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what a great symbol of a fight for freedom. perhaps not the fight for freedom in 1776 but in 1836. that was the 78 army band performing america the beautiful from the alamo, where texas fought for their independence several decades after the united states of america established our independence. happy fourth of july, welcome to fox & friends. lawrence jones, rachel campos duffy right here in fox square in new york city. good morning to both of you. these two are fist pumping about this coming from the alamo. i saw it was in san antonio, texas, but i didn t get it was the alamo. i would ve changed my pin on will do it later on. rachel: first of all look at our beautiful background here. thank just a great way to bring in the fourth of july for all of you. we had a great weekend at west point. and here we are and where joined by you, lawrence. lawrence: thank you for having me. it is beautiful because there is often so many things we can criticize with going o
Ill have the temperatures coming up. Fox news at 10, starts now. Well begin tonight with a agents iny surprise for neighbors in a Northern Virginia apartment building. Thieves stole the air bags right out of more than a dozen vehicles overnight. And while this is headache and Financial Stress for victims its also bringing up safety concerns. Fox5 Lauren Demarco is live in hermine don with the details. Lauren. John, tony, were lincoln discovery square apartments centerville road. Its a beautiful building there are families here and state of the art technology. Check out Security Camera at the front door. You can see me pointing takes live camera here. This sort of technology is no good if not being used properly. The entrance to the parking garage is equipped with readers to only allow residents inside. But as of rights in and out gates are up sitting wide o open. And people who live here tell us that has been the case for the past couple weeks. Taken notice. Because overnight, thieves