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
heat alert and temperatures soar across midwest and northeast. janice dean is tracking it all. and one of the closest primaries in the country is too close, the latest vote count out of virginia. and u.s. open champion bryson dechamgeau is left off the u.s. olympic team, take a closer look at that controversial decision. you are watch ing fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd has the day off, we start with a fox news alert. major league baseball hall of famer willie mays has died. two-time m.v.p. and all star regarded as one of the greatest players in history. his son says, i want to thank you for unwaivering love you have shown him over the years. he was an incred ible hitter an defender, becoming an icon with plays like this over the shoulder grab in the 1954 world series known as the catch. fans gathered at willie mays plaza. rob manfred, bill melugin measures mbe lb commission er. he will never forget this true giant on and off the field. willie mays is 93 yea
brian: i can t believe the time, 8:00 on the east coast. more illegal immigrants arrested for violent crimes. former president trump lays out his plan to take action. we ll begin to remove these criminals from our midst immediately, we ll do it immediately. do we have a choice? we ll not live like this. steve: more on that later. fox weather alert. heave waves across united states with 92 million people, many of you watching now, under sweltering heat warning. lawrence: los angeles school board banning cell phone and social media use during the school day. ainsley: final hour of fox and friends starts now. remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: this third hour of fox and friends start with this. illegal migrant accused of tying up and raping a 13-year-old girl at machete point in a new york city park is due in court later today. brian: new details about his arrest and how he got into the country to begin with. lawrence: griff jenkins joins us.
president biden circumventing congress on immigration. this time shielding half a million migrants from deportation. how will he do that? we ll tell you now. i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana has the week off today. like a ray of sunshine. martha: i m martha maccallum, this is america s newsroom. this afternoon president biden will mark the 12th anniversary of daca with a new policy rewarding some migrants who came to the united states illegally. bill: that will block deportations for half a million people married to u.s. citizens as well as 50,000 of their kids. it applies to people who have lived here for at least ten years and that excludes anyone with prior deportations. martha: the action coming less than five months before the presidential election where the border, of course, could be a deciding factor . former acting dhs secretary chad wolf thinks it s about optics. it certainly will be a challenged. the timing you indicated is really important here. ob