is extra special on independence day. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus, joined by griff jenkins. griff: i m griff jenkins in for todd piro. america, it is fun to be here. we are showing a live shot of dallas. red, white and blue on top of that building or statue and grant is wearing a cowboys hat. he approved. there it is. carley: so much to get to as we honor and celebrate america. fun things including fireworks and hot dogs. griff: fireworks are the main event, for many, it is the nathan s hot dog eating contest. carley: janice dean is live from coney island. she s a judge this year and she s with james walker ahead of the big event. hi, janice. janice: i didn t sleep last night, carley and griff. i ve done the kentucky derby, the dog show, phil. i didn t sleep. are you sure you want me to do this? absolutely. we gallon through practice counting to make sure you can keep up with the contestants, we feel good about it. janice: i w
d.c. for the first time since losing the election and leaving town in disgrace, following the capitol riot. he is about to give a key note speech to a conservative group focused on, of all things, law and order. this morning, former vice president pence gave a speech urging conservatives to focus on the future and avoid looking back. let s begin with the doj investigation. our senior cnn analyst and former u.s. attorney for the district of new york. why is mark short so important to the doj? this is a big deal because for the first time we know the justice department has gotten inside the white house. mark short is the highest ranking person who we know have of who has been subpoenaed to the grand jury. short was the chief of staff to mike pence. we don t know what he said in the grand jury. he won t talk about it. but we do know he talked to the january 6th committee and he had this crucial meeting in the white house in the oval office where donald trump and this lawyer, j
save half a tank of gas, over the course of the entire summer so everyone in washington can pat themselves on the back. ashley: doug luzader is live in washington with more. good morning. doug: the president is back at the white house after soaking up beach time in delaware yesterday. he bristled at the suggestion that most economists see recession coming. president biden: not the majority are saying that, don t make things up, now you sound like republican politicians. i m joking, that was a joke. nothing eniff tabl about recession. doug: no one is making that up, congressional times polled and said 70 pvrs expect recession next year. the president sees this crisis as perhaps an opportunity. president biden: we have a chance here to make a fundamental turn toward renewable energy, electric vehicles and across the board. doug: senator josh hawley tweeted this. it should be crystal clear what the green new deal means. we re seeing bankrupt middle class families, do
of duty in 2020. his widow sounds off on the nationwide crime surge on america reports coming up. we begin america reports with an exclusive report on a new warning of a potential invasion of taiwan. i am john roberts in washington. great to see you. i am anita. will china flex its military muscle? conducting the largest 5 fire drills in the taiwan strait. it comes after house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to the island. beijing moving from words of warning to military action in the aftermath. surrounding taiwan and launching missiles into nearby waters. and a fox news exclusive. china sees a window of opportunity to invade taiwan before the next u.s. presidential election in 2024. texas senator john cornyn will join us on that. first fox news teams coverage. following christopher wray s hearing on the hill. peter, what do china watchers think taiwan is thinking here? a take over of taiwan before the 2024 presidential election. this person says we have always bee
fainting during competition. anita alvarez thankfully is doing all right but it was certainly a big scare. we will tell you what her coach is saying. is saying. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this thursday, june 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the january 6th committee is set to hold its fifth hearing this afternoon, and it will be the final one this month. it will focus on donald trump s efforts to get the justice department to help them overturn the 2020 election. it has been reported that when then acting attorney general jeffrey rosen resisted trump s pressure, the former president came close to replacing him with mid-level d.o.j. official jeffrey clark, who had repeatedly pushed to help advance the big lie. today, we re going to hear testimony from the former acting a. g., as well as his deputy at that time, richard donahue, and assistant a. g. to the office of legal counsel steve engel. the three witnesses were all part of an extraordin