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 on the president to susspend interest payments for student loans for 12 months. nancy mace on that and who pays for it. she s here. welcome, everyone. i m not neil cavuto. neil cavuto is getting well-deserved vacation. i m edward lawrence. this is a special edition of your world. first to jacqui heinrich on what the white house is saying about next steps for this. jacqui? yeah, the white house is going to have a hard time fulfilling calls from alexandria ocasio-cortez and others to suspect interest on students loan payments during that 12-month great period the administration is enacting before payments resume. as part of the budget agreement, the president signed in to law those payments must start again after august. the first ones are due in october. the only reason this grace period is considered a valid work around is because the bills would still be due but interest would be accruing. otherwise, it would be a postponement, which is barred under the new law.
and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
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
stadium of spectacular and of course those hot air balloons. it wraps up today with the grand parade honoring our military and first responders and fox news host abby is there with an amazing gig. you have the best job. to you. i can t argue with you there, molly. it has been incredible to be here. freedom fest has given us so many opportunities to celebrate this wonderful holiday over the last several days. as you can see, the grand parade just wrapped up, but people are still wandering around, maybe heading to freedom days, where we are going to next. we ll keep you updated on that. all of this started at stadium of fire, where tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate country, family, faith, music, and of course, fireworks. the night started with a flyover by f-35s as fireworks burst into the air. people cheered, even some people told me it was their favorite part of the night. for all you music fans, a