sandwiched between iran, russia, and only a few hundred miles from china. totally different, completely different global dynamic with president trump to what we see now under biden and harris. and what we would see, god help us all if we had four years of concessions first, appeasement first under kamala harris. >> ashley: i'm really glad you said that we have seen four years of this. because people keep saying what's her policy? what her policy? we know what her policy is she has been in office with biden since 2020. we know that this is happenings. we know what is going on. congressman michael walz, thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> griff: thanks, congressman. >> thank you. >> ashley: griff, as always, it's always good hosting with you and i hope you have a great day. >> griff: you too. great to be with you. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> steve: good morning, friends. it is 6:00 here on the couch in new york city. it is monday, august 26th, 25024. welcome to "fox & friends." r.f.k. jr. speaking out, blaming censorship for his failed campaign and responds to family criticism from his sisters and others for endorsing trump in a fox exclusive. >> i understand that they are troubled by my decisions but, you know, i love my family. i think we all need to be able to disagree with each other and still love each other. >> ainsley: plus, senator tom cotton slashes with abc over kamala harris' past support of medicare for all. >> yeah, i mean you, that is not her position now. >> how do you know that's not her position? >> she says. >> she has not said that, she has not said that. >> ainsley: now donald trump suggests he might skip the debate. >> steve: wait, what?

>> ainsley: house speaker mike johnson joins us live. >> brian: florida marks first little league world series bunt walk off extra innings. take that, taiwan. remember, your mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >> steve: all right. as we kick off another week, r.f.k. jr. speaks out in an exclusive interview with "fox news sunday" after dropping out of the presidential race on friday and then, immediately, endorsing former president trump. >> brian: all right. r.f.k.'s own sister says he is trying to destroy his father's memory. that's nice. >> ainsley: mademadeleine rivers live in washington with the latest. >> madeleine: robert f. kennedy jr. says he and former president trump agreed to form a unity government because they saw common ground on issues like the war in ukraine and censorship. >> it became clear to me that i did not have a path to victory. 16 months of censorship. not being able to get on any network, really, except for fox.

and i had, in fact, when ross perot ran, in the ten months that he ran, he had 34 appearances on the networks. i had two appearances in 16 months. i was blocked off the networks. i was blocked off to the debate. know path to victory. >> kennedy's family members ren raged by his decision to back trump calling it a betrayal. his sister not holding back in this interview. >> i am outraged and disgusted by my brothers obscene embrace of donald trump. i completely and separate, disassociate myself from robert kennedy jr. and his flagrant and inexplicable to set fire to my father's memory. >> kennedy says he was not

motivated by amoss city. >> i don't act out of anger or revenge or resentment. it's a bad motivation. it's like swallowing poison and hoping someone else will die. and i don't do it. you know, i am very pragmatic and practical and i am focused on one thing, which is how do we restore the health of our children. and that touches many, many other issues. >> kennedy says he received no commitments from trump that he would serve in his administration in exchange for the endorsement he is expected to campaign for trump in the coming weeks. steve, ainsley, and brian. >> steve: is he indeed. maddy, thank you very much. essentially what he has done is i'm going to take my name off of 10 battleground state ballots. technically, his name is still on the ballot. you know, they print the stuff ahead of time and you have to have it out there. it's there. is he just trying to make it abundantly clear hey, don't vote

for me if you are in a battleground state. vote for donald trump. otherwise you are going to help kamala harris. >> ainsley: exactly right set. blaming censorship for what he has gone through over the last year and a half. 16 months of censorship not being able to get on any networks except for fox. he was blocked out of the debate. he was blocked out of the networks. ross perot when he ran, there were 34 appearances on different networks he only had two. he reached out to trump, kamala and different parties. the sumitomo pharma parties that are running and he said donald trump agreed with me on the main issues. in the war in ukraine, censorship. and protecting our children's health and reforming food supply. kamala harris, that's a rumor he was trying to get a cabinet position. that's not true. she just didn't want to talk to him about his issues and what was most important to him. >> brian: doesn't look like he can get off the michigan ballot. the other ones i think he can i'm not sure. plus, if you were printing up those ballots early you might have joe biden on there.

i thought he hand interesting comment when he talked about what maga means to him and just a brief excerpt. brimming with vitality and can do spirit hype and belief in itself. it was an america beginning to confront darker shadows, could being a knowledge injustice in past and present yet at the same time celebrate its successes. that's what it meant to him. the other thing, too. trump is a salesperson. he knows understand you don't get the sale on the first call. evidently he has constantly been calling him. asking him to come aboard. he almost was there during the rnc for a dramatic announcement. what happens is why do you say why do you get that? this guy was relentless. he was trying. when it looked like he wouldn't go anywhere. he blasted him on truth social. >> he blasted him back. you might be a sociopath i don't know. when all is said and done. i personally disagree. i don't think the alt right or whatever it is they call it

ne-yo. >> ainsley: maga? >> ne-yo conservatives? >> steve: neocon. >> brian: out there looking for war in ukraine. i am pretty sure the neocons aren't in power unless donald trump left them there. he didn't subscribe to them anywhere. having said all that you have a debate. in my family we debated back and forth we don't agree. the way they go after him is nuts. his family, his daughter going after him personally. now we found out he cut off the head of a whale this morning? >> steve: with a chainsaw. it's crazy. keep in mind. he -- the kennedy family is one of the most famous stored names in democratic politics. dallas why it was so extraordinary that he would run not as a democrat ultimately, he didn't make it in that department, because joe biden strong armed him. >> brian: then they strong armed joe biden. >> steve: they did, indeed. that's why the kennedy family put out the joint statement on

friday, saying essentially, we're not with our brother. just saying that here he is yesterday talking a little bit about how his entire family has turned on him. >> my family is at the center of the democratic party. i have five members of my family working for the biden administration. president biden has behind him has a bust of myfather in the o. he has been a family friend for many, many years. my family, i understand they are troubled by my decisions but, you know, i love my family. i think we all need to be able to disagree with each other and stiff love each other. >> ainsley: his sister said we disavow and separate and kiss associate myself from him on this issue. she said i love my brother. but this is an outrage. she says she hasn't spoken to him in weeks since her daughter's wedding. he showed up at her daughter's wedding. he knows where i stand on their

and we don't agree with it. i think moms around the country appreciate his stance for trying to make our children healthy again e talked about how 75% of the budget from the fda comes from pharmaceutical companies. that shouldn't be. he said it's very profitable when a child is sick. the hospitals make money, pharmaceutical conditions make money. and he said hospitals make money. and he said the food supply, the pollution, the toxins in our environment, and the corruption in healthcare, those are the problems causing an epidemic. that is music to every mom's ears. do you ever wonder why did you go italy you eat all of this fresh food you eat all this weight don't feel bloated after eating pizza and pass attachment severing fresh. they don't have the toxins. all these children had peanut allergies? that never occurred when we were younger? what's going on. >> brian: planters people want to get to the bottom. >> steve: there is a nut in a top hat out in the green room. >> brian: which is weird. i'm getting used to him though.

tammy bruce put in perspective why all the kennedys why is this the red line with everything that their family has been through. the condition of this country she writes should shock everyone. even if their name is kennedy. we know it at least shocks one of us, you know, who, like us, have had enough of the fear of hopelessness assigned to us for generations. she also talked about out of all the controversy the kennedys have been involved, in from day one, why is this the one where they finally turn on each other? listen. >> despite the nature of chappaquiddick and marilyn monroe and the treatment of women in general. the divorces. of course, all the kinds of things. it's remarkable things. and, yet, this is what they are going to throw someone over for who acts on his conscience to make a difference for this country. the reaction a lot from women is that we haven't really been blunt about we know what we have put up with we know that we have supported you, despite what

you've done. and this is what you do when all we want is a future that american families can trust and that they don't have to worry about if they have got gas in the car to go to work. if they can afford eggs this week. the kennedys do not know that life. we do. and after all this support, my goodness, stand with us for one minute. >> brian: norman net that stuck around. norman cohen was a republican went secretary of defense. agree on a lot of the poem. we agree on defense and transportation. you go do that. my brother went over to the republican party because they agree they are going to straighten out the food situation or whatever it is, i can't believe how angry they are at him. >> ainsley: i know. >> brian: it's so crazy. >> ainsley: you have brothers. if your brother were running, you might disagree, would you go out there and. >> steve: don't ask him on tv.

>> brian: ha ha. >> ainsley: i know i wouldn't. i have a brother. >> brian: that's okay. he feels differently. >> steve: on friday, when he announced he was suspending his campaign, he lost his secret service protection. which he might need to protect him from his family i'm being facetious. >> brian: no more conventions no, more pep rallies, time to get down to brass tacks. let's debate the issues. the problem is kamala harris has not defined her issues. not even put them on her website. she has leaked to anonymous sources that she has changed on almost everything to totally candid more like donald trump. so, when tom cotton went out to defend donald trump and ask the same thing we're asking, what do you stand for and why did you switch? if, in fact, it is true. jonathan karl was not ready for the retort. listen. >> president trump is going to draw a sharp contrast with kamala harris, who has supported things like decriminalizing illegal immigration or giving

taxpayer funded health insurance to illegal aliens or taking away health insurance on the job for 170 million americans. banning gas cars. confiscating firearms. >> what do you mean taking away health insurance what are you talking about. >> she said when she ran for president she wants to eliminate private health insurance on the job for 170 million americans, john. >> i mean that is not her position now. >> how do you know that's not her position? how do you know that's not her position. >> she has said she supports tax. >> she has not said? >> she has not said that maybe anonymous aides on a friday night have said that. >> ainsley: john karl didn't snow she had said that in the past. they are not reporting it on other networks. but she did say that in fact, we have proof. when she stood up in that debate and they asked who wants to take away private healthcare insurance, she raised her hand. she and bernie sanders. >> brian: at least intlans thee did. put the screws to bernie sanders who had no answers when asked why did she switch? the thing she switched from is

what bernie sanders was saying. >> steve: bernie sanders said i'm disappointed, essentially, that she has not made clear what her positions are. you know, at one point jonathan karl, who is a great reporter, he said she is moving to the middle. but these are just things that we know from these leaks. until we hear the words come out of her mouth, you have got to assume that her positions are the same ones she ran on in 2019. but, according to axios, their strategy is they will not have any fully fleshed out policy ideas before the election. because there simply is not enough time. >> ainsley: does that remind you of nancy pelosi? we will read it after it passes? >> brian: yes. >> steve: if you read the whole thing you would know what was in it. so little time -- essentially what they're going to do is run on great big broad ideas about justice and freedom and america and stuff like that. as opposed to donald trump who

has got some policy differences, obviously with her. >> ainsley: only time we have heard from her since she has become a candidate at the dnc convention where she just bashed donald trump. there was no policy. we don't know where she stands. >> we are hearing from anonymous sources she is flip-flopping on names things. >> steve: we haven't heard the "new york times" heard it. >> ainsley: nikki haley said take her at her worked. we know what her policies were her entire political career so don't forget that. >> brian: attorney general, a d.a., a senator, and now as vice president, and now she wants to be more like donald trump. she wants to be tough on the border. she wants to be tough on crime. she also wants to not for banning fracking oil and gas, bringing up support for the new green deal. guess what? from an administration that cut defense. not even to keep up with inflation. she is going to have the strongest defense ever. why are we believe that? unless she says you are not going to believe it. i kept wanting to double defense spending but joe biden wouldn't

listen to me at one point she has to say it and keep in mind she did say to howie kurtz that he she dual an interview by the end of the week. >> steve: that could be the only chance we have to hear anything specific. accord fog axios, she is going to have an emphasis on lofty ideas like strength, everybody is for strength. decency. everybody is for decency, rule of law, and individual freedom. so that's as specific as things are going to get. >> ainsley: why do you think she will have this interview labor day weekend? she said it will be before sunday. before sunday her campaign said. >> brian: i sense it's going to be oprah. >> ainsley: a lot of people are not watching the news on labor day weekend. they are on vacation. >> steve: let's hope they are watching right now. >> ainsley: monday before labor day weekend. >> steve: you said people aren't watching news. i said we are hoping they are watching us. >> brian: speaker johnson coming up in a little while. extremely busy. a lot of times people take this time off not this cycle not now. trump is so busy too. he is taking this as his last

week. it's going to be really interesting. it also marks a very important day. trump will be marking. this maybe you will, too. it's a fox news alert. today marks three years. three years since the terrorist attack that killed 13 u.s. service members and wounded many more at abby gate during the biden-harris administration's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. >> steve: you see the faces right there. 11 marines, one saylor and a soldier died when an isis-k suicide bomber carried out the attack outside the kabul airport. killing 170 afghanys as well. >> griff: griff jenkins has more from the grieving families who are still fighting for accountability. griff? >> griff: good morning, ainsley, brian and steve? that attack marking the deadliest day for u.s. troops. blast happened while they were screening thousands of afghans desperately trying to make it onto the one of the last flights leaving the country. since then, the taliban has completely taken over in afghanistan. loved ones are still grieving the great loss with many families upset over the biden

administration's false claims that no troops died overseas under his watch. over the weekend, we heard from gold star parents of fallen marine staff sergeant darren taylor hoover on "fox & friends weekend." listen. >> the more i learned, the more i got into the inner workings of politics and how this afghanistan withdraw went down, i have become angry. and less tolerant. there is a lot of us -- of people that need to stand up and say, you know, we screwed upmen. and apologize to us and the american people for what took place. the two main players, biden himself and harris who said she was the last one in the room. >> how dare you put our men and women in harm's way. how dare you let the taliban, the entity that we have been fighting for the past 20 years in that war, how dare you put our sons and daughters in harm's way.

>> griff: finally, just moments ago, guys, the white house putting out a statement marking the three year anniversary and saying those heroes embodied the very best we are as a nation. adding we owe them and their families a sacred debt and never be able to fully repay it although the white house has no planned events to mark it publicly. president biden is in rehoboth at the beach, guys? >> steve: where he will be all week. >> ainsley: he went from california to a week to rehoboth for a week. >> steve: coastal. >> brian: wondering who is running the country. important to understand and not bushy in this break neck news cycle we are. in what a disaster and ramifications not only for the 13 families and dozens wounded and thousand afghans who decide. the lack of planning oing on evacuation. the way he ignored military advice, kamala harris is on the record to dana bash saying i was

the last person in the room and proud of it until she realized this would be the scene. this was buried on other channels and will not be seen, i'm sure. more than 10 seconds anywhere else today. this is the story that -- this stopped joe biden from ever getting over 50% in his approval ratings from that day forward and the 13 that lost their lives totally preventable. we asked the taliban to provide security and we are wondering why it broke down. >> not to mention the afghans who helped americans when they were over there translators and helping our soldiers and 78 of them were trapped there i read an argue about one man who had his back severed in four different places. shrapnel in his neck. his wife changed forever. unable to really walk well. his father lost everything trying to pay for medical care for his son. so it affected 170 afghans and 13 soldiers. >> steve: killed 170. joe biden at the press conference after that debacle said yes, the buck does stop with me. but it does not bring any of

those 13 lives back. >> brian: let me say this, i know the person who did the after action report or co-head it. joe biden would not read the report. do it on his own we will will give it to you orally okay. well make it a half hour. okay. if you can make it 15 minutes he will do it. we will make it 15 minutes and then he said no. he never wanted to find out what went wrong. that is one of the worst things you could do as a ceo. how could you not want to know how bad you screwed up and the reasons why? >> ainsley: make it 15 minutes and he still didn't show up. >> brian: he said no. >> ainsley: turning to more deadline deadheadlines. task force going to visit butler pennsylvania to tour the sight of the deadly shooting. meet 2:00 eastern time before holding a press conference shortly after. the tour comes just days after it was revealed at least five secret service agents involved were put on administrative leave, including one agent from trump's personal protective

team. encrypted messaging app. telegram is defending its founder, panel tempe duroff was arrested in france. the ceo has, quote, nothing to hide and absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform. european authorities argue that temperature love failed to do enough elon musk support for a x saying free pavel. little league world series the team from lake mary, florida, taking down taiwan in the championship game with an incredible walkoff bunt in every innings he gets it done.

going to win the little league world series championship. >> ainsley: the first base man ran to get the ball. pitcher went to get the ball nobody covering first place. first time the a team has ever won the little league world series congratulations to those down in florida. >> perfect bunt and then they threw the ball to nobody. oops? >> steve: they won't do that again. >> ainsley: it's just instinct you just throw it hoping someone go s. going to be there and no one was there. >> every time we have done it somebody was therics september today in the world series. >> ainsley: another player scored. >> steve: congratulations to both teams. >> ainsley: they won. >> brian: there was a time we always lost to taiwan. >> steve: absolutely. >> brian: straight ahead, fox news alert. joint staff in israel after forces in heads trade rocket fire over the weekend. >> our correspondent trey yingst standing by. he is next.

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trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey? >> yeah, hey, brian, good morning. after israel launched preemptive strikes against hezbollah over the weekend. >> the region is now waiting to see what comes next. the iran-backed group claims claimed victory in the exchange of fire on sunday. and without evi evidence said ty targeted only military positions and fired close to tel aviv. the reality is two thirds of the rockets and missiles they prepared to launch were destroyed by the hezbollah military. has sam asra warned of further attacks in the future when he addressed lebanon from undisclosed bunker as the region surveys the aftermath over the weekend. joint chiefs chairman c.q. brown is in israel for meetings. he spoke privately with gallant i'm told. the top u.s. general's visit comes with american assets spread throughout the region to deter iran and its proxies from further attacks. cease-fire talks ongoing in cairo, once again at the working

level. u.s. officials remain hopeful that a deal to end the war in gaza could de-escalate regional tension. the talks over the weekend were described as constructive. they were also immediately rejected by hamas who says the terms have changed. 325 days into the war, more than 100 israeli hostages remain inside gaza and the palestinian death toll there amongst civilians continues to rise. brian? >> brian: trey, real quick before we get to general spalding, is it true that the talks are still on track? this did not affect the talks with hamas? >> yeah, can i tell you israeli officials are not optimistic about the outcome of these conversations. because hamas is already rejecting what is on the table. they say they want the terms that were set forward in july. well, now it's august. and things have changed. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not willing to move forward on the philadelphia corridor. this key strip of land between egypt and gaza currently at the centered of the disagreements.

>> brian: understood. thanks, trey, appreciate it. bring in retired air force brigadier general rob spalding. general, your reaction to the preemptive strike first that israel decided to do over the weekend as we decided to take a look at this map. look at the areas in which they hit. they said over 200 targets. 100 jets and drones. your reaction to this maneuver? >> i think it was a smart thing to do. the lebanese hezbollah have a lot more he is w. weapons of mass destruction. i don't think it's going to blunt it. i want to credit all our forces in the region. i think that's had a deterrent effect. >> brian: take a look at the forces in the region. it's costs us a lot of money but man impressive. two aircraft carrier strike groups there as we switch maps. see what we are doing and how much it's costing to do all of that as we this we go receipt there on screen. we see our assets. >> what -- when iran sees this and we announce it, what do they think what does hezbollah think

and what does hamas think. >> what we have to understand china is talking and iran is talking. what they're all talking is the completion of our reserves. you don't know this but the chinese have been quietly shutting down material that we need to make our weapons. so, the raytheon ceo says we don't go war without china. and as we extend our missions here in the region, israel is using a lot of them, ukraine is using them in europe. you are going to see us really not be able to respond anymore. >> brian: that's the first time i'm hearing. this what elements are you talking about? what metals? >> there is super abrasives. materials for making weapons and electronics that we use in the military. these things are quietly starting to be shut down. i think that's going to be a challenge for us going forward because, again, we have typically gone to war with china as our resource. >> brian: i imagine the pentagon it looking at alternate

substitutes to get this elsewhere? >> yes. but it takes years. really years to rekindle this. so, i mean, this fact that it's good, we stopped brunt of this attack this time. but, guess what? we're not going to have the reserves when it comes in the future. >> brian: all right. so things are heating up in the middle east today and three years since 13 service members lost their lives in afghanistan at abby gate. in one of the biggest debacles in history. your comment on that? >> well, it is -- it's just emblematic. we should have known at the time that it was emblematic of the lack of strategy of this administration. three years we could have done a lot with that. >> brian: we could have. it would have been great that we had a president that listened to one of his generals because they all testified that they cautioned him against. they said they never did. we never got to the bottom of it. other war costing us money but not soldiers that is the ukraine war. ukraine goes into curving. they have danny 200 settlements,

2,000 prisons how significant was this move into russia? >> really frightening if you think about it. we probably are the closest we have been to nuclear war since the cold war. i think we really need to look at that and look at that incursion and see that for what it is which is a provocation of russia who is in a very extreme nuclear power. >> brian: yeah, we'll see. they keep having a red line and ukraine keeps pushing that. thanks so much, general, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> brian: all right. r.f.k. jr. explains why he thinks his campaign failed. >> 16 months of censorship of not being able to get on any network, really, except for fox. i was blocked out from the debate. i had no path to victory. >> brian: wow, rachel campos-duffy just spoke to him. she's next. ♪

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♪ >> ainsley: robert f. kennedy jr. explains why he decided to suspend his campaign and endorse donald trump. >> 16 months of censorship of not being able to get on any network, really, except for fox. i had two appearens as in 16 months. i was blocked out of the networks. i was blocked out from the debate. i had no path to victory. the broader issues that were most important to me, the ones that brought in the campaign, which was ending the ukraine war. ending the censorship and protecting children's health. were all -- reforming our food supply. all the things that we need to do to make our children healthy again. those were all things that president trump also wanted to work on. >> ainsley: so here to react "fox & friends weekend" co-host rachel campos-duffy. hey, rachel, good morning. >> rachel: good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: will this help

donald trump and what is your reaction to suspending his campaign at least asking to be off the ballot in those sing states and his comments about censorship? >> rachel: first of all, yes. i do think it's going to help donald trump. i think this is an amazing moment. maybe it's happened so quickly that we haven't really grasped how monumental this is. this is really a unity ticket. this is a bipartisan populist ticket that i think, you know you got tulsi gabbard, tulsi gabbard, r.f.k. jr. what's the other side? it's a globalist ticket with these mystery puppet masters running it. we don't really know who is making the decisions on the other side. i think this is so interesting because so many times people say, you know, we want unity and they accuse donald trump, in particular, of being so divisive and here you have r.f.k. jr., you know, a prominent democrat and donald trump, the n nominee for the republican party, reaching across the aisle, to find common ground. and i was thinking, ainsley,

what are those common issues? it's the border. the economy, government surveillance. free speech, peace in the world. and food policy. think about the other side, we just had a week of the democrat convention. i can't tell you what their policies are. other than abortion. and so i just think these are huge issues. of the one that's laid out for you that r.f.k. and donald trump agree on. i think this is real threat just to the system and kind of what i always thought. donald trump isn't really running against kamala harris. is he running against a corrupt system. and i think he's promising, along with r.f.k. jr. and j.d. vance to store of blow up that system, expose the corruption. and nowhere do you see that more than in our food policy. >> ainsley: yeah. he said he and donald trump agreed upon four main issues that were posh to him. ending ukraine war. ending censorship, protecting children's health which is important to all moms and reforming the food supply.

but, he also said ross perot got 34 appearances on different networks and he has only received two. he has only been asked to come on fox news. he said censorship is the reason for his failed campaign. his sister is speaking out over the weekend. and tammy bruce wrote an open letter to kerry kennedy because kerry kennedy said she was outraged by her brother supporting donald trump and that her father would not have approved of that but tammy bruce writes about chappaquiddick and marilyn monroe and the treatment of women all things linked to the kennedy family. this is what they be going to be public about? they always keep quiet. this is what they wanted to speak about? here is tammy last night on the big weekend show. >> my generation, we bonded with the kennedys, we know they're imperfect. we all are imperfect. yet, at the end of her statement, they have always been very close to their family, say nothing publicly, despite the remarkable scandals. and, yet, at the end of her statement, she said this is about -- he has destroyed or is against the values of my family

and my father. and i thought to myself, i have never heard them throw someone under the bus. they have never thrown anyone to the wolves. but they do it to this guy who acts on his conscience to make a difference for this country. >> yeah. you know, ainsley. this issue of kerry kennedy throwing her, as tammy said, throwing her brother under the bus, having this meltdown because her brother dared to have a different political opinion, i think just sets such a bad example. it really hoiments for me. my husband was in congress. just like r.f.k. jr., sean also has 10 brothers and sisters. whether you have that many siblings, you're going to have different points of view. and, you know, not for a seconds did anyone publicfully sean's family come out and do the attacks. these very vicious attacks by kennedy's -- by r.f.k.'s family. i think kerry set a very bad example about the importance of family and family loyalty.

and i think that it's bad because families are eternal. families are spiritual. by the way, r.f.k. jr.'s sister kerry is the head of the human rights foundation for her father's -- it's her father's foundation. she gave a human rights award to prince harry and meghan markle and so, this is somebody who is fundamentally unserious anyway. and he, on the other hand, is very serious. and very -- and doing a very good thing for the country by unifying us under this ticket. >> ainsley: i felt the same bay when i watched her interview. he she said she hasn't talked to her brother for a while. saw her at her daughter's wedding. sounded like they didn't even speak at the wedding. that's what i got out of it. but i felt the same way. when he is asked about it he says i love my family. she did that say too "i love my brother." handle it with such grace if you grew up under the same roof.

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>> steve: 10 minutes before the top of the hour hurricane alert. hurricane who he nay is drenching the state of hawaii with flooding rain as it passes south of the state's big island and a second storm gill that churning throughout the could hit chicks in with adam anne graham lotz to tell us what is going on out on the islands. >> no landfall with this particular storm system still passing close enough that a lot really feeling the impacts. starting to see the storm push away a little bit. what a rainmaker it was as we move through the weekend. here are some of the rainfall totals on the high end up close to 22 inches. all largely on the eastern side of the big island but down towards 16 inches. so a lot of rain really came down. flooding obviously a concern when you talk about that much rain. going to be seeing clearing

conditions on monday. what about that next storm system very active across the specific. gill that look at wind speeds gs a category 3 by the time we really approach hawaii next weekend a whole lot calmer winds down to 35 miles per hour. those are your weather headlines. steve for now over to you. >> steve: thank you very much. highlight of moss kit toy system. doctors are warning about the most common mosquito born illnesses. talking about the west nile virus. 216 cases have been reported in 33 states, according to the cdc. and dr. anthony fauci is recovering at home after apparently being hospitalized for the virus almost two weeks ago. joining us right now is fox news senior medical analyst on this "medical monday" dr. marc siegel. dr. siegel, good morning to you. >> steve, how are you? i had an amazing coincidence last week which is that tony

fauci was supposed to come on my radio show. he calls in sick. i thought i wonder what's the matter? i didn't know and i had to fill a spot so i called cdc's lead on west nile virus. aaron staples. dr. aaron staples top epidemic neither of us know that tony had west nile virus. absolutely coincidence. and he had fever, chills, and body aches, but no neurological involvement. receive receive we hear about moss kit quit coburn illnesses all the time. dr. fauci, knows how to protect yourself, if he wound up with it, it just goes to show you how prevalent it is. how do you make sure that you don't wind up with it? what do you do other than a lot of bug spray? >> by the way, doctors are sometimes the worst patients. who knows if he knows what we're about to say or if he follows it. but, first of all, most of the cases, 80% are asymptomatic.

you don't even get sick from them. there has been a thousand case as year for a i will who. per my cdc expert. what do you do to protect yourself? do you wear bug spray. you wear long sleeve clothing this time of year. late august in september is where this really hits. the number one thing we do wrong, steve, is that we allow too much water, stagnant water around our properties. and that's where this -- the mosquitoes breed. we're dead end host, meaning if you got this west nile you are not going to get bit and spread it. they get it from birds and pass it back and forth through birds, not through humans. you can't transmit this human to human. so there is a lot of fear associated with it but it's only really a few thousand cases a year. and west nile being the number one moss kit toe born illness in the united states. >> steve: also, simultaneously up in massachusetts plymouth 80-year-old contracted encephalitis from a moss quit

toe, your tips, dr. siegel, let's hope keep people safe the balance of this moss quit toe season. >> i would say number one not give into the fear. you just talked about eastern equine and encephalitis there is only five cases of year. in plymouth, they are shutting everything down after night. again, long sleeve clothing. wear insect repellent and don't have stagnant water in your backyard. that's number 1, 2, and 3. insect repellant number one. >> steve: medical monday. dr. siegel, thanks so much. >> great to see you, steve. >> steve: great to see brian. >> brian: i'm going to drain my pond. mental note. now to your sports headlines, players from the rutgers and the university of massachusetts women's soccer team getting into a brutal brawl. look at this, guys. during their match yesterday. the fight breaking out after a hard foul by rutgers players. one of the players from u mass. i'll watch. let's listen. >> oh boy fisticuffs on the far side as a couple of players are fighting here. >> brian: wow.

goes to show you the intensity in early soccer college season. both players issued red cards and kicked out of the game before u mass would go on to win 1-0. andre agassi will be keeping his focus on pickleball. ing a goes sharing new found addiction with "newsweek" saying i love the physical outlet of the movement without all of the rotational wear and tear. exactly what steve was saying. the rotational wear and tear. >> steve: it hurts. >> brian: that is it for the headlines. now straight ahead. speaker of the house mike k johnson will bnoe live. "nuff said." ♪

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