♪ ♪ if pressure. >> point of order -- >> you'll not bully us here in chino. alicia: hundredsing -- turning out for a heated school board meeting as a policy requiring parents to notify -- faculty to notify parents, a speech passionately opposing the policy. welcome to "fox news live." i'm alicia acuna, hi again, griff. griff: i'm griff jenkins. heated debate surrounding parents' rights and lgbtq issues. christina coleman is digging and the latest. >> reporter: in a contentious

hours-long school board meeting just east of los angeles, the school board voted 4-1 thursday night in favor of a new policy that requires school staff to notify parents in writing after a student requests to identify with a genderrer different than what is on their birth certificate. state superintendent of public instruction tony furman says the policy tramples on the safety and rights of students. he got in a very heated exchange with the school board president who is many favor of the new rule. she says parents should know what's going on with their kids. furman was escorted out of the building by security as people were shouting and yelling. here's the school board president's reaction to the tense meeting. >> but what i saw here tonight was just catering to a mob mentality that has disregard for the safety of many of our students who are vulnerable and at risk. >> we think he's a danger to our students. he continues to push things that

pervert children, and he continues to push out parents and bring in policies to create division between families. >> reporter: california attorney general rob banda says it violates students' autonomy. he says, quote, as a father of three, it breaks my heart to think of the bullying, harassment and hate our lgbtq+ youth are forced to endure, unfortunately, even sometimes in their own homes. however, in the meeting some parents strongly support the new rule arguing they have a right to know what's going on with their kids. >> please follow through -- [inaudible] because nothing is more important than protecting our children and keeping the parent- [applause] >> reporter: also the state superintendent reportedly says he plans to challenge the new policy on both the state and federal level. griff? griff: hey, christina, so our viewers understand, it seems like based on what you're saying, we haven't heard the last of this.

>> reporter: no. it could go on for a while. like i mentioned, the state superintendent says he wants to challenge it, and at this meeting there were hundreds of people there. you had both people who support it and critics, and some of those critics say this adds additional responsibility to school staff to, you know, get in contact with these parents which could be uncomfortable for them. but again, you have those parents who say they absolutely have a right to know what's going on with their kids. so we'll are to wait and see what happens. griff: christina coleman with the latest, great job. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ alicia: republican calls to impeach president biden growing allowedder following the release of an fbi document highlighting allegations of bribery against the president and his son hunter. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more. >> reporter: that unclassified fbi document alleges that joe biden and his son hunter each received $5 million to get

ukraine's top prosecutor fired when widen was vice president -- biden was vice president and his son hunter was on the board of that same energy company that the prosecutor was investigating. the fbi informant says the head of ukrainian oil giant burisma was, quote, can coerced to pay joe biden his, quote, stupid son hunter. in the last hour, griff interviewed a republican on the house oversight committee who said everything those irs whistle blow ors was not refuted by democrats. they wanted more charges leveled against hunter biden for tax fraud. >> they were stonewalled in doing their job. these are very credible witnesses, and what i pointed out in my testimony when i had my opportunity to question these witnesses is that not one single democrat that went and threw darts at them during this whole, you know, hearing which lasted many hours, none of them attacked the substance and credibility of what they had to say. >> reporter: alicia, none of this fbi document could be verified, although some said the

same about the steele dossier. recall, donald trump was impeach for asking ukraine's president to investigate the bidens. now some republicans want to return the favor. >> you've got the substance of the allegation, then you also have the obstruction by the fbi into the investigation of hunter biden. >> that is an impeachable offense. that's quid pro quo. that's influence peddling, and that's bribery. >> this is the very essence of a two-tiered justice system that we have going on in america right now. >> reporter: now, switching gears, the gop 2024 primary, see the numbers here, earlier today new hampshire governor chris sununu gave the following warning to gop candidates trying to take down donald trump. >> you're not going to get a trump voter, right? they're with trump. [laughter] so if the base is with trump, he's still going to be in the race. so you've got to find your own path. >> reporter: not exactly an optimistic assess assessment there. trump faces a may 2024 trial

date, hunter biden will make his first court appearance in wilmington on wednesday over those two misdemeanor tax charges and the felony gun charge. alicia in loeb leesh campaigning for the white house will keep a person print busy, so how is donald trump going to run for office and defend himself in court? >> reporter: he's certainly going to be busy. this is unprecedented in u.s. history, no president or exe-president's ever been indicted, and now the former president is looking at three indictments. alicia: lucas tomlinson, thank you so much. griff? griff: all right, returning now to the debate surrounding parents' rights, our top story there. let's bring in our political panel, with us today, marc lotter, former special to president trump, and scott bolton, former committee chair. there's so much to talk about from from trump to hunter to rfk jr., i want to get to him, but let's start with that parental rights case. we keep seeing these cases

playing out, and it seems a no-brainer that parents should be notified on what the heck is going on with their kids. but yet it's not. so, scott, let me start with you. is this a vulnerable issue for democrats in statements where these -- states where these cases are playing out? >> i don't think so, because parents are parents first. remember, these are minors, if you will. you can't make decisions on behalf of the parents, the school board and what have you, you can't make these decisions. i don't know how you create an equation like this or a reg that says you don't have to tell the parents. i understand the threat and the safety of the students. if you have evidence of that, then you can create a continuum of care to support that student in his or her home and outside of his or her home. but democrat and republican, identify got to -- i've got to tell you, if you did something with my child who wanted to change his or her identity and won't tell me about it and then you remove them and won't tell me why, that's a pretty high

policy to defend, and i would bring a lawsuit. griff: marc, clearly made a big issue out of that. do you see that happening? >> absolutely. it's the conservative republicans who are going to fight for parental rights. these are our children. they don't belong to the government of the teachers union, and if something is going on at school involving my child, i have a right to know, period, edge of discussion. as you pointed out, griff, they lost on this with glenn youngkin in virginia, ron desantis made this a big issue in florida. we've had soccer moms, we've had suburban moms, right now we've got angry moms. and if they vote, it's bad news for the democrats. give you said that guy in california had the sound bite, this is the mob mentality, he almost said mom mentality. and i'm thinking it is actually a mom mentality. i don't want to beat this to death, but one last question -- go ahead. >> you know, this is the presidential race. this may be a national issue for the gop, but i don't think it's

going to get them to the end zone. they can try and make it that and is put it on the table in the concept of education, if you will, but i don't think it's a selling issue. griff: but, scott, let me stop you there. okay, i was working fourth of july, i was one of the folks that got the short end of that stick, and it was great because i was watching when first lady jill biden came back. she gave that short little speech saying we all knew joe biden was going to be america's education president. but on his watch you've got the nea and others labeling these parents domestic terrorists? come on. joe biden's america's education president in. >> well, you can't blame joe biden for that. i certainly don't believe parents ought to be labeled terrorists, but it's a personal issue for our kids and parents. and so, again, i think there are a lot of other meat issues and at lot of issues the gop has to pursue in order to get to the white house in 2024, and i just don't think there's a pathway on this particular issue. griff: you're looking at me, you've got something to say.

>> when you add it with an economy where people can't afford groceries and gas and immigration and crime in their communities and parents' rights, it all starts to add up. and i think this is just one more of those logs throwing on the fire that has suburban votes rethinking where they were and where they're going to be. >> too many issues though for the voter to manage through all four of those. you've got to have a concise message, and right now that's too many messages. i just don't think this education and transgender issue is going to be a big issue that's going to bring independents and others over to the republican party. >> griff: yeah. there's a new messenger that seems to be catching a little bit of lightning in a bottle, rfk jr -- >> he's a republican, by the way. [laughter] griff: he's a democrat in the democratic primary. >> his daddy was a democrat, he's something else. [laughter] griff: you raise a point now, here is jfk's grandson, his only grandson, had this to say about rfk. listen. >> if my cousin, bobby kennedy

jr., cared about any of them, he would support joe biden too. instead he's trading in on camelot, celebrity, conspiracy theories. i've listened to him. i know him. i have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president. what i do know is, his candidacy is an embarrassment. griff: oh, ouch! let me just add to that because rfk was on capitol hill, democrats really don't want him around. watch this. [inaudible conversations] >> if you videotape this hearing, it could be a "saturday night live" skit except it's not funny. >> [inaudible] and he should not be given a platform. >> he has expressed hate speech, hateful speech which is not protected by the first

amendment. griff: but, scott, he's getting some real attraction. i think the latest quinnipiac had it, like, 71-14%. clearly not a threat yet -- >> that's traction? terrorist give -- but obviously drawing some attention. >> i don't think that's traction, with all due respect. i think he's an annoyance, a distraction, if you will. if you listen to his policies, they seem to be rooted in anti-semitism, and he's a conspiracy theorist and what have you. there's 14% because if you ask democratic voters do you want biden to run again, they may not want him to run again because of age and what have you, but if you say if he's on the ball to ott -- ballot against a republican nominee, 9 a 5% of democrats are going to vote for biden. rf fk is going nowhere. griff: do you agree? >> i agree with a lot of what scott said, but here we are once again. democrats don't like the speech, what do they try to do in they try to censor it. they say he should be deplatformed, they even made a

move in that committee to take it to executive session -- >> yeah. >> -- so the american people couldn't see it. censorship once again, it's not the answer in america. we all have a right to be wrong. griff: but you see is rfk catching the bernie sanders momentum that we saw against hillary in. >> i don't think so. i mean, he actually had 20% in the fox news poll a few months ago, he's going down much like what we see with ron desantis collapsing on the republican side -- [laughter] for different reasons -- griff: let's shift gears right now. that's the most fascinating thing happening in are republican politics, why is desantis falling? rhode island celeb ramaswamy is gaining in the polls. he's till in the single digit, and we had a surrogate for ramaswamy last hour saying it's a revolution. yet desantis having trouble. why? >> failure the launch. he really just never got out of the gate. i think he had that huge lead, a lot of momentum right after the election, but then he had to sit

and wait for eight months before he could announce for a variety of reasons. he that momentum, has never been able to gain it back. and when you look at the polls right now, there is only one candidate aside from donald trump, obviously, who's moving upward, and that is vivek ramaswamy. now, it's an uphill climb. he's still around 10 percent, that's still a long way to go, but he is growing. griff: how do you see it, scott? >> i would be, i dare say not to disagree with you, i will offer you some friendly amendments. i think desantis' campaign is focusing on the state issues like disney, like this investment piece that came out last week, and those aren't national issues. if you want to run for president, you have to look presidential, you have to connect with voters and talk about national issues. he's failed to do that. i think on top of what you said, those are challenges as well. this whole issue of reengineering or starting over, well, this is the bigtime. there's no room to start over if you're six months out and you

had to launch a lot of money. his biggest threat right now because it's a flailing campaign is losing his big donors because he doesn't have any small donors. this isn't a movement with him. he's just not connecting with the voters, and if he loses the big money contributors, you're going to see other people move up to that 20%, because he can't stay in. >> one-person race right now, and trump's lapping the field. griff: okay, you're right -- >> -- find new voters. the other 19 candidates, they've got to go find new voters because that 30, 40% of maga voters isn't leaving. they're not going anywhere no matter what. frey give you're spot on, and lucas tomlinson had that sound bite, to that point. let's finish this great conversation about trump in all of these legal issues. we anticipate we're likely going to see even more indictments. so walk it e out. we're a long ways away from the election. how do you see this playing out in terms of being a challenge for trump being on the campaign trail as alicia asked lucas,

running for president and defending going to, you know, the charges against him. >> in one way aside from the legal, the legal side of it, from a political side of it, every time he walks into that courtroom, every eye in america is going to be on him. he will probably stop and talk before court, after court. i mean, it's his own built-in national television news rally every single day. and what we've seen is every single time they indict him, he gets stronger and stronger because it just shows we have a two-tiered justice system in america. while hunter is free, joe's not getting investigated, here they are once again charging me. griff: i've only got ten seconds left, scott. >> i need at least ten minutes to respond. [laughter] the problem is donald trump's going to walk into one of these courtrooms on the criminal side, and they're not going to let him walk out. he's looking at at least two other indictments by the end of august, it's going to be hard to manage traveling and sitting in a criminal courtroom, it just doesn't happen. i represent elected officials

who have been under indictment running for office, it is literally impossible. every night he's thinking about going to jail and his liberty. griff: we'll see where this goes, and we'll have both of you, scott, marc, great political panel. have a great weekend. alicia? alicia: great conversation. jason aldean is planning to take the stage tonight in wisconsin as thousands of his fans push back against liberals trying to cancel his new number one country song. ♪ ♪ our ears connect us to the moments that matter. give them the nutrients they need with lipo. it's formulated with ingredients clinically shown to protect your ears from dizziness, ear ringing, and even hearing loss. never miss a moment with lipo flavonoid. (vo) in three seconds, this couple will share a perfect moment. (woman) is that? oh wow!

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♪ ♪ alicia: former president donald trump facing new legal troubles, this time for his alleged role in the january 6thth insurrection. trump posted about his potential third indictment on truth social earlier this week indicating the move is political, saying, quote, merrick garland, the attorney general, together with joe biden's department of injustice have effectively issued a third indictment and arrest of joe biden's number one political opponent who is largely dominating him in the race for the presidency. for more on the legal fallout9 of this potential indictment, cole hi stimpson joins us, senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation, culley, thank you very much for being here. so start with these potential charges. we're going to put them up here.

conspiracy to commit offense or defraud, witness tampering, depp rah rah vegas of rights under color of law -- deprivation of rights under color of law. if you could flesh this out for us and also the timing of a potential indictment, when you think that would happen. >> sure. of course, you got a target letter a week ago -- or last sunday. typically it means you're about to be indicted, and he -- jack smith, the prosecutor here, gave him until this thursday to testify in front of the grand jury. obviously, no defendant's going to take advantage of that. so i think an indictment is imminent, probably this coming week. typically you wait million the end of the investigation -- until the end of the investigation to invite the potential defendant in because you've basically locked up your case. now, "the new york times" has a different set of potential charges, but basically we don't know until we see the indictment. it's that he conspired to obstruct an official

proceeding -- obviously, the vote count -- that he obstructed the official proceeding somehow, and somehow he engaged in wire fraud or some other fraud by using texts or e-mails or sending money across state lines to effectuate that fraud. that is a much different kind of case though, alicia, than the document documents case because in the documents case you either have the documents and they're a classified or not, and you have a defense of that or not. here he has to stitch together a much more compelling story if they issue the indictment. alicia: special counsel really has to have an airtight case here. i mean, water-tight. >> yeah. because, look, it's going to be tried in the district of columbia i where i was a prosecutor. i suspect the jury's not going to be very favorable towards donald trump. i suspect if he is indicted here, his lawyers will try to move it out of the district and have it tried somewhere else so he can get a fair and impartial jury. but wherever the jury is if this goes to a trial, the government's going to have to

have water tight evidence and have evidence well beyond a reasonable doubt because proving conspiracy and proving all these moving parts is a much different type of case than the classified documents case which is sort of you either had it and they were classified and you have no defense or not. whereas this is a lot of movinginging parts. so the speaking indictment, the indictment that will come down in the near future, i believe, will have to lay out a factual predicate with witness testimony, documents, e-mails, texts to talk to the public, to explain why they think they can take this massive step forward and yet again indict a former president. alicia: well, and trump's attorney was on with john roberts and sandra smith earlier this week. take a listen. >> i've never heard of anyone get indicted for asking for an audit. what president trump was looking for was the truth, was to find out exactly what happened in those seven contested states.

that's just not criminal. alicia: culley? >> exactly the kind of defense you would expect, the kind of defense i put forward when i was a defense attorney. you take the facts and you flip them around and say this is reasonable urn the circumstances. and so i think that's a preview of what the defense will be. they obviously know what's in the target letter and the supposed three charges, so that's exactly what i would expect from a good defense lawyer. alicia: let's just touch quickly on the politics of this because there are a lot of republicans out there who are pointing out -- and democrats can't ignore the fact that every time something comes up that challenges the former president, he seems to really rise in the polls. that doesn't matter in the court of law, but does it matter at all in. >> well, think it matters to people who are devout followers and defenders of his. it matters the people who think the fbi has been weaponized. the russian collusion hoax with durham proved beyond any doubt it was a hoax that was started by hillary clinton's campaign.

so, yeah, it matters especially as a political matter. remember, the only constitutional requirement to be president of the united states is to be 35 years or older and to be a natural born citizen. period. so he's constitutionally eligible to be president regardless of whether he's indicted, convicted or sitting in prison. alicia: he's going to have some serious challenger gymnastics next year, that's for sure. culley stimson, thank you so much. >> thank you. griff: country music singer jason aldean set to take the stage tonight at the country thunder music festival as debate over the music video for his song "try that in a small town" rages on. garrett tenney is live in twin lakes, wisconsin, with the very latest on this controversy and the band's about to get rocking and rolling. garrett? >> reporter: hey, griff, good afternoon to you. yeah, most of the folks that we've spoken to here at this country music festival, the fans are surprised that this song and this video have really turned into a controversy at all.

where this controversy surrounds is in this music video, which you can see part of here, there are clips, it's filled with them of crimes, protests, riots, and some of those scenes are from the black lives matter demonstrations a few years ago. jason aldean says that might fly in the city, try that in a small town. well, this week, cmt, country music television, stopped areaing that -- air aing that video. partly since the courthouse where the video was filmed was the site of a race riot in the 1940s and where a mob hanged a young black man in 1927. that controversy is playing out a whole lot differently here at the country thunder music festival where fans said anyone who's from a small town where you know your neighbors, those folks know exactly whattal dean's song is about. >> yes, there's violence in every town, but i don't think he's pronoting violence. -- promoting violence. look at what's happening in all these big cities, and you're

just not seeing this in small town usa. >> i think somebody's going to knit pick everything. -- nitpick. >> i think the song is about community, and it's about promoting taking care of your neighbor, and it's not about anything that has to do with race. it has to do with making sure you and your neighbors are healthy and fine. >> reporter: aldean fired back at critics this week saying they have gone too far, and his song has nothing to do with race or encouraging violence. and last night at his show in cincinnati which was his first performance since this all blew up, he told the crowd it's been a long week and then said what i am is a proud american. i love our country, i want to see it restored to what it once was before all this stuff started happening to us. now, his song "try that in a small town" came out two months ago. the music video came out just about a week ago, and in that time despite all of the

criticism and cmt taking it off the airwaves, it now has more than 10 million views on youtube, and it has been topping the charts on the itunes playlist all week. give? griff: are there any protesters -- protesters that you've seen out there? >> reporter: no. we have not seen any out here. one woman we spoke to i mentioned to you earlier, she said as far as the reception that jason aldean will have, we're in the middle of a giant cornfield in rural wisconsin, so i think t going to be pretty positive, is what she said. griff: garrett tenney live at the show in wisconsin, thank you very much. you know, iowa liberty that shah, fascinating, this story strikes me because the cmt canceled it. i mean, this country music -- this is the country music folkses. you would think of all people when jason aldean writes a a song that basically says you want to riot9 and carjack and burn flags, don't do that, i don't recommend you do that if you come to my small town, and

yet they're the ones canceling it. it's very interesting. i think this is probably going to get more play. alicia: oh, for sure, griff. and it's really interesting to watch the backlash against the backlash, because jason aldean's song just keepses getting more and more attention. he's benefiting as an artist while he's also trying to defend his role as an artist. so, yeah, i totally agree, it'sst going to continue to play out. griff: we shall see. all right. meanwhile, russia bombing ukraine grain importants, preventing life saving food from getting to people in dire need. the latest on russia's invasion of ukraine next. ♪ ♪ our financial planning tools and advice can help you prepare for today's longer retirement. hi mom. that's the value of ownership. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators

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live in studio, as always, retired lieutenant general and fox news contributor keith kellogg. general, obviously, this is the big news, i'll just make it hot here. you can see strike ising this bridge -- striking this bridge in crimea. what's the significance, what do you makeover it in. >> yeah, griff. first, thanks for having me. look, this is a legitimate military target because the bridge carries road traffic, and this is a logistics lane that comes in and supplies the port for all the southern part of the fight going on there between russia and ukraine. it's secondly a symbolic target because the guy who dedicated that bridge was putin. and he's the one who actually built it after they invaded crimea. it's a fair target to hit, they're going to continue to hi- griff: it sends a message to putin, perhaps. i just want to take you, though, to this map because we're looking at the counterto offensive d counteroffensive. as always, your great insight,

how is it going and can they expect results? if as "the wall street journal" pointed out this week, no western military would go into a counteroffensive without, quote, controlling the skies. >> absolutely right. you're looking at the largest and longest land war in europe since world war ii, and the ukrainians having a bit of a problem. a fight that's gone on where hundreds of thousands have been killed, major cities like mariupol have been destroyed, and you're getting some warning sign that the offensive is not going well. the reason it's not going well primarily in the south, and this is where they're really trying to go, is because of the built-in and dug-in russian fortifications which are trench lines and minefields. you generally need a 3 to 1 advantage when you attack to punch through, and they're really not getting there. but the biggest thing they don't have is close air support. that was mentioned this wreak not only in the "wall street journal," but elsewhere. you've got to have that cover.

we had it in vietnam, the gulf war, world war ii. not having that close air support really does impede your ability to attack. why is that important? because if they get into a war of attrition, that's russian advantage. if they get into a war of maneuver, ukrainian advantage. if they get into the fall and they're still having a stalemate, there's going to be hard questions for the united states of america, what are we going to do, do we need to head to armistice, do we need the talk about it. i don't think we've given them all the tools. we've talked about it, but they don't have it. artillery and infantry don't just win the game. that third and critical space, air support, they should have begin them the f-16s, so there's a real problem for them to fight through. my concern is i think we're heading towards a stalemate. griff: and that would really be along the lines quite similar to where we started well over a year. >> yeah. griff: do can you see that the administration -- do you see that the administration has got a problem it's created for

itself in basically withholding this air support as you mentioned, but also lamenting kyiv and zelenskyy for not making advances here? >> with well, we, the west, has part of that problem because we didn't give them the equipment they needed to prosecute the fight. i even understand from the senate armed services committee that you've got to give them the equipment to win the fight. that's a 600-mile front, and here's where they want to punch through. you've got to focus and mass your efforts, and they haven't been able to do it with the equipment or the troops to do it, and that's the reason why if the russians can hold and keep those fortifications going stopping -yard linessens -- ukrainian, then you're going to ask october, november, what is next in do we go to negotiations? do we go to an armistice in that doesn't mean you stop fighting, but we've got to figure a way out of this because your looking at a war that is destroying the ukrainian economy and population as well. griff: and i want to take us to one last map and that is, of course, here odesa.

we know the grain ports there and now russia basically withdrawing and bombing it. >> yeah. look, this is not a legitimate target by the russian, it's not. they're attacking -- population centers, they're attacking something that they're trying to do, sending grain internationally. but this, the black sea, that's really a russian sea. when you think about it with all these countries that surround it, you know, the phosphorous is controlled through the montreal convention controlled by turkey, and you can't bring warships in there. a warship goes from the united states, it can only stay for 21 days, so the people that really control it are the russians, and this is their lake, and it really impedes the ukrainians from sevenning anything out. they've -- sending anything out. nobody else has a fleet the size of the black sea fleet that sits right there with the russians. major problem for ukraine getting grain out if they want to get it out, otherwise has to go by land or by rail. griff: and we know they may very well have trouble up there.

general keith kellogg, great to have you in studio, giving us insight on what is happening over there. iowa liberty that? loosh leesh north korea firing several cruise missiles into the sea off the korean peninsula in its latest show of force. kitty logan is live with the latest. kitty. >> reporter: hi, alicia. yes, south korea says those missiles were fired towards its western waters and and all this as tensions continue to rise in the region. now, those missiles, it's the second missile launch this week. south korean authorities say they were detected from around four in the morning local time. it's not clear exactly how many missiles were fired or how far they flew, but the u.s. and south korean militaries are, of course, analyzing that that situation. on wednesday north korea fired two other short-range ballistic missiles are from close to the capital, pyongyang x that adds, of course, to the multiple missile launches in recent months, a total of 1000 missile

tests -- 100 missile delawares since the start of 2022. now, the launch of this week were apparently in protest after u.s. nuclear submarines docked in south korea, the first time we've seen such a visit since the 1980s. and in very highly-charged rhetoric, north korea has suggested this may be grounds for a nuclear attack by the north. but south korea has called the move by this u.s. submarine a defensive response measure. of course, north korea often reacts with anger and strong rhetoric whenever the u.s. and south korea are conducting joint military exercises, and these have increased in recent times as a show of force against pyongyang. also interesting to note that north korea has still not made any kind of public comment five days after an american soldier, travis king, ran across the border to the north. it's not clear where where being kept, the kind of conditions

he's kept in. officials have expressed concern and, of course, the real worry is here that he is perhaps being held host act as a kind of future bargaining chip to pressure the u.s. to back down from military activity in the region. back to you, alicia. alicia: kitty logan, thank you. so here's a question for you, will you have any new scripted shows to watch this fall? if the actors and writers' strikes drags on, we'll see. we'll have a closer look next. ♪lass ♪ how can you see me squinting? i can't! i'm just telling everyone!...hey! buy one pair, get one free for back to school. visionworks. see the difference. and there he is. chaz. the rec league's self-crowned pickleball king. do you just bow down? no you de-thrown the king. pedialyte. 3x the electrolytes.

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happens if it doesn't wrap up soon. take a listen. >> the truth is, this is a huge business both to -- >> exactly. >> -- domestically and for world export. and if it, if these conditions, sound like i'm crying to the skies, but these conditions will potentially produce if an absolute collapse of an entire industry. leesh loeb you know, mitch, he's talking about the entertainment industry the, but this goes star beyond that, doesn't it? all these other supporting industries. >> right. so it goes two ways, and barry's correct. so this is something we export to the rest of the world, so there are production, you know, in australia, in new zealand, many canada that are halted. so it doesn't just impact our economy. but if you look at this downstream, think about the hair and makeup people that we know and love, you know, at fox, the same people who are supporting

the motion picture industry, the television industry, they're out of work right now. the craft service table, you know, because with actors can't work without eating. finish and that's out of business right now. so it really has a big economic impact, and the milliken institute estimated it could be as much as $4 billion to the u.s. economy. alicia: and if this keeps going, what happens especially heading into the fall? what happens to our tv schedules? i'm sure there are folks out there wondering, you know, what they're going to be watching. >> yeah. well, you know, there's two ways of looking at that. the first way i look at it is, there's so much sufficient to stream, if we didn't have anything new, i could probably spend two years just chipping through shows that people have recommended to me. but then, you know, not everybody subscribes to a streaming service, and those people who, you know, get their television content from broadcast television, they will not have a fall lineup of television. there may be a couple of

episodes in the and then it'll be frozen -- in the can and then it'll be frozen. but this tug-of-war between the studios and the writers and the actors really isn't anything new. this has been going on for a long time. ron reagan, when he took -- ronald reagan, when he took over the screen actors guild for the second time in 1959, the reason why the board of sag put him back many charge, because there was a dispute over residuals. what's the issue or one of the principal issues on the table right now? resinge -- residuals. so this isn't is really anything new. alicia: right. let's put up some of what the actors and writers are seeking, a reminder here. they are looking for better pay and new productions that most actors right now folks may not realize earn under $26,000 a year. they want higher resinging wall payments from streamers and reassurance that they won't be replaced by a.i. that's a really tough one, not being replaced by a.i. it's important, but it seems

like it could go in so many different directions, hard to nail down. >> 100%. if you look at all of the cgi stuff that exists right now that can create people, why couldn't they just create a likeness of extras and just cut the extras out altogether together? extras are a big, important part of television and movie production. but the thing to remember is, you know, we look at the tom cruises of this world who, you know, mission impossible's coming out, that make tremendous amounts of money. right, most of the rank and file folks that are in the movies don't make that kind of money and, you know, an extra -- and they're battling enflakes -- inflation, so they want more. leash leesh mitch roschelle, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. griff: the little boy who is second in line to the british crown celebrating a very big berth day. berth day. it's prince george time next. ♪ry v ♪ your spouse has earned the right to apply for a va home loan. a va home loan is unique.

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alicia: the palace releasing a new portrait of prince george for his 10th birthday. he recently took on an increased level of prominence within the monarchy, becoming second in line to the throne after queen ii's death in september. happy birthday, george. griff: well, after months of anticipation, soccer legend lionel messes city finally making his mls debut last night,

clinching a victory for intermiami with the game-winning goal. jonathan serrie is live with all the details. jonathan? >> reporter: hi there, griff. lionel messi's deal with intermiami reportedly pays him between $50-60 # million a year. last night he delivered the first return on his team's investment. in the final moments of the game, the international superstar scored the winning goal against mexico's cruz asiewl. you can hear the excitement of the announce announcer. lebron james and serena williams were among the fans at last night's game in fort lauderdale, and athletic wear sponsor adidas says it is seeing unferentzed command for soccer merchandise, in particular that pink number 10 jersey. across the pacific the u.s. women's national team beat vietnam 3-0 # in their world cup opener in auckland, new zealand. two of those goals scored by 22-year-old forward sophia smith who is playing her first world

cup game. >> i mean, i think i went into a feeling just every emotion possible. i was nervous, anxious, excited. but, you know, getting a few touches, getting the ball i felt more calm and felt like myself. and, yeah, i think we come out on the front foot, put away a few chances and could play the game that we wanted to play. >> reporter: and that next game will be against the netherlands next week, also in new zealand. griff? griff: jonathan serrie with the very latest. jonathan, thank you. >> reporter: my pleasure. griff: alicia, we end the show with a happy birthday to little george and, of course, lionel messi. can't wait to see what messi does if that's day one. it's going to be big things for u.s. soccer. that's all for us this hour. "fox news live" will continue with eric and arthel. i'm griff jenkins. alicia: and i'm alicia acuna. thank you so mucurh fo sr watch. e so you only pay for what you need. check it out, you could save $700 dollars just by switching.

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