tv FOX and Friends Sunday FOX News August 18, 2024 6:00am-7:00am PDT
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i'm live from chicago this morning at the dnc. from planned protests to hundreds of migrants, the convention could face a few roadblocks before kamala harris officially accepts the nomination. ainsley: plus, a new poll reveals americans trust trump more with their wallets as he rips his opponent's economic agenda. >> she says she's going to lower the cost of food and housing starting on day one, but day one for kamala was three and a half years ago. brian: yep, that's true. and the democratic divide. a new report exposing the democratic party, well, for noting being as a united as they may seem. >> the president was pushed by public, by public calls from elected officials for him to drop out, for donors calling on him to drop out, and i think that was wrong. brian: yeah, you think? final hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. bring on the music. ♪
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♪ wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait e so long ♪ lawrence: we're live from chicago. i don't know why we're playing the nice moment because it is the not a happy moment in the democratic party. they've got protesters, they're calling it the march on the dnc, and you've got a divided party, you've got people that have pushed grandpa if out of the party. normally friends have a difficult conversation, they take the keys away respectfully. they don't lie and say, hey, everything is going well. but the democratic party didn't do well. they concealed information from the american public. he was missing meetings, he was forgetting things in negotiations, and nancy pelosi had to take it over during the infrastructure thing. but they lied to him. and hen when he got on the stage with the american public -- which today sent him out there to go against donald trump, he crumbled.
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and and as a result, he dropped significantly in the polls, and they pushed him out, guys. ainsley: yeah. now they're going to try to say this is joe biden passing the torch. what can we expect? expect them all to look like a happy family and show unity. we can expect this all to be choreographed, for this all a to be scripted and the media to love it and love what they're seeing on the stage. but what we won't hear over the next week, kamala's progressive, radical record. tim walz's progressive, radical record. her flip-flops. we won't hear about the protests. they're expecting so many people, tens of thousands of pro-hamas protests. they've instituted new courtroom procedures to streamline the process from the event of -- in the event of mass arrest. they're telling people, house democrats, not to book hotel rooms under their own names for security reasons, not to engage with protesters if confronted and don't go to certain areas
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because they expect violence. brian: a lot of stores are boarded up, they're better off being shut down. but there's no doubt about it, the democrats feel a revival because joe biden was bringing them into a ditch, and they finally kimed him to the curb after a running the whole primary process. that june debate was his undoing, obviously. what does joe biden do. >> after saying god almighty could only force him out, after telling countless crowds i'm not going anywhere and the crowd roared, after doing three interviews, he's kicked to the curb, and on monday night, he will speak. according to aides who previewed the theme, he will say this, she best person to finish the campaign that he started, one that the remains rooted in protecting democratic ideals. mr. biden will make the case that democracy prevailed with his election in 2020 and a win
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for harris and her running mate, walz from minnesota, in november will mean democracy is preserved. [laughter] that whole thing about preserving democracy was not working for him. they kind of ditched that theme, and now he's bringing it back because, i guess, that's what he does. we'll see if people are going to buy that. lawrence lawrence well, they blamed maga republicans. and now you have a new candidate who has suddenly become maga. she's ripping off all the policies. she doesn't want taxes on tips, she's stealing his proposals when it comes to she says she wants to lower taxes for the middle class, yet she proposed a policy that is going to rip apart the middle class, giving away money, of course, and wealth redistribution. there's a new article in "the new york times" by maureen dowd, and this is what she says: the dems are delighted, but a coup is still a coup. brian: yeah, that was the headline. top democrats even as they are
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about to try to put on a united front at the united center, the president already resented obama for shoving him aside for hillary. that was in 2016. and he resented hillary for squandering that opportunity and losing to trump even though obama tried to do everything wyattly to protect his saintly -- quietly to protect his saintly status. so these are the under -- these are things they're going to look to spackle over this week. i wonder if it'll bubble up. ainsley: yeah. people need to -- donald trump has done a really good job of staying on message over the last few rallies, just hitting her for her policies and what she believes in and how she's voted. she was, remember, the most radical voting senator, even more radical and progressive than bernie sanders when govtrack tracked how she has been voting in the past. she is very, very progressive, but now she's trying to sound more like donald trump by saying child tax credits --
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[laughter] i mean, she has flip-flopped on some of the biggest, some things she's supported for years like medicare for all. she's trying to flip-flop on that. banning fracking, she's flip-flopping on that even though you said they still have a hold on -- brian: there's a pause on fracking in this country. so in terms of what they did, they kicked him to the curb, she had no primary appearances or votes, one policy speech. among the people that are not over it is ron klain, the former chief of staff for president biden. listen to what he said to anderson cooper. >> i think that not wrong like immoral, but i think it was unfortunate because i think that the president had won the nomination fair and square. 14 million people went and voted for him and the vice president. i do think the president was pushed by public, by public calls from elected officials for him to drop out, there from donorses calling on him to drop
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out, and i think that was wrong. brian: yeah, it was wrong. lawrence: excuse me, but it is the immoral too. of yeah. and, brian, the only thing i disagree in the clip he says it's not immoral, it is immoral. you guys knew something was going on with the president, and you lied about the whole thing to the american public. it's wrong that you concealed information including the vice president leading the charge. a lot of folks have said the 25 25 the amendment should have been called a long time ago. so you're wrong on one point there. and then number two, after you guys pushed him into embarrassing himself on the debate stage, then you usurped the voters. love him or hate him, he received vote from the american people and in a primary process, and you guys just pushed him away, replaced him with -- didn't even want to have an open primary if process. you just replaced him with the vice president who received no votes. ainsley: you hear from republicans saying they wish that debate had happened after the conventions because it would
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have been locked in, joe biden versus donald trump. but that didn't happen. yesterday someone sent me a poll from the media research center. motive the americans polled do not know about her progressive policies. it says that 86% of those who were polled don't know that she would consider allowing death row inmates to vote. the majority don't know that she supported the elimination of private health insurance. the majority don't know that harris promoted a fund to bail out violent protesters during the 2020 the riot or abolishing i.c.e., that that's her plan. was named the most liberal u.s. senator in 2019. most people don't know that. the list goes on and on about what voters do not know, but they want it that way, and that's why she has not had any interviews lately, since she announced -- became, basically, the nominee. and she's doing that because they know her record is so bad, and what she's doing right now is winning. by her staying quiet except at rallies where she gets to read a item prompter.
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brian: -- teleprompter. brian: in arizona she's leading trump by 5. many georgia, trump by 4. north carolina, this is the first time i've seen -- ainsley: georgia, frump's winning. brian: -- trump's winning. brian: didn't i say that? north carolina, harris by 2 and nevada trump by 1. now, keep in mind, these are about 600 people. i don't know where they're picking from, and this poll does tend to lead left, and trump does underpoll. who do you trust from issue to issue? on the economy, trump significantly. who do you trust on abortion? it is the her significantly. and that's what they're going to look look to run on. ainsley: it's so interesting this poll, this graphic on the economy because, lawrence, you do more diners probably than any of us, and they always say this is the number one issue, the economy. lawrence: 100%. ainsley: and you see that even on other networks. so i'm confused why he is member and neck with her in some of these states. i know the polls are not always
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right. when that's the number one issue and he's doing, what did that say, 56% versus 41%? lawrence: yeah. look, i always thought this election was going to be tight. you've got a polarized country. you have partisan electorate whether you love or hate the guy, you know he was good on the economy. if you talk to most voters out there. but there are some people that are dug deep into their political ideology. and so for that,s i would say there's probably only 5-6% of americans that are up for grabs right now, and those are the independent voters. what is encouraging when you look at our latest fox news polling, the president is dominating when it comes to independent voters or. brian: -- program through the dnc which is important, but i also think they need some surrogates to win over independents, undecideds. remember, as bad as joe biden did in that a debate, as a bad as his four years have been in
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many circumstances, he was still only trailing by 22 or 3 points -- 2 or3 points. it's up to trump to take his 4000 million and define the person she governed as and mistake her -- make her justify switching policies. i think he should use the tom cottons, the governor huckabee sanders to tell the story, and i think they're all willing to do it because they believe in the former president. all right, you know, i'll use that as an opportunity -- [laughter] to do the news, because no one -- sometimes other anchor toes will toss to to me, but -- [laughter] i guess it's not happening today? lawrence lawrence i mean, sorry, brian. sometimes -- you're like the captain of the team. you just take the ball and score. we didn't know we needed to pass to you, so we apologize. we'll do it in the future. brian: but you're not going to do it now. lawrence: okay, brian, over to you for some headlines. brian: thank you very much, lawrence. a georgia sheriff's depp is dead
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in an ambush that happened last night, brandon cunningham was responding to a domestic dispute. he had a call that brought him outside atlanta when gunshots rang out. cunningham and the gunman were both killed. >> tonight we lost a hero. deputy brandon cunningham succumbed to a gunshot wound at the emergency room. ask this community to join behind us, stand beside us and hold us up. it's going to be a tough time for all of us guys. i ask that you pray for this family. ryan prieb there's no -- domestic disputes are often the most dangerous. officials say a woman was found inside the home with a gunshot wound. that's obviously why the officer a was called. she's now in critical condition. now this, one of the creators of the hit tv show friends is sharing how fans can remember matthew perry after his ketamine if overdose death that happened last october. marta kaufman told the times the
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best way is to, quote, watch friends and remember him not as a man who died like that, but as a man who was hilariously funny and brought joy to everybody. five suspects including two doctors, his assistant and the suspected drug dealer known as the ketamine queen have been charged in connection to his death. embattled former new york republican congressman george santos is reportedly expected to plead guilty in his federal fraud case. that'll happen tomorrow in an appearance on long island according to "the new york times". witnesses say federal prosecutors have told them he intends to plead guilty to avoid a trial. santos is pace ifing 23 felony charges including fraud, money landerring and more. the terms of the guilty verdict and the plea are not yet known. what about preseason football? if it is tackle. the new york giants struggling with daniel jones throwing two pecks in his 28-10 -- picks in his 28-10 loss to the houston
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texans. at least he's back. meanwhile, the detroit lions edging out the kansas city chiefs 24-34. but -- 24-23, but before the loss patrick mahomes was up to his old tricks, watch. >> third down. ma if holmes keeps it, goes behind the back -- kelce's got it in the first down! brian: that was a behind the back pass which i've e never seen before, but he's done it in practice. meanwhile, the san francisco 49ers will start brock purdy against new orleans. that'll be beg because you don't usually play your starters. 8:00 eastern on fox, another reason to watch. and those are your headlines. i wonder if there'll be a brady game. the -- ainsley: maybe so. brian: in honor of lawrence being in the windy city, they thought they would get us chicago-style pizza in new york. we are trying chicago classic deep dish pasta -- excuse me,
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pizza. ainsley: pasta? lawrence, do you think brian will eat on camera? brian: lawrence, do you have it? lawrence: yeah, i've got the real stuff. so let's try this. is brian going to eat on camera? brian: you know what? i'm not, but i do have is a history with deep dish pizza. we used to make this pizza, and then we'd have to go wash and pots out afterwards. ainsley: why? brian: because i got bamboozled. they told me i was a busboy, and all of a sudden i realized why are these dishes piled up and then i realized, oh, yeah, the busboys also do the dishes -- lawrence: ainsley, you just fell for the brian trick. anytime he doesn't want to eat on air, he tells the a story. pipe brian you happy? ainsley: never happened before. lawrence a lawrence it's going to be good for ratings. ainsley: just pull it off. mine broke half away through but
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it tastes good. lawrence: oh, this is amazing. ainsley: yeah, here we go. [laughter] brian: aren't you supposed to cut this, chris? ainsley: all right! lawrence: oh, my god, this is unbelievable -- brian: only on the weekend. lawrence lawrence we have to turn this over for tomorrow's show. steve is going to you know what -- it's never happened probably in the 25 years of the show. ainsley: i'm very proud of you. okay. so i was going to to show you this picture. these are pictures of hot dogs from chicago because sean hannity is going to the chicago today. he said the only good thing that'll come out of this next week are the hot dogs. hook at these pictures -- brian: heavily dressed. ainsley: can we zoom in? if you google chicago hot dogs, they put all kinds of stuff on their hot dogs. lawrence: everything that's happening in the city, sean hannity has become my chap. roan. so he's given me my dinner plans for the entire week -- ainsley: what is he doing?
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he's telling you to be safe? lawrence: he's become my chaperone. he's telling me which places to the eat at. i will be with sean hannity the full week. i will report back -- ainsley: well, no one should mess with y'all because you have nala, and sean is a mixed martial artest, and he's bringing, i think, a bunch of bodyguards and his trainer, simpson. so you're going to be safe. lawrence a lawrence that's right. we're going to be locked and loaded. former chicago resident gianno caldwell, colleagues of -- colleague of you ares -- ours, is joining us next as the dnc kicks off in the windy city.
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♪ if. ♪ ainsley: this week in chicago thousands of anti-israel protesters could be expected at the dnc. the ton rest predicted to get -- the unrest predicted to get so bad, high profile democrats reportedly advised not to book hotels using their own name for their own safety. gianno caldwell is a former chicago native and joins us now. gianno, you know this city well, and that's why you left, because it's dangerous. >> that's right. and, you know, i cannot think of a better city to highlight the democratic party's policy failures than the is city of
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chicago. chicago is now a sanctuary city, city and state designation for both of them costing almost $3 billion since july 20221 in migrant care. that doesn't include the city's cost in and of itself or education costs. you think about the city of chicago when they defunded the police during the george floyd era, but they still have in place a policy that restricts the police from chasing a suspect on foot or in car without calling their supervisor. and then you think about the crime issue which has devastated my family and many others as my brother christian, innocent teenage thed brother, was murdered june 24th two years ago. and since then i have been out for justice for families across the nation and started the caldwell institute for public safety to to go after progressive prosecutors and elected officials who create these policy ifs that have ruined families across our country. please go to caldwell institute.org and support us there. ainsley: you have the police,
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the superintendent, larry snelling, saying we're making the best with the number of officers we have because they have such a major shortage of police officers. that doesn't exactly make the public feel extremely safe when they're making the best of it. i mow it's not his fault. like you said, he's been defunded or they have cut down on officers. >> yes. ainsley: what's the latest with your brother's case? if how pressure can do they -- how are they working on this still? do you have any leads? >> i've been speaking with the special agent in charge regularly, and he tells me there are leads but, again, this is no longer just about my brother. for the many people across the country who have been slain due to these progressive policies many cities across the country -- in cities across the country, it must come to an end. and that's why the caldwell institute for public safety is so important right now. because as democrats, they're going to the dnc. there's going to be so much police protection federal and otherwise there, but look down the street. look at the people who are not
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many that bubble in the dnc. what about them? what about their lyes? if what about them being shot to the tune of over 100 over the fourth of july weekend in this is why this is incredibly important as they sit in their ivory towers in the democratic party elite. we've got regular people that they claim they care about who are suffering day in and night. not just in chicago, but in the california, all across the country that people are having these experiences, and it must come to an end. ainsley: gianno, they're putting fencing up around chicago. the tourist attractions and businesses are being boarded up and then congressional a security officials are telling our lawmakers don't go to certain areas because they do expect violence. if we'll continue -- >> exactly right. and that's why ken griffin moved out citadel, because he couldn't attract top talent, to go to places like florida and texas where republicans are, which is where i am, in miami. ainsley: gianno, thank you so much for coming on. god bless you, my friend. >> god bless you. ainsley: passing the torch.
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president biden's plans to honor vice president harris at the dmc as the party moves forward without him. ♪ she grew up in a middle class home. she was the daughter of a working mom. and she worked at mcdonald's while she got her degree. kamala harris knows what it's like to be middle class. it's why she's determined to lower health care costs and make housing more affordable. donald trump has no plan to help the middle class, just more tax cuts for billionaires. being president is about who you fight for. and she's fighting for people like you. i'm kamala harris and i approve this message.
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♪ ♪ brian: all right. the democratic national convention will be kicking off tomorrow in chicago, and president biden will officially be passing the torch to his vice president, kamala harris. jacqui heinrich knows all about i felt she have wants to bring -- she wants to bring more attention to to it. she's in chicago with more details. >> reporter: hey, brian. just four weeks ago this would have been president biden's nominating convention, and now we are set to witness a very carefully choreographed handoff where we do expect to get a fuller view into the president's decision to drop out of the race. and also a strong call for people to support his vice president. aides who have seen his remarks
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for tomorrow tell fox that he's likely to frame his decision as a sacrifice for democracy under threat from trump. there will also, though, be an effort to shape the narrative of his legacy. we're told he's putting the final touches on his keynote address from camp david right now, overcoming inherited crises and passing landmark legislation. and there will be tributes to biden throughout the conventiono take part in all of it. after his speech he's leaving town in what the white house is framing as a symbolic changing of the guard amid reports he's not eager to smooth things over with the party heavyweights who pushed him out. but the party is eager to turn the conversation from the past to the future. >> we're welcoming 50,000 people to this city -- [applause] to be part of our convention. this is all about launching kamala harris and tim walz to victory! [cheers and applause] if. >> reporter: we've not gotten any glimpse into what harris will say or any of the other
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speakers. hillary clinton's going to kick things off with president biden tomorrow. the theme of his night is for the people. obama speaks on tuesday. his theme is a bold vision for america's future. tim walz is on wednesday, his message is being billed as a fight for our freedoms alongside former president bill clinton, and then harris speaks on thursday. her theme is for the future, and the question is whether we're going to get a fuller view, a clearer view of what her policy plans are or will she, like biden before herringer -- her, really frame this race around the threat of a second trump administration. we'll be watching for that, brian? if. brian: absolutely. they've got a lot of scrutiny over their big economic speech. we'll see if anything more comes out of this. thank you. let's build on this and bring in fox news contributor, "wall street journal" op-ed assistant editor james freeman. james is, your thoughts about what kamala harris will do in terms of specific agenda items
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this week on what she truly believes and what she'll run on. >> well, i think the best idea would be to repudiate the ideas she expressed last week. she rolled out an economic plan that has caused a lot of misery all around the world as people have reported on this network. so i think -- [laughter] unlikely, not a prediction, but moving more toward the center is something that i think would help her politically. i guess the continued honey if moon if she's getting from people in our industry is not encourage courage -- encouraging her to do that. but i think if she wants to win over swing voters, at some point i would think she's going to have to move ideologically toward the middle. brian: she's not just a democrat. this is her administration. and if she wants to say she played a major role, she's got to take responsibility for it. you can't take a bow and then say not my fault. meanwhile, the new power
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rankings that has fox has put together shows trump on a couple of issues that matter a lot. first off, the economy. you know, he was up 15 is in may on biden. now he's up 8 on harris. a shift of 7. in immigration she's -- he's still up significantly, but she's picked up 5 spots. in abortion it's harris by +6. so how do you explain her coming off better on the economy on first blush, 20 days plus after announcing and better on immigration? how do you explain that? >> i think the coverage of her has been remarkable, very positive. and million really the middle of last week, she had avoided saying much at all. not doing interviews, obviously, not even announcing anything as far as policy. so i think it's going to be really interesting over the next several weeks to see now that people start to get a fuller picture and really see that her
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highly -- [laughter] far-left policies that she's kind of expressed in the past at times truly represent who she is now. so i don't think this honeymoon lasts for her unless she makes a move toward the middle. brian: right. >> we'll see, but it just kind of, it kind of boggles the mind that she's proposing price controls which have destroyed economies all around the world. brian: it's crazy. >> i don't think this honeymoon lasts. brian: right. who signed off on that speech? she didn't ad lib, that was in the prompter. it's crazy. but i want to bring you to pennsylvania because that's where both candidates are spending a lot of their time. harris and walz will be on a bus and walz officially will be going from stop to stop. trump's going to be there next week. it's a very diverse state, but one thing is clear, they have suspended leases on fracking and
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drilling for the time being. shouldn't that be brought up in terms of the sincerity of her saying i'm no longer against fracking? if. >> i think the sincerity of that statement is going to be tested especially given everything else she's rolling out now. this is the classic swing state. trump won with it by less than a percentage point in 2016, biden by a little more than a percentage point in 2020. you would think that this requires going after those voters in the middle. i know both campaigns very focused on those blue collar independents, young men in particular. "the wall street journal"'s reported that this state has gotten more advertising money so far than any other place. so you would think that would require something other than what she's done. she said no to the popular governor of pennsylvania to be her running mate. she picked the far-left governor of minnesota instead. she's now been rolling out this
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plan which seems to excite her base, but i think it's really, it's tough to tell where she's going here. it's disturbing. but i think if the democrats are smart, convention will be less partisan, less ideological. brian: right. >> that sounds, unfortunately, that's not what we're going to get from president biden on monday night, but this is -- i don't know why they're going in this direction. i mean, whatever she really believes, it's strange that she seems to be making no effort at all to reach out to the middle. brian: it's true. and that's what she did9 with the pick. she's going to maximize the left rather e than try to include the middle so far. of james free banker thanks so much. look forward to your coverage this week. meanwhile, hundreds of migrants set to arrive in chicago as the dnc kicks off. our next guest says democrats are getting a firsthand look at how their policies are playing out for less kens.my
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us still, we're still expecting this really busy season. we have been blessed by dust that comes off of africa, that kind of dampens the chance for tropical development. we think about a week from now that is all going to change, is and we're going to start to get into this really active pattern for us. so by the time we get, say, towards about a week from now, start to see this really active pattern kick in. that means for the next week i think we're probably looking okay. big storms this morning across parts of nebraska causing some flooding and areas of the northeast, watch out throughout the day today and into tomorrow, big storms, a very slow-moving system brings the threat for some flooding as well. all right, lawrence, out to you in chicago. if. lawrence: i want that rain to go away. more sunlight. thanks, rick. rick: you bet. lawrence: as the dnc kicks off in chicago, city officials are bracing for hundreds of migrants to arrive this week from my home state of texas. the influx if adding more than
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46,000 illegal migrants that have moved to the city over the last two years. here to react, director of the community round table, and we've got her here in person. finally, we get to meet in person. if so they're coming here for the dnc -- >> yes. lawrence: -- and they're going to see what you and many other folks in chicago have been dealing with for months now. >> yes. well, basically what people are going to see is that nothing really has changed here in chicago within the last year. if just as a we were receiving an influx of migrants back in 2023, we're seeing them this year. they're still coming in from texas because our mayor will not lift our sanctuary city status at least until we have a handle over the people that are coming. listen, this city has spent millions of dollars housing migrants over the last year. right now our school system is
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going into, starting a new school year with a $500 million deficit. and so the citizens of chicago are sitting here and we're saying, wow. when we look at the money that has been spent on the migrants and then we look at where with we are in terms of the deficit for our schools, our children, the black community is going to continue to suffer. and in light of what is happening now, you know, you hear people talking about lacing up their chucks and running to the left to support kamala harris. and what i want black chicagoans especially to remember during this election season is that this is the same administration that sent us migrants. this is the same administration that refuses to assist the city in taking care of the migrants. this is the same administration that has consistently
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disenfranchised the black voters here not only in the city of chicago, but in this country. and is so i'm still saying to to black voters all over america, don't get it twisted. the face has changed, but the policies haven't. and i would like to say to the trump administration just stick to the facts. people want to hear about how they're going to receive leaf. they want to hear about how this government plans to assist them. and so i want to say to the trump administration, continue to talk about immigration. continue talking about the illegal migrants. continue talking about the economy. lawrence: it's so true. >> because that's what people want to hear about. lawrence: they literally shut down communities, schools in our neighborhoods and then decided that they could magically find the money to open them back up for illegals. i think that's disgraceful, and
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you're so right. the face may have changed, but the policies are definitely going to impact if us the same. thank you so much. great to finally meet you in person. >> thank you. lawrence: so the convention comparison. how this year's dm if c is sparking -- dnc is sparking reminders of 1968. brian and ainsley are going to break it down next. ♪
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♪ ainsley: the dnc kicking off this week in chicago, and from top ticket shake-ups to to the planned protests, the event is drawing parallels to the 1968 democratic convention in the same city. if. brian: ainsley wasn't born yet, i was 4. [laughter] ainsley: that's why i have notes and you don't. brian: let's take some comparison, first off, set the scene in 1968. lbj had taken over after jfk was shot, and he wins his election against barry goldwater. his approval if rating's at 36%, he's getting so much pressure from the party and the vietnam war was going awry, he says, i'm not going to -- going to run again, and he turns to his vice president, hubert humphrey, he would get the nod if. he would try to run anew and
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take on the republican candidate. ames a iowans similarity here is donald trump has just been shot, and joe biden's approval rating is 42% just before he dropped out -- brian: even better than lbj's. ainsley: yeah. july 21st, biden withdraws and endorses his vice president, kamala harris. brian: wait a second, so let's go back and see what was happening at the time. and as we look at the convention, first off, we're at war. the vietnam war. 540,000 troops are in. the draft is taking place. some are burning their cards, and some are resentful that they're burning their cards. this guy named muhammad ali is saying i'm not going to go, and they strip his title from him. 553% of the american public -- 53% of the american public thinks the whole thing was a big mistake, and that's what the democrats are saying. how do we get rid of this war, this domino theory we're standing up to fight. it wasn't just our idea, but we're stuck with this war, and the protests begin to center
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right at the democratic national committee. iowans a iowans a anti-vietnam if activists and people now criticizing harris and biden for the amount of money that they've spent in other countries. look at how much they've spent in israel and ukraine. and when you look at this fox news poll, it says they're extremely worried or very concerned about the israeli-hamas war, 74%. the war escalating, 77%, and russia's invasion of ukraine at a 69%. brian: so wait a second, we've got a democratic convention many chicago again, and they're concerned about war again that's extremely unpopular. protester -- protesters coming down to show their disfavor again. yeah we're not directly fighting, but we're definitely directly affected. take a look at what's going to happen in chicago. in 1968, 600 arrests, but if you see some of this video, it was terrible. there were so many protesters down there for and against the vietnam war blaming what was happening, the maim -- images
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coming out. network anchors saying the war was a big mistake. for the first time in history, we looked like the bad guys at home, this virtuous country, the american people trying to figure out why are we there, and they're taking out the democrats who were celebrating their convention many chicago. ainsley: you were too young to remember -- to remember, but your parents were watching this on live tv. they called it the ballot of michigan avenue a, and the protest leaders had to face trial, chicago seven. so we have some video of what we're expecting, this kind of thing, in chicago. -just on thursday. more protesters are expected for next week or this coming week, and some of the people in that area have been talking about what to expect. listen to this. [inaudible conversations] >> 50,000 children died because of you! [inaudible conversations] >> we've always said permit or not we're marring so° marching so, yeah, we're prepared for all
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of it. >> we will not allow people to come here and destroy this city. >> we've been doing, basically, pre-board-ups for the past two weeks. >> we wanted to be preemptive and board up in the advance of the democratic convention. iowans a iowans businesses are worried, brian. people are being told if you check in a hotel, don't use your real name, and bail and legal funds have already been set up for the protesters. brian: today there's going to be a march at grant park. they've taken out, there's supposed to be seven major protests and marches, and those are the ones we know about. the pro-israel marchers have trouble getting permits, but the pro-hamas, pro-palestinian march, they look at the democrats as the bad guys even though the republicans are even more pro-israel than democrats. they say it's the genocide joe, and now they're going after kamala, and she's get pressure, getting pressure to start a weapons embargo on israel. no word yet if she'll actually do it, but she's supposed to be
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more sympathetic towards the palestinian cause than joe biden. so this could be a mess. ainsley: let's look at what happened during the election of that year, 1968. brian: so what are the results? when it comes down to it, it is a richard nixon win. it was closer than many people thought. hubert humphrey, extremely likable, and guess where he's from? minnesota. the electoral was a lot bigger than the popular vote, so nixon wins and then wins re-election in 19722. he was the running mate of dwight d. eisenhower. he lost to jfk who was assassinated in is the 63 -- is the 1963, but he lost in 1960, so he came back with the rematch, and time nixon would get in. ainsley: because of the current state of where the country was in 19688, nixon won because he focused on law and order after seeing what happened in chicago. he wins. he won 43.4% compared to humphrey's 4 2.7%. brian: right. there's a lot of similarities, and i'll add something else to that.
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people think to themselves, wow, america's many such tough shape, man, we've never been so divided. you want to know perilous? if medgar evers is killed, jfk, martin luther king jr. is killed, rfk is killed. assassination after assassination. civil rights unrest when civil rights were being pushed for. a segregated south. the 60s was tough. this era is a challenge but not nearly as bad as a it was. ainsley: home -- hopefully, we don't ever get there. more "fox & friends" just moments away.
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