The dnc has stumping for them today. Fox and friends first continues right now. Rob they got this one wrong, it is crazy in new york city. Jillian cant get anything wrong as a side note. Rob he got it wrong today. Thunder booms, very interesting night, a good summertime thunderstorm, one of my favorites. You are watching fox and friends first thursday morning. Jillian thanks for starting the day with us. Justice Anthony Kennedy announcing his retirement from the nations highest court. Rob the stage is set for donald trump to make his second appointment to the bench. I am very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. Jillian democrats are gearing up for a showdown vote vowing to block the nominee. Rob Griff Jenkins live in washington with the latest. Reporter this europes Midterm Election got a lot more interesting because Supreme Court swing vote is now retiring giving donald trump a Second Chance to truly shape the ideological balance of the high court. Justice kennedys retirement makes the issue of Senate Control one of the vital issues of our time. The most important thing we can do. Democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution any way they want to do it. Reporter to nominate a constitutional conservative likely similar to his first pick, neil gorsuch and the shortlist is not so short, 25 names on this list including finalists from last time, William Pryor and thomas hardiman, including utah sen. Mike lee, some being touted as frontrunners, whoever it is, Mitch Mcconnell says he would like to see a vote soon. The Senate Stands ready to fulfill its constitutional role. We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedys successor this fall. Reporter democrats want to hold mcconnell to the same standard he applied in 2016 when he refused to bring obamas pick Merrick Garland to the floor. Our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the they set in 2016 not to consider a Supreme Court justice in an Election Year. Reporter the impact of Justice Kennedys role cannot be overstated voting just this week, the majority 54 on the travel ban and publicsector unions, leave behind a legacy as a champion on abortion and gay rights. And your summer plans a very heated and contentious confirmation battle. Rob we will dive deeper into it in 10 minutes. Thank you so much. You heard donald trump letting loose in north dakota during the energetic rally. The president hitting a number of issues from repeated calls for harassment on republicans to tighter border security. Democrats want open borders and crime crime crime happens automatically with open borders, the democrats want to let the country be overrun. Just take a look at what is going on. Everybody comes in including the file gang ms 13. Maxine, she is a beauty, she practically was telling people the other day to assault, can you imagine seriously if i said that . Somebody else said that, horrible what she said. Now they want to censure her. Lets see where that goes, folks. You celebrate your heritage and you live life proudly under the big beautiful skies and you have the big beautiful skies out here. Together we are taking back our country, returning power to the every day smart brilliant wonderful hardworking american people. Jillian fbi director and Deputy Attorney general in the hot seat today, Christopher Ray and Rod Rosenstein will testify on fbi and doj actions leading to the 2016 election, lawmakers planning a public hearing for disgraced fbi agent peter stzrok who was grilled for 11 hours on capitol hill but did not answer many questions was republicans convinced bias impacted fbi investigations. Dont know how you read the text, any reasonable person reads the text and would suggest there was no bias. There was no information not included in the report. Concerns about political bias have been alleviated based on what i heard so far. Stzrok is being investigated for Text Messages like this one to stop then candidate trump. Peter stzrok left with more questions than answer claiming he couldnt share classified information with House Committee members. Fox news contributor sarah carter says this is exactly why the Justice Department needs to release the documents congress has been demanding. A lot of what i have been hearing is peter stzrok is hiding behind the idea of classified information. Stzrok and his attorneys said they were willing to come to the hill to speak to lawmakers and be forthright with them and hiding behind this. Now the final notch in this is peter stzrok is saying he had nothing to do with carter pages fisa warrant, that means other people just like peter stzrok had the same intentions and we need those documents now. Rob we expect to learn when and where donald trump will meet with vladimir putin, john bolton striking a deal for a summit after meeting with the russian president in moscow. Helsinki, finland, and vienna, austria, have been named as possible sites. Several weeks will be needed to prepare for those talks, we will keep you posted. Defense secretary touching down in south korea saying the us will keep 30,000 troops in the asian nation keeping a commitment to security as the us works to denuclearize north korea on the heels of a visit to china. President xi jinping warning thatis, china will not give up an inch of its territory in the south china sea. The us is concerned over chinas militarization of artificial islands in the sea. Jillian a terrorist the left four americans that will spend 22 years in prison sentence for terrorism and other charges but a jury did not find him guilty of murder. He directed his Extremist Group to attack the Us Special Mission compound setting it on fire. Us amb. Christopher stevens and three other americans were killed. Rob aimed at fixing the border crisis could come to the senate floor as early as today. The republican tax bill would reinforce the pres. s executive order ending illegal families from being separated and add 200 immigration judges. The house failed to pass on a compromise bill that would have funded the border wall and provided a daca fix. Milania trump headed back to the southern border, how the illegal migrants, this will be her second business. Jillian Immigration Crisis extends beyond the us mexico border. Thousands of immigrants coming from central america. Rob billions of your tax dollars are being pumped into the region in an effort to improve economic conditions. Why those efforts are evidently failing. When countries abuse us by sending their people up, not their best, we are not going to give anymore aid to those countries. Reporter after decades of foreign aid to honduras, guatemala and el salvador critics wonder what that money bought. We are working on an infrastructure in the northern triangle reporter us aid to Central American companies reduces violence and cutting illegal immigration but is that accurate . Translator in honduras we cant live there anymore because of the games. Reporter applications peaked in 2015 after a slight decline. Agency arrests and asylum claims are up again despite more us aid. Giving money to those governments to solve their problems would not be productive. Reporter in the last decade taxpayers send billions to el salvador, guatemala and honduras but all three remain among the poorest in latin america. Bribery, corruption and murder rates rank among the worlds worst. The families are seeking asylum, protection from unimaginable persecution and violence. They are quite horrible, the violence is quite bad but it is not the responsibility of the United States to solve the problems of other countries. Think of all that aid that we give some of these countries. Reporter the president wants to cut aid to you, some in Congress Want to double it. Others argue without more accountability, more money from washington, good money after bad. Rob 11 minutes after the hour, fox news alert, a Supreme Court showdown, republicans and democrats preparing to face off after Justice Kennedy announces his retirement was our next guest is here to explain how the midterms could help the confirmation process. A lot of poison is poured down americas wrote. Former pres. Bill clinton taking a jab at donald trump. Social media has a lot to say about this one. Keeps me up all night phone ping gentlemen, i have just received word the louisiana purchase, is complete instant purchase notifications from capital one. So you wont miss a purchase large, small, or very large. Technology this helpful. Could make history. Whats in your wallet . A hotel can make or break a trip. And at expedia, we dont think you should be rushed into booking one. Thats why we created expedias addon advantage. Now after booking your flight, you unlock discounts on select hotels right until the day you leave. Addon advantage. Discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. Only when you book with expedia. Rob fox news alert, Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy announcing his retirement opening another seat on the high Court Donald Trump will have the opportunity to fill. Jillian who will replace kennedy . To weigh in his Legal Affairs reporter for the Washington Times alex boyer. Lets get to it. We are hearing a lot of names being thrown around in the mix. What do you think . One of the top names floated here is brett cavanagh, a circuit judge on the dc circuit and was appointed by george w. Bush and worked on his administration so that is one of the front runners we have been hearing as well as a name at Third Circuit that we heard prior to neil gorsuch being nominated so he is a repeat. We have several nominated by donald trump to Appellate Court and are now being considered for elevation. It will be interesting to see if the president pics one of his own goes to a bush appointee. Rob 25 names on the list behind us. The hoopla, the malay, the mayhem around this decision and this guy retiring has been incredible and schumer wanting to wait until after the midterms are over. Why do you think he wants that . What is the point . Reporter the dnc is fundraising off of Justice Kennedys retirement, they sent fundraising emails and they are hoping it energizes their base as we signed 2016 energizing the Republican Base and it was upwards of 70 of evangelicals turned out for donald trump because of the Supreme Court vacancy but i believe republicans will fill the seat prior to the midterms. In 2010 a midterm the year alayna kagan was confirmed in may come in august, neil gorsuch was announced in january 31, 2017, and confirmed early april so 21 2 months. If donald trump comes out in july with a nominee that gives Mitch Mcconnell about 21 2 months before the october 1st start of the next term to put somebody on the bench and likely he could do it. Jillian donald trump what this person to be there 40 to 45 years. What type of character, do you think this person will have and also what issues should we keep an eye out for . Most of his Appellate Courts are in there 40s, likely to see a young Supreme Court nominee. Barrett is a recent Appellate Court nominee. And donald trump floated around as potential replacement for Justice Kennedy. Interesting to watch during her Senate Hearing for the Circuit Court placement because she was criticized for being too catholic. That is something to watch because pres. Kennedy, to uphold roe v wade and we might see the president look to someone with more of a prolife leaning that could be an issue we hear a lot about over the next several months as the debate between democrats and republicans heat up on who will do that. Rob am i concerned over how politically charged this is . Seems like the Supreme Court shouldnt be such a political place which we see what happens in the Justice Department when it gets criticized, we are seeing that now. Should we worry about justices making decisions based on political bias . You hit on something important as the Legal Affairs reporter. Interesting for me to see when judges get a certain case, not just the Supreme Court but a, court, who appointed them . It is interesting to watch. It tends to subject how they will vote on a certain case especially with politically charged issues and you are hitting on something Justice Kennedy 8 he was a swing vote often siding with the liberal justices on the court in the past and so interesting we dont know who lawyers will try to persuade the next term because it was always Justice Kennedy lawyers were trying to convince their side one or the other and it could be chief Justice Roberts takes that role. Heather we appreciate it. 19 after the hour, major blow to the Democratic Party as a longtime lawmaker is upset by socialist newcomer. If you ask nancy pelosi everything is fine. The Democratic Party, board members, more progressives. I am progressive. Lets not get carried away. Rob she didnt like that question. With the trump bump not going anywhere will this heard the democrats in the upcoming midterms . Talk about it coming up next. Rob nancy pelosi lashing out after a reporters adjuster party make changes after a historic primary when. Democratic party is increasingly younger, more female, should the Democratic House leadership pool back . They made a choice in one district, lets not get carried away. Rob the age insinuation, referring to 28yearold alexandria cortez, democratic socialist beat ten term congressman joe crowley in the new york primary. Jillian democrats whipping out their secret weapon today, former president barack obama will headline his first dnc fundraiser of 2018 but his appearance will cost you a pretty penny. Tickets for the highrolling gala dinner start at 2700 a person and run as much is 100,000. Democrats desperately push to retake the house and senate this fall. Rob big money and politics. Needed dinner reservation but dont have time to call . Google will take care of this. Reporter google duplex, call a restaurant and make a reservation on you. It is Google Assistant and then tells the host what time he would like to come in, how many your party, they can handle followup questions like if your time isnt available so they are testing this out in a limited number of restaurants, just telling what the hours of the restaurant are but eventually they will be taking reservations. Then you can also make a haircut appointment too. Jillian is it hard to go to the table and book a reservation . Reporter i dont know. Jillian what about burger king and the budweiser . Reporter the super bowl, and revising that, a new burger in honor of this and the burger not made with any beer, is a burger and a beer. And burger kings, when in miami. 26 after the hour, the lefts hatred for the Trump Administration no signs of stopping, just ask terrorist sympathizer linda. Lets make sure we are engaging in justice, every american has access to health care and housing. Jillian womens march organizers taking it to a new level, how the left is planning to unleash unrest today. Jillian welcome back, justice Anthony Kennedy sending democrats into a tailspin announcing his retirement from the Supreme Court, donald trump announced his second pick for the bench. Im honored he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. 25 names on the list of potential nominees including William H Pryor junior who was being considered before neil gorsuch was nominated. Rumored at the top of the shortlist is judge Brett Cavanaugh out of dc, Justice Kennedy will step down very soon. Organizers calling for a day of unrest today. Cut targeting the 0tolerance policy, the timing of all this. Several incidents of harassment against republicans and some calling for more disruption. Womens march to demand congress, it starts in a few hours saying we will find our bodies on the line to demand the end to the 0tolerance policy that automatically criminalizes undocumented immigrants and to abolish ice, an agency that is terrorizing our communities every day. The tone of the march raising questions days after Maxine Waters urged supporters to push back political opponents. We all have to remember to treat our fellow americans, all of our fellow americans with the kind of civility and respect. Martin luther king warned us about people like chuck schumer, not the ku klux klan, the obstacles toward justice, it was people calling for, quote, civility. Reporter at his rally in north dakota donald trump referenced dangerous rhetoric from the left. And please keep Maxine Waters on the air as your face and your mouthpiece for the democrat party. Please. Womens march organizers, and a bail fund. The Democratic Party is divided as a major blow dealt to joe crowley. The longtime lawmaker, leading contender to replace nancy pelosi ousted by a newcomer who is a democratic socialist. Is midterms close in, is this surprise upset foreshadowing what is to come for more of the old guard of democrats in congress . And new York State Assembly when karen lawlor, thanks for coming gone this morning. And the divide in the Democratic Party becoming more clear. The old guard not comfortable with embracing this style of socialism bernie sanders. Should they be . Voters are not comfortable with the label. And the democrat platform and socialism, and the platform is the same, shes not afraid to call herself a socialist. And it will hurt them at the ballot box. Free healthcare, ending ice, and the majority of americans, what do you think . Resonated with the democrats, millennials responding to and it was a Grassroots Campaign and seemed to work for her. And my sources think she got money from republicans secretly that wanted her in the midterms because crowley could not be beaten. This is a huge upset for democrats because many believed crowley was too strong and republicans helped her win. Rob very low turnout in that district as well. Thats talk about the president and the trump moment and when he backed somebody. Dan donovan in Staten Island meet michael grin, despite being a convicted felon, very popular in that area, mcmaster in South Carolina getting beaten, trump has this message back on track. Absolutely. If you want to win a republican primary or general election you want the president of the United States on your side if you are republican, 54 million twitter followers, that not only gets voters in your district out to vote for you but donors to donate your campaign and get your message out more, you want to run with trump on your side and you saw him defeated an incumbent in South Carolina and the congressional primary with a lastminute tweet so it is powerful and the economy boring, he has been back many of his critics, the russell probe looking more like what he called it, a witchhunt and i dont think he has ever been so strong. Rob what do you say to the pres. s moment in . Mitt romney is doing great in utah, he has never been a huge fan of trump. We will see. The momentum is good but the primaries we dont know what will happen. That wave will come. We dont know. Mitt romney is not a fan of trump and is doing quite well. Lets see if it hurts or helps. Rob he has all that name recognition. Everyone does love mitt romney. Rob you have a great divide in the Democratic Party, the far left wing and the moderates. What does this do to the midterms . Makes it tough to get everybody on the same page and take back the house of representatives which has been our goal for the last two years when your party is divided. The joe crowley people going to support this new candidate, cortez in november . A democrat district, if i take over one of the legislative branches i want everybody in my party on the same page and this late in the game they are terry. Rob last part. The parties are divided, that is what we found out in the primaries, both parties are divided. This is interesting. Rob the republicans are divided as well. 87 of republican support the president so i dont think theres as Much Division on the republican side of their is on the democrat side. Rob 37 after the hour, bill clinton taking a cheap shot at the president. A lot of poison has been poured down americas throat since the 2016 campaign. Rob outrage boiling online about that comment. Uc Berkeley Students protecting Illegal Immigrants from ice which our next guest was the Vice President of the school of college republicans, spit in the face of taxpayers. It traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. Try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. That you dont think about is very much. Counties its really not very important. I was in the stone ages as much as technology wise. And i would say i had nothing. You become a School Teacher for one reason, you love kids. And so you dont have the same tools, you dont always believe you have the same. Outcomes achievable for yourself. When we got the tablets, it changed everything. By giving them that technology and then marrying it with a curriculum thats designed to have technology at the heart of it, we are really changing the way that students learn. 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The rest of the week is going to be the storms but instead the heat piling up in the middle of the country, areas stretching where you are seeing heat warnings, watches, advisories to the center of the country, into the midwest, how warm is it going to get, your heat index is what it feels like when you step outside those highs today running into the triple digits, kansas city feels like 110 , 106 in st. Louis. It is 110 , feels like temperature, all of this spreads out closer to the weekend, folks on the eastern half of the country, that is not going to last because you see those numbers climb closer to the weekend. It is incredibly hot out there. California taking the open border policy to a new level, liberal university at uc berkeley compiling a catalog of resources for Illegal Immigrants students, warning them, a former student is calling for the university for breaking the law. Campusreform. Org correspondent and Vice President thomas is here, thank you for joining us this morning. Students need to be warned about this, need to worry about this . Thank you for having me on. Uc berkeley demonstrated a pattern of circumventing federal law whether it is failing the freespeech rights of conservative students to compromise the work of federal immigration officials but i wish they were asking about protecting free speech on campuses and making sure conservatives feel safe in helping lawbreakers and this is a spit in the face of company taxpayers, they are Funding Legal services to help people evade the law. The school makes a clear illegal immigrant students, and any us citizen. Is that fair . California taxpayers, attending universities. And in those classes given preferential treatment but academic counselors that other students do not have access to. Who wins and who loses . Students lose when illegal immigrant students are given preferential treatment students are neglected, not given the same amount of attention and ultimately the loses are california taxpayers, the university has an obligation to complain to taxpayers, they are squandering harder dollars to help people evade the law. Heather you are graduate, houses it changed over the years . Has gotten worse . As a conservative student it has gotten worse and punched on campus and been spit on and im outraged the university has not taken time to hear my concerns. Every time the video was recorded im attacked, members are attacked, we dont feel safe on campus but the university feels obligated to alert students ice is coming on campus and there is a paranoia, any alleged sighting from the university but they never respond to my request to provide protection, and procedures on what to do when facing threat on campus and cared more about freespeech and more pressing issues and trying to help lawmakers and a symptom of a greater problem that shows universities are no longer teaching students to be good citizens, to follow the law. They are showing they should resist and go against federal laws. Jillian you reached out to the university and they have a response to everything you said. I have given the university a 2page document listing media reports and videos and some videos have to million views of being harassed on campus, the university failed to provide any protection at all or even perhaps emails, dont punch your fellow peers for having different views than yourself. Jillian thank you for joining us, appreciate your time. It is 46 after the hour, democrats already up in arms over donald trump picking a replacement for retiring Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy. Our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the rules they set in 2016 not to consider a Supreme Court justice in an Election Year. Jillian reaction pouring into the latest demands and Carly Shimkus live reading your comments next. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. And see all the hotels for your stay tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites. To show you the lowest prices. 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Conservatives are pointing out some differences, the biggest one, not a president ial Election Year and donald trump is already weighing his options and republicans are ready to get to work to get the person confirmed according to sen. Lindsey graham, this will happen pretty quickly. Rob bill clinton doesnt like donald trump. The anger and division is a topic of conversation in the country this week and how did we get here . Former pres. Bill clinton says donald trump is partly to blame. Take a listen. A lot of poison has been poured down americas throws since the 2016 campaign. That comments causing even more anger and division. Bill always wants to blame somebody else. Calluses this from the president who taught us it was okay to lie under oath. Linda tweets it is called truth serum. It is only poison to those who have much to hide. Former president clinton has ultimate goal in say we need to Start Talking to each other instead of fighting each other. 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After it went viral making his 2kr50e78 come true. His dream come true. Wow, thats awesome. Officer giving him the iconic red jacket. See san quentin gloves. Just like the stuff Michael Jackson had. So cool. I love it a lightning bolt strikes feet away from a Police Officer. Watch this. Jillian thats frightening. The officer jumping inside his car outside the apopka Police Department of florida. He was not hurt. Rob thats scary. Finally a man in just his underwear causes a traffic jam in los angeles. Climbing on to a freeway sign and doing a black flip on to inflatable crash beds. He landed safely but not before shutting down traffic in both lanes two hours. Charges with delaying a Police Officer. Jillian dont you need a permit to shut down a highway like that. He did it. Jillian have a good day. Rob see you later. The retirement of Supreme CourtJustice Anthony m. Kennedy will have enormous consequences. Im very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. Our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the rule they set in 2016 not to consider a Supreme Court justice in an Election Year. Im honored to even be considered. This, of course, is the president s choice. Bill aimed at fixing the border crisis could come to the senate floor as early as today. This after the house failed to pass a compromise bill. Disgraced fbi agent who texted to stop president tr