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banner yet wave -- ♪ o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ will: good morning and welcome to "fox & friends" on this saturday morning -- pete: sunday, will. will: sunday morning. [laughter] you looked right at me, shook your head. what'd i do? well, it's a morning. carley: you got the first and last letter right. will: i'm feeling good today actually, and i don't know why i messed that up. pete: 'cuz you had a good workout. carley: what'd you do? with. will: rower.

carley: that checks out. because with you're an aquatic guy. will: oh. carley: water polo in college. will: yeah. i had a good with workout with pete -- carley: did you guys work together? pete: no, we did not. will: we've already broken it down this morning. a big steak afterwards -- carley: what'd you do? president. pete: i took the girls out to aladdin. carley: you did? and they still kept the hair? pete: they loved it. they had their carley look -- carley: he did a great job. pete: president they loved it. will: how was broadway? pete: it was a great show. will: broadway is one of those things, you kick the can down the road, i don't want to see people sing -- pete: and then you go, and it was great. will: yeah. carr. carley: good. good stuff. pete: i enjoyed it. carley: president biden had a big campaign stop on his agenda

yesterday. he went to south carolina, delivered a speech in front of black voters there, and he talked about the border in a way that you've never heard him talk about the border before. >> my team beginning to work with a bipartisan group of senators to put together the toughest, smartest, fairest border security bill in history. the best one the nation's ever seen. it would the finally provide the funding i requested early on and again in october to secure our border. that bill were the law today, i'd shut down the border right now and fix it quickly. the bipartisan bill would be good for america and help fix our broken immigration system and allow speedy access for those who deserve to be here. and congress needs to get it done. carley: yeah. so he says he wants to shut the border down, fix it quickly like this issue that he created just fell on his lap. and he's also papassing it on to congress because he knows that a republicans aren't going to

approve this bipartisan senate bill so he can say, well, i'm trying to fix the issue, it's you guys who are the problem. pete: so this is political extortion. that's really what it is. i know the border's absolutely broken. i can fix it, i can, but you better give me the money, and you better give me the money for ukraine which is really what his priority is when it's whether it's title 42, remain in mexico, building the wall, all the things he could have done he refuses to do, and he demagogues about i could shut the border down right now if only they'd give me some money, will. will: i'd love to begin to understand what he means by speedy process for those that deserve to be here. you heard that at the end -- carley: yeah. will: the asylum claim system is the loophole in our immigration system beyond simply the porous border. you come in -- pete: for sure. will: -- you claim asylum for whatever reasons. by the way, then you're released and you adjudicate your claim down the road are.

this whole thing is about trust. for three years you've seen the effects of president biden's desires, his motivation. you've seen -- and the numbers are insane. you've seen it forever. it's the hockey stick. and now all of a sudden -- did you know the numbers are down, like, in the last month? and they're down in an election year, he just went to mexico. mexico's reinforcing it -- carley: maybe enforcing their southern border? will: they are. it was, like, 6,000 encounterers yesterday. but my point is, all of this is posturing for an election season. he wants to get a bill across to declare victory during an election season. and i ask, do you trust? should he win presidency back again, what do you think would happen in 2025? if which way will the numbers go? carley: good point. pete: president that's true. and that's why donald trump was on the trail yesterday in las vegas talking about the senate border bill. we put the full screen up briefly of what's in this bill, because you mentioned 6,000?

will: yeah. pete: honestly, i said, is that good or bad in light of -- carley: it's not bad. we're used to 12,000 -- pete: is that down? will: yes. so it's bad historically, good compared to the last three years. pete: exactly. so we've lost all rationality when it comes to numbers at all. here's donald trump talking about the situation we're in yesterday. watch. >> the so-called voter security deal biden is gushing out and pushing out is not designed to stop illegal immigration. it's designed to continue the invasion of america while sending billions of dollars to ukraine and other countries. a lot of the senators are trying to say, respectfully, they're blaming it on me. i said, that's okay, please, blame it on me, please. because they were getting ready to pass a very bad bill. and and i'll tell you what, a bad bill is -- i'd rather have no bill than a bad bill. carley: one of the things about this bill, and we had the graphic that shows all -- it is really comply chaited.

and i'm -- complicated. and i'm wondering how border patrol would actually implement it, because there's a lot of math that goes into it. it's 5,000 -- 4,000 a day over a week, and then if the number reaches 5,000 in a single day, then the border can get shut down for a 2-week period, and then the numbers have to go down 75%. so you do, if you think about it, then the all of border patrol sector by sector has to communicate with each other and then say carry the 2, now we have to shut everything down for 2 weeks when we're used to policies like what the former president did where it was remain in mexico, it was build the wall. they were simple to implement. everybody that had an asylum claim, okay, we take your asylum claim, you go back to mexico, we'll call you when your jury date comes up. finish if so there's -- i think there's going to be an issue if this passes, which it won't, in implementation of this. pete: no doubt. it's a classic piece of washington compromise

legislation that every time you add another wrap-upping wrinkle, you're -- wrinkle, you're adding more complications which means not only can nobody foil, to your point, but they can implement it any way they want. they can massage the numbers to do exactly what they're doing right now, which is keep letting people in. carley: if this does pass, it would cut the border numbers down a bit, right? and then what if it passes? the numbers go down and donald trump, if he becomes president, finishes the job. it's better than what's going on now. if. pete: one thing on that? if legislation is one thing, presidential directives are another. remain in members eco-- mexico was from dhs -- will: this is not a legislation issue. pete: i know. but once it's codified, this becomes the law of the land, and that means the next administration has to follow that law of the land or has to pass something else. carley: that's why he's saying a bad bill is worse than no bill at all. good a good deal or no deal so

that when i'm in office, i can really fix this. will: donald trump, if you'll remember, said he -- this is what he said about who he's considering for vice presidency. >> if you are the nominee, which i know you expect to be, who would be in the running for a vice president? >> well, i can't tell you that really. i meaning i know who it's going to be -- >> you can give us a hint. >> we'll do another show sometime of. [laughter] >> what about any of the people you've run against, would you be open to mending fences? >> oh, sure, i will. will: he has some idea. the new york post is now saying from a source inside if trump team the following: trump operatives expressed an interest in robert f. kennedy jr. early on, but there was it was all premature. anything's possible. i wouldn't write it off by any means. pete: and he's a trump and kennedy campaign doe no, interesting, a donor that has given to both, also to the new york post saying it's very much behind the scenes at this stage the as we pork you might if see it bubble up a little more.

bobby can bring new people to the polls. so that would be the interesting angle of this particular angle, is does he bring in a group that wouldn't otherwise -- carley: yeah. it doesn't surprise me altogether if you think about robert f. kennedy jr. with symbolizes although he's a member of a famous democrat family, his stance on big farm marx his stance on gig covet -- pharma, he's constantly censored, and now he's talking a lot about the border. so there is a reason why there's a rfk jr. donor and a trump donor being the same person. i don't think he's -- i think he's a long, long, long, long shot. i think there are people that would serve the ticket better, but i am not surprised that it was a conversation that happened within the trump campaign. will: it's an interesting idea. carr cr yeah. will: i mean, i don't know how much he brings to the electoral opportunity. how much would he help donald trump get elected?

every vice president has only a limited ability to help, but we've talked about it. to be honest, you brought up tulsi gabbard before, it's in that pane of would someone who might have voted democrat in the past look at a donald trump ticket because of the presence of a tulsi gabbard or robert f. kennedy or jr. he's also being discussed as a libertarian candidate for president. in fact, here's what he said recently about running as a libertarian. >> we are talking to libertarian party. i feel very comfortable with most of the values of the libertarian party. and, you know, we -- like i say, with we have good relations, i'm talking the regularly to libertarian groups. so we're, we'll continue to do those talks. pete: so -- carley: he switches parties a lot. i mean, he ran as a democrat initially, then he became an independent. he filed to form a new we, the people party, and now he's thinking about becoming a

libertarian -- will: and he might be candidate for vice president as a republican. pete: and no labels is considering him. carley: yeah. that covers everything. pete: well, that gives you a sense of -- when i think robert f. kennedy, i know the covid stuff, the vaccine stuff, and i know some of the limited government, and at the border, to your point, i've seen him with his shirt off -- carley: it's true. pete: but i don't really know what his defining characteristic is. i don't know. i'm sure are there's a lot more there there -- carley: he's got some issues he'll really strong on, but it's been a while sense aye been on his campaign web site, but last i looked it was basically the things that we talked about, but there's a lot of things we don't know where he stands on, education, he talks about some foreign policy stance, but there are a lot of issues that he hasn't addressed. pete: somebody wantses his name in the news, and they're leaking to the post, so mission published. carley: job well done. pete: all right. a british warship shooting down

a houthi attack drone overnight in a stretch of water that connects the red sea to the gulf of aden. meanwhile, a houthi strike in the gulf of aden led to this oil tanker catching on fire. u.s. and french naval force each responding to the ship's distress call to help put out the flames. the iranian-backed terror groups has carried out nearly 40 attacks on international shipping over the past 10 weeks. and the n if ypd stopping hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters from flooding, quote, flooding jfk airport yesterday. 800 pro-hamas, anti-israel marchers rallied in new york city and partially blocked the brooklyn bridge. but when they made their way toward the airport, they were met with heightened misactivity and heavy traffic delays as police vow to get tougher on these common if straights. you're not allowed to block the road. and in my former home state of minnesota, the department of transportation is announcing the finalists for its annual name a

snow if plow contest? [laughter] more than 8,000 names were submitted before it was narrowed down to 49 finalists. some of those names include flake it off -- carley: like it. pete: taylor swift song reference. oh snow you didn't. best in snow. dolly plowton the -- do. [laughter] and who let the plows out. today's the last day you can vote. the winners will be announced last week. carley: i i mean, you've got to go dolly plowton. pete: that's pretty good. [laughter] will: well, today is the afc and nfc championship game. we're going to decide who goes e to the super bowl. the kansas city chiefs taking on the baltimore ravens and, of course, detroit lions taking on the san francisco 49ers. saturday night live is already concerned about all those football fans and what happens when this is all over, when it's the end of football. watch. >> are you excited for the big matchup? >> oh, without a doubt, jim. two generation aal talents at

quarterback, two elite defenses. i expect this to be an all-out battle for the next three hours. and after that, it's all over. [laughter] >> all over? >> football. after today it's just, it's done. [laughter] >> welsh there's still the super bowl. >> e yeah, but that's not real football. super bowl is for commercials and usher and people who never if watch football asking how many points a touchdown is worth. [laughter] today is the last real football day for just us guys. >> yeah, i'm realizing after this game ends there's just nothing. [laughter] what are men supposed to do on sundays now? just go to their friends' houses for no reason? [laughter] >> without football, what are we going to talk about? does anyone have anything remotely interesting or insightful to say? >> i wish instead of salt the ocean was full of sugar. [laughter] >> ah, jesus, we're doomed!

[laughter] if. carley: is that how you guys feel? will: about the super bowl, yes. carley: no p about the ocean, actually. if. [laughter] will: yeah, yeah. carley: there is a -- will: you asked me this morning if this was the best weekend. i think last weekend -- pete: last weekend was the best. carley: more games, right? pete: more games, it's to go to the afc, nfc, which is a hype you want your team to reach. you know what fills the void for me? if honestly? if nascar. it's not the same as football -- will: we had no football yesterday, so, like, that's the first time -- because the nfl starts saturdays, invading saturday ises at the end of college football season. so you usually have football saturday or and sunday until yesterday. carley: and that's a why you went to the gym and had steak. you had other things. will: and watched college basketball. carley: that's what it is. sports gets fun in manufacture again. pete: i watched a little bit of

nba, ran.comly -- randomly -- carley: do you like football better? if. pete: oh, yeah. carley: what about college basketball? if. pete: football's the only thing i really follow. and then nascar car now through fox and friends i enjoy it. i'll turn it on, you get about four hours of -- will: left-hand turns. pete: watching it. and i love it. [laughter] it occupies the space that -- carley: you like the nascar noises. will: well, we have two more weekendses to go, and jen hale's going to break down the nfc championship game nurse on "fox & friends". coming up, a disturing new report ranking the u.s. military as weak for a second year in a row and warning a lack of action could render our nation edensless -- defenseless in conflict. carley: plus, unshakable faith. the pastor of a historic connecticut church that suddenly

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give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. pete: for the second consecutive year, a study ranks the u.s. military as weak and is warning a lack of action could leave the armed forces incapable of defending americans. only the marine corps ranked strong while other branches were label ared marginal or even very weak. in the air force's case. senior research fellow for defense program at the heritage foundation and marine corps lieutenant colonel dakota wood joins us now. sir, thanks so much for being here. there's a lot to break down. you sent me this book, it's about this thick. you've done the work on this. share with us, sir, how you came to this conclusion. >> so it's a report card on the tate of today's military, not the one we might have 15 years

from now. we look at historical uses in u.s. military force since the end of world war ii. so there's a lot of data behind this. and what we find is the current military is half the size it needs to be, so it's too maul. most of its major equipment is 30 and 40 years old, introduced in the 1980s and '90s, and there just aren't the training accounts for pilots to fly or artillerymen to shoot their pieces, etc. so it's not trained to a level of competency that would guarantee success in war. we've got great people, the men and became are just incredible concern and women are just incredible, but they're got old or gear, not training much x it's too few, too little. pete: and so when the marine corps is rated as strong, do they have a different ethos? same equipment, same training? if how does that happen? >> yeah, it's more focused. so it's still too small. i wrote that section specifically, and the marine corps needs to be larger. they are extremely focused, they are rapidly adapting to changes

in technology and operating environments, and and so they seem to be the one services that is moving forward very aggressively to have force that are relevant to the a modern combat environment. we're not seeing the same sort of focus or success in adapting and innovating in the other services. pete: how about recruiting, sir? i mean, we've talked a lot about this on this program. yeah, i mean, what's your explanation for why it's down so significantly? >> well, three out of four american youth aren't are even eligible for service without a waiver due to mental and physical problems, substance abuse, criminal records or obesity. so when you've got 77 president that can't even join, you're getting to the smaller pool. the army shrank the size of the service by 33,000 soldiers last year just because it couldn't recruit. so they've gone from almost 800,000 during the cold war to 452,000, and by the end of this year, 2024, they'll be at

445,000. it's just a dramatically bad story as cross our country. pete: how to we turn it around? if. >> you have to make this case at all levels, government, parents, churches, youth groups, whatever it might be that military service is a noble endeavor, right? that without a military we can't protect ourselves physically, so all the other things that we enjoy, our liberties, economic prosperity are all hazard ad. so if we don't place a value on serving the country and then support these young with men and women, what's the incentive to join? so i think it's a cultural issue more than it is, you know, physical readiness or even equipment sort of issue. pete: is there also a sort of social engineering issue, a woke issue where political prerogatives are being pushed? >> yeah, absolutely. this wokism, dei, critical race theory, all those sorts of things led to this perception that the military is not focused

on its primary mission which is war fighting. so if you're a counselor, if you're a parent, if you have a recommendation should you serve or not, this perception of wokism across the department of defense really is an inhibiter to people wanting to join that organization. pete: no doubt. i've heard it from lots of vets saying part of that is why their not recommending their kids, and if that continues, that's a big problem. lieutenant colonel wood, thank you so much for this report and your time. you got it. all right, still ahead, hanging up distractions as a schools worry about social media in the classroom, kentucky is looking to get ahead of the problem by banning cell phones for all students k-12. the lawmaker pushing the bill is next. ♪ gotta keep your head up, oh -- ♪ and you can let your hair down ♪ orb ( ♪ ♪ )

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carley: as critics continue to sound the alarm on use of social media apps among young americans, another state is moving to ban cell phones from the classroom. kentucky lawmakers proposed a bill last week that bans mobile devices in schools except in case of emergency or for instructional purposes. state representative josh bray introduced the bill, and he joins me now. rep bray, thanks for joining us. tell us about this bill and what you hope to achieve with it. >> well, to me, or it's a piece of common sense legislation. i was at a middle school basketball game, and i had a teacher approach me, and they talked about the need to get cell phones out of classrooms. they said is it's tremendous distraction especially post-covid. we've faced a number of issues in the education space post-covid. we've seen a drastic increase in mental health issues, we've seen increase in suicides, you know, test scores aren't where we want

them to be, and so just --ing in talking with them just thought that this was common sense. you can't teach kids that are distracted. carley: yeah. and social media is used by kids every single day sometimes way too much. 71% of u.s. teens use youtube every day, 58% use tiktok which sounds a little bit low to me. snapchat at 51% and facebook at 19%. what are teachers saying about this bill? have you spoken to them? >> absolutely. you know, i've received nothing but positive feedback, because teachers want to do their jobs well, and they want their administration to support 'em. so what the bill's going to do is it's going to require school districts to adopt a policy to kind of get these distractions out of the classrooms. it's going to provide teachers with the backing from their administration in doing that. you know, i've got two small kids, we fight this battle every

day. i've got one in middle school, he's got a cell phone, but we've got that thing locked down like fort knox, right? [laughter] because, you know, there's so much data that shows how negatively impacted these devices and social media are on their mental health. carley: yeah. i'm sure that there are parents who hear this and say it sounds like a good idea for educational purposes, getting kids off social media, but they may be worried about in case of emergency. they want their kids to have a cell phone on them just in case something happens at school. what would you say to them? >> i would say this bill has that exception in there, right? so we provide usage in case of emergencies. we're not telling districts how to get these out of the classrooms, you know? they can -- florida had done something similarly in this past spring. they've had a tremendous response from their districts, from their teachers. some districts have gone even further, and they're banning the

usage all throughout the day, and there's, you know, some anecdotal data on that that shows how effective this has been. you know, we've got states, you know, there's a district in north carolina that's had to remove mirrors from bathrooms in the girls' bathroom because there were so many students going to film tiktok videos during the day, meeting up to do these different challenges. and so it's pretty clear our students face enough particularly post-covid with everything going on. we just need to get -- end the distractions in the classroom. carley: before i let you go, for our viewers in kentucky who may be impacted by this, you introduced this legislation on friday. what are your expectations that it's going to pass, and what time frame are we looking at? >> so i've been working very closely with the chairman of the education committee on this. he's very interested in it. i would anticipate within the next couple of weeks it'll be in committee.

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♪ ♪ will: illegal border crossings hitting another all-time high, surpassing 300,000 in december alone. now former fbi officials are sounding the alarm on a new national security threat as 50 on the terror watch list were with already caught this fiscal year. in a letter to congress, those officials warning, quote, the united states is facing a new and imminent danger, adding its modern history the u.s. has never suffered an invasion of the homeland, and yet one is unfolding now. here to react, normal border patrol president brandon judd.

brandon, when i saw this letter, my -- i was shocked. not at the acknowledgement, not at the reality, but at the acknowledgment of the reality. i was, i know the numbers of the terrorist watch list, i know what's going on. but i guess i was surprised that former fbi officials would be willing to put this out like this, because it was more than a warning. i felt if like it was an indictment of this administration. >> yeah. it's not an if, it's a when. we know something bad is going to happen. and you have to look at the reason why. when you look at the number of people that we apprehended, 302,000 people, that means we released a minimum of 280,000 of those individuals. we only held into custody about 20,000 for repate ration. so when you look at that, the sheer or mass crush of people that are crossing our borders illegally, or we just don't have is agents in the field to patrol the border. that a's when the cartels can cross our higher value products including people from countries that want to do us harm.

everybody wants to characterize this as a race issue. they want to say, well, this is just poor brown people coming from mexico or central america, and that's just not true. we apprehend people from eastern europe all the time. we apprehend people that are whiter than i am all the time. we apprehend people from the middle east. we apprehend people from around the world. this is not a race issue, it's all about the protection of the american people. and until we wake up and realize that, we're going to continue to deal with this and what's going to happen is going to be bigger than what it needs to be. we've got to get this under control today, and we can do it if this administration would simply give us the policies that are necessary. will: to your point, brandon, i think people still have this conception in their head that illegal immigration is the guy that wants to come over here and does low skill, low labor jobs and is striving for a better life. and that may be a percentage of the people coming over here. but i put this f for bi letter out, for example, on my social

media and somebody said, oh, yeah, all these mexican guys who want to come over here and bomb things. i don't think people understand the extent of people coming from places hike you just described who come from countries where there's an i'd -- ideology of ill intention but at a maximum are on the literal terror watch list. >> yeah. and the reason is because the woke media refuses to give an honest conversation to the american people. if you watch cnn, msnbc, abc, you know, all those -- cbs, if you watch those news outlets, they're constantly covering for this administration. they will not tell the american people exactly what's going on. if we had that honest conversation, if people understood what was going on, they would be up in arm. they would be extreme hi frustrated. but what's great about it is all of these images that you're showing, every single time something happens here in the united states, people have to wake up. and what's really funny about that is eric adams has

unwittingly become the face of border security because every single time he talks, this powerful democrat, every single time he opens his mouth, then the mainstream media has to cover it, and then people tune in to fox news, thank goodness, and that's why president biden's poll numbers are so low on illegal immigration. but it's only recently that those numbers have dropped to lows that we've never, never thought would have ever happened. will: yeah. well, brandon, thanks for being with us. hopefully we can break through that false narrative about the problem that exists. always a great to see you. thanks, brandon. >> thank you, will. appreciate it. will: all right. carley, over to you. carley: more news to get to starting with pawn stars' rick harrison speaking out about the opioid epidemic nearly two weeks after his son adam died from a fentanyl overdose telling fox news digital, quote, fentanyl turned my son into something he -- someone he wasn't. harrison also calling for more action on the fentanyl crisis saying, quote, it seems that it's just flowing over the

borders, and nothing is being done about it. we must do better. "the new york times" reporting that former president trump can delay paying e. jean carroll the $83.3 million a jury decided he owes her until after he exhausts all appeal options he plans to seek. this comes after friday's ruling in the defamation case against him. meanwhile, trump's lawyers reportedly plan on using a, quote, insane and previously unknown conflict of interest between carroll's attorney and the judge presiding over the case. the new york post citing a source who says the judge was carroll's attorney's, quote, mentor when they worked together in the '90s. and the classic sleepover could soon be a thing of the past? >> julie, need i remind you -- >> mom -- mom, i know all your rules. no moving, no smiling, no breathing. >> honey, those rules are for your own good.

carley: apparently, there's a new trend called sleep under or lateover. it has parents pickle 7:their kids -- pick up their kids before it's time the go to bed. a psychologist and parenting expert if tells fox news this is helpful for children who suffer from separation anxiety or who are sensitive to sleep or transition issues. she says the trend isn't is about being overprotective but being sensitive the their child's needs. so we want to know what you think. e-mail us your thoughts at friends@foxnews.com. and those are or your headlines. rick, i was going to ask you the sleep over tonight but only if your mom can pick you up by 9 p.m. [laughter] rick: right. yeah. there's all kinds of things her- [laughter] including pete's face as you were reading those stories. he was, like, getting beet red we that story. [laughter] that was actually entertaining. all right, here's what we're looking rat -- at right now. cooler or air across parts of the plains. yesterday this time of day we were 60 degrees in atlanta and

down across parts of florida, also really warm temperatures. now we've got all this storm that brought the rain to the southeast, the cold front not a lot of moisture, but it's dropping temps a at least a bit down across florida where we broke records yesterday. here you go, now the majority of this moisture is moving up across parts of the mid-atlantic, the northeast. once we get across interior sections of new england, we are going to see this turn into some snow, catskills, berkshires, maybe 4-8 inches of snow, but for the most part, 2-3 inches across the interior sections. mostly rain though. cool around the great lakes in the northeast, warming up a lot here across parts of plains. we're going to be at 58 by the time we get towards tomorrow in billings, montana. 41 in new york. we do drop a little bit more here by the time we get to tuesday, a brief bout of colder air but things not looking like january at all, looking really nice. carley: spring-like. rick, thank you so much. coming up, the pastor of a historic connecticut church that

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pastor of this historic church in connecticut whose steeple was destroyed in a roof collapse. will: thankfully, no one was hurt, but crews say they have to demolish the reminder of the new london engaging heaven church due to heavy damage while officials invest what caused the collapse. pete: pastor bob nichols joins us now. pastor, thank you for being here. i -- what a turn of events. first of all, how is your congregation, how are your people? it's sunday. what are your plans? >> well, i'll tell you what, a few days ago i couldn't imagine that we would be sitting in this historic theater set up for a sunday with the entire city around us. last sunday we were sitting in our building enjoying a service, not thinking anything was going to happen. it's crazy that it did this week. and one week later from what has happened, what most people would consider, you know, complete devastation and loss of something so, you know, amazing

our spirits are high. it's unbelievable where we find ourselves three days after such a tragic event. kiln. will: pastor, tell us about the event is. were there people in the church? i know everyone is okay, and we're thankful for that, but what about the actual experience of what happened that day? >> i mean, you know, what's crazy, i mean, we're thanking god that no one was hurt. finish teresa, she was in there, but there was nobody around. it happened during a slow time, you know? sundays is packed with events, we have all kinds of things going on. it just is happened that this happened when nobody was in there, nobody was outside, there was no casualty, nobody hurt. it was a miracle. and just in and of itself, you know? so it's definitely a tragic situation for our city. you know, our city, obviously, has dealt -- was dealt a

devastating blow, to our congregation it was a devastating blow. however, what's unbelievable is the response of the city but also our church is in high spites. -- spirits. we're full of faith, we're full of hope. none of our congregants are walking with around depressed. we just know we is serve an unshakable god, you know? he knew that this would happen. he wasn't surprised by it. and so if he's not shaken, we're not shaken. and we feel that faith in our hearts right now like never before,9 and the mission of our church and the city is strong or than it's ever been. carley: yeah, pastor, you know, these unexplained situations happen to people all the time. you're going, life hits you fast. so there are a lot of people that are struggling out there. >> it does. carley: what is your message of faith in the face of this unforeseeable situation? >> yeah. you know, the last couple of days, well, to be honest with you, this might be the first time i've sat down in three days, you know i was gathering

my thoughts last night around 10 is p.m. in the green room of this amazing theater and sat down with my laptop for the first time and, you know, i -- right now as you guys know, you know, the media and what's going on in our nation, it's almost as if we're being urged to be divided, you know? we're being urged by the world somehow to figure out what we're against. and, you know, right now i think my message in my heart is unity. i stood on the capitol steps of just last year and had the opportunity to share -- unexpectedly, someone handed me the mic, and i grabbed the mic, and as i walked up, i saw david standing before the armies of israel, and he says, is there not a cause? and in my heart i said is there not a cause for unity? i'm not just talking about the churches, i'm abe -- talking about the people in our city, our government who are so divided right now. and, you know, it would be just like god to bring a situation like this to give us all an opportunity to not think about what we're against, but what it

is that we are for and that we can be stronger together if we could unite around the things that we are all compassionate about, you know? humanity is good, and i think this is a reminder of that. pete: appreciated your message, pastor. -- appreciate your message. pastor bob nichols, engaging heaven church. thank you concern. >> one last -- could i say one last thing? pete: go ahead. >> we just want to encourage, because yesterday, it's been crazy, it was the first time we got our gofundme link up, i don't know if you guys have access to that, but if anybody -- many, many, many people, churches throughout our city and throughout the regioning have asked how they can help. it's finally up on our facebook page. so if anybody wants to help in the rebuild with process, we're on that already, and we love you and we appreciate you. we're so, so grateful, thank you. pete: check it out. will: thank you, pastor. pete: more "fox & friends" in a moment. >> thank you.

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