alicia rachel, for the vulgar greens president bullard me. zalinski, visited the front line to boost morale among the san jose. today, i worked all day on the road in jennifer and in the region. i was in the front lines of defense in the do not prepare trust region. i listened to the reports of the commanders and thanked the boys and girls who hope the region looked for my whole life. he also time the efforts of the troops involved in regaining control of sneak island in the black sea. a much needed when for the ukrainian side did abuse expire, sir, is in ukraine's capital cave. we asked him about reports casting doubt on russia's claims of a pause in their campaign. but you're right, the attacks appear to be intensifying despite the russian high command, declaring an operational pause during which they get their fighting units back together. they're continuing the shelling to such an extent that the governor of the lou hand screech in which is now occupied by russians entirely. more or less says that the people that are living through a true hel was villages being attacked. civilian

alicia: pete hegseth rachel campos duffy tonight at 10:00 eastern.they'll have fireworks from dc, boston and more and don't miss it and, rich, i just think we need to send phil keating out to try mermaiding. i feel like it's only fair because i'm not going to do it because i don't want anybody watching me on camera try to make -- >> rich: zero gravity mermaiding. alicia: i think he would be up for sure. absolutely. ♪ ♪ ♪ gillian: border officials are struggling with out of control migrant crisis this week 53 people died after being abandoned in a locked tractor trailer with no water, no air-conditioning, just outside of san antonio. the perpetrator suspected human smuggler, he's now in police custody. this fiscal year alone 518 migrant have died at the u.s.-southern border increasingly desperate people there are braving the blazing texas heat to cross into the u.s. that number by the way does not

alicia: love this history lesson, thank you so much. you can celebrate america with us here on fox news channel all weekend long. join pete hegseth, rachelos duffy and will cain tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern for a special celebration at west point with fireworks and music from the west point band. then tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, fox news presents an independence day special with joey jones, lawrence jones, kay lee mcenany. it will include music fireworks from d.c. and boston and much more. >> rich: you can't have a 4th of july show without fireworks but some cities are having to do with that. the american pyrotechnic association says supply chain problems have disrupted the entire industry which is largely made up of smaller businesses. the association reports inflation is also taking a toll with the cost of supplies of 20%, shipping up 50% and overall costs up 35%. joining us now the chairman of the shipping company salvatore style. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. what's going on here? >> what's going on is we have to put into perspective that the 4th of july it takes many many months of planning before a lo