we start with one of the biggest threats facing our nation, the fentanyl crisis. it s a fox news alert. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. an opioid 100 times more potent than heroin. there are millions of these dangerous fake pills out there and they are killing thousands of americans. the lethal drug expected to kill 80,000 americans this year alone. for context, that would mean more americans killed by fentanyl in a single year than killed in the entire vietnam war. john: all stemming from cracks in the southern border, a breeding ground for drug cartels. exactly what the house homeland security committee will talk about in a hearing moments from now. sandra: social media plays a huge role in the cartels marketing. teens are buying the drugs online often not knowing that they are laced with the fentanyl. and sometimes the drug is even disguised as rainbow colored candy. the epidemic is hitting neighbors, friends, families, ju
good afternoon. two hours and counting until david weiss has to meet this deadline for house republicans to answer questions about the hunter biden probe. i think we can say with confidence he won t meet the deadline. the reason we can say this with confidence, he said so himself in a letter to republican house judiciary chairman jim jordan late last week. i want to read party of it. this is from weiss to jordan. he said in his letter last friday to jordan, the donald trump appointed u.s. attorney quoted a prior letter from june where he wrote clear cheer. a few weeks later, trace, how judiciary chairman jim jordan wrote to weiss asking him who told him to sign that letter. jordan doesn t believe that weiss called the shots in the probe. he think us it was doj. jordan believes this based off of the testimony of irs whistle-blower shapley who investigated the hunter biden tax probe since 2020. he s been on the record numerous times say he saw weiss complain that he was
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