City on this curve i can t couch. It is thursday july 11th. That is right it it is 7:11. Brian: we re open. Steve: we never close. Big boy press conference with the first democrat senator finally calling on joe to go. Ainsley: and the white house responds to george clooney s lack of support. And does dave portnoy? george clooney, what a [bleep] hero this guy is, huh? if he didn t do the debate, biden and wasn t a vegetable? you didn t keep your mouth shut? steve: he will join us this morning brian from his couch. Ainsley: get dressed, dave. Brian: my pillow is so great he laid on it during the interview. Wasn t the only one laughing at the drama from yesterday. You know things are crazy when 84yearold nancy pelosi is telling an 81yearold joe biden to retire. What is going on? brian: so funny. Fox friends starts right now. Remember, your mornings are better with friends. Roll the pricy animation. Steve: all right. Happening today, 5:30 this afternoon eastern time president biden will be
Some areas expecting up to a foot of rain. Tonight s full moon could increase the flood threat, as well, for areas along the coast. We ll explain that. New day starts right now. Good morning and welcome to your new day. It s sunday, august 22nd. Thank you for waking up with us. Good morning to you. Good morning, boris. We re all watching henri. This category one hurricane is closing in on the northeast. The first hurricane to directly hit new england in 30 years, which is part of what is so significant here. This is an area that typically gets these kind of storms and several states have issued states of emergency ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall soon in southern new england. About 50 million people are under hurricane or tropical storm warnings and mandatory evacuations are already under way in some coastal areas and officials say the time to leave before conditions get worse is right now. You know, a lot of people don t like to leave, especially when the sun is
Haiti. Lawrence: the united states sending aid. Unfolding the situation in afghanistan. David spunt joins us live from washington. David, what do you know? reporter: the situation continues to rapidly deteriorate. We do know the taliban has not officially taken over the capital of kabul. We know they entered the outskirts of kabul, prompting a lot of concern internationally, certainly for many scared people that live and around kabul and parts of afghanistan. The fifth largest city i should say in afghanistan, jalalabad has been taken over under control by the taliban. That happened several hours ago. People excited roaming through the streets as the group took over. This is the fifth largest city. Fox news learned the u. S. Embassy in kabul is being in the process of evacuated as i speak to you. The embassy is technically open for business. It could close any day. Kabul is surrounded by the taliban waiting to pounce and take over. President biden spending several days at the white hou
We need for students and schools, the executive order prevents local officials from imposing mask mandates on students. He says parents should make that decision, not school districts. John roberts in washington, welcome to another edition of america reports. I am in today for sandra smith. The white house says that orders goes against proper public health guidance, and now president biden as checking to see if he s got the power to intervene in the seven states that have banned mask mandates. Dr. Nicole saphier as standing by with her opinion on all of this. Hi, jackie. Hey, john. After florida governor threaten to withhold the salaries of school board members and administrators who don t comply with his order banning mask mandates, the white house says it s looking into its options with respect to covid relief money that was distributed to the states, distributed to florida. There checking to see if they can use some of that money potentially to cover the salaries of those administra
The good economic numbers are also matched with warning signs, big ones. That it could be short lived. The number of daily cases and here is why the number of daily cases rose to 103,000 on wednesday and a surge that has not shown an end in sight with implications for all of us and everywhere. Phil mattingly is joining me now for more on it from the white house. Phil, what are we expecting to hear from the president any moment now? reporter: there is no question he will focus on economic report. They acknowledged that when you deg through the data of this report, there is not a lot that you could be uncomfortable with or worried about. The top line number was bigger than analysts estimates heading into the report. Wage growth is solid. Upward revisions in may and june. The president is going to want to talk about all of those things and try and make the point that he believes it is an acknowledgment that his program is working. Yes, the infrastructure proposal moving through the senate