jeremy diamond joins me from the white house. what is on the president s agenda today? reporter: president biden is still at camp david this morning but he will be returning to the white house to host military families for a bar be becue and celebration. the president saying the fourth of july is a sacred holiday, sacred day in our country. make no mistake, our best days still lie ahead. at the same time president biden is dealing with messaging on the current state of the country and the current state of the economy with high inflation and high gas prices which many americans are being reminded this weekend as they hit the roads for the fourth of july weekend. the president oaf the weekend taking to twitter to encourage and push gas station companies to lower the price at the pump. to make sure, in his word, bring down the price you re charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product and do it now. that earned the president some backlash with some, in
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
the tsa screening nearly 2.5 million people on friday. and today expected to be the busiest of this record weekend. what s being done to keep the airlines flying. the wildfire danger in the west. red flag warnings in several states. authorities restricting or banning fireworks in some areas. and tracking severe storms across the midwest through july 4th. rob marciano timing it out. news tonight about a lifeguard bitten by a shark off long island, new york. the incident happening during a training exercise. the beach temporarily closed. more lifeguards now patrolling the water. breaking news overseas tonight a deadly shopping mall shooting in denmark. authorities say at least two people killed, others wounded. what police are now learning about the alleged gunman. president zelenskyy confirming his troops have all retreated from a key city in eastern ukraine. russian forces reportedly seizing control. an american fighting with ukrainians says the city is done, descri
shooting now charged with seven counts of first degree murder. more charges coming police say. police say they had two calls about the gunman back in 2019, one in april was a report about him attempting suicide. that was ultimately handled by mental health professionals. and then in september, a family member called police saying he had threatened to, quote, kill everyone. in that case officers con confiscated a collection of knives and a sword. at this point they say there was who probable cause to arrest him, but a short time later he legally purchased five firearms including a pistol and the high powered rifle he used to kill innocent people. which raises questions about the earlier police visits and whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy. investigators also revealing the suspect may have been planning this attack for weeks, several weeks. and they say that afterwards he wore women s clothing as you see here to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. th