. >> i am heather cheryleds. it is friday july 9th ment you are watching "fox & friends first". >> the top five stories making news at this hour. a violent weekend in afghanistan. this morning the taliban is claiming responsibility for roadside bombing that killed 6 american troops there. they died when the tank they are riding in drove over a bomb in the eastern part of the country just over kabul. this comes after several attacks sunday at least 18 civilians and five afghan policemen were killed in separate incidents. >> much relief could be in store for us for the deadly heat wave blamed for 40 deaths across the country. illinois especially hard hit with 18 deaths confirmed in one county alone. a cold front moving through the south and mid atlantic. >> another legal show down against voter fraud. eric holder trying to block texas from requiring voters from having a valid state issued photo id. it's a simple way to make sure only eligible voerts vote. holder said it is unfair to hispanic voters. comes from rese

. >> i am heather cheryleds. it is friday july 9th ment you are watching "fox & friends first". >> the top five stories making news at this hour. a violent weekend in afghanistan. this morning the taliban is claiming responsibility for roadside bombing that killed 6 american troops there. they died when the tank they are riding in drove over a bomb in the eastern part of the country just over kabul. this comes after several attacks sunday at least 18 civilians and five afghan policemen were killed in separate incidents. >> much relief could be in store for us for the deadly heat wave blamed for 40 deaths across the country. illinois especially hard hit with 18 deaths confirmed in one county alone. a cold front moving through the south and mid atlantic. >> another legal show down against voter fraud. eric holder trying to block texas from requiring voters from having a valid state issued photo id.

. >> i am heather cheryleds. thank you for joining us. it is 29 after the top of the hour. >> the top five stories making news at this hour. violent weekend in the taliban. it left 6 americans dead. they were killed when the tank they were righting in drove over a bomb in kabul. 7 attacks left 18 civilians and five afghan policemen dead. >> she should have been celebrating her 25th birthday but instead her family is planning her funeral. after she was shot to death when she hugged a cop and his gun went off. she went to hug an off duty detroit police officer from behind causing the gun in his holster to go off. her family wants answers. >> there is no reason for it. why would you have it at a social event? why would you be carrying a gun? now instead of giving her a birthday party i have to plan her funeral. >>> miller would have turned 25 today. the officer has not been identified. he has been placed on administrative leave. >> mitt romney is in the final stages of the vp pick. a staff is put together for the vp candidate. when t with th

cheryl. >> good morning, heather. >> tell us about these companies. >> first one we've got is union pacific. why is this an all american company? couple of things. sunday was the 150 anniversary. abraham lincoln started union pacific back in the day. they operate in 23 states. it's a railroad company if you weren't aware. they have 4500 jobs and 20% of their new hires have been military veterans. we found this company is a good representation of an all american company. you don't need a degree for most of these jobs. you can work the rails, be an electrician, be a diesel mechanic. some of the positions that they have available now. >> pretty good pensions as well we point out. we heard about that. yeah. firehouse subs. this was started by some firefighters? >> right. firehouse subs, there you go. and they are -- they got 515 restaurants across the country now but they're expanding and finding that the concept is really good. they steam their subs. they have a steaming method and another reason that they're a good american job, 99% of the ingredients are grown here in the united states of am