griff jenkins i guess a staple here at fox news everybody knows him even loves him.ld friend tony. so tony snow started didn't start here but he was unfortunately passed away in 2008. he had been at fox news for a long time but i think he started fox news sunday. griff jenkins worked for him so that's how i originally got to know griff many years ago and one thing i didn't realize about griff is -- it he's got really open. come on the show any time ask him to do anything. he also ran his first half marathon with one of his daughters because she didn't want to do it alone i wouldn't do that. and it's somebody said i wonder on marathon but i don't to alone would you join me? i would have to say no. >> we wouldn't do a 5k i don't run errands dana i think we have our gossip from griff. i think he deserved all of that. >> figure out who our next victim it the ploing over weekend dana thank you very much. americans very stressed out these days even though it is summer. and they tell us we need pet la ma and take duckses on an airplane all of that stuff because we need emot

griff jenkins is in his seat. griff: thank you. good morning. ainsley: griff is a big surfer.n the country. roll outs of bed and talk about sipperring. we have steve's steaks on the grill later.

griff jenkins, thank you. in addition to condemning weight extremism interesting terrorism donald trump is considering legal initiatives to curb gun violence. andrew pollock who said donald trump is right to put politics aside as he looks for real solutions. >> politicians jumped on these events and push the political agendas and they aren't even in the ground yet, and pushing an agenda without even looking at the facts of what went wrong. every channel and every politician jumped on that bandwagon of gun-control and i took a step back. let the police do their job pushing an agenda. that is not going to solve anything. when i think of someone who in that walmart hoping to get saved and there is no one coming to save you. they are sitting like my daughter on the third floor. to push the gun control agenda and take our rights away from victims, i couldn't be there for my daughter and my daughter got shot at point blank and a lot of other victims so to me it is important we can defend ourselves in a mass shooting

griff jenkins at the state fair joins us live in louisville. >> we have urban, blue grass and horses,sell $3 million, we are taking into the fares when we come back. >> welcome back. a decision is expected to say that could make it easier for illegal immigrants to go to college at least in one state. right now students from arizona in the dac a program get a discount on the standard out-of-state tuition. the board of regents will go on ending the dac requirement and instead leave all illegal immigrants a discount as long as they graduate from in arizona i school and students would still have to pay more than in-state students. >> disabled veterans with student loans have one less thing to worry about donald from using executive order to cancel their debts. >> we wipeout an average of $30,000 in debt owed by 20,000 eligible veterans who made immense sacrifices, the ultimate sacrifice in many ways. >> reporter: eligible veterans will be cleared from paying federal income tax on the loan, the president signed the order in kentucky. jillian: 117th kentucky state in full swing and with mor

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brian: there is one guy who knew all of that ahead of time, griff jenkins. ss state with a special, special guest. griff: that's right. good morning, guys. it's one of the oldest and they have blue grass, bourbon and horses. governor matt bevin is with us. governor, it's an amazing fair it? >> really is everyone brags about their state fair but no state fair is as fun to attend for everyone as the kentucky state fair. best food. griff: the food really is great. yesterday i had, among other things, a bacon cheeseburger on a doughnut that had been dipped in some sort of bourbon glaze. i don't know how many years of my life i just took off but it was really tasty. >> here's the thing if you are given some type of catastrophic innovation from your doctor just come to the kentucky state fair, wind out your final days, your mouth will die happy. i will tell you that. steve: this morning you will be auctioning off a ham which i am hoping to get a bite off of. you did this last year. how much did it sell for. >> 2.6, 2.8 million. it is for charity. people cricket. it

griff jenkins right over there, as well. >> i love griff jenkins. do you see this?cept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist. nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief rob: we are back with a fox news alert. flight to the hong kong international airport a major hub has been canceled was a live look inside where thousands of protesters i gathered. jillian: the activists have been rallying for months against a law that would extradite criminal suspects, the city leader says hong kong is on the brink of no return. rob: major airport. we will keep you posted. after kneeling for the national anthem at the pan am games. jillian: one veteran has a message for any athlete who disrespects the flag. rob: joy jones joins us to talk about this. thanks for coming back to the show. a couple guys protests, what was your initial response? >> we live in a country so blessed and prosperous and so free, to those things that make it that way, this is the irony of the situation where generations of americans hav

griff jenkins was at the rally with the president. t to the rally. debbie and phil went, they're from rhode island. what are you having for breakfast? >> blueberry parfait. griff: like your style. what did you think of the rally. >> it was amazing. president trump has so much energy. it is just overwhelming. griff: when issue matters most? what do you want donald trump to focus on most in 2020? >> probably immigration and the wall, our second amendment. late-term abortion, the economy, which is absolutely fantastic right now. griff: whole buffet of issues. phil, let me ask you, retired navy. thank you for your service. what do you think is the most important issue right now? >> i agree like deb said, the economy and the bidding the wall, legal immigration. griff: you were interviewed after the rally by a "washington post" reporter. you told her you think the gop is fractured. why? >> when we have the house and senate we were able to have the opportunity to do a lot of great things but we are, we struggled. griff: you believe time now f

griff jenkins reports the underlying tensions between the u.s. and china remain high . >> president trump stepping up the trade war with china. labeling the country a currency manipulator after beijing allowed the yuan to drop to historic lows. >>> their action, they brought this on themselves . >> the move came after another tariff threat on some $300 billion worth of chinese goods and sent stocks plunging. global markets are slowly be rebounding today with nervous investors now waiting, speculating about the president's strategy moving forward . >> we are seeing a lot of chaos. it is diversion, it is creating situations where ultimately, the american people are going to end up paying much more. make but the president says his strategy is working and america is in a strong position to ride out the trade war, tweeting in part, "massive amounts of money from china and other parts of the world is pouring into the united states for reasons of safety, investment and interest rate. " the situation became more complicated with a new military threat, ch

cheryl: griff jenkins live in wash son. griff, thank you so much.ay ohio governor mike dewine is expected to unveil new gun and mental health measures after a gunman opened fire of the course on that packed street that killed nine people. dewine packed senate leaders on passing red flag laws which would remove guns from a person found to be dangerous. president trump is also supporting those laws. deirdre: officials say the shooter fired off at least 41 rounds with hi ar-15 rifle in jt 30 seconds. he had up to 250 rounds on him. one of the victims, his own sister, investigators have spoken to his friend who arrived to the area with them. a motive is still unknown. a memorial with candles, flowers and balloons is growing. you can see it in the downtown district. cheryl: now to north korea. they are threatening to take a, quote, new road, after they fired two more missiles. this is the fourth launch in less than two weeks of. this comes as the u.s. and south korea start their new joint military drills. now, north korea is calling those drills a flagra

fox news correspondent griff jenkins has more from washington. >> reporter: it is the latest attemptpresident trump to close immigration loopholes. under a new policy announced on wednesday, children born over seas to some american parents serving in the military or foreign service will no longer be u.s. citizens at birth because it conflicts with other federal immigration laws. democrats on capitol hill quickly condemning the new rule. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting in part, quote, donald trump is launching an attack on their families, putting in doubt the citizenship of their children born over seas. shame paul policy must be reversed immediately. they're urging the public not to rush to judgment. they say only about 100 people will be impacted each year and it does not apply to children born to two parents who are u.s. citizens. the only people that this affects are those who are not u.s. citizens when they're born, for instance, the child of a mother who marries a service mother who is a citizen. >> they're mounting legal challenges, pointing out parents of some military chi

but as fox's griff jenkins reports, the underlying tensions between the u.s. and china remain high. >> reporter: president trump stepping up the trade war with china. labeling the country a currency manipulator after beijing allowed the you won -- yuan to drop. this sent stocks plunging. nervous investors are now speculating about the president's strategy moving forward . >> we are seeing a lot of chaos. it is diversion. it is creating situations where ultimately, the american people are going to end up paying much more. >> reporter: but the president says his strategy is working and america is in a strong position to write out the trade war. he tweeted in part, "massive amounts of money from china and other parts of the world is pouring into the united states for reasons of safety, investment and interest rate. " the situation became more competent with a new military threat, china warning of dark consequences of the pentagon goes ahead with plans to deploy intermediate-range missiles in asia which were previously banned under a treaty the u.s. withdrew from

brian: griff jenkins has been assigned this task of unwinding the trade war. is it over, griff? grill jenkins rather than griff. griff. brian: you are not winning. no way. griff: this is a high stakes trade war like nothing we have ever seen. let me show you the asian markets overnight the mood is upbeat, shanghai's deposit and japan's nikkei index reacting positively to president trump's announcement that the two sides are coming back to the table. and china's vice premier saying they want to resolve things through calm negotiations. the president, even sounding optimistic of a deal. >> i think they want to make a deal very badly. i think that was elevated last night. china has taken a very hard hit over the last number of months. they have lost 3 million jobs. it will soon be much more than 3 million jobs. >> now the white house has not reversed course on those new tariffs that take effect on september 1st. and trade talks are set to resume next month. and the president's unorthodox style was on full display calling chinese president xi jinping an enemy on friday and then prais

steve: griff jenkins is live in washington as calls grow for congress to do something, maybe new gun f: well, steve, pete, ainsley, good morning. democrats are once again pushing for gun control. minority leader chuck schumer pointing directly at mitch mcconnell over the weekend enough is enough stop blocking gun safety reforms over 90% of americans support. gavel the senate into emergency session to take immediate action on the bipartisan house-passed universal background checks legislation. earlier this year the house passed a bill hr 8 requiring new background checks on firearm sales. schumer's call was echoed by most of the 2020 candidates and speaker pelosi and at least one republican senator tim scott said he would support returning to talk about gun reform but no indication mcconnell intends to call anyone back to washington. meanwhile, president trump says hate has no place in our country, offering condolences to the victims of families, saying more has to be done. >> i want to extend our condolences to the people of el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio. i spoke to members of cong

todd: the number of crimes committed by illegal aliens in the us, griff jenkins joins us from the nation'scapital with this alarming new report. >> 64% of the arrests. over 20 years back to 1998. 7% of the total us population according to this report, non-us citizens accounted for 24% of federal drug arrests, 25% of all federal property arrests in 20% of all federal fraud arrests as the trump administration announces, withdraws us from the floor is agreement that is the 20 day. replacing it with a new standard that will hold the business together for a longer time. that will go into effect 60 days from today. and criticism for the campaign trail, senator elizabeth warren tweeting donald trump's latest attack on immigrant families is to keep kids and their parents engage indefinitely. families fleeing violence and persecution don't belong in filthy prisons. attacks on immigrant communities, this is part of the overall challenges of congressional loopholes, and the blame for these problems falls on republicans in past days. >> when paul ryan was the speaker, we had legislatively when bob goo

griff jenkins joins us with those details that 2020 candidate slammed the trump administration for diverging fema funds. we knew they would do this. >> reporter: we are learning democratic staff, chairman elijah cummings will not be granted further access to border facilities as part of a planned trip over disruptive behavior and refusal to follow instructions in the last visit. dhs said due to the operational burden on the field by their refusal to comply with instructions during last week's visit they pulled the trip in which more visits were to take place this week. dhs communicated that due to their conduct cmp cannot support visits from the committee this week. fox news obtaining the communication reference. in a letter to cummings from the secretary for legislative affairs explaining, quote, during discussions between department and committee staff the kennedy staff stated they don't intend to abide by dhs guidelines. we are unable to accommodate your visit unless we receive a firm commitment the committee and staff will comply fully with all existing guidelines and policies. they take

heather: the crowd going wild as the president takes aim at democrats running to replace them, griff jenkinsanchester this morning with reaction to the rally. >> reporter: outside the airport diner manchester where we talk to people having breakfast about the rally and we can't confirm the numbers but southern new hampshire university says the area has 11,770 capacity and we were outside where there were 2 or 3000 so one thing is for sure, it was a fool house. the president saying whether you love me or hate me you have no choice but to vote for me in the crowd went nuts. the president had choice words for his 2020 democrat field competition. here is what he had to say. >> i don't mind any of them. you've got pocahontas rising, kamala is falling, beto is like -- gone. but i don't know. i think sleepy joe might be able to limp across.22%, sanders at followed by kamala harris at 8%, at the back end booker and buttigieg, there were protesters as well. this is warren country, they are supporting the senator. listens what they told us. >> elizabeth warren all the way. >> i continue to support ber

griff jenkins joins us from washington with more on that report and the new lawsuit from one of epstein's alleged victims. >> the victims act that went into effect yesterday allowing a 1-year window for filing civil claims for child sex abuse the attorney for jennifer arose speaking out about learning about epstein's death. >> initially she was angry, a little frustrated. she was hoping mister epstein would face justice in a criminal court room, that she would be able to stand up to him, see him face a judge that would ultimately lead to his jail, but justice begins now. she is fully intending to see this through to the end. >> rose's tori gained national attention when she spoke up alleging she was lured to epstein's mansion as a teenager. >> very forcefully kind of brought me to the table. i was really scared and telling him to stop. he forcefully raped me, knew exactly what he was doing and i don't think cared. >> reporter: a new report in the washington post and confirmed by fox news offers details of epstein's autopsy finding he suffered multiple breaks in his neck bones. among the b

ilhan omar claiming the president wants to pit muslims and jewish people against each other and griff jenkins is live with israel's response. >> israel pushing back on sharp attacks and heavy criticism from ilhan omar and rashida tlaib who spoke out for the first time since being barred entry omar accusing trump and benjamin netanyahu pressing their efforts to expose palestinian injustice. >> we cannot let trump and benjamin netanyahu succeed in hiding the cruel reality of the occupation from us. i call on all of you to go. >> both are critics of israel and voice a movement calling for a boycott of israel. israeli ambassador reiterating their position under the country's laws. >> we respect -- we do not respect people who -- we welcome all americans. if you don't recognize is really a to boycott israel, make anti-semitic results you are not welcome. >> in an emotional tlaib who was granted humanitarian visa to visit her aging grandmother but rejected it had this to say. >> i watched as my mother had to go through the humanizing checkpoints even though she was a united states citizen and proud

griff jenkins is live in delray beach. hey, griff. >> hey, neil, take a look behind me. you can see down the beach just south of west palm beach, that people are getting perhaps their last day of sunshine, enjoying a day out here, but that cone we were just hearing from the national hurricane center is what the officials want these people out here to heed. and that is, no one is out of the woods. no one is out of the cone. just because it shifted doesn't mean you will be hit. in this particular area, neil, it's not just the fact that you might avoid the direct hit from dorian, but it is the water and the threat of storm surge. we hear that every time one of those storms comes up, but it's particularly significant in this area this time because they are in the king tides. you could look at the ocean and don't really notice this is particularly a king tide, but it is the highest tide of the summer occasion with this storm's approach and already you have the inland water ways at their max capacity because of heavy rainfall and that's why the mayor here says that you've got

griff jenkins joins us with a look at why the two sides may not be on the same page. >> we will find out and we will have a better idea where things stand once talks resume in september but no shortage of drama in the high-stakes standoff, the latest a positive sign issuing this statement china is willing to resolve its trade dispute through a negotiations and resolutely oppose escalation of the conflict, calling chinese president xi jinping an enemy, called in a great leader yesterday and was unapologetic about that, reporting beijing called twice over the weekend to resume negotiations, the president now selling optimistic of a deal. >> they want to make a deal very badly. that was elevated last night. china is hard-hit over the last number of months, 3 million jobs, it will soon be much more than 3 million jobs. >> sign as foreign ministry spokesman was not confirming that and threatened they will continue to retaliate of donald trump continues to escalate the fight. some democratic hopefuls including joe biden who vowed not to criticize the president while overseas was blasting t

griff jenkins joins us live from washington as we are learning records may have been falsified.ew information keeps coming out by the hour in the day. >> reporter: the story moves at a rapid case, there are multiple reports, the new york times and associated press saying the two corrections officers charged with checking on the most high profile prisoner in the country every 30 minutes were in fact sleeping on the job up to 3 hours, now suspected of also flying logs showing the contrary, they could constitute a federal crime and two officers on administering leave pending multiple investigations, this as fox news learns the warden where epstein died has been reassigned. the doj releasing this statement today the attorney general directed the bureau of prisons to temporarily assign the warden to the bureau's northeast regional office pending the outcome of the investigations in the apparent suicide of jeffrey epstein, but the warden has been named acting warden of the in the cc in new york. former acting attorney general matt whitaker says this is inexcusable. >> there is no reas

griff jenkins joins us with details of his trip and why some want him to stay away. >> reporter: whiteouse aides are defending the trip as he embarks to dayton and el paso in his role as consoler in chief but critic of the local and national about our painting the visit with worries his comments are divisive. >> i can only hope that as president of the united states that he is coming here because he wants to add value to our community and recognizes that is what our community needs. >> reporter: congresswoman veronica escobar says he is not welcome. >> this community is full of hope and resilience and beauty but the other thing i heard, totally unsolicited from victims in the hospital, they grabbed my arm and told me tell him not to come here. >> reporter: el paso's gop chairman strongly disagrees. >> look at what o'rourke is doing and escobar is doing, they are making this a political issue and trying to enhance their opportunities by making a political issue. that is absolutely wrong and very disappointing. >> reporter: the president decided just before midnight to directly engage in

katie: griff jenkins joins us from the nation's capital with the alarming new report. over to you. griff: good morning, katie, brian, and steve this report is from the bureau of justice statistics, 64% federal arrests in 2018 were non-u.s. citizens a figure more than tripled in the last 20 years. while non-u.s. citizens just make up 7% of the total population they are accounting for 24% of all federal drug arrests. 25% of all property arrests. and 28% of all fraud arrests. this as the administration issues that new rule you mentioned which eliminates the flores settlement agreement. that currently prohibits officials from holding migrant children for more than 20 days. they will replace it with a new standard, expanding migrant family detention. if approved by a judge, it would take effect in 60 days from today. out of the campaign trail 2020 democrats are slamming this move. now this tweet from elizabeth warren she says the president placed attack on immigrant families to keep kids and their parents in cages indefinitely. families claiming violence and persecution don

let's start with griff jenkins with the big moments of the night. >> reporter: i will tell you what.oe biden brought in his a game, he knew he would be the main target and everyone on stage, he was sharper and had more energy and did what he had to do but it was the healthcare issue that was so prominent for the two nights that drew some contrast. >> joe biden's campaign, call your plan, quote, a have it every which way approach, and the computing pattern of equivocating about your healthcare stands. what do you say to that? >> they were confused with what they found. >> when you say you will get something good in 10 years you wonder why it takes 10 years. it will require class taxes to go up, not down. >> the cost of doing nothing. >> reporter: immigration was front and center on the stage and joe biden try some contrast with julian castro who we saw moving so far, here is that exchange. >> you should be able, if you cross the border illegally you should be able to be sent back. it is a crime. >> looks like one of us has learned the lessons from the past and one of us hasn't. >> rep

griff jenkins joins us from washington with more on the report and a new lawsuit from one of his alleged victims. big morning. >> reporter: under new york's child victims act the attorney for allegedly victim took action following a civil suit against not only jeffrey epstein, but in his circle like e ln. maxwell. >> wasn't just jeffrey epstein that victimized her. there was a network that heard her remark and statement that permitted this to occur. >> reporter: maxwell has not been criminally charged. >> very forcefully brought me to the table. i looked really scared. >> he knew what he was doing. and i don't think cared. >> reporter: and a report in the washington post. and around them was raising questions about his cause of death according to the president of the national association of medical examiners who said, quote, if the bone is broken that would raise questions about strangulation but it is not definitive. it does not exclude suicidal hanging. the medical examiner's office is not commenting, cause of death is pending. this too, the new york post reported epstein was in good p

todd: the number of crimes committed by illegal aliens in the us, griff jenkins joining us from the nation's report from the bureau of justice statistics report 60% of federal rest in 2018 were non-us citizens. the figure has tripled in 20 years. non-us citizens make up 7% of the total population, they are accounting for 20% of all federal drug arrests, 25% of poverty arrests in 20% of all federal fraud arrests as this administration issues a new rule that would illuminate the settlement agreement that currently prevents officials holding migrant children for 20 days to replace it with a new standard expanding migrant family detention if approved by a judge it will take effect in 60 days. nancy pelosi is already blasting the move saying this unconscionable rule circumvents the conditions in the florez settlement. if you expect the court to strike it down, democrats continue to call on the administration to end its assault on families and children and to join us to protect families and preserve america's heritage as a beacon of hope, freedom and opportunity for all. her predecessor, paul ryan

jillian: griff jenkins joining us with reaction to the rally. >> reporter: we are at the airport in manchesteree diners coming in, the door just opened. as trump revs up the granite state backers, that he did, we are not sure. there was a record crowd, the president tweeted the capacity, 11,00770 and there were 2 or 3000 here where we were so fair to say it was a packed crowd. the president had words for his competitors on the 2020 democratic field. here is what he said. >> i don't mind any of them. you have pocahontas rising. kamala is falling. beto is like gone. i don't know. i think sleepy joe might be able to limp across. >> reporter: elizabeth warren is rising. a new fox news poll has joe biden in the lead at 31% but warren ahead of sanders, 20%, sanders 10%, kamala harris 8%, booker and buttigieg bringing up the rear at 3%. a few hundred protesters as well, we ask them, elizabeth warren is a hometown girl, whether they supported her. here is what they said. >> elizabeth warren all the way. >> i currently am continuing to support bernie sanders. >> bernie or elizabeth. >> bernie or elizab

pete: griff jenkins live in washington with the white house response. griff, good morning.ff: good morning to you. israel isenned thatting by its decision to bar tlaib and omar and they are blasting president trump and prime minister netanyahu for denying their entry accusing them of trying to, quote, hide the cruel reality of occupation. they are also suggesting that the u.s. should reconsider how much aid it gives to israel. >> we give israel more than $3 million in aid every year. this is predicated on their being an important ally in the region and the only democracy in the middle east. but denying visit to duly elected members of congress is not consistent with being an ally. griff: almost all is shall 2016 memorandum of understanding. the u.s. has pledged from 38 billion from fiscal 19 to 20208. omar and tlaib have created a situation pit them against each other. defending israel's decision. congressman tlaib and ilhan omar have a well documented history of anti-semitic comments and anti-semiticsome posts and anti-semitic relationships. israel has a right to prevent p

after condemning the deadly shootings in texas and ohio that took the lives of those 29 people, griff jenkins live from washington how democrats are demanding congress head back to the hill to address the crisis, good morning, griff. >> good morning, heather, yeah, democrats are pushing for gun control, some of those on the 2020 campaign trail are partially blaming the president for this weekend's mass shootings. >> we have a president who is responsible who is not taking that responsibility and doing nothing to address the deepening crisis of this kind of violence. >> no question that white nationalism is condoned at the highest levels of our government, you know, when -- >> meanwhile president trump says hate has no place in the country offering condolences in ohio and texas and praising law enforcement and saying more has to be done to stop the violence. >> i want to extend our condolences to the people of el paso, texas and dayton, ohio. spoke to members of congress about whatever we can do and has been going on for years, for years and years in our country, we have to get it stopped, hat

cheryl: griff jenkins joins us live from washington this morning. ing that basically records were potentially falsified, is that right, griff? it's something, i'll tell you. this is a rapidly moving story. there are multiple reports from the new york times and associated press, saying the two corrections officers charged with checking every 30 minutes on the most high profile prisoner in the country were in fact asleep on the job for up to three hours and suspected of falsifying logs showing the contrary, which if true, would constitute a possible federal crime. the officers are on administrative leave, pending an investigation. fox news learned the wa the wars been reassigned. today the attorney general temporarily assigned the warden to the bureau's northeast regional office, pending the outcome of the fbi and oig investigations into the apparent suicide of jeffrey epstein, a former inmate. the otisville warden has been named acting war den of the mcc new york, former acting attorney general matt whitaker says this is simply inexcusable. >> there i

rob: griff jenkins, we are learning records may have been falsified. cover-up. >> reporter: multiple reports emerging this morning. the new york times and the ap both saying the correction officers charged with checking on the most high profile prisoner in the country, every 30 minutes, asleep on the job for up to 3 hours. he is suspected of falsifying logs showing the contrary which is true to constitute a federal crime. the officers are on administrative leave pending an investigation. this is fox news learning the wharton at the manhattan jail has been reassigned, the doj releasing a statement, today attorney general directed the bureau of prisons to temporarily assign a warden at the metropolitan correctional center in new york to the bureau's northeast regional office. the investigation into the apparent suicide of jeffrey epstein, former mcc inmate. the acting wharton of the mcc new york former acting attorney general matt whitaker says all of this is an excuse -- inexcusable. >> there is no reason these failures should have happened. should have

jillian: griff jenkins has details on the trip and why some want him to stay away. >> reporter: whitehe trip to texas and ohio. he will bark around 9 am in his role as consoler in chief the critics -- the mayor worries his past comments are divisive. >> i can only hope as president of the united states that he is coming here because he wants to add value to our community and recognizes that that is what the community needs. >> congresswoman veronica escobar says he isn't welcome. >> this community is full of hope and resilience and beauty but the other thing i heard is totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital, they grabbed my arm and tell me tell him not to come here. >> reporter: el paso's gop starman -- chairman disagrees. >> that whatever work is doing and what escobar is doing, they are making this a political issue and trying to enhance their opportunities. that is absolutely wrong and very disappointing. >> reporter: the president tweeting this just before midnight. beto, funny name to phony hispanic heritage, a worker was embarrassed to be in texas where i trounce

carley: first let's check with griff jenkins. >> good morning, carley and rob.e hemingway, dan bongin who may have things to stay, police officer in new mexico, the officer will be here live to react. i will not be talking about surfers and great white sharks. carley: you should. rob: you are. [laughter] all right. a good one. >> we will see you in a few minutes ♪ "shaving has been difficult for me i have very sensitive skin, and i get ingrowing hairs" "oh i love it. it's a great razor. it has that 'fence' in the middle. it gives a nice smooth shave. just stopping that irritation.... that burn that i get. i wouldn't use anything else" ♪ how you watch it does too. tv just keeps getting better. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy award-winning voice remote. streaming services without changing passwords and input. live sports - with real-time stats and scores. access to the most 4k content. and your movies and shows to go. the best tv experience is the best tv value. xfinity x1. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. i need your attention for a m

. >> griff jenkins in capitol of who is gaining steam and who is lacking behind. >> front runner joe biden still reeling from the gaffe asking voters to imagine president obas assassination and kamala harris, double-digit drop in polls is not holding back. >> said he was going to help working people, said he was going to take care of the safety of our communities but then he cowards under the nra and instead of fulfilling what he made of statements to the folks everywhere from dayton to el paso, nothing, nothing. >> neither is elizabeth warren saying she's ready to go head to head on debate stage with the president. >> and, yeah, you don't back down from a bully, you have to be willing to lay into this, right? and nobody is getting behind me on this debate stage and doing a handsy thing, that's not happening. that's not going happen. >> bernie sanders in blue-grass state taking shots at senate's top republican. >> mitch mcconnell, enough is enough. stop the obstruction, stop blocking the senate from taking action to raise the minimum wage, guaranty health care as human right and not

rob: griff jenkins live in washington as we learn james comey will not face charges. >> reporter: the justice department declining to prosecute comey but in this 83 page inspector general report the fbi watchdog michael horowitz, a dangerous example for not -- sensitive information and using it to create public pressure for official action in the nation's top law enforcement officer violating department policies by failing to seek authorization from the fbi for those documenting personal conversations with the president. failing to mark one of these is classified and no authorization to remove the memos the inspector general deemed government records. the feud between the president and fbi director playing out on twitter, the president said perhaps never in the history of our country has someone been more thoroughly disgraced and excoriated than james comey in the inspector general report. he should be ashamed of himself but comey says he is owed an apology, no evidence that comey or his attorneys released classified information contained in those 2 members of the media. i don't need

griff jenkins, you spoke to the person had the most tweeted comment of the night.t. first you were talking, guys about joe biden. look, he had a lot to accomplish. that was simply to be more energic. he had that. of course everyone was looking to see how harris, you pointed out, likely the winner of the last debate would react. biden calling senator harris a kid. what came back was a discussion over busing. watch this exchange. >> the vice president has still failed to acknowledge that it was wrong to take the position that he took. had those segregations its their way i would not be a member of the united states senate, cory booker would not be a member of the united states, and barack obama would not be in the position to nominate him to the title he now holds. reporter: biden was attacked by all sides. you know senator harris, also took a lot of heat, she is sort of perceived as the second runner-up. it was congresswoman tulsi gabbard of hawaii that really drove home on harris over criminal justice and harris's previous career as a prosecutor. watch. >> senator

lauren: with that we bring in griff jenkins, live from washington this morning. have more on that report, griff and a new lawsuit coming from one of epstein's alleged vivictims. what's the latest? >> reporter: under new york child's victim's act, allowing a one year window for filing civil claims for child abuse, an attorney is speaking out about learning about epstein's death. >> initially she was angry, a little frustrated. she was hoping that mr. epstein would face justice in a criminal courtroom, that she would be able to stand up to him, see him face a judge that would ultimately lead to his jail-lead to him going to jail but justice begins now for her. that's why she filed a lawsuit today. she is fully intending to see this through to the end. >> reporter: the story gained national attention when she claimed she was lured to epstein's new york mansion as a teenager and raped. >> very forcefully, kind of threw me into the table. i did what he told me to do. i was really scared. he forcefully raped me. >>knewexactly what he was doing. >> reporter: you mentione

we sent our own griff jenkins down to the biggest one.is for any moral selective outrage on their part. where's the outrage about what's happening in chicago? with all the coverage of dayton, with all the coverage of el paso, because they can bludgeon trump with that, and they can make it political, four people killed, 52 shock, this weekend alone. there have been over 1600 shooting incidents over 20 some people shot in 2019. why don't they ever talk about that? let's see, because democrats owned chicago? their politics decades? where's the national nonstop coverage? the outrage? the concern for people? well, that doesn't advance democrats anti-trump narrative. they can bludgeon trump with the statistics away talk about a question like it with reaction, national syndicated radio host, larry held them. author of why we fight, dr. sebastian gorka. you know larry, i look at this, we talk about it all the time. i don't care about russian interference. if it's hillary, they don't care about obstruction if it's hillary. those are slam-dunk case

and china remain high and oh fox's griff jenkins tell us, it is not just trade but military concerns that are cause for growing concern . >> president trump stepping up the trade war with china, labeling the country a currency manipulator after beijing allowed the yuan to drop to historic lows . >> it is their reaction so they brought them on this on themselves. this move after another tariff threat on some $300 billion worth of chinese goods and sent spot stocks plunging. local markings markets are rebounding today, with nervous speculation speculating about the presidents strategy moving forward . >> we are seeing a lot of chaos, diversion, creating situations where ultimately, the american people are going to end up paying much more. >> the president says his strategy is working and america is in a strong position to write out the trade war. tweeting in part, quote "massive amounts of money from china and other parts of the world is pouring into the united states for reasons of safety, investment and interest rates. china warns of dark consequences with a plan to go ahead if missi

cheryl: griff jenkins has a look at why the two sides may not be on the same page. >> reporter: we'ller idea of where things stand once the talks resume with china in september. but for now, no shortage of drama in the high stakes standoff. the latest, a positive sign from china's vice premier issuing this statement. china is willing to resolve the trade dispute through calm negotiations and opposes the escalation of the conflict with the president. he called him a great leader yesterday. the president reporting that beijing called his trade team twice over the weekend to resume negotiations. the president now sounding optimistic of a deal. >> i think they want to make a deal very badly. i think that was elevated last night. china's taken a very hard hit over the last number of months. they've lost 3 million jobs. it will soon be much more than 3 million jobs. >> reporter: china's foreign ministry spokesman spokesman wt confirming the calls and threatened they'll continue to retaliate if president trump continues to fight joe biden vowed not to criticize the president while overseas,

cheryl: we've got griff jenkins life in washington with israel's response and a lot of responses to the: israel's defending the decision to bar rashida tlaib and ilhan omar and spoke out since being denied entry, omar accusing them of suppressing their freedom of movement and calling on congressional colleagues to make the trip themselves. >> we cannot let trump and netanyahu succeed in hiding the cruel reality of the occupation from us, so i call on all of you to go. >> reporter: criticisrael's ambr to the u.n. reiterating their position. >> we respect from all around the world. we welcome all americans, if you call to boycott israel, we are not welcoming you. >> reporter: tlaib, what was granted a visa to visit her ailing grandmother, but rejected it, had this to say. >> i watched at my mother had to go through dehumanizing checkpoints, even though she was a united states citizen and proud american. >> reporter: a white house spokesman issued a statement says congresswomen rashida tlaib and ilhan omar have documented history of anti-semetic relationships. israel has a right to prevent

lauren: griff jenkins joins us live from washington with he del tails of the president's trill -- detailspresident's trip and why some want president trump to stay away today. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning. they do. white house aids are defending the president's trip to texas and ohio. critics at the local and national level are painting the visit in dayton, the mayor worries his past comments are devidesuv. >> i can -- divisive. >> i can only hope he's coming here because he wants to add value to the community and recognizes that that's what our community needs. >> reporter: in el paso, a congresswoman says he isn't welcome. >> this community is full of hope and resilience and beauty. but the other thing that i heard, chris, totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital as they grabbed my arm and tell me, tell him not to come here. >> reporter: el paso's gop chairman disagrees. >> you look at what o'rourke is doing, look at what escobar is doing, they're making this a political issue, trying to enhance their opportunities by making this a political issue. that i

ocasio cortez doubling down on her comments comparing border detention facilities, the ones that griff jenkinst to that had soccer fields and other facilities and telephones and tvs, the same facilities that come lessee, had beds and cots and blankets and pillows and baby formula and medicine and doctors on hand to end diapers? the ones that she compared to concentration camps? she is doubling down on stupid saying she doesn't regret it at all. somebody please take her to auschwitz and police educator. this is yet another glaring example of the laughs and hypocrisy. it now, if this were a liberal program, lessee, we would be blaming the rhetoric on the left for these attacks on san antonio on the i.c.e. facilitation to detention centers. just like we would blame bernie sanders because one of his supporters shot steve scalise. just like we blame elizabeth warren for what happened in dayton with the shooter there. just like we would also blame democrats for the 59 shootings that the media doesn't care about. that happened this weekend in chicago. 59 people shot. one weekend. and not a peep out o

pete: jillian mele and griff jenkins are live on the ground in florida and we begin with griff in delay beach, griff, good morning. griff: good morning, guys. there is a sense of calm. people are watching the track of the storm and they are thinking maybe they are going to get spared. but things are going to change drama particularly in dramatically in the next 24 hours. can you see early morning bikers out here. not worrying about it across the street. it's a little dark here you can see a guy walking his dog. we are along the a 1 a that runs parallel. beyond the tree line is the atlantic ocean. it is beginning to churn up. nothing like we are going to see the next 24 to 48 hours. shelves are starting to empty out. gas lines long yesterday. going past the firehouse trying to get a sense from the fire chief and latest predictions on it. one thing you have to look at, guys, the king tide, the highest tide in the year. there is only one in the summer and unfortunately it's hitting right now. we have a message that went out to all the residents here in the dellray area about the concern