Steve thank you very much, todd, its 6 00 here on a couch in new york city. Its friday, August 2nd. This is Fox Friends. Welcome, kayleigh, good to have you. Kayleigh thank you very much. Steve we start with this great news and it is a Fox News alert. Emotional moment as americans freed from russia touched down On American Soil probably while you were sleeping embracing their Loved Ones for the first time in a long time. [cheers and applause] we will show you more from those powerful moments and talk to general Jack Keane about what this Prisoner Swap means for the United States and russia going forward. Plus today the Secret Service will hold a Press Conference. I cant believe it on donald trumps Assassination Attempt as a whistleblower makes a stunning accusation against their acting director. Plus, it is a good day for some gospel music. We have Maverick City Music for our allamerican summer concert series. And The One And Only rock will join us live this morning. Steve he is always
Our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the World And Streaming on cnn max, im Michael Holmes. Appreciate your company coming up here on the program, bracing for beryl, the storm is a hurricane. Once again, as it rolls towards the texas this coastline democrats still divided over Joe Biden will tell you who the latest star to join the call for the u. S. President about out of the 2024 race and the center begins to fold in france. So voters deliver a win for the countrys leftwing parties and a stinging rebuke reviewed of Cnn Newsroom with Michael Holmes. And we begin this hour with hurricane beryl, which has gained strength in the past few hours from a tropical storm to a category one hurricane. And it is expected to make landfall in Southern Texas in the hours ahead. In its latest advisory, Prediction Center issued a tornado so watch related to beryl impacting more than 7 Million people residents along the Texas Coast are being urged not to underestimate this hu
PAndemonium outside the airport. There is, but No Ones being killed right now. No ones being killed right now. We get 1200 out yesterday, a couple thousAnd today, in its increasing. Were going to get those people out. Weve seen the pictures, weve seen the hundred people packed into a c17. That was four days ago, five days ago. What did you think when you first saw those pictures . I felt we have to gain control of this. We have to move this more quickly. We have to move in a way in which we can take control of that airport. And we did. Heres the reality on the ground. New video shows people running for their lives after the taliban opened fire. There is panic in chaos outside the country single Evacuation Point at the kabul airport. Mothers are hAnding theyre children over to soldiers to ge Them Out. President biden says what is happening was inevitable. It sounds like you think we should have gotten out a long time ago. We should have. And accept the idea that was going to be messy No
New day with john berman and brianna keilar. Good morning here in the united states and around the world, it is tuesday, august 10th and this morning american children are caught in the middle of a dangerous standoff, hitting public health against politics, all while schools are starting to reopen. So much is at stake here. More than 200 children under the age of 17 are now hospitalized in florida, which is a number that has never been higher, but the state s governor ron desantis is threatening to withhold paychecks from superintendents and school board members who choose to follow cdc guidance and require masks in schools. Four school districts in the state are putting safety first and defying his order, including the state s second largest school district in broward county. For all the talk about liberty and local control, the florida governor is trying to restrict the freedom of local school boards to make their own health decisions. In texas it s a similar story, the governor has
Prompting the white has to consider asking vaccinated americans to wear masks. But that was not the message president biden sent during that town all last night. Speak of those over the age of 12 who are able to get vaccinated, if you are vaccinated you shouldn t wear a mask. Sandra: will be checking in with dr. Siegel and just a minute, but let s start with jacqui heinrich. She s reporting live from the white house this morning. Hi, jacqui. Good morning to you guys. Top health officials and the biden administration and some white house officials reportedly having talks over whether to reimpose that recommendation for masks despite regardless, rather, of whether you ve had the vaccine or not, because the delta variant is tearing through the country. There is discussion over whether to change the guidance because people have vaccine, it acts as an incentive not to wear a mask, that people who get the vaccine don t need it. It acts as an incentive, they want to keep it that way, but as a