the building was briefly evacuated. portions of the complex. the president did not talk about the incident last night when he hosted military family and his own family on the south lawn. we hope to get an update from the secret service or press office. republicans are celebrating a federal court injunction which bars the biden administration from communicating with major social media sites about the content their users are posting online. this basically restrictions were handed down by a trump appointed judge in louisiana prohibits the white house and agencies it over sees from flagging specific posts or asking for details to remove certain content. the judge says it is all about protecting the first amendment. much of this dates back to the pandemic while the white house

was saying social media. -- social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take account the effects their platforms have on the american people and make independent choices about the information they present. president biden hasn't been shy talking about his views on the role social media plays in our society and the spread of disinformation. listen to what he had to say two years ago in july of 2021. >> what is your message to platforms like facebook on covid information? >> president biden: it's killing people. it really -- look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated and they are killing people. >> that was the president back in july of 2021. we'll see if he weighs in further on this injunction. we're going to see the president on camera briefly today when he welcomes the prime minister of sweden to the white house. >> dana: it's a big meeting

dealing with nato. thank you, mark. >> bill: john ratcliffe is with us. here is what the court said by the judge. during a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. virtually all free speech suppressed was conservative free speech. covid was going on, new administration in the white house, what is your take? >> well, i think that language reflects that this was a stunning rebuke but also an appropriate one. my take is that this is going to hold up on appeal because everything that the plaintiffs in this case allege has been proven largely to be true. so when you think about with respect to covid-19, everything

from the origins, a lab leak, the efficacy of certain treatments, trance missability. you heard president biden talking about the pandemic of the unvaccinated. it was wrong and americans' ability to engage in honest debate was suppressed. you have these agencies with social media working to suppress the truth and amplify lies. with regard to the issue of the hunter biden laptop and election interference on that front as you recall, on october 18th of 2020 i came out as the director of national intelligence and said this is not russian disinformation. we have no intelligence of that. that was based in part on the fact my conversations with the department of justice and the f.b.i., with bill barr and director wray that the f.b.i. had the laptop and it had been

verified and was being used as part of what was described as a money laundering investigation. yet at that same moment we learned through the twitter files that there were f.b.i. agents at that very moment contradicting that with social media executives to again suppress the truth and amplify a lie that ultimately, you know, could be characterized as a domestic disinformation campaign before the presidential election. >> dana: john, the "washington post" wrote the judge's move to up end years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies. the question for you beyond covid, which is one of the best examples, is there a need for federal government agencies, any of the intelligence agencies or f.b.i. and d.o.j. to be communicating with social media companies to prevent attacks? i'm assuming that's where the opponents of this decision will come down and say but yet don't they need to be talking to them

to hopefully prevent something we haven't seen happen yet? we hope doesn't happen but that could happen? >> absolutely, dana. and they are right in part by saying it's up ended years of work of important collaboration, because we do have foreign adversaries trying to misinform the american public to sway elections. that very much can happen. we know those efforts have happened from our foreign adversaries. the problem in this case is the years of good work have been upended by social media executives and government officials who have abused that and the examples we've just talked about. it's ironic. the "washington post" is actually a co-conspirator in that. it was the mainstream media ironically that was complicit in this abuse of the first amendment and suppressing americans' free speech. so they did it to themselves.

that's the problem. that's going to be the challenge. >> bill: here is the thing. silicon valley listened. when they were given a request they followed what was coming out of washington. got 30 seconds. there is a tit-for-tat between beijing and washington happening every week right now. china says it will restrict the exporting of two different metals used in electric vehicles and in semi conductors. janet yellen is going to china this week. put these two together. >> yeah, look. we give credit to the biden administration. they did one good thing to china last occiput in our own restrictions limiting china's access to u.s. origin semi conductors and micro chips. things they needed to -- everything from hypersonics to artificial intelligence, to cyber-warfare tools. and by putting those restrictions in we've limited

the growth of the chinese military. i hope that the biden administration doesn't give up that leverage in this tit-for-tat because china imposed their own restrictions. in terms of trying to strike a conciliatory tony hope we don't give away the leverage we need to keep our national security posture against china's naked aggression. >> dana: that's a huge issue and it will heat up. john ratcliffe. thank you and happy fourth of july. >> same to you. >> dana: millions of americans heading home after the holiday, fourth of july. airlines the trying to recover from the weekend of travel troubles. be prepared. severe delays and staffing shortages could make your return flight miserable. my sister is stuck here for another day. i'm glad to have her. jonathan serrie is in atlanta at the airport. >> storms are predicted for much of the country as many americans

are returning from their fourth of july vacations. according to the traffic service flight aware, 834 flights within, into or out of the u.s. have already been delayed today. 86 have been canceled. those numbers are expected to go up as the day heats up, fueling pop-up thunderstorms in many regions. airline travelers are reporting mixed experiences. >> the lines have been long. i'm exhausted. >> i thought it would be a lot of people traveling since covid is over. i knew it would be extremely crowded today. again, it was smooth sailing. >> air travelers set a new record heading into the holiday weekend with nearly 2.9 million passing through tsa checkpoints on friday. up from 2 1/2 million on the same weekday last year. even that was above pre-pandemic

levels in 2019. but return travel volume is expected to be somewhat lighter. on the friday before the holiday weekend as people get off work you open up the floodgates. coming back people have staggered return plans so we're expecting them to return and nicely spaced out intervals over the rest of this week. dana, back to you. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: just for the record, sister angie is always welcome. on the record. moscow suggesting it could be open to a possible prisoner exchange that involves evan gershkovitch any such talks held away from the public eye. also the homeless crisis going if bad to worse, more people live on the streets.

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>> dana: devastating floods are sweeping southwest china. this morning at least 15 people have been killed, four people are missing. torrential rain is destroying homes and roads in the vast mountain region where 31 million people live. tens of thousands have been

evacuated. search and rescue teams are helping everyone stay safe. send our best there. >> i knew that joe would always be the education president because he knows that our nation's -- the success of our nation starts with you. he knows that education is key to filling those critical roles. i want you to know that he hears you. >> bill: that was the first lady referring to the president as the education president. but average test scores have plummeted since he was in office. fourth grade test scores are down five points in math and three points in reading going back to 2019. i'm certain covid had a lot to do with that and closed classrooms. >> dana: we should show also the eighth grade scores are worse. on math down 13%. not good. glenn youngkin was on "fox &

friends" this morning and had this to say about it. >> i what it to say i think she may be the only person who believes that. the vast majority of americans believe that joe biden has so undersupported and under prepared our kids for what we're dealing with. listen, schools were closed for an extended period of time because joe biden thought schools should be closed unnecessarily. now we see a learning loss across the nation that's unprecedented. we have lost decades of progress. >> dana: some of the states are taking this on. we told you about mississippi that turned its situation around with a focus on phonics and arkansas about to pass the law and mississippi school choice movement is gaining in steam and the president is on the wrong side of that. >> bill: we gave them a lot of money. you need more than money to make sure our kids are getting the right education. glenn youngkin said it best, years to go before we catch up. >> dana: also this story here. san diego rolling out a new solution to its rampant homeless

problem opening the first of two safe sleeping sites to move people off the streets. will it work? william la jeunesse has the story. >> it's a high bar for a lot of street people. they are addicted to drugs and alcohol and they don't like rules. but in this case the city had no choice because it recently banned homeless encampments in public areas, shelter beds according to the law must be available as the alternative. the homeless problem got so bad some businesses couldn't operate because sidewalks were commandeered and families couldn't use parks and playgrounds. >> it's a war zone. it is disgusting. lawlessness. >> i saw someone with a machete on 10th and broadway. people drive by like it is nothing. cops don't come. arrest people for selling fentanyl. make it so families don't have to walk in the street because

the tents are blocking the sidewalk. >> the number of homeless had jumped 32% in one year. many criticized san diego's approach. like l.a. it couldn't figure out if i wanted to build shelters and providers would not collaborate. now the city is getting aggressive. if the homeless do not move off the sidewalk they can be charged with encroachment and the two new sleeping sites add 500 beds. >> in is about keeping people safe from the violence and exploitation of predator drug dealers. making sure our sidewalks are passable and parks are safe and clean. >> so to have housing you need to build it. something california has refused to do. even in new york your homeless count is up with mayor adams there blaming the increase on migrants from the border and an end to federal money. dana. >> dana: william la jeunesse, a big problem across the country. we'll see how it goes in san

diego. >> bill: ben and jerry's ice cream. facing calls to beef cot the band. after this post yesterday. the u.s. was founded on stolen indigenous land. this july 4th let's commit to returning it. why we need to start with mount rushmore. they are the faces of men who destroyed indigenous cultures and ways of life. deny people their basic rights. however, you might want to keep that for another day as opposed to yesterday. >> dana: they like to be provocative, don't they? they got the attention they wanted. they might not get the reaction they expected. let's see what america does with that. you missed this. >> dana reads sports. >> 62 hot dogs and buns in ten

minutes for his 16th win. i give you the number one ranked eater in the world, joey chestnut. >> dana: long live the king. he munched his way to a 16th victory at the nathan hot dog eating contest. he ate 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. where did you come down? >> bill: well done. i think i do one on the corner, you know? in new york they have the hot dog stands. are you a fan? >> dana: i'm not. >> bill: i think it's the cheapest, best on the move lunch. >> dana: they smell good. >> bill: $3. >> dana: congratulations, joey chestnut. >> bill: i want to know if he uses mustard. that could help. >> dana: i could do more reporting before i come back with this so i can answer the questions. that's a lot of hot dogs.

>> bill: 62 is the record. middle east is active again. smoke rising over gaza in the after math of a deadly military raid there. tell you what's happening today. first from throwing phones to ashes on stage. fans getting feisty, adel has a message for you.

the families of four university of idaho students murdered last year now hitting back at a plan to demolish their house. a family attorney for one of the victims saying the school is ignoring the family's request for the house to be left standing after the accused killer, brian kohberger's trial. he is charged with four counts of murder in that case and it will get a lot of attention once they're back in court. stay tuned. >> dana: lawmakers are trying to get ahead of any potential threat from artificial

intelligence, even threats as dangerous as nuclear warfare. a california congressman outlining legislation to prevent a.i. from launching its own nuclear weapons. let's bring in kara frederic from the department of defense. former analyst. i could see concern about this. the thing i wonder about this is can it pass and also, what if the adversary doesn't have that? >> exactly right. with all of thieves policy proposals, the devil is in the details, right? we had a national security commission on a.i. it was decommissioned in 2019 and 1 of its foremost recommendations. we talk about autonomous weapons systems. i think there should be guardrails. there always have to be a human in the loop as i've said before. it is self-evident. the fact the lawmakers are codifying it into law it speaks volumes. unless something like this is

passed if it does, then i think people are sort of up in the air. but as you said, with the whole adversary competition issue, we've talked about this before. china is going to go full steam ahead on the applications and use cases of artificial intelligence. we try to steer away as a.i. researchers from killer robot scenarios. it matters. now that the broader public is coming into awareness of a.i. when it comes to large language models, chatgpt, i think we have to remind people that a human has to retain control over these decisions or else we're over. >> bill: if you could get an international agreement. big state players have an agreement. we need to insure meaningful human control to launch any nuclear weapon. i mean, come on, it is black and white. we should definitely have that at a minimum. >> i agree with you.

the republican co-sponsor of this bill ken buck is great on these issues when it comes to emerging technologies. he is at the forefront of understanding what a lot of these calmer -- we need to make sure to codify this. i make an analogy to climate change and crisper technologies. adversarial nations with less human rights considerations will keep developing these technologies. if we let them do whatever they want to do, i mean, humanity is not going to benefit. we have to, i think, get the biggest coalition of allies we can and frankly strong arm some of our adversaries into instituting some of the guardrails which are extremely important. >> dana: we were talking at the break about twitter and it is evolving and you describe it well as having growing pains as elon musk takes it over and figures what he wants to do with

it. mark zuckerberg of me eta and facebook will create threads. we have a picture of what it would be looked like attached to instagram account. is it twitter for instagram? >> they are relying on the user base instagram has cemented to launch the product and the preview for the musk and zuckerberg cage match. i was there when they adopted snap the stories into instagram. so mark zuckerberg takes a lot of ideas from other products and companies themselves and bringing it into the meta fold. as we talk about it on mornings with maria i wouldn't count against mark zuckerberg. i think it is smart but i want to see elon musk succeed. i hope twitter gets its feet under it. >> bill: thanks for coming in today. >> dana: happy fourth of july.

>> bill: ups workers now could go on strike as negotiations over a new contract hit a wall. earlier today the teamsters union and ups accused each other of leaving the table. both sides have until the end of july to reach a deal and avoid the first work stoppage since 1997. gerri willis has more. where does it stand now? >> still up in the air. that's what we've got going on right now. chances are growing that we'll have a strike after a teamsters union accused the delivery company of walking away from negotiations over a new contract claiming the delivery firm denied. they said ups made an offer that was rejected and the company had walked away from the negotiating table. ups released a statement earlier this morning that reads in part the teamsters have stopped negotiating despite ups's historic offer. we have nearly a month left to negotiate and have not walked

away and the union has a responsibility to remain at the table. now at stake in all of this a contract that would cover full and part-time ups employees who deliver the goods, load the trucks, handle the packages. that deal expiring at midnight july 31st. a strike with the millions of daily deliveries at risk including medicines for treating cancer and other illnesses. there has only been one national strike at ups. that was 26 years ago in 1997. that cost the company $850 million and lasted 15 days. sources say one of the big issues is the modernization of the company is what they are arguing over. all of this happening as labor unions enjoy higher bargaining power amid post pandemic labor shortages. so a lot going on there. i think you can expect more of the same. >> bill: interesting story in a changing world, too. thank you for that, gerri. nice to see you in person.

>> good to see you. >> dana: taliban are prohibiting women's beauty salons from operating in afghanistan. they have one month to shut it down. the latest restriction on afghan women's rights following bans of education, being in public spaces and most forms of employment. united nations is working with authorities to reverse the order but seems to me the taliban pretty much want women to stay home behind closed doors and completely covered and wrapped and not to have the life they want. >> bill: how is that working out for you? wow. >> dana: what do you have now? >> blood everywhere. >> she stabbed herself. >> where? >> she fell on a knife. >> want to do cpr with me over the phone? >> i have to, right? >> dana: a petition to reopen a 12-year-old cold case in philadelphia. a teacher found dead inside her apartment with nearly two dozen stab wounds and other injuries. the manner of death was switched

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>> dana: sticker shock for drivers in washington state. gas prices have now surpassed california. prices are sitting at $4.98. that's a lot. almost a buck 50 higher than the national average and worse for those in bigger early areas where it surpasses $5. >> bill: i was just in north carolina. 3.10, 3.12. really good, right? saved some money. "wall street journal" says washington state imitates california. the evergreen state has the highest gasoline prices and seattle may tax capital gains. you don't want that trying to save money. getting killed at the pump. >> dana: hurt your economy and your people. you can decide not to follow california's example. that's allowed. i don't know if they know that out there. want to get to this crime story.

unbelievable. >> help, i walked and she is on the floor with blood everywhere. >> what is the address? >> please come, help. >> bill: so that was the 911 call 12 years ago. this after a man found his then fiance dead in her apartment in philadelphia. she had 20 stab wounds in the upper body. she had a large laceration to the back of her head and multiple bruises. despite all this her death was ruled a suicide. after the medical examiner switched it from a homicide with no explanation. nancy grace is with us here. this is morning television. i want to caution our viewers we will show an image here from what is a recreation of the stabbing. it is brutal. leave it up for a couple seconds here. i don't know how you do this, nancy, if you are trying to inflict pain on yourself.

you have studied the case. what do you think of it now? >> after decades of studying the methods and assessment of homicide and suicide, this is no suicide. there is no way ellen greenberg would have murdered herself, committed suicide much less in this manner. she had just sent out the save the dates for her wedding. she was thrilled about it. she had just come home from an early release day during a blizzard as a school teacher. called all the students' families to make sure the students got home. was in the middle of making lunch and suddenly decided i will kill myself. aside from the evidence, one of those wounds is postmortem according to the experts. in other words, her heart was not beating at the time with the wound to the back. 20 wounds, some overlapping and

maybe more stab wounds to the back and the back of the neck. impossible for this to be suicide as you correctly stated. at first the medical examiner ruled it a homicide. meeting with cops and prosecutors, suddenly decide i was wrong, it's a suicide. total b.s. >> dana: what is happening now? understand the philadelphia mayor is under scrutiny. a demand to reinvestigate the case and they are resisting that. why? >> it's all political. i hate to think of what her parents have gone through in this horrible nightmare just trying to get justice for their daughter. as it turns out, there are allegations that the fiance, who had come home and had left the apartment for about 45 minutes to go work out downstairs, then comes back upstairs and woe, ellen is dead. turns out his family, according

to allegations, are donors to the then attorney general, josh shapiro. that's a conflict of interest. a huge conflict of interest. and in the last days, the attorney general's office has agreed that there is the appearance of a conflict and now there are demands that the philadelphia mayor reopen this case and get justice. will they do it or will the mayor also cave to political pressure? >> bill: you mention the fiance. was he ever questioned? >> he was questioned. he was questioned. he is now married and living a happy life while ellen's parents are in hell. several items were taken from the apartment, like her laptop and other items, before police

could get there. the parents couldn't find that. it was missing. there are too many circumstances surrounding this case indicating it is no suicide. it breaks my heart to see the people you should trust the most refuse to reopen the case. i also think there needs to be an independent medical examiner's office involved so we get a clear picture of what happened to ellen. >> dana: we reached out to the city of philadelphia and have not heard back. i'm wondering if for people watching this who maybe never knew her but watch it and think it is wrong, what can they do? is there anyone to pressure to fry to reopen this? >> as a matter of fact i have this for you. the number for the a.g. is 215-686-2181. and there are nearly 200,000 signatures on a petition, justice for ellen rae greenberg

that you can sign. it is a crying shame when the voice of us, the voters, go unheard because that's what is happening right now. i just got off the phone with ellen's parents and they wake up every morning in this hellish nightmare trying to clear their daughter's name. literally fighting against prosecutors and law enforcement that should be helping them. >> bill: she said the big question is why josh shapiro is now the governor? the mayor and the courts are so radio silent. that continues to this date. nancy, maybe you can put some attention on this, all right? >> can i tell you one more thing. you are rushing to the next headline. turns out fiance's family went to high school with the then attorney general. they go way back. >> bill: nancy, we'll try to get some answers. thank you for coming on.

>> dana: good to have nancy on your side. thank you so much. it wasn't just one shark or two but dozens spotted swimming off a beach on long island during the busy fourth of july weekend. details for you ahead. a retired navy seal on a new mission to revive the values our country was built on. mike joins us with his patriotic message. ♪ veteran homeowners making a big car payment every month? car loans can be expensive and the payments high. consolidate that car loan into a newday home loan and save hundreds every month.

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>> bill: my gosh, deal me in, dana. key lime pyrite there. florida keys celebrating its 200th birthday with a giant key lime pie more than 13 feet in

diameter. >> dana: i would rather eat the key lime pie than the hot dog. i love it. >> bill: organizers of the by >> we could send joey chestnut to the keys. >> dana: we can do all sorts of things. >> bill: what's the best thing about key lime pie? >> dana: crust. we've still got it. ♪ america, america, ♪ >> dana: life, liberty and pursuit of happiness used to be the foundation of our country. now our next guest wrote a piece that says it's time to return to the bedrock values of our nation's founding fathers. mike is a retired navy seal and great to have you here, mr. intensity was your name. captain intensity. i love it.

we could make a hollywood show out of that. what do you want people to know? >> there is a question out there are america's best days behind us? the answer to me is no. if we make it so. there are some modern values that contrast with the spirit of 1776. chief among them is a problem i call the me, myself and i. what's in it for me? when it should be we. you know, you look at 9/11. remember the days after that? didn't matter if you were a democrat, republican. black, white, stray, gay. we put that aside. we have a serious values issue. >> bill: here is the graphic. republicans, democrats, independents. what you will see on this line here, republicans in red, independents in white, democrats in blue. you are right about 2002 and 2003. the apex for this is. it should not take an international tragedy, terrorist

act, to get those numbers up. >> it shouldn't. a big part of this, i hate to say where we expect our leadership to be the best in the national capital region, it is not so great. when you look at our youth, always the next best generation, we have to set the example through our behavior, professionalism and tact. one of the highest forms of learning is behavioral. right now is answer is no. accountability. we've replaced accountability and personal responsibility with victimhood. because someone has so much, i have so little. everyone that doesn't work out in my life is someone else's faults. that's a disease like comfort is a disease and the antithesis of growth. we are setting such low standards for our nation. >> dana: mike rowe recommended a book called the comfort crisis. a fox news recent poll asked are

you proud of the country today. 53% of people we surveyed said no. how do we turn that around? >> first if you are going for a majority view to get 100% of americans on board get that out of your mind. research shows that 45% supported the war, 45% supported the war for independence. i think a lot of people would rather live on their knees than die on their feet. it always takes a commited few, the power of the few to drive this nation forward. don't worry about the people in the victim category you will never pull out. we few can set the example with accountable, kindness, respect and drive this nation forward. >> bill: you are from northern california. >> now in austin. >> bill: you wrote a piece for fox digital. let us not shy away from considering how future generations will perceive us. what does that mean to you?

>> again, i teach leadership development for a living. my passion and culture. everything we do, it's a phrase, people will be what people can see. are we setting the example for the next generation to come behind us and be better than us? much like the seal teams. did we train the younger seals to be better than us? i think the answer is yes. they will face more challenges, china, ukraine, compared to our conflict in the middle east. we need them to be better. >> dana: as well as our education system. we started the show today talking about the k-12 education. the test scores are have gone down. they were going down before then. you have to have an educated public that cares about their own personal advancement and a knowledge of civics and history in order to do what you are suggesting. >> civics should be mandatory and taught with pride. this isn't the land of perfect or fairness, it's the land of opportunity. you get out of it what you put into it. even more so, have you seen

leadership development or teaching attributes to young children in public education? it doesn't exist. >> dana: captain intensity could do it. >> bill: don't call him mr. >> dana: i know, it is captain. thank you. good to have you. >> bill: happy fourth of july. >> dana: fox news alert the fourth of july holiday weekend plagued by deadly violence. 13 people killed following mass shootings in major cities over the past three days. tough news for a lot of families out there. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning. i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home. overnight three were killed, six wounded in louisiana when someone opened fire at a holiday gathering. the nation's capital in washington experiencing violence, nine people injured and including two minors from a drive by shooting. baltimore an 18-year-old and 20-year-old were both shot and killed at a block party. th