place. when you talk about erasing people from our past the only way to rebut that is to teach and learn history. jillian: glad you are here because you make our show a better show. thank you for joining us and for your service. we really appreciate your time. >> thank you. todd: with that download the app. jillian: "fox & friends" starts right now. see you tomorrow. have a good day. >> conflict between israel and hamas shows no sign of letting up. >> idf says more than 3,000 rockets have been fired into israel. >> we're not going to let them get away with it and neither would you. >> cdc is not backing away from recommendations that kids in school keep wearing masks. >> we will not be changing our guidance for the end of this school year. most kids will not be vaccinated. >> what about the tens of millions who still support donald trump. >> they have been if we trade. >> it is he looking backwards. republicans are looking forward. >> space force commander is

released from his post speaking out against critical race theory. >> if anybody has an idea it's truth. if you challenge it, there is something wrong with you. that's not what this country is about. >> 3, 2, 1 plus 1. >> nasa successfully launching the rocket heading to space for a very specific mission. ♪ steve: straight to a fox news alert. 6:00 in new york city. violence in the middle east has intensified overnight. ainsley: growing calls for a cease-fire. brian: here we are in week two already. clague joins us from israel with the latest. >> ainsley, steve and brian. we are in a synagogue in southern israel that was hit with a hamas rocket yesterday. take a look at the massive hole in the wall here. there were worshipers back in this morning. it is a holliday. it is a religious day in israel. and one of them they didn't want to go on camera because of the

nature of the holiday. one of them said or asked what the rest of the world would say if israel had fired a rocket at a mosque. what is striking to me as someone who is an outside observer but spent some time here is how incredibly resilient people are coming right back to their place of worship, having cleaned it up having had a really close call. nobody was killed or even injured in this strike. people here are just used to this sort of thing. in southern israel we heard the sirens go off this morning while we were on the air and quickly got to the shelter that is in this synagogue. so far 3,000 hamas rockets have been fired towards israel in the last week. idf says this is the highest concentration they have seen of hamas rockets ever. again, they were lucky in the synagogue yesterday the rocket hit first in the rabbi's bedroom in an adjacent house. now, the idf is israeli defense force in gaza not going just

after hamas infrastructure but slack jihad which is part of this uprising. we are getting word in fact the israeli defense force has confirmed that high ranks commander has just been taken out in an airstrikes thvment after the deadliest day ever for the people of the gaza strip, i think it was 44 people were killed in one strike. they don't have shecialts to run to. they are closed n the gaza strip which is one of the most densely populated areas of the world. and whether you want to blame hamas for the fact that they built tunnels but not shelters for their people or just a situation given how things are with an occupation between israel and the palestinian territory. the fact remains in the humanitarian crisis is really escalating there you talk about 58 children killed. that is one fourth to even a third of those who have been killed as collateral damage in these airstrikes.

we don't know the status of cease-fire talks. we know that the amount of activity has been escalating over the weekend. naturally there is an u.s. envoy in the region. qatar, u.n. are all working very hard to find a way to dial this all back. back to you guys. steve: amy, quick question for you. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said overnight he said the attacks would continue. the airstrikes would continue. continue how long? o. >> and he has been very vegas about that. been very quiet here this morning. we thought that perhaps this meant there could be a cease-fire in the works. the sirens that we heard may have been in response to israeli operations that took out this slack jihad commander. but what benjamin netanyahu said yesterday, which i thought was quite interesting was that people, israelis, still need to stay home and stay close shelters. he didn't give a deadline for that he said we have learned to change our life due to covid-19.

we're going to have to learn to change our life for this situation. steve. steve: all right. brian: 2800 rockets. chuck todd on down wondering why israel is hitting back in civilian areas. we have been through this drill before. they know better. they know hamas' modus operandi ren i do is to go into civilian areas. they gave warning ahead of time. the media was located there do you know what else was located there? hamas' headquarters was there. key operating bases were there that's why it was targeted. they know, they are going to can go to places that are going to be tough for israel to target because that's the area in which the humanitarian by nature they don't want to kill civilians unlike hamas who just fires rockets into areas and their

goal would be to kill as many civilians as possible. for the first time they have beaten the iron dome with it and landing in the middle of tel aviv. ainsley: israel bombed office. 12 story building inside was the associated press, their local media office and jazeera. but bean j minute netanyahu said i warned my friends in america. i told them our intelligence told their intelligence to get out. gave them an hour's notice to as a result no one in media outlets were killed. brian: i showed the biden administration proof of what was going on there and they were satisfied with it. steve: what they referred to as smoking gun evidence. satisfied with that here's the thing. the associated press was in that building, the associated press has condemned what happened. they said they didn't know hamas was in the building. buff the daily mail this morning has got a story from 2014 where a reporter for the atlantic wrote that hamas' presence was

common knowledge. apparently the a.p. staff in gaza city back in 2014 would witness rocket launches right beside their offices endangering the reporters and other civilians nearby and the a.p. would not report it. and the atlantic said hamas fighters would regularly burst into the a.p.'s gaza bureau and threaten the staff and the a.p. would not report that either. however, the a.p. can did report that their building got blown up and they were outraged over it. saying that they had no idea that hamas was in the building. ainsley: we all remember what happened after 9/11. we fought back. we said we are not going to take it that's what benjamin netanyahu said they are giving us no choice. listen. >> we are doing everything we can to hit the tastes themselves. their rockets and rocket cachets and arms. we're not going to just let them get away with it neither would you. you just imagine what would have happened if you had 2900 rockets

fired on washington and new york and others i think you would understand our position. brian: you do understand. he did sit down on face the nation. and the amount of questioning that they get and the tone in which is pretty clear, there is a lot of anti-israeli presence in the way these questions are posed. and i even watched some sky tv coverage. they are very doubtful in the u.k. too about israel. so the democrats have an issue. because even though the majority of the american jewish votes seems to vote for their party. they have a growing presence on the left of joe biden that they are anti-israel and they are pro-palestinian in their beliefs. i mean, for example, aoc calls it apartheid. apartheid states are not democracies. calls on israel's apartheid state. they call the outburst over the gaza attack. she says it's not an outburst, i'm telling the palestinian story. we know congresswoman tlaib same thing. you know bernie sanders who happens to be jewish come out

anti-israel any chance he gets. joe biden has his hands full a huge divide. ainsley: chuck schumer did not sign. there was a statement led by senator jon ossoff the new senator who won in january in georgia. call for cease-fire. 28 senators who signed it including dick durbin. chuck schumer did not sign it nancy pelosi and president biden. they are saying that -- they are defending israel that they had to do this that they were fighting pack. ron dermer, he used to be the former israeli ambassador to the united states, and he was on with mark levin last night. he said hamas is relying on the international media to blame israel. he said they should all blame hamas. if terror organizations can't get away with it, they will stop doing it if they can get away with it, they will continue to do it. it is just that simple. no moral equivalence between a terrorist organization and the democratic state of israel. steve: absolutely. you know, israel has been one of our strongest allies in the middle east forever. and we are theirs. and that is why the republican party is pretty much united,

republicans in congress have been asking joe biden to take a firm stance on israel but joe biden is reluctant to. he has the white house has announced he has spoken on saturday to both sides. but, for the most part, he has been quiet. really not taken a side. and most of congress has been silent on the fighting. you know, usually by this point in a conflict, there would be a bipartisan resolution passed in the congress talking about cease-fire. there has been -- the committees haven't even talked about something that would have been automatic. this morning, in the "wall street journal," there is a headline, if you pick it up, digitally, the headline is democratic divide over israel puts pressure on biden. and one of the quotes we selected for you this morning goes on to say the administration so far has taken a cautious approach publicly as several progressives have reinforced their calls for conditioning aid to israel and

criticized mr. biden for saying that israel had a right to defend itself. that is a stance that american presidents have had for decades. israel has a right to defend themselves. you go back through history, back to the 40s, every american president has said that. brian: you also look at the fact that barack obama was also the most anti-israel president in my lifetime. he went out of his way, in fact, he stopped even defending israel in the united nations and people were wondering if joe biden he was going to pick up that mantel. so far not nearly as bad. think about this. what he wants is to negotiate with iran. what iran wants is to support hamas. and if you come out and condemn hamas and you go aggressive that way it will blow up what's happening in vienna. they quickly cut off aid in saudi arabia because was bombing in yemen. the houthi rebels control yemen and houthi rebels.

the reason president obama had. the reason we stood by and watched syria turn into a terrorist haven because iran was there and we didn't want to upset iran because we were in nuclear talks with them. it comes back to iran and how after four years of strangling them. suffocating them with sanctions and trying to escalate them now in a matter of four months, not even two months, president biden has put them front and center and put them on the aggressive stance because is he backing them. ainsley: let want bring the story back home to the states because you can shop in some major retailers as of today without your mask if you are fully vaccinated. look at this list. we all shop at these store, walmart, trader joey's. publix, starbucks. hershey brand, universal studios and disney world. steve: right. the key though is, i was actually at a walmart yesterday in florida and i -- every person inside the store. ainsley: no mask. steve: they were all wearing a

mask. ains prototype be brian that was walmart policy. steve: walmart actually changed on friday. but the rest of those on your list were today. going forward though it's to be interesting to see what happens. now corporate america is trying to figure out well, we weren't expecting the mask mandate to change so quickly so they are talking about how soon do we ask employees to come back? and it's going to be kind of a schlepry slope because they can ask their employees if you have gotten the vaccination. for instance, eli lilly is in indiana is sticking with their plans. they are going to bring back about 25% of office workers to downtown indianapolis on june 1st. but only vaccinated employees are going to be invited back. so, it becomes a question of, okay, my employer is going to ask me if i have had the shot. so they are going to trust them, obviously. going forward though, according to the legal experts, employers

can ask an employee if they have had the shot, but then the employer gets into trouble if they say well, why haven't you had the shot? any sort of vaccine hesitancy would be kind of a legal gray area for the corporation because some people base that on health and some base it on religion. brian: bottom line is, it doesn't matter. the minute our country was able to give anyone who wanted a rack seen a vaccine and the numbers have gone down precipitously especially in the places hit the hardest california and new york. it's game over. because if the vaccine it is as effective as proven to be you make your own decision. if you walk around without a mask and get sick it's your decision. if you got vaccinated and got a vaccine all the data, you love that word, says it is very effective. that doesn't matter. it's called freedom. why people are so reluctant to embrace freedom. i wanted a warning. i wanted a warning that you are now -- the a warning if you are

forced to wear gloves and forced to wear a helmet. i would love a heads up on that so i can go buy one. i need a warning so i can go back to my life. dr. rochelle wolenski came up on thursday and said by the way i think we don't need maverick indoor or outdoor if you are vaccinated. listen to her and this guy named dr. anthony fauci. >> i can tell you it certainly would have been easier if the science had evolved a week earlier and i didn't have to go congress making those statements but i'm delivering the science as the science is delivered to the medical journals and, you know, it evolved over this last week, the cases came down over this last two weeks. and so that's, i delivered it as soon as i can when we had that information available. >>the underlying reason for the cdc doing this was just based on the evolution of the science. but, if, in fact, it serves as incentive for people to get vaccinated, all better. i hope it does actually. brian: you can't spread it and

you can't get it. ainsley: you are right. if you don't want to wear a mask anymore, get vaccinated. if you don't want to get vaccinated continue to wear your mask. protect yourself and your family. they're saying be responsible. they're saying think of others. be respectful when you are in stores. they also said this is an honor system. we will be able to trust you adults or americans. brian: let's say i told you i'm vaccinated and i'm not. i'm taking the risk not you. ainsley: that's true i'm vaccinated. brian: i'm lying to myself. steve: but then, brian, you could spread it to somebody else who is not wearing a mask who is not vaccinated. brian: that's my problem and that person's problem. if you don't get vaccinated that is your decision. steve: that's why employers are -- corporate america is trying figure out what to do about unvaccinated employees. brian: steve, it's their personal responsibility. i don't know if you got a polio shot, a measle shot, whooping cough shot. why do you need to know if you

have a covid-19 shot. steve: it's corporate liability. if your employer invites you back into a building and you lie about whether or not you have gotten. brian: it doesn't matter. steve: then people expose the company to legal exposure. corporate america is trying to figure out exactly how to do it. ainsley: there is a debate about there in schools though, brian. like in south carolina the governor said no more masks. so the kids are going to school in summer with masks some are not. kids who can't get vaccinated they could get it and take it home to their parents brian brian are vaccinated? ainsley: some of them might not for religious. don't send your kids to school? brian: that parent can get a vaccination. if you can't, that's different. but everybody watching right now and listening can get a vaccination. you are making your own choice. i'm not going to judge you. it's your risk. don't make -- don't turn society on its head. ainsley: don't make you continue to wear a mask. brian: people are making decisions to go to a hardware

store unvaccinated but the hardware store owner made a decision to be vaccinated. he or she is not in danger. ainsley: cdc is recommending that u.s. schools continue to use masks. brian: which is wrong because kids, it's infinitesimal kids getting a mask and detrimental for kid to wear a maverick emotionally and psychologically. steve: that could possibly be a political decision just as it was that the cdc change the mask mandate at the end of last week. we will talk more about that throughout the morning. anyway, it is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. and jillian joins us on this monday morning. jillian: good morning. and let's begin with a fox news alert now. four police officers are shot serving a warrant in alabama. the suspect opened fire where officers were investigating a deadly shooting earlier in the day. the officers shot back kill the suspect. they are expected to make a full recovery. the case has been turned over to the state's bureau of investigation. meantime, we have another fox news alert. a manhunt is underway for the person suspected of starting a raging wildfire west of los

angeles. mandatory evacuations remain in place as the pacific fair grows out of control. south new jersey firefighters are battling a massive fire there in the forest. it has grown more to 900 acres were 0% contained. tax returns due today. traditional april deadline pushed back to buy americans more time because of the pandemic. if you live in texas, oklahoma, and louisiana, the irs extended the deadline to june 15th. if you are still not ready, you can file for a five month extension but, keep in mind, you could face a penalty for each month you don't pay. and then there is this. nascar driver alex bowman conquering the monster mile. take a look. >> checkered flag in the air. alex bowman gets his fourth career victory, winning the dry dean 400. >> bowman getting his second win of the season at the international speedway things got hot during the post race

interview. watch. >> you are on fire over here. >> whoa. we are on a lot of fire over here. i don't know if somebody wants to try to put that out. it's great car. might want to help me keep it help me tom cruise. i'm on fire. that's a big fire. kind of worried. >> bowman referencing the movie talladega knights after a small fire near his car. >> what was burning, there was that rubber? >> i don't know. ainsley: do you remember that scene talladega nights? his car caught on fire and calling tom cruise? brian: i don't think tom cruise is in that movie. ainsley: he said call tom cruise my car is on fire. i wonder if that's a line from the movie look it up. brian: i'm not sure. i will look into it. ainsley: 6:20 on the east coast. happy monday. space force commander out of leadership role for speaking his mind about critical race theory. how he believes the ideology is

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♪ ainsley: today jury selection is expected to begin for the trial of the illegal immigrant accused of killing mollie tibbet. brian: ashley strohmier joins us with the latest on this. >> it's been three years since 20-year-old mollie tibbetts was murdered. she was last seen going for run in hometown of brooklyn, iowa and reported missing the next day when she didn't show up for work. 26-year-old christian rivera is

accused of killing her, eventually confessing to her killing and leading authorities to her body which was dumped in a cornfield. rivera who is in the u.s. illegally from mexico is charged with first degree murder and could face life in prison without parole if he is convicted. authorities zeroed in on rivera after looking at surveillance video of the area tibbetts was running in. iowa representative ashley hinson spoke to fox news about the upcoming trial. take a listen. >> well, my heart goes out to the family of mollie tibbetts. as a, woulding mom in congress, it's my goal to make sure this never happens to another family if you are in iowa or across the country it's absolutely tragic. in my mind this is why we have to secure the border. it's a safety and security issue. you see it in state like iowa and states all across the country, every state is a border state right now. >> as i said the trial starts wednesday morning and some local reporters say that the trial could potentially go for 10 days. back to you guys. steve: all right. ashley, thank you very much.

what's curious about this case is the man accused of it, you know, he confessed i did abduct her, but then i blacked out. ainsley: right. so he didn't ever tell them exactly what happened. he said he finally came to and he put her body, carried her body, took it out of the trunk and carried it over his shoulder and put cornstalks offer her body. that town was covered in posters. her parents didn't have answers for a long time. steve: we detailed the search every morning the whole state was looking for her. ainsley: her father released some of her dire his, entries to the local newspaper just so that she would still have a voice. at one point she describes herself as silly and a good listener and she writes that she liked her teeth and she was physically and emotionally strong. brian: wow. all right. meanwhile, moving straight ahead. coming up, off the job, a space force commander stripped of the title after sounding the alarm

on critical race theory. do you believe this? in his training. he thought it was a perform. army vet says this is proof of the politicization of the military. plus the cdc is refusing to drop its mask guidance for children in school. is this a sign of what's to come when kids come back in the fall? it better not be. we'll discuss it. ♪

jillian: good morning back with your headlines now. gas stations have still struggling despite the colonial pipeline being back in service after hackers forced it to be shut down for six days. gas buddy reports 80% of the gas stations in d.c. are still out of gas. in north carolina, 58% are without gas along with 48% in south carolina some areas are seeing the highest gas prices since 2014 which is triggering concerns ahead of memorial day. meantime a bridge collapsed in iowa causing a train carrying explosive material to derail. union pacific says approximately 47 cars cage off the track that was carrying fertilizer and explosive mode yum my trait. a five mile radius around the scene has been evacuated as a precaution. no injuries have been reported. do you remember a tiger that went missing for flier a week in texas?

it has a new home. india was brought to the sanctuary in north texas after she was caught unharmed by houston police. the big cat was seen roaming a neighborhood. the man who police say owns the tiger was out on bond for a murder charge but is back behind bars. that is a look at your headlines. steve, i will send it back to you. steve: jillian, thank you. meanwhile a space force commander is reportedly relieved from his leadership position after making these comments about critical race theory during military training. >> trainings we're receiving in the military in that industry are rooted in critical race theory, which is rooted in marxism. it's intended to be divisive and yet we have spread it about the military service as pretending like it's going to unify everyone. steve: reports say the head of space operations command lost confidence in lieutenant colonel matthew lohmeier's to ability lead after those podcast

remarks. next guest says this is proof that is in full force. jeremy hunt joins us right now. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: you are troubled by this, aren't you? >> yeah. this is not a good story. i can tell you first off what the space force officer said is absolutely correct. let me be clear, he was fired for speaking truth. if you are someone who doesn't believe in classifying each other by the color of our skin, if you are someone that thinks that all of us should be treated with respect regardless of the color of our skin, then critical race theory should absolutely bother you. and he is speaking correctly about how divisive it is in the military and any institution. to be clear, the army has a policy that bans partisan political activity. okay. however, service members are allowed to speak in their personal capacity. so long as you aren't engaging in partisan activity. and so, it seems like in this

case he was on his own time. steve: right. >> he was out of uniform. it was not in his official capacity. even alerted his chain of command. it seemed like he checked all the boxes here. >> this is the same thing that allowed me to come on the air a few years ago when i was active duty. i made sure i followed the right policies exactly. i made sure i wasn't partisan? nature what i was talking about. what's the difference between a few years ago and now? well, we have a new president. and the biden-harris administration has made it clear that if you say anything contrary to the radical left's agenda, your viewpoint will not be tolerated and that is entirely different thing. steve: jeremy, here's what the space force sent a statement to military.com. they said this decision was based on public comments made by lieutenant cornl lohmeier. lieutenant general whiting has initiated a investigation on whether these comments con study prohibitive partisan political activity.

of course, you just said they do not. but here is what lieutenant lohmeier said to military.com. he said my intent has never to engage in partisan politics. he said he wasn't doing it i have written a book about a political ideology marxism in the hope that our defense department height return to being politically nonpartisan in the future as it has done honorably throughout history. so, jeremy, he is echoing what you said. he said lack, i wasn't trying to be partisan. i'm doing it on my own time. i self-published this book. nobody had a problem with that i do podcast. it blows up. i'm out of work. i was actually trying to tell people what's actually happening there. you brought up the biden administration. what kind of a turn have we seen in the military since the end of january? >> well, what we're seeing is that the biden administration is trying to convince the world and starting with the military, that

down is up and up is down. somehow as space function racism through critical race theory is okay. in order to do that you have to silence dissent. so even if you are following all the right policies. even if you are speaking in your own personal capacity, if you have the courage to stand against something that is just straight up wrong, now you are saying that you could lose your command because of it. and that's the difference here. and so this should alarm all of us. this is not kind of a run of the mill story and kind of what happens all the time. no, this is something that is very unique. now it's you cannot say anything that runs contrary to the radical left's agenda or else you could be out of a job. steve: yeah. it looks like he might be. but they are reviewing it so we're going to keep an eye on it jeremy hunt, sir, thank you very much for your point of view. >> thank you, have good morning. steve: you as well. we did reach out to space force for a comment. space force has not gotten back to us. still ahead on this monday, will

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♪ ainsley: the cdc director rochelle walensky responding to criticism over on fusing mask guidance as the agency continues to recommend masks in schools despite easing restrictions for vaccinated americans. critics say with children posing low risk of covid-19 it's time for students to let those masks go. we have sharon, the mother of four in california.

she has a high schooler and a junior. she also has a 4-year-old and a 10-year-old. then we have athlete nic -- how do you say it? valenzo from new york and school nurse erin pein she has been anyone tense battle with the school board over this issue because she didn't want to put on the mask. we will get into this story. good to see you all. erin, tell us what happened to you at your school? >> i took a stand against masks and when i was ignored i chose to not follow the mandate for myself and that's ultimately got me success send suspended. i decided to put my job on the line for the health and safety of children. >> the safety of children and their health is more important it me than my paycheck. ainsley: i know your son had a lot of problems, right, when he was wearing the mask was? severe headaches? >> yeah, my oldest is 12 years old he gets severe headaches. i have been giving him motrin and tylenol almost every day

when he comes home from school with a mask. ainsley: and how about you have to wear a mask when you are wrestling or playing football. >> when we are wrestling they made us wear the mask it was really annoying when they had had to stop a mask or something like that for somebody to put it back on. it's not fair. let's say i'm doing something good and they stop the mask because he has to put his mask back on. ainsley: oh my gosh, what if you are about to pin him you lost that opportunity. >> it really sucks. it's stupid. some of the rules didn't make sense. before a wrestling match it's common to shake the opponent's hand they didn't allow us to do it. what's the point if we are going to be grappling with each other right after. ainsley: sharon, how is it affecting your four children? >> my 10 o-year-old has a medical exemption and so it's been difficult for him to be the only one on campus and out in daily life without a mask sometimes. i have a high schooler who

actually stopped going to school for a period of time because he was having so much difficulty wearing the mask but didn't want to be the only one there without a mask. and then i have another high schooler who he is a cross-country runner, so he has been coping with wearing the mask. he was told he would have to compete in it i advocated for him not to have to and his entire team has been competing safely mask-free and that's why i founded a group called let them breathe. he just continued those advocacy effort for those kid co-s. ainsley: and they have been able to do that safely. >> yes. no transmission within the team and thank god they have been running safely as we have seen in the news. there has been some runners that actually passed out from having to wear a mask while running. ainsley: idea kids at school should be wearing them because obviously the younger ones can't get vaccinated. what do you say? >> i say that is ridiculous. we already know that this virus does not affect children the same way as it effects adults.

and children, from 0 to 20 years old are 99. 97%, you know, unaffected by covid. which means they can survive it at that rate. and if they do get it, they will have mild symptoms. we know that the risk from this vaccine and the risk from continued mask use is more detrimental than the actual virus to these children. ainsley: wow. nic, you are old enough to get a vaccine but if you or your friends decide to get a vaccine, you still have to wear your maverick at school? >> yeah. so we still have to wear the mask at school if we get the vaccine and i believe the vaccine only -- so the way my school does it is you get quarantined but if you have been in contact. if you get the vaccine you only have immunity quarantine for 90 days and then they just -- there is nothing else you can do. you just have to quarantine. so, at that point, when i was considering getting it or not, i just figured why would i get the vaccine if it's only going to stop me for 90 days for

quarantine. ainsley: exactly. sharon, erin, nick, thank you for coming on with us. hopefully we will all be mask-free in the fall when school starts up again. >> hopefully. ainsley: nick, we wish you all the best with your career down the road. hand it over to aadam klotz who has our forecast for us. hey, adam. , good morning. we are tracking what will be severe weather a little bit later in the day. what we're looking at across the country early this morning. a lot of temperatures in the 50, 60. a pleasant start to the day. but, boy, have there been round of storms over parts of the lower planes, reports in the last 24 hours. a lot of hail there, those red icons are reports of tornadoes and we could see more of that before the day is over. this is large area, a bit of a bulz eye there where we have a chance of severe weather today. hail, wind up to 60 miles per hour. downpours and isolated tornadoes are going to be possible with this one. i do think as much as the severe weather it will be really heavy rain. it's already soggy across these

regions and looking at fairly large area where flood warnings. this is an area we will be paying attention to in oklahoma a whole lot of rain today and next couple of days across portions of eastern texas and, of course, we will be watching it. back out to you. steve: thanks so much, adam. coming up, a fox news alert. israel launches a new air assault on gadd as pressure builds for president biden to do escalate the situation there. we have retired brigadier general anthony tata and he is going to join us live next. ♪ ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ [sfx: psst psst] allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting

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♪ brian: here we go and unfolding as we speak. happening right now israel facing a barrage of rocket attacks. israeli's prime minister ben i can't anyone netanyahu expressing right to self-defense while giving no timeline for deescalation. >> we were attacked by hamas, thousands of rockets and missiles on our cities and i think any country has to defend itself and has a natural right of self-defense will do whatever it takes to restore order and quiet. we are trying to degrade hamas' terrorist and do it again. it will take some time. i hope.

brian: bring in anthony tata discuss the general 100 rockets yesterday from hamas and see dozens more as we speak. where are they getting these from? are you surprised by how many they have. >> brian, good to see you again. i'm not surprised at all. this is all you think about the larger context of the middle east. iran is a major player here. they support the terrorism against israel. they support the terrorism against the kingdom of saudi arabia. they are pressing their advantage here and that money that we have given to iran, that funnels to hamas, hezbollah, and the houthis down in yemen. so on the grand stage here, this is iran pressing its advantage, trying to set the table for jcpao iran nuke deal negotiations that they are anticipating in the future thvment is one way that they can begin to influence the

operations there. brian: the abraham accord three nations israel's right to establish trade with them. how does that play a role in this? is it part of the reason we don't see a lot of outrage coming from other arab nations, maybe turkey has come out and said something? that's about it? >> well, the uae has said something as well, brian. and i think what you see is at least during the last administration, the trump administration, there was this policy of deterrence against iran. and while there was a lot of conflict beneath the noise level in iraq, that was propagated do i iran. you didn't see this type of onslaught. thousands of missiles being -- estimate 2,000 to 3,000 missiles. i have friends over there told me like 3100 missiles that are aimed at and fired at israel.

so, this is different. and what the difference that i believe is that this policy of tee terence that has worked about effectively as anything can work in the middle east, has been mitigated by this new administration's policy of not allowing intelligence sharing from the kingdom of saudi arabia or to the kingdom of saudi arabia on the houthi rebels in yemen. and what that signals to iran is that there is a change in policy. and that things are looser and things are okay to do these types of attacks. brian: general, just let me finish, what you are seeing now is in order to kiss up to iran we allow the houthi rebels to exist. we tell saudi arabia to keep it in check. hamas we write a big check to the palestinians without any con continue general sins they are able to use that money an build

tunnels and get rockets. these arenned ling in tel aviv as greats the iron dome is it's not stopping these rockets like they have in the past. that's got to be worrisome. final thought? >> yeah. so evan in the iron dome. i have been in the hamas terror tunnels in the southern part of israel and the threat is real. this is about national survival for israel. and, you know, we should have a policy that checks iran and checks the terrorist groups. brian: right. general, thanks, good luck with your book that's coming out "chasing the lion" it goes on sale next month in june. general tata, thank you. >> thank you, brian. brian: congresswoman elise stefanik will join us after taking new role as the third most powerful person for republicans. ♪ they wanted it fixed fast.

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♪ steve: and violence has intensified overnight. >> the idea says this is the highest crerntion they have seen of hamas rockets ever are. >> have to exact high fries. they understand they made a big mistake by launching rocket. >> americans are ready to return to normal as major retailers start lifting mask mandates today. >> if you are scared of cody, maxines, masks do what you want to do, it's up to individuals to make decisions for themselves. ainsley: jury selection is expected to begin for the trial of the illegal immigrant accused of killing mollie tibbet. >> this is absolutely why we

have to secure the border. it's a safety and security issue. >> is she portraying republican voters. >> if they're looking for leaders complicit in spreading their big lie. i wasn't their person but there were plenty of other people who would do that. >> alex bowman get his fourth career victory. >> you are on fire over here. >> help me tom cruise, i'm on fire. >> that's a big fire. ♪ ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. right now israel is facing a barrage of rocket attacks. brian: yep, violence in the middle east intensifying as calls for a cease-fire grow in some circles. steve: amy kellogg joins us live earlier you had to take cover right, amy? >> that's right, steve. yesterday this place took a hit and fortunately no one was hurt. we heard sirens again this

morning and we had to run down to the basement ourselves to seek shelter. that has been what has saved the lives of very many people here in israel. as we speak, there has been another barrage of rockets fired this way. and one of them we understand has hit an apartment building just 20 minutes down the road from here. there are reports of several casualties and possibly one person trapped inside. you know, when you are this close to the gaza border as we are, you only have 30 seconds to get to shelter. so if you are on a third or fourth story floor of a building, then you may not get to your shelter in time. earlier they had asked people to stay in their shelters to stay in shelters indefinitely this morning. they called that off, the israeli defense force that is. we have seen on social media some initial video of the incident and we saw an elderly person being led to an ambulance. it wasn't apparent that there were grave injuries but a lot of

this, of course, is the psychological impact of having a rocket slam into your home and that is a big part of this whole situation that people are living right now. which is terror for the people, particularly of super israel but also it has been hitting as far as tel aviv. those hamas rockets. now, in terms of what's going on on the ground, in the gaza strip this morning, the israeli defense force took out a senior slack jihad commander and this barrage, this ferocious barrage that we have just heard and just learned about details of may be a retaliation for that overnight, the israeli military was busy going after what they said are terror tunnels. that is where hamas militants hide. that is where they also operate some of their infrastructure. here, at this synagogue in are ashkelon there was this near miss last night. the rocket hit the rabbi's house and it came in here.

people were not inside. so that was a very fortunate event or outcome but we saw people back here this morning. they were worshiping. it is a holiday. it is a religious holiday here in israel and i was really struck by the resilience of people sort of wishing us even happy holiday. fairly calm, given the horror of last night for them all and the ongoing situation where you just hear sirens time and time and time again. ainsley, steve and brian, back to you. steve: amy, you said today is a holiday. what about tomorrow? will life be locked down? will there be school? will businesses open or will people stay at home again? >> life will go back to normal tomorrow. this holiday ends at sundown tonight. so life will go back unless there is further instruction. but netanyahu, prime minister netanyahu did say last night that people need to stay as

close to shelters and close to home as they can in the coming days. ainsley: amy, is it more than a coincidence that we see these kind of things happen during holidays? >> well, you know, ainsley, it's been a series of holidays for both. so, there was ramadan, there was ede there was jerusalem day day jews celebrate the taking of jerusalem. it's all been kind of a perfect storm, a very sensitive and holy moment for people. i think that has made the blood boil on the streets of this country a lot more than it would have otherwise. brian: all right, amy. thank you very much. appreciate it. five minutes now after the top of the hour. here's the thing if hamas wants to lead the palestinian people and most popular authority, this is what you get. they thought it would be a good idea to launch rockets into a superior power and they are wondering why their infrastructure is being blown up. tunnels are being destroyed, which shouldn't be made anyway. buildings are being brought down and sadly, civilians are losing their lives. i mean, the numbers are 52 kids

killed. 1200 year all palestinians been wounded. over 190 have lost their lives. the ones who send hundreds of rockets on a daily basis, it's now it's around 3,000 rockets into israel is hamas. those are the leaders that team with iran in order to get rockets and send them into israel in the hope of destroying israel as a country, which is never going to happen. ambassador ron dermer, who used the bathrooms to the united states joined mark levin last night. >> what israel's policy is to restore security and we also have to restore deterrence. and what that means, mark, if we have to exact such a high price from hamas that they understand that they made a big mistake by launching these rockets at israel and that they will think twice, three times, four times and 10 times before they launch such an attack in the future. that's how we can get a long-term period of calm. and we intend to do it. it doesn't matter how much pressure is being brought to

bear on israel. israel is going to go ahead. move forward. restore security and deterrence. ainsley: he says hamas will continue to do in this israel doesn't stop them. that's what benjamin netanyahu said. if this were america imagine if you had 2900 rockets fired on washington or new york city i think you would understand our position. we are not going to let them get away with it. steve: absolutely. that's why there has been another barrage this morning and they're firing back. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, on friday we told you the surprising news out of nowhere well it wasn't outs of nowhere because there were gas lines popping up on television and there was $7 gas being sold downs in the carolinas, so maybe out of somewhere the administration, and in particular the cdc decided to lift the mask mandate where if you have had the vaccine shot, you do not have to wear mask indoor. this morning, major businesses all across america are lifting mask mandates.

walmart, trader joe's, costco, publix, starbucks, legendary restaurant brands, hershey park, tis any world universal studios all say you do not need to wear a mask indoors if you have been vaccinated. ainsley: that's great news there are a lot of states though that still -- the states have not lifted the mask mandate, so these rules don't apply. you still have to wear your mask. steve: that's why we are still . ainsley: customers at trader joe's you can take your mask off. if you work there you don't have to wear your maverick. costco no state or local mandate applied for all of them. starbucks keep the bathrooms closed where there is -- where seating is unavailable. but they do strongly encourage employees to get vaccines. giving them two hours paid time off to go get vaccinated and then if you have side effects, you get four hours of paid time off. brian: so check this out. the most overrated governor now embroiled in scandal, governor andrew cuomo who always told us

to follow the science, right? and anthony fauci who is going to play you in the movie? who is going to play me in the movie? we talk on camera. we talk on the phone all the time. well anthony fauci the cdc director say lift the mask indoor outdoor when you are vaccinated, yes. go ahead and do it. instead the governor says i'm going to look on my own. look at my own information and come up with my own opinion? are you kidding? the same thing with the governor of new jersey comes one will ridiculous excuse hardware store if you walk in not vaccinated it's not fair to everybody else. no, everybody who wants a vaccination can get one. you are making your own choice. that's all we wanted to be at the point to make our own choice. if you are that safe with a vaccine or unsafe. it's all up to individual responsibility. you can't spread it if you are vaccinated. you can't get it if you are vaccinated. so the "new york post" looks at this mr. the follow the science governor as well as gavin newsom who is thinking about lifting the mask mandate and says this.

insisting on mask mandates despite the science is just partisan posturing gone mad. no kidding. you have a 6 county executives in new york who wrote a letter to governor cuomo, many in the same party, saying can you follow the guide dance and allow us to go back to normal? the numbers are below 1% positivity. the numbers are in single digits on deaths. we have go back to normal. steve: well, and the "new york post" headline, which you quoted, brian, goes on to say in the article, they say we slam governor andrew cuomo the other day for his refusal to simply accept the cdc guidelines and greatly losen new york's mask man days. buff the sad fact is that he is hardly alone. california governor gavin newsom also talking about lifting his mandate by june 15th. new jersey governor phil murphy is keeping his mandate and speaker nancy pelosi is retaining her must mask rule for the house floor. these wreak of a bizarre

partisan overreaction. conservatives made a big show of resenting masking as some sort of government excess. in response, liberals seem to have taken mask-wearing, as in the words of robbie suave the maga hat for the blue team. ainsley: if you have been vaccinated we did what he we were told we wore the masks so long. then we got vaccinated. then we saw the numbers go down. then the cdc says you don't have to wear a mask outdoors anymore. why are some states making you? we don't know that's the question dave portnoy has? brian: they want control. have the press conferences saying these are my decisions. you know where governor cuomo sits up there and asks himself questions. he asked himself questions for 45 minutes. he wants to stay ahead the curve. he has fallen on his face some times. crazy thing is he is the only one who doesn't understand it. if you are in a small business you finally have the curfew lifted as of today, then you finally can go to a bar without

earning food as of last week. i have news for you. the stats reveal that you should have zero restrictions. dave portnoy was on over the weekend with steve hilton barstool the founder. he formed a foundation that helps sustain a lot of the businesses when the states have left them to die on the vine. here is what he said about personal choice. >> why do cities open in two weeks? i'm in new york i think may 31st there is rumors. different states, july 15th? why? those are arbitrary dates? what's the difference? these business owners are still hanging on. let them open now. it's obscene and really no reason, no one is going to explain the difference between opening in a week versus today is. it makes no sense to me. but i would just say open the country. if you are scared of covid, vaccines, masks, do what you want to do, it's up to individuals to make decisions for themselves. steve: so it's up to individuals to make decisions for

themselves. ultimately, the government and a lot of business people are thinking that now that it's been very clear and the cdc has changed the mask mandate where they say if you have had the shot, you don't have to wear the mask indoors, maybe more people now will be enticed to actually get the shot. i know different places are doing different things to try to get you to do it whether it's the million dollars for five people in ohio or free hot dogs and hamburgers at a game or something like that. just the fact that you don't have to wear a mask indoors if you get the shot that's great. but, going forward, i was reading -- starting today. delta airlines is going to require all new hires to be vaccinated. so far 60% of delta's workforce has it. but now if you want to get hired by delta, you will have to get the shot. ainsley: i wonder if governor cuomo will lift it in the summer because so many people leave new york. brian: that means two more month? are you kidding? how can you wait two month?

ainsley: when do your kids get out of school? brian: june. ainsley: i bet he will do it after june. brian: why? steve: because of the teachers. brian: treemps vaccinated. ainsley: all these states mask man days now they are having problems in the schools. >> he has no right to wait. he told us to follow the science for 14 months and now when we finally can get back to our lives and the cdc' who -- actually defines the word cautious says i'm looking at the data. you can't get it you can't transfer it. go ahead if you are vaccinated go inside, outside, go ahead and live your lives without a mask. these governors have no right to wait. steve: it's all political. it's why the cdc -- i know the administration says it was not political why the cdc changed their guidance but when you look at all the bad news. >> the administration was facing, the gas lines, the

inflation, the crisis at the southern border, all sorts of stuff all at the same time. and so they say oh, the cdc they looked at the science. the science a couple hours earlier was very clear because they said we're not going to change the mask mandate. brian: you are saying you don't think the science is right or told the scientists to change it. steve: i'm saying what happened was it was a political calculation. because we heard as well. brian: do you think she is lying? you think the cdc director is lying? steve: let me finish my thought. the idea that the cdc is not political, we have on this program reported just about two weeks ago that the teachers union was talking directly to the cdc, talking about we would like to see this kind of language in the guide dance going forward as a stockholder and next thing you know, poof, just like that it pops up in it i think recommendation absolutely, there is a political dynamic to why the administration changed course because i have heard that it sounded like this was going to

happen in early summer. but given the myriad of bad news the administration said, you know what? there are gas lines in states the democrats need to win in 2022, so we're just going to nip this in the bud and we are going to have some good news finally and they changed. ainsley: dave portnoy made the best. these dates are so arbitrary. where are they coming up with these dates end of july, end of may. brian: the cdc director is lying, that means she is saying -- you are saying the vaccine does not work 96% effective. there is 000.1%% of transferring it and getting it so, if that's the case, then it doesn't matter if it's political or the timing or is fortuitous. steve: the joe biden said it was neanderthal thinking to open states up. brian: they could have opened up

earlier. steve: right. as peter doocy reported from the white house on friday. in his questioning of jen psaki. remember when the president said unless the state has north of 50 or 60% vaccinated it's neanderthal thinking? we are not even close that metric yet. brian: for the people most susceptible they are. ain't ains they knew it was safe. they saw the science. they were hesitant to say you can take your mask off. when there were all of these problems and creates cease, then they said okay. brian: here is what everyone should know. unless -- unless everyone is lying to us, if you are vaccinated, you are not going to get the virus and if you do symptoms are going to be so mild and undebt tillable and you can't give the virus. that's the most important thing to know. you are safe to take off the mask. you might choose to leave it on but you are safe to take it off absolutely all true, brian, going forward, the big question is how many people are going to start taking off their masks saying yeah, i got the shot.

brian: then they are at risk. that's personal choice. that's every day. ainsley: you can't penalize the people who did what the government told you to do and did the right thing because one or two people are going to lie. brian: you end up on a ventilator because you didn't get a vaccine that is your decision. don't ruin my life because you want to take a risk with yours. steve: my only worry is that the people who are pretending that they got it would put other people in peril. brian: who are they going to risk? other people not vaccinated that's it. you are not risking -- if i got a vaccine you are not risking my health. ainsley: if you don't want to get the vaccine wear a mask. steve: some folks can't get the vaccine. ainsley: stay at home or wear a mask. steve: i agree. we are in a gray area now that we have never, you know, we finally got the vaccine. we just don't know. ainsley: hand it over to jillian. she has headlines. jillian: good morning, lively conversation there let's go ahead and get you caught up on headlines. jury selection expected to begin

for the trial of mollie tibbets' accused killer. christian rivera confessed to abducting tibet while she was running in 2018. her body was found in a cornfield a month later. if convicted he could face life in prison without parole. tibet was just 20 years old. extreme weather now. a tornado is reported in texas severe storms move across the states. homes in amarillo pelted by hail dark clouds moving over a houston highway. flash flood in effect until wednesday as additional heavy rain is expected. some areas could see up to 8 inches. matthew mcconaughey showing more signs he will throw his hat into the ring for the texas gubernatorial race. politico reporting the actor has been making calls to political power players as he considers challenging governor greg abbott next year. mcconaughey has openly said is he considering a run. it's unclear what party he would run under. interesting. a look at your headlines. send it back to you. steve: i just heard a poll out

of texas and he is leading everybody else. ainsley: people love him. all right. thank you very much. ainsley: is he proud of his state. he does so much for that state and ut. brian: i'm not sure that his opinions line up with texas' conservative approach. i don't think he would be a conservative. i don't feel -- the state would take a totally different turn if he was governor. ainsley: we will see. he will have to have those debates and give us his platform. brian: we will see. will he wear a shirt when he does it? ainsley: i hope not. 20 minutes after the hour. california's new taxpayer funded billboards pushing a race based pla tenth message. that story straight ahead. plus, we are gearing up for a busy week in washington where new york's elise stefanik is set to take over the third highest ranking republican role and she is going to be here live.

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♪♪ steve: welcome back. new taxpayer funded billboards in san diego county in california are warning expectant mothers that they may face health complications because of racism. one billboard reads: our black babies are nearly 60% more likely to be premature due to discrimination. another says racism hurts your baby long before they're born. critics of the campaign say that's ads might actually discourage mothers from seeking proper medical care. let's bring in the founder of

the woodson center bob woodson joins us from suburban, washington. bob, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: bob, what do you make of what they're trying to do with taxpayer funded billboards? >> well, it goes beyond just the issue of health. it's really insulting and demeaning, an example of progressive bigotry on steroids. the suggestion that blacks the control and destiny of their children are determined what might america does or does not do is really insulting. if white america all went to canada and europe tomorrow, it would not secure the safety and well-being of those children. we have had 12 children under the age of 13 murdered on our streets since george floyd died. 11-month-old deor harris in syracuse shot to death in her car with her mother. a young man elijah la france in florida, shot to death in his

fourth birthday party in his home. these problems will not be solved by ending racism. and so it's really a deception, it the patronizing and demeaning and everyone should be outraged by this. steve: just the fact that it could actually discourage expectant mothers from getting proper medical care, that is very disturbing. we did reach out to the organization behind the campaign, but we have not yet heard back from them. in the meantime, bob, it's a baking day for you. because you have a brand new book coming out today it's called "red, white, and black." rescuing american history from revillagessist and race hustlers about our nation's true history regarding race. we have been talking so much about race these days and education because suddenly we are hearing about how critical race theory is being taught in our schools to the, you know, and there are a number of

parents who are going wait a minute, you can't do that what do you say to those parents who say we object? >> >> we are army these parents through 28 essays in our book pushing back by giving examples of how blacks achieved against the odds, during the most severe jim crow. we built railroads, we built hotels, schools, universities, and so america is being defined not by its birth defect of slavery but by the promise, america is a country of second chances or redemption. and these essays by our scholars and our activists give an alternative inspirational narrative about the glories of america, the he the very fact that we're the only nation on the face of the earth that ever fought a civil war to end slavery. the that's why people of color from all over the world risk their lives to get here.

and so our essays are now available. we have had 11,000 downloads for our curriculum of people are thirsty for authentic american history, accurate and complete american history and it's all contained in this book that we just released today. we are excited about it. and we think america is ready for and thirsty for the truth about this nation's heritage. it's a wonderful nation. and we love it and these essays just validate the reality of america. steve: can you read the essays in bob wood son's new book it's called "red, white, and black" from american race hustlers pick it up today. bob, thank you very much for joining us and good luck to you. and thank you so much. steve: have a good day. meanwhile, coming up on this monday it want answers to the origins of covid-19. dr. martin macari coming up next on this monday.

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what are you seeing, lawrence? >> yeah, ainsley, it's one of the hardest places in the southeast to find gas is here in the nation's capitol. this one for example is out of gas. according to gas buddy, the app. that tracks this 88% of the gas stations in d.c. are out of gas. this one lucky enough to find it. a lot of license plates in plearld virginia coming to virginia a third of the stations without gas. the colonial pipeline was turned on on wednesday. gas is flowing through it the company says it's flowing through at normal rates. but the company says it takes some time for the supply chain to catch up. senator john barrasso says now is the time the administration needs to change anti-pipeline stance. >> we need more pipelines, not fewer pipelines. pine lines are a lifeline for our energy, for our economy, for jobs. this administration has been asleep at the switch on this. if one pipeline goes down and can cause this amount of panic

and these long lines, it tells you how vulnerable we are. >> because this one pipeline supplies 45% of all the fuels for the east coast, it created that demand. the spike in gas prices when the shortage, when this pipe was turned off in this part of the country looking at gas prices spiking. in fact in the 15 states you see there up and down the east coast there, $3.04 a gallon is what a.a.a. says the national average is right now. a year ago we were paying $1.87 for gas. 63% increase in one year. the highest price since 2014 when barack obama was president. now, you heard we're about two weeks or so away from the memorial day weekend, that is a traditional driving weekend. and consumers are concerned about the gas prices that could go up for -- going to be watching it. brian? brian: all right. thanks so much. there is ainsley. ainsley: i called him lawrence. and then he tried to call me

brian. ainsley: sorry, edward. brian: i'm a little confused. ainsley: i tossed out to him and i said lawrence. so he called me brian. brian: i think they told him to toss back to me. we will have to see. do your tax dollars actually fund covid-19? that is a question a group of republican lawmakers are demanding answers to as they press the biden administration about the origins of this pandemic. >> you begin it look at the circumstantial evidence, i think it's pretty clear that there wasn't some guy in a wet market in china that ate a bat. but there is building circumstantial evidence that, indeed, this did come from a lab and, inteed, likely there was money that flowed from the u.s. government through nonprofits that was actually supporting this taken of research that was going on in china. we have to know the answers to this sooner rather than later and the biden administration needs to get to the bottom of it. brian: what paperwork do we have? what do we need china to make

apparent? fox news contributor dr. marty makary joins us now. dr. makary, do you think by pursuing this area we'll benefit in the long run? >> we would if we were to get cooperation from the chinese government. i don't think we're going to get that you know, brian, at this point we have enough data points where it's no longer a lab hypothesis, it is the default conclusion. there is more evidence to support a lab leak than there is "the big bang theory." it's very clear five miles from one of the few bla 2 labs managing and characterizing coronavirus that the first cases were -- doctors were silenced in the detention center. those were facts. and you can put those things together especially if any researcher knows what it is like to work in a lab. it will be a leaks are common, risk of contamination. brian: if that did indeed happen we would need cooperation from china and pressure would have to be beyond republicans in the house it would have to be from the other organizations, from

the world health organization. from the united nations, from the european union and until that is done, and president biden shows even a little bit of curiosity, we're spitting in the wind. >> you know, i was a collaborator at the world health organization many years years ago. and one thing that's clear to me is the massive bureaucracy is pandering and catering to certain selective members tijuana is not recognized by the who as if they have no health problems. and if you look at the investigation done by the w.h.o. it was a complete sham. the person who was implicated, that is the person who received the nih dollars and channeled them to the wuhan lab was one of the investigators on the committee. so that tells you how much of a sham investigation that was. brian: if people watch your interviews you know you said we cannot get this things outdoors, this virus. and indoors you are vaccinated you are okay. if you look at the announcement made on friday, you are one of the few people who said yeah, about time. we're not done yet. when it comes to kids and when

it comes to kids in summer camp, finish the job, get the science straight there. if we are going by the science, what should parents and kids know when it comes to school and mask-wearing and camp and mask-wearing? >> well, first of all, you are right, the guidance that came out on friday was good and accurate also about three months too late. they said it was because of the emerging science if you listen to the cdc's correct's press conference. but that science that she is citing that came out in february, the israeli said in the european study in march. this is very late. with kids, they should be outdoors. they should have summer camps with no restrictions, if you look at the absurdity of a 6-foot dancing outdoors for kids who are inefficient transmitters of the infection and masks outdoors, it's so frustrating to see dr. fauci, wolenski, these are smart doctors. they know better. they are complacent in that guidance. brian: they have to pick up the pace. that should be the announcement this week. schools are ripping each other's

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ainsley: it wasn't too long ago i was on the hill with you you gave me the tour and you showed us around the office and we aired it here on "fox & friends." have you really just gone up in the ranks very quickly. congratulations. what's the future of the republican party? >> it's very important voter should know across america republicans are united in he exposing the far left radical agenda of president joe biden and speaker nancy pelosi. and voters want to hear the issues that matter to them. so right now we have an economic crisis, we have an energy crisis. we have a border crisis and a national security crisis. republicans are unified. we need to make a change to make sure the american people are hearing issues that matter to their every day lives. brian: so a couple of things congresswoman it's been pointed out that too maybe you were late to the trump school of thought. in the beginning a mod democrat representing a moderate district. you didn't vote for the wall and you didn't vote for the tax cut. what changed? >> well, first of all, i

supported president trump in 2016 when he was on the ballot. and if you look at the campaign ads that democrats ran against me. i was the only elected republican woman from the entire northeast that voted for president trump. so i supported him from the beginning. i support funding for the wall. i represent border patrol agents in my district who are being sent to the southern border. and every time there has been an appropriations bill for the wall, i have voted for that. because i think we have a crisis at the southern border that's not just impacting our southern states but it's impacting every community across the nation. steve: sure, something else is impacting every community across the nation is covid. and now the mask mandate has been lifted. if you have had the shot, you don't have to wear the mask indoors. that's what the cdc suddenly out of nowhere said at the end of last week. the administration says it was not political but it sure looks political. >> it does look political, steve, you know, again, last week was the worst week of joe biden's presidency, when you think about the gas prices are

the highest that they have been in seven years when you think about one of the worst jobs report in over 20 years. when you think about small businesses are struggling to hire, that guidance or that finding was three months ago, so the cdc was late in putting that out. and, of course what's very frustrating is have you democratic governors like from my home state of new york who are refusing to follow the cdc guidance. ainsley: interesting you bring that up headline in the "new york post" cuomo's refusal to take guidance on the mask shows his addiction to power and it goes on to say last march then president biden slams ron desantis covid response to get through this we need our leaders to listen to the public health experts and their good dance. does that only refuse to g.o.p. economies or also apply to democrats? why isn't the president scolding cuomo over his refusal to follow

cdc guidelines. >> there is a lot of reasons why president biden should be scolding cuomo. i called it like it is. he is the worst governor in america. and the further we get into combating this pandemic, the more we are seeing this. this is not the first time that governor cuomo hasn't followed public health advice. of course we all know the nursing home scandal that he is under federal investigation for, not following cms guidance in terms of protecting our vulnerable seniors. this is about power for governor cuomo. is he facing numerous federal and state investigations. he should be prosecuted immediately. but, again, the white house should be speaking out with clarity and calling out these democratic governors who are playing politics with this rather than following the advice of public health. brian: right. you have been calling him out. nine accusers of sexual harassment. the nursing home scandal which was documented how he delayed getting out the true numbers. and then he used his staff to write his book during work time which is a blatant violation of

ethics in our -- in the state of new york. how he still has a job is just unfathomable to me. investigations just seem to be taking forever when it has something to do with democrats. congratulations congresswoman on the elevation. look forward to talking with you again. >> thank you. ainsley: thank you. straight ahead, fox nation is uncovering the hidden truth behind some of the nation's most notorious mysteries. an inside look into the disappearance of natalie holloway next. um issues. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend.

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♪ ♪ ainsley: fox nation is uncovering the hidden truth behind america's most notorious mysteries. in the latest season of the fuhrman diaries detective mark fuhrman takes a deeper look into the 2005 disappearance of natalie holloway. >> you have a strip of hotels and beach. you have 18-year-old that is missing and nobody can find her? of course she is dead. her remains are what you are looking for. i believe van der sloot is responsible in some way.

ainsley: mark fuhrman joins us now. >> good morning. thank you. ainsley: i know in your series you cover all different mysteries this is one that caught everyone's attention in america. she was from mountain brook outside of birmingham a great area in alabama. went to mountain brook high school and did what we all did went on a senior trip and never came home. what else do you know about this? >> well, what's interesting is aruba was one of the safest places in the caribbean and not only that i can't find any other american tourist that's ever been missing without actually being the victim of a homicide. so, instead of a theory, tough actually look at the facts. and the facts are that everything comes to the conclusion that between the kalpoe brothers that were with him that night they lied initially. van der sloot lied initially and natalee was last seen with them.

my opinion that she either died at their hands or in their presence that night. and then they disposed of the body. ainsley: i remember a long time ago he was in the car and there was some videotape or people thought he was talking about what he had done to her. do you remember that? >> i do. and the interesting part about that, joran van der sloot not only confessed in part conversation secretly taped by that individual he was an associate with, but he did this multiple times. so, when you really -- when you are in the business of talking to criminals, criminals are the only ones that come up with multiple ways of how they were involved in a homicide and then claim that they didn't do anything. this is absurd. he has come up with multiple ways that natalee holloway died and where she is. none of them have actually produced a body. but, i think she is in aruba still either buried or in one of

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>> israel facing a barrage of rocket attacks. >> the idf says more than 3,000 rockets have been fired into israel. >> we're not going to just let them get away with it and neither would you. >> elise stefanik the new face of gop leadership. >> republicans are united in exposing the far left radical agenda of president joe biden and speaker nancy pelosi. the cdc is not backing away from its recommendations that kids in school keep wearing masks. >> that is ridiculous. the risk from continued mask use is more detrimental than the actual virus. >> space force commander is released from his post for speaking out against critical race theory. >> the biden administration has made it clear that if you say

anything contrary to the radical left agenda, you're viewpoint will not be tolerated. >> face being backlash over his comments on on the first amendment. >> i still don't understand it. brian: straight to a fox news alert, violence in the middle east intensifying as the us rail it defense forces kill an islamic jihad commander. steve: this country progressives want the biden administration to push for an end to the growing conflict between israel and hamas. ainsley: mark meredith jones us live outside of the white house with the latest. reporter: steve, ainsley, brian good morning to you guys. over the weekend president biden is busy on the phone speaking both with palestinian authority president as well as the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the u.s. calling for a deescalation of violence amid those rising numbers of the death count as well as injury count in the region. the president telling the israelis that the u.s. will support its efforts to defend itself against rocket attacks from hamas as well as other

groups in gaza. officials also say the president told the palestinians the u.s. remain committed to a negotiated two-state solution but those calls came only a few hours before the israeli prime minister went on u.s. television to defend his country's latest military action. >> i mean, just imagine what would have happened if you had 2,900 rockets firing on washington and new york and others i think you'd understand. reporter: but up on capitol hill , a small but growing number of progressive democrats are questioning the president's strategy here including bernie sanders, whose jewish. he tweeted yesterday, the killing of palestinianses and israelis must end. we must also take a hard look at nearly 4 billion a year in military aid to israel. it is illegal for u.s. aid to support human rights violations a and we're also cheering from new york congresswoman who tweet ed if the biden administration can't stand up to an allie, who can it stand up to you who can they credibly claim

to stand for human rights? now we're also hearing from senate republicans who are taking a different approach who says the u.s. needs to do more to stand with israel. we'll see if the president has any renew reaction today from the lawmakers, he's coming back from delaware in next hour, we'll see if he has anything to add. steve, ainsley back to you guys. brian: i appreciate it so let's see if aoc be happy if 3,000 rockets hit queens new york, would she want government to respond? 3,000 rockets dan bongino joins us now, fox news contributors, nypd office, former secret service agent and soon to get a show on our weekends. dan it's fascinating if you're joe biden, you're getting hit harder from the left than you are from the right. >> listen, guys, this is not complicated to understand, okay? only if your dense or a liberal are you having a tough time with what's going on right now. it reminds me of the famous line , "we can forgive you for killing our children, but we

can never forgive you for making us kill yours." that's what's, digest that for a second. that's what's happening right now. israel did not engage in an unprovoked attack on civilian areas in palestinians-controlled territories. that's not what happened, guys, that's not what happened. a bunch of terrorists and they have blood-thirsty terrorists who question israel's right to exist. think about that. hamas, who aoc, omar and apparently bernie sanders support are blood-thirsty terrorists who question the jewish states right to exist okay, guys, reason and logic, that means they want jews dead. that sounds kind of bad. these are the people up in congress, this is what they support, a blood-thirsty terrorist group which launches deadly rockets into civilian areas of israel, because there was a landlord tenant dispute. you understand that?

brian: in the west bank. >> yeah, that's what this is about. landlord ten tenants dispute didn't work in the court let's launch 3,000 rockets into civilian area in israel, yeah that sounds fair if you're a lun atic, and by the way i heard the comment in the beginning oh, we need a negotiated two-state solution. listen, guys we've tried all of this. brian: that ship has sailed. >> yeah, remember, the palestinians have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity, at peace. it's not going to happen. ainsley: even aoc called israel an apartide state. >> an apartite state? ainsley, arabs in israel have more freedom an arabs in arab country, any liberal dispute what i just said. i'm not kidding. unlike liberals i believe in fact. dispute what i just said. arabs in israel have more freedom than in arab countries. i'll wait. oh, you can't dispute utility

because they are held to a standard, in, no other country on earth is ever held to. you have ridiculous reasons, the right of return. the right of return to where? land that's been occupied by people who are jewish for 3,000 years? the right of return, do the british get to come back to the united states? what other country on earth is held to this standard? this is an absurdity and it shows you that aoc and bernie sanders should be laughed out of congress for these outrageous comments and instead, they are lionized by the left who supports a group that wants jews dead. that's a fact. that is a fact, and they should be called out on it and humiliated and instead they are celebrated. steve: another fact, dan bongino , is it's a fact that at the end of last week, the cdc came out and said do you know what? because of the science that we've got back in february, we're going to go ahead and say that if you have been vaccinated , you do not have to wear a mask indoors, which is a

turnaround and now there are a bunch of major businesses that as of today, it's mask off monday, walmart trader joe's, costco, publix, starbucks, hershey park, universal studios and disney world. now down in florida, you're governor, rond prioritized people the most at risk, people over 65 so a lot of them got shots early and so florida has been more open, but as you look at why did the cdc change their mind seemingly at the end of the week with no real new data in, the white house says it was not political, but it sure looks political. >> [laughter] well listen. are we doing science, is science a thing anymore, you know? you know that science that was so yesterday. i mean, guys, do the vaccines work or not? very simple question. the cdc told us these are very effective vaccines they said that, right? i didn't miss a show or coming

in late. brian: can't get it can't transfer it. >> you can't carry it, you can't transfer it. there are limited cases, we've seen some, but very extremely limited. they told us this is the science , and yet, they tell us on the other hand, do you know what? you know, you're vaccinated but still we should keep kids in masks in schools despite knowing two things, that the vaccines number one they say work and number two, the second part, that kids are at very low risk of carrying and and transferring it o to others, but i like church, it's my thing, you know, so i go on sunday and my church is great, but the deacon says in the mass, he's like hey listen the bishop says we still have to wear masks if we're vaccinated here. i'm like no, no thanks i'm not doing that. brian: that's not the 11th commandment. ainsley: so what did you do? >> i'm not doing it. ainsley: you'll stay home and watch church from tv or go and wear a mask. >> i'm not feeding this dilution anymore.

brian: i agree. >> i went into another mall down here, palm beach gardens mall, guy says to my wife at the register hey, she's vaccinated, can we give you a mask? no thanks, you sure? yeah, i'm really sure. i believe in science. you don't, well what's going on? this is crazy time. you can't tell us this thingworx , and then on the same say but wear a mask because it may not work. those messages guys like this , they don't connect, okay? those things don't work. sorry. ainsley: so prince harry was interviewed by the arm chair expert dax shepherd married to kristin bell and they had the conversation about the first amendment and our constitution and he says really doesn't understand it but he thinks it's bonkers listen to this. >> so much i want to say about the first amendment as i still don't understand it but it is bo nkers. i don't want to go down that because it's a huge subject in one in which i don't understand because i've only been here for a short period of time but you can find a loophole in

anything and capitalize or exploit what's not said rather than up how old what is said. ainsley: dan he's scrutinizing more here in the u.s. because of the first amendment. he's not used to it. brian: he lost his imagine it pal powers. ainsley: what's your reaction? >> you just crated elise stefanik for leadership and i'm congratulating prince harry for his elevation of king. he is king of the woketopian. it's the hallmark, steve, is commenting on things, you admit you have no idea on, the trump tax cuts, obamacare, school choice, you have no facts to back anything up, mask wearing, whatever it maybe. this is the hallmark of the woke topian. prince harry i don't know about this first amendment thing it sounds kind of dumb. what do you know about the first amendment? who knows i never read it. he is the king of the woketopian this is what the woketopians do. they open their yappers, they flap away and then you ask them to backup what they're saying

and they are like back it up what do you mean? i don't need to wack it up i'm a woketopian. we just say dumb stuff all the time. brian: the only special about him, he was born into a royal family and two personal stories what a bad father he had, how horrible it was to live, okay sorry about that sorry you had to grow up so oppressive and now he's here trying to blow us up tell us what we're doing wrong, someone should tell him he doesn't have those magical power s to be a prince and a royal. even if he had them we don't care so this is just the beginning. >> this is going to be one of those rare quantities prince harry, and whose not wanted on either side of the pond. apparently the uk is fed up with him, we're fed up like take him back, you have to come here and question the first amendment? and then admit, i don't know, maybe i haven't read it. listen we're done, we're done with you, appreciate you, thank you, for your time. maybe try, maybe go to australia and criticize their system over

there next. maybe he's making the rounds, i don't know but i'm kind of done with prince harry. my red line with me to him is pretty much over. steve: well dan, regarding the woketopians, you said he be king who are some of the other prominent woketopians on your list? >> you've got people in hollywood it's funny you say that because i wasn't prepared for this question but i always keep backup material in my library in case a question, but yes, chrissy teagan, she's all captain woketopian on the left and we find out she was involved in this big thing on twitter where there was maybe bullying involved wait, wait, i thought you guys were woke, this is typical of the woketopian crowd, another one in leadership right there. brian: she was the only celebrity that president biden was following, and then she finally asked him to stop following him because it was intimidating how she tweets. >> you don't want that, god forbid, the woketopian. brian: so that's a hollywood minute with dan bongino. thank you very much.

>> wasn't prepared for that. steve: he just did some add libb ing. thank you very much for joining us in florida and good luck finding a future . brian: congratulations on the show too over the weekend. >> oh, yeah thanks that's really cool. brian: when is it? >> june 5, saturday night taking over greg gutfeld's old spot, 10 p.m. folks don't miss it, do not miss it, please. brian: i promise you i know it's great if you're going to be on it. >> [laughter] thank you. ainsley: thank you, dan great to see you. >> take care. steve: 13 minutes now after the top of the hour and jillian joins us from the mezzanine level with a fox news alert. jillian: good morning so let's begin with the manhunt underway for the person suspected of starting a raging wildfire west of los angeles. command mandatory evacuations remain in place and in south new jersey firefighters are battling a massive fire there.

it has grown to more than 900- acres with 0% contained. >> as the nation experiences major gas shortage, michigan governor gretchen whitmer threaten together shutdown another pipeline to prevent pollution of the great lakes. whitmer called the pipeline, which pumps 540,000-gallons per day a "ticking time bomb." the pipeline operators say they will keep going until a court stops them. >> and just in, at&t plans to combine its media operations with discovery, creating a new streaming giant. the deal is worth $43 billion. it will create a separate new company and will be able to invest in more original stream ing content with hbo max and discovery's food network along with cnn. the deal is expected to close next year. >> and finally, nascar driver alex boman conquering the monster mile. take a look. >> checkered flag in the air, alex boman gets his fourth career victory, winning the 400.

jillian: getting his second win of the season at the dover international speedway but things got hot during the post- race interview. >> you're on fire over here, so much rubber! >> whoa. we're on a lot of fire over here i don't know if somebody wants to put that out. i kind of like this race car and want to keep it. >> it's a big fire. jillian: boman referencing the movie talladega nights after a small fire near his car. >> get the fire off me! jillian: the fire was put out without issue, and i think ainsley they put that in just for you. ainsley: thank you! because he was running around the track acting like he was on fire, and they're like you're not on fire. stop running around. tom cruz, help me! and he strips down. brian: why is it that will farr

ell takes his shirt off in every movie? ainsley: bless his heart he's not super in shape so it's funny brian: that's true a good point he's a very hairy man! they usually don't take their shirts off. ainsley: he is one of my favorites. i think he's so funny. steve: all right and look at that, thanks to the winners so that we could use the will farrell tv clip. meanwhile jillian thank you very much as nashville fully lifts all of their covid restrictions, country fans have returned to the grand ole opry for the first time, country music super star john rich joins us on that -- ainsley: take our show to nashville? let's go! >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ maybe i didn't love you ♪ ( ♪♪ )

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steve: 8:20 here in the east. on friday, we were talking about how the cdc has reversed the policy and said if you have had the vaccine, you do not have to wear a mask indoors, which is great news for everybody who has been vaccinated so far, and it's a great incentive for everybody who has not gotten the shot yet, to go out and get the shot. in fact the guy who gives me a ride to work in the morning has been driving me for 15 years, he told me, i got the shot yesterday, because, he said, now that i've gotten the shot, i don't have to wear the mask indoors, which is great which is the incentive. that's a good reason why you should get the shot. ainsley: but not in schools and that's the thing. a lot of parents are upset because they want their kids to be able to take these masks off and they aren't able to because

the cdc says you can take them off if indoors if you're in the states that allows it if you're vaccinated but if your kid wants to go to school and you're in a state that allows the parents to take off their masks they have to wear there's. brian: you have a better chance of dying from the flu if you're a kid than getting this and dying from the covid-19. how many people have not sent their kids to school, put kids in a mask before this year because they are afraid of their child dying of the flu. how about zero? so now with the .000.3% chance of a kid getting a mask they are still forced to get a mask despite what they announced late last week, and here is the school nurse, mom of four, on the impact of this mask guidance. ainsley: there's three different people, one is the school nurse we had on a few weeks ago and this morning and she got suspended from her job because she refused to wear a mask and they didn't give her another contract for next year, she's

getting paid through the end of the school year and she pulled her kids out of the school and then you saw that interview the wrestler. brian: he can't shake hands but you can wrestle the guy. ainsley: right, right, he plays football and wrestles and has to wear a mask and if the mask falls off in the middle of the game or wrestling match when it stops and then there's another mom, a mom of four and she's weighing in on this as well. listen. >> masks and when i was i chose not to follow the mandate for myself and that ultimately got me suspended i decided to put my job on the line for the health and safety of children, because the safety of children and their health is more important to me than my paycheck. >> when we're wrestling, they made us wear the mask and it was really annoying when they had to stop a match from something like that just for somebody to put it back on, i mean, it's just not fair, because let's say i'm doing something good and they stop the match because he has to put his mask back on. >> another high schooler who he's a cross-country runner and

coping with wear being the mask but he was told he would have to come pete in it and i advocated for him not to have to and his entire team has been competing safely, mask-free. steve: it's so complicated, but when you look at the cdc, it does not appear that they're following the science, because you know, the teachers have been vaccinated. the staff have been vaccinated. the kids really don't spread it but politically, if they said you know what? nobody has to wear the mask in the schools then that's going to put the pressure on the schools that are still closed, which have every intention of going through to the summer, never opening, and so it would put political pressure on them, so it looks like this just as the original mask mandate reversal is political. ainsley: so frustrating. brian: this is part of the last 14 months of idiocy. logic takes a back seat and when someone speaks up logically and people look at you blankly back they don't have an answer but

they have the power. they have the power to make your kids sit there with a mask on behind plexiglass even though everybody is vaccinated and there's no spread in your school and it's still doing it, and now that the cdc even said you shouldn't be doing it now they got to focus on the kids and free up the kids to play and do things outdoors and go to camp and have a normal life. ainsley: if you've been vaccinated, you should be able to take off the mask. that's your incentive to get vaccinated. brian: and kids aren't susceptible so they shouldn't be wearing masks. steve: the teachers have been vaccinated. ainsley: all different opinions about that in south carolina the governor said no more masks and some teachers are up in arms because they want the kids to be in masks just in case kids are carriers. other parents are outraged saying no we don't want to wear the masks anymore. we have lindsey graham, we'll have lindsey graham, senator from south carolina coming up, and we'll talk to him. coming up joe biden wants to fund his massive spending packages by taxing corporations and the wealthy but the nation's top business leaders are saying not so fast.

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ainsley: good morning we're back with a fox news alert. four police officers are shot serving a warrant in alabama. the surveillances opened fire where officers were investigat ing a deadly shooting earlier in the day. the officers shot back killing the suspect. they are expected to make a full recovery. the case has been turned over to the state's bureau of investigations. >> despite the surge in covid cases overseas the international olympics committee supports continuing the tokyo games. the ioc believes the games will be a historic success and says japan is taking proper steps to fight the virus, but critics want the games canceled as cases increase in japan, as a state of emergency for tokyo and three other areas is in effect until the end of this month. >> a tennessee gas station using hunter biden to criticize the fuel shortages. the lewis county store in nashville putting a picture of hunter on its sign with a caption "hope gas prices don't get too high." it also used the biden/harris

campaign sign with the e in the biden's name standing for an empty fuel gauge. the station has a history of political signage. >> and disney on more honoring a 92-year-old navy veteran employee with a flag ceremony. world war ii veteran alex stroms ky says he's living his dream making magic for guests at disney world but the ceremony touched him. >> not only honored me but humbled me on this armed forces day, all military personnel on active duty should be proud to be serving this country. >> the world war ii veteran enlisted when he was 17 and served as a naval aviator. that's a look at your headlines steve, send it back to you. brian: thanks jillian. let's go to south carolina senator lindsey graham. senator, we have so many different things to talk to you about but one i like to talk about obviously is tension between israel and hamas. we start week two. there's no let-up now. in fact, over 100 rockets from hamas into israel-proper yesterday and it's happening

right now. you've seen this storyline before. how does it end? >> well, i think israel will keep attacking until it degrades the capability of hamas to hurt them in the future, once you start these things, i think it's incumbent upon israel to do as much damage as they can, to make sure it doesn't happen again anytime soon, but usually, egypt helps but the biden administration is openly talking about giving the palestinians more money while rockets rain down on israel. there is no game plan from the united states, and in my view, to make it end on terms favorable for israel. brian: you look at both governments really in the middle of turmoil. there's been three elections in the last four years for israel, benjamin netanyahu can't get a government together and hamas, if there was an election, they would win even more of the more than palestinians authority. there's no yasser arafat to deal with. who do you go to even if you

wanted a cease fire? >> so here is the real, that's a really good point. there's two factions in the palestinians world, the palestinians authority that israel has a working relationship with on the west bank regarding security, very corrupt, there's hamas who occupies the gaza strip where all of the rockets come from, and their charter hamas' charter their goal is to drive israel into sea, so when you talk about a two-state solution, who do you negotiate with? if you cut a deal with the palestinian authority, who hamas accept it so i hope the american government will stop pushing israel to negotiate a two-state solution when one of the partners is hamas, whose goal is to destroy the existence of the state of israel. i don't see a two-state solution coming anytime soon, until hamas has been marginalized by the palestinian people themselves. brian: all right, so you did something kind of interesting. the trump grand golf classic came off without a hitch and there will be others.

you guys came together for a good cause to help veterans, police officer won the first annual trump golf classic and also to raise money for super pack for you guys, right? >> yeah, yeah, the president trump's save america pack, my campaign and probably about half a million dollars for the republican senator committee so we can take back the senate bill, the cop from philadelphia won the lottery to play at a great time, and appreciate president trump doing this that helps the overall cause. brian: so overall why isn't it the grand trump golf classic why is his name first, i don't get it? >> you know, there's a lot of complicated things in the world that's not one of them. brian: i didn't think so. >> [laughter] brian: could you tell me the president's mindset, i hear he's going to hit to the road starting in the summer and start giving speeches with the pandemic, and many respects behind us you can get the big crowds again. if you were to write that speech what be in it? >> i think the first thing is about the border.

here, i've talked to him over the weekend. he's very anxious to get back into the game. he wants to do rallies. he's frustrated to see the border deteriorate. here is the problem. biden is making no adjustments to these policies. he's doubling down on what's not working. go back to remain in mexico and we'll stop being overrun at the border. when it comes to hamas and palestinians cutoff their money until they do better. when it comes to cyber tax, change our laws to make it a deterrent that we don't have today so president trump is very frustrated to see all that he accomplished kind of be washes away in the first 100 days but he's itching to get back into the game, and stay tuned. brian: stay tuned. all right, i know the people we're going to be seeing a lot more of him i think. senator graham thanks so much and good to know you're raising money for a good cause and getting to play golf at the same time. >> thank you. there you go. thank you. brian: meanwhile, coming up straight ahead on this show, larry kudlow will join us live. he's going to talk about

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moderate democrats think they might be able to get through a little bit of a hike in the corporate taxes, but when it comes to actually taxing individuals, it's not going to happen. what do you think? >> well, i don't know. it's pretty speculative right now. i mean, for one thing, i would argue, we don't need any higher tax rates, okay? and what the biden group has, they're going to have a war on the salt, a tax war, on businesses and investment. i might add businesses large and small, and investment, and capital gain. i couldn't think of anything worse, it'll reduce incentives for economic growth. it'll put a wet blanket over this roaring economy, and why not just leave it alone, donald trump has left us with low tax rates and minimal regulations and energy independence. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. that is still my mantra. as far as trying to figure out a

little bit here, a little bit there, just remember this. we have to be competitive around the world, so four or 5 percentage point hike in corporate taxes will damage our standing. we, by the way, be higher in that china in tax rates doubling the capital gains tax which is the second tax on businesses, will damage investors an also damage workforce, the jobs won't be there, and the wages won't be there. steve: larry how much did the gas lines last week and that sudden jump in the inflation, how much did that freak out the biden white house? >> larry: well, of course, they're all saying all this inflation is transitory, that's kind of the word of the year. the federal reserve says inflation is transitory, and i don't know. look, i think you're going to see , beyond the colonial cyber hacking business, which hurt

last week, i think you're going to see higher inflation. we saw it in april. we're going to see it in may. we're going to see it in june. beyond that i want to judge it and take a look and i want to see what happens to king dollar. if that thing starts collapsing because of high taxes and spending, that's going to be a big inflationary problem. if on the other hand, we don't get these damaging economic policies, maybe we won't get near as much inflation. this is up for grabs. for sure, the next month or two , you're going to get higher inflation, for sure. steve: well you'll have plenty to talk about today at 4:00 on fox business you're doing a special, tax to the max, where you're looking at the biden tax policies and their potential impact. it looks like you've got maria, stuart and charles payne helping you out. >> larry: yeah, we've got some great people. art laffer will be on, steve forbes will be on and also we have special guests, great presidents who have cut taxes

and caused huge prosperity, we're going to have calvin cooli dge on, john f. kennedy and ronald regan and donald trump on i had to work hard on the coolid ge booking but i final ly got through to him over the weekend. steve: well fantastic. how is that going to work? absolutely it's going to be a flash back to the policies. i've got a feeling that coolidge won't be in the green room later today. >> we'll see. steve: we'll be watching today at 4:00 over on fox business. thank you, sir. >> larry: thank you, appreciate it. steve: meanwhile if you're wondering what your monday holds in-store, weather-wise, i know somebody we should call, that guy. adam klotz, hey. >> adam: hey, good morning, steve. the big weather story across the country here early this morning continues to be some severe weather that's going across the southern plains we saw it yesterday and if you were there you've seen this. this is your storm over the last 24 hours a lot of hail and wind,

a couple isolated tornadoes those were the last 24 hour storm reports we've got a big bullseye in the same place today so particularly in areas of texas that is a possibility where we're going to see again strong hail, winds, maybe some isolated tornadoes there in portions of central texas so that's something we'll be watching otherwise just a complete rain maker a downpour, a whole lot of rain so we've got flood watches and warnings across this region. it's a stationary front so think rain there for the next couple of days, of course we will be watching it. steve, back out to you. steve: adam, thank you very much meanwhile, john rich, up next, with the latest way he's helping out our friends. if you're a racing fan, you'll want to stick around. actually, you'll want to stick around anyway. meanwhile, bill and dana -- >> bill: we hope they want to stick around. steve: they are previewing coming attractions. >> bill: how you doing, steve? >> dana: saw him at the airport on friday. >> bill: are you confused by

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jillian: good morning welcome back. a bill gates spokesperson is reports the billionaire left the microsoft board due to a relationship with the staffer. the wall street journal reports the spokesperson says the transition off the board was in no way related to the matter an investigation into the relationship began in 2019 after the alleged affair with a microsoft engineer. >> and republican senator josh h awley's book on big tech censorship is climbing the chart s, the tyranny of big tech is hitting the publisher's weekly list, less than two weeks after its release. it even hit number 15 on amazon

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gold tomatoes to the great state of indiana family-owned american business, partnered with me on a 1776 barbecue sauce, that looks like that. steve: excellent. >> and it's also giving back to folds of honor i think what lt. colonel dan has done here over the past decade or so is really create a foundation and a network of businesses, individuals, people like myself, who support the cause of subsidizing education for kids and spouses who lost someone in their family or have a disabled person in their family for serving in our military. can you think of a stronger way to say thank you for your service than by doing that? i can't. steve: and you wind up with a good sauce at the same time. ainsley: dan, what does this mean to you? >> well you look at the indianapolis 500 an it is the cathedral of indy car racing john and i laugh all the time that folds is this great ministry and we get to preach the gospel of helping these military families in so many

different venues, and we have the congregation as he mentioned of great companies coming along, john is a dear friend, he is the preveyor of common sense like nobody i've ever met before and to get to partner with 1776 what an easy way to kickoff the summer the indy 500 get you some barbecue sauce and change the life of a military family. steve: that's great. brian: yeah, and john in particular, with dan rooney, you knew him when he was a major, right? >> right, yeah, we've known each other for several years and when i launched red neck riveria brands with the whiskey and other stuff, i called him and called dan and said hey, could i connector support your mission of folds of honor, we were so new, my brand was brand new and he said absolutely and since then our red neck riveria brands have funded 115 college grads and we're hoping that's in the thousands as time goes by. it's something we're very proud of. steve: dan i've been out to your golf tournament on memorial day

weekend a couple of years and it's great and it's great not only that people from all across the country come out to play, but you've got companies from all over corporate america, who are lined up to try to help, because there's only so much the government is able to help these families. >> yeah, and government, honestly, in this case, doesn't do much but we've got about 2.5 million that have had somebody killed or disabled in iraq and afghanistan, nine out of 10 don't get any federal education assistance which is a startling statistic and that's why this initiative with john rich and so many others is so important. translate that 13 years into this mission, we've got almost 30,000 recipients that's $145 million out the door, 13,000 of those recipients are minorities, and we struggle trying to find a quality in this country what a great way to find equality through education and we're so blessed to have

john, 1776 red/gold and to do it at the indy 500 on thursday, john's playing a concert and we're going to blow it out and have some fun too. ainsley: that's so great and i understand this is the first time in about a year the grand o le opry is opening up , john, for full capacity. >> yeah, it's pretty exciting the mother church of country music. they kept it going it was virtual, but they kept it going and now people come to nashville and they can go to the gold ole opry what an awesome thing to see that open backup, downtown nashville opened backup music is playing once again in music city, thank goodness. brian: no masks? >> if you want to wear a mask we'll give you one but you don't have to mask mandates as we all know are now over and should be over for the kids too by the way brian: john, will you sing in a mask? >> [laughter] no i will not. i would prefer to not pass out during "save a horse, ride a cowboy." steve: [laughter] well john rich and dan rooney,

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at&t building in downtown nashville. good morning, everybody. nashville is up and ready to go. broadway is hopping i understand. >> no masks. let's take the show on the road, please. >> the bar is hopping where john rich is. >> i would know. >> that he can remember. >> have a good day. see you tomorrow. >> stay within yourself. >> bill: hamas firing rockets into civilian areas overnight. israeli and gaza enters a second week. no sign of a cease-fire in sight. also another i lert. navigating a new normal. more states and businesses reconsidering mask policies after the cdc caught america by surprise by reversing the

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