steve: you are right, carley and todd we are starting right now. this is #:00 in new york city. this is thursday, june 20th, 2024. welcome to fox & friends on the curvey couch. first up, let s look at the sky. fox weather alert. heavy rains, coastal flooding and winds from tropical storm alberto expected.as the strong e continues across the northeast. brian: the clock did you wsay something? ainsley: that s terrible. brian: clock strikes at midnight. fox news polls show it s neck and neck with biden and trump. but, within the margin of error, exclamation point. ainsley: and sign on the dotted line. parents pledging to wait until . as in 8th grade banning together to keep smart phones out of their kids hands. brian: we re wising up, america. lawrence: great idea. fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, mornings are better with friends. brian: that that bumper music got my attention i hope it did yours. the first presidential debate one week away
morning which is expected to slam texas and louisiana with rain, winds and flooding. the impact is being felt for hundreds of miles and janice dean is here tracking it all. plus a teen planning to go to college in oakland california but his parents are already yanking them out because they were robbed on the latest visit to campus. the student and the parents all here live. and a father and son law enforcement are teaming up to boost police recruitment in another major city we think you ll love this story. they are here to share their family s legacy of service. you are watching fox & friends first on this thursday morning i m carley shimkus, and i m todd piro we re going to bring you all this but first we start on the campaign trail. guess what? we re officially one week away from the cnn presidential debate and president biden heads to camp david to focus on prepping for it. carley: a new pocks news polls shows a shift for the first time this year. brooke singman is
all this as authorities back in berkeley brace themselves for another long night. about a dozen people over the weekend were arrested as we ve seen with other cities. it s a relatively small number of people who are really causing the issues. but, jake, the concern is what s going to happen tonight, more demonstrations are planned. and there s a real concern we re going to see a repeat of what we ve seen the last few days. dan simon in berkeley, california, thank you so much. the aftermath of michael brown and eric garner and with more developments in the tamir rice case, all three involving white police officers acting against unarmed black suspects, it s ignited tensions between african-americans and police. here to talk about it, former st. louis police officer. thanks for being with us, officer, appreciate it. as a former police officer, do
protest, the local st. louis police officers union expressed disappointment, anger with them. and one of the things that was said in a statement was something along the lines of, i m paraphrasing, when there were riots and looting, players on the rams wanted our protection, and now they are coming out against us. what do you think about that? well, the police mentality has been us against them. and as a community, we have always fought the involvement of the police. we welcome the involvement of the police. the distrust that has developed over this neighborhood of communities goes back to slavery and civil rights, for education and the fight for voting rights in this country, there s a long
to us today. i appreciate you, jake, thank you. in the sports lead today, several professional athletes taking a stand, showing support for both eric garner and michael brown, not all fans are happy about it. st. louis rams jerseys were burned in protest this week. and will there be further backlash? i ll ask nba legend isiah thomas what he thinks coming up next. for most people, earning cash back ends here, at the purchase. but there s a new card in town. introducing the citi® double cash card. it lets you earn cash back when you buy and again as you pay. that s cash back twice. it s cash back with a side of cash back. the citi double cash card. the only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay . with two ways to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided.