they were also hatching a in front of the kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer.vacation home and wanted to blow up a bridge to distract authorities. they indicated they wanted to take the governor hostage and take her to a secure location in wisconsin for a, quote, trial. the six men were charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, which can carry a life sentence. governor whitmer at the time tied the plot to donald trump and his criticism of her and her state over covid protocols. you will remember in april of last year while michigan was in lockdown because of the virus, trump tweeted liberate michigan. two weeks later, protests entered the michigan senate gallery and tried to force their way into the chambers. some of those folks were armed. now a investigative report in buzzfeed talks about the roles fbi informants played in the plot in breaking it up. jessica garrison is a reporter for buzzfeed and the coauthor of that investigation and she joins me now. jessica, first of all, great piece of reporting. the big revolution in your piece is that a number of p

he was the public face of this whitmer case.st arrested after being accused of jumping on his wife in bed and smashing her head against the wall. and this was in a dispute over a swingers party. the people accused of this kidnap plot are claiming they were entrapped. anybody would claim that in a situation like this. but "buzzfeed" is reporting there are twice as many fbi agents involved in this plot man there were plotters. does this raise suspicion with you? >> it raises a lot. i regard what the biden administration is currently doing as the second war on terror. this one is focused domestically on american citizens instead of foreign organizations. but the tactics being used are similar to the ones being used in the first war on terror. i reported on a dozen cases where the fbi would boast in this flamboyant way necessity had broken up a dangerous plot. and every time you look, every time, it turned out that the people who designed the plot, who came up with the idea of where to attack and funded the operation were fbi agents

state republicans there say it was done to make democrat governor gretchen whitmer better.emocrats in the state deny that. looks like she was a cuomo problem. blow back against democrat a she today talib, doubles down, demanding defunding of home land security, border patrol and i.c.e. this after a drug cartel war across the border in mexico. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: okay. welcome to the show. you are watching the fox business business network. trump antagonist, michael avenatti is sentenced today after being convicted on charges of attempting to extort millions of dollars from nike. look who is here. gerri willis has the details. good to see you, gerri. reporter: good to see you liz. a manhattan federal judge sentenced disgraced california lawyer michael avenatti to 2 1/2 years in prison for his attempt to extort an estimated $25 million from nike. avenatti, 50, was convicted on charges last year of trying to ex-iter money from the sports wear giant. nike had ended that is its league sponsorship. avenatti threatened to rel

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last october, six men were arrested not alleged plot to kidnap gretchen whitmer. reaction to the news and motive was predictable. >> this rise of domestic terrorism, of antigovernment groups, we saw it firsthand in michigan. >> significant legal threat that we face in her homeland to date is from white supremacists and antigovernment extremists on the right. >> our fellow americans who are intent on terrorizing and hurting their fellow americans. and we need to call it domestic terrorism. >> laura: the truth was something far different. fbi informants were not just integral to the plot, they ended up hatching the entire thing, according to buzzfeed informants, acting under direction of the fbi did more than just passively mimic passively observe and report, instead, they had a hand in nearly every aspect of the alleged plot, starting with its inception, but it gets even worse, the fbi at the center of the plot was just accused of jumping on his wife in bed and smashing her head against the nightstand after disputes stemming from a swingers party that occurred. oh,

governor michelle lujan grisham of new mexico, governor jarrett pollis of colorado, governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, governor andrew cuomo of new york, myself, governor doug doozy of arizona, and for n.g.a. vice chairman, phil murphy of new jersey and for n.g.a. championship, governor asa hutchinson of arkansas. chairman cuomo, i move to have this resolution adopted. >> governor ducey, thank you very much. thank you for your good work. that sounds like a winning slate to me. is there a second in favor of the motion? >> so moved. those in favor, please indicate by saying aye. those opposed, nay. and the ayes have it. congratulations to all. governor hutchinson, congratulations and to the entire executive committee. before i hand the gavel over to our new chair, let me just say a few final words, if i might. i've had the pleasure of serving with governor asa hutchinson this past year. and i think it's been an outstanding partnership as you know, we've had weekly meetings with the white house going through issues that have been very difficult. asa upped in in the middle of the pandemic and

governor whitmer at the time type of plot to donald trump and his criticism of her and her state overid protocols. remember in april of last year when michigan was a lot down trump tweeted liberate michigan, two weeks later protesters opposed to lockdown, entered the michigan in the gallery and try to force their way, some of their folks were arm. now when you look at the seams they look familiar. buzzfeed news has revealed a bunch of new details and particularly about the role that fbi informant played in the plot and breaking it up. jessica garrison is all reporter nicole off of that investigation and she joins me now. jessica, first of all, great piece of reporting. the big revelation in your piece is that a number of people involved in this plot, involved in this group, involved in organizing it where themselves fbi informants. tell us more about that? >> so it is true that we always knew, even from the moment the case was announced that there was at least one informant, at least two. and that they had been in the plot. the great revelation of our reporting, and also what has come

we recently learned that of the 14 beam indicted in the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer least five were working as informs for the fbi. was this more sting or set-up. and, of course, at the explosive revelations we already know surrounding the fisa abuse scandal and years long russia hoax that sought to undermine the trump presidency. take a less partisan example. recent findings fromment department of justice inspector general concluded that the fbi disregarded complaints of sexual abuse against former u.s.a. gymnastic physician larry nassar and where exactly are the fbi's priorities? that agency and many others seem to have been weaponized against the american people and its perceived political opponents. as senator rand paul points out, where is the effort to find and prosecute the mob that attacked him and his wife after the republican convention last summer? quote: the fbi arrested exactly zero of the mob who attacked my wife and me. meanwhile, every day the fbi arrests anybody and everybody who came to d.c. on january 6th. double standard? you bet. and it's not jus

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the men accused of trying to kidnap governor whitmer are saying the fbi set them up. go back to our phone lines and talk to lori who was calling from woody a, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: just fine. caller: i was listening to the professor talk about the civilian spaceflights and what i was wondering was, with the pentagon and everybody coming out about the uaps, that they are real, who or what are the protocols that are going to be written or enacted should the civilians who go up into space encounter an encounter, if you will? i just wonder what those protocols would be. host: all right. let's go to rudy, who is calling from daytona beach, florida on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been vaccinated, and i don't like looking at needles going in people's arms all the time. every station is showing needles going in people's arms. i don't think there is anybody out there that really likes that. why did they have to show the needles and make people who are squeamish more squeamish? that's what i'm s

most of the people involved in trying to kidnap gretchen whitmer most were working for the fbi.by that? >> even after all of the reporting i have done we are trained to disbelieve that the fbi could do something like this, in a plot. no, that would not happen. i spent a decade during the first war on terror reporting in one case after the next when the fbi said we caught 4 young muslims plotting to blow up a bridge. they were not smart and financially vulnerable. the only plot that was created was created by the fbi that brought it to them and use psychological manipulation to lure them into it. the fbi would announce we found this plot that was the fbi's plot in the first place. the only unanswered question that committee should be asking between the weeping is: what role did the fbi have in terms being imbedded in the 3 groups they claim plotted this attack on the capitol? did they allow it to go forward. the fbi admitted we need citizens in fear to increase our budget and surveillance authorities. the one relevant questions about january 6th that hasn't been answered is the o

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a publicized attempt to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer was not what it seemed to be.ow learned according to an account from buzzfeed news, majority of those plotters were in fact reporting to the fbi. there's a name for that. it was a set up, and it was leveraged by the joe biden presidential campaign for political advantage. given all of that, we asked the obvious question. did anything similar happened january 6th? we aren't saying the entire thing was orchestrated by the fbi. but is it possible that some of the people there were actually reporting to the fbi and encouraged as we said others to connect crimes? that's an entirely fair question. asking come of the usual propaganda in the news media announces with maximum hysteria with -- we were right to ask those questions. we'll show you why. mark abraham is a 32-year-old-o veteran who served in iraq. he is a federal agent, worked for the drug enforcement agency, the dea. he said he went to the capitol i that way because he wasn't invited by an fbi informant, a man he had known in iraq. we reached out to that man, w

whitmer is up for re-election next year.t to see this. [screams] jillian: can you imagine? i mean, i saw this yesterday, i nearly fainted thinking oh my goodness, hitting her in the face screen shot at new jersey amusement mark, the ride launches people into the air 7 a miles per hour as you saw. she was able to pull the bird off her face sending it right back on it way shi neither she. steve: it flew off. you know, this exact same thing happened, i would say 15 years ago to fabio. remember him? he was on one of those roller coasters and comes off his nose is all bloody because he got hit in the face with, i believe a seagull. presidential he was on our show talking about it. ainsley: she is like -- jillian: who do you think was more afraid or alarmed her or the bird? i don't even know. brian: the bird could not stay for questioning. ainsley: oh my gosh. steve: what's the roller coaster doing in my way. ainsley: funniest thing i have seen in a long time. i'm glad she is okay. steve: it was that episode where you became a you

a much-publicized attempt to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer was not at all what it does seem to be.he so-called plotters in that case were in fact reporting to the fbi. there is a name for that. it was a set up and it was immediately by the joe biden president 's campaign for political advantage. given all of that we ask the obvious, didn't anything similar happened on january 6th? we are not saying the entire thing was orchestrated by the fbi. what is a possible some of the people there were reporting to the fbi and encouraged others, as we said, to commit crimes? that is an entirely fair question but for asking at the usual propagandist in the news media denounced us with maximum hysteria as conspiracy theory wow theorists and they are still denouncing us now. it turns out we were right to ask those questions and we will show you why. mark is a 32-year-old veteran who served in iraq. he is a federal agent, he worked for the drug enforcement administration. he went to the capital that day because he was invited by an fbi informant, a man he had known in iraq. we have confirmed that

janice, it's not just him, we've got murphy and wolf and whitmer in michigan. i guess my question to you is, to me, it seems like a dual justice system because according to his own whistleblower that was working for him, they hid the numbers to prevent the department of justice from getting the numbers. isn't that what they said? >> right. and i'm grateful for the doj under the trump administration for beginning that investigation because if it wasn't for that investigation, we wouldn't have the several investigations by the f.b.i. and the department of justice here in new york, which is investigating him for the nursing homes as well as his $5.1 million book deal that he might have used state resources for. of course, the sexual harassment issues but i'll tell you, i feel bad for the residents of michigan and also pennsylvania and new jersey. where is their accountability? where are their investigations in the state? >> sean: great point. what is your reaction, and you've been very outspoken, probably if not, one of the most powerful voices against this happen

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on saturday, he will travel to traverse city michigan governor gretchen whitmer as part of the nationwide back together tour to celebrate our countries aggress against the virus3 . he will visit a cherry farm there will you highlight the benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure framework and what they will do to deliver to communities across the country. then he will travel to wilmington, delaware what he will remain overnight step on sunday, the president and first lady will return to the white house while they were whole -- where they will hold a fourth of july barbecue. at 7:30 p.m. sunday night, the president will deliver remarks to celebrate in tenants j and independents from covid-19. later that night, the national mall will be open for the traditional independence day ironworks so friends and family can gathered together. the president will not have public events. it's a federal holiday in next week, we will have more details in the coming days but he will continue to talk about the infrastructure framework and we will have more announcements about that step as many of you know, e

governors stripped of their power like gretchen whitmer.stem to change this. because you are right. it also seems to be an interesting distraction from these murder rates and crime, homicides increasing. violence, riots, so that this is great news, thank you, sir, for come, i appreciate it but that is a great way i think the only way to deal with this is to sue whether you a city or a town or a county or state. thank you for joining me tonight, sir. also here tonight. chef andrew gruel, a restaurant owner in california. you know him well. he appears often clearly a man running a business he got radicalized. suddenly he is on television. it happens to people.uthern cal. you have been through it all. you have raised money for other restaurant owners. and now there is this rhetoric that you might be coming back around to getting punched in the face. what's your reaction to this. >> i always joke about the love of getting punched in the face but not this way. and i also have to say, too. i hope that one of these times we get together we will be

he had workers and greeted supporters as he toured the grounds with governor gretchen whitmer i got to the president supporting the local economy as well by an ice cream for himself and the supporters who were with him now while in michigan, president biden celebrated america's fight against covid-19 and promoted. the bipartisan infrastructure bill talking about how investing in infrastructure can improve local economies now on thursday, the democratic controlled house of representatives approved a 715 billion dollars transportation bill, a potential investment in roads rail public transit and water over 5 years. the legislation is being promoted as a companion to a larger infrastructure package. the biden administration is negotiating with both republican and democratic as for vice president kamala harris, she toured the carpenters international training center in las vegas and spoke to union workers and their families about recent economic progress. the cost of living kept going up. but wages remain stagnant. >> but we're seeing that wages are going up and that as we know means we ar

governor whitmer not grateful but focused on the president. >> the previous arguments against his currenthe government to protect students. >> i love what florida is doing, allowing teachers to get trained for shootings in schools, to shoot back at the shooters before they get to the schools. >> or the time that kilmeade wanted the government to protect against russian cyber attacks to protect americans. >> the only things russians understand is strength and if we have the same cyber technology as they do, i believe it's better, a lot better, we have to blink their lights. that's the only thing they understand. we pretend we're living in a civilized world. next thing it's going to be the hoover dam. you think the pipeline is where it staops, this is where it starts, we have to send a strong message back, and throwing out a few diplomats is not going to work. >> or the time he supported government funded manpower to protect the border. >> you know what i want, and i think we all want, there is a five alarm fire on our southern border right now, and the men and women every day need some hel

he is with michigan governor gretchen whitmer and senator debbie stabenow, senator gary peters.ere in michigan while he's there today. this is part of the america's back together tour. first lady and the vice president, they're also making stops of their own. but the whole idea is to say, yes, the administration fell short of its goal of 70% of shots in adult arms by july 4th, but they've reached 67% so far. so not only are they talking about the progress that we've made as a country in trying to gain our independence from this pandemic, but also how far we still have left to go with, of course, the delta variant still spreading rapidly. while the president is there, he's going to be touting the infrastructure plan that congress is still negotiating. we are going to keep an eye here on this live shot as the president speaks with other leaders there on that tarmac. but for now, up next, new reporting on which republicans could join the panel investigating the capitol attack, and how that's putting gop leader kevin mccarthy in a difficult spot. we'll be right back. and one we disc

on saturday, he will travel to traverse city michigan governor gretchen whitmer as part of the nationwide back together tour to celebrate our countries aggress against the virus3 . he will visit a cherry farm there will you highlight the benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure framework and what they will do to deliver to communities across the country. then he will travel to wilmington, delaware what he will remain overnight step on sunday, the president and first lady will return to the white house while they were whole -- where they will hold a fourth of july barbecue. at 7:30 p.m. sunday night, the president will deliver remarks to celebrate in tenants j and independents from covid-19. later that night, the national mall will be open for the traditional independence day ironworks so friends and family can gathered together. the president will not have public events. it's a federal holiday in next week, we will have more details in the coming days but he will continue to talk about the infrastructure framework and we will have more announcements about that step as many of you know, e

the president is heading to traverse city, where he will go and meet with governor gretchen whitmer. he'll visit a cherry farm. all to really promote this idea that, look, this is what you can do without fear, being out in public if you are vaccinated. it's a part of the white house's america is back tour. they're going across the country really. the first lady will be in maine and new hampshire. vice president will be in nevada. the country is coming back to life like we were pre-pandemic. now, one thing that is circling us, as we talked about, is this delta variant. the white house is trying to grapple with it. so the president yesterday at the white house said he was not concerned that the variant would cause a major outbreak or shut the country down, but he was concerned about those who have not yet been vaccinated. >> i am concerned that people who have not gotten vaccinated have the capacity to catch the variant and spread the variant to other people who have not been vaccinated. it doesn't hurt. it's accessible. it's free. it's available. not only think about yourself, think a

if that worked, gretchen whitmer would have a phenomenal record, given the number of mandates and pleasas made along these lines. what you're seeing in florida has a lot to do with the reality that we're going to continue to see case counts become an issue. we're hopeful that these times you're not going to see death had counts become an issue which is the most important element here. howie: liz, sort of a question of media framing. you can let such pro-vaccination voices at fox like sean hannity and steve doocy become the story or not. you can say facebook is part of the problem through misinformation or you can say democrats want to censor facebook and all this i think exacerbates the debate, maybe obscures the need to convince more people to help their country by getting the shots. >> yeah. well, exactly. i mean, the media are not focusing on that particular issue of, listen, let's cut through the nonsense, i'm with you, howie. as you say. i'm with sean hannity, i'm with our network, fox business and fox news, which are running telephone numbers that you are actually learn about the

this is a live look from grand rapids gretchen whitmer announces the first round of $50,000 daily winners in the state's vaccination sweepstakes. four people were chosen today out of almost 2 million applicants. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ the rule in business used to be, "location, location, location." now it's, "network, network, network." so you need a network that's built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america's most reliable network. then we add the speed of verizon 5g. we provide security that's made for business. and offer plans as low as 30 dollars per line. come to verizon small business days on fridays in july to get a plan that's built right for your business. one, two! one, two, three! only pay for what you need! with customized car insurance from liberty mutual! nothing rhymes with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ watch the olympic games on xfinity ♪ ♪ root for team usa and feel the energy ♪ ♪ 200 plus nations, over 300 events ♪ ♪ swimming a

he had workers and greeted supporters as he toured the grounds with governor gretchen whitmer i got to the president supporting the local economy as well by an ice cream for himself and the supporters who are with him now while in michigan, president biden celebrated america's fight against covid-19 and promoted. the bipartisan infrastructure bill talking about how investing in infrastructure can improve local economies now on thursday, the democratic controlled house of their families about recent economic progress the cost of living kept going up. but wages remain stagnant. >> but we're seeing that wages are going up and that as we know means we are seeing progress. the vice president also visited a pop-up vaccine clinic outside the center. she's spending the rest of the 4th of july weekend in los and first lady jill biden spending the weekend in new england today making stops in maine where she talked about how far the nation has come since the start of the pandemic. you know, just a few months ago, sink back. you know, it was hard to believe. i think that we would. >> actually be a

we just saw in michigan governor whitmer there has been stripped of her emergency powers after beingid restrictions. you saw gavin newsom in california just lost a big court case for trying to shut down private schools. so the government side of this has been completely overreaching. it's not based in science. it's not based in common sense. at the end of the day you have to ask the question about why. so they're asking vaccinated individuals to wear masks. so my follow-up question is, okay, so we've been told that the vaccines work, so do they no longer work? [laughter] why are you telling vaccinated people to wear masks? and so maybe they need to to clarify some is things on the science. but as far as i'm concerned, they've been telling everybody if they have natural immunity, if they have a vaccine that they are protected. if they're going to go back to this idea that people need to wear masks for the sake of making people feel comfortable as pete butte general judge has said finish buttigieg has said about the need to continue wearing masks on planes and public transportation, th

building the president introducing himself as jill's husband while greeting the group >>> gretchen whitmera $5 million lottery to encourage people to get vaccinated daily winners and college scholarships for kids 12 to 17 >>> mask wearing hasn't only been slowing the spread of covid. it reduces cases of other illnesses. so then what happens as more and more people hang up their mask and get back to normal we'll explain how the flu can make a comeback and former fda commissioner scott gottlieb will have the latest on the delta variant. that's tonight on "the news. >>> robinhood's ipo filing has just come out. it gives us a lot of information about how their business actually works kate rooney is here with the details. what do we know? >> robinhood out with its s1 filing with the s.e.c. just a few moments ago. trading has a place holder on the first page offering size of about $100 million. that figure will likely be multiple times higher when it does go public listing on the nasdaq under ticker hood. the main underwriters on this deal, the bankers, goldman sachs, jpmorgan, barclays and citi

and he was in michigan with governor whitmer -- pete: lockdown whitmer.l: yeah, lock down whitmer. she has a lottery of sorts encouraging people to get the shot and entered into the sweepstakes to win cash prizes. i don't like that, because a lot of people already had covid. many doctors think that is a bad idea to get a shot if you already had covid. i think we already reached herd immunity. i don't think you have to worry about hitting the arbitrary 70%. pete: even though he hasn't hit the number is it defacto admission -- will: it wasn't truly sign tisk. the willingness to go along with the celebration reveals the farce behind the other enterprise. here is another topic. gwen berry, olympic hammer thrower, finished third at olympic trials compared herself to supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. tweeted this. is that the best they could come up with? i can relate to the associate justice of the supreme court, usa, brett kavanaugh, there is a lot of blank i don't do like i did when i was 18 or 20. i will say this, quickly. this is regarding her tweets

we can't forget the life of gretchen whitmer. we saw there was an entire plot to kidnap her.hink one of the most insidious and dangerous things donald trump has done is to call in question truth and facts. that type of ethos has lasted long after his presidency and i feared it would. you have one-third of the republican party that are the maga-ites, but sadly a rough two-thirds go along with what the maga-ites say. to me that's just as bad. if you have a bunch of spineless jellyfish who won't stand up for what's right, then they might as well wear the red hats and stand up for the insurrection if they're not going to do what's right for this country. that's a great concern because we know in 2022 we'll have contentious elections. we know we have governorships. we have the entire house coming up for re-election, and if republicans aren't happy with the results, then they just say that it's false. that's a very donald trumpian claim that republicans have embraced and democrats haven't been firm enough. they're passing different voters rights in elections to make sure we're all

this hour president biden is touring a cherry farm in michigan with governor gretchen whitmer and heers of his administration are traveling across the country to mark the progress of the nationwide vaccination efforts. arlette saenz joins me with more. >> reporter: president biden is looking to highlight how much closer the country is getting to normal as the u.s. is making more progress against the coronavirus pandemic. now, the president and other top white house officials are fanning out across the country this weekend for what the white house described as the america's back together tour. president biden is here in the state of michigan while first lady jill biden is up in maine and new hampshire. kamala harris is out west in nevada. each of these stops really trying to promote just the progress that has been made against the coronavirus pandemic. the president is currently touring a cherry farm up in antrum county, a county that president trump won during the 2020 election even as president biden carried the entire state of michigan. one thing the white house has said, that duri

one is going to go back to these vaccine mandates or go back to the mask mandates even if gretchen whitmer of the biggest tyrants during the whole pandemic, i don't know if we will implement new order at all because everyone else recognize that is in the united states where vaccines are available and free to anyone over the age of 12 who wants one, this pandemic is over. it is as rochelle. the onus is not on the rest of us to mask up. dagen: you have a new article about the dc mask mandate. 4 people have died from covid-19 in the month of july yet the city is going back to masking up indoors. >> so if we look at the community transmission in dc, none of it is happening with people who are vaccinated. of the nearly 400,000dc residents who have been fully vaccinated only 4 all of whom were very elderly or severely immunocompromised have died. effectively, if you get the vaccine it prevents death and severe hospitalization or severe disease. so the question remains, why the timing because the fact is 50 texas democrats who all claim to be vaccinated, breakthrough infections. are we just trust

can you just confirm for me if governor whitmer submits a proposal to fema to declare a national emergency, that you all will move swiftly to confirm it? >> representative, i'm familiar with the flooding that's currently ongoing in michigan, and michigan is my home state. it is where i grew up. so i have a lot of attachment there, and all my family still lives there. as they're going through the assessment process right now, and they see the request, i will commit to swiftly assessing that and determining if it meets eligibility. >> great. well, it makes me feel much better that you're a michigander. you won't leave us hanging. the second thing is, you know, a lot of the residents who have been hardest hit, a lot of them are seniors. a lot of them do not have access to the internet. i'm concerned the claims they're going to file, that you were requiring people to file, are going to require facility with the internet. can you also help us understand your plan if we do have a declaration of an emergency to get boots on the ground, people who can help us go door to door? time is of the essenc

caller: my story is about gretchen whitmer. they are saying the fbi those people up.ost: there's a story on buzzfeed about that? caller: you're reading that this morning? host: it was about two days ago. thanks for that. caller: i was calling in reference to the 12-year-old getting the vaccine. i called a month or so ago. i have had terrible adverse reactions, it went from 6000 two 12,000. all of the people being injured, who will be liable for that? the nfl that forces these players to get the vaccine? when they have adverse reactions or something happens? no one is helping me with my adverse reaction. host: you're still having those reactions? caller: yes. so are thousands and thousands of other people. they are trying to block all that. you follow somebody on facebook. people who are having terrible reactions, they take their stories down. a 20-year-old girl just died the other day. her family tried to post on facebook, they took it down right away. this is ridiculous. this vaccine is very dangerous. it is insanity. it truly is. all the mainstream media will not re

republicans accuse governor gretchen whitmer's administration underreporting covid deaths putting infectedalways the dumbest idea of the pandemic. >>> a fire tornado forms in the middle of a wildfire. one much several major fires burning across the state, prompting fears for people living in nevada as flames i'm closer to the border, this all in the middle of a dangerous heat wave with temperatures in places like death valley reaching 130 degrees. >>> let's turn now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick. rick: good morning, guys. las vegas got to 117 degrees which tied their all-time record for heat across places like las vegas. here is your temperature waking up this morning. not looking that bad. 86 in phoenix at this time. 93. heat on across parts of the west. that 86 only because a thunderstorm moved through phoenix overnight, dropped temperatures. strong storms over arkansas and missouri last night. this will pull off towards the south, bringing more moisture across the south. some really big moisture across parts of upstate new york. some localized