jillian: i don't know. when you were in college did you have any de-stressing animals on your campus? i feel like we talk about these stories all the time. rob: any animal really. jillian: did you have that at your college. rob: no. that was not the thing back in those days. jillian: have a good day. ♪ the house is rocking ♪ steve: tgif thank goodness it's frye fox. brian is out ed is in. ed: he was on yesterday saying this place smelled like fish. you the guy who leaves fish in the microwave. you will. ainsley: guy who makes broccoli in the microwave. steve: we had a segment

where alveda king prepared scallops. is it was delicious. ainsley: he was mad because he didn't get any of the food. it was delicious. steve: hey, joel, can you plug in one of the things in the wall. ainsley: joel, so cold in the studio. because it smells like official in here we have to air it out. ed: it's a friday and i'm happy to be here. steve: we start with a fox news alert. as of midnight the united states has slapped new tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. ainsley: the president raft. ing up pressure on beijing to make a deal as tensions rise between the united states and north korea, too. ed: griff jenkins is live with how the president is responding this morning. griff griff you make a threat, you follow through with it that's what the president did last night increasing tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods to 25% after talks ended last night without a

deal. the president weighing in yesterday. >> i have no idea what's going to happen but they renegotiated the deal. you can't do that. and i'm different than a lot of people. i happen to think the tariffs for our country are very powerful. you know, we're the piggy bank that everybody steals from, including china. >> talks resume today. beijing is vowing retaliation ministry of commerce issuing a statement regrets have to takes necessary counter measures. unclear what those counter measures will look like. president trump has threatened additional tariffs on $325 billion of chinese imports. this as tensions rise with north korea for the second time in a week. the rogue nation launched two short range missiles traveling 260 and 170 miles respectively. the u.s. responding within minutes. firing a long range missile from a base in california traveling 4200 miles into the pacific. and another fired from a submarine off the coast of florida. officials say the timing was

coincidental. and acting defense secretary patrick shanahan down played the provocation. >> we know what they fired i think hold off on talking about what it is. we will stick to our diplomacy. as you all know we haven't changed our operations or our posture continue the generate the readiness we need in case diplomacy fails. >> u.s. announced a seizure of a north korean cargo ship carrying coal in violation of international sanctions in aim of last year you see this there all of this troubling signs kim jong un may be drifting from negotiation on a denuclearization deal guys? steve: a lot going on. griff. thank you very much. that ship that apparently a -- federal government yesterday asked a judge to sign over to the united states was north korea's number two biggest ship. and it was caught smuggling

coal n violation of the sanctions. it just goes to show you. and the news this morning as people get up and they hear oh the tariffs kicked in. a lot of people don't feel the tariffs. there are certain industries that do. nonetheless, the president made it very clear i'm not going to cave. and as of right now,. ainsley: i like the president very much is he a friend of mine. he said i have to serve the best interest of america. he said we have helped china rebuild. they are taking advantage of us. they were not supposed to renegotiate without talking to us. they all of a sudden changed the rules and he said i'm not going to stand for that. ed: president thinks he has room to move. the chinese economy is not where the u.s. economy is their economy is in shambles. china still has a strong economy but they have hit so many problems recently the president thinks he has the upper hand he will try to wait out president xi. ainsley: they will continue talks today.

steve: going to talk to david petraeus. you will see that interview come up in 20 minutes. is he down south. and our own pete hegseth interviewed the vice president. you will see that interview at 7:30. that particular topic about trade. ed: a lot happening. no doubt about it. yesterday was the one-year anniversary of. ainsley: two year anniversary. steve: time flies. ed: when you are having fun. james comey fired by president trump. he decided he was going to cooperate on that anniversary with cnn on town hall meeting where he was going to try to state his case. it's interesting because there were many of his critics, james comey, believe the reason is he speaking out with op-eds and interviews like this because william barr, the attorney general is now bearing down on exactly what james comey and others knew and when they knew it in terms of the fisa warrant. ainsley: think about do we have confidence in the fbi in the field offices are amazing but there are many in the top that have been wrapped up in all these investigations. it has changed how people

view the fbi. that's what the president keeps saying it all goes back to james comey. is he mad about that. steve: james comey took a shot at peter strzok and lisa page yesterday saying they did a lot of damage to the fbi. they should be dealt with severely. goes back to ed, your point about bill barr a couple of weeks ago in that open hearing. he said spying did occur. they are just trying to figure out whether or not it was legitimate. anderson cooper asked a lot of good questions of the former fbi director fired two years ago it starts, this particular sound bite montage does, with the particular question about spying. james comey does not call it spying. he calls it something else. >> the fbi does not spy to begin with. it investigates. >> you said not spying why do you think william barr used the word spying the word the president used as well. >> i can't explain it. he used it because the president uses it. >> how much work did the fbi

do to. >> there were a lot of spokes off of that whether they were true or false and we were trying to figure out what weekend make of it. >> were you confident did you everything by out book and the fbi and around around you did everything by the book. >> do you think the ig will find anybody did anything inappropriate. >> i don't know the answer to that. >> do you think it's possible. >> yes. the president is not above the law. there is a whole lot of facts laid out in bob mueller's report that raise questions about whether there is a chargeable case of obstruction and witness tampering against this president. ed: interesting he does the same thing andrew mccabe did on book tour leave open this question i don't know. maybe vladimir putin. going back to the unverified dossier. they have been doing this over two years. ainsley: talk bob destruction in the last little clip he said when the president gets out of office he could be charged with obstruction. the president upset about this. he tweets he says james comey is a disgrace to the fbi will go down as the worst director in its long and once proud history.

he broad the fbi down, almost all republicans and democrats thought he should be fired but the fbi will regain great news because of the great men and women who work there. ed: you know what's interesting, i had mark penn the democratic polster he advised both bill and hillary clinton over the years on "the story" last night. he has this recent poll from he runs the harris poll about whether the public wants to see more investigations of the president or move on after the mueller report. end the run it ever trump investigations 58%. continual with the investigations 42%. complete opposite of what jerry nadler and nancy pelosi are doing. steve: when you think about it, the advisors around the president would love to see the democrats engage the president and try to impeach him because they view that as a political motivator for their base. ultimately, you know, he would not be impeached given the political make jump of the u.s. senate. nonetheless, mark levin takes a look at what some regard as the brazen plot

that occurred a couple of years ago in the election and had this observation last night. >> what ought to happen here is there ought to be a grand jury impaneled, comey should give testimony. put these people under oath and let them get the donald trump treatment. this is a democrat party can cabal trying to reverse the 2016 election. trying to disenfranchise voters. they are shredding the constitution. they don't even know what is in the constitution. it is we standing up to this rogue activity it is we standing up for the constitution. they are playing with political fire. there are tens of millions of people who are not going to stand for this. they are going to vote. they are going to become more active than ever before. steve: before people vote, we should hear from the inspector general at the department of justice. it sounds like mr. horowitz will tell us what he knows. probably in the next 30 days. ainsley: yeah. people want to read that and find out what caused all of it. what started it one investigation after another

investigation. many republicans, conservatives, think that this is just a way to take down the president. they are not going to stop until they do until he is impeached. now they are going after his son. his son testified about the russia interference and that meeting at trump tower. they got the mueller report and now democrats are saying that some of it conflicts with the mueller report. some of his original testimony. they subpoenaed him. they want him to appear before the senate intel committee. steve: here's the thing. the mueller report which was going to define what happened regarding obstruction and collusion, you know, don jr. got a pass to the mueller report. yet, the senate intel committee is doing doing their investigation. ed: i interviewed chris coons yesterday after he appeared before the senate judiciary committee don jr. the intel committee and mueller for hours and hours and hours. mueller decided not continue to diet him for a reason. chris coons was honest. i don't know. other democrats like dick blumenthal saying they will stop at nothing basically unless maybe they say donald

trump jr. will go to jail. listen to senator blumenthal. ing. >> if he fails to answer, he ought to be put in jail. if he fails to comply with the lawful subpoena, he has no privilege. prison is the only answer. steve: prison is the only answer. jillian: don jr.'s sister-in-law the wife of eric trump said this. >> this is over. the mueller report is complete. whatever they think they're going to do is not going to change that it's not going to make hillary clinton the president of the united states. this is harassment of our family. harassment of the president. and it's a shame because the american people send these folks in congress to washington, d.c. to make great changes in our country and to do things that they want to see happen. they are doing nothing. what is this doing for our country? it's nonsense. they need to focus on things americans care about. nobody cares about this. it's over. it's dead. steve: you know, there are a number of people, republicans who are wondering why republican

senator from north carolina richard burr even okayed a subpoena. ed: a lot of republicans have. steve: this is over. what's he doing? ed: absolutely. a lookout of news breaking overnight. we have jillian here to tell us all about it. jillian: let's start with this story we have been following. the two suspects in the deadly colorado school shooting are back in court. meantime a close friend of kendrick castillo taking down one of those suspects is speaking out. >> kendrick really was, as many people say, the nicest person you would meet. i wish he was still here. i wish he didn't have to be the one who save us all. jillian: is he a hero. we now know the stem school was warned something like this might happen. cbs news reporting five months ago a parent called the district about, quote, suicidal and violent kids at the school. that parent said it was a perfect storm for a repeat columbine. uber will make its stock market debut today. set to be the largest debut

for a u.s. company in seven years since facebook went public. shares in the ride hailing company opened at $45 each. jeopardy host alex trebek revealing this secret about his battle with cancer. >> what a challenge for jeopardy viewers is right now is to figure out is that alex's real hair? >> this is not the real me. >> trebek talks about how he would be on the floor riffing in pain between show tapings. he was diagnosed with stage 4 pretty4 pancreatic cancer. he had a pain in his stomach that would not go away. ed: the last attorney general held in contempt eric holder fast and furious. the family at the centers of that scandal says holder has

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and killed in the line of duty back in 2010. his death caused a national outcry as a weapon from fast and furious was found near where he was killed. and ken joins us this morning from detroit. good morning to you. >> good morning, sir. steve: headline is the subpoena fight over operation fast and furious apparently has been settled. i know details are few. your family has gotten a run around for how many years? >> it would be nine years this december we have been getting the run around. steve: and all you want are answers to why your brother died, right? >> why he died and why they put a scandal out there, a reckless scandal that endangered border patrol until this day. because as we know there is still 2500 weapons that are remaining up and down the border. as we have seen a couple weeks ago the cartel used them to smuggle kids across the border. at is upsetting that there

is these guns running up and down the border and we want the answers why it happened and. steve: back seven or eight years ago, the attorney general, eric holder, when asked by congress to produce documents about what went into this particular fast and furious program, he would not provide them and that's why he was found in contempt. i would imagine this past week, with all this talk about the attorney general being held in contempt, you, you probably had a flashback? >> i kind of chuckled. because this one is a complete hoax here what nadler is going after. remember, nadler and them turned their back on my brother back in the few years ago to protect eric holder. they walked out holding hands. they turned their back on an american hero to protect eric holder. it's sickening. it's sad that they're dishonoring my brother that way. steve: the irony is that bill barr was voted in the

committee a couple days ago to be in contempt of congress because he would not provide an unredacted copy of the mueller report. you want an unredacted copy of the fast and furious file. >> if they can do it, why can't? i that's all i have been asking for day one. i have been getting the run around. mostly from the democratic side than the republican side. have you people like grassley and issa and chaffetz and gowdy hanging in there fighting for my family and going up against these kids on the democratic side. steve: i know you would like the president of the united states to get involved and sit your family down and explain what happened that day on our southern border. kent terry, thank you very much for joining us today from detroit. we hope you get answers. >> thank you. steve: what do you think about that? email us at friends@foxnews.com. she grew up unvaccinated and planned on raising her children that way. something changed her mind. now this mom is proudly vaccinating her children. she will join us to explain

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georgia is a popular location for shooting films and tv shows since it offers production tax credits. the new law bans most abortions once a fetal heart beat is detected. all right. ainsley? ed? ed: thanks, steve. as america faces a record breaking year measles 764 cases in 23 states formerly anti-vaccination mom is sharing why she chose to finally having sane nate her kids. ainsley: abby wrote i grew up unvaccinated before it was cool. glad my babies don't need to suffer through preventable diseases. proud to vaccinate. abby is here to share her story. >> good morning. ainsley: what changed your mind actually? i was reading but and originally you told your husband you didn't want to vaccinate your kids and changed your mind during your pregnancy? >> exactly. ainsley: turn your phone off. hd. we know your daughter is

right there. >> yeah. trying to get her distracted. yeah. actually what initially started me to investigate further on the pro-vaccinating side was talking to my husband's mother. she had actually contracted rubella as a child in grade school. and she had -- she almost died. she was sick for six weeks. and bedridden. they had the curtains closed and her brothers actually came down, she has three brothers. and they all came down with measles at the same time she was down with rubella. and yeah, she was on the point of pretty much on the point of death. the doctor wasn't sure she was going to make it told the family they needed to just talk to her and give her a reason to live. so her parents bought her a bicycle and just kept trying to encourage her. as soon as you get better you can ride the bicycle. it was a very emotional story when she described it to me. and she still has that bicycle today and she won't

sell it. ed: a lot of people talking about this right now for a number of reasons. instagram said they would block some of these #s that they believe they were promoting this anti-vaccinationing. ainsley: misinformation. ed: it wasn't real. let's put out the real information. because a lot of people on social media, they are watching fox now. they are trying to figure out what they should do. what is your message to parents? ed: what's your message to parents? >> oh, okay. my daughter was talking. my message is basically the whole -- all of the fake science, fake news that you are woman barred with online as mothers and trying to sift through all of the evidence, all of those -- all of that evidence and research is founded upon a very weak theory that is basically a conspiracy

theory that hundreds of thousands of doctors and politicians and that are scientists in unrelated fields they are all in a conspiracy to get all of your money and hurt our children for some reason or other. and i think that that is -- for most conspiracy theories that might work, for this particular one it doesn't hold any water because every single person can get behind the idea of protecting our children and keeping our children alive. there is really no motivation for any of these people who have their own children and their own loved ones that they are trying to protect. ed: abbey we certainly appreciate your perspective. you have a daughter and more important than talking to us. we appreciate your perspective. ainsley: happy mother's day. >> thank you. ainsley: what david petraeus said about north korea. bob mueller and china. brian: there is some experienced politicians who say they are not a threat. are you somebody who doesn't

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ainsley: why are back with a fox news alert. the u.s. slapping tariffs on chinese goods overnight with talks continuing today. ed: china vowing to retaliate as president trump threatens fresh levies on $325 billion in exports the president ratcheting up pressure on beijing as pressures grow also between north korea and the u.s. steve: meanwhile the united states has announced this country has seized a north korean ship last year for breaking sanctions using it to haul coal back to north korea. that announcement coming on the heels and the u.s. and north korea firing back-to-back missiles although the united states says the timing was simply coincidental. brian kilmeade is this morning not here on the couch. is he down in houston. and unlike yesterday when we presented him with that

handsome clip-on tie today is he tieless on casual friday. brian: yeah. steve, i was with 120 people yesterday, 99 asked me about the tie. the clip on what went into it how much they cost and how they couldn't tell the difference. steve: $12. brian: also why we have not cornered the market on what ainsley did cutting off on an angle the bottom of the second half of your tie and making it a pocket square could change the country as we know it the other thing i had a chance to do i'm in houston, texas, had the opportunity to sit down with general david petraeus now with k.k.r. doing some international finance work. is he here for the johnnie mac soldier's fund started by a guy named mike pompeo helped start it when he was just a congressman graduated west point and will buchanan went over and running the atlanta falcons and fc united organization with mls. this group of guys came

together. johnny lost his life in afghanistan leaving children. they wanted to help out those kids and it got so much bigger. i can't believe this. they have given out 1500 scholarships. they have raised over $18 million. 4 million this year already. so they have already had a tremendous success. so last night for everyone that paid for tickets, they were kind enough to ask me to sit down for 45 minutes and talk to general petraeus about all the hot spots in the world and the challenges as well as his 37-year military career. so here's a look at not only how he feels the trump administration is doing with nato will you also north korea a problem and china a bit of a problem. watch. >> the president of the united states has been very firm in saying nato you have got to start spending. stop depending on us while not investing in your own defense. >> is he right to do that. he is by no means the first president. i heard president obama do this publicly and privately. i heard secretary gates, president bush, others have all been very frustrated that our nato allies have

not spent what they have agreed to spend. the greatest gift to nato since out end of the cold war is vladimir putin. he has given a whole new reason for nato to live. brian: north korea shoot off rockets. is the president approaching it in a way yo you can back. >> the president having a meet something certainly something hard to argue with i think. the real question is do we truly believe that we can demand that north korea agree to complete irreversible, verifiable destruction of their nuclear program before we do anything? or is -- should we do a step-by-step starting out with a on the ground verification inspection, validation of what is there? the secretary of state is a seriously bright guy. we do have dialogue. i think he understands. brian: china, there is some experienced politicians who

say they are not a threat. are you somebody who doesn't think china is a threat and competitive? >> china is not just a competitor in the united states. it absolutely is economically diplomatically, potentially militarily. but it is also either our biggest or one of our biggest trading partners. we have to both compete and we do have to collaborate to some degree. now, the big approach here should to be achieve a degree of coherence and comprehensiveness in our approach to china. some elements of which are present. but by no means all. we should look at every decision that we take and ask what will the effect of that be on our relationship with china? what we need to be here is firm not provocative. we want to ensure that china realizes that if there are actions that they take that are not acceptable to us, that there is going to be a response.

brian: so that was a little bit what the general was talking about. he also touched on venezuela and he believes the time is on our side there. and he thinks that vladimir putin is the best thing to ever happen to nato. you saw that. he said it reinvigorated the alliance. what we have done in terms of spending heavy machinery and refortified in europe is key. we're going to put the whole 45 minutes online over the weekend and have some of it on radio. but, guys, it's just fun to talk to a guy that is still very much tapped. in. ed: good stuff, brian. ainsley: did you talk to him at all about the mueller investigation? brian: one of the things he said is hey, brian, whatever do you don't talk domestic politics but when you are in an audience and asked him questions we talked a little domestic politics. so robert mueller came up. here he is talking about it. >> the institution is right down the center. i cannot believe that folks in the intelligence

community, the military, or in the department of justice would embark on some kind of con spur toler effort to derail the efforts of presidential candidate or elected president. it doesn't work that way. it doesn't mean that there aren't people out between the white lines. it clearly appears there were a couple of them at the very least. they weren't running the show. when it comes to something like the mueller investigation, i have known and worked with bob mueller in many different capacities. is he an extraordinary american. and i have salute confidence in his integrity and in enforcing that in the team that was doing the investigation. brian: it's too bad people can't just look at the mueller report, read it and move on. that was another part of the problem. he has not ruled out joining the administration. he did enjoy talking to the president when he had his apprentice moment of walking into the tower and maybe becoming the next secretary of defense. he does back now soon to be secretary of defense

shanahan. i think is he going to get it i would just end with this. i asked general jack keane stanley mcchrystal and perkins a four star about petraeus. here is what jack keane said. petraeus most celebrated successful general since world war ii. having led a coalition in two different theaters. a standard generation of soldiers have worked to live up. to say perkins said one of the most clear-minded strategic figures i have worked fomplet the guy has ph.d.s. i would love to see him at some point join this administration or any. it was fun. and by the way there is a lot of people that wonder about their money. johnny mac soldier fund 95% goes right to scholarships. something they can count on. steve: great investment of your time, brian, great interview. thank you for joining us from houston. brian: thank you, guys. ed: i'm not sure what will happen when petraeus said the intel community didn't do anything wrong in the run-up to this investigation. we will see.

ainsley: jillian has headlines for us. jillian: good friday morning to you. bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez are teaming up to crack down on banks. their bill looking to cap interest rates on credit cards at 15%. and place restrictions on short-term loans. the presidential candidate and congresswoman laying it all out on facebook. >> these guy also continue to get away with murder unless people stand up and fight back. >> now we're going to get republicans on the record saying extortionary interest rates are wrong and we have to do something about it. jillian: the bill would hurt more americans than help them making it harder for them to get credit. newt gingrich is accusing the "new york times" of blocking his novel from its best seller list. the former house speaker tweeting in part, quote: once again, the "new york times" is trying to suppress a conservative. my novel is number 5 on "u.s.a. today" and number five on publishers weekly. it doesn't make the top 15 on "new york times." fake rankings from a fake

newspaper end quote. times has not commented. two colleges are pushing to boot chick if i pray campuses. cal poly tech and trinity university students voting to remove the fast food chain over alleged lgbtq views. in the last six months the company has also been barred from opening at ryder university and two airports. but those boycotts seem to be back firing. new industry rankings say chick-fil-a is now the third largest u.s.a. restaurant chain. well, take a look at this girl getting viral fame with her preschool diploma. you are about to see why. ♪ ♪ that is 5-year-old lilly. showing off her moves at her graduation in ohio. the video has been seen nearly 3 million times on facebook. and i think you can

understand why. she is fabulous. steve: i think lilly takes some dance lessons. ainsley: that's so awesome. the girl next to her aren't even looking at her. doing her thing all by herself. kids are awesome. can't you just -- i can watch videos over and over all day long. we should get her to do those moves on the show. ainsley: we got to get her on. really cute. steve: thank you, jillian. you heard democrats big promises for things like free college, free healthcare, free everything. how are they going to pay for it? new taxes you could face under progressives coming up next. ♪ ♪

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presidential hopefuls a lot of them lofty goals when it comes to things like free college and healthcare. how do they plan to cover it? senator bernie sanders plans to expand the estate tax. senator elizabeth warren has talked about an annual wealth tax. and others say they are going to repeal president trump's tax cuts. but taxing the rich can't pay for all of these social programs. so who else is at risk the of facing new taxes under the progressives here to break it down chuck devore is he a former california assemblyman, vice president of the texas public policy foundation. in fact, you left the golden state in large part because of taxes. you have wanted to go to texas. good to have you here. >> great to be here. ed: start big picture and get into details. when you look at this field that's ever expanding. they want to raise a whole bunch of taxes. >> they do. so far looking at nine discreet proposals totaling a litigation morlittle more than $10 trillion. that's a lot of money. ed: money has to come somewhere. let's break it down. one democratic plan taxing

the rich. tax carried interest and charge fees to big banks. does that work. >> of course it works. it works as a political device, right? because while it doesn't raise very much money, it forces the other side to try to defend interests that frankly aren't very popular. ed: like tax the big banks. >> exactly. ed's he had does it work i'm going after the big banks and a lot of banks pass it onto the little guy. the consumers pay it? >> of course they do. corporations don't pay taxes. we pay taxes because they pass the cost of operations on to us as consumers. there is no free lunch. ed: you have got to tell them there is no free lunch. options that impact small businesses. we were just talking about the little guys. middle class everyone says in both parties she want to help. talking about raising social security payroll tax cap. increasing the capital gains rate. eliminating the mortgage interest deduction and repeal pass-through business deduction. that means a lot to small

businesses. >> it means a lot to small businesses. here is something people need to understand. small business is the engine of job growth in america. one of the reasons why we are seeing now record unemployment, 50-year lows for all americans and especially for african-americans and hispanics and women the reason why is because president donald trump not only cut taxes, he cut regulations. and if we go backwards, that's all going to slow down. ed: something that could impact all americans, you can talk about taxing the rich. look at some of these increasing the gas tax, go to the pump one way or another. introducing a carbon tax and also this has been raised before. we will see if anyone gets behind it the value-added tax that you see in europe and ends up hurting their economy. >> right. so these are the big ones. these are the taxes that really hit everybody. and as a result, what you are seeing is that paired with them you are seeing proposals for massive wealth transfer because these candidates understand that if you, for example, raise

energy costs on all americans, who is going to hit the hardest? it's going to hit the working poor the hardest. you have to insulate them from that by then taking a huge portion of those new revenues raised and giving it to favored groups. ed: tell the working poor give you free healthcare and free college your kids are going to be covered. by the way raise your energy costs and all the rest. >> too expensive for you to drive to work. ed: that's important. chuck, appreciate you coming. >> in thank you. ed: what happens when a pro-life group shows up to college campus? >> don't do that please. [bleep] >> you are a terrible person. he had they'd didn't go well. diamond and silk are here to react live next. nothing says summer like a beach trip,

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♪ ♪ steve: a pro-life activist attacked at the university of north carolina chapel hill last month. >> ma'am, don't do that please, please. >> you are a terrible person. you are a terrible person. >> ma'am, calm down. >> this is not okay. shut the [bleep] up right now. this is wrong. ainsley: the attacker reportedly triggered by signs that the group created equal was displaying that depicted what they called the gruesome reality of abortion. and that one young lady she identifies herself as a pro-choice feminist. she didn't like that. and you see the video there here to react is fox news personality diamond and silk. hey, ladies, what's your reaction to this? obviously an emotional topic. >> you know what? it's okay to be triggered but it's not okay to assault someone. steve: right. >> let us understand you have to realize when it comes to liberals what triggers them is the truth. >> that's right. >> now if she supports

abortion she should be okay with these images. these images are horrifying and this is what women are allowed to you do to their bodies. kill babies can s. what they're doing. >> that's right. >> maybe it's time for us to take a look and evolve into something greater and let's stop killing our babies and stop discarding them as if they are trash. these are human lives. >> that's right. >> maybe it's time to say human lives. steve: you know, ladies, we had that video of the state senator down in pennsylvania a couple days ago. i think his name is brian sims where he went after these people who are -- and this is the video he posted on periscope. he went up to a number of people who are outside that planned parenthood facility in philadelphia area and they were praying. and he, you know, he was coming right up to them and getting in their faces and then have you got this. can you imagine if a pro-life protester hit a pro-choice protester how big a story that would be?

>> that's right. and what gives them the right to make them think it is okay to walk up to a total stranger and hit them and put your hand on them? one day they will do that and walk up to the wrong person and that person is going to hit them back. >> don't make the mistake and do that with diamond and silk. >> please don't. steve: nobody needs to hit anybody, period. >> i know you live in north carolina. this is a statement from u.n.c. the federal education rights and privacy acts prevents the university from commenting on disciplinary actions involving students. the girl was arrested. and then she will have a hearing coming up soon. what are your thoughts about that. >> she should have been arrested. i hope she is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. and i hope to teach other people at the university don't put your hands on somebody if you disagree. walk the other way. >> that's right. >> it's time for us to become aware. there is a problem we have women okay with killing our babies. with murdering them after the baby is born. that is a problem. we don't get to discard

human life as if it's trash. it's time to save babies. steve: your first comments were right on target. that is it's one thing to be triggered. but you cannot hit somebody. you simply cannot do that. diamond and silk, thank you very much. if you would like more, they've got programs on fox nation. check it out on foxnation.com. ainsley: thank you, ladies. have a great weekend. >> thank you. steve: still ahead on this friday, we have got congressman from california devin nunes and geraldo rivera are here live. ainsley: that's right. plus, pete hegseth he sat down with our vice president mike pence or stood up with him. ♪ i got a good feeling ♪ ♪ [farmers bell] (driver) relax, it's just a bug. that's not a bug, that's not a bug! (burke) hit and drone. seen it, covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

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♪ steve: king and country performed this program live on our program and summer concert series is going to kick off shortly. come on up to the mezzanine level. ainsley: rebecca saint james' brothers. and one of them has a posting on that i am second on those videos. you should watch it they are incredible christian family. ed: i think the air fresher has kicked in. greg gutfeld at the "the five" will be a happy guy. ainsley: we cooked with alveda king she made scallops and grits. steve: they were delicious. ainsley: greg gutfeld was complaining it smelled like official. steve: complaining about fish prepared 10 hours before he got up. ed: you mess up the office for the entire day. steve: brian is off. you saw him. is he live down in houston on assignment. we have got ed.

ed: good to see you again. happy friday. ainsley: get right to this. it's a fox news alert. u.s. now slapping new air force on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. it happened overnight. ed: the president putting new pressure on beijing to finally make a deal. in a series of tweets just moments ago he spoke out and said talks with china continue in a very congenial manner. there is absolutely no need to rush as tariffs are now being paid to the u.s. by china of 25% on $250 billion worth of goods and products. these massive payments the president says go directly to the treasury of the united states. steve: the trade war reaching a fevered pitch as tensions rise between the united states and north korea. we apparently just seized one of thinking big coal ships. kevin corke is live on the north lawn of the white house where kevin, it's an awful busy friday. >> you know, i know ed loves being up there in new york with you guys. but you know you miss it ed henry. ed: i do. >> you know you miss all the action down here. couple hours trade negotiators will once again

be having negotiations with trade deal on and off and on again. one way or another we know this that the tariffs did take effect late last night. that means billions again coming to the u.s. by way of china imports. but it's a very curious circumstance because the president clearly wants to have this thing worked out but so far it simply hasn't happened. let me share a statement from the chinese late last night they are talking about the latest round of tariffs and says this: china deeply regrets that it will have to take necessary counter measures. the 11th round of china-u.s. high level economic and trade consultations is underway it is hoped that the u.s. and chinese work together and work together to resolve existing problems through cooperation and consultation. out trade rep lighthizer and treasury secretary mnuchin talked to the president about the negotiations. he said this before that conversation. steve: we were getting very close to a deal and they started to renegotiate the

deal. we can't have that we can't have that. so our country can take in $120 billion a year in tariffs paid for mostly by china by the way not by us. >> meanwhile more saber rattling as the u.s. and north koretrade regularly schedd drills with curiously timed missile launches as the u.s.s., of course, sees a see seized a freighter with coal headed to north korea. interesting times out east. the president is busy on twitter. i will keep an eye on it and let you know if we get anything else of relevance of talks. back to you. ed: kevin corke live from the north lawn. our own pete hegseth sat down with the vice president of the united states mike pence. he talked a lot about china. the stakes here and how the u.s. believes look a part of the reason why the president is pushing so hard is that our economy is in a very strong place. china has been struggling the. the president thinks that's the best time to strike a deal. vice president pence those comments with pete will be

7:30 later this hour. ainsley: two biggest economies china and the united states being number one. the president saying they were close to a deal and started to renegotiate you can't do that. steve: no, you can't. apparently what had happened and this is when it went off the rails last week. apparently the united states thought that china was going to detail the laws that they would change. so we're going to write down on a piece of paper what the laws are. we're going to change. and then china goes we never agreed to that which apparently was not true. apparently there was a high ranking chinese official in the talks yesterday when they broke down. they tried to figure it out. they called the president and said not going to happen and they said okay, midnight it goes into effect. they are going to meet again this morning. it will be interesting to see how wall street. ed: those talks continue. ainsley: we're the piggy bank for china. china is so successful for us. he said they are building aircraft, they are building ships. constantly. he said i don't blame them. i'm friends with the

president. he said it's in our best interest for me to put these tariffs on them because they are not going to take advantage of us. he blames past administrations he said not just president obama either. ed: big on the international stage but let's not forget what's happening here at home. interesting james comey and andrew mccabe and others. some of them have been speaking out and trying to tell their side of the story in recent days. something to do with what bill barr. democrats have been beating him up over contempt. the white house believes because he want to sort of muddy bill barr ahead of his investigation that's ongoing into exactly how this russia probe started. so james comey, a week or so ago came out with an op-ed. going after the president again. then he does this down hall last night with cnn on the second anniversary of his firing, right? ainsley: that day. he haded what he does he do? he doesn't take responsibility for what happened. under the bus peter strzok and lisa page, watch. >> considering the high standards we set for law enforcement, what do you think should have been the consequences for peter strzok, lisa page and

andrew mccabe? >> i thank you for the question. i think given the standards that we have and especially we in the fbi have, there should have been and was severe discipline around their behavior anderson very different episodes of behavior. everyone has opinions about political issues and religious issues and sports issues. you can't bring them to work and have them effect your work. there have to be severe consequences. >> do you acknowledge that this whole episode was w. strzok and page that it damaged the reputation of the fbi and perhaps tarnished the investigation? >> definitely, yeah. very painful. made us all look bad. steve: made us all look bad. ed: as if his actions didn't make the fbi look bad. steve: of course james comey doesn't like the president. he called the president a chronic liar who displayed corrupt intent to intreefer with russia and the investigation there james comey who was the fbi director.

rod rosen stein deputy attorney general. one in the fbi one part of the department of justice. when asked about rod rosenstein last night, listen to what he said about mr. rosenstein's character. >> i think people like that, like rod rosenstein, are people of accomplishment but not real sterling character, strong character, find themselves trapped and then they start telling themselves a story to justify their being trapped yeah, is he awful, but the country needs me. steve: and that is. ainsley: i can't believe he said that. steve: people like rod rosenstein work for donald trump. ainsley: even if you think that why wouldn't you keep that to yourself? they worked together. ed: because he wants to muddy the results. rod rosenstein was standing there with bill barr. ainsley: what good does that do anyone. there has been two years since he has been with the organization. the president said disgrace to the fbi will go down as the worst director and he says he was the one who brought down the fbi. steve: well, yesterday was the last day after decades

at the department of justice for rod rosenstein. they had a very big party for him in the great big hall kellyanne conway was there. the president's attorney emmet flood. had you don mcgahn. you had the current attorney general bill barr. and you had the former attorney general jeff sessions. and at one point it was actually -- it was a heart felt and jokey sendoff. here is the attorney general talking about the demeanor of the attorney general and his former deputy. >> there has been a debate raging for the last few months and i think we have to get it resolved and decided tonight. and that is which one of us is capable of the most dead pan expressions. [laughter] i know this is a little unfair because i do my best work in the hearing in congressional hearings. [laughter] >> rod does his standing

behind the attorney general at preferences. [laughter] so, what do you say is it rod or me? rod? [applause] ainsley: who has the best dead pan expression. steve: i have never seen bill barr smile like that. ainsley: i know. ed: is he like that behind the scenes very jokey. see him on the hill punching back. steve: rod? ed: bill barr. rod rosenstein was being teased when the mueller report came out he was standing dead pan behind barr. you see it. he is in this jokey mood while the democrats are trying to hold him in contempt. i think he was also a signal to them i am not really worried about. ainsley: is that how the intellects have fun? who is the most dead pan? steve: a lot of dead pan going on in that image. did you go to real clear politics.com, you will see the president's approval rating. and i would imagine that on this friday the white house would celebrate this. it's a 45.1%.

that's the highest level since february 21st of 2017. when it comes to his handling of the economy. it's at 54.3%. and the trend is on the upswing which, if you are heading into an election year, that's what you want. you want the trend to be going up and not to be going down. ed: seen this in other polls not just the broader approval the president's handling of the economy. the jobs report from last week is clearly giving him a lift right now. ainsley: joe biden had a message for the hollywood elites. he said it's time to take back our country. listen. steve: it's a quote. ainsley: oh, it's a quote. he said oh i guarantee you if it's me what's going to happen is we will see this country come together like it hasn't in a long time. because people are tired. they are sick. they are tired of what's happening. let's lift our heads up again, not a joke, remember hot heck we are and let's go take it back. steve: go take it back. one of the other things have you got to wonder is whether

or not the president's approval rating is going up because we have been waiting for two years for the mueller report. and now we have got it and while democrats say we need to continue to investigate and see the unredacted version i think a lot of people have said you know what? time to move on. ed: yeah. we mentioned the harris poll that recently came out that said a clear majority, about 56% of the country, not just republicans, some democrats, independents saying all right. we have gotten the report two years of investigation. time to move on and stop the investigations. that's in the harris poll. so what do you think? time to end the investigations or not foxnews.com. steve: if they ended it, what would we talk about? ainsley: maybe north korea. maybe china. maybe our economy. ed: some big issues. steve: you are right. meant of other stuff. ainsley: chelsea manning released from jail after two months for refusing to testify to a grand jury about wikileaks. manning was freed because the grand jury's term expired. she has already been subpoenaed to testify to a new one next week.

manning's lawyers say she will refuse questions from that grand jury. the former army intelligence analyst previously served seven years in prison for leaking u.s. military and diplomatic secrets. president obama commuted manning's 35 year sentence. president trump picking acting pentagon chief patrick shanahan to be next secretary of defense. the former long time executive for boeing says he will, quote: continue the aggressive implementation of our national definition strategy. the post previously held by james mattis asked to step down by the president last september. shanahan now needs to be confirmed by the senate. let's talk about extreme weather, heavy rain pounding houston overnight. knock out power to thousands and turning roads into rivers. take a look at these scary photos. firefighters rushing to rescue a driver flipped upside down in a flooded ditch. amazingly. they did make it out alive. and first responders battling a massive house fire possibly started by a lightening strike.

a flash flood watch is in effect for the area until tomorrow night. speculation stirring over where prince harry and duchess meghan got the name arch were for newborn son. meghan's friend telling the sun she might have named after beloved cat archie who she owned while growing up. she reportedly named the cat after her favorite comic archy. archie harrison was introduce to the world this week. steve: hold it so the royal baby is named ultimately after a comic strip character. jillian: that's what report. ainsley: not archie bunker. steve: no, archy the comic. ed: i think they are teasing. ainsley: second name is harrison. i love that name. jillian: i have a cousin named harrison. steve: isn't it more important to focus on how the investigation into the president began? some saying that. brand new action being taken this morning. ed: andy mccarthy will take us inside that next.

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>> thousands of people last night do you want to know what they want to know? how did this whole thing start? it's going to be hard for them to answer that. ainsley: president trump renewing democrats over the ohr gin of the russia probe. steve: confirms to fox news catherine herridge that the department of justice inspector general now investigating steele dossier and how it was used to secure and renew the fisa surveillance warrants carter page. ed: andy mccarthy joins us. >> good morning. >> where is your sense where this shredded. >> everything is probably on hold until horowitz finishes his report. attorney general barr said in his testimony a couple weeks ago that we expect by the end of may or the beginning of june, we will see that report. and i think that will sort of chart the course for we go after that. presumably, there are other things going on inside out

justice department. the attorney general has said he himself and a team he has assembled is looking into things likes a he put it, the genesis of the investigation, which is the same thing the president is talking about. steve: you had james comey last night on cnn. he said of page and strzok and andrew mccabe. he said they made us all look bad. what they did, their actions. >> there is late breaking news, right? there's a lot that went on here that is very disturbing. the bureau and not just the bruce but mainly the bureau was thrust into the politics of the 2016 election whether they wanted to be or not because the hillary clinton investigation was a criminal investigation that was going on right in the middle of the campaign. so there was no avoiding it the question is given that they were dealt a bad hand how did they pray? i think they played it pretty poorly. ainsley: do you? >> yes. ainsley: do you ever remember a time in the history when the fbi was

looked at this way. the president is saying comey is a disgrace to the fbi and he has brought down the fbi. grawngt it the field offices are amazing and many people who work in that organization is amazing. look what is happening. >> i don't think the rhetoric on either side is doing us a lot of good. i mean, i think for jim comey to come out and take shots at the president as he has and to suggest that because he was the director of the fbi he has some special knowledge, i mean, we just got a 400 page report from mueller. which says no collusion. right? and then comey gets asked last night well, do you think the president -- you know the russians have something on the president gee, you know, i don't know. i don't think it's right for our intelligence chiefs, whether it's comey or clapper or brennan to be suggesting that because they had these positions they have some special knowledge that they wish they could tell us all. ed: especially since it's already been investigated. >> i don't think it helps

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finally, 8 decades a world war ii vet dropping out of high school to help support his family. 91-year-old getting his g.e.d. this week. he graduates alongside his grandson. what an awesome story. thank you for your service, sir. ainsley? ainsley: that is a cool story. thank you, ed. he is fighting for gun rights one city at a time. steve: our next guest founder of black guns matter touring the nation all in an effort to promote the second amendment especially in urban communities. >> supporting the policy of disarming women, people of color, poor working class, hard working americans, the most racist ideology that you could ever muster. [cheers and applause] ainsley: here with more on this message is founder of black guns matter maj toure. we will show a clip from

your interview with tomi lahren. >> yeah. ainsley: tell us about this movement. >> essence black guns matter firearm safety. firearm resolution and diest call labor relation. urban centers across the country a lot of time you hear the word gun associated with negativity. steve: sure. >> in those areas high level of guns control and high levels of ignorance along with it we go into those places detroit, chicago, new orleans where there is high homicide rate and focus on cutting down on healing a lot of the trauma as well as empowering second amendment conversations in urban america. steve: okay. what do you say to the folk when you say are out there? >> in essence we, one, the firearm is absolute last resort. steve: you have an argument put down the gun. don't even think about the gun. >> when you get hit with that argument you say george washington and those guys didn't put down the gun. you know, this is a part of american history. this is a part of our natural rights. our human rights to defend our lives should need be. again, you get the firearm

way after dealing with conflict resolution, deescalation, proper ownership, safe and responsible ownership. all of those things are all encompassing in our group and what we are doing around the country. ainsley: you said the left has made a good job of convincing urban america that firnlsz are not for them. what are they getting wrong? >> the truth. american history. not even they are getting it wrong. the left is lying. directly lying. steve: why? >> they are lying because it's a lot easier to control people and have them thinking that them having the ability to be a safe and responsible firearm owner that empowers people. again we talk about the founding fathers. when tyranny was presented they said no, no thank you and had the means to defend their value systems. steve: why is it in the political left's interest to lie about that? >> well, you know, if i want a comfortable slave i have to make sure that i make them comfortable. i make them think a particular way. i make them think that you have a genetic predisposition if you are an urban center in america you must have a genetic

predisposition to kill each other just because inanimate object is around. steve: do you think that's going around. >> that lie something told and per pet @ted to urban america tremendously. it's everywhere. they have to have better p.r. they have to keep lying to urban centers because they don't actually have facts. ainsley: let's walch a little bit of your feature that's on fox nation right now with tomi lahren. >> what county conservative community do better? to bring in organizations like yours, help you put that platform out there. >> i'm going to be very clear. the second time that you have made yourself available to this dude from north philly running around the country and all the ghettos across the country. unseen happened to try to make sure that americans are not working together. if you want to control people and not allow freedom to foster, we are not supposed to be able to talk. ainsley: what was the reaction from your community and folks signing up for your classes? >> the reaction from the community, the actual people, they get it they understand that we have been left out of this conversation about not only firearms ownership but

civics generally. the actual rank and file people get it push back from people who want to maintain that lie and that myth. they don't really matter as much. i get it they have a vested interest in making sure that a lot of americans remain ignorant to the facts. steve: you want to get everybody back on the same page, the left, the right, everybody, just understand what the truth. >> absolutely. i mean, i think it was abraham lincoln a house divided can't stand. steve: right now we are divided. >> certain uncomfortable truth we have to deal with when you focus primarily on party over policy. when you focus on the thing that makes you feel comfortable over the facts and justice and truth you run into a road block every time. it's happening in governments all across the world through world history. our job is to bring it a little bit more balance and truth back to the conversation. ainsley: okay. we can watch it on fox nation. >> yep. ainsley: it's free when you

sign up. you can have a little trial. i highly recommend it i watch it all the time. great. congratulations and thank you for being with us. what's your website. >> everybody can just google us or go fund me. ainsley: black guns matter. >> yes, sir. ainsley: pete hegseth goes one-on-one with vice president mike pence. does the v.p. think we are in a constitutional crisis? his answer and his message for congress when pete joins us live next ♪ you feel like a room without a roof ♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along ♪ if you feel like happiness is the truth ♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along ♪ if you know and mosquitoooooooooooes! listen up, scaredy cats. we all have k9 advantix ii to protect us. it kills and repels fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, too.

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chase, maryland. folds of honor, all the money from the golf event went to this charity. mike bellman from the association of builders and contractors put it together raised hundreds of thousand sands $6. you know major dan rooney is on this program all the time. my friends helped me out but mostly i'm just glad look at this amazing trophy that was going to each member of the force and we got it here at "fox & friends." it's giant. it weighs a lot. i'm glad pete hegseth didn't get this trophy. pete: super coal. cool. it says 17th place. ed: we have a participation trophy for you. ainsley: when was this? ed: this was on monday. country club. "fox & friends" really has done so much for folds of honor and in case you don't know and you probably do but in case you don't they provide scholarships for the family members left behind from our war fighters wonderful heros who paid the ultimate sacrifice we had a wonderful dinner on sunday night and monday played in charity tournament i was lucky to be in the four some

that. it broke on the way it weighed so much. they put one of their folks, the association on to an amtrak to get it here. ainsley: i talked to major dan the only reason he gave it to you because they know you talk about the organization on tv there is a lot going on. ainsley: where did you go to interview him. pete: minnesota. i was there. talked about the jobs coming back in manufacturing. new trade deal. usmca done. i talked about is minnesota is a place they think they can win? ronald reagan didn't win it in '84. they are gunning for it. this is the vice president yesterday in minnesota. >> mr. vice president thank you so much for joining "fox & friends." we appreciate it. >> steve good to be with you in minnesota. pete: thank you for income my home state here. you have been around the state today. >> i have. pete: talking about trade, manufacturing, farming the usmca. what's your message here? >> the message is our

american economy is roaring. thanks to the leadership president trump has brought to this country. we have the usmca that levels the playing field for american manufacturing. for american steel. and it's absolutely essential that the american people let the congress know that they need to enact the usmca this year. pete: do you think speaker pelosi is going to do it? ultimately democrats would have to be willing to bring this to the floor. >> look, if the usmca comes to the floor it's going to pass. it's going to pass with bipartisan support. pete: speaking of trade. china, where are we in this very big trade deal? >> the china delegation is here again, the vice premier is here. president trump said yesterday that he received another good letter from president xi. he has a strong relationship we believe a deal is possible what president trump has made clear we think we are in a strong position in either way. one of our representatives ilhan omar her district is right next door to here is she a reflection of the

democratic party? what is your take today on ilhan omar? >> look. look. ilhan omar has made statements, smeak comments. statements against our most cherished ally israel that ought to be rejected by every american. and frankly the fact that very recently she has been trying to blame the united states of america for the deprivation and poverty brought on by the dictatorship in venezuela. tells me, look, the people of minnesota will decide whether or not she remains in congress. congresswoman ilhan omar has no place on the house foreign affairs committee and the democratic leadership ought to remove her. pete: korean peninsula. missiles being fired, we captured a ship or intercepted a ship as well are we headed in the wrong direction there in the deal to denuclearize? >> well, look, president trump truly believes that chairman kim wants to

negotiate but as he said yesterday, doesn't look like he wants to negotiate right now. look, we are going to continue to stand firm. pete: have you heard the reports recently there is a bipartisan subpoena of the president's son donald trump jr. what do you make of the subpoena of donald trump jr.? >> look, for two and a half years, this administration and the trump family fully cooperated with the special counsel. literally millions of pages of documents. thousands of hours of testimony, cooperation. and the mueller report is in. no collusion. no obstruction. as the senate majority leader said on the floor of the senate this week mitch mcconnell said case closed. you know, that's why -- i think it's frustrating to millions of americans. nancy pelosi says we are in a constitutional crisis over bill barr are we in a constitutional crisis?

>> >> the president and i fully support attorney general barr's decision to refuse to testify under the conditions of the judiciary committee put forward. i was on the judiciary committee for more than a decade. i don't have any memory of a member of the cabinet ever being questioned by committee staff. and i served under republican and democrat presidents. so, look, this is not a constitutional crisis. this can be resolved. we'll leave it to the attorney general to work out arrangements. but it's time to dial down the rhetoric on capitol hill. steve: good luck with that dialing down the rhetoric. pete: he really felt like someone who was truly treating the barr stuff, the mueller stuff as a thing of the past and charge youing ahead and saying look at these jobs. look at right here this steel factory in saint paul, minnesota. it's thriving. i talked to one of the guys on the floor. he said i have been here for 40 years, it's never been anywhere near as strong as it is right now. it happened under the trump administration.

he said i'm not a partisan guy. i just look at the facts. these jobs are coming back. the industry is coming back. if you have that kind of sentiment amongst, you know, blue collar workers that's a good stein. steve: no wonder mike pence went there. pete: that's true, went to the one booming. they also talked to farmer. there is a lot of pressure on collin peterson democrat chair of the ag committee to move the usmca. nancy pelosi doesn't want to give the president a win. if they moved it would pass in the house today. ed: you and i are going to be back on the roads. pete: fox nation has inaugural summit next week in scottsdale, arizona. i will be there, ed will be there. other folks you love on fox nation and the fox news channel. go to fox nation. ed: i didn't make the promo it's just all pete. pete: it's in my contract. i don't do promos with ed. steve: will you be taking your trophy? ed: i'm going to take it all the way there hope it doesn't break. it's very funny. he apparently challenged abby hornacek. he doesn't know that i know

that to a one-on-one basketball shooting contest. pete: abby hornacek claims to be a champ at dave and busters live one-on-one. my dad coached me, nba legend coached her we are going one-on-one. ed: i'm going for abby. pete: i think a lot of people are. ainsley: you should let the woman win but if you do you will be beat by a girl. ed: uber hits the stock market today. expected to be one of the biggest debuts in history. we are live next. ♪ ♪ ♪ did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? try dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. with 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease

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jillian: the fbi ramping up efforts to crack down on the violent gang ms-13. the agency's new york division director william sweeney announcing a new task force on long island it will be made up of 15 agents focusing on thwarting violent crimes, drugs and human trafficking. thgang has plagued the area for 20 years. beto o'rourke is calling out cory booker on plan to mandate federal licensing of all gun owners. >> i don't know that we need to take the additional step of licensing every single firearm to every single owner. i think that may be too far. jillian: former texas congressman is proposing universal background checks to complement responsible gun ownership. conservative actor james woods is ditching his twitter account after they suspended him for a tweet that he refused to delete. woods telling the daily wire in part, quote: until preach is allowed on twitter, i will not be permitted to participate in our democracy with my voice. as long as jack dorsey

remains the coward he seems to be, my twitter days are in the past. twitter claims his tweet last month violated their rules. ainsley: a fox business alert. uber set to go public today. ed: the ride sharing business is highly anticipated stock market debut will be one of the largest in recent history. steve: what's going to happen? susan li from our sister network fox business joins us live from the new york stock exchange to break it all down. i wonder how many will go to the stock exchange today and buy uber which goes on sale today? >> yeah. there is already a lot of festivities underway. we do have people lining up and it's going to be a big day here at the new york stock exchange. this is the largest american company ipo and sell shares since facebook did it back in 2012. it's a tough week for uber to be selling shares given we saw a market sell off because of the u.s. china trade concerns and, the uber driver strike which is not good for the company image.

don't forget this company was started back in 2009. and it's worth $82 billion. that's roughly out equivalent of general electric which has been around for more than 100 years. and they also have a lot of celebrity backers as well in the company. for instance ashton kutcher and madonna's manager they paid $500,000 for a few shares back in 2012. today that's going to be worth $65 million in this ipo. we also have leonardo did i cap prix owe, will smith investing as well. interesting transaction with beyonce being paid $6 million in unrestricted stock back in 2015 to perform at one of the company's events. so you can imagine what that might be worth today with that kind of valuation. there was some drama to point to and something that we are closely watching will be the company's founder. he is a 40-year-old billionaire. his name is travis kalenick

kicked out of uber the company he founded. he will be here along with his father. his mother died during the week around the time he was booted from the company uber. now, what is interesting is that he is being sidelined from ringing the bell of the company that he founded. this is something that is developing. something we will watch. especially for somebody that built the company virtually from nothing 10 years ago to a company that's worth a lot. guys? ed: it's come a long way some were saying the initial price would be a lot higher. >> people were putting very lofty expectations out there on the market. this is brand that everybody knows. it's part of the every day vocabulary you uber here and there. given the market conditions and what lifted in this ipo a bit of a disappointment price lower than anticipated. might be a bargain for investors. ainsley: 45 bucks for each share. home ownership hitting a four-year high that is all

thanks to millennials. why are they buying and will the market stay friendly to them? our real estate series buy or sell continues next ♪ ♪ let's see, aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills. so why am i still thinking about this? i'll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain.

ainsley: home ownership hitting four-year high in the fourth quarter all thanks to millennials. believe it or not they are taking on 45% of all new mortgages in 2018. our next guest, who is here for day five of our real estate series buy or sell says these types of investments are a great way to build your assets for the future. here with more is roger healey named one of the top realtors in the country. congratulations on that honor. >> thank you.

ainsley: you live in texas. >> i do. ainsley: you are seeing millennials buy houses. >> thank god. it's been crazy with millennials and doing big things. ainsley: the reason is, they are getting older. >> they're getting older and wiser and making adult decisions and very grateful for that you know, it's been a really welcome change and the millennials drove the rental market to absurd numbers. now that they're getting older they want to start making investments and building equity and doing things adults do. ainsley: more affordable to buy than to rent. the rental market paying a lot in rent. >> seeing record high rents for the past three and four years. submarket cities approaching 2 bucks a foot. starting to realize the rule of real estate has always been location. now it's more affordability. if you can go and store some money away, use it as a down payment, that's going to make more sense in the long run. ainsley: getting older and smarter and getting married. >> getting married. true love still exist. they have been like our olson twins. making big decisions. when you are married you get

to have joint income to apply for a mortgage afford something more i d desirable. marriage is helping our market. ainsley: seasonal players. >> the reason the spring summer market so busy. millennials graduate college. get first amendment they move to suburban core of the city and rent june, july, august, that's normally when we are busy with millennials in general want to go buy their first place when their leases are exexpiring. fourth quarter very busy with millennials. definitely busiest time year. ainsley: makes sense for the older people because they don't want to pull their kids out of school they buy in the summer and that's when they move. >> yeah. ainsley: more millennial real estate agents than ever before. >> we are in the influencer generation. a lot of millennials what do you do when you get can't a job do you real estate. that's what happened to me. i couldn't get a job so i became a realtor. so many people doing it now. way more than before. 20% of national association is millennials. over here encouraging and influencing their group of people to go make their

first purchase whereas in the past the average reagent closer to 60 now closer to 45. these people are going in and encouraging their audience hey purchase your first place so we can get paid. change in the market which is a good thing and encouraging millennials to go make a move. ainsley: is wise to put your money in property versus stock market? >> buy real estate and wait. don't wait and buy real estate. if you buy something tangible that you have control over that's a wise investment. the problem with the stock market is a little more volatile. you don't have complete control. real estate you get to own it and touch it and a lot of times you get to live in it. ainsley: my dad said they are not making any more land. >> i want all the land that touches my land. ainsley: what's your advice to millennials that are watching? >> buy a house today. ainsley: from you? >> get out there. buy a house. save your money. be wise and realize it's okay. your first place is probably not going to be your forever place and if you don't absolutely love it that's okay. you are building equity and the american dream is still owning a home. you don't have to have a white picket fence. you can have a condo in the

suburbs. save your money, buy a place and invest in real estate because it's never going to leave you. ainsley: okay. roger seeley if you are looking to buy and in the dallas area give him a call. >> would love to help. ainsley: thank you so much. devin nunes, geraldo rivera and stuart varney all here live ♪ ♪ starting on a brand new day ♪ ♪ - [narrator] meet the ninja foodi, the pressure cooker that crisps. it's the best of pressure cooking and air frying all in one so in as little as 30 minutes it will be crispy . .

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the weekend. much this is the last alarm clock for a few days. congratulations you made it through. steve: president has been up tweeting this morning. don't know if you are just getting up. at midnight new tariffs went into effect. president has been tweeting about that. ainsley: that's right. he said tariffs will make our country much stronger, not weaker. just sit back and watch. china should not renegotiate deals at last minute. this is not the obama administration or administration of sleepy joe who bet china get away with murder. ed: he said we're not really in competition with china. even democrats were saying what? let's bring in geraldo rivera, fox news correspondent at large. ainsley: hey, geraldo. ed: what is your sense of the trade fight? the president thinks he has opening because u.s. economy is in a strong place? >> he is in a perfect place to

negotiate. more importantly, ed, what the president is doing is fulfilling his campaign promise from long ago he would fight tooth and nail to get fair trade deals with the various trading partners of the united states. even mighty china. he has a relationship with president xi apparently is working. the china has a trade delegation in the states right now. i don't think it is a question who blinks first. it is question of essential fairness. the united states with the great position they have right now, this economic power they have right now, with the economy booming, they are you know in a position to negotiate a deal and hopefully the chinese see it the same way because my 401(k) can't take rocky stock market. i hope they get this thing done. ainsley: president says, sit back and watch. we'll be doing that. let's move on to don, jr., he was subpoenaed by the senate intelligence committee. democrats are threatening jail.

senator richard blumenthal. listen to this. >> if he fails to answer he ought to be put in jail. if he fails to comply with a lawful subpoena he has no privilege. prison is the only answer. steve: prison is the only answer. some people are scratching their heads wondering why the republican senator from north carolina richard borough cade the subpoenas for don, jr.? >> i think one reason steve. he is not up for re-election. he is retiring in 2022. i can't imagine a republican leading us down the same primrose path. i think the president's frustration. his subdued anger is totally justified. how many whacks do they get at the thing before they call it case closed. don, jr. testified i think 25 hours before one committee, eight or nine hours before a second committee. over 30 hours total. for goodness sake at what point is enough enough? i urge, i'm a moderate person,

generally speaking. i like bipartisanship but i urge the trump administration from the top down to fight democrats every step of the way. you know bipartisan, the senate is a little different, a little more complicated because there is a republican in there with the democrats but on the house side it is all the democrats. it schiff, nadler, waters and led by speaker pelosi. they have malicious intent, steve, i believe. they don't want truth here. they want to embarass the president. they want to continue to relit relit -- relitigate the mueller report. there was no collusion found. you have accused the president of most vial things possible. he is exonerated largely by the mueller report. the mueller report says there is no collusion. the obstruction case is so lame, i want the country to get going. that bipartisanship evidence now in the senate intelligence

committee with what senator burr did, take that bipartisanship and apply it to infrastructure, apply it to the immigration situation. you know, support the president on trade. get together and make something great happen rather than continually going back over the same territory. they have tortured this man and his administration for over two years. enough. let's get the thing behind us. i would, with don, jr., i would fight them. ed: to your point, geraldo, robert mueller had the opportunity to indict donald trump, jr. and others if he thought they lied to congress, he did not do that, number one. number he pulled back from any obstruction charges. didn't clear the president of that, but i'm not suggesting that he committed obstruction. nonetheless nancy pelosi is saying just the opposite about obstruction. watch. >> this administration wants to have a constitutional crisis

because they do not respect the oath of office that they take every day. they are advertising their obstructionion of justice by ignoring subpoenas and by just declaring that people shouldn't come and speak to congress so that the american people can find out the truth about russian disruption of our election, so that it doesn't happen again. so yes, i do think it, they have teeth. ed: geraldo, as you know, not just the president on the ballot in 2020. democrats who last i recall last november they were talking about hey, elect us put us in charge of the house we'll take care of jobs, health care, all the kitchen table issues. seems like they're doing the opposite. >> on health care, they did, as you know, steve, ed, have some considerable success, using that issue in the midterm elections in 2018. they did have some success. first of all, let me say what

the speaker just said there is absolute baloney. we know because of the mueller report there was no collusion. her bringing in russia and intelligence or counterintelligence at this late date, relitigate go back whatever mueller did, no collusion, full stop. get over it. in obstruction, there is no underlying crime. if the president was obstructing thing he was not obstructing justice, he was obstructing injustice. the republicans stress this was runaway effort to try to undermined if not remove the president of the united states for being a traitor a spy, in vladmir putin's pocket, all of it fake, all of it false. dossier false. that is the, that is the origin, that is the foundation of everything the democrats are doing now. if there is no foundation, now they continue to go forward, this committee, that committee, this subpoena, that subpoena.

this is what i mean this is not sincere effort to try to root out truth this is effort to continually undermine the president of the united states. i do believe it will backfire. you know, you saw his chagrin and his displeasure over the subpoena that don, jr. received. i think that he has been enormously patient, you know. i think he needs the support of the american people. i would love to see some democrats say enough, the way mitch mcconnell said enough, case closed. we have to move on. the country has a lot of business that has to be taken care of. steve: also all right i don't know if you were watching the other channel last night -- >> no. steve: cnn on anniversary of james comey being dismissed, fired, as head of the fbi. they had him on, asked him all sorts of questions. for instance one of them was somebody in the audience had a question about those fbi lovebirds. what happened behind the scenes. it's a great passage. we want to play it for you and

get your reaction. >> okay. >> considering the high standards that we set for law enforcement what do you think should have been the consequences for peter strzok, lisa page and andrew mccabe? >> i thank you for the question. i think given the standards that we have, especially we in the fbi have, there should have been and was severe discipline around their behavior. as anderson very different episodes of behavior. everyone has opinions about political issues, religious issues and sports issues. you can't bring them to work and have them affect your work. there have to be severe consequences. >> do you acknowledge that whole episode with strzok and page, that it damaged the reputation of the fbi and perhaps tarnished the investigation? >> definitely, yeah. very painful. made us all look bad. ed: pretty rich, geraldo you can't bring your bias to work, maybes everybody look bad. coming from comey that is pretty

rich. >> he should look in the mirror, he was the liar and leaker. if strzok and page were severely disciplined. comey was not, he was fired, that is as severe as you get, the more he talks the less honorable he sounds. this was a man who leaked to his pal at columbia university to leak to the "new york times" then kind of covered that up. he allowed, in my opinion, this highly-charged political atmosphere to exist at the highest levels the fbi. and he did it to the discredit of the fabled fbi, this bureau, that we all ex-assault as premier law enforcement agency. you know, i think that comey really, he could have handled this a lot better in his relationship with the president. he could have had a relationship with the president. he could have been more even-handed, he could have easily dismissed many of these charges. how many, 49 agents, fbi agents

on the russia-gate probe? my goodness. he was the bureau, highly charged politicized he as admits there, everybody has opinions, that is the grossest understatement of the year. here they are, highly-charged, highly-opinionated my goodness at what point do you look at yourself in the mirror, you know something, i'm part of the problem, i'm not part of the solution. ainsley: he is shooting down rod rosenstein for his character. meanwhile he is up there saying comments like that two years after he worked for the fbi. i don't know what good comes out of that. i don't know why he would go on stage and put everyone down. but i guess he is still upset about being fired. >> of course. ainsley the more he talks, the less exalted his reputation. ainsley: you're right. >> the longer he hangs around a bitter man, scold -- ainsley: talk about other people's character. you're right, look in the mirror. thanks, geraldo.

jillian has headlines for us. jillian: let's give you an update on a story we've been following today. two suspects in the deadly colorado school shooting are back in court. meantime a close friend of kendrick castillo, the student killed taking down one of those suspects is speaking out. >> kendrick really was as many people say the nicest person you -- i wish he was still here. i wish he didn't have to be the one to save us all. jillian: he is now a hero. the stem school was warned, five months ago a parent called the district about suicidal and violent kids at the school. the parent said it was a perfect storm for a repeat of columbine. chelsea manning released from jail after two months refusing to testify to a grand jury about wikileaks. she was freed because the grand jury team expired. she is subpoenaed to testify to testify before a new one.

her lawyers say she will refuse to testify before that grand jury. shy previously served seven years in prison for leaking u.s. secrets. president obama commuted her 35 year sentence. "jeopardy" host alex trebek revealed this seat credit about the his cancer. >> what is the challenge for "jeopardy" viewers now it figure out is that alex's real hair? this is not the real me. jillian: trebek, talks he would be on the floor writhing in pain between show tapings. he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in march. mother's day is right around the corner. if you haven't picked up a gift there is something you can get without spending a dime. >> you know what my favorite mom fancy is? having a quiet breakfast by myself. jillian: a recent study shows that 7% of moms would like to

have all day to themselves. another 5% want someone else to take care of the household chores. i'm actually surprised those percentages are not higher. ainsley: me too. ed: recheck that. come back. ainsley: give your wife a few hours, women don't get a few hours just to go shopping, i love to go shopping, i never get to do that anymore. we all shop online for multitasking at home. a few hours by yourself. steve: new jersey, the stores are closed on sunday. ainsley: they are. blue laws. ed: that is good excuse. you don't have to buy anything. ainsley: i hope y'all done your shopping. steve: we have done our shopping. ed: u.s. slapping tariffs overnight. the china vows to retaliate. stuart varney as the story next. ainsley: stuart, have you done your mother's day shopping? ♪ california walnuts.

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being paid to the u.s. by china, 25% on $250 billion worth of goods and products. these massive payments the president says goes directly to the treasury of the u.s. ainsley: here with more, stuart varney, host of "varney & company" on fox business network and my take on "fox nation." hey, stuart. >> this is the most important financial story of the year. what you're talking about here is the relationship between the world's two biggest and most dynamic economies, the united states and china. here is the state of play. it is frankly a standoff. the tariffs have been imposed as of 12:01 this morning friday, eastern time. the tariffs are in place. the chinese say as you reported, they may retaliate but we don't know how. talks are progressing, 9:00 hearn time, get underway again today. there may be a phone call between president xi or president trump, don't know if

it takes place or not. there is a assistantoff. things are going very well. talkses are very congenial manner. that is the negotiator-in-chief right there. ed: the chinese economy you know better than anyone is still in difficulty. they have had a bad run while the president is in strong shape. he wants to negotiate from a position of strength. >> he is negotiating from a boss position of strength. he says i'm not backing down. this is hard-line trump. when he sent out the tweets last sunday, they tried to mess up the deal, they tried to break the deal. they tried to break the deal, because that 150 page memo, that was going to exert real pressure on china's economy. xi xinping was not in a position to accept it fully. he came back, said we want to renegotiate this trump hard-line comes down. it's a faceoff. i want to tell you i want to see

president trump in our negotiating chair and nobody else. that is what he does best. ainsley: he said we've been the piggybank for china. he said we've been paying china $500 billion a year. china rebuilt their country because of us. nothing against china i would be doing the same thing. i'm trying to do the same thing for america s all that accurate? >> china has definitely taken advantage of us. our market, the american market is huge. and they have exploited it. they have exported stuff to us year after year. all good by the way. we like the quality and low prices. here's the question -- steve: but they're also stealing our technology. >> that is true. they're stealing our intellectual property as well. can the president maintain political support in america, when you have got these tariffs which are going to hurt the farm belt. that is the key question. ed: we'll watch, top of the hour. >> i'm glad. ainsley: they will continue talk this is morning. i'm sure china is not happy. hopefully come to the table to negotiate with our president. steve: thank you, stuart. another record-breaking month at

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>> there was no motion. he did not make a motion. ainsley: tempers flaring on alabama's senate floor, when exemptions for incest were removed without a. >> another record breaking month on our southern border, arrests reached its highest level since 2007. u.s. border and customs protection, reporting that more than 109,000 migrants encountered at border in april, nearly 99,000 were apprehended. that is one month alone. more than 10,000 turned away. ainsley: what sid intoed to solve the growing crisis. rodney scott the border patrol chief for the san diego sector. thanks for joining us. thanks for what you do down there. >> thanks for having us. ainsley: every month we're seeing numbers rise. we're getting into summer months. and weather easier for them to travel. are you expecting higher months this month? >> our numbers keep increasing

by the day. we topped over half a million arrests. as you mentioned at the beginning, that is only the first several months of this year. we haven't seen those types of numbers since 2009. those were for the entire year, not for just half the year. steve: back in 2009 i understand the people who were coming across the southern border and were apprehended, chief, for the most part young men, largely mexican. now fast forward to today i understand it's largely families, many of them from the triangle countries in central america. the reason for that is because, if you have a child, if you are a family unit, asylum is something that you are going to apply for? >> yeah. that is actually kind of a misnomer. this isn't about asylum anymore. we had, in this last month, for example, less than 6% of the people we arrested actually claimed asylum. once the smugglers figured out if you bring a child to the border that under current, the

flores agreement and some court rulings we have to release anybody that has a child with them in less than 20 days. there was no reason to claim asylum anymore so now the smugglers started a whole new business, they're basically exploiting children, they're renting out children to create families to take advantage of this loophole. we identified 3500 fraudulent families just this year. but the massive numbers, we're dealing with, over half a million arrests really limit the amount of time our agents have to do deep dive interview to detect the fraudulent families. we're clearly missing some. ed: incredible chief, you see it on the ground. a lot of lawmakers, particularly democrats in weeks and months saying this was manufactured crisis. now they are backpedaling, they're saying there is a crisis at the border. in the last minute we have what are one or two things you want congress to do in the days ahead to help others on the border? >> there has to be consequence for illegal entry into the

country. we need to detain families throughout the entire immigration process. they get due process and hearing. we need to push the judges down at the border. expedite the immigration review process. we need to detain people in custody until they get the hearing. steve: you have to have congress help you. right now, it doesn't appear that the democrats have any appetite to give the president a win on his signature issue? >> i can tell you right now, this crisis is no longer constrained to the border. we had to pull multiple cpb officers away from other duties. trade and travel is getting slowed down. means international flights will be slowed down. we pulled in several hundred people across dhs literally administrative employees to help feed and care for these people. but we're beyond a breaking point. without action from congress to create a consequence to illegal entry. we can't arrest our way out of this problem. we need congress to step up. ed: beyond the breaking point. those are very strong words.

we hope people are listening, chief scott. we appreciate the hard work. >> thank you for your support. appreciate it. ed: meanwhile fired fbi chief james comey not worried about his handling of the steele dossier. >> are you confident you did everything by the book and that the fbi, people around you did everything by the book. >> yes. ed: he said he did it by the book. what discuss congressman devin nunes think about that? he will be live next. in its weakened state. it's innovative. with pronamel repair, more minerals are able to enter deep into the enamel surface. the fact that you have an opportunity to repair what's already been damaged, it's amazing. i think my go-to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair.

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>> fbi doesn't spy to begin with. the fbi investigate. >> you said it is not spying. why did attorney general barr use the word spying is a word mt. used as well? >> i can't explain it. the only explanation he used because the president used it. >> how much work did the fbi do to verify the dossier? >> there were a lot of spokes

that we don't know whether were true or false and we don't know what to make of it. >> were you confident that you did everything by the book and you and everybody at the fbi did everything by the book? >> yes. ed: perhaps he is worried what attorney general bill barr might be up to and scrutinizing. devin nunez, california congressman, ranking member of the house intelligence committee who has been ahead of curve. good morning. >> good morning. ed: let's go stray straight to it. james comey said he did it by the book. >> i'm interested in watching entire inter view. this guy continues to make a mockery of the entire fbi and the department of justice. this is the guy who remember, leaked his memos in order to make sure that a special counsel was created to investigate the president. this is the guy who put an unverified dossier in front of a fisa court. this is the same guy who, who, for months and months and months, did not interview george

papadopoulos who suppose supposedly was the man who knew the supposed european guy that had access to clinton emails. the russians had e-mails. there is lot of problems with comey's story. there is nothing that matches up with reality. steve: one of the other things, mr. nunez, mr. comey was asked last night by a audience member what he made of peter strzok, andrew mccabe and lisa page did at fbi. he said they made all of us look bad. >> they made them look bad and he made them look bad as well letting them get away with the behavior. ainsley: we played the sound bite that he is confident everyone under him did everything by the book. but in another sound bite he was criticizing struck and page. they should have been disciplined more. were not doing what they were supposed to do, weren't doing by the book. >> there is no question as it

relates to the fisa on carter page nothing was done about it book. it was all done very irregular in fact this is the whole idea that you can take clinton campaign dirt and use it. the fact this is the fbi director, he didn't know it was democrats that paid for it. in fact he said it was republicans who had paid for it. so this guy doesn't really -- look i don't think he is telling the truth is the bottom line here. the former fbi director is not a stupid man and he is acting awfully stupid. if you go back, remember when he came before our task force at the end of the last congress, this is a man who couldn't answer a question i think, over 100 times. he said things like, i don't recall. so whenever put under oath on a body like the legislative body of congress the guy couldn't answer a question. he can do a town hall, make a lot of things up, but i think mr. comey is in a lot of trouble. he should be. he made a mess of the fbi. ed: congressman we've been watching house judiciary

committee moving forward with contempt charges against the attorney general. you have to wonder what is behind that. when the attorney general is investigating all of this. breaking last few moments, "axios" is reporting, democratic adam schiff telling "axios" he is considered reviving what is known as inherent contempt powers. would enable him to pursue contempt charges basically against various trump associates, what not, including coyers is i have measures they say like actual cash fines. what do you make of that? what does that mean? >> what i make of it is, this is somebody and whole team on democratic side they have been chasing russian governments in the closet for 2 1/2 years. they have to have a new idea, new plan. media picks it up. media runs with it. they create narratives. what us ends up they always end up in a rabbit hole. they make fools at themselves. you laugh at them. the problem is the mainstream

media is so corrupt and such a propaganda arm of the democratic party every day they will run with these new crazy conspiracy theories, all you can do is laugh. at the end. day people need to be held accountable for lying to the fisa cop, all the dirty comes in the fbi need to be held accountable. here in the legislative branch it will continue to be a mockery. i don't think the american people will want the investigation to continue. i guess old saying you have dug a hole deeper. they will keep digging. >> you're in the house of representatives. on the other side of the capitol is the senate. sounds like the senate intel committee under helm of north carolina senator richard burr, somebody dropped something there. he is calling don trump, jr., back in front of the committee. can you explain why the republican would want to do that? >> so remember in the senate

they have different rules. both republican and democrat have to sign off on a subpoena. so, my guess is, is that this is mostly a warner play who is the democratic lead over there. we'll see what happens. i have to, had to admit they're getting close to finishing their report. you had the senate republican leader, the senate leader mitch mcconnell who said this is over. case closed. steve: yeah. >> i have to assume it is part of them winding down, tying up any loose ends to their investigation. they must have questions they want to ask. ainsley: you don't think he will end up in prison or indicted or anything like that? >> well look, i don't think he is going to come back. ainsley: if he doesn't, what are the consequences? >> you know, look they could hold him in contempt. they could try to bring him back. look, the guy spent dozens and dozens of hours with the legislative branch already. my guess, maybe they can work out an accommodation. i don't know. ed: congressman to the last point a moment ago, many in the

mainstream media predicted that donald trump, jr. would be indicted the last two years. that did not happen. point well-taken. thank you for coming in. ainsley: thank you. ed: a lot of other news breaking this morning. we have jillian all over it again. jillian: let's get started with this fox news alert. secretary of state mike pompeo is headed to russia. he leaves sunday to meet with president vladmir putin and the russian foreign minister. the state department says the leaders will discuss quote, the full range of bilateral and multilateral challenges. pompeo is expected to meet with u.s. business leaders, and lay a wreath at the tomb of unknown soldier in moscow. uber will make its stock market debut today. it is set to be the largest debut for a company in seven years since facebook went public. shares of the ride-hailing company opened at $45 a piece. it is valued at $82 billion. a pro-life activist attacked

on a college campus. the shocking moment caught on camera. >> don't do that. please. [bleep]. >> you're a terrible person. >> stop. >> you're a terrible person. >> ma'am, this calm down. >> this is not okay. shut the fuck up right now. jillian: woman she was arrested by campus police. in a statement unc tells fox news, quote, the federal education rights and private city acts prevents the university from commenting on disciplinary actions involving students. a school is ditching valedictorian honors to focus on mental health. mason high school outside of cincinnati will not give out class ranks. instead they use the cum laude latin honor system to recognize students with high grades. the principle claims this will reduce the overall competitive culture at to allow students to focus on exploring learning

opportunities of interest to them. send it back to you. ed: jillian, appreciate that. very interesting. camkamala harrissing blaming vor suppression why democrats had losses in 2018. >> without voter suppression, stacey abrams would be the governor of georgia. ed: well stacey abrams claims she won the race. our next guest has a reality check. minority participation surged in 2008. he has numbers liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ nueven if you try to eat well,. you might fall short in key nutrients. get more by adding one a day. it's the #1 multivitamin uniquely designed for men and women. one serving, once a day. one a day. and done.

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democratic governor gavin newsom is scaling back what it expects to collect in cannabis tax revenue through 2020, cutting projections by $223 million. experts say the retail pot shops are being undercut by a thriving illicit market where consumers can avoid taxes. ed. ed: hillary clinton says the election was stolen from her. we got that on tape. as 2020 democrat kamala harris claims voter suppression in minority communities led to sop key democratic losses in florida and georgia. watch. >> let's say this loud and clear without voter suppression stacey abrams would be the governor of georgia. andrew gillum is the governor of florida. so the truth is we need a new voting rights act. ed: our next guest says voter suppression is simply a myth. that minority turnout actually

surged in 2018. he has got the data to prove it. jason riley, "wall street journal" columnist, senior fellow at the manhattan institute and a fox news contributor. good to see you. >> good morning. ed: we'll get to the data this morning. it seems to be dangerous to be saying stacey abrams won it was stolen. hillary clinton claiming i won, it was stolen. >> it is incredibly irresponsible to be out there saying this but this is how democrats try and motivate their voters. they try to keep them paranoid and angry to get them out to the polls. i think you're right, democrats need to learn how to lose an election without playing the race card. ed: they were accusing donald trump as candidate he would not accept the results in 2016. turn out the democrats seem to resist since then. look at census data. 2018 turnout in the midterms, it was up 50% for hispanics and asians. up 27%, let's repeat that, up 27% for black voters. so jason, quite simply, how can

you claim that black voters were suppressed in state like georgia when black turnout was up? >> you can't. this continue as preexisting trend. we've seen increase in minority voter turnout go up gradually since the 1990s under bill clinton. what is interesting, this happened even as more and more states have passed voter i.d. laws and other ways to insure voter integrity. what we've sign increase in minority turnout. what we saw in the midterms last year was a historic high among minority groups in terms of turnouts. when blacks and voter groups are motivated they will turn out. ed: you think that some of the blacks that turned out in 2018 might turn out and vote republican. >> absolutely. the black turnout rate exceeded white voter turnout rate even with states with restricted i.d. laws on books.

when blacks are motivated to turn out, hispanics are motivated to turn out they turn out. what kamala harris simply did not motivate people to turn out in numbers they needed to win. ed: president making his case, historically low unemployment for blacks and his panics. not breaking news or anything, mother's day in case you didn't know. tom shillue is back with the breaking news, to give us the mother of all questionses. put our knowledge tv moms to the test. first let's check in with my friend bill hemmer. >> good category actually. ed: why do you say that? >> television mothers for 1000, alex. i like it. have awesome weekend. james comey said a lot of interesting things last night. jim jordan responds in a moment on that. we're on the clock for china deal. watch it, charles payne is warming up. more news out of north korea, what we're learning about the

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♪ ainsley: don't forget this sunday is mother's day. so, we are taking the mother of all quizes, putting our knowledge of tv moms to the test. steve: was that the doorbell? we have host of fox nation's, "the quiz show," tom shillue. >> here we go, guys. get the buzzers ready. steve: category, tv moms. >> she was bringing up three lovely girls all with hair of gold. was it shirley partridge, carol brady, harriet winslow or samantha stephens. ainsley? ainsley: it was carol brady.

>> go to the tape. >> yeah. >> when you come back to earth, would you please go tell the boyses to come in to straighten up their rooms? >> yes. steve: florence henderson. >> carol brady. number two, this matriarch had to put up with intrusive mother-in-law that was lays did i but everybody loves. marie romano. maggie seaver. debra barone or norma arnold. steve: marie barone? >> a is marie romano. ainsley: first name -- >> i wanted to call her mom and she went, that's all right. [laughter]. >> huh. >> why did you make me do this? steve: everybody loves ray.

>> mixed it up. it is debra. ainsley: marie was the mother-in-law. and she was debra. number three, what tv mom is known loving by shrill voice of reason for her husband archie? '70s sitcom. claire dunphy, louise jefferson, marion cunningham. edith bunker. >> i got it first. >> why would dumbbells like that live at the beach in the wintertime? [laughter]. >> maybe it is because ralph is plumber and he likes to hear the sound of water running. steve: jean stapleton. >> plain the rules. >> wait to the end. i can't see because i'm reading question. number four, this tv mom is the moral listic force for doughnut loving husband and three kids. will ma flintstone, marge

simpson. linda belcher. jane jettison. ainsley. ainsley: the second one the "simpsons" lady. gave it away. beehive. >> marge simpson "the simpsons" lady. >> this tv mom was known for her golden wise cracks living with her daughter and two friend with '80s sitcom. rose, elyse keaton. sophia petrillo or maude tipped lay. steve: maude findlay. >> i'm not in. >> wait until the beep to leave the message. ainsley: she was youngest one on there. >> you're watching a lot of tv land. "golden girls." i thought it was too easy of a quiz. obviously it wasn't. ainsley: it wasn't. steve: we salute america's moms. you can see his quiz show every

day at foxnation.com. go to foxnation.com to start your free trial immediately. ainsley: remember your mother this weekend. did you shop yet? >> i did. i will see her. ed: more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪

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