families with young kids every year. that s what a fourth of july parade should be. local high school marching band was performing when the shooting began and as of tonight, seven people have died after being shot at that parade. 47 people were wounded. the victims range in age from 88 years old to 8 years old. the alleged shooter is 21 years old currently in custody. authorities say they believe he had been planning this attack for weeks. now, all in all, he fired more than 70 rounds from an ar-style weapon that he purchased legally in the state of illinois. this could be a tape by the way because that s what i always say that someone baugtd one of these ar-style weapons. but the thing about this particular type of weapon is that while it was purchased legally in this state, it was technically illegal to carry that kind of semiautomatic weapon inside the city of highland park where this massacre took place because in 2013 the city of highland park banned assault weapons from
approach to crime which critics say is a culture of lawlessness. we will be joined with thoughts. john: brand-new numbers, a pulse on the u.s. economy. latest jobs report beating expectations, but still head winds from the highest inflation in four decades and record high gas prices. welcome to you today. anita: happy friday to you, the u.s. economy adding 390,000 jobs for the month of may one employment rate of 3.6%. number of job openings remains near record highs, 11.4 million positions going unfilled. john: gas prices keep climbing, more expensive to top off the tank. national average for a gallon of gas increasing another $0.05 overnight to 4.76. up $0.17 from a week ago, and 1.72 higher than last year. president biden speaking on the may jobs report and acknowledging the toll inflation is taking on american families. the president putting the onous on congress. anita: karl rove in a moment, but first white house correspondent peter doocy live from the north lawn
Preparing will hold a News Conference shortly. He will likely be asked about the Bombshell Decision on abortion out of it arizona will bring that to you as it happens. Also, breaking this hour, the former financial chief at the Trump Organization who admitted to lying to prosecutors he is getting jail time will go out alive to that as well. Plus, we are live in mississippi courtroom, were six former Law Enforcement officers, members of a selfdescribed goon squad will soon be sent since for brutally torturing to menn and Severe Weather to tell you about flaring up across the deep south, we have those pictures will go live to that in just a few moments as well. So stay with us for that. But first, the president and first lady are hosting an official Arrival Ceremony for japans Prime Minister and his wife. It comes ahead of the two liters bilateral meeting and Joint Press Conference being held in the coming hours over at the white house. You can see the secretary of state, secretary of de
they there were only 11. now in the course of a year, 172. how nervous does that make you? oh, it makes me very nervous. especially when you listen to, you know, some of your other reporting here just a couple minutes ago, when you look at how the rest of the world in the middle east has become unfriendly to the u.s. well, those particularly unfriendly to the u.s. can walk into the united states, thanks to joe biden. i m not giving away any state secrets there. that s in the news every day. and they know it. they know it. so, this is a real serious national security failure. it s not a looming problem. it s a past problem that continues to grow. and that s all thanks to joe biden s open borders policies, facilitated by secretary mayorkas. ainsley: ken, thank you so much. big job. at the center of renewing america, we need it. good to see you this morning. we do. ainsley: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. steve: it is 1:00 in the afternoon in israel
will be laid to rest. here is how democrats are reacting. can i ask you about the 12-year-old girl in houston? i don t know who you are and i don t know who she is, i liv . todd: details on today s services. carley: and new york city field, the stadium is drenched. storms pummel the northeast and janice dean is tracking it this morning. todd: tonight is the cnn presidential debate with former president trump and president biden. carley: we are hearing from voters before candidates take the stage. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: here we go. i m todd piro. let s get to lucas tomlinson to preview tonight s showdown. lucas. lucas: good morning, carley and todd. the first presidential debate of 2024, this one coming much earlier than in the past. i digress. there are accusations from biden administration about president trump. reminder, donald trump attack largest spike in homicide since 1905. donald trump h