a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it
details on that story, as well. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for todd piro. those stories and more coming up over the next hour. breaking news overnight. two firefighters are dead after battling a fire on a cargo ship in newark, new jersey. coming from wnyw. the fire started just before 9:30 last night, engulfing several vehicles on the ship. calls ringing out when responding crew members reported missing in the active scene. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. carley: and another alert, claiming u.s. service members were among those killed in a bomb attack in somalia. kenya delayed reopening of the nation s shared border, following wave of attacks blamed on al qaeda-linked militants. we ll bring you updates throughout the morning. and look at the white house, as republicans call for a secret service update on the cocaine found in the west wing. doug luzader joins us. doug: a mystery the wh
daughter in arkansas. does the president acknowledge this as his granddaughter? i don t have anything to share. greg: cold. that damning new york times article, told how aids are told to flatly ignore hunter s daughter. quote, have been told the bidens have six and not seven grandchildren, including two people familiar with the discussions. i wonder which mind dog faced phony soldier they got that f from. the best part of it all, i have six grandchildren, and i am crazy about them. and i speak to them every single day. not a joke. as a matter of fact, just going through the calls, and guess what, they are crazy about me because i pay so much attention to them. greg: that is heartbreaking when you hear that contrast. katie, i have noticed a pattern among the bidens, that is not my laptop, that is not my gun, that is not michael caine, that is not my child. is it any wonder that half the country says that is not my president? katie: [laughs] i guess not. [laughter]
questions swirl about who left it there? the new york post with this cover. snow white house. the president true to form ignoring reporters questions about any of it. [shouted questions] julie: while it was all unfolding. the optics raising serious questions about what is going on behind the scenes, about the democrats first son being a serious political liability. especially given the scandals in his private life, his recent plea deal and tax and gun cases and while there continue to be new revelations about his business dealings and biden influence peddling scheme there is more. there seems to be a political liability for the president when it comes to his son. last night the first son was spotted right there along with the first family for the fourth of july celebrations. we see hunter pop up at a number of different events including a recent state dinner. the white house refused to comment on its recent story, a deep dive on hunter biden s relationships and dau
president biden didn t seemabou to have an answer when asked about the incident today. but white house press secretaryr karine jean-pierrey did at least try to come up with an explanation. take a look come up wit. > the president and the firsn lady and their family were not here this weekend. as you all reported on this. u o and as you also know that they left on friday and returned jusknow tt where we this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many white house west wing, i should be even more specific. i sha west wing visitors come through this particular areavi. i just don t have anything more to share. it is under investigation by the m. secret service. this is in their purview. and so we re going to allos inw certainly the investigation to continue. and we have confiden t that the secret service will get to the bottom of thio ths. fr for their part, t the mainstream media found the whole situatioamn a little ridiculous. check this out. chi can t even fa