fireworks shows. final preparations are underway across the country before americans line up to see the displays. julie: will the weather forecast cooperate? heavy rain across the central u.s. putting the region at risk for severe thunderstorms and putting a potential damper on festivities. team coverage starts now. fox weather will nunley is live in nashville with a sneak peak at one of the largest fireworks displays in the country. christina coleman is live at the beach in santa monica, california. hello. yeah, we re here at the beach. thousands will gather here today to celebrate our country s birthday. so many people getting together for the holiday weekend. take a look at this. a glimpse of cool military activities. in hawaii the crowd is rallied with a free fall parachute demonstration. camera footage captured from the helmet shows them in the sky after they jumped from a blackhawk helicopter. how cool is that? thousands grabbed a picnic blanket to enjoy fireworks o
julie: that song will never get old. republican presidential candidates are still hard at work on the campaign trail. several are taking part in july 4th festivities in iowa and new hampshire, the first two states on the gop primary calendar that could make or break their campaigns. griff jenkins is following it from washington. why aren t you have out surfing? did you make somebody mad today? that was yesterday. we took the dog who surfed as well. instagram pictures to come. more than six months to go before the iowa caucuses or new hamp hampshire. former vice president mike pence takes part in an iowa
what senator johnson is saying it throws the whole case into question and he is absolutely 110% right. julie: how might revelations like this and others in the fall of the charges impact the investigations in congress do you think? oh, a lot. i think before it s all over you will hear a lot about louie free, the idea that 100,000 ends up in joe biden s grandkids account and the email traffic between him and hunter. this is just but one. that s not talking about china. how about jeff cooper? jeff cooper is hunter biden s business partner. when joe biden was the vice president of the united states, he joined him on air force ii to go to mexico. joe biden says i never had a discussion with my son about his business dealings. why were they flying on u.s. taxpayers dollars jeff cooper hunter biden s business partner to mexico to do business? we could go on for hours.
rich: jeff, thank you for joining us. my pleasure. julie: a georgia sheriff s deputy rescued a woman trapped in a burning car. the whole thing caught on body cam and we have to warn you, this footage may be difficult to watch. take your seat belt off, ma am, come on, give me your hand, give me your hand. come on. get out of the car. come on. is there anybody else in the car? julie: she is so lucky to be alive. that deputy pulled her out of the burning vehicle within seconds of her possibly loseings her life. a bystander carried her to safety and no one else was trapped in the car. that s incredible stuff. this is what i m talking about, the heroes among us. that s precisely why we should all be so grateful today and
julie: i sure did. my first child wasn t born until i was 36, 37. what do they call us when you are older and pregnant? successful. julie: there was another word for it. it wasn t promising. that s the trend these days. thank you very much for talking to us. rich: gunfire is erupting out of philadelphia claiming the lives of five people and injuring two children. it is the latest violence plaguing cities this july 4th weekend. a live report on that next.