minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
voters head to caucus sites tonight. four republican candidates are hoping for their votes. you are watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. todd: the train is pulling out today and it ain t stopping until november 5th. donald trump, nikki haley, ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy spent the weekend making their final push. alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: 40 delegates are up for grabs. former president trump has not spent much time in state due to court dates. others are making up that ground. under crooked joe our country is dying, in a position it has never been in. we will make america great again. i beat biden, according to wall street journal and others by 17 points. bring friends and family with you when you do it. i promise you our best days are yet to come. i m running for your issues and your family s issues and to turn this country around. can we get this done? bring it home. if you do your parts, we will do our part to make sure not in a fak
brian: we begin the third and final hour with a focus on president biden s border crisis. homeland security secretary mayorkas heads to eagle pass, texas today to get a first-hand look at the caogs and he can feel the hes. more than 2.3 million migrants have been released in the united states on joe biden s watch. ainsley: our co-host lawrence jones is live in eagle pass this morning. good morning, lawrence. lawrence: the secretary will be down here and see what is happening at the border. my home town of texas is epicenter of this crisis and last line of defense. if you look behind me, there is a migrant jumping the fence right now. i talked to him. he paid the cartel 20 to 30,000 dollars to cross the border. steve: lawrence, that is razor wire. lawrence: that is right. he came from honduras and he was waiting for the national guard to cross. he took his clothes off and jumped across the razor wire. he will be processed and meet his wife in california. just a liv
report giving him a free pass on his disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. and blaming it all on his predecessor of course the president couldn t be bothered to answer questions. joe biden sent joe kirby out for an embarrassing news conference while he snuck away to camp david for some r&r. liberal media is furious after getting a ten minute heads up on the bombshell release. and it looks like they re having a hard time spending it. the word mistake appears once in this 12 page report there were going to do a hot wash this 12 page document is a whitewash. it is narrative its light on specifics it s devoid of citations. considerable frustration that some people at the department think that they are not being honest. the white house needs to take responsibly for what happened in august on its watch over which it had control. the father of a marine killed in the airport attack agrees. you re the president of the united states, the buck stops with you which a responsi
yesterday, and he was looking a little more like a child dressing up for halloween than a cabinet secretary there to bring hope and help to scared residents. here is how mayor pete did eventually respond to his 20-day delay. what i tried to do is balance to cothings: my desire to be involved and engaged on the ground, which is how i m wired to act, and my desire to follow the norm of transportation secretaries. i have to think about whether i got that balance right. sean: no thinking needed, pothole pete. he didn t strike the right balance. joining me now is james comer. congressman, good to see you. i want to get your take on this, because we reached out to mayor pete for a comment and we were actually referred to this tweet that says, i am along to learn, but the chair of the house oversight committee thinks that ntsb is part of our department. ntsb is independent, and with good reason. we will review and respond properly. congressman, how do you respond to mayor