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todd: it is thursday, august 12th. the most complicated crisis, that's how officials are describing the situation at the southern border as we're told brand-new numbers set to break records. jillian: plus the white house ramping up the battle with florida governor ron de santis over masks in schools, after a new fox news poll sends a clear warning to president biden. todd: new video found on hunter biden's laptop raising national security concerns, so why isn't the media covering it?

we try to answer that question when "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ jillian: that's a really easy song to dance -- that's not an easy song to dance to. i give you credit. todd: i'm moving my legs so they don't get stiff. i'm 43 going on 83, as you know. jillian: this shift will do that to you. you're watching "fox & friends first." todd: let's check in with somebody else also up right now, will cain live from iowa ahead of the field of dreams game tonight on fox. will, last hour in case people are just waking up, we saw your package where you played a little baseball. we saw you swinging. jillian: did he, though? todd: i want to critique the swing for a second.

you look like you belonged in field of dreams, the movie, because you had that like old timey 1920s swing. thoughts? will: i got some tips ahead of time, todd. i'm glad you brought that up. first of all, not a baseball player. and i subscribe to the idea that you never look in the mirror, don't watch your clips on television and i don't want to see my athleticism on tv. i would rather live with the delusion i'm fairly athletic. i got to see my swing. i was disappointed. here's the tip, hold your bat by the ears. i wouldn't naturally hold my hands that high. jillian: elbow up, right? todd: elbow up. you made good contact. jillian: you did. what is it like to be out there, will? will: todd can tell you this because i know he was here a few years a it truly is beautiful, iconic, it's a baseball field cut can out of a corn field like you saw in the movie and like you will see tonight as the

yankees and white sox take to the field at 7:00 eastern. there will be pregame at a 6:00. and it will probably be one of the most iconic major league baseball games, if not in years, ever. jillian: we're going to check back in with you a little later. thank you. todd: there's other news, the white house vowing to fight florida governor ron de santis and the threat to cut teacher salaries over mask mandates. jillian: the biden administration is doing a double take after using incorrect data to back up their logic. ashley strohmier joins us with more. >> reporter: the white house denied it was waging war against governor ron de santis. take a listen. >> our war is not on de santis, it's on the virus, which we're trying to kneecap. and he does not seem to want to participate in that effort to kneecap the virus, hence our concern. >> reporter: the white house pointing the finger at the alarming spike in covid cases in the sunshine state. >> that's literally adding insult to injury. we have policies that are being

implemented now that are not safe for students. look at the data. i mean, we're talking about the rates in florida going up. it's dangerous. and we want to make sure our schools are reopened for our students and that parents feel confident sending their children to school. they've been through enough already. >> reporter: the cdc scrambled to adjust the state's number of cases after officials pushed back on that number. its website showed a record high sunday of more than 28,000. the cdc adjusted the number to 19,584. that's when florida put the number at a little more than 15,000. now in texas, governor abbott is threatening legal action again mask mandates, tweeting any district, public university or local government officials that decides to defy g838 which prohibits government entities from mandating masks will be taken to court. in california, governor newsome makes it the first state to require teachers to be vaccinated. >> we think this is the right

thing to do and we think this is a sustainable way to keeping our schools open and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have. i have four young children and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. >> reporter: as i said at 4:00, there's a lot going on in all different states. jillian: absolutely. ashley, thank you. we want to talk about this fox news poll here, this is from august 7th through 10th and you'll see here, i want to -- i like to keep people on their toes, start on the bottom. approval rating, 35% approve of how the president is doing on immigration, 39% on crime, 47% approve of his job on the economy, but look at that number, 54% approval on coronavirus. now, on its face you see that and you think okay, well, that's good. that's positive. because only 42% disapprove. now let's step forward and show you another poll here and this

really tells the story. that approval rating is down 10 percentage points from june of 2021. so as you can see, 10 points, that's a big deal in just a matter of time. todd: you can understand why, though. people are scared. jillian: and confused. todd: they're scared an confused, they thought we would be past this by now. clearly if you look at the data, delta is there and delta is scaring a lot of people and the president is going to pay for that. i'm more focused on the other issues in the poll. people are scared for their safety. that's why you saw that crime number the way it was. people are frustrated with what they see at the border. it seems it's a situation that if biden did nothing we wouldn't be in this situation, yet he did something and look where we are. it is an absolute disaster down there. people look at their wallet. it always comes down to the economy, james car veal said it's the -- carvell said it's the economy, stupid. people are paying more for things that a month ago weren't that against i've. jillian: if you're a small

business owner and you're trying to get employees, a lot of business owners are paying more money for hourly workers. in addition, the cost of a lot of their products are going up right now. todd: so how do republicans take advantage of this? ari fleischer says, this is often a problem for republicans, it's all about the messaging. here's his warning. >> republicans have the ability to communicate and express what's wrong and when joe biden goes on this massive redistri because of income, allowing people to come into the country illegally, not handling covid properly, republicans have a great case to make for why the democrats and joe biden should be thrown out. .todd: republicans need to keep this in mind right now. jillian: we brought you the poll numbers a few minutes ago. let's take a look at one more before we move on. this is the favorability rating of vice president kamala harris. 45% in this poll amongst registered voters view her at

favorable while 51% view her as unfavorable at this point. todd: there's a scathing op-ed out there right now. i know we make fun of the fact that i use the word scathing, but there's no other word for it. it's in the new york post. it's as follows, the problem proper the democrats is that she, kamala harris is unelectable. it's the fake laughter, the car crash interviews and complete inability to succeed at any of the tasks she has been handed from immigration to vaccination. she is so unpopular that hillary clinton staffers of all people reportedly have been consulted for likability lessons. i don't think it's any surprise that democrats assumed she was going to take over the run in 2024 because joe biden will be in his 80s at that point. joe biden is not showing that he can handle the job from a stamina perspective at this point. it's not going to get better over the course of the next three and-a-half years. i think democrats thought kamala's our gal. if you look at the numbers, they're very worried right now

seeing those numbers. jillian: well follow the numbers. did one of hunter biden's laptops end up if the hands of russian drug dealers? the president's son you allegedly admitting that in a newly surfaced video. so why isn't much of the media talking about it. joe concha is and he joins us next. plus -- >> everybody outside the state is [bleep] about this state because of our success. todd: he's yelling. governor gavin newsom going off as the effort to remove him from office gains momentum, when we come back. ♪ as someone who resembles someone else... i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical horn blows ] i mean just because you look like someone else doesn't mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. oh, yeah. that's the spot.

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todd: embattled california gone nor gavin newsom snapping. >> it would be damn nice if our home grown team started focusing on what's right. everybody outside the state is [bleep] about the state. it's because of our success. todd: gavin newsom recognizing he could be california's ex-governor. >> no matter how much money he spends, he seems to be going further down in the polls.

you can recover from bad policy but you can't recover from bad personality. todd: newsom's recall election set for september 14th. jillian: shocking new video allegedly showing hunter biden confessing a third laptop of his could be missing, posing a possible national security threat. >> [ indiscernible ] jillian: by the way, we have chosen not to show it because it's very graphic. todd: but the media largely ignoring this new development. here to react, fox news contributor joe concha. arguably this is the worst one of the hunters yet. how far does it have to go

before the media tells the story. >> amazing, right. the son of a sitting president, possibly compromised by the kremlin, by russia, admits making a gazillion dollars in places like burisma, the ukraine energy company where he had no experience whatsoever in working in energy. look, let's put it this way. what if this story involved donald trump junior. just close your eyes and think about that for a moment. it would be a media apocalypse. the washington post, the new york times, nothing on the hunter biden bombshell. cnn or msnbc last night, nothing on the story as well. they usually love all things russia when it comes to the president. hunter biden had is the third rail of journalism, thou shall

not touch, he's as protected as henry hill like in good fellows. we can find whatever overwhelming evidence we have including audio of him talking about this sort of stuff, they ain't going to touch it because the goal is protect hunter biden because we have to protect joe biden, guys. jillian: i mean, there's the video as we mentioned and it's quite graphic. you can look it up yourself. it's online. all the stuff keeps coming out. i wonder why the administration isn't saying more about this because it's really not fair to the american people, is it? >> well, they're not going to say anything about it because it's the third rail for them as well, that if they bring it up they know hunter biden is a huge liability whenever the topic arises. look, the media blackout, jillian, we got the president on this, the playbook, the road map, back in october when his -- when hunter biden's laptop and all the e-mails that were on it. damning e-mails talking about

peddling influence and the family name, it was suppressed. the new york post, the oldest daily newspaper in the country, very credible, they get all these e maims and -- e-mails and it's suppressed by facebook and twitter. if you shared these stories your account was suspended. you can't report it. you might get suppressed. it's amazing the collusion so-to-speak between traditional media and social media to will make sure anything about hunter biden doesn't see the light of day. todd: also, who loses three laptops in the span of three years. >> i lost two. i have kids. you get how that works. todd: coming up, a democratic leader praising the destruction of a minneapolis police precinct as a pure act of righteousness. our next guest is a minnesota republican who calls the anti-cop sentiment in his state outrageous. jillian: video shows migrants

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todd: today, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is headed to the southern border amid calls for his impeachment over the covid crisis. jillian: -- border crisis. >> reporter: good morning. that revelation comes from the incoming border patrol chief, raul ortez who takes the reins of the agency on sunday, confirming to jonathan hunt that these july numbers will break records in the most difficult conditions he's ever seen. >> in my 30 years, this is the most complicated situation i've ever experienced. we have heard that the official july figures for apprehensions are going to be north of 210,000. >> we've seen steady increases over the last four or five

months. >> over 210,000? >> yeah, i believe it's going to be over that. >> reporter: this as secretary mayorkas does head down to the border where he last visited in may. he's headed to the rgb and he's tweeting wheels up for south techs adhs is executing the plan to rebuild the safe, orderly and humane immigration system. he's met by harsh criticism. chip roy tweeting at secretary mayorkas and president biden, calling for impeachment, showing video of overcrowded conditions inside a hold hoing -- holding facility. the sheriff is sounding the alarm in kenny county. >> i don't see an end in sight. they need to secure the border. we need to get boots on the ground. we're working 12 hour shifts to try to get ahead of this. when we explain they were criminal trespassing, they were going to jail, they said that's impossible.

>> reporter: i.c.e. is announcing they will not deport illegal immigrants who are victims of crime, saying they will support them through immigration benefits. todd: dr. nicole saphier says biden should be consistent when dealing with covid-19 from foreign countries. >> when it comes to infectious disease and the migrants crossing our southwestern border, that's always been an issue. it doesn't really make sense that we're going to put travel bans on the u.k. and other of places across the globe because of certain variants circulating, yet we do have people coming from the southwest border. if we do not have the resources to test, trace, quarantine and to ensure follow-up, then, no, that would be irresponsible and then that could lead to further spread. todd: the city of laredo texas found that 40% of migrants who were puffed in tested positive for covid-19. jillian: a minneapolis democratic leader defending rioters who burned a police precinct as a, quote, act of pure righteousness as the

minnesota supreme court refuses to review an order to hire 700 police officers. nolan wecht is here to react. thank you for being here. here's the headline it says, quote, the cops started it. south side pride. it says like it or not, setting the third precinct on fire was a genuine revolutionary moment and act of pure righteousness to open new worlds of understanding, the youth of minneapolis carried all of this. the cops started it. here's what the minneapolis democratic farmer labor party chair, devin hogan said to fox news, quote, people seized on the word righteousness as if i'm the one assigning it moral value. that's not the case. it's meant to convey how the protesters felt at the time in response to their conditions, this is obvious to anyone in minneapolis who was paying close attention when it happened. i think a lot of us who were watching what was going on, covering what was going on, living in minneapolis, i think

that it's going to be a long time until we forget the images of that third precinct on fire that night and everything that's hand since. so what -- happened since. so what is your response to that article? >> it's just completely insane. and the democrats have been trying to push down the defund the police rhetoric as much as they can but it shows that this is indeed what they believe. i mean, it's a party chair that's saying this. not to mention like the one duty of a government is to protect its citizens but the democrats don't seem to believe so. so it's gotten so sad over here in minnesota, it's like -- i liked when we had attention for the super bowl, not for the city burning. and the fact they were trying to blame this on outside agitators for months and months and months and then they have prominent party members saying stuff like this, tells you that was all them trying to get political cover. it's absolutely ridiculous. jillian: let's talk about this before we let you go.

the portion of this, the supreme court denying the request to review a judge's ruling that the city must hire at least 730 more police officers. why do you think this is happening? i mean, you look at these images, you look at the crime numbers, we'll pull them up on the screen now, seems like more officers are needed on the streets of minneapolis, correct? >> definitely. i mean, they need 700 some more officers according to the judge's order and it's -- government does a lot of things it's not supposed to do. the one thing it is supposed to do is protect its citizens. imagine living in a city where you need to get your neighbors together to file a lawsuit in order to get your city to hire adequate numbers of police officers. it's just upside down world here and returning to murderappolis because in 2020 we had a record number of murders in minneapolis, it's a horrible public safety situation and the obvious answer is just to hire more police. the people are asking them to do

that. the judges are asking them to do that. but they're trying to appeal this ruling so they don't have to hire more police and then in 2021 they'll put replacing the minneapolis police department on the ballot in minneapolis. it's just clown world down there. jillian: keep us updated. thank you so much. thanks for your time. todd, by the way, the super bowl he referenced, that's the one the eagles won. todd: i'm not familiar with that. gold medal winning wrestler giving god the glory while opening up about her olympic success and her love for america. watch. >> my mom raised us to be respectful and my dad was an immigrant and he came from ghana, he came to america and he made a way for himself. i just know that if you go out and get what you want, nothing can stop you. so i guess like just from those kind of parents in my life, i just have love for my country. todd: i mean, any more perfect?

she promised to donate her olympic winnings to help her mom buy a food truck. we reported that. she says a texas company has come forward to donate a custom built truck to help her mom achieve her life long dream. that story gets better and better. jillian: she is beautiful, she is smart, she is obviously -- i mean, she has everything going for her and she's a gold medal winner, we need to all strive to be like her. todd: she is america. jillian: yes, she is. sexual harassment allegations cost governor cuomo his job. but he cost new york taxpayers millions in legal fees. we will walk through the next steps of the case. todd: iowa set to host their first major league game ever. will cain is there live with a preview of tonight's field of dream games. ♪ it's always a good time. ♪ it's the chevy silverado. check out this multi-flex tailgate. multi-flex, huh? wow. it becomes a step.

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todd: new york governor an drew cuomo on his way out in albany. taxpayers could be paying big for his scandals. joining us now, criminal defense attorney gianna. you placed the difficulties in three buckets, administrative, civil and criminal. walk us through what happens. >> the first bucket is basically the bucket that's going to be behind us and the bucket that cost taxpayers a whole lot of money and that was the administrative bucket. in other words, the entire war

and peace size report by la at a james is an administrative proceeding that we taxpayers paid for. that thankfully is behind us. if we don't move forward with a formal impeachment, taxpayers will save a few bucks and that would be a good thing. the second thing that cuomo needs to worry about is being sued civilly by these individual accusers. while that can happen, there's a little bit of a challenge there because to sue somebody civilly for an intentional tort and in this case it's sexual touching, they have a short shelf life, a one year statute of limitations on that. that will pose potentially some challenges for people that want to saw him for money. the last bucket is the criminal bucket. the criminal bucket while it seems to be kind of scary if you're cuomo it's really not as scary as it seems because right now the only charges that he is likely facing are low level misdemeanor charges and ones that wouldn't even have him --

cause him to register as a sex offender. so i don't think cuomo's losing too much sleep right now to be honest with you. todd: it is an interesting state on misdemeanor versus felony, also the fact that you don't have to register as a sex offender. we were talking about the tax implications, my intro, your thing there. let's go through these quickly. pop them up on the screen when we have them, guys. $2.5 million the amount that taxpayers in new york state could pay for cuomo's legal defense. already almost 9 million paid by taxpayers for the legal defense. cuomo made about 225,000 as governor and get this, $900 per hour is the fee, he's getting a reduced fee of about $600 per harks but still a lot. i think people are wondering why will this be so drawn out, why is this happening. explain to us a quick lesson of hearsay. all the prosecutors can't use

the report from latisha james. >> the report from latisha james is not going to be evidence that's used against him in a criminal court. it's one big giant hearsay exception. where taxpayers will have to foot the bill some more is when prosecutors -- if pros you cue tores want to -- prosecutors want to actually file charges and prosecute him it's on the prosecution, i.e. the taxpayers, to bring those individuals back into court, the subpoena fees, the witness fees, the expert fees, et cetera. so we're going to be paying for that. but the good news is, cuomo would be privately paying for his own defense if criminal charges are eventually brought. so that's a little bit of good news for us taxpayers. todd: it was a lot. we appreciate you plowing through it for us. >> thanks so much. jillian: if you build it, they will come. the yankees, white sox and our own will cain are all in iowa where the mlb is bringing a baseball classic to life. todd: will joins us live ahead

of the field of dreams game tonight, only on fox. will, is it heaven? will: it's not heaven, it's iowa. i'm standing on essentially the movie set. this is a field. this is the field that ray mowed into his corn field. you can see right here around me. right over my shoulder you can see the grandstands there where the yankees and white sox play tonight at 7:00 eastern. it's a magical place in the background behind me you can see the corn fields that make up the outfield wall of this field. and i talked to roman weinberg, the director of operations at field of dreams and a former new york yankee who you might recognize, about what it is that makes this place so special. watch. >> this is sacred ground. this is one of the holy grounds in baseball with cooperstown, with fenway park, wrigley field. when you think baseball one of the first things that comes to mind is field of dreams. it encompasses all that is good not in the game but in life,

family relationships, redemption, pursuing your dreams, going the distance. that has not been lost on major league baseball. >> this is number one, watching field of dreams as a kid, it's such a story that is even beyond baseball, an american story, it's a story about inspiration, about making dreams come true, about a father and son playing catch and listen, i'm just jealous i'm not with the yankees playing against the white sox or one of these kids that get to make their dreams come true. will: so just to give you a little bit of insight, todd and jillian, what makes this so special, the story goes that two weeks after the movie wrapped up, it debuted, the field was here but it was going to go back to being a corn field but if you build it they will come, people started showing up, people started showing up and taking the sights in and they realized i think we have a tourist attraction on our hands and they did. here we are, what, since 1989, 2021, people are still showing up. jillian: that's awesome.

will, thank you. todd: obviously all eyes on the weather forecast for the big game. are the yankees and the white sox going to get it in? jd has your answer. jillian: pressure, janice. >> it's a little humid out there in iowa. we did have storms to the west of the region but you know what, pretty good. so humid, yes. but we're not going to look at any thunderstorms so that's great and i can't wait to watch the game. it's going to be spectacular. we had a couple of reports of tornadoes for wisconsin and some thunderstorms of moving through the mid-atlantic, same risk in some of these areas today across portions of the plains, the great lakes, and the northeast. so hail, damaging winds, maybe some isolated tornadoes. here's fred, tropical depression fred. we're going to have to watch this system over the next couple of days as it moves over cuba and then perhaps sets its eyes on florida, eastern gulf of mexico. we're not thinking about a hurricane yet but we're still going of to have to monitor it

and let's take a look at some of the tropical models, herein we go through the next couple days. sunday into monday, watching this very closely. i don't think it's going to be a big deal but i don't like to say with certainity. we want to make sure that everyone is paying close attention. it doesn't take a hurricane to cause a lot of damage. todd: sandy wasn't a hurricane. >> that is correct. we'll watch it for you. see you later. todd: still ahead, american express telling its workers to check their privilege with critical race theory training that slams capitalism for being racist. jillian: the squad threatening to derail the president's bipartisan infrastructure bill if he doesn't meet their demands. we're talking to congressman byron donalds about that coming up. ♪ as someone who resembles someone else... i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical horn blows ]

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todd: a significant ritual meant to honor slain police officer ella french was reportedly rushed during the sendoff over the weekend and brothers and sisters in blue want to know what happened. jillian: carley shimkus here with the story. carley: we're talkering bought controversy on top of tragedy here. chicago police officers were gathered outside the cook county medical examiner's office on saturday to pay a final sendoff,

a ritual that includes the playing of the bagpipes. the department's secretary in command eric carter reportedly ignored the ritual. according to the chicago sun times he reportedly said we don't have 20 minutes for this, we're not waiting on the bagpipes. former chicago police superintendent gary mccarthy says this is inexcusable and explains the effect it has on officers. >> most of them feel like they're not being supported by their leadership. it's so important, the sacred nature of of rituals certainly within policing. policing is entirely under attack. carley: mayor lori lightfoot is claiming the report is not true and that officer carter skipped the sendoff for a legitimate reason, guys. jillian: the white house is talking about vaccine hesitancy. carley: some states continue to struggle with the delta variant.

jen psaki was asked if president biden has anything to do with vaccine hesitancy for saying this. >> the previous administration was rushing to get a vaccine authorized and the president said i trust vaccines and scientists but i don't trust donald trump. >> i think it's safe to say he doesn't trust donald trump. he trusts the people leading the cdc and fda, the gold standard for approval for vaccines. carley: 50 of% of americans have been fully vaccinated. 70% have had at least one shot. you have to get that second shot to be fully vaccinated. todd: finally, like the song ironic needs to be rewritten. .carley: american express is reportedly having its employees take critical race theory training sessions. now, these sessions include tips like this, workers should deconstruct their racial and sexual identities then rank themselves on a hierarchy of

privilege, map official company worksheets. trainers are supposed to provide a flow chart with specific rules for interacting with black, female and lgbtq employees and white employees are told not to use fractureses such as i don't see color and we are all human beings. this was first reported by christopher ruffo in the new york post. he points out that american express had a guest speaker telling employees about the evils of capitalism, american express made $2.3 billion in profit last quarter. so capitalism appears to be working out pretty well for them. todd: that's worse than rain on the freedom day. jillian: rain on your wedding day is supposed to be good luck. todd: take that. change the song. time for the good, bad and the ugly. california firefighters go above and beyond the call of duty, the orange county fire authority

finishing mowing a 93-year-old man's lawn after he collapsed during what he was trying to do the yard work. the grateful homeowner returned from the hospital, is expected to be okay. jillian: the bad, an illinois police department is ordered to remove a thin blue line patch from their uniform. >> it's about honor. it's about pride. it's about kinship. it was really about all the things that it means not only to myself but to everybody in my family. jillian: critics claim the image is used by extremist groups and used to intimidate minorities. todd: finally, the ugly. a 200-pound alligator escaping an enclosure at a california zoo. the 8-foot long beast named d a arth gator lunging out of the pet. the zoo keeper called her dad to help wrangle him back into the facility. jillian: president biden

defends his spending plans even as americans worry about inflation. >> it starts with making investments that we know will make the economy more productive and lead to more growth over the long run. todd: the rising cost of groceries, gas, housing, all at the top of americans' list of concerns, congressman byron donalds reacts, next. ♪ lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that.

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♪ >> now is the moment to put in place the long-term plan to build back america better. a plan that will lower the everyday cost that strain our budgets and our nations and families today. it starts with making investments that we know will make the economy more productive and lead to more growth over the long run. todd: building back better question mark? president biden pitching his

climate change and agenda saying he is saving americans by spending more of their money. jillian: joining us byron donalds. good to hear from you, sir. let's hear two polls you will see this reads american families are feeling hardship from a rise in the top thing is grocery prices 70% say that following gas prices and housing costs and majority of people say what is responsible for these rising prices 86% say yes to the covid-19 pandemic; however, 79% say yes to government economic policies. so, if the government is spending a lot more of our money, who ends up winning? does anybody? >> the only people that win are the politicians in d.c. they get these contracts. that's about it. it's the american people that suffer because joe biden has no idea pausely because he has never had a job a dave his life, what the impact is when you spend this kind of money this fast throwing it into a economy

that's already overheated because they have too many people staying at home, not at work, all by design. it is the measure people who are going to suffer. it is going to be seniors who are going to suffer. it's why low income americans are going to suffer. if you are on the beltway or a politician, oh, this is great for you. this is a good plan for you. it just sucks for everybody else. todd: i go back and forth on trying to answer this question i'm about you. i truly don't know the answer to it hopefully you can help us out. does the white house not understand economics or they just not care? >> they just don't care. they have heard the report. even cnn has put out reports concerned about this massive spending what it's going to cost for inflation. you know the inflation has already raised gas prices a dollar on working families trying to get to work. meanwhile joe biden is asking the opec nations to pump more oil when we could be doing that ourselves. it's his kind of economic idiocy

that the white house knows is going on. they are busy playing politics and paying back people who got them in office instead of making sure they do the right thing for the american people which is could no harm which is stop the massive spending which is let americans get back to work, let our economy thrive which it was already on its way to do before they decided to get involved and do stupid things. jillian: members of the squad vowed not to vote for the president's 1.2 infrastructure bill bipartisan bill in the house until the 3.5 trillion, quote, unquote, bernie's budget is set in stone. let's go ahead and pull this up. this is a quote from congresswoman 'jayapal. a majority have confirmed they would withhold their votes in support of bipartisan legislation in the house of representatives until the that the adopted a robust reconciliation package. this is a letter to nancy pelosi. how does a end up playing out? do you think that the reality is that this gets passed?

>> tough blame 19 republican senator to put us on the path for this to happen. the facts this they voted for this is ridiculous because the game. the game was the can squad and progressive members of the house would not vote for this infrastructure bill if they didn't get the reconciliation bill. thank you to the 19 republicans. now on to what is happening in the house. it's very clear they want to have everything in front of them before they vote for anything. it will probably be a minor delay. i hope they never come to fruition because we simply do not have the money. but we shouldn't each be at this point right now. republicans in the senate have done a disaster, frankly. they have done a disservice. now we have a situation where we are reliant on progressives in the house to maintain some semblance of fiscal responsibility? it's not going to happen. i think nancy pelosi is going to bubbling and give them what they want all things will move through it will be a disaster

for the american people. >> i guess i'm looking at this through a different lens in the 30 seconds remaining. those that aren't buying into bipartisan pushback. >> i hope it holds. i hope this kerfluffle on their side holds it will would be the best thing for the american people overall. it shouldn't be here right now it should have died in the senate. we would have been able to negotiate significantly better next year or later this year. todd: understood. before we let you go. florida is ranked 11th in some polls. miami ranked 15th in some polls. florida state not ranked byron donalds your reaction? 10 seconds? >> phil, we are rebuilding our program but we will be back. fsu will not be it down for long. todd: he appeared in 10 second. college football season is upon

us. jillian: yes it is. congressman byron donalds thank you so much for young us. eappreciate your time. >> thank you. todd: download the fox news app. right there. open your camera and scan the qr code on your screen. jillian: set your dvr 4:00 a.m. every mi so you never mace moment of "fox & friends first." it start right now. fox. >> al andrea mayorkas heading to the southern border after calls for impeachment. >> highest in more than 20 years. >> over 210,000. >> i believe it will be over that open for business. >> chicago 475 homicides this year. >> anyone can see the city i'm from is testifies stating. >> the police department budget will increase. >> consumer prices at 1-year high. >> on everything from food to gas. >> another $4 trillion of debt going to make the inflation problem worse.

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