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jillian: unbelievable. todd: while the administration is allowing covid to walk across the border, governments around the country will start masking up your kids again. not debating masks necessarily, just saying while covid is allowed to cross the border, your kids are going to be masked. also, we're fearful that at some point lockdowns are going to come back. jillian: let's cool it on the lockdown word. i think the lockdown word has a way different meaning than restrictions. todd: something could be coming, we talked about this, that's we're a little fearful. jillian: i'm fearful of restriction, i'm not fearful of a full-blown lockdown. todd: the point is, there's no restrictions, lockdowns, whatever you want to call it at the border, it's just come on over and bring your covid. jillian: arizona ag sent a letter to the biden administration demanding it halt the release of covid positive migrants into the u.s., saying quote, as the biden administration is ramping up pressure campaigns for covid related man

jillian: i'm jillian mele. today, home land security secretary alejandro mayorkas is heading to the southern border amid calls for his impeachment over the migrant crisis. todd: griff jenkins joins us live from washington as fox news learns july apprehensions are the highest in more than 20 years. griff. >> reporter: unbelievable, todd and jillian, good morning. consider this, more than a half of a million migrants have illegally crossed our southwest borders since secretary mayorkas last visited in may and today he is headed to ground zero in the rio grande valley, tweeting, quote, wheels up for south texas, dhs is executing our plan to rebuild a safe, orderly and humane immigration system, this aztecs as congressman chip roy tweets at secretary mayorkas and president biden calling for impeachment over handling of the border crisis, showing this video of overcrowded conditions inside a holding facility, it comes as the incoming border patrol chief takes the reins on sunday, confirming to fox news that the new

jillian: i'm jillian mele. thanks for starting your day with us. we have team coverage this morning, griff jenkins is live in the nation's capital breaking down democrats' spending spree. first, we go to marianne raff earth on governor cuomo's resignation. >> reporter: governor cuomo is in his final weeks in office, after he resigned on monday, >> i never crossed the line with anyone, but i didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. the best way i can help now is if i step aside. >> reporter: accuser lindsey boilen baffled at cuomo's continued denial, tweeting from the beginning i simply asked that the governor stop his abusive behavior. it became abundantly clear he was unable to do that, instead attacking and blaming victims until the end. the governor's brother, chris cuomo, staying silent as he is peppered with questions about the scandal in this video obtained exclusively by fox news. >> have you spoken to your brother today, sir? did you advise him to step down? do you believe the women's stories? did you counsel your broth

todd: jillian. jillian: the taliban marching on the northern city of kunduz after capturing six cities in the last few days alone. but the biden administration showing no signs of stepping up air support. congressman august pfluger, a colonel in the air force reserve, joins us next. jillian: good morning. welcome back. the taliban gaining control of six afghan capital cities in less than one week. now afghan military pilots are reportedly quitting amid the danger, leaving government forces even more vulnerable. here to react is texas congressman and air force veteran, august pfluger. thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> thank you, jillian. good morning. jillian: of course. so let's go ahead and take a look at the numbers here, 19 military pilots left the air force in recent weeks, eight pilots have been killed in recent weeks. how do you think the biden administration should be responding to all of this? >> well, this is what makes it so important when have you a conditions based withd

jillian: yes. todd: i have to think in new york stay, i feel like schumer does enough upstate in an area where they don't love aoc he would win a primary challenge. jillian: in california, republicans vote to not endorse any of the four candidates running against governor gavin newsom in the recall election. they chose party unity to oust the democrat in next month's race. jessica miller patterson writes in a statement, today's overwhelming decision by our delegates speaks to the strength of our field of candidates and the outstanding position our party is in going into the recall election. todd: they don't want to dissuade anybody, who says i like katlyn jenner, i like larry elder, if that person's not on the ballot that person's not going to vote up to vote for the recall which is the number one ballot initiative, number two is who is the person you want. republicans want everybody to come to the polls, get the votes to get rid of newsom. with that, president biden's infrastructure bill clearing

jillian: in jillian mele. let's get to chief meteorologist janice dean, and steve bender is live in new york with a look at the damage. it is busy. carley: first, we go to doug luzader in washington, d.c. on h the latest on biden's crisis in afghanistan, quickly unfolding. what's the latest? >> reporter: the president says he is convinced he made the right call with this speedy withdrawal from afghanistan. he acknowledged the time line to get it done by the end of the month may have to change. >> there's discussions going on among us and the military about extending. our hope is we will not have to extend. but there are going to be discussions i suspect on how far along we are in the process. >> reporter: it is a work in progress and we have seen more violence outside kabul's airport as those desperate to leave the country have run into more resistance from the taliban. the white house is facing pressure from u.s. allies like british prime minister boris johnson who is pressing for more time. president biden s

jillian: it is half past the hour. afghan journalist, country's attention with her emotional plea for the women and girls left to face the taliban and. >> we don't have anything, they don't know what to do. jillian: that journalist joins us live next. ♪♪ (announcer) if you've struggled to lose weight, you might think you were born with a slow metabolism, but what you may have is insulin resistance. fat becomes trapped inside your body and it becomes very difficult to lose weight. now there's release from golo. it naturally helps reverse insulin resistance, stops sugar cravings, and releases stubborn fat, all while controlling stress and emotional eating. at last, a diet pill that actually works. go to golo.com to get yours. that's g-o-l-o.com. look at you! getting back to normal. or at least your 2021 version of what normal should be. and no matter what that is, walgreens is here to help you do it your way. with delivery in as little as one hour. because now... things come to you. same day vaccination appointments.

jillian: agree. and both things are a crisis, one at home and one that affects us at home even though it's overseas. todd: the continuous thread of, oh, i'm going to get in trouble, that does not engender any confidence when the leader of the free world continues to say that phrase. you're the president, you're expected to answer questions and as the president you're entitled to give your opinion, not be worried about getting in trouble with your staff. it continues on. nikki haley painting a grim picture of our, meaning the u.s., standing in the world. .carley: she said this led to a moral victory for jihadists who will use it to recruit and how the united states is alien ating the allies. >> look at what our allies are saying around the world. are you watching now that all of our allies are having conversations without us? carley: also take a look at this, the u.k. sunday times, they say is joe biden up for the job. between the covid surge, migration spike and prospect of more american lives being

jillian: so many people there. we don't want to show rahim's face and only using his first name because he has family in afghanistan. you were an interpreter for 5 years, you have a wife and 5 children, you are out of afghanistan trying to get to the united states. tell me how lucky you feel to have gotten out of afghanistan is what the struggles like and what happened to those who are still there? >> good morning, thanks for your time. the pool were -- who applied, there are illegible land documents because tell the people i'm in contact with them, that they help us and waiting to get their visa and bring some of the people, they are not eligible so the people who are in danger, because they served with the u.s. army on the front lines like interpreters. i know many of them just left behind and it is very dangerous for them and it is critical to cut their losses, all of them, they are thinking we are left behind, 24 months, things will come to a head but unfortunately they lost their home but thinking we're done w

jillian: elbow up, right? todd: elbow up. you made good contact. jillian: you did. what is it like to be out there, will? will: todd can tell you this because i know he was here a few years a it truly is beautiful, iconic, it's a baseball field cut can out of a corn field like you saw in the movie and like you will see tonight as the yankees and white sox take to the field at 7:00 eastern. there will be pregame at a 6:00. and it will probably be one of the most iconic major league baseball games, if not in years, ever. jillian: we're going to check back in with you a little later. thank you. todd: there's other news, the white house vowing to fight florida governor ron de santis and the threat to cut teacher salaries over mask mandates. jillian: the biden administration is doing a double take after using incorrect data to back up their logic. ashley strohmier joins us with more. >> reporter: the white house denied it was waging war against governor ron de santis. take a listen. >> our war is not on de santis, it's on the virus, which we're trying to kneecap. and he

jillian: you're watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning, i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. griff jenkins is live in the nation's capital breaking down the democrats' spending spree. we go to marianne farr e -- rafferty live. >> reporter: andrew whoa mow cuo maintains he never sexually harassed anyone. >> i never crossed the line with anyone but i didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. the best way i can help now is if i step aside. >> reporter: accuser lindsey boilen baffled at cuomo's continued denial. i simply asked that he stop his abusive behavior. it became clear he was unable to do that, instead attacking and blaming victims until the end. the governor's brother, chris cuomo, saying silent as he is peppered with questions about the scandal in this video obtained by fox news. >> have you spoken to your brother today, sir? did you advise him to step down? do you believe the women's stories? did you counsel your brother to malign them? >> reporter: president biden questioned about the scandal, raising eyebrow as he appears to p

jillian: i'm jillian mele. the president of the second largest teacher's undercalling for vaccine mandates amongst educate tears. todd: parents are pushing back. lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with more. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, todd, jillian. randy weingarden of the american federation of teachers says vaccines should be mandatory for educators, originally saying they should be voluntary, this comes after the rise of the delta variant and the fact that kids under 12 cannot get a vaccine. >> it's a matter of of personal conscience. we need to work with our employers, not opposing them, on vaccine mandates. >> reporter: with school bells about to ring, more officials are making masks mandatory for both teachers and students, leading to protests across the country by angry parents who say the mask decision should be left to them. >> while i understand the argument around not wanting to wear masks because they're fatigued, it's without question student safety and staff safet

jillian: thank you. todd: this comes as mexico refuses to let some of those migrant families return to their side of the border. we talk to brandon judd about that. >> disturbing to know what is going on but if you saw what was going on behind closed doors you would be even more disturbed because that is a very small fraction. we have 10,000 people in custody in the rio grande valley sector. it's great we have that but it is much worse than they are able to see. >> not just a humanitarian crisis. fox news obtaining numbers showing a 900% increase in migrant covid cases in the rio grande valley sector alone after the past 14 months. jillian: let's go to the olympics where simone biles will take a shot at golden stepping away from mental health. she will compete in the balance beam finals later this morning after withdrawing from several other events. todd: the us basketball team competing 95-81, australia or argentina in the semifinals thursday. jillian: cornerback held a watch party with his teammates as

jillian and carley. jillian: thank you. that new information that doug had reported, the fact that the taliban told reuters had they will not accept an extension past the deadline, that's going to be something big for this administration to react to and figure out their game plan from here. because we did hear the president yesterday saying if we have to stay based on the conditions on the ground then we will consider staying. he said we have a long way to go and a lot can still go wrong with some people would look at that as you're being transparent, others would look at that and say, well, make sure it doesn't go wrong. what is the plan to ensure that we don't have things going wrong over there. the other thing he said that was interesting, he said if we didn't leave now, when do we leave, another ten years, five years. i keep going back to this. majority of americans, polls will show it, we'll get to that in a second, majority of americans don't disagree with with drawing from afghanistan. they disagree with the manner i

jillian: the ugly. a man is duct taped to his seat after shouting at passengers and attacking a frontier flight attendant. listen to this. [shouting] jillian: passengers duct taped them into his seat as the plane landed in miami. he was arrested on battery charges. flight attendants put on paid leave pending investigation. heather: hopefully that is just the protocol. he was in the wrong. flight attendants have resources to protect everybody on the flight. that's what they did. todd: 49 after the hour. analytical medalist wrapped in a red, white and blue. a contrast to protest by other members which jillian: joey jones joins us live next. ♪♪ me. well that leaves 2 out of 3 people who don't. i don't know anybody who's had it. your uncle had shingles. you mean that nasty red rash? and donna next door had it for weeks. yeah, but there's nothing you can do about it. camera man: actually, shingles can be prevented. shingles can be whaaaat? camera man: prevented. you can get vaccinated. baby, call the doc

todd: jillian. jillian: till ahead a u.s. marine was relieved of his duties for this video calling out military leadership in afghanistan. >> i have been fighting for 17 years. i am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders i demand accountability. jillian: now he's back with another fiery video and a major update. plus -- >> on afghanistan -- >> i'm not going to answer afghanistan. jillian: again, president biden does not take any questions on afghanistan. carley shimkus has all the details, next. - oh...oh. - what's going on? - oh, darn! - let me help. lift and push and push! there... it's up there. hey joshie... wrinkles send the wrong message. help prevent them with downy wrinkleguard. feel the difference with downy. and there you have it— -woah. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow! -big deal! ...we get unlimited for just $30 bucks. sweet, but mine has 5g included. relax people, my wireless is crushing it. that's because you all have xfinity mobile with your internet. it's wireless so go

jillian: wow. ashley: ryan, from the standpoint of interpreters, and helping america in this fight over the past 20 years, is it wrong for me to say -- i should correct that, is it okay to say that we could probably never rely on them to help us again because, honestly it, just feels like we have just left them high and dry. >> i think that's what a lot of service members are feeling right now. we are engrained -- it's engrained into our brains from the very beginning of training that we don't leave anybody behind. we don't leave people that are alive behind and we don't leave our dead on the field either. and i understand that this situation is being dealt with at a international level and i understand that but there has to be something done. we can't leave -- we can't leave these people behind. and if we look forward into our strategy, what are the next interpreters for the war going to say? you know, if we don't help these people and at least secure the promises for the sivs and americans that h

jillian: thank you both. todd: coming up, hunter's emails showing i seattle official feels about the police department. jillian: the head of the city police union joins us to respond. .. jillian: texas border patrol agents two ms 13 gang members after they illegally enter the us. one of them is from el salvador and convicted of murder in 1996. he was sentenced to three years behind bars, the others from honduras, both men had previously been deported from the us. andrew cuomo using his final days in office to grant clemency to three convicts tied to killings. the governor saying, quote, i'm proud to fulfill government's unique responsibly to harness the power of redemption to encourage those made mistakes to engage in meaningful rehabilitation and empower everyone to work toward a better future for themselves and their families. cuomo officially filed for retirement to receive the 50,$000 annual lifetime pension. todd: shocking emails show a city staff member likening cops to racists. the supported him but em

jillian: it is tuesday august 30 first. president biden breaking his promise to keep troops in afghanistan until all-americans are evacuated. todd: the last us soldier exiting couple -- kabul while our allies remain stranded in town and occupied territory. jillian: you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: we begin with a fox news alert, gunfire as the taliban and celebrates the final us soldier leaving afghanistan. jillian: we learn more than 100 americans have been left behind. >> reporter: after two decade us troops of left afghanistan. this nightvision image showing the last soldier to leave, major general chris donahue seen boarding the last c-17 out of kabul. the withdrawal finished 24 hours ahead of the delay but military leaders already admitting some have been left behind. >> a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we did not get everybody out we wanted to get out but had we stayed another 10 days we wouldn't have gotten everybody a we wanted to get out and there still would have been people who w

jillian: i have not. todd: aretha franklin heard that song? listen to debate. jillian: we have. we can say that. you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: covid confusion, president biden will address the nation over concerns about changing guidelines as the us reaches a new milestone. jillian: mask mandates are spreading throughout the country. todd: better late than never. >> reporter: the white house announcing as they hit their fourth of july goal of americans receiving one shot covid vaccine with 60% fully vaccinated cdc director rochelle will in ski warns the delta variant is surging. >> remains a pandemic of the unvaccinated. vaccinated people can spread the virus if they get a breakthrough infection the odds of them getting sick in the first place are far lower than those who are unvaccinated. and in fact places with more vaccinations generally have less disease. >> this is more restrictions go into effect, louisiana becoming the first state to implement a mask mandate, in new york governor cuomo asking private essences to mandate vaccinations, florida is becoming

jillian. jillian: a realtor's association is asking a court of appeals to block the biden administration's extension on the tenant eviction ban. joining us is a long island landlord who says she is owed $50,000 from a tenant who refuses to pay rent. thanks for being here this morning. tell me the back story here. this tenant has a job, correct, so in your stimulation could be paying rent but isn't. >> exactly. he's been employed the entire time. we haven't received rent since february of 2020. and we speak to his employer who unfortunately cannot give us any information in writing. they say that they need something from a lawyer. the lawyer said that's harassing the tenant. so at this point we know that he is employed but we haven't been able to get anything from them. >> that is unbelievable. so what has your tenant said to you then? >> he says nothing. he doesn't have to say anything. we were working with him in the beginning when his lease was coming up and he told us a few times he would b

jillian: two questions. your social activist and work with -- you are an independent election commission media advisor, you do a number of things, what does life look like for young kids, particularly young girls who have not experienced life under the taliban? >> everyone is worried about the people, in those activities, they have deactivated each and everything so the taliban can capture them. they will be killed. if i tell you a story a year before. they try to send notes to each and every one, those who are active. heavy-handed person in power must target those people. especially in social duties. jillian: use in some notes, the taliban is not the reason people can't get out, americans are. why do you say that? >> to be honest, if there are problems, since yesterday we got a question about facebook. this type of situation happens in international media to boycott and not a media outfit that allowed that the only option to use facebook. so there are lots of things pressurized by that or -- they say he was

jillian: that is one example of many. live look, president biden and vp harris will meet with the national security team to discuss the ongoing disaster in afghanistan. todd: the president will give a live address after the briefing. griff jenkins joins us with more. >> reporter: the president's august 30 first deadline is looming and us officials are racing to evacuate thousands of desperate americans, vulnerable afghans with 5200 us troops on the ground while the taliban tightened its grip on kabul with checkpoints, gunfire and massive crowds at airports and crackdowns on dissidents after the president claims there was no warning this was coming. >> the intelligence community did not say in june or july it was going to call's like it did. >> reporter: in an internal state department memo first reported by the wall street journal and confirmed by fox news, 2 dozen officials at the kabul embassy want secretary of state blinken and other top officials the afghan government would rapidly collapse as us troops withdrew, the

jillian: it is 35 after the hour. still to come president biden takes a hit in the polls as criticism grows from both sides of the aisle over his handling of the taliban and take over in afghanistan. we are talking to south carolina congressman route norman coming up next. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. i'm skeptical, so i did some research and called coventry direct. they explained life insurance is a valuable asset that can be sold. we learned that we can sell all of our policy or keep part of it with no future payments, who knew? we sold our policy. now we can relax and enjoy our retirement as we had plan

jillian: do you agree? >> i agree. this was a political movement run on a social justice movement, crime stats have no feelings following political correctness, glad to see there's a refund movement going on. carley: we heard a lot of police officers say defund the police is only part of the problem. the other parties criminals calling policies and if that doesn't get changed there will be crime on the streets. >> over the last year we saw historic levels of violence and for cities to take a mental health approach and a holistic approach to policing is tragically ended with more lives being lost. we need to look hard at things that work, a solution that works, let's get to real policing and putting bad guys in jail. jillian: what happened in new york city, new york city was one of the most violent cities across the country, he implemented broken windows and become a safer place. people are trying to remember the importance of police officers, next time is a controversial shooting. >> every single day, you could be a he

jillian: to say one more thing on this. you were here reports of the taliban saying they would form this inclusive government and the same breath going door-to-door searching for these people who helped the us government and us military mission. jillian: chris cuomo has broken his silence. carley: chris cuomo is back from his vacation, very planned and he did address the resignation of his brother governor andrew cuomo. take a listen. >> i was here to listen and offer my take which my advice my brother, on what you did, tell people what you do to be better, be contrite and finally accept that it doesn't matter what you intended but how your actions and words were perceived. it was unique situation being a brother to a politician in a scandal and being part of the media. i tried to do the right thing and i want you all to know that. carley: governor cuomo was a big part of his show during the pandemic. >> this was the actual swab that was being used. >> you have blown the credibility of the entire interview. >> do you think

jillian: thanks for joining us. we have been communicating with you for a few days and glad you made it safely and thank you for your service. neil: fascinating perspective. 5:00 hour of "fox and friends first" joe concha, nancy mays and taya kyle, do not go anywhere. [screaming] jillian: that is heartbreaking. august 19th, good wrenching videos out of afghanistan where women are seen crying for help as the taliban takes over. todd: some afghans so desperate they are lifting their children over airport walls and handing them to us soldiers. jillian: you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: thousands of americans facing an unceaifa

jillian: go usa. still ahead the cdc extends the eviction moratorium after days of pressure from lawmakers but is this a real solution to the housing problem that is getting worse under this administration? todd: lisa maclean next. jillian: a senate report finds federal cyber security defenses are not strong enough, federal agencies earning a c-report card for failing to meet basic federally mandated standards. the audit accuses eight critical agencies of relying on outdated systems, ignoring mandatory security patches and failing to protect sensitive data. the report found americans personal information remained at risk, recent high profile cyber attacks. todd: that is scary. olympics wrap-up in japan, john radcliffe demanding the winter olympics be moved from china over the the pandemic. a fox news op-ed writing, quote, the international olympic committee should not allow beijing to enjoy the benefits of hosting a massive global event while rejecting transparency and refusing to allow inquiries much

jillian: thanks. donald trump is tearing into president biden for his handling of the situation in afghanistan. he joined sean hannity last night. >> all of us in biden administration takes over and they say we are taking the military out. first you take the people out and then you take the women's out. we left $80 billion worth of equipment. i think our soldiers, even civilians, our soldiers are in tremendous danger. airplanes flying in and out of the airport are in tremendous danger. they have the best equipment, the best rockets, the best tanks and helicopters, apache helicopters, it was the dumbest move anybody has ever made perhaps in the history of our country. >> bombings near kabul's airport made the deadliest day for us forces in afghanistan since august of 2011. president biden standing by his pledge to pull out of afghanistan by august 31st a growing number of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pleading with the president to extend the deadline. >> call on the president to extend th

[screaming] jillian: that is heartbreaking. august 19th, good wrenching videos out of afghanistan where women are seen crying for help as the taliban takes over. todd: some afghans so desperate they are lifting their children over airport walls and handing them to us soldiers. jillian: you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: thousands of americans facing an uncertain fate in afghanistan. the plans to get them home safely. >> four days after taking power the taliban is facing some of the first challenges to its authority, chaotic demonstrations breaking out across the country and three cities including jalalabad where this protest took place and despite the taliban's promise they would not use arms against those who oppose them these protests have been getting ugly. we are getting reports that several people were killed in a different protest today, the taliban fired on people waving the national flag of the previous government. lots of questions how women will be treated under the taliban. and the rule from 1996 to 2001

jillian: 90 seconds left on the show. we are the president get tough lately when he says we will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you down and make you pay. i absolutely do the intelligences clear that al-qaeda intends to attack the united states again in the taliban and al-qaeda are working very closely together, essentially what we have just done is allow al-qaeda to take over afghanistan again and rebuild to attack the west. here's what has me so frustrated the future soldiers when they do have to go back again either after we suffered another post nightclub or san bernardino or god forbid another 9/11 they have no basis we give them away no allies they have been hunted down and they will have to fight through a terrorist army that is armed to the t with billions of dollars of american equipment that blood when that happens is going to be on biden's hands. jillan: it is hard to imagine what is going to happen in the future and what will play out in the next day or two until this deadline happens thank you

jillian: thank you. todd: the focus. >> president biden: line heritage deal donald trump negotiated with the taliban. it did unfold more quickly than we anticipated. afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. the afghan military collapsed. sometime without trying to fight. i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. todd: president biden saying the buck stops with him but blaming donald trump and the afghan government for the fall of afghanistan, president biden undid every other trump policy. if he was upset with this one why didn't he undo this one. clearly he believed in it and it is not a pull out everybody is upset about. that was discussed weeks ago. that's not the issue. it is how it went down. the execution and she had a great point. they prepared for every contingency. that is a lie from the white house, clearly they did not prepare for this contingency and president biden admitted this. jillian: he said, quote, this did unfold more quickly than we

jillian: we will see. thank you. a lot of people still confused of the cdc reversal on indoor mask wearing as it urged the fully vaccinated now to wear them and hotspots. the president is restricted —- suggesting new restrictions are coming as the delta variant spreads. we have the latest from the white house. reporter: the president is likely to face new questions about the governments pandemic response as we see the surgeon cases at the same time vaccinations on the rise. officials today reporting they sought 800,000 different doses administered on sunday along with new vaccinations going out and the numbers of those are on the rise since july 5th. right now 164 million people fully vaccinated close to half of the total population more than 70000 new cases per day with a double-digit increase officials say they have a ways to go to end the pandemic. >> we have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not vaccinated. we really have to get those people to change their minds and m

jillian: we will follow that. cuomo hiding out reportedly locking himself away in his mansion giving work to strategize how to save his deteriorating political career as district attorneys look at allegations against the embattled democrat after troubling reports reveal he sexually harassed 11 women. prosecutors in nassau and albany counties will investigate the claims. new york attorney general letitia james claims time is up. the ceo helps cuomo draft a letter attacking his first accuser, denied the allegation tweeting i've never given advice to the governor or his team. todd: overnight landlord sue the biden administration with the eviction moratorium, alabama and georgia chapters of the association of realtors asking a federal judge to toss the extension of the pandemic been arguing it was issued, quote, for nakedly political reasons to ease political pressure and use litigation to a policy objective as the house minority leader slammed the cdc's move. >> government destroying small business, the fiber of amer

jillian: it is tuesday august 20 fourth. we start with the fox news alert, president biden turning his back and avoiding questions on the crisis in afghanistan as the taliban it is a clear threat to washington as the president is under intense pressure to decide whether or not to extend his august 30 first deadline to keep us troops in kabul as a countless number of americans remain stranded behind enemy lines. you are watching "fox and friends first". jillian: let's go to griff jenkins in washington. we expect a decision on that deadline today. >> reporter: the president is about to face greater pressure from our g7 allies overextending the august 30 first deadline which the taliban calls a red line. even the chairman of the house intelligence committee expressing doubt about completing the mission in time. >> very unlikely. it is hard for me to imagine all that being accomplished between now and the end of the month. the threat to be a pretty is very real as this would be an attractive target for isis or elements of al qae

jillian: people of st. louis, 29% increase in homicides year today, 60% rising murders in major cities in 2021 that even their families or friends, are they supposed to suck it up? todd: even though the white house said we are distancing ourselves from this position and don't want to talk about this, dan crenshaw isn't letting that happen, corey busch -- democrats are tied to the white house, take a listen. >> this is into fringe activist you just played on tv, that was a democrat member of congress had a very popular one. a member of the squad with a high social media following, they have real influence in the democratic party. it is not a radical talking point, it is happening across the city. in american cities murders about 33% this year because of defunding the police, this sort of social justice reform where letting criminals out on bail instead of putting them in jail and our communities are being killed and hurt. laura: biden and harris did advocate for reallocation of funds, president biden did not

jillian: a few minutes left. one of your friends, 21-year-old female was murdered on the side of the road. i'm sorry to hear this. the reason behind it honestly turns your stomach. tell us the story. >> stopped on the side of the road for the sin of traveling without a male escort. under telegram law that is a sin to be put to death under which is tragic but even in the midst of all this chaos that is directly biden administration's responsibility there are stories of hope, of heroism, story is not over yet and every life we are able to save, american citizen, friends, ally is of infinite value. there is hope for things happening. i helped eight people get out of kabul and i will not quit working until i see every person i can. jillian: thank you for everything you've done. keep us updated. we will check back in with you and hear if you can help more people get out of their. we love to hear those stories, thank you. carley: it is 29 after the are. afghanistan is on top of the agenda but the white house is turning

jillian: i am glad you made it to safely. i will continue to pray for everyone who is there. 12 minutes after the hour. as we follow breaking news the credible threat at the kabul airport, we are learning former guantÁnamo bay detainee was named defense minister for the taliban and. what we know about him next. carley: texas attorney general paxton joining us live. stick around. be capable? think again. ♪ (energetic music) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing the first ever at4 lineup. premium and capable. that's professional grade from gmc. it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. carley: vice president kamala harris speaking in hanoi, vietnam, she took a question ab

jillian: let's talk about this. a former obama administration official wants nonvaccinated americans on the no-fly list. she says, quote, the white house has rejected nationwide vaccine mandate, a sweeping suggestion the biden administration cannot even an active it wanted to but a no-fly list for an vaccinated adults is an obvious step the federal government should take. doctor janette nesheiwat joins us to discuss. i can't imagine the reaction if this actually happened but do you think this would be an answer putting unvaccinated people on a no-fly list? >> i don't think that is very sensible. if you're positive for coronavirus that is one thing. but patients who have gone on airplanes when they shouldn't have been, when they should of been quarantined but if you are vaccinated or even if you are not, if you're wearing your mask and have no symptoms and haven't been recently exposed and i don't think it is right to put you on a float no-fly list. we have high-efficiency particulate filters on airplanes that filter

jillian: i'm jillian mele. we have fox news team coverage on the deteriorating situation in afghanistan. caroline shibley in live in washington, d.c. carley: , first, ryan chilcote is live overseas with the latest developments from overnight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. chaotic scenes at the airport, in are thousands of people, not just american citizens, not just american diplomats but thousands of afghans that are trying to get out of that country and at this point the airport in kabul is their best bet. there have been reports of gunfire at the airport and there has been video of some fatalities, some bodies at the airport. of course, we're working to confirm all of that right now to figure out exactly what is going on. what is clear is that it has been absolute mayhem and this hasty exit for the door caught the united states and allied countries offguard. all of this is happening while the taliban are in control of kabul and much of the country. suffice it to say, the united states would have w

jillian: how does this hold up in the court of law? todd: 0.0% chance. they're suing him for keeping them away from their families but he's ordering them back to texas where their families are. jillian: right. yeah. todd: i mean, they say -- i'm not going to go there. i almost made a joke about things being bigger in texas. but that is unbelievable. the gal. l.jillian: i'm curious to see w this plays out. todd: when my voice goes higher that means i'm more outraged, more shocked. should chuck schumer be afraid of aoc? the progressive congresswoman not ruling out a primary challenge with the senate minority leader for when he's up for re-election next year. >> are you going to challenge

ainsley: jillian has headlines. jillian: good morning. simone biles takes home bronze in her return to to competition. the superstar gymnast placing third in the balance beam finals overnight, her first event since stepping away to focus on on her mental health. the u.s. is tied with china with 68 total medals. >>> another fox news alert, police are on the scene of workplace shooting in tennessee. this is happening at the smile direct club factory in antioch. two employees are hurt and at the hospital, an officer shot the suspected gunman while leaving the scene. it's about 12 miles southeast of downtown nashville. we will bring you the latest information as soon as we get it. >>> spirit and american airlines cancel hundreds of flights leaving thousands of passengers stranded. chaos filled terminals in old, miami and fort -- orlando, miami and fort lauderdale as people waited desperately to find out when they would reach their destination. some 500 flights were canceled in dallas due to bad weather. >>> and then there's this story, a game

thank you, jillian. she won $37,000 for the gold medal and what she was going to do because unless you make over a million dollars, you don't have to pay any taxes on it she was going to spend 30 of the 37,000 on her mother. and then this guy cammeron davies the owner of that company jillian was talking about. cruisen kitchen's the largest manufacturer of food trucks in the world said his team is going to design, build and donate a food truck worth a quarter of a million dollars to her mother. ainsley: that is so nice. you predicted that i think it was you steve when she said she was going to donate you said i bet someone will step up and donate a truck. that's wonderful. steve: it's great. she did say her and her mom have talked about naming it thinking about calling it the lady bug. ainsley: i hope they bring the lady bug right out here. try the food and have them on. brian: also, another thing, too. i love the fact i traveled the whole world, i know where my parents came from. from guana, i love this

jillian: is up humiliation could not get worse the taliban is doing the media circus sounding triumphant and unmoving. today they announced afghans will be staying put, they don't want them leaving the country but americans should concentrate on removing your citizens only. >> we want them to evacuate all foreign nationals by august 30 first and we are not in favor of allowing afghans to leave. laura: heartbreaking to be expected. the biden administration only comes across as weak but inapt which is what happens when you elect a man who should be playing with his bingo with his nurse before the 4:30 p.m. senior special. why we are talking details in terms being hidden from the american people the true scope of the refugee situation must be revealed. importing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of afghans the united states is bound to pose major challenges with huge financial, cultural and security costs. president biden wants you to believe he has things totally under control. >> we ar

jillian: that is professional right there. todd: a nashville proud. it. jillian: thanks, tomi. jinx. "fox & friends" starts. todd: right now. jinx. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: live from new york city and capitol hill as we look at the capitol, we have got a question for you. back that up. because some kids started school yesterday. so a little instruction, a little education. how tall do you think the u.s. capitol building is? ainsley: how tall? steve: take a guess. ainsley: i can't even guess. steve: 2 8 feet. the name of the statue on the top? statue of freedom. the dome is made of cast iron and it weighs 8 million pounds as we look live on this tuesday. august 10th, 2021. live from new york and washington it's "fox & friends." ainsley: next time on jeopardy i'm prepared. 288 feet. steve: have to make everything in the form of a question. brian: i don't know if that's a category. i don't know if it will be that hard a question. steve: they are harder than that. $1,000 category those are hard questions. brian: michael jordan on the top. that's not a statue of michael jordan? ainsle

jillian: your reaction to this comments? >> it is disappointing. we have a large -- i'm not sure what landlords she's talking about because the landlords i know are assisting residents in getting rental assistance. the amount of rental assistance available is another story on your show but the assistance that is available the residents that owed should be applying, lots is available so there's no need to have an even action moratorium. it really doesn't make sense. laura: allows for bad actors and not everybody is a bad actor government intervention like this allow for bad actors to exploit the eviction moratorium. we are seeing these reports on people who couldn't pay their rent but driving around the 90,$000 cars so wait a second, i have to sell my unit. i worked my whole life to do this and people driving around in nice vehicles. what is that? >> i'm hearing reports of that and there was a husband and wife attempting to serve notice on a resident in richmond, kentucky and both showed up dead. things are escalating around the country. we need to

jillian: i was not. will: jillian were you invited? jillian: i was not invited not sophisticated enough. will: eagles fan. jillian: thanks, will. one person killed and one injured shooting pennsylvania parking lot in broad daylight. the shootout between two vehicles started after an argument witnesses describe the yesterday's chaotic scene, they say gunshots were heard throughout the shopping center. no arrests have been made. let's turn now to fox weather as clean up underway two tornadoes touched counsel in southern wisconsin over the weekend. >> don't get hit. oh my god. >> look at that this driver dodging flying debris while going down the highway. one of the tornadoes at wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, at least six homes were destroyed. no injuries were reported. okay. here's the question. should chuck schumer be afraid of aoc? take a listen to this. >> are you going to challenge senator schumer. [laughter] >> i make decisions based on what i think our people need. and so i'm not commenting on it. [laughter] jillian: the

jillian: after feeling the blowback for obvious reasons the white house scrambles about word that biden finally picked up the phone to talk with british prime minister boris johnson. in other words they had to do cleanup for the guy who was supposed to clean up for the president, his people are totally incompetent. this so national security team, wasn't foreign-policy kind of biden's think? >> this is a moment that require strong, steady, stable leadership. we need someone tested and trusted around the world, this is a moment for joe biden, a president with the experience to lead. >> i worked as long as anyone throughout afghanistan during this war while the war was going on from kabul to kandahar. i have traveled on four occasions, i met with people, spoke to the leaders. laura: now still under the delusion that afghanistan was a stable country. i thought america was back, didn't he say that, they were foreign-policy gurus who could get other countries to help the united states. i thought they had a plan. experience is key, biden would calm things down and get us back to the regular or

thanks, jillian. as the taliban takes over -- the takeover is fueling fear among the afghan women especially. it seems that vice president's promise in 2019 to protect these women is falling short after her remarks this morning. listen. >> what will the administration do to support women who are not permitted to leave afghanistan? >> we have said before and i will say again, that we are going to do what we are able to do in terms of the evacuation process. but, in addition to that, we are able to do politically and diplomatically to secure and to continue to work on the protection of women and children in that region, including working with our allies. steve: okay, let's bring in fox news contributor lara trump. she joins us right now. good morning, lara. >> good morning, guys. great to be with you. steve: great to be with you as well. back in 2019 as ainsley mentioned kamala harris gave a speech to the council on foreign relations and vowed to protect afghan women if elected. they were elected and no