julie: doug mckelway is live in baltimore with more. high doug. high julie. there is a growing sense among republicans that their work in preparation for all the 2020 races is being made easier by what the democrats are saying and doing an infected democrats are handing the republicans a platform for the 2020 races. take for example what beto o rourke said about gun confiscation. it s red meat to republicans. yes were going to take your ar-15. that and the general shift of the democratic party to the far left towards more government, more regulation, more taxes as a gift to republicans. here is chair of the republican conference liz cheney speaking at the retreat. one of the democratic candidates announced yes he was going to advocate confiscating people s firearms. i think you re going to continue to see a very clear contrast between the democratic party that is absolutely in the throes
the terror group and a huge loss for syria s government and in particular syrian president bashar al assad. also the capture of ramadi as you laid out, as you talked about, julie, the capital in anbar province also a huge gain for isis. isis took control last week. so far an ximtestimated 50,000 people have fled heading towards baghdad. we ve seen images of heading over a bridge that goes over the euphrates into anbar province and we ve heard of hurns being killed and isis militants essentially executing anybody trying to escape including women and children. so the indication at this point is that while isis has tried to push to the east we also heard, as you mentioned, that iraqi troops launched a counterattack, took control of a town outside of ramadi and indication perhaps, that a major ground offensive may be in the works. we ve been waiting for that. also as we know julie isis
in long island new york. one of the stunt pilots is lieutenant colonel john klatt. served three tours in iraq as a combat pilot, and we had a chance to hang out with the lieutenant colonel and he joins us live from jones beach. hey there, brian. reporter: hi julie. we hung out with john inside the cockpit of the air national guard stunt plane over the skies of jones beach here on long island going over 150 miles a an hour a couple hundred feet off the ground for one heck of the ride. are you ready? one, two, three. oh! and there s one two i ve been flying for 15 years, flying my entire life. the air national guard sent me to pilot training to learn to fly. a lifetime of perfecting the skills people will see in the air show this week. it s an honor for me to be here. what s the number one rule you follow? about training. it s about trust.
julie? kudos to you for having the nerve to get up in that plane. you are better than me. reporter: appreciate that. kelly? in california two men nabbed. allegedly conspiring with isis. and a huge victory for labor groups. last votes to raise its minimum wage by 67%. but why are some sounding the alarm on the move? out of 42 vehicles based on 6 different criteria, why did a panel of 11 automotive experts name the volkswagen golf motor trend s 2015 car of the year? we ll give you four good reasons. the volkswagen golf. starting at $19,295, there s an award-winning golf for everyone. you do all this research on the perfect car. gas mileage , horse power. torque ratios. three spreadsheets later you finally
it has taken a toll on the environment. hopefully they can get it all taken care f. will carr reporting from california. will thank you. the south and plains expected to get more bad weather this weekend unfortunately. parts of texas, which have already received more than 123 inches of rain this month could see even more adding to the flooding there. and severe storms could bring damaging wind hill and possible tornados. live in the fox weather center with more. hi janice. high julie. we re seeing potential for strong winds, damaging hail and those tornados. tornado watch in parts of texas, oklahoma towards colorado where we have several thunderstorm warnings and a tornado warning. as we move into the colorado