record on her way to another gold in the women's 1500 freestyle. 27-year-old maryland native get this now has 8 career olympic gold medals that is tied for most all time of any female swimmer. i'm going to come out and say it. i will have a controversy statement. she is really good. as for these games the u.s. still leads the total medal count with 31 so far. france coming in at 26. it is their games. they should have somewhat close to the top of the leaderboard. china there with 20. great britain 17, and australia at 16. they have got a lot of good stuff down there in australia in terms of summer activity, so you prep yourself. you get ready are to the summer games. "fox & friends" starts right now. go out there and make it a spectacular thursday, everybody. happy august. ♪

>> brian: where does the time go? i think it's #:00 on the east coast. so do they. it's thursday, august 1st, and this is "fox & friends." fox news alert. three accused 9/11 terrorists held in gitmo get plea deals and this morning we are hearing from victims' families. >> well, it's just terrible. and it's shocking. these individuals hold the truth what actually happened on 9/11. >> steve: he's right. former president donald trump seems to commit to a debate begins kamala harris, finally. >> well, kamala, let's go. challenge accepted. are you ready? let's compare our record point by point. [cheers and applause] >> ainsley: and more major flip-flops from kamala harris. her evolving distances on guns and climate change and defunding our police. "fox & friends" starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends.

>> brian: yep. ♪ >> steve: all right. let's start with that fox news alert. families who lost loved ones on september 11th, 2001, are outraged, some are, after learning the alleged mastermind behind the attacks and two other terrorists are striking plea deals with the federal government. >> brian: yep. that agreement takes the death penalty off the table for the detainees awaiting trial at gitmo. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson joins us with the details. >> the pentagon says the mass per mind of the 9/11 attacks khalid sheikh mohammed has agreed to a plea deal sparing him the death penalty. ksm as is he known was al qaeda's propaganda chief. the president of 9/11 justice whose own father was killed in the terrorist attacks spoke earlier on fox. >> it's just terrible, and it's shocking. they cannot put these animals away and not let them see a trial and have a court, which or their right to justice. america is founded upon the

principles of justice. we need a lawsuit. we need a day in court. and we need a hearing. you cannot put these individuals away without hearing what they have to say. >> khalid sheikh mohammed one of three detainees in gitmo agreeing to the plea deal sparing the death penalty. ksm resume. u.s. educated. vowed jihadist. brother mood 16. he attended a baptist school in north carolina beginning in 19 # 3. accused of coming up with the idea of hijacking the arlgers. agreed to presenting the idea to bin laden. said to have trained and directed some of those hijackers. another detainee walid bin attash. and another mustafa al haw sawy. in a letter the prosecutors outlined the deal, quote: in exchange for the removal of the death penalty as possible punishment, these three accused have agreed to plead guilty to

all the charged offenses, including the murder of the 200976 people listed in the charge sheet i said he personally killed daniel pearl in pakistan in 2002. >> they have been there for almost decades, actually decades. one of the problems was with the waterboarding. and they were afraid if it ever went to a trial of sorts, that all that evidence would be thrown out about it, right? >> that's right. and it's worth remeeting our viewers, steve, that 23 years after 9/11 attack, none of these prisoners at gitmo has been to trial. and a big part of that, as you mentioned, some of those sites, the c.i. a interrogation centers and getting that information. it's also worth noting it's cost over $12 million a year per detainee to house these. >> steve: per person. >> over $540 million to date.

>> ainsley: i talked to a friend who lost her husband in the 9/11 attacks. she said all of the victim's families were tuning in to the discovery hearing. where all the evidence was unseeltd. and she said they were not warned about these plea deals. did everyone find out yesterday it was a shock to these families? >> it was a shock to many of the families, including reporters here in washington that this plea deal was being organized. i traveled down the 20th anniversary of 9/11. i was down in gitmo covering for fox. what was notable is the defense of ksm. these are navy jacks. these are lieutenants, commanders. the judges rotate every few years. critics call it a kangaroo court down there. almost two years almost starting from scratch. a lot of people wanted to see justice. they think justice has not been served with the death penalty off the table. >> brian: yeah we did it. kill me. we want to die. we want to be martyrs. our legal system got involved. let's build them a defense.

let's build a courtroom and get everything going. nothing ever got out of the blocks. now it's cost us millions of dollars. you are going to be talking about where do we put them? they are still set on closing gitmo. you mentioned it's expensive. do you want them in a super max prisoner in den vernon? do you want them in new york city? that's going to be the other big debate. now we have got take care of them for the next 30 years. >> we have been talking about this for 23 years now, brian. >> ainsley: hard to believe. almost 24. >> steve: lucas, thank you very much. the cover of the "new york post" today says atrocity of justice. 9/11 mastermind spare shocking death penalty plea deal case he deserves hell. >> brian: do you know what i worry about? i worry about the hostages. what the russians are doing. the islamic extremists can do and say hey, i want ksm out in exchange for getting this werner out because think could be used as tools and pawns. >> ainsley: do you think that would ever happen? would america ever allow that? >> brian: we are seeing hostage

swaps all the time with vladimir putin. >> ainsley: that one is so personal. >> brian: right. >> steve: let's see what happens throughout the day. we will hear from some of the other victim's families later on but now to another alert. shocking new video from one of the trump rally shooting victims shows a figure. look at the screen right there. moving across the roof, moments before the would be assassin opens fire on trump. >> brian: wait, i thought he was on his chest the whole time he couldn't be seen? today the former president will meet the fbi to share his perspective on the events of july 13th. i'm sure he will have a few questions. >> carley: cb cotton is live in butler, pennsylvania, covering this story. good morning, cb. >> yeah. good morning, ainsley. this chilling video shows a figure moving on the roof the agr building moments before the gunfire started at former president donald trump's campaign stop here in but ler, pennsylvania. take a look. the chilling images were captured at 6:08 p.m. by james koppenhafer, one of the two men

seriously injured in the assassination attempt. starting at the 1-minute mark. can you see what appears to be a person on the roof of the building adjacent to where trump is speaking. the person is visible. until about the 2:50 mark. eerie timeline that falls three minutes before investigators say would be assassin thomas matthew crooks began firing. crooks was killed by a secret service counter sniper and former president donald trump's ear was grazed by a bullet. we know 50-year-old retired firefighter tragically killed corey comperatore. david dutch and james koppenhafer were both critically wounded and are now recovering. koppenhafer's attorney telling fox digital his client is sad about the state of politics in this country. >> overall, he just wants people to understand that how unnecessary it was. and that the political divide in this country has become so great. people are literally willing to

attend rallies where people are exercising their first amendment rights and start firing bullets into crowds. definitely one of the worst things that he has experienced as an american, and he wants people to understand it does not have to be like this. >> trump returned to pennsylvania yesterday for the first time since his attempted assassination during his campaign stop at harrisburg he thanked the state for its support and teased his return to butler. last night trump even brought out the staffer who put up the chart, which trump turned to moments before the gunman took aim at him. >> just tell her to come out here for a second quick, quick, quick, quick. she saved my life for n. a sense. i said you saved my life. here she is. wow. wow. >> hi. >> and, of course, we will all

be watching and looking out for more details fbi stated later today back to you. >> cb, thank you very much. we saw a little of the woman who donald trump referred to as the computer genius who saved his life. she is still unidentified. we don't exactly know what her name is but, what's interesting about that is, remember, he turned to look at the gratification. you know, the graphic he has said, mr. trump, has only been used in about 20% of the rallies, and the computer genius said the day of the shooting, she was flabbergasted because he called for it so early it. probably took a second or two to get it. and eventually she put it up. he turned, and that saved his life. >> ainsley: so interesting, i called dave mccormick at the election, at the senate in pennsylvania. he said he was supposed to be on stage at that time. the president made a split decision -- a split second decision to have that graphic put up. much earlier than he normally does.

normally waits in the end of the speech. >> i still don't know was it the first shot at the president's ear in the second shot a straight shot, a third shot? a fourth shot? we need to know who got hit and when? everywhere i go people are coming up probably you too with a theory. sure there is only one gunman? are you sure about that? can you please start answering these questions? why is the secret service director and the fbi director saying well, he was flat on his stomach, it would have been impossible for him to see. yet, fox news digital gets the video of him running on the top. now, i'm always under the assumption that they get all the video and they -- for the investigation purposes they might hold it back. but they probably never even saw this unless they had cable and watched fox news yesterday. which is crazy. >> ainsley: one of the people that was shot. that was this person, his video. he released it. you are right, brian, all these unanswered questions. that's why america is suspicious in all of this. if they were just transparent and we knew all the details.

after a school shooting generally we know all the details immediately. why weeks later is donald trump now sitting down for this victim interview? you think that would be done the day of or the next day. >> steve: this is something pretty regular order, apparently. it takes -- you know, it's only been a couple of weeks. umght matily, i think the investigation has been so big and so all incouple passing and everybody is pointing fingers at each other. but, when you watch that video where the guy is running along the ridge line, keep in mind, that video was from one of the guys who was shot. is he low. all you see is a head going across there. >> brian: why isn't there someone behind the president? >> steve: there are. you have got the counter snipers on the buildings behind him. here's the thing. if you are just down there where the guy was and you see somebody going across there, you probably think oh, somebody up on the roof. that must be a cop. and, of course now we know with the miscommunication, you know, the feds thought somebody was on the roof. the people -- the local people apparently they were in a

warehouse, not out on the roof. there is a lot of finger pointing. >> brian: this guy didn't look like a cop. strang but i 120-pound guy. >> steve: that guy. you could only see the head across the roof line. >> brian: fcontacting israeli firm to to get through the encryption. three separate firms. why this guy didn't contact one of those platforms before in three separate countries right before he did the event, there is still a ton of questions. >> ainsley: we have so many wonderful secret service agents and you hear donald trump talk about that all the time. i just wish the top brass would be very transparent they are trafficked with protecting the president or former president. anyone who is on the campaign trail. they are tasked. that's their job, period. >> steve: that's why the acting secret service guy said the other day, i'm baffled. i can't figure out why they did all the bad stuff. so anyway, is he going to sit down with the fbi today. so, from the fbi to the dnc. today the d.c. is set to hold a virtual vote to select kamala

harris as their official nominee for president. democratic party delegates begin voting in just a few hours. >> brian: this comes after the former president returned to pennsylvania yesterday for the first time since the assassination attempt. and he delivered a big announcement. accepting vice president harris' challenge to debate. >> in one of the most astoundingly phony moments in her speech last night, kamala harris bragged that, quote: i will proudly put my record against donald trump's any day of the week. i will put it against donald trump. got one of the worst records in -- anywhere. well, kamala let's go. challenge accepted. are you ready? >> steve: okay. >> ainsley: what is her record? flip-flopping again every day by the minute. all right. meanwhile, outside the trump rally in harrisburg, fox's bryan llenas caught up with a handful of blank voters who said this about the two presidential

candidates. >> that is so -- there are two things. it's a silent vote for trump and it's a silent no vote. so that's what you will see. she won't get the numbers that they perceive that she will. it's either going to be a black vote for trump or a no vote. >> that's out of frustration. >> that's out of frustration. that's out of disappointment. black people can only blame themselves. you keep listening to democrats decade after decade. show up in your neighborhood eat chicken when it's time for the election. >> the pandering. >> pandering. identity politics. democrats have got that down to a t. >> as far as i have seen she is not winning the black vote at all. now, from what i see, black women, yes. black men, no. no. >> explain that for me. >> she has had pretty bad history putting innocent black men in prison. black men just not buying it. it's a no-go. >> ainsley: and just yesterday, she, vice president harris, she was notably absent from the association of black journalists that conference in chicago. >> steve: but she did have a lot to say about former president

trump's appearance later. >> brian: brooke singman took notes on that and a wants to share it now. hey, brooke. >> brooke: that's right. things got heated at that event pretty quickly starting with this exchange between the former president and abc reporter rachel scott. look. >> a lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today. you have pushed false claims about some of your rivals. you have used words like animal and rabid to describe black district attorneys. have you had dinner with a white supremacist at your mar-a-lago resort. why should black voters trust you after you have used language like that? >> first of all, i don't think i ever been asked a question so -- in such horrible manner. i think it's disgraceful that i came here in good spirit. i love the black population of this country. i was told my opponent, whether it was biden or kamala, i was told my opponent was going to be here. it turned out my opponent isn't

here. you invited me under false pretense. >> harris' campaign says the vice president could not attend because of scheduling issues. and said she would not be free until, quote: some point in september. the reporter attempted to ask the former president if he believes kamala harris was a dei hire and this is how he responded. listen. >> do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? >> well, i can say now i think it's a little bit different. i have known her a long time indirectly. not directly very much. and she was always of indian heritage. and she was only promoting indian heritage. i don't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. >> the harris campaign did comment on trump's remarks saying, quote: the hostility donald trump showed on stage today is the same hostility he has shown throughout his life, throughout his term in office, and throughout his campaign for president as he seeks to regain power and flip his harmful

project 2025 agenda on the american people. and our own harris faulkner who was at the event said the q&a with the former president went into the wrong direction. listen. >> so by getting the conversation tipped off by making it so emotional and so personal with one journalist and one interviewee, abc news reporter vs. donald trump, what happens there is that you keep the issues out. >> after the event, trump posted on his truth social blasting the reporters for asking him rude questions. guys? >> steve: all right, brooke. thank you very much. and the former president is right. you know where was kamala harris? i was reading into where was she? keep in mind, joe biden -- apparently this association, national association of black journalists had been negotiating with joe biden and trump through january and then, you know, at the end of july, july 20th, or

something like that. joe dropped out. and they had earlier been asking kamala harris to be on an in person panel, but she said i have got other stuff to do. now the campaign says she is not available in person or even on a virtual thing although they are trying to work something outs in september. here what happens they are doing. keep innuendo moo, every event she has been at since she essentially became the nominee, essentially later this week she something kept away from the press. why would she show up at a press event and answer hard questions about her record and everything else? >> ainsley: i understand his perspective when he says, look, i made time my schedule to come here for this. i came here in good faith. i wanted to show up for the black community. and then kamala harris, you told me she was going to be here. now she's not here. y'all are 35 minutes late. i'm a busy man. and the equipment is not working. it was hard -- if you watched the whole thing. harris is asking questions. he says harris, i can't hear i

o -- i can't hear your questions. she really stuck to the issues. but the first question right out of the gate was critical of him. and so he is like, listen, y'all didn't tell me the truth about kamala being here. y'all are asking me these tough questions right out of the gate. no thank you, no welcome, mr. president. thanks for being here. i understand that perspective. he was set up for that right from the get-go. >> brian: karen, "the washington post," just because the former president showed up, she stepped down as co-chair. she is basically a lot of people protested. >> ainsley: criticized for inviting him even though it's a tradition, brian. >> brian: why wouldn't you invite him? he it is a president running for president again. his polls have never been stronger ever even in 2016 when he won. he walked into questions. she was two seats away he said i'm sorry, i can't hear you. adding to the frustration of the whole thing. it seems to me you're probably

that situation you should be briefed ahead of time that you are probably go be walking into a hostile environment. i think it caught him by surprise. i also don't think that it's a winning issue to bring up kamala harris indian, black, it doesn't matter. just running against a democrat. that's what i think the thing is. president trump is sun so unaware of race and gender. a lot of people say wow you don't talk to women like that. you don't talk to minorities like that. he said i'm running against that person. that's all he sees. and we all know this by now. not people that know him personally. and people that have been in the public -- watched him in the public for the last 8 years. how can you say that to ominority? how can you say that to a woman? all he sees is i have to win. i don't like what that person is saying. i cannot believe they are not here and this is where we are. >> and, you know, a couple of days ago we showed you how essentially how trump was going to take on harris. he, and the campaign had decided that what they were going to take -- hit her hard on was

migration. and the border. and we saw that ad, and it was a very powerful ad. and then she came out and she said sudden sudden bely, upside down world. no, donald trump made it worse. >> brian: no way it's not going to work that will never work. >> steve: ultimately, all of that got derailed yesterday, and now it's all talking about his appearance at the journalist convention. but, when you look at the record of kamala harris, just as they were looking at donald trump's record, that's what they were asking him about on stage. listen, i have great faith that people like harris faulkner would have asked kamala harris about how she has flip flopped on all of these things. when you look at her far left record, and it's right up there i mean, you could go through it. >> brian: let's hear it. >> steve: first we look at it and it's a lot of stuff. and unfortunately for her, has been detailed in the "new york times" and elsewhere, she is on tape describing a lot of this

stuff. >> ainsley: yeah, listen. >> generations now. been defunding public schools. but, yet, militarizing police departments. it's not working. can't just be about talk. it has to be about forcing change. >> i am prepared to get rid of the filibuster. to pass the green new deal. >> and so we set an ambitious goal to cut our greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. and to reach net zero emissions by 2050. and if it's about emissions that effect everybody, everyone should be able to partake in moving into this new green energy and clean energy economy. >> we have to have a buy back program and i support a mandatory buy back program. it's got to be smart. we got to do it the right way. >> brian: she was opposing fracking and now she is for it. according to somebody with her campaign. the wrong headed thinking by hiring more police officers makes you safer is no longer her feelings.

no longer wants felons to vote. no longer wants a mandatory buy back program. usually there is one major flip fellowship and try to rationalize and talk about how you evolved when you go to the middle. she wants to sayhe evolved on everything she stands for, which is why she wasn't a viable candidate that didn't get through the iowa caucuses. unless every media outlet continues it spin and she refuses to do any interviews, this cannot stand. >> ainsley: she was this so liberal as a da, senator, vice president, now she wants us to believe she going to change everything? this is why a lot of americans don't trust politicians. they flip flop, they change their minds, it's not just one issue. i understand can you change your mind on one or two issues. this is the whole list. >> brian: why the way, why? here's the question why? you ran on this, from the left coast. what made you change? did you have a near death experience? >> ainsley: who is the real president? >> brian: did you go to a think tank? tell the american people why you

changed your mind to have any substance at all. >> steve: she changed her approach so she could win, because the other things are not winnable subjects. i was thinking about it this morning. >> brian: that's what we think. she lived off, this she was winning something. she won as a senator. she won as attorney general. she won as a d.a. why stop now. >> steve: well, i was thinking about it this morning. it's almost as if kamala harris has gone into the witness protection program. okay. we are going to change your entire path. if you want to win, you can't say that stuff anymore. and that's why they are keeping her abe from reporters and everything else. you know, that is why she is doing these flip-flops. but the flip-flops are all on paper. we haven't heard her actually rebut anything because then that would make a very clean commercial for donald trump. instead, you know, the stuff was leaked to the "new york times" about okay, she is going to do a 180 on all this stuff. witness protection program. i wonder where they are going to move her? omaha. saw that in a movie.

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>> republican vice presidential candidate j.d. vance set to visit our southern border in battleground arizona today calling out kamala harris' failed record. >> she was appointed the border czar and unleashed the worst border crisis in the history of this country. on her watch, more than 10 million illegal aliens have invaded our country. we're going to secure our border and stop the endless flow of drugs and crime into our communities. >> ainsley: this as the harris team tries to rewrite history, flipping the script on the growing crisis. >> there is two choices in this election, the one who will fix our broken immigration system, and the one who is trying to stop her. >> ainsley: she is trying to fix it apparently. sheriff mark daniels is hosting j.d. vance in arizona today and he joins us now. good morning to you, sheriff. >> good morning, ainsley. thanks for having me again. >> how do you feel when you see

that ad when she is trying to say she is trying to fix the problems and donald trump is stopping her? >> well, let me say this. for three and a half years, america sheriffs, specifically national sheriffs, western states and southwest border sheriffs have worked hard to get vice president harris, the border czar and president biden to even engage with us, acknowledge and it prioritize it. it hasn't happened. ainsley, i will say this. this is why american sheriff, western state sheriffs, sheriffs of the mississippi, southwest border, texas sheriffs have a vote of no confidence. issued in 2022 to president biden, because of her failure to do all three of those and secure our border. >> ainsley: and you are hosting j.d. vance today. i know you talked to him yesterday. he arrived yesterday. and had the rally. and now is he going to tour the border today. tell us what's in the works for today. >> well, first of all, i applaud him. beam ask me this is political. well, there might be some politics behind, this ainsley, the reality is this. that we have a former president.

president trump that prioritized the collective messaging that he was going to secure the border. and he did. now, his vice president within two weeks of being nominateside at the border to see the reality of what going on down here. i applaud him. i said this in the media one of your media at fox yesterday and i stale again. i heard kamala harris state that she would meet -- go anywhere and meet president trump to debate him. well, woe challenged her too as american sheriffs to come down to the border and meet us and talk to us about the reality of this border. >> ainsley: we saw her in the debate when she was running for president and she raised her hand when they asked which ones of you said crossing the border should be a civil offense? and she raised her hand. and she doesn't want to criminalize anyone who walks across the border. even though what they're doing is breaking the law. here is a montage of what she has said in the past about the border. >> i think there is no question that we have got to critically re-examine ice and its role. >> i'm opposed to any policy that would deny in our country.

any human being from access to public safety, public education, or public health, period. >> raise your hand if you think it should be a civil offense, rather than a crime to cross the border without documentation? can we keep the hands up so we can see them? [applause] >> well, we are going to the border. we have to deal with what is happening at the border. there is no question about that. that's not a debatable point. >> sheriff, when she was a senator, most liberal record, when you look at her vote record. when she was a d.a., when she was an a.g. when she is vice president. and now she is flip-flopping on all of these issues, because she knows it's not sitting well with the american people. they don't want that far left. that progressive. what's your reaction when you hear those soundbites and then you see what she is saying today? >> well, first of all, it demonstrates the ugly of politics. when you put your political party before people. people suffer. and i have seen that in my county. second of all, it's an insult and frustrating to us as law

enforcement and community guardians that that's the way she talks. she is demonizing law enforcement communities on our border. it's very sad, ainsley. >> ainsley: very scary. thank you, sheriff for coming on. we wish you all the best today. >> thank you, ainsley. bye-bye. >> ainsley: a fox news alert. families of 9/11 victims ripping the plea deal that will spare three terrorists from the death penalty. former state department spokesperson, morgan ortagus is going to react to that, next. ♪ [window slamming] woman: [gasps] [dog barking] ♪ woman: [screams] ♪ [explosion] [explosion] ♪ [lock clicks shut] i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. thanks to skyrizi i'm playing with clearer skin.

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began. >> janice: good morning everyone. a tornado report just south of the omaha, nebraska. 200,000 without power as we have the potential for thunderstorms, severe storms really stretching across the ohio valley and tennessee valley today and temperatures are still warm. so those without power are going to be dealing with 80 to # 0-degree temperatures with the heat index feeling a lot warmer than that this area of low

pressure does not have a center of circulation yet. so, as we go through the next couple of days, things are going to start to become a little bit more clear. what i will point out is that a lot of the computer forecast model models are showing this system. whatever it is in its intensity, moving in towards the gulf of mexico. florida though, you need to monitor this. this is what our latest forecast models are showing. center of circulation will move into the eastern gulf of mexico. florida, you are in play. you know, the eastern gulf coast states. but the east coast, you still need to pay close attention. the bottom line is remain vigilant it. this is going to become something in the next 48 to 72 hours. and it potentially could effect florida or the eastern gulf coast. and we won't have a lot of time to prepare for that so, fox weather.com and, of course, i will keep you up to date as well. all right, brian kilmeade over to you. >> brian: thanks so much. now. this fox news alert. some families of the 9/11 victims are outraged this

morning as the mastermind behind the attacks and two other terrorists got plea deals avoiding the death penalty. >> it's just terrible and shocking. these individuals hold the truth what actually happened on 9/11. >> here with reaction, former state department spokesperson morgan ortagus. morgan, your reaction to this. the family feels as though there is still a lot of questions to be answered that would have come out in the courtroom. >> it's a shame. it's a travesty. my heart breaks for these families. they have been waiting 23 years as one of them pointed tout have their day in court, to face the man who plotted the attacks that killed these family members and killed so many of our fellow americans on 9/11. and it looks like not only may they not get that day in court. it looks like it's inevitable, as you and i had talked earlier that maybe he might be brought to the united states to a prison there. the biden-harris administration has pledged that they were going to shut down guantanamo bay. i don't know if that is still their policy. but i think the vice president

needs to answer questions about this. >> brian: right. we'll see the deal is in place. they still got to be formally charged and then they can sign this deal it. will be early next year and we will see where it goes. ksm we trained him in north carolina, at&t, he was known as bludo was here he had a nickname and everything. he found out about american society and then tried to destroy american society. unbelievable that we educated him just like it's unbelievable just like we trained the hijackers to fly a plane. the other thing talk about the new revelation about the attack that happened in gaza. and it seems to have killed mohammed dief. he is the second in commands of the military wing of hamas. this is a day after they killed haniyeh who is one of the chief leaders of hamas do you look at this as progress bay back those who perpetrated october 7 israel is doing everything they said they would do.

hold hamas responsible not only for the killings, the torture, the rape, of bee heading of babies. shooting parents n front of their children. israel has pledged that as long as it takes, they were going to destroy hamas. that's what they are doing. and by the way, these targeted killings, especially when you not only see leaders in hamas. but leaders in hezbollah as well happening in tehran, happening in syria, this goes to show that these terrorists should know they can run but they can't hide. israel is going to bring everybody to justice who perpetrated this on the israeli people. >> brian: we have to be ready to respond because the grand ayatollah says we are going to hit israel back directly. last time we did a lot of knocking down missiles out of the scirks displecket do you think the defense department has gotten the message? >> well, they need to because american troops are in the region. i think the next 24 to 27 hours are going to be very, very tense. in the middle east. i would remind everybody that we are basically at war with the

houthis, the americans are they are shooting at our u.s. navy ships, our ships are seeing more action than we have seen since world war ii, brian. >> brian: shutting down major waterways wearing moccasins, tribes men are able to do it. unbelievable. thanks so much, morgan ortagus. appreciate it? >> sure. >> brian: donald trump taking heat from journalists yesterday in chicago. his team says at least he showed up. ♪ and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browsel but it blocks cookies and creepy ads that follow youa and other companies. and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today.

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# # didn't want him to show up. isn't the whole point hearing both sides? >> yes, i mean i think it's very important to show up in communities and speak to black journalists like this event happens every year. it's an easy access to be able to talk to black journalists and way continue to form their voters, black voters so we are able to get our message to all audiences, you know, vice president kamala harris received the same invitation and nowhere to be found. i think the important fact that we need to take away from this event is that president trump showed up. >> he did show up. you know, when it comes to the trump economy for black americans he had good numbers. particularly compare that to the biden-harris inflation numbers that are chewing away at real wages. so he has got a good message. you know, he had some things to say that have raised a lot of eyebrows. and you know, people are going

should he really have gone to that event? you say yes. >> yes. i mean, i think at the end of the day, like it's important to show up. especially, you know, knowing that this was going to be a hostile environment and not a friendly advisement. but, i mean, it shows that we're willing to fight and fight for all americans and that means going to places where you are not always welcome. >> steve: sure. you know, we played a couple bites, other channels are playing a lot of bites as well where it's a confrontational stop. but you and i were just talking during the commercial break. you were in the room at the time. you said there was actually some laughter and people seemed to be enjoying watching donald trump on stage. >> yes. i think a lot of the journalists in the crowd were excited to see him. they enjoyed the conversation. a lot of laughter was in the crowd. a lot of the media is not going to tell that you. portray what was actually the energy in the room. some of the journalists did respond well to him and they did enjoy the panel. >> steve: well, you got to credit donald trump for showing up and credit the national

association of black journalists for standing by the invitation even though there was apparently some internal blow back. but kamala harris did not show up. she put out a statement and it said nabj, national association of black journalists is currently in conversation with the harris for president campaign team to schedule a q&a session between the vice president and the group either in person or virtually at some point in september, '24. i don't know how they can do it in person the convention is over. she could have beamed in from wherever she was. >> yes. i mean, like i said earlier, this event has gone on for decades. it's an event that happens every year. she has been aware of the event. you know, she wanted to be here. i think she could have made time to be here regardless of being at the top of the ticket or not, i think, you know, i hope they treated her the same way. ask her the same type of harsh questions that they ask president trump if they do talk to her in november. >> steve: indeed. all right. janiyah, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you for having me.

>> steve: you bet. by the way, we did reach out to the harris campaign to join us and they have not responded to our request. not surprising. all right. ms. ainsley? >> ainsley: okay. thank you, steve. turning now to your headlines. two nasa astronauts are still stuck in space, 57 days since blasting off aboard boeing starliner spacecraft on a mission to the international space station. nasa and boeing still deny the crew is stranded. even though they still don't have a return date. the engineers must first fix the helium leaks and the thruster issues before bringing them back to earth. meanwhile, boeing is naming a new ceo after a quarterly loss of more than $1.4 billion. robert or kelly orkburg will take over next thursday. and to the paris olympics. one of america's greatest swimmers ever, katie ledecky continuing her dominance yesterday, setting a new olympic record on her way to another gold in the women's 1500

freestyle. the 27-year-old maryland native now has 8 career olympic golds, she is tied for the most all-time of any female swimmer and that could grow bigger as after the race she teased a possible return to the pool for the l.a. games in 2028. you know she will do that she gets the most golds. as for these games, ledecky's gold adding to team's u.s.a. lead on top the medal count with a total of 31 so far. that's awesome. >> brian: for her 27 years old. first one at the age of 15. and she won by 10 seconds. anyone else even trying? >> steve: well, brian, to that point, it looks like they gave her like a 15 second lead. okay, you jump in and everybody will jump in 15 seconds later. she is that far ahead. look at that, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,. >> ainsley: those are the best of the best. >> brian: 1500 freestyle. i would imagine she going to

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