steve: thank you very much, carley. it is 6:00 in new york city. this is wednesday, june 19th, 2024. welcome to fox & friends. the white house doubling down on claims of cheap fakes. never heard of those until this week. and flattering manipulations of biden videos but the president isn t helping his case much as he appears to fumble over the name of his own dhs secretary. listen to this. thanks to all the members of congress and homeland security secretary -going to get i m not sure going to go away. all kidding asides. steve: huh? ainsley: fox weather alert heat waves ramping up across america with sweltering heat warnings janice is tracking the temps. brian: school board banning cell phones and social media use during the school day. a board member who proposed the board member. while he says the entire country might follow their lead. steve: fox & friends starts right now and remember mornings are better with friends. so we begin with this, illegal
fox news alert. the house just voted to 16-207 to hold attorney general garland in contempt of congress for failing to hand over the robert hur audio tape of his interview with president biden. let s go to aishah hasnie for more. hey, guys. good evening to you. every single republican in the house voted yes for this contempt, except for one, ohio congressman david joyce. he bucked his party and voted no. what s next? that s what everyone is wondering because in terms of a contempt, it is up to the doj now to decide whether they are going to press charges, go after their boss. it s very unlikely that they do that. and house republicans know that, which is why congresswoman anna pulido of florida has said she will try to force a vote on an inherent contempt. this is different from what we just saw on t the house floor ts evening. an inherent contempt basically means if it passes that the house sergeant-at-arms will then be forced to go and arrest ag merrick garland because he