It is tuesday, july 31st, fox news alert, a chilling threat on the other side of the southern border as mexicos murder rate skyrockets. Donald trump double down on a shutdown over the border wall. Jillian Lemonade Stand standoff. A 7yearold boy was ordered to close up shot. Jillian sobering numbers about drinking and shopping. Fox and friends first continues right now. Our producer has new music. Jillian who was it . Im not sure. I dont keep up with them. Nicely done. You keep up with them. Good morning. You are watching Fox And Friends First tuesday morning. Jillian thanks for starting your day with us. Donald trump doubling down on his threat to shut down the government over Border Security. Kim jong un 7 the clock is ticking toward the funding deadline. The clock is ticking, the october 1st deadline, Mitch Mcconnell talking about avoiding a messy fight over immigration. Appeared we were all in agreement but yesterday he
reiterated a reversal, he is not afraid of the showdown. If we
The TrumpPutin relationship is examined. Russia. Putin has an untrammeled authority. I dont see any checks on his power. He is able to make singular, rapid decisions. The absolutism there is unlike anything ive ever seen in russia. All that power is propped up by an astonishing Approval Rating, over 80 . And thats according to american pollsters. Donald trump wins the presidency. But when the United States elected a new president , it looked like russia had fallen for a new leader. There were toasts all over moscow. At the parliament, known as the duma. On talk shows. And at bars. [ laughter ] we are the champions of the world but one man seemed utterly unsurprised by trumps victory. Hes happy to take credit. And that means that he won the u. S. Election. The man who is simultaneously president of russia and in charge of the United States. At the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. Does Vladimir Putin have some kind of hold over donald trump . We simply dont know. But
The latest news from around the world. The latest news from around the world. Facing, not just the temperatures, the Daytime Temperatures in the redding area are in excess of 105 and closer to 110 degrees. And it that is taxing to the firefighters. Let alone the heat that the fire generates and all that plays into the fire behavior and i talked to many veteran firefighters in the wildland arena and heard almost verbatim from every one of them that the fire behave yoior that they witnessed and experienced on thursday evening into friday morning, they had never seen before. And these are Men And Women that have many, many years of experience and training under their belts. Climate change is making an impact. I was reading hear since 2012 there has not been a month without a Wildfire Burning in the state and the governor has called this a new normal. This is a completely different situation that anyone is trained
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Consumer spending, you see the fact that we are in a historic moment in terms of our economic growth, i mean, this is the first time in four years that weve seen the gdp break at 4 . It was Larry Summers who said if we get to a 3 growth that it would be fair enough to say if you were to believe in tooth ferries. Jon Allison Barber is reporting from berkley heights, new jersey, near the president s golf club where he is spending this weekend. Allison, how big a deal are these numbers for the white house . Reporter for the white house they seem to be an enormous deal. Any time we speak to anyone from the administration or hear any interviews with President Trump or even from Vice President pence, what they want to talk about is the economy and gdp growth, despite warnings from some economists that the growth is not sustainable longterm. The president is telling americans the growth is here to
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A precursor to Fox Newss morning show, featuring the news and first looks at the other stories of the day. Preferable to allout standout with democrats. This president is a bully and he will try to intimidate all of us. Hes not going to shut down anything. We are not going to be intimidated by bluffing or bullying. Some republicans voice reluctance of idea of shutdown before the midterms. I think we are going to make sure we keep the government open but we are going to get better policies on immigration. The president i think wantstous have policies that work for america and work for americans. One major consideration is if and when might change consider kavanaugh and republicans want to confirm them around deadline. The president has meeting with world leaders, perhaps we will learn more about pool sprays behind thinking but this is certainly a Big Development that we are going the talk about this
week. Interesting to see how everything is connected together, kavanaugh, Border Wall W