so let's end on a happy note. happy mother's day to everyone and great to see you, jason. >> thank you. steve: and thank you all for watching and don't forget to see your dvr so you never miss a show and i will see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. the ♪ ♪ >> the number one reason now that meme aren't going back to work is what you said. fear, or they can't find child care or schools are still closed. todd: it is monday, may 10th, the biden administration on cleanup duty following a dismal jobs report but that isn't stopping the president from pushing his spending plan. >> police are looking for this man in connection with a times square shooting that left three people shot including a 4-year-old little girl.

todd: kentucky derby disaster, medina spirit failing a post race drug test. bob baffert is defending the derby winter this morning, "fox & friends first" on this monday morning starts right now. ♪ >> look at that. a look at alexandria, virginia. it's not moving but it is shining. todd: that's a new shot. i don't think we've ever done that shot before. jillian: i like it. let's do it some more. good morning. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. president biden expected to meet with republican lawmakers this week in another attempt to sell his spending plan. jillian: mark meredith joins us live from washington, d.c. as not all democrats are on-board. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this week, president biden's economic agenda faces its big hest test yet. the president will be sitting

down with lawmakers from both parties to really sell his spending plan, the meetings come amid sobberring economic data. the white house says this is proof the coronavirus remains a threat to the nation's job market. >> the number one reason now people aren't going back to work is what you said, fear. or they can't find child care or schools are still closed. >> reporter: a number of business owners tell fox news they can't find workers and now some republicans want congress to cut the enhanced federal unemployment benefit early. we've seen some states do this to encourage more people to get back to work. >> there is an opportunity here for us to turn it around and the biden administration and congressional democrats could be part of that solution, step one is getting those able-bodied adults back into the workforce rather than paying them more to stay at home. >> reporter: to jump start the economy, the president wants congresses to raise taxes on

corporations and wealthier americans, and spending trillions on social programs, education and infrastructure. on thursday, six republican senators will sit down with the president to talk about plans to repair things like roads, bridges, airports. republicans say they can get done the job done with less money spent, close to $600 billion. the top house republicans say the president's plans really are a nonstarter. >> this is the biggest miss in the jobs numbers in more than two decades. if joe biden had done nothing, the jobs report would be greater and more people would be in work today. >> reporter: the president's going to be talking about the economy again later today. over the weekend, the administration pushed back against critics who claim the jobs report was all doom and gloom. they insist full employment is possible within the next year. we'll have to wait a year to find out who is right. todd: we will see. mark, thanks. jillian: days after his recent visits to the border, homeland

security secretary alejandro mayorkas will testify to congress over his handling of the border surge. he has touted how the biden administration emptied border patrol facilities but senator ron johnson says thousands of people are still being apprehended each day. >> this is a crisis create ad by president biden himself, by his policies. president trump had these problems solved and president biden dismantled the entire thing. jillian: and as you know, the biden administration has refused to call the surge a crisis, instead calling it a challenge as well as blaming it on the trump administration's lack of preparedness. todd: mexican authorities discovered a 650-foot tunnel believed to have been built by he'll chap he poe. chapel. -- el chapo. the tunnel was found after a package of marijuana was left outside the house hiding it. former acting dea administrator timothy shea says president

biden's radical immigration policies have a direct impact on the surge of drugs crossing the southern border. listen. >> what we're seeing now at the border is a tidal wave of drugs coming into the country. it's very concerning. fentanyl and meth are leading the way on those and those are the two most dangerous drugs. fentanyl has seen a 90% increase in the amount seized on the border coming into this country and that's a tremendous amount. as you mentioned, pills, counterfeit pills that are being laced with fentanyl and meth had has seen 180% increase. that's 4.3 million pills seized at the border. i think a lot more is getting into the country. we respect -- with respect to meth had, you're seeing over time this go from a regional drug in the united states where it was primarily in the west and midwest and appalachia to a nationalized drug where meth is

showing up in areas it never was before. .jillian: colorado police are searching for a motive after a gunman killed six people before turning the gun on himself. the shooting happened at a birthday party yesterday morning. victims were all adults. children were at the party but none were injured. >> you could hear how they were crying. >> it was just like sad, because like somebody lost their mother and right before mother's day. i don't want that happening to my family. jillian: police believe the gunman was the boyfriend of one of the victims. todd: a manhunt intensifying for a person of of interest in a times square shooting that injured three people including a little girl. jillian: ashley strohmier here now with what we know so far. >> the nypd thought they found 31-year-old farcan mohammed but its was their brother they spoke to. the man told them mohammed meant

to shoot him but instead hit three bystanders. among those shot, a 4-year-old shopping for toys with her family and two other women. this video captured the moment nypd officer you alyssa vogel grabbed the toddler and rushed her to the ambulance. she praised the young victim as the strongest little girl she ever seen. and she told the new york post that she kept going through to breathe. i know what she's going through because i have a baby myself. it was very traumatic. she saw her daughter get shot. a 23-year-old rhode island tourist was another one that got shot. she told local media, quote, i saw a police officer and i was screaming to him. i have a 2-year-old. i don't want to die. please help me. i'm shot. please help me. the woman said instead of people helping her after she was shot,

they started filming her on their phones. a third victim was shot in the foot. everyone is said to make a full recovery. mayoral candidates said more needs to be done to keep the city safe. >> the truth is, new york city cannot afford to defund the police. nothing works in our city without public safety. for public safety, we need the police. >> you can't start talking about a three year program when three-year-old babies are being shot in the city. >> this comes on the heels of the city cutting the nypd budget nearly half a billion dollars and then moving another 516 million to other agencies. todd, jillian. todd: that's literally right down the street, a two minute walk from where we are right here. jillian: the white house covid response coordinator is pressed on president biden's mask wearing while indoors. take a look. >> i think everyone is tired and wearing a mask is -- it can

be a pain but we're getting there. and the cdc guidance across time will allow vaccinated people more and more privileges to take off that mask. >> why does president biden in a room full of vaccinated journalists with everybody vaccinated, why does he wear a mask? >> the president will continue to follow the cdc guidance. jillian: president biden defended his actions claiming it, quote, it's still good policy. todd: bob baffert denies any wrong doing after the kentucky winner tests positive. >> i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i didn't do and it's really disturbing, it's an injustice to the horse. i don't feel embarrassed. i feel like i was wronged. todd: as of now, medina's kentucky derby win still stands. even if it's overturned, gamblers can catch their winning

tickets as betting results are final regardless of post race outcome. i feel bad for the horse who came in number two. jillian: i'm interested to see what the investigation shows. we'll keep you updated. martin truex junior dominates the darlington raceway. watch. >> martin truex junior wins the goodyear 400 at darlington. jillian: he led for most of the race. it's his 30th career victory and third during the sprint cup series. it is 10 minutes after the hour. the tames square shooting -- times square shooting the latest in the spike of violent crime taking over new york city. keira lawler blames a toxic combination of liberal sis. he joins us. -- liberal policies. he joins us next. todd: a hog for a hero, the

surprise for a navy veteran who fell on hard times when "fox & friends first" on a monday morning rolls along.

>> we have a 4-year-old female shot in the leg. how many more kids do we need to be shot before we realize that bad policies have consequences and we need action and we need policies regarding laws to have consequences. >> what is the bad policy. todd: new york city's police commissioner blaming failed policies for the shooting in times square. jillian: this as the city sees shootings skyrocket 83% from this time last year. here to discuss is new york assemblyman keira mueller. great to see you. i think this specific incident while they are all disturbing, i think this gets more attention

because of the location in times square where tourists come and everybody knows, has either been to times square or wants to go to times square. that being said, this type of violence has been happening all across the city as you saw that 83% increase. in your estimation, what is causing this? >> you know, new york city is probably 150 miles south of our capital city of albany. the decisions made in the state legislature, made by our governor, andrew cuomo in albany are having ramifications around the state and especially new york state. we changed the way the rules of discovery, to make witness intimidation more prevalent, to make it less likely that witnesses will come forward. we ended cash bail so criminals who commit violent crimes, they're arrested and brought in and they're back on the street in hours. we have set up policies that make our police officers have to be reactive instead of proactive, so all the momentum is behind the criminals and there are many hindrances to law

enforcement and the result is what you saw in times square, you see it all around the state, you see it in other blue states where they have similar policies. and the irony is, you have wealthy white liberals for the most part pushing the policies in government and the media but the brunt of the violence falls upon regular everyday new yorkers, regular everyday americans, in many cases it falls upon people of color, foreign people, and it's spy l railing out of -- spiraling out of control. todd: to follow up on the point about tourism, if times square isn't safe why would any viewers who are watching from around the country say you know, i want to take a vacation, let me head to the big apple. seems it's the last place people want to head when we do stories every day of people getting shot, killed, hurt in the city. >> you know, times square was a symbol of the comeback of new york. in the '70s, '80s,

early '90s, tourists would never go to times square. then we were proactive with policing and we cleaned up new york city and the great symbol of the success was times square became a beautiful tourist attraction. it's symbolic it happened in times square in broad daylight. it's a wake-up call that the changes that were made are being lost and lives are being lost, violence is occurring. there's economic devastation. working class people work in the tourist industry. the tourist industry is hurt. that's going to hurt regular, working class people. it's not going to hurt the rich people who push the terrible policies. jillian: for people who haven't been to times square, walking through it even in the middle of the night you usually feel really safe because the lights are on, it's bright. you see a police station on the corner there. so having it happen in an area where people have always felt very safe, at least for the last number of years, it is

distouring. it is -- disturbing. it is national police weekend. it's been a tough year to be a police officer, not just the past year but especially in the last year since the death of george floyd and then the defunding the police movement and anti-cop narrative that's been going on. what do you want to say as we start this week? >> the people that i know, the people i represent, i think americans across the board, wherever had they fall on the racial lines or economic lines, support the police and believe that the police are there to protect them. i think there are some loud voices that want to run down the police for their own political agenda. i think the silent majority really appreciates the work that our law n forcement men and women are doing every day and benefit from their work and their sacrifice and them putting themselves on the line for regular people. jillian: we certainly thank them for all they do to protect us, that's for sure. thank you for joining us. have a good day. >> thank you. jillian: it is 18 minutes after the hour. coming up, demanding answers from beijing, the gop push to determine once and for all if

covid-19 originated in a lab in wuhan. todd: gordon chang believes we cannot protect ourselves from the next pandemic until we know how this one began. he joins us live, next.

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ago. here to discuss, senior fellow at the gatestone institute and author of the coming collapse of china and the great u.s./china tech war, gordon chang. great to see you as always. at this point will we ever know how this all started? >> you know, todd, i think we very well may and it's because although the chinese government and the communist party are doing their best to prevent us from learning, chinese people are actually starting to talk. and because of that, eventually we will find out. also, we can look at the coronavirus itself and that may have some clues. but there's one thing we know, todd. and that is that xi jinping, the chinese ruler, deliberately took steps to spread this disease beyond china's borders, so even if it wasn't a biological weapon to start out with, the chinese leadership turned it into one. todd: let's get to the report that as long as six years ago there were thoughts that china was considering using the coronavirus or a type of

coronavirus as a biological weapon. do you believe china went that far in their quest for world domination? >> yes, i do. and that 2015 report, it's not the only thing we have. we actually having which is even more authoritative. and that's the 2017 science of military strategy which is an authoritative publication of china's national defense university which even said there should be a new type of biological warfare of, quote, specific ethnic genetic attacks which means the next pathogen could leave the chinese immune but sicken everybody else. todd: we're in a war. people need to realize that. meantime, nasa slamming china after rocket debris landed near the maldives for failing to meet standards. what are the dangers of working with china in space. we work with russia and china,

not exactly our friend in space. how worried are you? >> i would be extremely worried. the chinese space program is run by the chinese military. the chinese military has a doctrine of unrestricted warfare. we would be sending technology to the chinese because we're more advanced than they are. so this would have no good outcomes for the united states. eventually they would be using our tech against us. todd: 30 seconds on this final question. the combination of all the stories we've done in the first three minutes, we clearly are in conflict with china. it may not be the conflict you remember from looking in your history books, the conflict you see in old world war ii videos. we are in a conflict. the if you're not watching fox news, if you're not listening to gordon chang, is the average american aware of what is going on? >> i think the average american is becoming aware and certainly the average american has more resolute attitudes about china than our political leadership. that means we need to shout all

the time to get president biden to do the right thing to defend america because right now he doesn't seem like he's doing that. he sees china as a competitor, not what china tells us, which is that it's an enemy. todd: i'm not trying to fear monger. we're trying to open up eyes to a reality. >> absolutely. todd: we appreciate you being the one to do that. thank you, sir. >> thank you, todd. jillian: it's 26 minutes after the hour. still of to come, the texas national guard was sent to help secure the southern border but they're being put on trash duty instead. texas congressman pat fallen says the united states is not being invaded by plastic bottles and paper bags. he joins us live, next. plus, the special gift given to a navy veteran after he falls on hard times. ♪ you don't belong to me. ♪ freedom. ♪ freedom. ♪ freedom. ♪ you got to give what you take.

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. a state of emergency is declared in 17 states and washington, d.c. over the cyber attack that forced the shutdown of one of the country's largest fuel pipelines. the move lifts restrictions for motor carriers and drivers helping areas suffering from fuel shortages due to the shutdown. the pipeline said in a statement, quote, we will bring the full system back online only when we believe it is safe to do so and in full compliance with the approval of all federal regulations. arkansas' attorney general will join us live in the next hour with the latest. todd: that's bad news. meantime, reality star turned candidate katlyn jenner says she supports a path had to citizenship for the state's 1.7 million undocumented workers. listen. >> there's a lot of bad people that are trying to cross the border illegally. i am for legal immigration. the bad ones have to leave. todd: jenner adding the crisis at the border is one of the reasons she decided to run for

governor. 30 minutes after the hour now. a texas sheriff blasting the biden administration's response to the surge at the southern border for putting the texas national guard on trash duty, cleaning up piles of garbage left behind by migrants. >> it's incomprehensible that a national security border, our border with a foreign country, is in the shape that it is in now. it's a complete embarrassment. it's so he preventable. jillian: here to react is texas congressman, pat fallen. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me this morning. jillian: you just heard the sheriff saying this is preventable. so what would you do to stop this from happening? >> well, you know, joe biden seems more concerned with the consequences from mass unlawful migration and not the root causes. we need to get joe biden to focus on the root causes, which are he changed some trump policies, president trump's policies were working.

the migrant protection protocols, the way mexico policy -- [lost audio] todd: i believe we may have lost the congressman. we'll try to get him back. jillian: well, we'll go ahead and tell you a little more about the story as we continue to follow it. you heard the sound bite from the sheriff. they say the border is completely littered with trash. when you see some of our reporters on the ground you see them pointing out all of the trash and all of the shoes and the clothing that's left behind and i believe we have the congressman back here. can you hear us, sir? >> i can hear you. jillian: there we go. >> yeah, all right. todd: continues with your answer that you were giving to jillian's question. >> president trump was doing the right things. he was securing the border, building the wall, increasing deportations for the crime nailings that were -- criminals that were here illegally and had migrant protection protocols, which said if you have an asylum claim you wait in mexico while

we adjudicate it. president biden reversed the poll sighs -- policies. we'll have a catch and release system, where if we catch you we'll release you. of course people will be coming here. this has to stop. todd: congressman, from guard troops being fed rancid food at the capitol, to being forced to sleep on the ground, a months long deployment, why would anybody who wants to defend their community join the national guard in the first place if this is how they're going to be treated by the government? >> well, i saw that firsthand when we were in washington. there were national guard troops sleeping in the parking garages underneath the buildings. so when we found that out, we signed some letters and were screaming from the mountain tops, letting the american people know how their troops were being treated. we fed them, we did the best we

could, madison cawthorn fed them pizza, i bought dozens and dozens of donuts for the troops. we have to get them out of the garages and we have to respect the folks that are protecting us. they don't need to be in washington, d.c. they're guarding us from milky way wrappers in the street. it's ridiculous. todd: why we treat these people so horribly is beyond he me. texas aiming to ban woke philosophies being taught in schools. let's go after dan patrick's statement. texas rejects critical race theory and so-called woke policies, that claims that any individual by virtue of race or sex is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive. this is what critics say. the bills try to ignore injustices in the nation's history but students must be encouraged to fully understand

the injustices if texas is to provide a culture for the nation. are we going to be divided by states that teach woke and those that don't? >> i hope not. the left is not talking about he promoting diversity. they're promoting divisveness. we have far more good in the background that we do bad. this is the story behind the 1619 garbage with implicit bias and critical race theory. i want our children to learn this is the greatest country in the world where we have equal protection under the law and that's guaranteed. lets' focus more on 1776 and less on 1619. jillian: is there a difference between educated and informed and being woke? >> you know what, there's no

such thing as a dumb question and, you know, yeah, because what the woke garbage -- pardon my colloquialism, but crap, they're trying to teach that one segment of the population has a little more weight and import than another and that's very dangerous. and it's in the embryonic stages now and we have to stop it in its tracks right now. we are all equal in the eyes of the lord, in the eyes of the law, and we have a very diverse country and that's our strength. from many, one. but if we don't work together and truly unite, then china's going to dominate the world and that will be a cold and dark day for humanity. jillian: congressman, thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> thanks, todd, thanks, jillian. god bless. jillian: president biden's commerce policy admits the failed promise to open schools is impacting the economy. >> women are clustered in the industries that were hit the most. you know, the lower skill

service jobs, waitresses, working in hotels, the fact that schools were closed and many still remain closed hits women harder. jillian: women were a major contributor to the weak april jobs report. president biden pledged to reopen schools within the first 100 days in office. todd: kevin mccarthy backing elise stefanik to replace liz cheney. james clyburn is accusing the gop of cancel culture within their own ranks. listen. >> there is a lot at stake. democrats are destroying this nation. we need to be united. that starts with leadership. that's why we'll have a vote next week. >> do you support elise stefanik for that job? >> yes, i do. >> i don't agree with liz on much politically but you know, that's how we grow as a country. this whole thing that everybody ought to be marching in

lockstep, that's what leads people to destruction. they talk a lot about cancel culture. this is the classic cancel culture. todd: liz cheney could face a leadership vote as soon as wednesday. jillian: a navy veteran is gifted a new harley davidson after hard times forced him to sell his. shannon flynn began riding and fixing bikes after three tours in the middle east. hogs for heroes heard his story and presented him with a new motorcycle. it was the group's 17th bike presentation which past recipients passing the keys down the line to flynn. thank you for your service. that's great. todd: one of the best things about getting back to normal post pandemic is more stories like that, more veterans stories like that which we love and love to bring to you. jillian: it's 38 minutes after the hour. more violence in jerusalem between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces. a live report from the middle east. todd: plus, one of facebook's

oversight board members taking a big shot at the tech giant, the sharp criticism on the indefinite ban of former president trump when we roll along. ♪

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todd: a israeli police clashing with palestinian protesters at a jerusalem holy site. jillian: amy kellogg joins us live from jerusalem with the latest. amy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and todd p. and todd. there are fresh clashes inside the mosque this morning which is very serious. israeli police say a dozen of their cops have been injured and the palestinian red crescent says 215 palestinians have been injured in this morning's clashes. of course, there are fears that this could spill outside of jerusalem, all of this tension over the last several days being

fueled by an emotional cocktail of events and issues. the final days of ramadan which is the muslim holy month during which the israeli police blocked some of the areas where arabs like to congregate in the evening, then loomingy vickss of several palestinian families from east jerusalem, and the march where they march through the city to commemorate the capture of east jerusalem in the 1967 war. king abdella of jordan via the country's twitter account condemned, quote, provocative israeli measures, which contravene international law and violate human rights while israel's prime minister said that jerusalem is the capital of israel and we'll continue to build in it. we'll safeguard freedom of worship in jerusalem but won't allow rioting. the risk of unrest is spreading

to israel. gaza fired rockets to israel in the last 24 hours. two were intercepted by the iron dome defense system. apparently, out of fears of further escalation, the israeli courts decided to delay the decision on the eviction of the pal p continuan families for about -- palestinian families for about a month or so. back to you. todd: thank you. jillian: a member of facebook's oversight board criticizes the social media platform in the wake of the indefinite ban on former president trump. take a listen. >> mr. trump is subject to the same rules on facebook as everyone else. what we did say, though, was that they were not justified in taking him down indefinitely because their rules are a shambles. they're not transparent. they're unclear. they are internally inconsistent. jillian: michael mcconnell goes on to tell president trump's quotes around the riot are inflammatory. adding he made bed and has to

sleep with it. ken buck says congress is taking steps to target big tech's power and we should expect to see those moves being made this month. >> you're going to see five or six bills introduced in may and they will each of them chip away at the power of these five tech companies and each of them has bipartisan support and i anticipate by the end of the year these will be signed into law. now, it takes a while once these bills -- once the law becomes -- once these bills become law. it takes a while to actually enforce them. but the first step has to be to change the law, to amend the law, to strengthen the law and to make sure that our law enforcement can move forward. todd: dave portnoy sitting down with tucker carlson. he says the only way to survive

the age of political tribalism and cancel culture is to never back down. listen. >> there's a lot of people i have who i consider liberal, educated, highly educated people and when i ask do you like bar stools and they say i love it. i say how it is possible? they say we know who dave is, we've been following him for 10 years. when i mention politics, we have both sides. i notice it's easy to pick and a choose but our course of history is written and it's also luckily at this point i know how real and strong our audience is. it's been i always say brick by brick. but it really is. we have a strong foundation. i'm not going to let the winds of political change or whatever it is change how we look at the world. todd: tucker's first interview with dave portnoy goes live today on fox nation at 4:00 p.m. still ahead, an iconic stretch of beach in southern california crippled by crime as a homeless

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todd: the sister suzanne murfew, a missing colorado woman, says financial issues may have caused pressure between her and her husband. she said it creates an atmosphere of discontent and sometimes living beyond your means is a hard thing to do. she went on to say, she didn't think suzanne and barry had gotten to a point where they were content with what they had. barry has been charged with

first degree murder in his wife's presumed death. she was reported missing one year ago today after she went for a bike ride. an update to a story we've been following closely. the family of a missing california mom posting this touching photo for mother's day. they wrote in the caption, quote, happy mother's day, maya, we will bring you home. it all comes as her husband is hit with a temporary gun violence restraining order around the time his home was searched for a second time last week and he's been ordered to surrender his gun. in the p application for the restraining order, an officer wrote that he may own as many as 20 guns and 18 remain unaccounted for. maya went missing on january 7th. jillian. jillian: residence oven this -- of venice california are begging for hope. they write that the world famous beach and board walk are

crippled. local children refuse to come to the beach because they're frightened by what they live with. seniors who live nearby are terrified of walking in the neighborhoods. joining us now, soledad ersowits. thank you for joining us. that portion of the letter we read explains a lot. can you tell me what you've seen? >> so over the past year or so, we've seen from the lack of enforcement due to covid, we've seen these encampments really explode with the number of people living there and we've also had efforts to he defund the police. so we're in a poe something's where we have in-- position where we have an increase in homeless encampments and a lack of enforcement so we've seen crime spiral. as of may 1st, some of the numbers we're seeing with roblies -- robber heys are up.

crime has skyrocketed. jillian: 177% increase in violent robberies in the past year, and homelessness increase in la over the past five years. i was also reading an article this weekend about the fact that the population in california has decreased in 2020. 2020 brought a lot of different challenges for people, some people losing jobs, going to other states to work, going to live with family. are you surprised when you hear that people are moving out of california? >> no, and that's because i lost a lot of my neighbors lately. i lost one of my neighbors, she hehas two young girls and he had to move. there was no way to continue to live here, especially having to walk your children past the encampment by our elementary school. he wasn't able to deal with it

anymore. and people are becoming fed up. jillian: what is the answer then? >> that's a good question. you know, we're told we have to get people housed and it's a real problem for los angeles because they are building housing at what amounts to 900,000 per unit. so the cost of the housing units, we'll never be able to house enough people. jillian: you mentioned the defunding the police movement. do you think that that has a lot to do with what you're seeing happening right now? because not even just in california but all over the country you hear stories about officers who are retiring who don't want to do the job anymore. >> well, absolutely. their hands are really tied. there's not much they can do. and so it's just sort of the perfect storm. when you have this lack of enforcement, you're just going to attract some bad players. and then additionally, remember that it's legal to do meth and heroin in the open in california. so we've really seen this surge

of drug addicts in our neighborhoods who are driven here by the of lifestyle and by the ability to do drugs out in the open. jillian: okay. thank you very much for joining us. keep us updated on everything. >> thank you. jillian: todd. todd: ahead of our next hour, "fox & friends first," heroes who fought for our country denied a permit for a memorial day weekend march over covid concerns, but a pro-pot rally got the green light and even an nypd escort. a member of that group blames the mayor, mayor bill de blasio, sounding off. jillian: plus, arkansas attorney general leslie rutledge, and carrie sebarino all live, coming up. todd: ladies night. ♪

>> the number one reason now that people aren't going back to work is what you said. fear. or they can't find child care or schools are still closed. jillian: it is monday, may 10th. the biden administration on cleanup duty following a dismal april jobs report. but that isn't stopping the president from pushing his massive spending plan in a last ditch effort to drum up gop support. todd: police looking for this man in connection with the times square shooting that left three people shot including a 4-year-old girl.

this heart stopping video shows the moment a hero officer rushes to save that toddler's life. jillian: did you hear about this? kentucky derby disaster. medina spirit failing a post race drug test. how trainer bob baffert is defending the derby winner. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ just another manic monday. ♪ wish it was sunday. ♪ that's my fun day. ♪ my i don't have to run day. todd: you're looking live at the lovely city of jacksonville, fla. as the bangles play their manic monday song. jillian: can i take issue with the lyrics of the song? i never wish it were sunday instead of monday. sundays for me are like when you start getting the sunday scaries they call them, i have to be in bed by 6:00 p.m. i have to wake up early tomorrow morning and all day you're thinking about it.