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pete: it is the 7 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with this, fox news alert, the middle east on high alert. idf forces strike terror targets in lebanon after hezbollah was seen preparing to fire. the impact on hostage and ceasefire negotiations. rachel: plus, three years later america remembers the 13 service members who were killed at ab a by gate. two -- abbey gate. two gold star parents say the white house let their son and the country down. they join us live this hour. will: and battleground blitz. harris campaigns in the peach state as trump rallies the rust belt this week. and with kennedy's endorsement, an inside look at the advantage to win over his supporters with corey lewandowski who joins us live. the second hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. ♪ pete: we begin with a fox news alert, israeli forces carrying out a massive air assault

targeting sites in lebanon as the iranian-backed terror group retaliates for the idf killing one of its top leaders last month. will: jeff paul is live in israel with the latest on the escalating conflict. jeff. >> reporter: israel finds itself in a heightened state of tension after fighting between israeli forces and hezbollah reaches levels we have not seen in quite some time. 's really officials have lifted some of those restrictions it has placed on the public, but both government and military officials are watching hezbollah's actions very closely to see what they might do next. this all a started early this morning local time. israel launched a wave of airstrikes targeting hezbollah infrastructure using roughly 100 fighter jets. this was a preemptive strike after israeli intelligence received information hezbollah was mounting a massive attack on israel. hezbollah then fired upwards of 320 rockets and drones, all mostly targeting northern israel. local media's reporting hezbollah had plans to launch an

estimated 6,000 rockets and uavs towards central and northern israel. as we wait to hear from the hezbollah leader later today, the militant group has since issued a statement saying their military operation for today has been completed and accomplished. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also reacting to the escalation saying this: >> translator: we are determined to do everything we can to protect our country, return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to uphold a simple rule; whoever hurts us, we hurt them. >> reporter: now, the u.s. has confirmed it was not involved in the israeli preemptive strikes, but they are involved in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations that are set to pick back up today in cairo, egypt. back to you. will: all right. thank you, jeff. let's bring in dr. jonathan schanzer, senior vice president. at the defense for the research of democracies sanctioned in

palestinian territories. doctor, thanks for being with us this morning. what a do you expect -- i guess we can, without looking past what just happened overnight and too quickly looking forward, we are curious what happens now as hezbollah responds. does this tsa size, does this conflict continue to grow? >> i think that's the key question right now. in israel they're looking at two key factors. one is whether these ceasefire negotiations can continue, if they're able to make some progress. it's possible that hezbollah abides by a ceasefire, in other words, a trade for hostages and possibly some hamas if prisoners and then things go quiet. i think that is probably not likely at this point, but the the administration is working overtime to try to make that happen. the other, of course, is that hezbollah continues to test israeli air defenses. they tried to do something last night that was rather, shocking. 6,000 long distance rockets

aimed at tel aviv are. they're trying to trot out some new capabilities right now, and they're trying to see if they can puncture israeli air defends. if they're able to do that, we may -- defenses. if they're able to do that, we may see greater salvos coming out of lebanon and perhaps some of the other iranian proxies in places like syria and iraq. pete: you know, doctor, hezbollah feels like a problem for israel that, i mean, on obviously, they're a large terror army and they've been there the a long time, but after october 7th there was a lot of speculation, hey, do they try to make an offensive move against the jewish state because there's so much capability tied down in the south. they haven't really, this is the largest heavy done, what's their calculation? if their end state is the destruction of israel, do they feel like this is one step closer because they've got, you know, are hay testing or do they really want a larger conflict? if. >> well, i mean, i think that's the key question right now. a lot of that is going to come

down to iran itself. you've got to remember hezbollah is a proxy, it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the islamic republic of iran. and if the iranians are telling them do this, do that, they are usually abiding by those directions. you've got to remember, i mean, hezbollah was deployed the fight in syria during the syria civil war. they had no choice in the matter. they were dispatched by the islamic republic. so now take a look at what's happened over the last 10 months. they have fired 6,700 different projectiles into israel. this is a war already. it's just not been one that israel's been able to respond to immediately because they've been fighting in the south, and there have been disagreements with the biden white house about what kinds of munitions they can use and what fronts they're allowed to fight on. the israelis, by the way, wanted to attack hezbollah after hezbollah started attacking israel on october 8th. that was the war they wanted. biden kiss excused -- the disabused them of that, and he

were forced to fight in the south, and then they found their hands tied. so now the israelis are looking at what happened last might, and they're looking to make a statement in response. the big question is how far because hezbollah want to go, how far does iran want to go with the provocations that we're seeing. again, i think they're trying to land a debilitating below inside israel. we know the kind of targets they were trying to take out. they were aiming for significant military and intelligence bases in the tel aviv area last night, and that's the kind of thing that would typically set off a significant conflict in the middle east. rachel: my understanding, and let me know if i'm wrong about this, jonathan, is that the attack from israel, the preemptive attack into lebanon was pretty far, deep inside of lebanon. tell me what that means. and also what about american politics? how is the politics here impacting what's happening there? in this particular -- >> yeah.

so this was -- yeah, this was, first of all, i mean, a serious or sort of change of the rules of the game. they were trying to reach deeper into israel from deeper into lebanon. up until now it's been really southern lebanon -- rachel: right. >> -- attacks against northern israel. it's been more of a contained area of fighting. this would appear to have expanded that last night and so that's one to watch. definitely we're also watching what's going on here in the. obviously, we mow that at -- we know that at one point the biden administration and then, you know, vice president harris got into the act trying to tie israel's hands, trying to limit the kinds of munitions that the israelis were getting, trying to limit where they could fight, how they could fight. that has changed since late july after israel took out the senior hezbollah commander and then later that afternoon -- or evening took out the hamas leader in tehran. the region has been on high

alert, and the u.s. military has been providing the weapons that israel needs to defend itself. that's a good thing. but the question is, how long of a leash does israel have? if and when we begin to see serious hostilities erupt in lebanon, what does that mean? will a biden administration or, you know, possibly -- whether it's the vice president getting involved, the party or is, i think, you know, what we're worried about a, what we're looking at right now. you have, i think, a portion of the party, certainly progressives within the democratic party, that don't want to see israel respond. and that is, i think, the real question. what kinds of limitations are going to be placed on israel by this administration. will: well, dr. jonathan schanzer, thanks so much for being with us this morning. pete: thank you, sir. >> thank you. pete: sort of interesting and of note, and i'd love the check this, that he speculated that october 8th israel really wanted the fight hezbollah. it's just reflection of the fact

that hamas did a horrific thing on october 7th, but their capabilities are a tiny fraction of what hezbollah's is. a real terror army with a real capability that is completely at the behest of iran. so we'll see if this leads to something wider. rachel: meanwhile, the administration, the biden administration, remember, their way of dealing with -- because i always say the best way to end a war is not to start it to begin with, right? we saw awe this in ukraine. a lot of people think if donald trump was in charge, that would not have happened -- pete: they also to told us he were going to prevent the war. we're trying to prevent. rachel: correct, correct. so here again, a lot of -- donald trump will say on the stump, he'll say if i was in charge, october 7th would have never happened. i want to play a montage here for you of what the biden administration, how they deal with these situations. listen. >> any country, any organization, anyone thinking of

taking advantage of the situation i have one word, don't. >> we have just one word, don't. >> what is your message to hezbollah and its backer, iran? >> don't. don't, don't, don't. >> to any actor, state or nonstate, trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack israel, don't. >> what's the message to iran? >> don't. >> as a president biden said is, just don't. >> exactly. one word. pretty straightforward. >> what's your message to iran, mr. president? what's your message to iran? [inaudible conversations] will: that's -- i mean -- rachel: so reassuring, right? pete: who came up with it and told everybody else they had to say it? will: that's clearly what happened. here's the talking point -- pete: there were some painful

looks on the faces as they were trying to muster up the word don't. rachel: that last clip of joe biden walking towards, i guess the helicopter, i don't know which one. you know, he says don't, but he looks so old and out of it. and, again, that brings up the question of who's in charge at a moment like this. we're wondering, is this going to's chait? is this going to be, you know, world war iii? we don't know what's going to the happen. will: yeah. rachel: we don't know who's in charge. will: well, american policy is something we talked to doug collins, an iraq war veteran, a former congressman, talked to him about earlier on "fox & friends." right now the biden a approach just seems to be talking and really not the real reasons behind this. anything the biden administration, let's remember, he's part of the harris administration because part of the administration right now. she is the vice president. she could be speaking up to the president on these issues right now and seemingly does not.

she doesn't ever mention it. but let's go back to the real root because the real root of this problem is iran. the real root of the problem is getting iran back into the position of having money, power, oil and the thing that the biden administration have allowed through lifting of sanctions and giving away a much more appeasing approach to iran. when you put iran back into the mix as a power player which donald trump had taken away, it causes what you see right now. pete: yeah, he's right. you play footsie with the wrong people, you empower them and give them money, they're going to allow their proxies to go forth and commit violence. and, which only stirs the pot. so we'll see. even look at ukraine. we don't report on this much, but ukraine has been on an offensive inside russia. a counteroffensive. like, it's a small one, a minor incursion, you might say, but that has the possibility to escalate too. rah. rachel: absolutely. we've never been in a more dangerous position than right now. take into account.

will: yeah. but to the point of, like, the behind the scenes but obvious role of iran, every administration going forward feeds to be clear to talking to us, at least as the american people, what is your policy when it comes to iran? rachel: wouldn't it be nice to ask kamala harris that? pete: i wonder what she would say. rachel: maybe we'll go on tiktok and find out. [laughter] will: all right. turning now to your headlines, we'll start here, officials searching for an arizona woman who was swept away by flash flooding three days ago at the grand canyon national park. officials believe she was hiking in halve sue creek when flooding began. she was not wearing a life jacket. several other hikers were stranded including her husband who was later saves. reservations for park visitors have been suspended through odd to. two sledgehammer-carrying thieves caught on camera attempting to break into a california jewelry store earlier this week. the two suspects trying to break open an outdoor display filled with rolex watches, but they

were unsuccessful despite multiple hits to the window. the jewelry store says despite the thousands of dollars worth of damage, they're just happy their staff and customers are safe. rachel: that was in broad daylight. will: the encrypted messaging app of telegram getting arrested by french police at an airport, officials detaining the 39-year-old under a warrant related to the popular messaging app saying he failed to take proper steps to curb criminal uses of telegram. more than a billion people use the app worldwide with. reports say he could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. rachel: agree speech is -- if you're a champion of free speech, it's very dangerous. pete: dangerous time right now on the european continent. there isn't a first amendment, and governments are taking control. rachel: yeah. because with telegram, you know, people can't -- for those who don't know, it's encryptedded. you can't see the messages. people are dying for privacy, especially from governments and so forth. and so this young man provided

that service, something obviously millions and millions of people want, and now he's facing 20 years in jail. pete: it's crazy. all right. tomorrow, speaking of crazy, marks three years since the attack that killed 13 u.s. service members at abbey gate. two gold star parents say the white house let their son and our country down, and they join us live next. han is 22 years old. he's not just a pet, he really is a part of our family. knowing that he's getting good nutrition, that's a huge relief for me and my dad. (sings) old bean piglet head yes that is your name. if you saw his piglet head you would say the same. toot toot.

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♪ if. pete: tomorrow marks three years since the attack killing 13 u.s. service members at the horrific abbey gate explosion overseas. gold star parents are remembering their loved ones including our next guests. joining us now are the parents of marine staff sergeant taylor hoover, darren and kelly barnett. thank you so much for being here. i can't imagine what it's been like, but as you approach this third anniversary, or give us, if you would, either of you, whoever wants to go first, just remember your son, who he was and why he served. >> thanks for having us this morning, pete. why he served, taylor has always been a person that always wanted

to do what's right. he always was a person that when he met someone, he always left them better than when he found them. that continued his whole life. we're so proud of him, and i hope that he knows that with everything that i do, everything that i say, you know, the fight that we're fighting for him and the other 12. i hope he knows how much i love him and how proud i am a of him. pete: taylor, what is the fight you're or facing three years later? are there questions that remain unanswered, accountability that remain us unaddressed? when you say we're still fighting for our son, explain that for your audience. >> 100% accountability is what i mean with that. the more i've learned, the more i've delved into the inner workings of politics and how this afghanistan withdrawal went down. i become angry is and less until

rant -- tolerant and that's what i mean. accountability, and there's a long of people that need -- long list of people that need to stand up and say, you know, we screwed up and apologize to the us, apologize to the american people for what took place. pete: darin, give us a few names. who's on that list? who needs to be accountable? >> i don't know if we've got enough time for this, but here we go. general milley, general mckenzie who was centcom commander. you have got secretary blinken, secretary austin. those are the main ones in the administration. and then we go down to the unit, we've got lieutenant colonel, now colonel whitehead -- whited, bradley whited and then-captain, now-major ball that was responsible i think wholeheartedly for what happened

there on the ground. >> and the two main players are biden himself and hearst who -- harris who said she was the last one in the room. those are the two main ones. pete: absolutely. joe biden called it a success, john kirby spun it as proud of the withdrawal. as you mentionedded, kamala harris in an interview said she was comfortable with that operation after acknowledging that she was the last one in the room. has anyone reached out to you from the administration? this is three years now, and acknowledged, hey, we messed this up? we acknowledge that the loss of your son was preventable? has any of the people you mentioned at least acknowledged privately in any way many reaching out, hey, we acknowledge what happened? >> biden and harris, no. of course they have not. they want this swept under the rug. they want it to go away. unfortunately for them, we're not going away. we do know that, you know,

milley has reached out to us, and we are in the talks with him to get more information and to see how, what a more we can get from him. but as far as the biden administration, no, they haven't and they won't. pete: so milley reached out, but that's after he was out. after being in power -- [laughter] sort of a convenient way to look at it. it's like, okay, i can't say it when i'm in an official position, but now that i'm out, i'll reach out. darin, have you had a chance to sit down with him or joe biden or harris, what would you say to them? >> well, my first question would be, how dare you, how dare you put our men and women in harm's way, how dare you let the taliban, the entity that we've been fighting for the past 20 years in that war, how dare you put our sons and daughters in harm's way. and, i mean, that's just one of

the many that come to mind. but i want to know what they were thinking. why, the whole nine yards. i want to know everything. it's several critical thoughts that they should have had but didn't, you know? who told you to do it this way? who told you this, who it would you that? was the generals on the ground, daryl sullivan, rear admiral va a sley, what information were you getting in order to make this happen the way that it did. pete: and, kelly, as a mother, what can -- if you had a chance to sit in the room with one of them, what would you say? >> well, joe biden wouldn't know what i was talking about anyway. he probably doesn't remember. what i would say to him is, you know, i -- you're a father. you know, you knew better. you knew what you were doing, you knew better, and you're going to have to go to your

maker with that information, and all i would say is, bless you. pete: wow. well, the courage you've shown in these three years is incredible and gives us a sense of the courage of your son, sergeant taylor hoover, whose name needs to be remembered along with the other 12 who died as a consequence of a disastrous and hubris of a foreign policy. darin hoover and kelly barnett, god bless you bothful thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you, pete. pete: i appreciate you. thank you. we remember the 13 service members who were lost in the abbey gate attacks. great americans, all. may they all rest in peace. there are lowe's knows when you need a new appliance, you want it at the right price. and right now you can save big on the latest whirlpool appliances. like the new whirlpool range with wipeclean™ coating that makes it easy to focus more on the cooking... and less on the mess. shop lowe's now for great labor day deals.

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♪ ♪ pete: with just 71 days until the election, president trump and vice president harris or are ramping up battleground state campaign efforts this week. after rfk jr. officially suspends his campaign and throws his support behind trump. rachel: trump 2024 senior official and trump 2016 campaign manager corey lewandowski joins us now with the campaign strategy moving forward. corey, welcome to the show. so how does this impact the race, how is the trump campaign ab or so muching this new asset that they've -- absorbing this new asset that they've acquired through rfk jr. and his endorsement? >> look, the endorsement was an amazing success. you know, i was there in arizona when rfk came out to the stage. the crowd was overwhelmingly supportive, and, look, when we're talking these battleground states and you look at the numbers that jfk was pulling in some of these battleground

states, that support now transitions to the trump campaign, i puts us in a position to ensure success. donald trump last week hit six battleground states, this week he hits another five battleground states, and where is kamala? hiding in the basement. she's using the same strategy that joe biden used. we're more than happy to go out and give specific messages to specific communities which is what donald trump did last week culminating with the big rally in arizona. we'll do the same thing this week. will: corey, help me understand, if you would, the ballot strategy. rfk's pretty open about i'm going to leave my name on the ballot in some states, take it off in other states. he has been openly saying if my name's off the ballot, i want you to move to trump. help me understand why in some states leave your name on the ballot. >> you know, will, some of these states it's really not going to make a difference. i don't think, to be fair, we're going to be exit competitive in the state of california. look, rfk probably, if it was a fair if system, would have won

the democratic nomination, but they kept him out of this, and he feels very hurt by that and rightfully so. every vote he's going to take in those other state is the going to come from kamala a harris. do -- kamala harris. not only would he have beaten joe biden if he had a fair shake, but then they went out and core may noted kamala harris without ever going through the process. i think he's very angry and hurt about the process, and he's going to show that his voters want an alternative to cm rah even in -- kamala even in these states we don't think donald trump is probably going to be successful in like the liberal state of california. pete: as you know, kamala harris didn't win a single primary, yet here she is as the nominee. she's enjoyed fawning press, has taken no questions, done no interview, and that's become effectively her strategy, warm on -- run on the warm glow, extend the honeymoon as long as possible. it's on donald trump to burst that bubble. what's the campaign strategy to pull her out? how do you draw her out, create an environment where she feels like she has to answer

questions, has to do more than one debate? how do you approach that? >> well, pete, as you know, the media has given her a pass, absolutely. she's got no policy positions on her web site, no one's asking her questions about it. you look at her speech on thursday, she mentioned donald trump 15 times, she mentioned the biggest issue in the country which is inflation 1 time. she has no policy issues, and the media has given her a pass. donald trump, whether he was at the border this week or anywhere else that he has been, is taking questions from the media, and the media has done a disservice to the american people. yes, we're going to have at least one debate. we should have more debates. but kamala harris and tim walz want to hide from the media. they don't want to answer questions because they're the most radical duo that the american people have ever faced for a presidential campaign. rachel: corey, it's so interesting, this rfk jr. endorsement, because i think it's monumental because of who he is and how different so many of his views are from traditional republicans'. and what it says to me is that

there are some really existential, massive issues beginning with the corruption and rigged system that we have that are overriding all these other different policy issues. and so while i agree you should try to smoke out kamala, in some ways the the fact that she's able to just stay in her little hole there and not say anything and still think she can run this race kind of explains what's so rotten about the system. and in some ways, maybe it's an asset in that you guys are able to run against the system versus kamala. >> well, rachel, look, when you had bobby on yesterday on your show and he talked about how rigged the system actually is. not just the food industry, but the overall process. rachel: yeah. >> look, he's now going to have the opportunity to be on the road telling the american people exactly what he's witnessed firsthand, what he's seen firsthand, and he brings a completely different demographic. there's a whole group of people out there who are so fearful of the government because they

indoctrinated us and forced people to get these shots, they didn't know what they were. bob bobby's been out talking about that, and that is a grape of people that is -- group of people that's going to continue to come to the trump administrations. bobby's been such a strong advocate for making sure you get to make your own choices and your family and not be forced by the government to do things. now that he's with the trump campaign, that's a special ton for more people to come join us in our path to victory. will: really quickly, corey, is it fair the assume -- and you can, obviously, correct me if the assumption is wrong concern that it was important to rfk to have a role in a potential trump administrations and he will have a role in a trump administrations? >> you know, will, this is been no promise, but clearly what president trump said in arizona was he's going to the stand up a commission to look at a attempted assassination attempts that bobby will be part of and also release all of the jfk assassination documents. there's been no promise of mig because if you don't win, it

doesn't matter. but with bob if by on our team, we believe success is going to be there -- rachel: will he be campaigning with trump throughout the next couple months? >> yeah, we've got 71 days ahead. bobby's going to be on the campaign trail. we're going to roll out some more endorsements coming this week, and we're going to be honored to have him on the trail and a huge surrogate operation education in to senator vance out there and president trump. president trump's in five more battleground states this week, and so there's no surprises where we're going to be. we know what the states are, and we're going to bring our message directly to the american people. pete: speaking of surrogate operations, corey, we reached out to the harris campaign for an interview but, shockingly, we have not heard a back yet. >> i'm shocked. shocked, pete. [laughter] pete: thank you. rachel: thanks, corey. >> thank you. pete: all right. we move on now to a fox news alert. idf strikes terror targets in lebanon. the impact on u.s. strategy in the middle east, that that's next.

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rachel: now to a fox news alert, the conflict in the middle east is worsening overnight if after the idf trades fire with iranian-backed terror group hezbollah inside of lebanon. jeff paul is live in israel with

the latest. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, rachel. and israel finds itself in a very tense moment as fighting episode between israel and hezbollah really escalating to proportions we haven't seen in quite some time. the israeli government has since lifted some of the restrictions it had placed on the public, but they are watching very closely to see what hezbollah might do next. now, we know this exchange of intense fire started early this morning. israel launched a wave of airstrikes targeting hezbollah infrastructure using roughly 100 fighter jets. -a preemptive strike after is reilly intelligence received information that hezbollah was mounting a massive attack on israel. hezbollah fired upwards of 320 the rockets and drones all mostly targeting northern israel. local media is reporting hezbollah had plans to launch an estimated 6,000 rockets and uavs towards central and northern israel. as we wait to hear from the hezbollah leader later today, the militant group has issued a

statement saying their military operation for today has been completed and accomplished. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also reacting to the escalation saying this: >> translator: we are determined to do everything we can to protect our country, return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to uphold a simple rule; whoever hurts us, we hurt them. >> reporter: now, we are being confirmed today from the u.s. that they were not involved in the israel preemptive strikes today in lebanon, but they are going to be heavily involved in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations that are set to pick back up later today in cairo, egypt. rachel? rachel: thank you. all right. well, we're going to bring in former deputy national security adviser kt mcfarland. kt, so great to have you on today. so these were preemptive strikes. how confident are we in the israeli intelligence that led to these strikes, and how

controversial is it to do a prethemtive strike? -- preemptive strike? >> first of all, we're very confident. israel can see this stuff coming. they have the best intelligence service in the region, if not in the world. we've seen in the assassinations of the hezbollah and hamas leaders that they know where the bad guys are, and they know how to get them. so we are very confident in israel's intelligence -- rachel: i only say that, kt, because they didn't see october 7th coming. that's why i'm asking. >> oh. well, or actually, you know, you're making a really good point because what's coming from hezbollah is a missile attack, and what they didn't see, the vaunted israeli intelligence, what they didn't see coming was human attack. and that was a huge, gaping hole in their intelligence services. rachel: okay. >> so hopefully, they've fixed that. but you're right to point that out. that was a big mistake on the part of the intelligence services of israel. rachel: yeah. >> but this is the kind of attack they're expecting, right?

these are the missiles, hezbollah has thousands if not tens of thousands of missiles aimed at israel. israel knows they're going to be launched at any time. israel's expecting iran to launch some kind of counterattack for those assassinations i just mentioned, so the israelis were expecting this, waiting for it and prepared for it. so they're doing a preemptive attack. now, why do you do preemptive attacks? to reestablish deterrence. because what the israelis have lost the initiative on was deterrence, preventing the bad guy from coming after you because he's afraid you're going to come after him harder. and that's what october 7th did. those attacks destroyed any sense that israel knew what was coming and how to defend itself. they've had to be on the back foot and reestablish deterrence which they've done with the assassination of this senior hezbollah and hamas leaders. rachel: very quickly, kt, because i don't have a lot of time. how -- it looks like on both sides whether the candidates on republican or democrat side,

everyone's concerned about this escalating intoing something wider -- into something wider and that might involve us in an even greater way. what are your thoughts on that? >> i think there are two very stark choices. i think that the biden administration thinks if you can cajole and appease and negotiate with iran, nothing's going to happen, iran will be quiet and won't unleash their proxy forces. i think the trump administration, the trump people, the conservatives on the side of the aisle say, look, that's not how you stop this attack. they're coming. the best way to stop it is to convince them that if they come after you, you'll come back after them even harder, so then they're deter thed, they don't launch in the first place. rachel: yeah. i think trump said hurry up, get to victory soon, end this soon, stop the killing is what he said in july. all right. well, so great having you, kt, you always break it down in a way we can understand it. i appreciate that. >> thank you. rachel: you got it.

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chicago area, get ready for a very hot next couple of days. severe weather is going to form behind that heat, it's going to be met with storms across parts of canada. those storms eventually turning severe especially for the day tomorrow. this is florida the last 12 hours, looking as the day heats up to expect to see showers fire again. all right, will, to you inside. will: thank you, rick. get ready, college football is back. in fact, rick and and i took in florida state and georgia tech yesterday, and we're one week away from the big noon kickoff starting here on fox. i all eyes on penn state versus west virginia. here to review is it, fox sports college football analyst brady quinn. brady, here we go. in fact, we've already started. he's my question to start the season, florida state, a top 10 team coming in, lost their a first game of the season. now we have 12 teams in the playoffs, so how big a setback is this for florida state? >> no doubt it's a setback, and they were a double-digit favorite to win that game.

i think though with what you just discussed, that's the difference this year with the expanded playoff. you can lose a game, maybe two, maybe even three and still make it into the college football playoffs. so it's going to make those games in october and november that much more interesting with more teams potentially playing for a chance to win a national championship. will: yeah. i think it changeded a loss like yesterday's from devastating to disappointing. you're still in it. you can keep going. for that matter, brady, i've talked to to a lot of people on the will cain show, what's your predictions. you and i can't run through 12 teams here, but i'll tell you a theme when i've asked people who's in your playoff, everyone has it dominated by the sec. i'm talking about 6-7 teams out of 12 from the sec. what do you think? >> i would say outside of georgia and maybe ole miss and bama, i've got a lot of big ten teams. i've got ohio state, teams like michigan, penn state, week all all those -- one all those teams

are going to be likely part of the playoffs. ohio state and oregon are two of the most talented teams. i think the only question marks they've got transferring quarterbacks, and and it's really about how fast those two can get to speed with the offense, developing chemistry with the guys they're throwing to the to see how good those two can be as a compared to georgia that's got their returning starter in carson beck. will: ohio state's going to be awesome. that was an offendive and egregious mistake. you left out the second highest rated team many texas, i don't know why you would do that morning, brady. >> a number of reasons. if you look at their can defense, they lost -- will: oh, it was purposeful. [laughter] >> they lost two of their top running backs, so they've got their work cut out for them as they transition to that vaunted sec as we're talking about -- will: i thought it was oversight, but it was purposeful by brady. okay. [laughter] >> i'm not as high on text as a

lot of -- texas as a lot of other people are. i'm curious about their defense, to see what they're going to do in the backfield and also outside the wide receiver position. they lost mitchell, worthy, we'll see who's going to step u- will: i very much disagree with brady here. [laughter] i feel really good going into the season as a horns fan, or but i agree with you, big ten's got ohio state, obviously, probably the most talent team in the country. i don't know about a michigan, we'll find out week two against texas. week one is you guys, 10 a.m. kickoff, penn state versus west virginia. thank, brady. all right, big show still ahead. more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪ lowe's knows when you need a new appliance, you want it at the right price. and right now you can save big on the latest whirlpool appliances. like the new whirlpool range with wipeclean™ coating

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