rachel: good morning. that s a shot of downtown dallas on this father s day. will: 6:00 a.m. central time zone. pete: have you ever play that had music in the morning coming into the show? will: no, i need doll la doll l. ever heard that song? pete: yes. will: sing it? pete: i can t sing. rachel: happy father s day to both of you. pete: happy father s day to all the fathers out there and that s everyone, reach out to them today and tell them you love them. rachel: it s a special day. happy father s day, sean and my dad, who are both at my house right now. we re going to begin this hour with a fox news alert. secretary of state antony blinken in beijing on a rare trip to china as relation withs the u.s. continue to sour. pete: he ll spend the next two days meeting with top communist party officials and it s unclear if he ll sit down with xi jinping. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington dc with the latest. alexandria. reporter: good morning. senior state department off
dangerous killed nine last week alone. coroners saying we can t even embalm any more he bodies. learning more about a close connection between hunter biden and a top justice department lawyer. doj official worked alongside hunter bidenens personal attorney just before his rise to the white house. [cheers] american tennis player cocoa heading to the u.s. quarterfinals for the first time. the 18-year-old beat john shae in straight sets. she will play again tomorrow. good morning, america. it s 6:00 a.m. eastern time. that s a beautiful shot of the sun is not quite up yet. has been labor day to all of you. so great to be on the couch on this beautiful hollywood with todd piro and joey jones. good morning, guys. joey: you know, brian always complaints about bumps in the seats and all that i feel just fine. i don t know what he is talking about. talking about how there is a bump in the seat here from when pete and will. todd: you are not a tiny guy i bet you are
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
rachel: i love that song. will: home christmas music. the guy played wham s last christmas. i like it too. it means you re getting old. i like the old christmas music like rachel: bing crosby and j judy garland and belefonte. will: andy williams own it is. if you re having a draft, he d go first if of christmas music. pete: i don t know him. rachel: let s have in the next hour, open with andy williams song. we is k make that happen. pete: sounds like a plan. rachel: the pasties from the up were so good. pete: i asked your daughter, she had a beautiful rendition of her brother early in the program. rachel: it s like a dinner pitch today of the weekend crew. this is will and this is pete. will, you have a pen and paper. i have a co coffee mug. pete: rachel, your hair looks fantastic. rachel: i know. pete: thank you for the wonderful piece of art you created. this is patrick, n not gutierrez as good. but also solid. your ears are up here. will: he s covering his face. rach
We continue along. Youre watching cnn, im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being with me. Lets get to it. Donald trump just detailed what he would do if he is elected Commander In Chief, a first runup to his first Commander In Chief forum with Hillary Clinton tonight. Unlike the upcoming debates, the first one in less than three weeks, the two wont be on the same stage but they will face the same crowd, no doubt, the president ial contenders know that Absentee Voting begins in one week. And many people will be sending in ballots early. Many of those folks who are active duty military in his speech, speaking of, donald trump said he would boost defense spending, that he would pump up troop numbers, battalions, ships, jets, and he was there in philadelphia. He laid out his plan for rebuilding of the nations military and in doing so, he ripped into Hillary Clinton, into her foreign policy. Her emails and, oh, so much more. In a trump administration, our actions in the middle east will be tem