making news on the show tonight. >> you'll get the sponsorship. hang in there. >> any moment now. jimmy, we like having you on either at 7:00 or 10:00. the thank you. >> you're the best, laura. >> jimmy is on the road. check him out everywhere he is. and remember, that's it for us. it's >> breaking right now, the very first look at today's planned testimony from irs whistleblowers who will go before house lawmakers in a matter of hours to expose pattern of interference and preferential treatment in the case of hunter biden. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. we will learn the identity of whistleblower x, who we know is a veteran special agent and a democrat who says hunter biden should be facing felony charges. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with all of the

breaking details this morning. good morning. >> lucas: good morning, carley and todd. not one whistleblower, but two coming out to testify on capitol hill. we do not know the identity of the second whistleblowers, whistleblower x. here is a bit from his opening statement, hunter biden should have been charged with a felon, tax felony and not misdemeanor charge. prosecutors did not do the ordinary process, slow walked and put in unnecessary approval from investigating the case. here is opening statement from irs whistleblower gary shapley levelling the following accusation. quote, prosecutors decided to conceal some evidence from investigators, they were ready by april 2020, delaware pushed

them off until after the 2020 election. i have seen undeniable pattern of treatment and obstruction of the process. house oversight committee not easer to hear from the two men saying, they will describe for us their disagreement and frustration with their supervisor, disagreements which began in 2020 when president trump ran the irs and the doj. only political interference is taking place right now with donald trump and gop colleagues who continue to assault rule of law and independent justice system. james comer says nonsense. >> the federal government has covered up the biden crimes. who is the person that ultimately determines whether or not crimes were committed in the government? that is what whistleblower x did. he was the top irs investigator

for international tax crimes. we couldn't have a more credible witness. lucas tomlinson >> lucas: comers hunter biden received preferential treatment. >> carley: that will happen next week, don't sign off on the plea deal because of what the whistleblowers are saying. could you imagine if he doesn't get the plea deal. >> todd: undeniable pattern of preferential treatment, that says it all. congressman russell frye, is on the house oversight committee, he will join us later in the show. >> carley: switching gears, country music star jason aldean is defending "try that in a small town," after cmt pulls it saying it is racist and about

violent protest. car jacking old lady at a red light. ♪ the owner of a liquor store, pull a gun, you think it is cool. cuss out a cop, spit in his face, stomp on the flag and light it up. yeah, you think it is us, try that in a small town. >> todd: marianne rafferty has the details. >> jason aldean denying the song has anything to do about lynching, he says it is about a small town. there is not a single lyric that references race or points to it. i can try to respect others to have their own interpretation of music, this goes too far. critics came out swinging on twitter. actors said good morning to

everyone, except jason aldean. cheryl crow says this is not american or small-town like, it is just lame. others saying, clearly, you know nothing about the history of that building and lynching, this is idiotic and this song sounds like a threat to me. i've lived in a small segregated town and this is revisionist history. aldean is i think issing in front of a courthouse in tennessee, site where henry chote was lynched after being accused of attacking a white girl. aldean's wife says on instagram, media, same song and dance, twist everything you can to fit your repulsive message. focus on the real message such as child trafficking. cmt pulled the video from the air on monday. back to you.

>> carley: thank you so much. when you pull something off the air because you don't want people to see it, it will want to make people see it more and that is what is happening today. this song has been out since may and this morning it is the number one song on the apple itunes charts. i read and reread lyrics trying to find anything controversial and i could not. this song is about crime and taking care of the old lady at the red light and the guy at the liquor store. >> todd: what is wrong with small town america looking after each other? that is what happens in a small town, the fabric of america that makes us special. big blue cities have abandoned their only real job, number one human instinct and self-preservation, you desire people that help you with that

number one desire, self-preservation. we love our small towns and the shenanigans jason aldean is calling out. >> carley: they are waiting to try to cancel him. it is another example of absolutely everything having to do with race when it has nothing to do with race, we had that with the tracey chapman thing. and chapman is thanking luke combs and luke combs and her are like best friends. thank you for recognizing that. >> todd: when the person that wrote it says your cover is not racist, that should be the end of it. >> carley: jason aldean is the winner this morning. former president trumps he expects to be arrested for a

third time as a target in a special counsel investigation, this time into january 6. >> the doj has become a weapon for the democrats, an absolute weapon. try to demean and diminish and frighten people, but they don't frighten us, we will make america great again. >> todd: more of trump's response and how this is impacting the primaries, don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪

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>> carley: michigan attorney general filing felony charges against 16 republicans, accusing them of acting as false electors for don in 2020. the ag says the group will face eight criminal charges, election forgery, which could land them each up to 14 years from prison. fox news digital reached out to the republican party for comment, but have not heard back. >> todd: former president trump expectses to be arrested and arraigned, he received a letter saying he is the target of the justice department january 6. >> it is interference with the election, never been done like this in the history of our country and it is a disgrace. what is happening to our country, border, elections, or

things like this where the doj become a weapon for democrats, absolute weapon. >> carley: criminal defense attorney lexi rigdon joins us. is the president right in saying this letter means he will face arrest and indictment and what are the charges? >> basically yes. if you are getting this letter, you are close to being indicted. it is very easy for a grand jury to return an indictment. that is the expect agtion and i remains to be seen. so many things thrown out, conspiracy, obstructing congress, inciting riot, which may be difficult based on constitutional concern. he has a right to free speech thchl is an interesting election season for him. >> todd: especially speech where he told people to protest

peacefully. this is your monthly trump indictment, expect one this month and another month. want your thoughts on this. here is more of donald trump talking to hanover last night. >> i am protected by presidential act. this man is a deranged prosecutor with tremendous failure, he is a nasty, horrible human being. biden has many thousands, 2000, almost 2000 boxes of documents. >> todd: your reaction to what trump said in light of the fact jack smith has propensity for going after gop presidential candidates and getting overturned by the supreme court 8-0 when he does so. >> you can co-exist in a mental state and realize that this

appears to be a political witch hunt. the more indictments are returned, that is being solidified and makes us look not great, this being loos like a third world country, where we indict our enemies, that is not what we do in this country. >> carley: he faces charges in new york for hush money, florida, classified document, georgia and washington, d.c. could be coming. this is understand hads of years in prison, where is this going? >> it is unprecedent the and hard to say where it will go. he doesn't have prior convictions. indictment stage and plea stage, this is far from beyond a reasonable doubt. remains to be see what he would face in the cases go to trial and he's convicted. >> todd: more charges he faces, higher his poll numbers go.

this is unbelievable to watch. switching gears, illinois set to become first state to end cash bail after supreme court ruled it does not violate the constitution. jd pritzger says, we can you have moo forward with historic reform to be sure pretrial detainment is determined by the danger an individual poses. other states, to be clear, gotten rid of cash bail in certain circumstances, this is eliminated in the state of illinois. your reaction. >> criminal justice reform is sweeping and there is bail in limited instances. it was a bipartisan issue in 2017 headed by chris christie. the intents, people were not

differently treated. the consequence to that, there is consequence to everything, even bail, there are people being charged with serious crime, where they may not have been had they had to make bail. there are consequences to reform. >> yes, this is something prosecutors and sheriffs have been fighting for month. a judge overturned it and state supreme court overturned that. they are saying this was a huge push out of cooke county in chicago. jails are overcrowded, what will this do? take people out of jail that should be in prison. what will that do to crime? we will wait to see. >> todd: not like chicago is the model, they are struggling. great to have you here. police searching nevada home in connection with unsolved murder

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kansas city to richmond, virginia. the northeast saturated ground, any more rain will lead to flooding pretty easily and we have another batch of rain heading in thursday and friday. a lot of kids going to summer camp and we have potential for flooding in the area. heat alert is another huge story for southern tier of the country from west coast to florida and breaking another record today. several records for the southwest. phoenix, longest 110-day streak was broke know. look at the forecast for next 10 days. if we go, we will continue this, over 110 degrees as we get into the next 10 days. this is precedented. very dangerous situation. we're hoping the power grids

hold, this heat is not going anywhere. >> todd: look at it, triple digits. thank you. israelis president herzog will address congress this morning after nine democrats voted against resolution that declared israel is not a racist state. the rabbi that served as donald trump's ambassador to israel joins us now. what do you make of the fact democrats cannot even agree on simple resolution in support of one of our country's greatest allies? >> we call it the unbreakable bond, i think democrats are testing that fact that it is unbreakable. israel is not a racist state and will boycott the visit from the

president is unprecedented. >> todd: rashida tlaib -- what mes message does that send to the jewish people? >> antisemitism is up, certainly in the past decade and to declare israel to be racist declares jews are affiliated with israel across the world and specifically in america, it puts a target on their back and my back. what approves, if you tell a lie long enough, it becomes accepted theory in washington, d.c. >> todd: what does jayapal say? claiming she is the victim, saying there is a double standard. it is not right to call out

progressives and recognize that most of us that get called out are women, black, brown, immigrant. you cannot skip over that. okay. your reaction to that. do you get the feeling that all their bluster, it seems like anti-semitism is okay in many parts of the democratic party? >> it demonstrates incredible ignorance. you have arab men and women who serve in the military to supreme courts, medical field, university professors across the board. israel has largest lgbtq+ pride parade in the middle east. try doing that in the palestinianian authority and it is punishable by death, these are things the squad stands for.

the ignorance is glaring. >> todd: how is the american-israelis relationship under president joe biden? >> not where it was in the previous administration, no doubt about it. five peace treaties in 121 days, we've been silent for three years. the day after the afghan de debacle, america today is weak on the world stage, that hurts our allies including israel. >> todd: we appreciate it. >> carley: have you seen this? charles barkly goes on a tirade against bud light boycotters. >> let me tell you something, all you redneck -- who don't want to drink bud light -- >> todd: another n.b.a. player

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>> todd: the white house

responding to reports that texas border agents were ordered to push migrant children into the rio grande. >> carley: more on these disturbing accusations. good morning. >> cheryl: they are disturbing. the texas attorney general is launching an investigation into the allegations reported in the houston article. white house pres secretary karine jean-pierre responding to the july 3rd e-mail from a medic to a superior that outlines the accusations. >> if this is true, it is completely wrong. i would say, sadly, it would not be surprising from a governor who -- let's not forget on christmas eve, put migrant children on the streets in below zero degree temperature, that is what we saw from this governor. we don't know if the reporting is true, it is truly troubling.

>> cheryl: we don't know if this is true. spokesperson for the texas military department telling abc news there is no directive. charlie green tweeting this video of migrant children being rescued at eagle pass, the opposite of what the e-mail is alleging. >> todd: we'll monitor that. charles barkley under fire. >> cheryl: retired n.b.a. star charles barkley who always has something to say usually went viral with this rant supporting the lgbtq community, watch. >> i'm going to buy some drinks for y'all and i'm going to buy bud light. let me tell you something, all you red necks -- who don't want

to drink bud light -- y'all. >> cheryl: okay, that prompted jonathan isaac to tweet, what does this mean? no one with human decency want trans or lgbtq people -- influence children. is that hateful? barkley made those comments at a golf tournament and added to the rants, he is not worried about being cancelled. >> carley: one walgreens is chaining up their freezers. employees say their store is targeted 15 to 20 times per day and freezers are one of the hardest hit aisles. richie greenberg joins us to discuss the crime epidemic. these are your pictures, this is

your walgreens, what is going on in san francisco? >> good morning, carley. exactly, this is my walgreens, i live about two to three blocks away. i've been living there for years, going to this location to pick up various items and it is the pharmacy. i went in and had a few moments to kill waiting for the prescription to get filled, i walked by typical of what he woo see over the last year on tv, where they have products put behind plexiglass. you have chains and padlocks that are holding back any thieves that come in to take frozen items and from what i learned, since i posted this on twitter, items like ice cream are in high demand with homeless

and drug addicts. this is ridiculous, the photos went viral clearly and it just adds to this unworkable situation of thefts happening from our walgreens and other stores on daily and hourly basis. >> carley: what is happening here is they are locking up the merchandise as opposed to locking up the people who are stealing it. it that a good solution? >> of course it is not. we see many stores, department stores across the nation, mostly cities run by most extreme left wing democrats, including san francisco and our mayor and city council, looking for no solutions whatsoever and that is crazy about this. extremely inconvenient for us as

shoppers to find merchandise locked behind plexiglass and eventually, these stores go out of business, which i fear will happen in mine, also. >> carley: such a good point, it is happening across the country at my drug stores, everything is locked up in new york city. it is inconvenient to shop there, you have to get a key. you stop going in the locations, people lose their jobs and quality of life goes down. biggest leaders end up being those in the community. >> in my neighborhood, we have fairly high percentage of

immigrants, asian, chinese and russian, many are elderly, senior families that have come to get important prescriptions filled. any locations would be det detrimental to our community. >> carley: hope you find another place to get your ice cream, we appreciate you joining us. thank you. >> todd: go to nancy pelosi's freezer, they are close in proximity. >> carley: the expensive kind. today we'll find out the identity of whistleblower x. a democrat special agent ready to expose doj interference in the hunter biden case. >> todd: congressman russell frye, will be in the hearing today, what will he ask? he'll tell us when he joins us next.

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>> carley: -- 13-year special agent within the criminal investigation division who is a gay democrat married to a man. >> todd: he states hunter biden should have been charged with

tax felony and not only tax misdemeanor charge and he's planning to ask the federal government to look into this case and other related cases. congressman russell frye, joins us now. the whistleblowers are expected to testify they witnessed undeniable pattern of preferential treatment for the bidens. with that, what is your first question to the whistleblowers? >> my first question, my line of questioning will center around merrick garland and attorney david weiss, there are inconsistent statement between the two. who was making the calls? either merrick garland perjury perjured himself. that is crucial to underbelly of this case. beyond that, this is uncling

hoo, first time both whistleblowers have come into the sunlight so we can hear first hand how these investigators were stonewalled at every turn. the american people deserve to hear that and expect it. >> carley: we know who gary shapley is, we will learn the name of whistleblower x, as he's combon, he will reveal his identity. how much weight should be put on the fact that he's a democrats, something we're learning right now, in terms of his credibility? >> it unravels the democratic narrative that know republicans are launching this fruitless investigation to score political points. he didn't fit the bill. both individuals are lifelong and investigated biggest tax schemes in our country. i think the truth will come out today and the american people can celebrate transparency they

deserve. >> todd: you know the democrats will twist themselves in knots today trying to discredit the whistleblowers. if i'm not mistaken, shapley is also a democrat. what are you planning on the republican side for them in terms of attacking the credibility? >> you are right. what is interesting is that the fbi through testimony that happened two days ago corroborated mr. shapley and mr. x's testimony. comes to stonewalling investigation, dragging your feet, letting statute of limitation expire, there is testimony of two brave whistleblowers, you have evidence from the fbi itself that backs up their story. >> carley: we'll be listening to testimony from the two

whistleblowers today. republicans can subpoena anybody. will we get to a point where the oversight committee subpoenas hunter or joe biden himself? >> i think that is possible, i lean on the chairman. they know what they are doing. both judiciary and oversight have done more in six months than these law enforcement agencies have done in six years. i think we are in a good spot continuing to let the facts dictate next steps. we will follow their lead, we are providing transparency for the american people. >> todd: whistleblower x is calling on an investigation. don't we have a special counsel somewhere operating in complete silence investigating joe biden,ie, other cases?

seems like jack smith is bringing indictment after indictment after indictment and guy investigating biden crickets. your reaction. >> that is the big question, these two whistleblowers are concerned with the facts about hunter biden. why was he getting special treatment? why were investigations stonewalled? why were you not allowed to ask certain questions? why did the fbi tip off hunter biden's side? this drives to idea of double standard of justice in this country. we have facts to investigates investigate, but why things are happening. >> carley: gary shapley said he was blocked from looking into anything having to do with joe biden. congressman fry, thank you for

joining us. >> todd: former president trump says he is being indicted for the third time and the liberal media has finally cracked the case. >> even jack smith can't resist a $5 foot long. >> message to donald trump. >> imagery was intentional. >> todd: i'm not sure this is real, we'll ask joe concha to react to expert analysis next. >> carley: first steve will react. >> steve: i'm hungry. are you happy? foot long turkey with banana pepper. >> carley: i like banana pepper with my turkey. >> todd: veggie foot long and scoop out the bread in the middle. >> carley: you don't. ooh. >> todd: only thing veggie i do.

>> steve: thanks. coming up, real food, we will have some. former president donald trump revealed he is target of january 6 grand jury. we have the latest on the investigation and democrats divided over israel. israelis president will address congress, some far-left squad members won't be attending. we'll tell you who. body suit body armor, you'll meet the tiktoker who claims kim kardashian skims shapewear saved her life after she was shot. how the star responded to the story coming up. don't miss john kennedy, representative jim jordan and kristi noem, stuart varney and ronna mcdaniel. 8 minutes and 30 seconds right

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former president trump's announcement that he expected to arrested yet again taking in interesting turn which they focused on the special counsel heading up the probe. watch. >> turns out even jack smith can't resist a $5-foot long. that's according to what we see right there. new and exclusive cnn video of the special counsel at subway. >> he was spotted today by cnn going to subway for lunch, picking up a sandwich, leaving, and not saying a word. >> i couldn't tell whether it was a foot long or was it a 6-inch sub. >> jack smith going to subway today is a message to donald trump. >> the imagery was intentional and spoke volume. >> intentional and spoke volumes. fox news contributor and columnist for the messenger joe concha joins us now. joe, they sure spent a whole lot

of time talking about subway. >> yeah. this is the old cnn. not the old, old cnn bernard shaw and the gulf war and doing actual journalism. this is the new cnn post chris licht the president ousted by internal mutiny that happened at that network because they had the audacity to put donald trump on their air for a town hall and everybody, the inmates basically see the new cnn and not like the old cnn of jeff zucker obsessing over subway sandwich jack smith that's their new god, basically, that's what this network is going to focus on. not the current president and joe biden and all the issues facing this nation it's all about donald trump and the guy who is trying to take down donald trump and what he eats for lunch. that's where cnn is at this point and that's why they can't even draw 500, 600,000 people in prime time, todd.

>> todd: i agree with your alternate controversial theory it's lunch. president biden seems to struggle meantime during oval office meeting with the israeli president. watch. >> well, mr. president, welcome back. welcome back to washington. welcome back to the white house. a pleasure to have you. we brought israelis and palestinians together at a political level and they -- at the -- and -- [inaudible] >> todd: i mean, look, the setup does not get any easier. this is an ally, this is friendly turf, this is a home game, you are literally reading off of note cards. set-up doesn't get any easier. how much worse county execution get one for the remainder of his presidency but, two, what about if that presidency goes on another four years, joe? >> that's the thing, right? we barely have seen a campaign right now out of joe biden. and the reason why is that he doesn't have the ability to campaign, it appears.

where you see the sitting president, the commander-in-chief, the leader of the free world apparently, he looks like he is about to fall asleep while meeting with an ally looking down, readings notes that are written for him. americans should demand better. they should say you know what? enough of this. because, obviously, this guy is not up for the job. you look at his daily schedule. it's peak. pathetic only word thatcomes tot run and can't be in the oval office because this is the 08-year-old version. imagine him at 86. democrats should be demanding somebody else run at this point and at least represent the party in a coherent fashion. that's where we are at at this point. we are just demanding our president to be coherent, let alone competent. i can't believe that more people ain't paying attention to this. i guess they are. this is unacceptable, i'm sorry but we see this from this president on daily basis, carley. >> carley: he is now leaning in to his age in speeches he is

making joking about it saying i'm 200 years old i'm 150 years old sometimes it is a benefit to the politician to lean into their weaknesses i don't know if it's going to work out in his favor in this instance. only time will tell. joe, got to leave it there thanks for joining us. >> bye. >> carley: he said it "fox & friends" starts right now. wow. ♪ >> the federal government covered up the biden crimes. >> we are to learn the identity of whistleblower x expected to give very compelling testimony over the federal probe into hunter biden's business dealings. >> my son has not made money in terms ever china. >> never been done like this in the history of our country. >> trump announced he's the target of a federal probe called special counsel jack smith deranged and looking at the former president focused on january 6th, 2021. classified documents last month. >> the white house refused t