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"fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: thank you very much todd sand carley. this is tuesday, june 25th, 2024. welcome to "fox & friends" and lawrence, welcome back. we are going to start this our weekend. alvin bragg's office outraged after bragg dropped the majority of charges against anti-israeli protesters up at columbia university. >> brag, brag, make sure criminals do their time. >> we are going to talk to one of the demonstrators there this hour. hunkers down with key advisers camp david. a pair of federal judges dealt a major blow to a student loan bailout program. we break down how it might impact him in november. >> lawrence: and home at last. american tourist ryan watson now reunited with his family after being held in the turks and caicos since february. all for having spare ammunition in his luggage. he will join us this morning. >> ainsley: welcome home. >> steve: no kidding. and welcome to the first hour of "fox & friends." it starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: wikileaks founder julian assange leaving the u.k. after a plea deal with u.s. authorities. he spent more than five years in london avoiding extradition to the u.s. after publishing leaked military records back in 2010 and 2011. he will plead guilty to espionage charges today in a u.s. federal court in the northern mariana islands in exchange his british prison sentence will count as time served allowing him to return here or to his home in australia. the second illegal migrant accused of abducting and strangling 12-year-old jocelyn nungaray to death will appear in texas court this morning. teacher is speaking out. >> i knew she was going to go very far. you know, these these monsters took this opportunity from her, from our family watching her. >> ainsley: first suspect accused of murder appeared in court yesterday. the judge set his bond at $10 million. and ruled him a flight risk. the dam in southern minnesota is on the brink of collapse as flooding continues just to wreak havoc on the midwest. impacting at least 3 million people in several states. officials are warning residents that the dam is in imminent failure condition after flooding from the blue earth river breached that barrier. at least two people have died due to a lot of flooding. a lot of homes destroyed there. and check out this wild video of two semi-trucks tipping over on arizona highway during heavy rain yesterday. state dps officers are investigating what caused the two trucks to fall over. so far there is no word on if the drivers were injured. and today is primary day in new york in one of the most watched races will be the democratic house primary in new york be's 16th district incumbent squad member jamaal bowman is being by george latimer. most expensive race ever. the race showing the party's divide with views on israel. lattimer advocating to israel's right to peace. >> steve: i understand most expensive race ever. every time you turn on the local tv there is an ad bowman is great or bowman is bad. back and forth, back and forth. >> lawrence: i don't see how you can get away with being so anti-israel in new york city. i think that's a dumb campaign strategy on the merits of the debate. we'll see what happens though. apparently this west chester guy is pretty pop lash. >> steve: george latimer. >> ainsley: i have had friends in new york say they are switching parties now. they are voting in the republican ticket now. they were always jewish -- i mean they were always democrat because of their jewish faith they believe those policies bus they are switching. >> steve: let's see tomorrow at this time we will know whether or not whether he is going to pay for what he has done. meanwhile, 6:05 here in new york city. we have another fox news alert. because of activists here in the big apple outraged after manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has dismissed charges against dozens of anti-israel protesters who took over a building at columbia university in april, which you saw live right here on our program. >> lawrence: that's right, steve. brooke singman has the latest on this story. >> dozens of demonstrators in new york city swarmed alvin bragg's office yesterday this after he dismissed charges against 31 anti-israel protesters who violently took over a building at columbia university in april. [chanting brag, brag, make sure criminals do their time. brag, brag punish crime, make sure criminals do their time. >> demonstrators say letting the anti-israel protesters off without consequence seats dangerous precedent: calling on the justice department to investigate and prosecute the crimes if bragg won't. this comes as a jewish mother and her husband were beaten at a brooklyn elementary school graduation ceremony. they say an arabic speaking family shouted free palestine at her and her family. the mother recording this brief video of the incident before being knocked to the ground. watch this. [shouting] now, the jewish woman says her husband was thrown to the ground by members of the other family and was put in a chokehold. others grabbed his leg and kicked and punched him. she says they were targeted because they're jewish. one arrest was made in the nypd crime task force is investigating. meanwhile, president biden is now condemning the violent clashes outside of a synagogue in los angeles. calling out anti-israel protesters saying, quote, intimidating jewish congregants is dangerous, unconscionable, anti-semitic and unamerican. americans have a right to peaceful protest but blocking access to a house of worship and engaging in violence is never acceptable. los angeles mayor karen bass says the lapd will be enhancing their partnership with jewish public safety organizations to prevent this from hang again. guys? >> lawrence: thanks, brooke. appreciate it. >> steve: thank you very much. >> ainsley: what happened in brooklyn was so disturbing. >> steve: elementary school graduation. >> ainsley: twins graduating from elementary school. twins are 10. and older child 16-year-old was trying to help his dad and he was punched in the face. they were trying to take a picture in front of the banner that had the school name and balloons behind them. >> steve: like everybody would. >> ainsley: tried to push them out of the way there is room for both families. and the dad started getting in an argument with the other dad apparently, someone out of nowhere just threw the one dad to the ground. is he catholic. his wife is jewish. >> lawrence: they have created an environment for this to happen. the lack of prosecution of these people that are doing these sort of acts only empowers more to do. just think about the d.a. here in manhattan where we live. he spent months in a courtroom focused on donald trump and he had the opportunity to go after violent offenders to kidnapped and held a school building and then he just let them go. it's just case after case. it looks like all these progressive prosecutors only motivated by politics. when we need them on a day-to-day basis to step up, send a message to criminals this is not going to be tolerated. charged already. one of the teachers at columbia told the "new york post" yesterday, they said why no doesn't encapsulate it either a coward or anti-semitic or it's a political election year. a lot of the protesters identify as progressive. and joe biden needs them on his side. and if the department -- one of the people at -- who works up at clcolumbia: bragg in election year is not going to do that. >> ainsley: set a precedent it's okay to take over a building at a university. can you barricade the doors. can you trap the custodians in there and they were terrified. we have a harvard university grad student who is coming up. i think you were interviewing him, steve, he was quoted on one of the articles. he is saying what alvin bragg said to all new yorkers, if you conceal your identities. if you harass jews long enough. if you take maintenance workers hostage. if do you that, you will not be prosecuted. this is unamerican, anti-semitic,and unacceptable in this great city of new york. >> lawrence: president released a good statement. i'm glad he did the statement it seems like we need something a little bit more forceful. maybe take to the podium and address this issue. address people. >> ainsley: you will be punished not just i'm appalled. >> lawrence: not going to tolerate it. some things gets the full attention of the president, at a press conference to address things. and certain things don't. >> steve: we do have that protester coming up in half an hour. stay tuned for that. >> ainsley: meanwhile, president biden is still monk hunkered down at camp david dozen advisers as he gears up for the cnn presidential debate on thursday. >> steve: brand new report pulling back the curtain on president obama's game plan to save his and ultimately joe biden's legacy and keep trump out of office. >> lawrence: doug luzader joins us from washington. what are you hearing. >> interesting stuff behind the scene there. campaign trail vs. camp david. those are the two approaches debate this week. showing stark differences between how president biden and former president trump are getting ready for this big matchup. former president trump remains out on the campaign trail. president biden is still hunkered down at camp david this morning. going through these extensive debated preparations and by all indications, he is going to remain there right up until thursday's debated and just take a look. you guys referenced. this the team that is now surrounding him, this is a group of 16 advisers who are apparently helping to coach him for this one-on-one. with trump, they are even reportedly using an airplane hanger according to the "new york times" to set up this mock debate stage, in the meantime, a public campaign appearances have been largely left to the first lady and the increasingly the vice president and here's the thing we were just talking about. new york magazine, the intelligencer is out with a piece called what obama is whispering to biden. the president's plan to save their legacy from trump. it details meetings between biden and obama at the white house. it says that obama is increasingly involved in the campaign, that he has anxiety about biden's prospects and that he expressed concerns about how biden's re-election campaign apparatus was organized. and of particular concern apparently is biden's ability to reach young voters, especially after they have been the lifeblood of the obama campaign. back to you guys. doug, thanks so much. it looks like a strategy difference when it comes to the trump camp and the biden camp. it looks like the biden camp has decided they are going to use the method of memorization. bring all these people in and have key conversations and they want the president to remember certain lines. >> steve: good luck. >> lawrence: for the debate that is the whole strategy. if joe biden can remember the canned lines that they have set up. the trump camp has done something different. they have decided to have experts in each line that agree with the former president's policy and certainly they are having conversations. so, there is a conversation going on. it's not based on memory. it is just flushing out where the president stands. what is he going to do. what he already did. giving him those stats and numbers. and quick hi equipping him for e that way and memorization. we will see which one works. >> ainsley: going through trump's comments in the past trying to figure out ways to get under his skin. >> steve: like game day. they are in that hanger and also apparently in a movie theater at camp david you have got bob bauer who is the president's former attorney who is married to anita dunn. is he playing donald trump. obviously from doug just told us regarding barack obama. everybody has got eyes. they know that joe biden is different than he was four years ago. in the back of their mind they're thinking can he full off you? are absolutely right. is he going through all the stuff. they are going through the bernie sanders and bernie through thebinders and memorizi. ultimately people are going to make their own decisions. we are all going to tune in to this channel on thursday night and see it. and we will know with our own eyes whether or not he is up to tchingt. >> lawrence: ainsley they talk about it in this n bsz piece. that biden debate prep strategy they are prepared for two different donald trumps. according to the advisers. biden advisers particularly combing through all of trump's recent comments. these people said in an effort to best identify what might get under his skin and what may trigger him the most if he does demonstrate some self-control. we will say this. i know there is a lot of effort talking about what can get under the former president's skin. but it's not like joe biden doesn't have a temper as well. we have seen him lash out at the press before. ains your son. >> steve: peter doocy a lot. >> lawrence: not going to say exactly who. it's interesting how they say there is two donald trumps. one thing i will say the former president has working for him he is an entertainer but there is no crowd. so there is no one to -- you know, he starts cracking jokes and everything as he has people in front of him. i think that's one of his secret weapons. i think it's something that could potentially get him in trouble as well. he doesn't have that to work with. it's just him and joe biden and the moderators. i think the bar has been set so low for joe biden though. >> steve: absolutely. >> lawrence: can he almost just show up. >> ainsley: they will be glad yes, he made it through. lawrence he was able to stand through the entire debate and there we got it. he won the debate. >> ainsley: he has it one-on-ones with donald trump. is he measured and gives us interviews. it will be a similar situation. although he will have to be going back and forth with biden arguing different issues. but, this report on barack obama, this was from a friend of his. and he said his anxiety about this election is real. he said the country is closely divided, which it is true. the media landscape is fractured and donald trump may very well win. >> steve: and, remember, at the end of the obama legacy and administration, he wanted hillary clinton to be the next president. sorry, joe, you are just not up for it. >> ainsley: apparently he got real involved with the campaign when they found out donald trump was probably going to be the nominee. >> lawrence: make sure you tune in to fox this thursday for the fox news democracy 24 special conch of the cnn presidential debate simulcast. our conch is going to be thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. and i think we're going to be up early the next day. >> ainsley: sean will be in the spin room after the debate. we normally go on air at 6:00 but we are going on at 5:00. >> steve: we will be at a diner in virginia because that is now a battleground state. and interestingly enough, we will have as the one of our guests glenn youngkin the governor of the commonwealth of virginia who some have suggested would be a formidable should donald trump give him the nod. >> lawrence: i'm going to do georgia in anticipation of the debate. we got you on both sides of it. >> ainsley: we are all over the place. i wonder if donald trump will bring up at the debate some of joe biden's policies such as student loan forgiveness. >> steve: that's not policy that's vote buying. >> ainsley: congress did not approve that he is saying is he still going to do that and federal judges stepped in and said this cannot happen. there is one who was appointed by barack obama. and says that it fails to clearly show that congress authorized the repayment plan for this student debt. >> steve: there are two federal judges, one in kansas and one in missouri yesterday separately decided we are going to put the entire program, the save program on ice. we're going to put it on hold while lawsuits that were filed in march and april are determined. now, here's the thing. in the meantime, the borrowers will still have to make payments but those with undergraduate debt no longer will see their payments cut in half starting on july 1st. that was the vote buying right there. joe biden, without congressional approval was going to have everybody's loan payment. and this would make you really love him, right? this particular program, nothing new, save program has been around for 30 years. it is keyed to you're going to make a payment based on the household size and also your income. and so, you know, people loved it, hey, can he do that? well, it doesn't matter, as long as they don't stop it. well, they stopped it. >> lawrence: steve, since 2021, biden has approved 167 billion in student loan bailouts for 4.75 million americans. those are the voters that he is going after. but, ainsley, i think this was a part of the plan the entire time. he knew it was a ridiculous idea. >> ainsley: owe knew it probably wouldn't get through. >> lawrence: he floated it out there to say aye done it and keep trying to do it even though when the courts say no. >> ainsley: they keep stopping me. >> steve: no it's republicans. >> lawrence: judges are stopping me as well. that's why you got to reelect my so i can redesign the court and get new democrats into office. >> steve: i think he is going to blame the republican attorney generals in these various states like the great state of kansas, which i love, and missouri and august the others, so don't be surprised in you hear that one other thing regarding the debate in two nights, apparently joe biden is going to go on the offense regarding abortion which we saw coming, but also immigration and you are thinking wait a minute, there is a lot of bad news regarding immigration. apparently what he is going to talk about in the last couple of weeks, he has given a pathway to citizenship for these americans who are now married to migrants. >> lawrence: i think the former president also when it -- it's always the extreme, okay? and i think at some point of the debate, if they decide to bring up roe v. wade he has to look at joe biden and say how long, joe? third trimester? no democrat wants to go on the record and say if third trimester. do you want to get the baby comfortable like the former virginia -- make him answer that question. >> ainsley: you think it's okay to an abortion? month 7? month 8? what is your time frame? >> lawrence: that's exactly right. >> ainsley: most americans would get on board with 15 weeks. >> lawrence: totally agree. >> ainsley: he needs to answer this specifically. donald trump said it needs to go back to the states. >> steve: it has been a loser for republicans in these special elections for the last couple of years ever since actually yesterday was the seconds anniversary of the overturning. so it will be interesting. what a show thursday night. we're going to all have to be watching and, of course, watch us the next morning because we will have post game reaction, meanwhile, speaking of migration. one of the illegal migrants accused in that brutal murder of that 12-year-old ap appeared in court yesterday. >> ainsley: we will ask about the system that failed that little girl and what every parent prays they never have to go through. >> she had such bright future ahead of her. i knew she was going to go very far. these monsters took that opportunity from her. ♪ voltaren is a clinically proven arthritis pain relief gel, which penetrates deep to target the source of pain with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine directly at the source. voltaren, the joy of movement. here's why you should switch fo