Terrifying few seconds for this fisherman. And good Tuesday Morning to you all. We have to start with the breaking news out of baltimore. A shocking day of violence and looting that spilled into the Early Morning hours. Some neighborhoods in shambles this morning after demonstrators outrage. Over Police Brutality stormed the streets, attacking officers stripping stores clean. And setting buildings and squad cars on fire. Outnumbered police making more than two dozen arrests. The National Guard rolled in overnight, helping to restore order. Hours after the governor of maryland declared a state of emergency. The city on edge, schools are closed today. And a curfew takes effect later on. We have Team Coverage beginning with abcs Elizabeth Hur on the ground in baltimore. Good morning, elizabeth. Reporter good morning, reena and t. J. Yes, not only is the National Guard here. But police from across the state. Theyve been called in to get in position and as you say, to begin the process of r
President of the United States thought the Confederate Flag was okay. That cant be overstated. She didnt touch that issue, didnt come out and denounce it. And another tweet saw the president weigh in about the nicknames of washingtons football team, the cleveland inians in baseball and took a shot at senator Elizabeth Warren while doing so. This is a fight the president wants, even though a lot of people around him and most people in his own party dont. As you say his chief of staff mark meadows was on Morning Television moments before the tweet of Bubba Wallace saying were looking at the economy, china and joe biden. Then comes the tweet. Well dig deeper into everything the president was saying yesterday but more importantly cases of the coronavirus continue to surge nationwide. So far the United States has confirmed nearly 3 million cases, at least 131,000 deaths. The seven day averages in a dozen states have hit new highs with the u. S. Adding nearly 300,000 cases in the first week
Jed, todd, how are you doing . Jedediah fourth of july. Heard a lot of noise, were doing good today. Good to see you, todd . Todd great to be here. Talking about fireworks well have a lot more, it was like never before here in washington. Well talk about it more. First a fox news alert overnight. Violent protests, shootings erupting across the country just after President Trumps july 4th street. Ashley strohmier joins us about the nationwide chaos. Reporter good morning, griff. After President Trumps message, violence rocked the nation. Tumbling a Christopher Columbus statue in baltimore. [shouting] they pulled it down with ropes before doing this. [cheering] toppling the monument into the city heart for. Demonstrators burned the American Flag. Shouting america was never great. That was burned in the area known as black lives matter plaza. Portland police declaring a riot, marking 38 Straight Days of unrest in the city as rioters burned American Flags. In South Carolina gunfire erupted
Good morning. Its tuesday, july 7th. Im Alicia Menendez. We begin with President Trump and his xenophobia. Yesterday he amplified his message in a series of tweets, asking when nascar driver Bubba Wallace would apologize for the noose found h his garage, suggest nascar made a bad decision by banning the Confederate Flag. He again referred to the coronavirus as the china virus. He called out the cities of new york and chicago to stoke fear of immigrants and crime. He accused sports teams that are rethinking their names of giving in to political correctness. The Washington Post robert costa reported this yesterday. A trump adviser tells me this morning that many in the president s circle are eager to turn to biden and china, to make that front the battleground. Very little appetite for this continued focus on race. But the president in60s on driving his own message t adviser says. Meanwhile coronavirus has left no state unscathed as cases continue to surge. So far the u. S. Has over 3 mi
Todd country music, apple pie and baseball. In the next hour, a pie magically appears in studio, in city field the mets will play the Atlanta Braves at 4 00 at 4 00 pm. Carley shimkus is out there all morning previewing the big games, going over the big game and looking at saturday a huge day of baseball on fox. Jillian a short season but we are seeing a season. We will see how everything plays out and keep you updated. Todd very good friday morning, you are watching fox and friends first. Jillian thank you for starting your day with us. We begin with a fox news alert. Into chicagos grant part, the city tears down the Christopher Columbus statue. Todd protests erupt outside mayor Lori Lightfoots home. Griff jenkins joins us with the overnight developments. Reporter a lot of developments, the Christopher Columbus statue in grant park has come down. That is show you this video, you see it coming down with the crane, professionally, the city is doing it, they put it on this truck and drov