camera one on heather nauert and camera 3 on heather nauert.ook at this story. a train that was carrying 1300 illegal immigrants flies off the rails in mexico. look at all these people piled on the top of it. this was on its way from mexico to texas. these are all illegal immigrants and they are clinging on to the sides of the train trying to get into the united states. it appears that the train which is often referred to the beast, that appears it derailed because of some heavy rain in the area. no serious injuries were reported. >>> it is a world cup of holy proportions. pope francis' argentina goes up against former pope benedict's germany. the vatican says the two have no plans on getting together for the game. pope francis already promised he won't pray for argentina to win. what do you think of that? >>> it looks like any other town from the outside, but on close inspection, serious south korean town is not as it seems. that's because it's actually a fake. the village sits in a heavily guarded demille advertised zone between north and sou

. >> in the meantime over to heather nauert.k about going on vacation, a lot of people go to disney world and this morning news from the monorail. >> down in florida, of course. this would have been very frightening for so many parents and children on board this. it is a fox news alert. panic inside the happiest place on earth. a powerful storm shutting down the monorail at disney world in orlando, trapping tourists inside that monorail for hours. there was a severe thunderstorm in the area that caused a power outage. 100 guests were forced from that ride. frights had -- fire fighters had to help everybody out by climbing through the roof. the monorail will be open and running later today. >>> nearly two and a half years after a smash, the wreckage of the costa con cor did a cruise ship is being removed. crews will need to refloat the boat and stabilize it before they can take it away. the ship will be taken apart and later salvaged. the 2012 crash left 32 people dead. the captain is still facing manslaughter charges. >>> develo

i am heather nauert for ainsley earhardt. >> nice to have you here. nice to have you with us as well. we have breaking news overnight. minutes after israel accept a proposed cease fire deal hamas rejects it. >> moments after that rejection more rocket fire coming from gaza. three rockets hitting southern israel. egypt's proposal for a cease fire would have ended what would have been a week of violence in israel and hamas. >> we go to david lee miller in southern israel. david? >> good morning. the cease fire took effect at 9:00 local time. that was about three hours ago soon after this cease fire was supposed to take effect. israel was hit with a number of rockets including three cities. the number of rockets in another nearby city caused some damage. we don't know of the injuries but a home was hit this after 9:00 this morning. we should emphasize this was the beginning of the cease fire, but both sides have 12-hours before firing technically becomes a violation. that said, this morning at 9:00 the israeli captain accepted the terms of the cease fire

heather nauert can. with the headlines. >> hi, good morning. hope everybody is off to a great day. news out of california, a fox news alert, this morning there are more serious questions about our country's aging infrastructure. a 93-year-old water main bursts, sending 10 million gallons of water shooting into the air for three straight hours. look at all that water out there. california certainly needs it. they've been suffering from a drought. at the university of california-ucla, including the floor of the poly pavilion, that just underwasn't $136 million renovation. firefighters had to rescue five people who were trapped in park garages. some students having a lot of fun with this, taking advantage of the situation, pulling out their boogie board. what a at this there. >>> overnight, let's go overseas. at least 15 minutes are dead after reports that an israeli tank hit a u.n. school in gaza where hundreds have taken refuge. israel hitting key hamas targets, including region's only power plant. more t

heather nauert. we've got a lot going on.o bring to us. >> i've got a story about the i.r.s. that is going to have you rolling your eyes. talk about the irony, the i.r.s. posting a video on-line reminding people that it's important to keep good electronic records. this of course after the i.r.s. lost thousands and thousands of e-mails due to that hard drive crash. listen to a clip from this video. >> businesses need to have the same good electronic record keeping habits as they do for paper records. our systems for managing tax data are secure but where e-mail is concerned, we all know there is a potential for something to get misdirected. >> the i.r.s. also says that you should keep your records for three years even though the i.r.s. only keeps theirs for six months. what do you think of that video? >>> police in new orleans releasing this surveillance video and they are trying to identify this man right here seen in this video. they say he's a person of interest in that bourbon street shooting spree we told you about yester

. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us. a hostage used as a human shield is dead this morning after a wild chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police in california. >> holy (bleep). wow. >> three people robbed a bank in the stockton area of california. they took two bank workers and a customer hostage. they sped off in a stolen suv. sometime during the 45 minute long chase the workers were thrown from that vehicle. the customer was killed during the gun fight that left cars and houses in the area riddled with bullets from an ak-47 style rifle. two of the robbers are dead this morning and the third is hospitalized. we will keep you posted. >> to another fox news alert for you this morning. terrorists targeting the up coming u.s. open tennis tournament. in the extremist magazine "inspire" the al qaeda group suggests the billy jean king building as a target. the government says there's no specific threat right now, but security will be ready. the u.s. open runs two weeks starting at the end of august. >> hundreds of

who is that, heather nauert? >> that is me.r on my shoulder. we spent fourth of july with my family, my husband's whole family is from that state. and it was spectacular hearing about 5,000 people sing the star spangled banner. such a great time. it just gives you chills to hear that. we had a ball. >> because today is #tbt, we'd love to see your pictures of the fourth of july and your memories and let us know as well why you are a proud american. >> that's right. you can hash tag that for us as well. love that picture, heather. >> i love that picture of your babies. you are one busy lady with those three little kids. wow. >> wouldn't have it any other way. you know how that is. you have some headlines for us. >> yeah. other news going on. it is a sight that you definitely do not want to see at 36,000 feet in the air. take a look at this. the aisles of this airplane completely flooded with water. water gushing -- it came out of the ceiling -- after a pipe broke on the plane. it was a kwan taas flight. it turned around and lande

heather nauert joins us once again. she did the 5:00 show. now she's going to do the 6, 7 and 8 as well. >> i've got news coming out of washington this morning. it is the case of a crashed hard drive once again, but instead of lois lerner, this time we're talking about one of her former colleagues. april sands is her name. she resigned from the federal election commission after violating the hatch act by campaigning for the president on federal time. the f.e.c. is now saying it cannot recover her hard drive, therefore, making it impossible to go after criminal charges. >>> let's go overseas for a second. new overnight. minutes after israel accepted a proposed cease-fire deal, hamas rejecting it. moments after that rejection, more rocket fire from gaza. three rockets hitting a resort town in southern israel and that has injured two people we know of so far. this happening just hours after president obama spoke at the annual ramadan dinner at the white house. listen to this. >> the only path to true security is a just and lasting peace between

in the meantime, heather nauert joins us.is morning with the news. >> we've got news out of iran. iran's most dangerous enriched uranium converted to safer levels. this move comes under agreement with six world powers, dilute its nuclear stockpile. before this downgrade iran had enough uranium to create a nuclear warhead but some experts say iran is moving further from the agreement on the most important issue of all: how much uranium enrichment they can actually keep. comprehensive nuclear talks between iran and six countries will continue while that country pushes for its economic sanctions to be lifted. >> a massive sink hole in a florida neighborhood growing by the hour and every inch it grows has homeowners there terrified. residents of spring hills say this is no way to know how big this force of nature will get. >> this is bad stuff. because you don't know. we're on the fault line. she could come this way, she could go that way. who knows? it's very scary. >> right now one home has been evacuated as the contractors are

for them, we start with heather nauert. >> good morning. we've got news coming in from overseas and specifically what is going on in israel right now. calls for a cease-fire in the middle east growing louder as israel and hamas trade blow after blow. secretary of state john kerry in cairo this morning. he's pushing for international support for a cease-fire. but that cease-fire looks less and less likely by the hour as military and civilian deaths continue to grow. 559 palestinians and 29 israelis are dead. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talking about the growing criticism of civilian casualties on special reports. >> before we went in, we said please leave. we text them, we called them on cell phones, we dropped leaflets, we told them where to go. and those who left were safe. those who didn't leave, you know why they didn't leave? because hamas told them to be there. so this is the cruelest, most grotesque war that i've ever seen. not only does hamas target civilians -- ours -- and hides heend their -- hides behind their civili

. >> heather nauert's job as an aerobics instructor. >> heather, look at you. >> i think it is time, heather, for somebody who is watching now to get on your wikipedia page and put that you were a summer aerobics instructor. you've got the olivia newton john thing going that she had with that song. >> with that banana yellow leotard there, i was just missing my leg warmers at that time. you're absolutely right. it is those summer jobs you want to forget. my first job was at a retail store and i was so awful on the register, they threw me in the basement. send your job peck tours as as -- job pictures as well. >>> a top pentagon official in washington, d.c. calling it quits. he says he wants to spend more time with his family but there is word he may be resting up for hillary. he spent nearly six years serving the obama administration. he was number three in line -- excuse me. he was in line for the number-three job at the department of defense. this morning his resignation sparking speculation that he's gunning for a senior post in a pot

heather nauert, would you like to try some bacon mac and cheese?offee, sounds delicious. i'll have it later. interesting. i've got news to bring you guys. thanks to president obama for this one. this is the message from sergeant bowe bergdahl. he is now speaking out for the first time through his attorney eugene fidell. he says bergdahl wants to leave the military and become just another face in the crowd. of course bergdahl has been investigated for deserting his army post five years ago in afghanistan. bergdahl says the president saved his life when he agreed to swap five taliban prisoners for his release and he's deeply grateful to president obama for his freedom. bergdahl is back on active duty and he is in the state of texas. >>> a decision that could in fact affect the entire country. a federal judge rules that california's death penalty is unconstitutional because inmates aren't being executed fast enough. u.s. district court judge cormack mccartney says delays should be considered cruel and unusual punishment but most delays are usually bro

heather nauert has others. >> good morning. the state of arizona. execution process is under the microscope this morning after a convicted killer reportedly gassed for nearly two hours after he was injected with a lethal cocktail of drugs. 55-year-old joseph wood was sentenced to death in 1991 after he walked into an auto body shop that was owned by his ex-girlfriend's family. he shot her and her father in cold blood. arizona's governor jan brewer ordered a full review of the execution process, but says by medical accounts, he did not suffer, especially in light of what he did to the victims' family. they say they have no sympathy for the guy. >> for everybody here, from what i heard, that it was excruciating. you don't know what excruciating is. what's excruciating is seeing your dad lying there in a pool of blood, seeing your sister lying there in a pool of blood. >> this is just the latest in a series of botched executions. >>> and then a really wild arrest caught on camera. the driver was pulled over after he blew through a

heather nauert stands by. good morning to you. >> good morning. i've got headlines for you.ws the horrifying moment a food truck explodes into a massive fire ball. look at this. an enormous explosion there. this happened in philadelphia. 12 people hurt, including a mother and her 18-year-old daughter. they were working inside that food truck. they're now in critical condition at the hospital this morning. >> the truck just blew up. i saw the fire and the fire just hit me and i started running. >> it appears the problem was one of the two propane tanks on the back of the truck. one of those tanks exploded. >>> a wildfire burning now in wine country, in california. the flames burning across 2700-acres in napa valley. causing mandatory evacuations for at least 200 homes so far. at least five buildings already burned to the ground. at this hour, it's just about 30% contained. they've had such a drought this year. a real problem with that likely contributing to that fire as well. >>> just when you thought it might get a little bit easier to fly, the government about to increase s

heather nauert has more. >> a mother is missing in oregon.her husband now says there is no way she would willingly leave her little boys who are just two and six years old. >> jennifer, i love you very much. the boys love you, the boys miss you terribly. please, if you can, come home. >> hudson was last seen on surveillance video buying gas last thursday night. driving a dark green lexus with license plate number wxh 011. anyone with information is urged to call police in oregon. they need your help. >>> here in new york, spiderman caught in a web of trouble. take a look as this guy dress as super hero punches a cop, not just once, but twice on the streets of new york city. he had reportedly been demanding $5 from tourists who wanted to pose for pictures. the officer told him to stop harassing people and asked for his i.d. and that's when spiderman got angry. he was arrested and hauled off. the cop suffered a minor injury. >>> federal court slamming miami-dade county for demolishing the home of a soldier while he was fighting for our country

i'm heather nauert. >> and i'm heather childers. malaysian jet shot down by a missile in war-torn ukraine. 298 people are dead. >> ukraine and russia are blaming one another for the shooting down of that plane. >> let's get started with that. doug is live in our d.c. bureau. doug, what do we know? >> heather, we know that the black boxes have reportedly at least been recovered and that will tell us the altitude for instance of the aircraft in the moments before it was apparently taken down by a missile, but the real evidence may be on the ground there. all of that debris, some of which made their heat signatures of a missile that struck the aircraft. that's why they'd be looking for big pieces of fuselage, for instance, that may have distinctive markings on them. beyond that, when you look at the video of the crash site itself, this is strewn over a considerable area. that in and of itself may be an indication of what happened to the aircraft. there seems to be little doubt it was taken down by a surface-to-air missile. earlier this

i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.th a fox news alert. army sergeant bowe bergdahl hires an attorney. "fox & friends first" confirming the two have already met once. >> kelly wright is here now with what it means for the investigation into his de certification. what can you tell us? >> fox news confirms army sergeant bowe bergdahl is represented by a civilian attorney eugene fidel a military law attorney who also teaches at yale law school. "fox and friends spoke briefly over the phone with fidell. he confirmed bergdahl hired him and they met last week. he declinedo talk further about the investigation that he deserted the army five years ago. you may recall bergdahl walked off his base in afghanistan. the taliban then captured him and kept him as a prisoner for five years. the u.s. traded five taliban leaders in guantanamo bay

. >> heather nauert is here with headlines. a lot happening through the night. >> we've got news coming out of israel affecting travelers there. moments ago secretary of state john kerry touching down in tel aviv, israel, despite the f.a.a.'s new ban on u.s. airlines from flying into that airport. this after a rocket landed in a neighborhood about a mile from that airport. the 24-hour ban expires at noon today but the f.a.a. is reevaluating and will announce later this morning if it will extend that ban or not. certainly other countries have also suspended flights to israel. more on that. >> moments ago the downed malaysian plane's black boxes have arrived in england. experts now downloading data from the recorders following a request by authorities in the netherlands who are now leading that investigation. also earlier this morning the first plane carrying the remains of some of the 298 victims left the airport in ukraine for the nght lands. it is trd -- it is considered a national day of mourning in the netherlands. in the me

i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.own in missile war torn ukraine. >> we haven't confirmed whether or not americans were on board the plane. that's one of the bizarre questions coming out this morning that we will continue to dig into. another question we are asking this morning who exactly is to blame for bringing down the crane ukraine and russia are both pointing fingers at each other. >> doug luzader is in the dc. >> the plane went down in the middle of a war zone which will complicate any kind of investigation yet to am could. as far as the actual scene of the debris, we always talk about the integrity of the crash site and maintaining that so investigators can get in here all bets may be off. there are reports this morning rebel groups there which continue to control this area may have gotten their hands on both of the aircraft's black boxes. where those will end up we don't know. there are fears they may wind up in russian hands. in the meantime strong words from the ukraine's prime minister. >> this is a crime

i am heather nauert for ainsley earhardt. >> nice to have you here. have you with us as well. we have breaking news overnight. minutes after israel accept a proposed cease fire deal hamas rejects it. >> moments after that rejection more rocket fire coming from gaza. three rockets hitting southern israel. egypt's proposal for a cease fire would have ended what would have been a week of violence in israel and hamas. >> we go to david lee miller in southern israel. david? >> good morning. the cease fire took effect at 9:00 local time. that was about three hours ago soon after this cease fire was supposed to take effect. israel was hit with a number of rockets including three cities. the number of rockets in another nearby city caused some damage. we don't know of the injuries but a home was hit this af

. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us.sed as a human shield is dead this morning after a wild chase and gun battle between bank robbers and police in california. >> holy (bleep). wow. >> three people robbed a bank in the stockton area of california. they took two bank workers and a customer hostage. they sped off in a stolen suv. sometime during the 45 minute long chase the workers were thrown from that vehicle. the customer was killed during the gun fight that left cars and houses in the area riddled with bullets from an ak-47 style rifle. two of the robbers are dead this mo

now let's turn over to heather nauert. a wild night with tornadoes. >> usually when we talk about tornadoes it's kansas or the midwest but not so on this occasion. we're talking about the state of massachusetts and we begin with that extreme weather this morning. a rare tornado barreling through a massachusetts suburb five miles outside of boston. look at this. >> look at the trees! they broke! >> that twister packing 120 miles per hour winds ripping a path of destruction nearly two miles long. take a look at this car, totally flipped offense on the sidewalk there. from above you can see the roofs torn off the building. the national weather service says this is the first twister to hit that area since they started keeping records back in 1950. but that's not it. the destruction also out west, at least three tornadoes touching down in the denver area, one of them caught on camera near the airport. no reports of any major damage. we'll keep watching that. >>> overseas, overnight israeli missiles striking nearly 70 targets in

but first, shear heather nauert with more news. >> good morning. pistorius trial. that is still in the news. this morning his legal team wrapping up the case in the murder trial. the court adjourned until august 7 when both sides will give their final arguments. the judge will then have to decide if the bladerunner deliberately murdered his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, or if it was all a mistake. >>> they are not just toys. that's with authorities are saying after two drones nearly took out an nypd helicopter over the george washington bridge at about 800 feet in the air. the drones started circling over the helicopter and the pilot was then forced to veer off course to avoid crashing into the drones. the chopper tailed the drones as they landed and then called cops on the ground. those officers were then able to arrest the suspect. how frightening would that be. >>> today marijuana legal in the state of washington. we're talking about recreational marijuana. the demand is expected to be high, but supply is expected to be low at stores. listen to t

heather nauert joins us with a whole bunch of otherews. >> you i've got news to bring you.use is now defying a congressional subpoena. the president senior advisor will not appear before congress today. david seymus who heads the office of political strategy and outreach was supposed to testify about his office's potential violations of the hatch act. that law prevents government employees from using their office for campaign-related activity. this office is accused of doing political work on the taxpayers' dime. the white house insists there is no evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever. >>> former secretary of state henry kissinger is recovering after heart surgery. he served under president ford and nixon had his aortic valve replaced. doctors say the 91-year-old is now resting comfortably. >>> this has got to be the worst case of customer service ever. listen to this exchange. >> you don't want the faster speed. help me understand why you don't want faster internet? >> i don't understand why you can't disconnect us? >> why not keep what you know works? >> because we're no

here to help us out heather nauert. letter number one, heather comes from melinda lives in st.st dispatch having big problems. >> that's absolutely right. the owner filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. berkshire hath away grabbed a bunch of its stock. we will see what happens with that boy is that paper left. you go to the front page. >> crazy left. >> i'm not talking about the editorial page. that's another matter. talking about the news page, for example. today's article all lie nice democrats or row poet a liberal agenda circulation is down. newspaper in seattle went un. "chicago sun times" went down. it's paper after paper after paper. >> albuquerque tribune. all left wing concerns. they are not learning. >> overall circulation is down among a lot of newspapers. >> second letter from marty, alcohol is the drug responsible for more tragedies than any other. yet is, it legal, is it is legal tore anyone unked age of 21 i'm angry use is glorified. how many deaths are attributed to alcohol? >> for driving because most of us think about driving when it comes to alcohol related proble

>>> let's go to heather nauert.ake much to impress kids. >> or scare. >> i've got a story out of california. the weather there, water has been so treacherous off the coast of los angeles, at least 50 people have had to be rescued in the past couple days. now we've got video that captures the moment two men save a teen-ager who fell into the rocky and rough waters. take a look at this. boy, hearing that screaming right there, really gives you chills. the first guy tries to grab the teen-ager only to be swept up in the violent current. his friend then jumps in to the water. they spot the teen-ager, pull him onto the rocks and give him cpr. >> robert said, i think he's dead. i was like no, no, we're not going to give up on this kid. like just kept pumping and pumping. >> boy. that teen-ager is now recovering in a california hospital. >>> imagine watching one of those scary murder mystery shows on tv. you know them. then you realize that the serial killer they're talk being on that show used to live in your house. this

heather nauert has the headline. >> we're following a credit crazy story out of california.eroin overdose and then walked over his body to finish her glass of wine. this morning that high priced call girl is under arrest in connection with the death of that google executive. police say the 26-year-old alex tickleman watched as forest hayes died of an overdose on his yacht just off santa cruz, california. he leaves behind a wife and five children. >>> remember this texas cheerleader who was under fire for her big game hunting pictures? you can see them here. facebook kept removing those photos from the site, but get this, facebook allowed a page that was titled "kill kendall jones" to stay up on the site. they say the kill page doesn't violate the site's animal abuse policies. late last night, jones supporters came to her rescue. they started an on line petition and were finally able to get that page pulled. boy, what do you think of that story? >>> do you remember when the late navy seal, chris kyle, was on "fox & friends" to talk about his book "the american sniper"? he det

heather nauert is here. lot more to bring you this morning. >> good morning. i've got other news.nancial markets are reacting to all of these major stories right now in the wake specifically of the jet being shot down and the escalating violence taking place in israel. the dow losing 161 points. it is the biggest one-day slide in two months. right now the u.s. futures are slightly up. but in asia, the nikkei lost 1%. markets are down across the board. >>> the justice department testifying that they are now looking into those lost irs e-mails. deputy attorney general james cole says the department will examine how lois lerner's e-mails suddenly vanished and could not be recovered after a computer crash. this happened around the same time the irs was accused of targeting conservative groups. >>> a final good-bye to a hero. police officers are all around -- from all around the united states gathering around new jersey to honor 23-year-old melvin santiago at his funeral. officer santiago was gunned down while he responded to a robbery call in jersey city. police say that this guy, 27-

. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt today. it is half past the hour.et's get right to the fox news alert. we have brand new details on army sergeant bergdahl's defense. "fox & friends" can confirm bergdahl hired a civilian attorney. kelly wright is here with what that means into the investigation of his capture? >>> a well-known military law attorney who teaches at yale is representing army sergeant bowe bergdahl. eugene fidell is the co founder of the military justice. he spoke briefly over the phone with fidel. he confirmed bergdahl hired him and they met with berg stom last week. he declined to comment fur der on the investigation on allegations bergdahl left the army four years ago. john kirby tells fox news they said that bergdahl is under no restrictions as the army conducts the investigation as to why bergdahl wandered off base in afghanistan five years ago. >> as you know he returned to full duty last week. i know the investigation into his departure will continue. it will include an interview with him. i don't know if that occurred yet. >> in

. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt this morning.e the happiness place on earth. lightening strikes the monorail and forces 100 guests to be evacuated from the ride. firefighters were able to help everyone out by climbing through the roof. >> they took to twitter sharing their panic. literally struck on the monroe rail, lightening struck immediately stuck. i am convinced i am going to die. >> we will have more on this. live report from disney world at 5:50 a.m. >> that would be scary, though. wouldn't it? this would also be scary an air india flight packed with people was forced to make an emergency landing. someone on the ground snapping this photo of the plane circling the airport dumping fuel before it is forced to land. the flight took off from newark liberty airport bound for mub by, india yesterday about 4:30 in the afternoon. one engine burst into flames before it finally shut down. none of the 313 people on board hurt. amazing. they had trouble towing that plane away because it had multiple blown tires from the really rough l

certainly you have run some -- >> -- with us now to provide some information fox news anchor heather nauertsee her on "fox & friends" in the morning. so, do you think the white house press corps is finally turningen oothe president. >> i talked to some of our folks in washington because i wanted to get their opinion, talked to bret baier, ed henry and also howard kurtz. two of the three of them agreed that the white house is definitely turning on the president. >> the press corps. >> the white house press corps. they say it's basically for two reasons. one, the simple policy failures of this administration. whether it's the v.a. to the handling of iraq. you know,. >> those guys can't prop them up anymore? >> okay. and then the second part is they are just not satisfied with the answers that they're getting. >> that was a pretty weak answer. that was a lame answer. are you kidding me? they haven't thought about the policy -- political ramifications of that? >> they all laughed at him. >> he laughed at himself, earnest laughed at himself. he laughed. >> that's part of the reason that jay carn

heather nauert on "fox & friends," she loves them.hem off the street for 10 bucks. >> i grew up in the midwest. midwestern sensibilities. my parents taught me he have dollar, every cent counts. that is just stuck with me all of these years. this is my favorite thing to wear. a nice pair of flip-flops. i wear them until the day it snows in the winter. and put them back on the day the snow melts. this is how i get around fox. >> this bracelet. great thing about being on tv at a distance you can't tell. i bought the bracelet five dollars on the street at a street fair. worn it 100 times on the air. i have this jacket i pulled out which i bought at zara. i think it was $20. gerri: is that not awesome? my thanks to the ladies of fox business and fox news for sharing their secrets. i want to show you my savings. 35 bucks for the shoes i'm wearing right now. jcpenney. don't they do it right, my friends? >>> for similar savings let's bring in personal finance expert. andrea, great to have you as always. love to have you on the show. >> thanks

. >> and i'm heather nauert. good to be with you today.hour and we start with that fox news alert. a day at the beach ending in panic and chaos when lightning strikes more than a dozen people at that beach. >> the rare summer thunderstorm taking everyone in venice beach, california, by surprise. kelly wright is here now with the latest. good morning, kelly. >> ainsley and heather, good morning to you as well. the national weather service had predicted a chance for thunderstorms for southern california, but no one was expecting anything so severe and so deadly. >> all of a sudden, there was a lightning bolt, and it hit here and then it hit over there as well. so, it was scary. and somebody got hurt. >> okay. >> if not killed. >> scary, indeed. nina preba describing how a tre lightning strike at the beach into a deadly ordeal. >> people just frightened for their lives. i mean, people running, people looking up in the air. it was really scary. so, i ran out, and they unfortunately were trying to revive a surfer that it struck in the water. i

here to help us out fox news anchor heather nauert always looking fresh despite the fact she gets upfirst] interest was a big case, explain what happened there. >> there is a case about university of texas a student who applied in 2008 and was not accepted, sued the school based on discrimination. she was white. the school rejected that. she brought suit. ultimately it went to the u.s. supreme court. the smowrt had ruled on something similar with the university admission law school back in 2003. kicked it back to the sixth circuit of appeals. they ruled in favor of the university of texas. >> what's the policy? >> the policy is that basically 25% of the students who apply there have to -- are admitted on -- based on a wholistic review. >> wholistic? >> that not only includes grades but includes special circumstances. >> they don't want balance. they don't want an all white campus. >> upbringing, if you had adversity, all of that. >> all of those things? >> what's interesting about this case is that she was not accepted on the basis that 42 other students who were white by the way and