griff. tonight's stop in vegas is the last of vice president harris and governor walz's battleground blitz now that they're a duo on the campaign trail, but it certainly won't be the last time they hit this state or arizona where they were last night teen now and november. but harris face as unique challenge out west and it's a big one and she has to convince voters she'll be tough on immigration, which of course is a key issue all across the country but particularly in the sun belt swing states that are hit harder by the border crisis. the harris campaign is trying to combat that out with a new ad saying she'll take care of the border and, yes, that's despite the fact that millions have come into this country illegally under the biden harris administration. last night in arizona, harris blamed former president trump for the border crisis. >> earlier this year we had a chance to pass the toughest bipartisan border security bill in decades. but donald trump tanked the deal. when i am presiden

griff? griff: president biden is spending the weekend at camp david following vice president harris' speech on her economic agenda thats has garnered a lot of reaction and even sparked some criticism from economists on the left. lucas tomlinson is live outside the white house tracking out all. hey, lucas. >> reporter: that's corrects criticism poured in rather quickly after vice president kamala harris made a campaign stop in in the where she admitted that prices now are much higher than when president trump was in office. >> and i will work to pass the first ever federal ban on price gauging on foosmed prices are still too high. a loaf of bread costs 50 more today than it did before the pandemic -- 50. ground beef is up almost 50%. many of the big food companies are seeing their highest profits in two decades. and while many grocery chains pass along these savings, others still aren't. >> reporter: here's some reaction earlier on fox, those e comments from the vice president. >> most of the

hello to griff. griff: great to be with you, i'm griff jenkins. the former president adding that six weeks is not enough time, referring to the heartbeat protection law that governor desan a cities signed in -- desantis signed in 2023. david spunt is live on the set with us the fill us in with all the details. seems that the former president kind of threading the needle here, david. >> reporter: no question, griff. abortion is a huge issue. former president trump says that six weeks is simply problematic, by the same sense he did the not vote against that abortion bill. the former president made news during that fox news interview. he actually spoke to bryan llenas, our colleague, yesterday. before that the pennsylvania rally, he said he would vote no on the amendment in florida which would allow abortion after a six weeks. he said despite disagreeing with it, he'll ultimately vote against the measure because he says democrats allow abortions too late in the process. he also, like kamala harris, was asked if he would go bipartisan for his cabinet,

griff. griff: alicia with tensions rising in middle east as israel braces for a possible major strike from iran, and u.s. forces, are being charted in syria, president biden is spending weekend in delaware lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the very latest. hey, lucas. reporter: good evening griff last night a drone slammed into a basin in syria housing u.s. troops officials says there were no injuries in the last few days pentagon is reenforcing forces in the region here's john kirby yesterday. >> the president is a hundred percent committed to helping defend israel and we have put military capabilities in the region of a sufficient quantity and quality to do just that. but we're also working at the same time in the diplomatic space to try to deescalation and prevent any major escalation of the conflict there in the region. reporter: been at least 175 attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria since october and over 3,000 u.s. troops are based across the two countries. monday, five

gr griff.er in the senate, democrats are trying to hang onto their slim majority as they defend several seats from republican channelers this fall. one of those challengers joins us now, the republican candidate for senate in wisconsin, eric, and we reached out to the campaign for incumbent tammy baldwin with pa invitation to join the show. eric, you and i will continue. and folks outside of wisconsin may not know that you're a successful businessman, so successful you've been able to lend your campaign millions of dollars, but human rights watch refers to you as quote, a bigoted california banker and your opponent is trying really hard to use your success and your wealth against you. how are you answering this? how with you pushing back? >> i just find that so laughable, i can't even believe it. i'm a fourth generation wisconsinites, i'm in the building that i've owned for 20-plus years where i've had my business. a uw graduate badger. this is deflection, why are they saying that? because sena

griff: thank you. jackie: the us moving warships orders related iran friends to retaliate over the killing of hamas's political leader in tehran. israel has not claimed responsibly for the assassination. alex hogan has more on spiking tensions. >> reporter: tonight we are learning more about the us embassy in lebanon urging all americans to leave the country telling people to book flights regardless of the destination and for those staying behind the embassy says they need to prepare for emergency scenarios including sheltering in place for extended periods of time amid incredibly high tensions in the least. we've seen protests play out in recent years after the death of hamas political chief ishmael haniyeh. the hamas leader lived in qatar as part of a cease-fire but despite his death those talks are underway. the heads of the intelligence agency travel to egypt for just that. at the same time israel says it carried out new strikes, and airstrike in southern lebanon killing a member of hezbollah accor

griff: we appreciate your time. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you, griff. griff: molly.olly: california governor gravin newsom has signed a package of bill designed to crack down on smash and grab robberies, the shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for the crimes. while it passed with bipartisan support democrats are fighting a ballot measure that would make repeat shoplifting a felony in california. griff: and a missouri woman was arrested after police say she tried to extort elvis presley's family. the alleged plot centers on a bogus claim that his late daughter borrowed $3.8 million from a private lender and put up the mansion. and she tried on the owes state unless she was paid off. molly: and the so-called ketamine queen involved with the death of matthew perry. christina, over to you. >> the alleged drug dealer who federal authorities referred to as the ketamine queen did not hold back on sharing her lavish life style on instagram. she touted herself as a celebrity drug dealer who took exoctober trips abroad and say she used her north hollywood home

griff?ollowing all of that for us, thanks. >> as president, i will stand strong with ukraine and our nato allies. [cheers and applause] with respect to the war in gaza, president biden and i have working around the clock. griff: vice president harris at the dnc making remarks about her vision on foreign policy. former ambassador at large and coordinator for counterterrorism nathan sale joins us now. mr. ambassador, thank you. you heard a. alex hogan's great reporting about where we are in the ceasefire, and i want to ask you about harris at the dnc. but first on the very latest as the high-level talks start tomorrow in cairo. are we expecting still that iran could attack? how does all this put it into perspective? >> get -- well, griff, it's been quiet for the past month. remind to july, israel eliminates two senior iranian-backed terrorists, and ever since then the iranians have been rattling the saber and threatening to take action. it's interesting to that they haven't, and it's no secret

we appreciate it. >> griff: thanks, congressman. >> thank you. >> ashley: griff, as always, it's always you have a great day. >> griff: you too. great to be with you. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪

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griff: great to be with you, we've got a packed day of news. i'm griff jenkins. and this is as lloyd austin was on the plea deal with accom accomplices. >> and unemployment going up ticking up to 4.3%, a percentage point higher than in july of last year. not everyone thinks a recession is looming, but people admit the foundations of this country, the economic foundations are shaky. has it simply been a situation where wall street has now caught up to what main street has known all the time? people are hurting, inflation is really taking a big bite out of people's pocket books and we see things going in the wrong direction. >> now, speaking of potentially moving in the wrong direction, that's what biden's defense chief thought when the administrator of gitmo gave sheik mohammed and two others a plea deal. and secretary austin tore up the plea deal and wanted to go for the death penalty. in light of the significance of going into pre-trial agreement with those involved in the case responsibility should rest with me, the superior convening authority under the milita

fox news national correspondent griff jenkins is here to react. griff, if this is true.sue is economy, inflation, number two what we are hearing or seeing in polls is the border, trump looks like he would do really well in this election. >> good morning, lawrence and ainsley connect dots, not surprising that 9 in 10 americans are deeply concerned about the border because of the deluge of daily incidents of migrant crime that we are seeing. look, the officials knew, this administration knew three and a half years ago when they started mass releasing people it included single adult males that this would be the result. a public safety issue and a national security issue. just look at yesterday, we learned on wednesday, ice arrested a peruvian gang member wanted for 23 murders. he is the head of loss killers the most dangerous gang in peru. illegally crossed in may in texas. two months later they realized after he had been released on a notice to appear that they needed to bring him into custody. when they took him into custody, ice did what they had to do to secure the comm

griff? >> griff: good morning, ainsley, brian and steve?ck marking the deadliest day for u.s. troops. blast happened while they were screening thousands of afghans desperately trying to make it onto the one of the last flights leaving the country. since then, the taliban has completely taken over in afghanistan. loved ones are still grieving the great loss with many families upset over the biden administration's false claims that no troops died overseas under his watch. over the weekend, we heard from gold star parents of fallen marine staff sergeant darren taylor hoover on "fox & friends weekend." listen. >> the more i learned, the more i got into the inner workings of politics and how this afghanistan withdraw went down, i have become angry. and less tolerant. there is a lot of us -- of people that need to stand up and say, you know, we screwed upmen. and apologize to us and the american people for what took place. the two main players, biden himself and harris who said she was the last one in the room. >> how dare you put our men and wom

. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is here with more. griff? >> griff: good morning, guys.issue that might be the vice president's biggest vulnerability after being widely dubbed the border czar. but harris leaned in last night blaming trump for killing the border bill, claiming credit for taking on the cartels and offering a pathway to citizenship for the millions who illegally crossed. >> i thought against the cartels who traffic in guns and drugs and human beings. who threaten the security of our border and the safety of our communities. i know the importance of safety and security, especially at our border. >> griff: but victims of crime couldn't disagree more. standing alongside border cochise, arizona the mother of rachel morin briewghtdly raped and murdered by salvadorian in the country fought back tears. >> we are here because we are losing our moms, our daughters, our children to criminals. and that shouldn't happen. we should be taking care of our country, our people. and the only way i believe that's going to happen is if president trump is reelected. >> griff: a

. >> brian: griff jenkins has the story. >> griff: anti-israel protesters are picking up where they left off at cornell, take a look, graffiti and vandalism, glass shattered and dozens of protesters turning out hold ing assigns, free palestine and the like. it comes as no surprise to cornell who issued guidelines saying this, not to punish individuals or suppress individuals, to protect rights of all in our community. it comes after chaos we saw last semester. a returning cornell junior says they are not protecting jewish students. >> as we're starting a new school year, it is imperative administration members keep in mind these antisemitism and illegal actions will continue on the campus so long as they go unissue approximated. >> griff: cornell law professor william jacobsson says this goes beyond first amendment protection. >> they don't seem to recognize that when you use bull horns inside the library and set up an encampment in the quad, you are not doing it to express yourself, you're doing it as act of dominance, saying we defy the administration. >> griff: cornell is not alone, h

griff: you sure could.r own darin shaw, who is on our decision desk and participates with us in the fox polls, when you consider how narrow the margins are and the blue wall in the swing states, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, georgia, arizona, the smallest number of votes could make a difference. that's why every vote counts, but who knows what the kennedy voters will do. neil: yeah, and five of those seven swing states, the two are separated, that is donald trump and kamala harris by 1 1/2 points or less. so, man, that's pretty remarkable. griff, see you at the top of the next hour, my friend. great job as always. hardest working man in show business as we like to say, griff jenkins. in the meantime, don peebles with me, a form obama fundraiser, a player in the democratic party and one of the things i wanted to raise with you, don, is bemoaning what rfk's treatment, the democratic treatment of him. >> i've been not invited to certain arenas and that's okay. the people that i represent are the people th

. >> steve: griff jenkins has more, families are demand ing accountability. one fathers he's not gotten any. >> griff: that attack marking the deadliest attack in decades. troops were screening afghans trying to make it on to one of the last flights leaving the country. this is our coverage from when the attack first happened. >> fox news alert, back to big news in kabul. we're hearing about knowa explosion that has taken place at the airport in kabul. this is the warning we were getting last night. worst has happened. >> large explosion outside abbey gate. >> the president has been briefed. >> -- i think some americans got hurt, too. >> there was a suicide bomber on foot and then a fire fight broke out. >> no words to describe what is going on. all access points blocked by the taliban. >> there is no safe gate at the airport. >> we can confirm at fox news, the death has risen, 13 u.s. ceas servicemembers 12 marines and one navy medic died in kabul today. >> griff: the taliban has taken over in afghanistan. the soldiers embodied who we are as a nation, we owe

griff jenkins live for us, thank you so much.president obama said vice president kamala harris and governor walz know how to handle the bob border crisis, really? >> understand we can secure our borders without tearing kids away from their parents. >> carley: according to the dhs inspector general, the biden-harris administration has lost track of more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children. and as of this may, 291,000 unaccompanied minor children have not been marked for proceedings because i.c.e. routinely failed or to schedule rather court dates and surface notices. today is fentanyl awareness day and the drug is the number one killer of americans between 18-45. 75,000 recorded deaths last year due to fentanyl and synthetic opioids. the deadliest drug crisis they have ever faced and families against the seven or urging political leaders to do something about it while gathered for the dnc, putting out 60 billboards across chicago saying fentanyl is the weapon of mass destruction. >> todd: hey, did you hear about this? good

hey, griff. take it from here. >> griff: good morning, guys.ce 2 is getting quite the work out this week as v.p. harris and new running mate walz barn storm upper midwest states. but vice presidential candidate j.d. vance following closely on heels so much so that they almost ran into each other on the tarmac in wisconsin yesterday. >> i wanted to check out my future plane but i also wanted to go say hello to the vice president and ask her why kamala harris refuses -- why does she refuse to answer questions from the media? and i also thought that the press gaggle following her might get get a little lonely. i at least have enough respect for you all and the american people you report to to come and talk to you and answer some questions. >> griff: vance is also calling out walz accusing him of embellishing his military record. >> what bothers me about tim walz is the stolen valor garbage. do not pretend to be something that you are not. if he wants to criticize me for getting an ivy league education. i'm proud proud of the fact that my ma'am may

griff jenkins is here. >> griff: good morning, we could be in for a newsworthy afternoon. kennedy addresses the nation not far from when kennedy will be today. polling 10% at one point and mired in multiple lawsuits, running short on cash and there are assigns it is drawing close to a close. there is paperwork of r.f.k. jr.'s campaign with deteriorate drawing from the ballot in arizona. he could join forces with trump, who welcomes the idea. >> great relationship with him over the years, i respect him, he respects me. no idea if he will endorse me. we happen to be in the same state. >> griff: teaser from the trump campaign says president trump will be joined by a special guest as he delivers remarks about his america first policies. we know two have been talking privately amid rumors kennedy could find a role in future trump administration. and kennedy's running mate s shanahan gave a teaser what could come today speaking with dr. drew this week. >> i think friday will be one of the biggest events in americ

griff jenkins has details. >> griff: good morning, carley and todd. if you can't beat them, join them. only time will tell. what we know is that r.f.k. jr. says he will address the nation tomorrow. according to all staff e-mail from his campaign manager, he's weighing his next move and his running mate is hinting about the potential path forward. >> one is staying in, forming new party, run risk of kamala harris and walz presidency. or we walk away right now and join forces with donald trump. >> griff: if kennedy dropped and backed trump, it could have significant impact. he was on the ballot in 20 states. kennedy is speaking friday from arizona, where former president trump will be, as well. the two have been talking in private conversations and there is talk if kennedy endorses trump, he could find a place in a future trump administration. >> i respect him, i know where he's coming from, it is a little different philosophy, very smart guy. i'll be there on friday, i would be honored, if he endorsed me, would i be honored? absolutely. >> griff: how b

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griff jenkins joins us. >> griff: kennedy pulled 10% one point and fought hard to make the debate stage. it may come to an end. here is what we know. r.f.k. jr. will address the nation tomorrow, weighing his next move and his running mate, nicole shanahan is hinting about potential paths forward. one is staying in and running risk of kamala harris and walz presidency or we walk away right now and join forces with donald trump. >> griff: if kennedy drops and backs trump, it could have impact in 20 states you see here where kennedy got on the ballot. kennedy is speaking friday from arizona, where former president trump will be, as well. the two have reportedly been talking in private conversations. there is talk trump could give him a place in the future trump administration. >> i respect him, i've respected him for a long time. i know where he is coming from, different philosophy. he's a smart guy. i'll be there on friday. if he endorsed me, would i be honored? absolutely. >> griff: what could happen if kennedy joins forces with trump? latest "new york times" poll suggesting 41% of kenne

thank you, griff. >> griff: that's what we will be watching. pelosi takes the stage tonight.l we see harris in attendance. guys? >> steve: great point. thank you, sir. >> brian: you know what happens what's interesting george cleany the actor, right? >> steve: yes. >> brian: guess who benefits? kamala harris joe biden going that's my woman. and barack obama goes that's my woman. okay. you guys fight it out i will benefit. whatever foundation bynes has left in terms of support and obama is popular democrat. campaigning 20 years ago. they have a history. joe biden was the running mate of barack obama. he said it was the best move he ever made; however, we also know he said and not deny don't ever underestimate to f things up. that stays in the back of his mind. michelle didn't mention the bidens at all. >> lawrence: not one time. >> steve: wonder, we will get your point of view in main. given the fact that, you know, there are these stories that have sir could i lated that michelle obama was very good friends with hunter biden's ex-wife and did not like the way that joe and jil

griff jenkins is in washington with more. hi. >> griff: they are back together again, first time since biden dropped out 25 days ago. axios says harris wants to distance herself from her boss, writing, she wants to break with biden on issues on which he is unpopular. first up is high prices, defining herself in some cases, or redefine herself as different kind of democrat. she will be in the tar heel state tomorrow, where trump campaigned yesterday. >> explain is the present suffering she's caused along with joe biden. by the way, they're a team, you are paying the price for kamala's liberal extremism at gas pump, at the grocery counter and your mortgage bill. not going to let this socialist lunatic keep breaking our economy for four more years, it will destroy our country. [cheering] >> on election day, we're going to tell her that we've had en enough, that we can't take anymore. kamala, you're fired. >> griff: trump hit harris on one of her biggest vulnerabilities, the border. >> just this week in coney island, kamala had t

thank you, griff.we turn the party over to kamala harris and tim walz, the ancients of the democratic party got to have their time on the stage. really shocking to see how they leaned into their moment. first of all, bill clinton mispronouncing kamala harris' name. i have been told on very good authority that that is racist. that is not appropriate, president clinton. secondarily, i cannot believe they are leaning in to godmother. it's too perfect. the party run like the math i can't. she takes out joe biden, the sitting, i don't know, godfather to assert her power and pass onto the next lt.. it's insane they are leaning in to godmother. >> ainsley: hillary clinton talking about how old donald trump is 78. he a few months younger because he just turned 78 two days ago. they are running on weird, they are running on joy. they are running on happy. bill clinton said one of the researchers harris is doing so well is that we are so happy. are you happy when you pay for your groceries? are you happy when yo

hey, griff. >> good morning, guys. somebody queue peaches and q.ted they are together again in maryland. white house event touting lower costs for americans where we expect the current president to continue to claim victory over the pain americans have been feeling in their pocketbooks. >> yes. yes. yes. i told you we were going to have a soft landing. weaver going to have a soft landing. my policies are working. start writing that way. >> griff: we are learning while harris will be by biden's side today she is expected to put daylights between her and her boss tomorrow during an economic address in the tar heels state. axios writes this quote haste won't say it this bluntly in public but her advisers do so privately. she want to break with bidens on issues which he is unpopular. first up rising prices. this is part of a highly choreographed effort to redefine herself at the white house our own peter doocy pressed karine jean-pierre on it. >> peter: axios is now reporting that she is hoping to distance herself from president biden's unpop later on

kelly: we certainly will, griff.hter] appreciate your report, griff. >> reporter: thank you. can. kelly: okay. the economy, still the number one topic for voters and one very important metric is moving in the right direction. gas prices falling every day this week. one of the top -- the nation's top energy analysts is here to tell us what's behind the move and if the price of oil could play a big role in november's vote. and today's countdown closer is tightening his belt and picking one stock that's fattening up thanks to the weight loss drug craze. we'll tell you what it is when "the claman countdown" comes right back. ♪ (♪) you know, you only get one body. it might be the perfect size to do this. your body may take up a lot of space. or have to speak with its hands. but no matter what body you're born with, you only get one. let's fight like hell for it. (♪) (♪) is bad debt holding you back? ♪ the only limit is the sky ♪ ♪ it's our time ♪ ♪ you don't want to miss it (just a little bit louder) ♪ ♪ it's our time ♪ ♪

griff camillo. >> good morning, bill. the first time confirmed iran behind the trump act and targeting biden-harris act. the fbi, oh d&i and cybersecurity infrastructure security agency write this. the intelligence community is confident iranian through social engineering sought access to individuals with direct access to the presidential campaigns of both political parties. such activity including theft sent disclosures are intended to influence the u.s. election process. and they note, this is not new paying iran arrest should have attempted to meddle in our elections before. mike pompeo warns they will not stop until iran faces consequences. >> iran is very capable. they have the capacity to do precisely the things russians can do. they can shape public opinion as much as anything else. we solve the reports of a heck of the trump campaign. we should expect this to continue because no cost on the iranian regime for any malign activity. >> bill: this comes tensions gnomic tensions between iran rights with the u.s. hoping

griff, could you answer some of those questions? >> griff: i will try my best.y and steve. harris and walz are out of the gate and running. running against time so much so they said they will sleep plenty when they are dead. it's unclear if they will find any time to do any interviews or press conferences because we are, ainsley, 17 days and counting. harris has avoided the media, as j.d. vance out on the trail is calling out reporters to raise the pressure. >> i think that you guys have got to do a better job at actually forcing kamala harris to answer questions. this is a person who has been a presumptive democrat nominee for 16 days. she hasn't taken a single real question from a reporter. the american people deserve to get to know the people who want to lead them. and i think it's shameful for kamala harris but increasingly for the media that she is taking a basement strategy. >> meanwhile, president biden seems to have bunk erred down with barely a glimpse here at the white house on monday departing marine one. you see here he avoided reporters' questions a

we have griff jenkins standing by with more of the chaos at the dnc. live to brooke singman with the latest on the convention. good morning. >> brooke: good morning, guys. the third day of the democratic national convention in chicago and yesterday vice president harris received ceremonial. not before del bill gateses got low with rapper lil, watch this. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to nominate kamala harris for president. [ra [rapping] ♪ ♪ >> brooke: harris wasn't there, she was holding a rally in milwaukee where republicans held their convention last month. the obamas were here speaking as if the biden-harris administration has not been in control for 3-1/2 years. >> we do not need chaos, we have seen that movie before and we know the sequel is usually worse. america is ready for a new chapter. >> we love a familiar feeling buried too deep for far too long. hope is making a comeback. >> the crowd chanting, do something. trump campaign saying, are they aware they have been in office for 3-1/2 years? >> i heard someone compare trump to th

let's go right to griff jenkins now looking at some key battleground states i guess, right, griff?porter: good morning, neil. i think this may fit into that proverbial category of politics makes strange bedfellows. the new york post took notice, a kennedy endorses a republican. and with pyroprotech nicks marking the entrance to heres of bobby, rfk jr. took the stage alongside trump just hours after endorsing the gop ticket. >> the best way to build a safe america is to rebuild our industrial base and rebuild the middle class in this country. [cheers and applause] and don't you want a president who's going to get us out of the wars and who's going to to rebuild the middle class in this country? [cheers and applause] >> reporter: trump praised kennedy for running a tough campaign that had tough times, criticized him toughly at times. but now he's reaching out to his voters. >> and to all who supported bobby's campaign, i very simply ask you, join us in building this coalition. it's a beautiful coalition. in defense of liberty and safety, prosperity and peace. it's going to be an incr

. >> dana: griff jenkins has the latest. >> griff: kennedy has waged a strong independent campaign polling 10% at one point and nearly making it to the debate stage with biden and trump. his campaign is mired in lawsuits and running short on cash and it may soon be coming to an end. here is what we know, r.f.k. jr. addresses the nation tomorrow. his campaign says kennedy is weighing his next move and his running mate is hinting about the potential path forward. >> one is staying in, forming a new party and run risk of a kamala harris and walz presidency. or we walk away right now and join forces with donald trump. >> griff: big question is what might happen if kennedy drops and backs trump. kennedy is on the ballot in 20 states and in that famed blue wall of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, latest "new york times" poll suggests 41% of kennedy voters said they would back trump and 27% would vote for harris. kennedy, as you mentioned, is speaking in arizona tomorrow near where trump is holding the rally. the two have been in private conversations and there are rumblings if kennedy endor

griff jenkins is here with more. >> griff: it is bedrock part of the american dream, in california, thatould be available to those who illegally cross our border, too. state senators passed dream for all bill. loan applicants can'ting disqualified based on their status. loans up to $150,000 for first-time home buyers. state lawmakers passed the bill. a spokesperson says the program started in june and run out of money in 11 days. push and pull factors drive the crisis, charles payne says this will be incentive. >> when you have california saying we'll do this or oregon, you draw people into this country illegally, they will flood our borders illegally. >> griff: this is heading to governor gavin newsom desk, it is unclear if he'll assign it. >> ainsley: thank you. after 40 days of no interviews, kamala harris and tim walz will finally sit down in front of a camera tomorrow. is this some of what we can expect from the vice president? >> whole thing about the border, we've been to the border. >> you have not been to the border. >> i have not been to upper yoo. >> what will you do to fix th

. >> brian: griff jenkins is live, this coulding first assign of momentum going back to trump. >> griff 10% at one point and nearly made the debate stage. none stronger than this news late yesterday. take a look. arizona secretary of state tweeting paperwork of r.f.k. jr. campaign withdrawing from the ballot there. he will address the nation later today from arizona. it is where trump will be. rumors run wild kennedy is dropping out and could join trump to welcome the prospect. >> we have a great relationship over the years. i respect him. he respects me. i have no idea if he's going to endorse me. he has a news conference, we are in the same state. it is possible we'll meet tomorrow and discuss it. he was treated very unfairly by democrats, he would have beaten joe biden in a democratic primary, no doubt. they made it impossible for him, they made it you have to get 60% of the vote to get in. >> griff: the two have been talking in private conversation, he might find a role in a future trump administration. trump campaign teases a possible ap appearance and say president trump will be j

griff jenkins is covering it from the white house. >> good morning, shannon. v.p.arris and governor walz continue barnstorming the battleground state in the sun belt today. phoenix, arizona rally today and then travel to las vegas, nevada to woo voters there. what we're watching is whether or not she will at least continue to gaggle with the press. yesterday she did end that 18-day media blackout with no interviews or press conferences and answered five questions for 77 seconds with reporters on the tarmac. here is some of what she said. >> some of the criticism has been about your vice presidential pick and his leaving the national guard of 24 years. vance said he deserted his own colleagues. what is your take on that? >> listen, i praise anyone who has presented themselves to serve our country. and i think that we all should. >> there has been a lot of questions when you will sit down for your first interview. >> i want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month. >> we have asked her team when that interview might come. we aren't getting any inf

stuart: griff, got it.te house is warning iran of serious risks if it launches any major attacks on israel. lieutenant general keith kellogg joining me now. general, do you still think we should go on offense against iran and hit them? >> hi, stuart, thanks for having me. well, the first thing we ought to do is diplomatically go on offense. and having an unname advisor in the "wall street journal" say don't do this means nothing to our adversaries. it doesn't send a message. when you look at preventing a war, you have to have deterrence. the deterrence is based on credible, and the two underpinnings of credibility are capability, which we do have in the middle east with the carrier battle group, or -- group the tr, and also the am amphibious ready group, but we have seen no political will to to get solve so involved in in this in a hard way. the israelis have going against the houthis, against hezbollah, against hamas. it's been nine days since that attack in iran which killed the leader of hamas, and even

stuart: griff jenkins thanks very much.ons are urging iran to show restraint in responding to the assassination of hamas top political leader. john kirby says america is ready to defense israel. retired four star general jack keane joins me. general, we are playing defense with iran. should we go on offense? >> well, right from the -- [inaudible]. stuart: we seem to have lost him. we just lost audio right there. don't think we can get him back in the short run. okay, so i'm going to move on and see if we can get back to general keane if we possibly can. two people are under arrest. they are accused of plotting a terror attack at a taylor swift concert. lauren: that concert would have been tonight and friday and saturday, so authorities arrested two men, identified as suspected extremists who were radicalized online. concert organizers are playing it safe so they canceled swift's three vienna tours scheduled this weekend, that's some 200,000 fans that have to get refunds and many of them likely already traveled to the stadiu

. >> sandra: will kick things off with griff jenkins in washington. griff, set it up for us. >> sandra, prepare yourself for the biggest event in american election history according to kennedy's running mate, mikel shanahan. while we wait to find out exactly where rfk jr. stands in the path forward, we are learning just moments ago that nicole shanahan tweeted out that "i am not a kamala democrat, i'm not a trump republican. i'm an independent american endorsing ideas, not a person or a party. i will continue working to give a voice to the voiceless and give power back to the people." a confirmation of what we are about to find out, but whether he drops out or endorsee arizona secretary of state confirmed they process the withdrawal forms and no changes can be made to the ballot now in the state of arizona. the real unknown is how any of this could impact to the race. the national real clear politics average has harassed up by 2 over trump, 46-44. that kennedy polls at 5%. you get into the critical swing state of pennsylvania, and it really gets tight

griff, good to see you.ra: let's bring in the national security spokesperson, your former boss mike pompeo was on earlier today, and he was talking about iran's growing aggression and whether or not they are listening to us and our mornings, let's listen. >> what we have typically said is that there is a don't end a set up a policy is that have encouraged continuing irani and injured by rockets in iraq just a week ago, and the united states has done nothing to impose costs on the iranians. >> sandra: which makes you wonder if they take track of the current situation? >> no one is talk about this. the d&i, this is not a trump appointee, that to the biden d&i said the iranian regime is meddling in our presidential election. so we have them in our presidential election, and trying to kill him, trying to kill former president trump and other cabinet officials and general milley who worked for president biden trying to kill former president cabin officials, and interfering in our election, iranian made drones kil

but first let's get to griff jenkins with the news live in washington.how is the white house responded? >> sandra, they are pushing back. they may have been caught off guard by this. it's not every day the ceo -- excuse me, one of the biggest companies in a world -- open they admits they were wrong and include the white house's dereliction there. the white house issued this statement this morning, saying this, "when confronted with a deadly pandemic, this administration encouraged responsible actions to protect health and safety. our position has been clear and consistent. we believe tech companies and other private actors should take into account the effects their actions have on the american people while making independent choices about the information they present." but sandra, they don't directly address zuckerberg biggest admission in the letter, that the biden-harris administration "repeatedly pressured his teams to censor covid-19 content and became frustrated when they disagreed on the censorship." republican are presented of loralee is a member

joey: griff, what's your side of the story?ing serve projects together and got to know each other just a little bit and she came up to me one day to talk to me and i was just asking me about some things that we could do together in ministry and it all started in ministry through church of the highlands and shout-out to pastor chris and pat back home. we absolutely love it and can't believe we get to do ministry with them. rachel: is the lesson go to church if you want to find love? >> that's right. serve jesus. that's right. will: that's beautiful. you guys live in alabama, work in georgia. so give us a little hint, what's this life going to be like now together? >> loving and serving others with the love of jesus. will: beautiful. beautiful. >> just like when jesus was on this earth, he said the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and that's what we're called to do. will: that's beautiful. joey: beautiful. congratulations. will: yeah, beautiful moment. thank you for sharing with us here on "fox & friends". rachel

griff jenkins has a follow-up. they got him, hello. >> griff: they got him now.o peruvian officials as john franco 23, for the number of people he is alleged to have killed. he crossed on may 16th near roma, texas. apprehended and released with a notice to appear. he is wanted for homicide in peru and ice moved to arrest him wednesday northwest of where you are in new york city. he remains in removal proceedings. john franco torres navarro, poses a threat to our community and we won't allow new york to be a safe haven for dangerous noncitizens. this is two weeks after a columbian gang member was arrested wanted for homicide, arms trafficking and theft in his own country. he crossed in september of last year and released with notice to appear. ice rearrested him. jason owens posting arrest of two gang members, one in texas and one in arizona this week and noting so far this fiscal year, they have arrested 452 gang members and those are just the ones we know got stopped. with threat of gangs comes threat of fentanyl crossing the border. catch fox nation special on

neil: the intrigue builds, griff jenkins on all that.action to all this with the former management and budget director, chief economist there. you know, if i can begin with you, the market reaction to everything we've been hearing out of the fed chair but is not what it was but pretty robust gains in all the averages, the market's like to talk and seems the inability of interest rate cuts, do you -- >> initial reaction is always going to be to a rate cut to be up a little bit, but just a warning shot to everybody, we've already had the most gargantuan rate cut in a long time and that's the 10 year yield, the free market, the defining force behind loans and mortgages. it's gone from 5 down to 3. 8%, the fed still at 5. 5 on the high end. he will come down 1/4, he' s just playing catch up. as far as the market, corporations are doing well and that drop in interest rates has the cost of capital from the individual all the way to the biggest corporations making more profits because of it and able to do business better because of it. that's d

. >> ainsley: fofrmer president trump will head to michigan today and griff jenkins has a preview for good morning, reducing crime is a top, just outside of detroit to make the point america can't take another year of soft on crime and speak with concerned business owners. seizing on data published showing violent crime levels have dropped. independent public policy group for law order and safety say according to their analysis, it is up across 66 major cities. same period in 2024 shows 9 know.6% increase with aggravated assault and murder up. in latest fox news poll, they asked who do you trust to do better job with crime, donald trump has the lead. >> ainsley: trey gowdy is next live from chicago and also bill hemmer and dana perino. >> bill: what is going on? how did that alarm feel? >> ainsley: i stayed up late watching it all. >> dana: thank you for your encouragement, too. >> bill: thanks, michael taylor is with the harris campaign. >> dana: and mike summers will tell us about gas prices and drilling. >> bill: conway hurt and vov rovan harf will be here. >> dana: and speaker mik

mr griff jenkins, what say you?of this without any major gaps, box checked but there's a missed opportunity for her to really tell the american people what she is passionate about and what does she care about, what's win to be the bedrock issues of a future harris administration, she didn't do that and i think there's going to be a lot left to press her own in the next interviews over the fact that she didn't really give any explanations to her numerous policy changes in the signature line of my values have changed, probably not enough to cut it. >> you are waiting to interview her whenever she's ready. >> i agree with him. i don't think it was a minded changing interview. i was distracted by the fact she kept looking down and not at the interviewer a lot. i didn't like her sitting behind a table so i was distracted by those things even more than by what she was saying. >> it was okay p. or she didn't change my mind, your answers were a little frigid and generic. i want to see her in a live interview. >> it would've

. >> bret: griff jenkins has more from washington. good morning, griff. >> it is not every day that one of the most powerful ceos in the world says we were wrong. let's get right to that letter. zuckerberg writes this. in 2021 senior officials from the biden administration including the white house repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain covid-19 content including humor and satire and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree. i believe the government pressure was wrong and i regret that we were not more outspoken about it. zuckerberg also admits in the letter his company was wrong when they demoted the hunter biden laptop story. republican representative laura lee, a member of the judiciary committee had this to say this morning. >> to see mr. zuckerberg acknowledging this is really important. it shows the lengths that the biden administration went to try to shut this information down. and the other thing that he mentions in this letter that's really critical is an acknowledgement that the

correspondent griff jenkins has the latest tonight hockey fans calling it one of the worst days.e groomsmen in their sister's wedding toted today. the wedding put on hold. last night we lost two husbands, to sons, to brothers, to brother's in law. cuches, two teammates, two friends but truly two amazing humans. the 21-year-old nhl star known as johnny hockey a bleed of skill. brother matthew played in the minor league were killed after 8:00 p.m. last night. the brothers were biking on a two lane rural road in new jersey. police say the driver of the jeep was attempting to pass a vehicle on the left-hand side. when the vehicle was passing, move to the left side to avoid the brothers at that point the jeep tried to pass again this time on the right-hand side running the brothers down in the process. the driver, 43-year-old sean higgins as you mentioned suspected of being under the instance influence of alcohol. he what about charged with two counts of death by auto and is in custody awaiting a detention hearing next week. johnny was just a few weeks from beginning his third season

griff. thanks. the house to take up senate-passed bipartisan legislation preventing the irs from levying fines and penalties on american hostages and detainees when they are held abroad. seems common sense. correspondent madeleine rivera explains from here in d.c. [cheers] >> the joy unmistakable as paul whelan, evan gershkovich and return to the u.s. early august. but after release comes reintegration and that brings another set of challenges imagine all of the things that sort of fall by the wayside when you have been really off the grid for a year or more. >> "the washington post" journalist jason resign was released as part of a prisoner swap with iran in 2016. when he returned to the u.s. unpaid credit card bills. >> penalties and interest that piled up on my unpaid taxes that i was unable to file when i was in prison. >> bill for unpaid taxes interest eventually grew to a total sum of about $20,000. while the irs says it is prepared to worked with freed hostages and detainees to provide the ma

griff jenkins can run it down for us now. >> good morning. it is starting to feel like a high stakes game of hide and seek around here. the president biden making it very clear that he wants to stay and lay low and not step in the limelight of harris's new ticket and he is obviously staying out of sight. now, there are no public events, bill, on the schedule today. in fact, the only time we've seen him all week long is the brief tape we showed you of him getting off marine one and avoided questions from reporters standing by. the white house saying he is holed up and working hard. >> israel could be under attack any moment from iran. u.s. troops in iraq were injured yesterday. why have we not heard directly from president biden? where is he? >> you have seen the president. he have has been very clear about -- about making sure that we continue to try to de-escalate tensions. we just put out two read-outs today. >> two read-outs. now biden did post a picture to x yesterday in the oval office making calls to the leaders of qatar and egypt tryin