appreciate the opportunity that country blessed us with. american pride is on the decline. 39% of adults took extreme pride in our country, down from three years ago. pride in our nation has been on the decline for 20 years and an interesting distinction, gallup found 60% of republicans were proud and 29% of democrats did. wall street journal released american pride poll of their own earlier this year with just 38% of americans saying patriotism is important to them. at 1998, the figure was 70%. pride is not the only tradition heading out the poll, 39% of americans think religion is very important, down from 62% in 1998. stunning new fox news poll shows majority of americans believe the country s best days are behind us. gallup poll found 70% of americans have no confidence in national government. start there. joe concha to the midstel in the hot seat. what do you think? joe: one other part about this poll that stands out to me. what is the best country live in the world?
calling the explosions targeted attacks. a bank, then another at a nike store and a suspect through a molotov cocktail at a grocery store. no one hurt. authorities are searching for the suspects. david spunt has the latest. very scary. police now on the hunt for what they believe are several people likely behind these attacks, thankfully no one was injured. several properties sustained severe damage. it happened at the businesses in northeast d.c. early yesterday. each location is a business. one is a bank. someone detonated an explosive outside the building causing damage inside. the second was a nike store. third minutes later at a safe way grocery store all closed. there was a molotov cocktail like object into the store. the suspect and a likely vehicle. likely one of several suspects. a gold or champagne colored acura tl with maryland plate. now the local police and federal alcohol, toboggan and firearms putting together why. there is $20,000 reward leading to the sus
weekend. beaches are packed and grills ready to be fired up. and fox nation host abby hornacek is gearing up for fox news big independence day show, out in west jordan, utah, right now. abby, how s it going? judge, it couldn t be better. kind of like you mentioned, we are here all weekend long, because obviously the fourth of july is meant to celebrate for the whole weekend. it s not just about the day of. it s about all the day beading up to it as well. our time kicked off at the stadium of fire, where patriotism definitely took center stage. tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate family, faith, freedom, music, and of course fireworks. the night started with a flyover by f-35s as fireworks burst into the air, people cheered, and even told me it was their favorite part of the night. there was a special performance by the legendary people band, which people absolutely loved. for the grand finale of the night, they did light things up with the largest stadium fire
series. you re listening to skillet. they are the featured performer, they have been here before and they re absolutely fantastic. you have seen the stories about the air quality here in new york city and right now the air quality according to my app is 135% unhealthy percent. you re very in touch with your emotions. so skillet will be out there playing, can you play guitar in this type of smog. i think if you re a metal band, rock on. they probably have a smoke pot anyway. when you look at the window it s is hazy but we also have a couple guys by the name of john that are in front of the building and they re burning sdsh that hickory? or applewood? steve, i think that is applewood and we re smoking up some amazing ribs for everybody here. we have a little bit of a you don t have to go to a wedding to have a champagne tower, we ll bring you rib tower. are they allowed to burn wood in the city. the pizza guys are not allowed. so we re going to be sending out some
given by two i.r.s. whistle blowers. they claim that the president s son received preferential treatment during the department s investigation. but what s got everyone talking is the bombshell whatsapp message they gave the committee. the one that implicates joe biden. the 2017 text has hunter biden invoking his father s name while pressuring a chinese business associate connected to the chinese communist party for payment. i am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. i will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows, and my ability to forever hold a grudge, that you will regret not following my direction. the text completely blowing up joe biden s consistent claims he s never been involved in his son s business dealings. mr. vice president, how many times have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings? i have never spoken to my son about his ov