eastern for america s news headquaters. now back to forbes on fox. welcome back. let s go over to seattle where these workers won their fight for a $15 minimum wage. that s the highest in the country. but now, a group of franchise business owners are fighting back with a lawsuit to stop it. we re going to take it to our guest. rich, you say we all better hope they win. how come? you know, seattle has been in a boom and now at the very apex of their boom, part of which includes this great tourism industry and restaurants and so forth, this $15 minimum wage is going to put serious hurt on the restaurants and service workers. it sounds good. seattle is an expensive place to live. 15 dollars an hour is not much. it s just that it won t work. tips are going to go down. jobs are going to disappear. it s going to have a negative impact. what do you think rick? we re already hearing from businesses that are going to have to lay off people.
live from america s news headquaters, radical muslim insurgents have now captured a town just 60 miles north of the capitol, a general says baghdad is not in danger of falling to the militants despite mass deserti desertion. iran says it s now ready to help iraq s government militarily if and when they ask for it. the u.n. estimates there s half a million refugees looking for safety from the fighting. also overseas, a drone strike in southern yemen carrying a car. all five passengers are killed and one of them is suspected leader of the terror group. it s carried out by the united states but there is no confirmation of that. i ll see you back here at 1:00
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one of them was killed. two others besides morgan are in critical condition and one is in fair condition. morgan was performing a show at a delaware casino last night and was likely returning home. and history could be in the making later this afternoon. california chrome is going for the biggest prize in horse racing at belmont park. trying to be the first triple crown winner in 36 years. the last horse to do so back in 1978. only 12 horses have won the triple crown. i ll see you back here at 1:00 p.m. for america s news headquaters. now back to forbes on fox. what was lost in all of that news was this news, israeli leaders pounding the administration for agreeing to spend hundreds of millions of your tax dollars to fund the palestinian group that just welcomed the hamas organization
seven people are dead and seven others wounded following a drive-by shooting at the university of california santa barbara campus. a suspect was found dead in his car from a gunshot wound. it s not clear yet if it was self-inflicted. officials calling this a targeted attack. and a massive chemical plant explosion over atlanta or near atlanta overnight. whoa. holy it happened in an industrial park in marietta georgia. the fire burning for ten hours before crews put out the flames. police say the building is used to produce aerosol products and 20 people were inside at the time. amazingly, no one was hurt. i m kelly wright. see you back here at 1:00 p.m. for america s news headquaters. now back to forbes on fox.