will: we begin with a fox news alert, former president donald trump and his vice presidential nominee j.d. vance heading to michigan today for their first event since the assassination attempt on donald trump at a rally in butler, pennsylvania p last saturday. rachel: this as more details emerge about how suspect thomas crooks carried out the attack. pete: fox news national correspondent c.b. cotton is on

the ground in butler, pennsylvania. hey, c.b. >> reporter: good morning. yes with, former president donald trump and j.d. vance's first campaign rally in michigan will be at an indoor venue after a 20-year-old gunman tried to kill former president donald trump here at a campaign a rally last saturday. and now between local officials and federal law enforcement sources, we've got a breakdown of the officers who were there. we are told there were 22 secret service agents to include secret service snipers, 16 hsi agents, 30-40 pennsylvania state troopers, 7 butler township police officers. we're told those officers were all assigned the traffic detail and is one butler township emergency services unit sniper team. now at least four congressional committees have indicated they plan to probe the security failure asks what appears to be a communication breakdown among those officers allowing thomas crooks to gain access to the to the roof of a warehouse building with a vantage point of only

about 400 tofeet from where trump was speak. fox news' david spunt has learned from a federal source that it was, indeed, the butler township emergency services unit sniper team inside the building when crooks fired from the roof, echoing what secret service director kimberly cheatle said in an abc news interview when she said locals were responsible for securing the building outside the rally's most secure perimeter. cheatle also said snipers weren't placed on the building's rooftop because the sloped roof created a, quote, safety factor. now she'll have to face tough questions about the security lapses during her testimony before the house oversight and accountability committee on monday. republican senator josh hawley says he's heard from multiple whistleblowers. >> that roof, it's hardly pitched at all. it's at a slight slant. and i'll tell you this, sean, i couldn't believe how close it is to where trump was. whistleblowers also tell us that

they were allowing people to come into the grounds who weren't checked, they weren't monitoring who was getting up around the stage. >> reporter: now, crooks also reportedly flew a drone over the rally site just hours before he opened fire, and a source familiar with the investigation tells us the speaker -- secret service sniper who killed crooks actually had an obstructed view, the sniper could only see crooks' forehead and one of his eyes and the scope of crooks' gun. the source describing the shot as, quote, one in a million. back to you. will: thank you for those details. rachel: wow. still so many questions about that and, hopefully, congress will get people in, get transparency, get -- you know, subpoena things, and actually actually deliver the stuff. a lot of times they hold on to information. josh hawley said the fbi was shooing him off the site and there was more security when he went there to visit after the assassination if attempt than there was when donald trump was

giving his speech. the most assassinate, person in the universe didn't get enough security -- pete: the sloped roof thing is so dumb -- rachel: crazy. pete: how she will answer that on monday will be -- and, by the way, if the sniper had an obstruct thed view of that rooftop, the people who were supposed to overwatch it, yet another reason why you would have that covered by someone. rachel: yes. pete: that guy right there couldn't see that spot right will there? then what's he doing there? rachel: and the killer had a drone that he flew over the would-be killer had a drone that flew if over the site prior to the event, but the fbi and the secret service -- pete: bonkers. rachel: -- did not have a drone. pete: if in that report is true and there's a drone flying in the air and someone's not aware of that? someone's not flagging that? so many things. will: well, dr. anthony if fauci was asked on cnn what he thought of donald trump's wounds from

the would-be assassin's bullet. >> what more does the public need to know about the extent of donald trump's injuries and his treatment? >> you know, i don't think there is much more to it. i mean, from what we've seen and what we've heard, it was a bullet shot that grazed his ear and injured his ear according to the physicians who examined him there was no other further damage. so i think that with regard to the health-related purely to the bullet itself, i think he's in the clear. as far as i can see. i mean, it's dangerous to make diagnoses from a distance. from what i'm seeing, the way he's acting now and what his physicians' reports are, it seems to have been a superficial wound to the ear and that's all. will: i actually find this, i actually find that helpful. i think what he's -- i mean, drn

shot every which way, but you have to understand this is why i think that's important, because it's in a context. there are people, and i've seen numerous times on msnbc, questioning why we don't know more about donald trump's injuries -- pete: i've heard that, yeah. will: okay. that's a natural curiosity. we all want to know. it's a natural curiosity. but the implication behind their demand for answers is it's two things. one, it's, like, well, you demanded to know so much about joe biden's mental capacity, and now you're willing to overlook, you have no information on donald trump's injuries as though there is some equivalency, as though the mental capacity of a sitting president and the public's right to know is the same as the curiosity of what happened to donald trump. but it's even more insidious than that -- pete: if it is. will: they are suggesting that it's stage. they are suggesting that it's a saturday of -- saturday of glas.

there are conspiracies in the assassination, any assassination if in american history, and there are multitudes of theories about what happened. and in the wake of something like this, regardless if it's an assassination or not, without information if, information gap is filled by people. and what i'm telling you is why it's so important to know what we're talking about, facts, because it's on both sides. this right here, to suggest tha- pete: if i think fauci's was a pretty pedestrian comment. will: and e actually think it's helpful because the most insidious stuff is -- if we're being real, joy reid kid, -- did it, michael steele did it, they are insisting this was staged. rachel: i think what they're actually doing, will, is trying to downplay what happened to donald trump because if we take the version of what happened as described very eloquently by the

president at beginning of his speech, this is the most iconic political moment in our lifetime. fox news is reporting, you can go to foxnews.com, fox news is reporting right now that outlets are trying to find excuses or have already found excuses to not put that picture up. you've heard the word propaganda a do. they're calling it photo-ganda, that putting -- [laughter] that is what they're calling it, photo-ganda. that putting this up is actually dangerous because it's promoting this sort of narrative about trump as a hero, as a folk hero. by the way, i saw, will and pete, a reenactment of the assassination by african children in a village. i don't know if you guys have seen this. it was absolutely remarkable it's not just that he's a folk hear row in that moment -- hero in that moment, an iconic figure and that's the most iconic

picture in our lifetime to americans, it's that he's a folk hero globally, that that moment was taken in, you know, in such a, an organic way by so many people. they want to suppress it. and so all of this talk about where, you know, it was staged or whether it's just a superficial if wound, all of it -- and, by the way, i'm not as, i'm not as forgiving of fauci in that moment. i think that was meant to to say, his words were carefully chosen, it's just a superficial wound. donald trump talked about how much blood there was when it happened. and and we don't know what, we don't know if there's any, you know, long-term things even into his brain. we don't know yet everything. so i just think it's all meant to be downplay that moment and downplay that photo. pete: photo-ganda. i hadn't heard that. when i initial initially saw the assassination attempt, i thought maybe it was a .222 that someone

stucked into crowd. and when i realized, when the -- snuck into the crowdment when the reporting, no, this was an ar-style 556, that's when it hit me. regardless of what it -- the power of that round and what that round will do to human flesh, ask and i've seen it, gave me -- instantly with that amount of blood knew how serious it was. so a lot of people saying these things, they don't know what they're talking about. they're trump haters, so they have to hate at him, but they don't know anything about a rifle or a round, they know nothing. so they make themselves look stupid by saying things like that. rachel: ray yeah, no question. will: the entire republican national convention, in my estimation, was infused with that assassination if attempt meaning the interest, the spirit, the enthusiasm, the energy, how it affected people. but, rachel, you did a diner this week. you spoke to people, spoke to people in milwaukee, and you learned some stuff. rachel: yeah. the morning right after this night where donald trump gave his speech. so here i went to a diner called

miss katie's diner, very historic because every politician goes through there. donald trump has been through there as well. we went there and talked to voters. listen. we're here with some wisconsin voters, want to get their thoughts on the convention and some to have breaking news that's happening as we speak. what's your thoughts on the convention? >> i think we covered a lot of the main points we needed to. we hit crime, we hit the border, we hit the economy, obviously. but i think last night really, eric knocked the cover off the ball with his speech. it was one of the best speeches. rachel: yesterday was the first day, or it's the first time that maine if land ya trump stepped out in public since the assassination attempt. what was it like for you seeing her walk on stage? >> it was amazing. i mean, she is just, like, so graceful, and her words earlier that she had written were so eloquent. i think she's just a wonderful

example of what a first lady should be. rachel: your thoughts on the convention? >> convention's been great to watch. i don't know, to see donald trump, to see the family that he has and to see the support that he gets from the family is really uplifting. i think that says something for the country. i think it says something for his moral value, you know? the country needs that moral compass, and i think trump brings that to office. rachel: i also spoke to to a woman who was, said she had a grandmother in michigan who was an independent voter, not very political, had no intention of voting in the election, was following the convention and decided that she was really moved by what she saw and by what happened to donald trump, and and now she's going to vote for donald trump. that's in michigan. again, if there's a lot of people like that, that's dangerous for democrats. will: you know, my take is -- brian kilmeade said earlier, look, the conventions are often like a staging ground for future

stars in politics, you know? notably, barack obama in '04 became the future face of the democratic party. rachel: sure. will: speaking at the convention. i don't know that there's any politician in my mind that really set themselves up for the future. my takeaway was family. i agree with brian and that diner. to be honest, it's lara trump, it's definitely kai trump. if donald trump jr., eric trump. and this thing about i've heard people say you judge a man by his family, and here's the thing about judgment on that. i don't do that real readily when it comes to people who have trouble in their family because there but for the grace of god go i. but i see where it's positive, it's good and your kids want to be around you, and i hope my kids want to be around me. and the trump family is something to be proud of. and i think the theme is family. pete: yeah. and it has been ignored and

dismissed by the media for a very long time. you think you know this guy or this caricature of this guy, and i think the convention gave the american peopler, that voter in michigan an opportunity to meet donald trump again, get a behind the scenes look. see the things some of us have seen. and i think the republicans did a pretty nice job with that. even just reminding them about the whole idea of government couldn't do it in six years, he kid it in three months. this powerful reintroduction of this guy who's been so demonized and them goinged that people don't know what to think of -- demagogued. and this helps remind them. rachel: it's not a perfect family in the sense that -- and yet they're all together. i saw ex-wife wives there -- ex-wives there, but they're all a loyal, they all come together, grandchildren sitting on his lap, grandchildren who say calls them in the middle of the day. if joe biden is the nominee, i know what i'm going to be

looking for, is navy if biden invited to the convention and to join with the family as the balloons drop at the end of the convention? let's see if that happened. i'm really glad we brought up family because, you're right, the trumps have an amazing -- by the way with, genetically gorgeous family, really undeniable as well. i think that, i think brian was right, that was the themement if. will: well, meanwhile, we'll see about the democratic national convention -- pete: hadn't even thought about that. do you think anybody's thinking of that? will: i don't know about navy because i don't know if joe -- [laughter] will be at the dnc -- rachel: yeah. if hunter gets a big enough check at the end of this debacle, we might not see the bidens. will: 34 democrats have called for joe biden to drop out of the race, the latest being senator sherrod brown of ohio. adam schiff, shockingly, adam schiff is among the list you can see on your screen there.

axios is saying biden officials are telling democratic critics that president biden is eager to prove them wrong and plans to hit the campaign trail once he recovers from covid with potential trips to georgia and texas in the coming days according to people familiar with the matter. so he's holding tight for now and campaigning this week. pete: and anonymous if reports are just that, they're just anonymous reports. we don't know whether they're truly substantiated or not, and what you hear from the biden campaign is joe's campaigning. joe's hot going anywhere. we're in it. we have the votes, we have the delegates. yes, they lost the opportunity to go virtual and go early, but at some point you do have to start planning a convention too. and, you know, they're running out of time. it's going to have to happen soon of there's no indication yet that it will. rachel: yeah. and part of the reason you're seeing those 34 people come forward is usually the big polling that's a done appreciate an election -- appreciate an election happens after a labor day. i got word from from a democrat friend of ours who's been on

"fox & friends" quite a bit lately, he said there was a lot of early voting -- i mean, early polling done and that democrats were terrifieded, and that is why you're seeing some of -- usually, that kind of investment doesn't happen until after labor day because polls are expensive, and you get a better sense after labor day. but because of what was happening, they had to do it early and, clearly, those polls did not come out well. so they're saying something has to shift, and that's why you're seeing this poll. whether it happens this weekend or not, you'll see. pete: it could also end up being these are candidates in swing districts who have to come out against biden, but they don't really care if biden goes or not. they just know politically they have to make that case to their voters. rachel: and there's probably a lot of deal making, as i mentioned before. if the bidens are going to exit, they are a family that has a lot of corruption x they're going to the make sure that there's a good payoff is and hunter and others who might be criminally vulnerable are going to be takennen care of somehow. so i'll see what happens and

keep you posted. turning now to your headlines, mourners gathering outside a a if funeral home yesterday to pay their final respects to corey comperatore. the former fire chief was killed at former president donald trump's rally last week when a gunman opened fire. he was shielding his wife ask and his daughters during the butler, pennsylvania, rally when he was shot. billy ray cyrus also a paying his respects, singing a rendition of "amazing grace." the first baptist church in dallas catching fire last night. the blaze growing to a four-alarm fire. the roof, which was built in the 1800s, partially collapsed. investigators are still looking into a cause. pastor robert jeffers says no one was hurt, thank god, and is asking for prayers saying, quote, we thank god for his protection. he is sovereign even in the most difficult of times. a lot of catholic churches were also burned down in the last couple years. let's hope this isn't a trend the even for our protestant

brothers and sisters. thousands of disneyland employees are voting to strike over reported unfair labor practices. it's now up to the four labor unions representing those workers to decide if a strike will happen. disney if employees filed unfair labor practices charges against the company back in june, and those charges are currently under investigation by the national labor relations board. contract negotiations between the unions and disney are scheduled for next week. and congratulations, a huge congratulations to our friend pete. his book, "the war on warrior withs: behind the betrayal of the men who keep us safe," will appear on the new york times bestseller list for a sixth straight week. pete, that's amazing. it's also the number one book on amazon in the military policy category, and it is second in political commentary and opinion. and you can buy pete's book on amazon or at other retailers

nationwide. if. will: killing it. pete: it's been great. it's back up to three. and part of it is you want to know how things went sideways in the secret service? it's the same story. rachel: exactly right. pete: and so it gives you a look under the hood. if it's happening in the military, it's definitely happening in the secret service. and some of the stuff you saw on display -- rachel: you sure did. pete: you don't want that on the battlefield when bullets are flying. rachel: and you can't have that around a presidential candidate -- pete: absolutely. thank you for all the support. will: all right, a slew of major tech players are shifting their financial support to donald trump after that impressive rnc showing. we're talking to a former obama fundraiser, don peebles, on what they saw that made the difference. new parodontax active gum repair breath freshener. clinically proven to help reverse the four signs of early gum disease. a new toothpaste from parodontax, the gum experts.

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♪ will: in the wake of a successful rnc, donald trump is getting a big bump by big tech. major players possibly spurredded on by j.d. vance's relationship with silicon valley leaders are throwing their support behind donald trump which some say signals a seismic shift in the industry. here to react, a former fundraiser for president obama if, don peebles. don, great to have you this morning. on one hand, don, we have guys like david sacks or elon musk

and others who are donating now to donald trump, and you have donors the to joe biden previously, michael more ritz, a big california donor, who said he's done. no penny if spent on joe biden. tell me the significance, you think, of all these donors. >> well, i think overall it's been policy. it's policy over politics. it's policy and programs over, you know, a political agenda. and so what's happening is that the approach that the democrats have had to donald trump which is to vilify him and to try to bankrupt him, try to put him in jail but to never articulate of how they're going to move the american economy forward and then the policies of the biden administration and the democratic party have been contrary to entrepreneurs, contrary to businesses, contrary to growth. and so business entrepreneurs and silicon valley are doing what other business leaders and entrepreneur are around the country, they are looking at the

policies. and when you look at the policies at the rnc and the trump-vance ticket are articulating, they're much more favorable to entrepreneurs. will: well, that's certainly true. and i'd like to believe what you say is true in that these donors are motivated by policy. the only reason i have skepticism about what you're telling me is those policies have been paren for years. -- present if for years. their allegiances have only shifted recently. some of these silicon valley donors shifted after the attempted assassination on donald trump. but more what we're seeing is this move away from joe biden because of his obvious incapacity or inability. and i'll be curious now, kamala harris, don, was on a call with donors on friday, and is she's trying to mobilize. right now for biden-harris. but she's there in this case she's the nominee. finish so are you telling me because you're putting this on policy, don, or that they won't then gravitate back to kamala harris if she became the nominee?

>> in fact -- and, by the way, will, i'm not saying it's all policy. i'm saying that people are now looking at the policies hutch more so -- much more so. i mean, trump over the years has been somewhat politically incorrect, so many business leaders and entrepreneurs in sell con valley were stepping away from him -- silicon valley. but once they saw biden undressed in terms of his cognitive ability during the debate and saw that they were being misled by his handlers and if his administration and the party overall, they felt betrayed as many of us did. is they started looking at the trump administration as a potential change because he was more reendtive to look at now -- will: right. >> and also as a result of his policies, the assassination, and i think he did very well at the debate. i don't see harris making a bit of difference. will: really? >> we already have her on the ticket, and she would likely be the president at the some point

during the second term anyway. will: that's a great point, and i think donors have to make that calculation. you're basically voting for kamala regardless if joe biden is on the ticket or not. so you're saying if they make the move, right, and let's say it could happen as soon as this week, if today make the move, you don't see a big influx of donations for kamala harris, you know, unburdened by the anchor of joe biden? >> well, i actually -- if they make the move, if president biden can decides he's going to withdraw from the nomination, then i don't think it just goes to harris. i think there will be a tremendous fight to clean the slate. and i think that's where many of the donors want to go. they don't want to go to harris. they want to the to go to the next step which is to turn the page on this administration and move beyond it. and, hopefully, engage voters with an exciting ticket that they looked at as much more competitive against a trump-vance ticket. will: and do you have, real quick, don, do you have a name?

anybody you think democrats would rally behyphened? >> well, i think -- behind? >> i think the ticket that's being talked about would be whitmer and the governor of maryland, wes moore. i think those two address over harris because there'd be a lot of flak from stepping over harris, especially from african-americans and women. so stepping over her with a very strong female candidate, the governor of michigan in a swing state, and then wes moore who pretty much sizes up pretty well against vance, war veteran, chief executive of a state and a business entrepreneur in the past. the. will: right. i never thought about it, but kamala harris' favorite saying, unburdened by what has been, kamala harris, unburdened by joe biden. that's the goal for many on your former side of the aisle. don peebles, great conversation, as always. thank you so much. >> thank you. will: all right. trump undeterred after his assassination attempt, rallying

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♪ will: former president donald trump and his vice presidential pick pj.d. vance, are heading to michigan today today for their first rally as running mate. rachel: supporters are already running up in grand rapids to see them. pete: here to preview the big event, trump 2024 deputy communications director caroline sunshine. hey, caroline, how you doing? >> good morning. i'm better than joe biden outside the hours of 1010-4 p.m. always. thank you. [laughter] pete: that that's a given. what should with we expect today? this is the first time we'll see the two of them, presumably, on stage the together. >> yes. well, i call president trump the great american warrior. ronald reagan, of course, the great communicator, another great u.s. who had a brush with

death, surviving the assassin's bullet, but president trump is the great american warrior, and he has clearly selected a fellow warrior in j.d. vance. i'm actually reminded of some of the words from staff sergeant taylor hoover's sister who joined us in milwaukee, one of the 13 if service members who died under joe biden's watch. her words, she said i came here to milwaukee was president trump speaks for me -- because president trump speaks for my moral,s, my beliefs and he speaks the truth. i expect president trump today to continue to speak about how we're going to make america strong again so we don't lose more u.s. troops like staff sergeant taylor hoover. i expect him to continue to speak about how to make america safe again so we don't lose more children to fentanyl poisoning. i expect him to speak about making america secure again so we don't lose more women and children like laken riley, jocelyn ungary and expect j.d.

vance to be right there with him. my mother is a michigander, she herself is actually a former democrat who has voted for president trump twice, looking forward to voting for him again. she is going to be with us at her rally in michigan today k and sheath watching today so, hi, mom. rachel: well, michigan's such an important state, and i'm sure that donald trump who was obviously, had michigan on his mind, what kind of very specific michigan messages do you have? because we know how important is to that electoral map. >> absolutely. look, we know under joe biden it's been hard this all 50 states, but particularly in michigan. president trump has always talked about a fighting for the forgotten men and women ever since he came down that escalator in 2015 and, boy, are there a lot of them in the great state of michigan. for the average a michigan household, it's costing an extra $28,000 a year just to the afford the basic costs of living. we know that it's costing, for

example, 41% of the median household's budget just to be able to afford rent and mortgage payments. i think president trump is going to bring his winning economic message to michigan. ganders remember the -- ganlders remember the trump economy. you saw joe biden post on x over the weekend what the hell was president trump talking about? what the hell are you talking about, joe? nobody wants these electric vehicle mandates, especially michiganders. president trump has said if we go forward with those mandates which president trump has pledged to repeal on day one, the great american auto industry is going to go do china overnight. so i expect president trump to speak to the hearts and minds of ganlders and especially to their proproblems which joe biden long stopped speaking about. will: caroline, this will be a new kind of rally because not only will it include j.d. vance, but it's the first rally since an attempted assassination of donald trump. now if, he's given a speech, obviously, at the rnc, but i

don't know how much you've had a chance to talk to him this week, but i imagine it cannot be far from his mind, what happened the last time he took a stage at a rally. >> well, the only thing more remarkable than what president trump survived that day on stage in pennsylvania is, of course, his reaction in the immediate moments after, the that display of strength. with blood still on his face, very much still in danger, he gets to his feet and he says fight, fight, fight. he didn't say it for a specific type of voter or american, he said it for our country. he revealed his true character. that is who he is. as i mentioned, president trump has dedicated his entire time in the political arena and still continues to dedicate it to the forgotten men and women. i know the memory of corey comperatore will be with him on his shoulders as he meets that big, beautiful crowd in michigan. president trump is a fighter, he is fearless. his courage is contagious. nobody in the united states should be afraid to attend a peaceful political rally and lose their life. president trump is there to give hope, encourage that crowd

today. everybody is trump tough because of him, and i expect president trump to have another great day with a great american -- with the great american patriots in michigan. will: caroline sunshine, thank you so much for being with us this morning. pete: thank you, caroline. all right, well, joe biden is reportedly fuming at his delaware beach house as we learn democrat leaders are pushing for a mini primary if he drops out. we'll talk to ben domenech about that next.

pete: an embattled joe biden reportedly fuming at his delaware beach house while he recovers from covid, apparently angry at what he sees as a coordinated effort from his closest allies to try to force him to step aside. sources are telling "the new york times" -- now, consider the source -- that biden, quote, considers representative nancy pelosi, the former house speaker, the main instigator but iser -- is irritated as mr. obama as well, seeing him as a puppet master behind the scenes. joining us now is fox news contributor ben domenech. i say consider the source because i don't know whether "the new york times" is accurate or who's trying to manipulate what by leaking to whom. we don't know. [laughter] but it's. [applause] if, to believe that holed up with covid in delaware, he's hearing these reports of, you know, former political allies turned into now foes. what do you think's going if on here?

>> well, i do think that this is accurate reporting, and i think it's borne out by a number of things that we're seeing happen in the public square. you know, something to consider here, pete, is that high risk, high reward strategies when it comes to the approaching politics become more likely when you come to grips with the actual challenges that you face. and i think that coming out of this convention, coming off the experience of the last week, those around joe biden are actually coming to grips with the reality of the challenge that they face in trying to beat donald trump in the fall. they understand the cascade effect of having a presidential campaign that is essentially, you know, dead man walking and does not have the kind of capacity to put up the kind of numbers at the top level that they need in order to hold on to the senate and potentially try to win back the house. and that means that there are a lot of members clamoring all around nancy pelosi, all around chuck schumer and saying we've got to do the something about this. that's why you saw adam schiff

come out, jon tester come out. but that doesn't mean that joe biden's going to like it anymore. he fought for half a century to get to this point, and now he is essentially, i think, resenting all of the different people who are trying to push him out in order to make some kind of high risk, high reward situation regarding kamala harris or anyone else that the democrats could put up in the handful of weeks that they have before they have to make a decision. pete: and, i mean, you've seen things play out in the political arena. let's say joe does go, and i think joe's the only one to make that call. sometimes the pressure if doesn't help, it'll force him to dig inning or we'll see. but let's say he does go. what's the most likely scenario of how the democrats play it forward from there? does endorse somebody? if or do they go for an open primary? >> i think that they absolutely have to have a handoff from joe biden to kamala harris. there's nothing else that can work in this type of time scenario where they have to make

a very quick decision, and there are a number of different legal and financial-related issues that i think would prevent them from having the kind of open primary that some democrats would like to have because they have, let's face it, much stronger candidates that they could put forward potentially as opposed to camilla kamala harri. but that's not something they have the capacity to do. they've resisted this for so long, they've had so many people around joe who told so many lies to the american people about his capacity for so long that they now face this difficult circumstance. what does that mean? i think it mean if they're going to have to make a decision to termination -- a determination within the next three weeks, understanding that the possibility of joe biden winning in november is very, very low or try trying to have someone like kamala harris who has a different map, but she's still not a popular politician. and i think that would be designed just to prevent the kind of bleeding that you could see in a situation where biden runs into a landslide.

pete: yeah. we're at 34 now, that number is certainly going to grow. how prom innocent are the names -- prominent are the names, that grows as well. ben domenech, thanks. i'm going to toss it over to will, hopefully he's paying attention. will: i caught it. an 89-year-old for being the world's oldest median was sucker punched in the eye last week. they say she was walking to the gym when a woman suddenly attacked her. the suspect then took off and has not been caught. the comedian was taken to the hospital and is are recovering at home, and the show must if go on. she still plans to perform on her 90th birthday later this month. now to the fox wildfire alert, at least two children are reportedly hurt after breathing in smoke as the fork fire quickly spread in california's angeles national forest yesterday. more than 300 acres have been

scorched. firefighters are still working to contain the blaze. no word on the cause. and one of the biggest stars of the rnc is getting her own bobblehead. the first dog of west virginia, baby dog, will be honored -- [laughter] by the national bobblehead hall of fame museum after taking the stage with her owner, governor jim justice, earlier this week. you can preorder the bobblehead now, more than 2,000 will be shipped out later this year. and those are your headlines. funny name, baby dog. it's almost back to school -- let me read that again. back that up. it's almost back to to school time. no, it's not! i don't want to read that. it's not even august. rachel: i agree with you, will. will: if you jump seasons like this, i revolt. it's not back to school time -- pete: -- early august. will: we need to fix this. rachel: ray totally. school should not start off until after september. pete: that's a midwest thing, i get it.

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♪ rachel: well, whether me or will like it or not, it's almost back to school time. the children are magical nonprofit helps families in need get ready for the year, and tomorrow is their back to school bash event. mother of four and charmed founder joins now with her beautiful family. jacqueline and all you kids, it's so great to have you on. jackie, or i'll just start with you. give us a little more information about what your nonprofit doesment it sounds like it's an an amazing project. >> thank you. thank you so much for having us. we're very excited to be here. so children are magical is about supporting children in education. this is our seventh annual back to the school bash. we provide over 1,000 children with filled backpacks with school supplies, free haircuts, free medical exams, free

comforters, free food. and so this is a celebration for families, low income families, helping them out. we do this as a family. it's our seventh year, and it's getting bigger each year. we just appreciate all the support and helping those in need. rachel: i love how comprehensive it is. it isn't just a backpack. we all remember we needed a haircut, is so there's a haircut. and your own sister and a friend of our show and a friend of mine, dr. nesheiwat, also provides physicals for kids because you can't start school without getting a physical, correct? [no audio] jacqueline? okay, i think we lost the connection there. but we'll go to connection and we'll come back and fix that. more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪ i know who i want to take me home. ♪ i know who i want to take me

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♪ if. ♪ rachel: we're so glad to have you back, jacqueline and, of course, your beautiful children. this is a family affair with dro your children are volunteering for the event. >> absolutely. milan is our president -- yes. can you hear me? rachel: yes. >> all right. thank you for having us back. yes, this is a family affair. daniel,my land if anthony have been volunteering for the past seven years. milan is our president if you want to share your experience. >> yeah. so basically, what we do is just give backpacks to unprivilegedded kids, and i've been helping for about seven years now. i just love out. i just love helping people, and i really enjoy it. rachel: what's the feedback that you get from the families and the children that you help? >> i can just see the smiles on their faces and their spirits just lighten up, and that just makes me feel really good.

rachel: yeah. >> back to what milan said -- rachel: go ahead. >> just to add to what milan said, it's really heart felt when you see these families, these moms with three or four children that can't pay, you know, for groceries or gas in their cars. so to give them free supply ands a free haircut, it really makes them feel confident on that first day of school. we've even had people in tears so grateful for this. rah. rachel: yeah. it's a tough economy, and you're meeting a very important need on that very exciting first day of school for every child. they should have that great first day. thanks so much for what you do. again, it's the charm foundation. we encourage you to donate. go to the web site and do that. you guys, it's the end of the show now. president that's it. happy saturday. see you tomorrow. rachel: bye, everybody. ♪ ♪