thank you, rachel bell and timandra harkness for being here, albeit briefly.tell you we will be talking about this story inafew we will be talking about this story in a few minutes, in fact, because in business news, we'll hearfrom ella smiley, who wrote the report for the asa. so we will have all of the business news in the next few minutes but first, a reminder of the headlines. inflation has slowed unexpectedly to 2.6% injune. it is largely a result of lower fuel prices. the prime minister has urged senior ministers to show unity around the cabinet table as she tells them to keep details of their discussions private. and the chief inspector of prisons has warned that youth custody centres in england and wales are so unsafe that a tragedy is inevitable. hello, this is the business news. well, as we havejust hello, this is the business news. well, as we have just been hello, this is the business news. well, as we havejust been hearing, inflation has fallen for the first time since october, two 2.6%, but prices are still rising faster than wages. inflation has

faulkner coming here today, coanchor of after the bell, melissa francis, host of kennedy also on fb on, kennedy herself, commentator and fox news contributor, rachel campos-duffy and today's #oneluckyguy, the opinion editor of the washington times and fox news contributor, charlie hurt is here. you're outnumbered. >> charlie: great to be here, thank you for having me and so much news. >> harris: the president abroad, we'll cover that as it happens. let's get to the news now. as we wait that news conference in paris, the swelling controversy here at home over donald trump, jr.,'s meeting with a russian attorney said to be offering dirt on hillary clinton. we anticipate reporters will ask the president about it. he's tried to get ahead of that yesterday by giving two separate interviews. in one of them, the president defended his son. he told reuters "i think many people would have held that meeting. you have to understand when that complacent, there was no rush if he were back then. most of the phony politicians who are democrats who i watched over the last couple of days, most of those phonies that act holier-than-thou, of the same thing happened

bell for the country joins us now, shaeeryl eiffel. i appreciate you being here, especially on a friday night. thank you so much. >> thank you, rachel very clear about the connection between the president demanding information, demanding an investigation into the threat of voter fraud and the possibility the president then launching a voter intimidation effort. what is the connection between looking into it and then intimidating voters? >> well, as you talked about already, rachel, the president had insisted that he had won the popular vote. and as you recall, he talked about three million illegal votes having been cast. and having gone out and made this absurd statement, he then began to repeat it, and some of his surrogates began to repeat it, notably stephen miller on a sunday news program, who insisted there was proof of this. and i was just one of the people who took the president at his word because i believed the president would attempt to combine his need to believe that he had won the popular vote with something that has been really a very important issue on the right, which is to prove that widespread voter fraud occurs as

bell is teaming up with lyft. we have the details. all the stories and joining me to talk about all about it dagen mcdowell, market strategists kevin kelly, fox news con tribe outer rachel see you. kevin: scoop on the ben&jerry's. [laughter] kevin: we have fed, the season. it's going dictate the economy. dagen: confidence is high, confidence is up in the month of july, that's worth noting, market nasdaq, s&p all-time highs and then you've got a president who makes news all day long every day even just by twitter alone. >> often stepping on his own good stories and yesterday was a good day and we got caught up with the ag stuff. maria: you're absolutely right. give us a window into what's going on in the economy right now. former nfl star jack brewer is here to talk football and ronna mcdaniel, and mack mcclarty. republican efforts to overhaul health care passes first procedural hurdle after senate votes to advance vote debates. hours later the senators rejected first proposal with a plan put forward by the gop leadership. it was shot down by a vote of 57 to 43 with nine republicans defecting during a rally in youngstown, ohio who are not getting in line with the party.