i mean, if only we could circle back. she really was the most competent person in the biden administration, and now she's gone. so all hell could break loose. that's it for us tonight. don't forget to set your dvr. stay connected with us. all proceeds go to charity. the shoreline soup kitchens and pantries. thanks for watching "gutfeld," and the crew is next. ♪ ♪ >> another big midterm primary day kicking off in america with voters getting set to hit the polls and five more states. races in georgia and texas are taking center stage. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning. i'm carley shimkus. >> and i'm todd piro. working to fend off the primary challenge from former

senator david perdue. the winner will face stacey abrams in november. she's running for her party's nomination. >> carley: marianne rafferty has the latest from the campaign trail. good morning. >> good morning, carley and todd. the rates for georgia governor is taking center stage. brian kemp, endorsed by mike pence, against trump-back david perdue. president trump eager to see him acid for efforts to block the 2022 election. the future of the g.o.p. >> this raises bigger than me and brian kemp. it's about the future of our country. if we want a republican conservative back in the white house in '24 and a senate majority back this year, we have to win the governor's race in georgia. he has divided our party and he cannot beat stacey abrams. >> meanwhile, stacey abrams raising eyebrows and she appeared to disparage the state she hopes to lead as governor. >> i'm tired of being the best

state to do business when we are the worst one to live. >> and herschel walker hitting back at abrams' comments. >> we are the best state in the country to live, work, and raise our families in, and that's why this family is getting up every day to make sure that stacey abrams is not going to be a governor. >> why run for governor if they say it's the worst place to live? you can't make it better because you had a chance to do better. >> and in other races around the country and in texas they are trying to oust henry cuellar who has been vocal about the border crisis with the threat of roe v. wade being overturned. also in arkansas sarah huckabee sanders trying to lock in the g.o.p. nomination for governor. momentum building in alabama in the three-way race for the senate nomination which is drawn big money, more than $20 million in super pac spending so far.

>> todd: thank you very much. the aforementioned sarah sanders del mike huckabee sanders joining last night. watch. >> it's a continuation of the pathetic and administration we are seeing under joe biden. literally every single thing they touch, they screw up. things that you didn't think could ever be a problem in america are now commonplace. the fact that people can't find what they need, basic essentials when they go to the grocery store, like baby formula. they can't afford gas, because the prices have gone so high. what is going on now country at the hands of this administration is absolutely pathetic. frankly, it's insane. >> todd: now to pennsylvania where the outcome of the republican senate primary there is still up in the air one week later. i lead over dave mccormick. look at that. filing a lawsuit demanding that

mail-in ballots without handwritten dates be counted. the campaign argues that the ballots are time stamped, making handwritten dates irrelevant, but we are learning that the republican national committee is getting involved and telling fox news, "we are intervening because election laws are meant to be followed and changing the rules when ballots are already being counted harms the integrity of our election." and undated absentee ballots may not be counted. ♪ ♪ >> carley: fox news alert, president biden gearing up to return home from asia where he seemed to celebrate high sky gas prices in the u.s. and sparked an uproar over his comments on taiwan. >> todd: there was a lot going on. griff jenkins live in washington with the greatest. >> good morning, todd and carley. he was supposed to focus on things like the indo pacific economic framework. that trip ends just hours from now leaving major questions looming over whether the president has changed the u.s.

policy toward self governed taiwan. >> mr. president, is the policy of strategic ambiguity toward taiwan dead? >> mr. president -- >> the policy has not changed at all. i made my statement. >> this after the light has walked back there statement on military intervention, leaving a cleanup job at the pentagon. >> our one china policy has not changed. he reiterated that policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. >> is not the first time they've had to clarify the stance toward taiwan, drawing harsh criticism from china and as more china's foreign ministry. americans feel the pain a very

good high gas prices and ancillary inflation, bite an offering bidenoffering 90 solutions nor , saying it is something american. >> here's the situation. when it comes to the gas prices, we are going through an incredible transition that is taking place, and god willing, when it's over we will be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over. >> just moments ago, in one of the president last public events before departing, where biden was expected to press the prime minister on the dependence on russian energy, all questions seem to be directed at him. [people shouting questions] >> todd: welcome to the american press. the president expected to be wheels up in the next hour. we are following that for you guys and we will give the president about a 12-hour flight

home to think about americans worried about the $4.59 a gallon heading into the memorial day weekend. >> carley: let's bring in gordon chang, the author of the coming collapse of china and "the great u.s.-china tech war." i want to start with the comedy for the president make when he was sitting next to the prime minister of india. what the press was chatting him is, would you push a tougher stance on russia? did you ask the prime minister to wean himself off russian oil? i think that is something that certainly the president of ukraine would want to know as well as many other u.s. allies. he responded saying, "welcome to the american press." what do you make of that comment from the president? >> i think president biden understands that india and russia are very close, and they are two reasons for that.

one of them is their traditional relationship that goes back to the cold war, but the other thing, carley, that americans don't focus on, that is the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan last year severely delegitimized america's friends in new delhi, because new delhi was a strong supporter of the afghan government. that means that the pro-russia elements in new delhi really have become much more influential recently. so this is a result of the failure of our policy in central asia. >> todd: but doesn't a flippant remark it like that by the president really obscure the important question that was ultimately being asked? i understand your explanation, but let's be realistic -- if india decouples from russia, specifically russian oil, that's really going to hurt the russian war effort and could help ukraine in the long run, which seems to be, rightly so, what the world community wants. >> it is certainly what the world community wants, and the world community is not very

happy with india's close relationship with moscow. at this particular time, it just shows you that, once you make a big mistake in one place, it's going to have long-term reverberations. so right now president biden is not going to say, "oh, yeah, i really screwed up in afghanistan and that's why we have this problem in ukraine," but the american people need to understand that the biden policy has been a failure and it'll affect our relationships on more critical things like, for instance, getting india on board with ukraine and getting india on board with china. speeeighteen he could have made that "welcome to the american press," because everyone was shouting at once and he didn't hear the specific questions being asked, but we'll have to wait and see. maybe he should clarify that comment. something else that needs a lot of clarification was the fact that president biden initially seemed to signal that the u.s. would get involved militarily if china invaded taiwan. now he's back to the stance of

strategic ambiguity. how do you read this back and forth between the biden administration and the president himself yesterday? >> this is an amateur hour at 1600 pennsylvania. this actually has real-world consequences, largely because the chinese will look at this and say that the administration is incapable and irresolute. biden was very clear a couple days ago when he said, "look, the united states will defend taiwan." there was no ambiguity about that. now, under pressure, you have his subordinates contradicting him, and biden now changing his tune. this is bad, and it's bad not with regard to taiwan only, it's up to the regard of all our defense commitments around the world. >> todd: gordon, this keeps on happening. this isn't the first time. take a look at this montage. >> the president delivered a forceful denunciation of vladimir putin.

mr. biden appeared to call for regime change although the white house walk that back. >> the white house was quick to walk back the comments that putin cannot remain in power. >> the white house walked back some of its statements, but that's part of what keeps vladimir putin guessing. >> todd: lead beat up on biden a lot because there's a lot to beat up on, but i would argue that him showing strength against china was a good thing. i know many would disagree with that. the overall point, gordon, if this white house can figure out what they are going to say on a day in and day out basis, and what their tact is going forward, what should that tact be? >> i think the united states and biden were right the first time. this instance where, yes, we'll defend taiwan, and i think his instincts were right on putin, because putin is someone who is going to take down the international order. he's going to work with the chinese very closely. this is the new axis, and biden was right about that.

but the point is people shouldn't be talking to the president of the united states anymore. they should be talking to the press secretary, because obviously the press secretary is more influential in setting american policies in the president of the united states. and that's the reason why our friends and allies and partners are looking at us and saying, is united states still the united states? that's a question the biden team is going to have to answer. >> todd: love him or hate them, people voted in joe biden. nobody voted in john mclean or karine jean-pierre. we appreciate your insight. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, todd and carley. >> todd: meantime, the fbi taking center stage in the durham probe trial of michael sussman. >> carley: building its case against the former clinton campaign lawyer accused of making a false statement to the bureau during the trumpet russia collusion investigation. good morning. >> good morning. yesterday we heard from current and former fbi officials during

the sussman trial. the biggest name was the former head of the intelligence division head, and he claims they never met, but he added he was briefed on the former clinton campaign attorney's visit to the fbi. sussman date made dumb i don't i did meet privately with james baker alleging covert medications between the trump administration and the apple bank. the fbi invested investigated theallegations but. he is now charged with lying to the fbi. the evidence against him includes his own text messages in which sussman said he was bringing the information alleging a trump-russia connection on his own as a concerned citizen and not on behalf of any client. but special counsel don durham said his team has evidence showing sussman later billed hillary clinton's presidential campaign for that meeting. federal prosecutors hope to

prove that sussman used law enforcement to negatively impact then-candidate donald trump's campaign into the weeks leading up to the 2016 election. >> here we learn today in court that the fbi, james comey, and his minions were lying to their own field agents. and, as one field agent today said, had we known the truth, had they been honest with us, we would have recognized the hoax. >> the government is expected to wrap up its newest his testimony by wednesday and it is still unclear if michael sussman himself will take the stand in his own defense. carley, todd? >> carley: thank you. the national weather service warning over this super tornado that touched down in northern texas. watch this. >> oh, my god. >> carley: storm chasers

calling it an absolute monster with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. residents are urged to shelter in basement and stay away from windows. so far no reports of any injuries or deaths. south carolina also dealing with extreme weather, high winds from a possible twister leaving a path of destruction just 3 miles from the north carolina state line. >> todd: an autopsy revealing carbon monoxide poisoning is to blame for the deaths of three american tourists at a sandals resort in the bahamas. that's according to renewed reports from a local paper on the island. all three victims were found unresponsive in their rooms after seeking medical attention previously. the wife of one victim also briefly hospitalized but recovered. other guests at the hotel reported the strong smell of insecticide on the resort grounds. the families are demanding a second independent autopsy in addition to the one performed in the bahamas. we'll talk to dr. marty makary about these developments in this case later on in our program. >> carley: and the nypd

identifying a person of interest in the shooting death of goldman sachs employee and re-kids. he's been arrested 19 times before for crimes like assault, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon. these images released of the suspect yesterday. it's not clear if he is the man in the photos. henriquez was killed at random by a stranger who shot on his way to lunch. >> todd: sad. >> carley: absolutely. >> todd: a democratic socialist running for congress in washington state wants to combat homelessness by breaking into homes. >> imagine if there was a housing for all bill in congress. then imagine you, me, and a million of her friends taking action and occupying empty houses nationwide. >> todd: israel? >> carley: what? >> todd: am i in a dream? rebecca parson also pushing for a $30 an hour minimum wage.

her campaign did not immediately sponsor our request for details on any of these bold plans, but occupying buildings is nothing new for parson. last year she was a spokesperson for a group that occupied a washington motel for six days before taunting police when they were finally forced to leave. i've got nothing. >> carley: we will talk about that later on with tomi lahren. i'm sure she has some thoughts. >> todd: think it? meantime, did you see this >> carley: oh, my. >> todd: that's carley at the airport yesterday. >> carley: [laughs] >> todd: a fight at the ticket counter when a former nfl player gets into a blood he brought with that worker did not end well for either of them. >> carley: things definitely didn't end well for the crook who picked the wrong jewelry store. we are talking to the brother and sister who did everything they could to protect the family business. >> todd: plus, wesley hunt, lawrence jones, brian brenberg, and tell me later in. >> carley: aforementioned. >> todd: on a very busy

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player at newark airport over the weekend. langley was arrested after the brawl which reportedly broke out after he allegedly used a wheelchair to transport his luggage, and it got heated. take a listen. >> [bleep]. >> carley: united airlines says it does not tolerate violence of any kind. langley is charged with simple assault. todd? >> todd: take a look at this absolutely insane video. security cams capturing the moment creates and plays turned the tables on a group of thieves targeting a mom-and-pop jewelry shop. this happened in huntington beach, california. if you're not familiar with california, that's a really nice area. the robbers faced fierce opposition as they targeted those display cases. it doesn't work out very well for them thanks to these individuals. they own princess bride diamond jewelry store. great name. they both jumped into defendant.

this is an amazing story. it looks like it happened so quickly. what's going through your mind the moment the thieves entered your parents' shop? >> i'm just looking to help out dallas, my brother, and lily, and looking to help assist them in the best way i can. just picking up the heaviest object i could find to hopefully deter and hit one of them as hard as i could. >> todd: in question to you. was going through your mind that moment these idiots enter your parents' shop? >> honestly it seemed like nothing is really going through my head. i just kind of reacted purely off of instinct. i saw them in the reflection when they opened the door and i started getting up, and once they broke the glass i kind of just sprinted straight into it. >> todd: one of these guys had a hammer. to your point, did he even have time to be scared? >> no, not at all. i registered that they at least had a couple of hammers, but i

kind of went straight into it and went for it. >> todd: you mentioned this in your answer. it wasn't just the two of you but also one of your employees. did you just say, "enough is enough, we are tired of this crap?" >> i'm tired of it. it is sickening to see it on the news all the time. it's really sad. we hope that things change, and when criminals need to be put away in jail, they shouldn't be up to the people doing things like this to protect their staff and protect themselves. >> todd: it's unbelievable that it's come to this in america in 2022. to that point, have you felt a robbery like this was kind of inevitable at the store with everything that's been going on in our society and in california in this day and age? >> yeah, we've definitely been worried since the riots. when those started, and eludings

happened in l.a., it's been continuing to migrate down to orange county. we know it's been happening a lot in our area, and it's just crazy when it actually happens to you. but we just really hope that police are able to be funded more so that way they can stop these kinds of things from happening, and that criminals are actually prosecuted so they don't feel so brazen to do this in broad daylight. >> todd: such a good point. you eliminate funding for the cops and you don't put the criminals in jail, more stuff like this happens. we mentioned off the top that this is a mom-and-pop jewelry store. you are mom-and-pop your mom and pop are the oneswh. when he told them, what was their reaction? >> they didn't believe me at all when i first called them after it happened. i think i had to tell him that four times on the phone, "we just got a smash-and-grab."

"we got out, we are all okay." he asked me two or three times, "are you serious? are you being real with me?" and after i got off the phone i started talking to the police at that point. i called my sister, too, to make sure it really did happen. >> todd: i'm just watching the video again. you guys really took on these folks and really beat the you-know-what out of them! are you trained in fighting or something or is this just instinct trying to protect what's yours? >> dallas just flew in there! watching the video, my god. [laughs] >> todd: unbelievable. >> oh, my god. >> todd: with covid and then with the lockdowns and with every thing -- inflation. just being in california, with everything you guys are forced to face on a day in and day out basis, at some point are you just going to say, "we are not going to do this jewelry game anymore, they'll just go

somewhere and get a different job?" >> this is our livelihood, and we want california to be great again, i guess. this is -- we can turn it around, i'm hoping. >> todd: great point. dallas, last question to you. if something like this happens again, are you going to do the same thing? >> i don't see myself not trying to get into it. i'd rather get the snot kicked out of me then sit back and let it happen. we are going to amp up their security and everything in the story, but i'm hoping i would react the same way.

>> todd: sarah and dallas, it was awesome having you on. this is what you need to do in this day and age. it's sad that it's come to this, but an amazing job defending what your parents worked so hard to build. it's awesome. stay safe. good luck going forward. again, thank you for naming your place a great name, the princess bride diamond and jewelry store. we should have known. over to you, carley. >> carley: listen to this, pro lgbtq police groups are boycotting this year's pride parade after organizers said cops cannot wear the uniforms. this stems with an incident with protesters back in 2019. san francisco mayor london breed who once backed the push to defund the police is now backing the blue. she says, "if the pride board does not reverse its decision i will join the city public safety departments not participating in the pride. " the event is scheduled for june 26th. what a turnaround. my goodness. johnny depp no longer taking the

stand in the bitter $50 million defamation lawsuit against ex-wife amber heard, and what appears to be a last-minute decision, according to "the new york post," depp's team plans calling up kate moss, who once stated depp, to testify tomorrow. she's expected to talk about how depp carried her after she slipped walking down stairs when they were in jamaica. "the new york post" says depp's legal team plans to have him testify again tomorrow as a rebuttal witness. the judge saying that she wants to hear closing arguments by friday, so all of this can wrap up at the end of the week. >> todd: this is looking less like a trial and more like an awards show. "we've got kate moss!" >> carley: elon musk was originally supposed to testify because he dated amber heard, but that never happen. no celebrity sighting they are, but many others. moving on to this major news, a suspected terrorist released at the border and spent two weeks

in the country before being rearrested. leslie hunt is here to respond to that fox news exclusive report. >> todd: are you ready for this specific question, carley? >> carley: i'm ready. >> todd: the national school board union wanted the biden administration to deploy the national guard. yeah, the ones with the guns. against parents at school board meetings. have the shocking new documents when we come back. >> carley: i change my mind, i'm not ready! [laughs] ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> we've recently handled about 1500 a day at the most but last year we had in excess of that, and very quickly there was a lot of anxiety. not only the elected officials but our community as a whole. would we expect, letting it come to fruition is going to be very difficult. >> carley: boarded officials overwhelmed by migrants as the future of title 42 stays

unclear. >> todd: and their struggle is putting all of us, all americans at risk, as you learn a suspected terrorist was released into the u.s. by agents and was not arrested until the two weeks later. u.s. congressional g.o.p. candidate out of texas, wesley hunt is here to react. great heavy on the program. why wasn't this guy flagged as a suspected terrorist upon initial contact, why wasn't a given gps and said, "on your merry way, we hope you come back!" >> because are administered and doesn't believe in following laws. we have an open board policy. they think they have a mandate to behave like a socialist country and that's not what the people wanted. president biden barely won, a razor-thin margin in the house in the senate, and they are treating this country like venezuela. right now because of these put policies, this is the most i have ever paid for gas. a couple days ago i had to fill up my truck and it was so emotional that i felt i had to

pour one out for the homies. this is the worst i've seen in my lifetime. look what's happening at the border, and to cap it all off on top of that there is an obvious assault on our oil and gas industry that impacts me right here in congressional district 38 in texas. this is making us less safe, and it's to preserve our sovereignty and keep us safe and that's all we have terrorists coming to this country carte blanche because we have an administration that does not want to adhere to the laws of this country. >> carley: will talk more about oil and gas in a moment, hundreds of migrants release into the u.s. yesterday the day that title 40 she was supposed to end. governor greg abbott made a comment about how his plan is going to continue regarding busting more migrants to washington, d.c. take a listen to what he had to say yesterday. >> we are up to our 45th bus. when you add zero to that, i think washington, d.c., will soon find out they will deal

with the same consequences we are dealing with. president biden has never once even tried to contact me about the border. the czar for the border, kamala harris, has never contact me. >> carley: there are some questions over whether governor abbott is doing enough regarding this issue. some republicans are urging him to declare an invasion. and then he could use state resources to deport illegal immigrants. is that something you would support? >> potentially, but this is not governor abbott's role to protect the border. if we have a covid issue like the leftist still trying to propose in the administration is still adhering to do, how could you possibly overturn title 42? it doesn't make sense. it's his constant controversy piercing from the top of the ticket that has his entire country confused. governor abbott is doing the best he can to keep us safe, but like i said, that's not his

role. this is the federal government's role to preserve the sovereignty and the borders of this nation. we have got to do better. >> todd: in the meantime, wesley, you spent the last few weeks visiting oil and gas companies across the country discuss the challenges these companies in the industry are facing. and yet, here's what he said yesterday about "the transition" on gas. listen. >> when it comes to the gas crisis, we are going through an incredible transition that is taking place, and god willing, when it's over we will be stronger in the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over. >> todd: wesley, what was your reaction, and the reaction for the average american struggling right now just to fill up their tank? when joe biden says the pain at the pump we are all feeling is an incredible transition. >> well, he's got his words wrong. it's not about energy transition, it's about energy addition.

i've been traveling all over texas. i have been in midland, new mexico, we are going to go to pennsylvania, we are also going to the midwest to look at some biodiesel in iowa. the bottom line is this -- it's an all-hands-on-deck approach to fulfill the energy needs of this country. what i'm seeing from all the brave men and women across this country that provide energy for us every single day, that allow us to put gas in our cars and turn our lights on and allow us to stay cool in this texas heat that is crazy right now, it's because they sacrifice every single day for us to be able to have it. we need more of them. this administration is trying to kill our industry but we are not going to allow that to happen. >> todd: wesley hunt joining us on a very busy tuesday in his state. he won his primary race, but there are other runoff races happening in the great state of texas. >> carley: you can sit pretty today. >> todd: and he is pretty. [laughter] god bless you. president zelenskyy saying the

ukrainian military is suffering its worst single-de la since the start of the invasion with 87 soldiers killed. >> carley: a tragic headline there. mike tobin is on the ground in ukraine with more. good morning. >> good morning, carley and todd. volodymyr zelenskyy continues his tour by video link urging other nations to tighten the noose on russia. he addressed the world economic forum in dapo switzerland. president zelenskyy saying the world is at a turning point which will decide if brute force will rule. he is exhausting the potential of sanctions. as he put it, so other potential aggressors would know the consequence of their actions. >> do not wait for more fatal attacks. do not wait for russia to use special weaponry, chemical, biological, and attribute nuclear. do not allow for the aggressor

to feel the world opposition is not decisive enough. act straightaway and in the strongest fashion to defend freedom in the normal order. order that is beneficial to everyone in the world. >> also in switzerland, a russian diplomat has resigned with a scathing letter criticizing the invasion of ukraine. he was part of russia's unit in geneva. he said he is ashamed of russia. quoting part of it, "those who concede this war want only one thing: to remain in power forever, and live in pompous, tasteless palaces, sailing yachts comparable in tonnage and cost of the entire russian navy, and enjoy unlimited power and complete impunity." just north of kyiv, missiles had an army barracks. they said 87 fridays are killed making it the single deadliest ukrainian target of this war. the war is now exactly three

months old. back to you. >> carley: thank you so much. starbucks is permanently shutting down all of its cafes in russia because of the invasion. the seattle-based coffee chain entered the market 15 years ago, licensing 130 stores with over 2,000 employees. this comes on the heels of mcdonald's' decision to also shatter all of its restaurants in russia, as well. >> todd: waiting rules for tractors delivering baby formula ingredients. drivers no longer have to follow hours of service requirements which limit when they can go out on deliveries. this meant the national out of stock great for baby formula reaching 45%. president biden also invoking cold war era defense production act in response to the shortage, and the u.s. military expected to deliver a second shipment of formula for overseas later this week. here we go again, shimkus. a major u.s. city bring a mass mandates. can you guess where? >> carley: and a lot of eyes

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>> carley: students at staff at philadelphia schools are once again required to mask up on school grounds and buses. the decision comes after a city health department recommendation. data from "the new york times" shows philadelphia is experiencing a 41% increase in covert cases and in almost 31% increase in hospitalizations in philadelphia county compared to two weeks ago. >> todd: the national school board association reportedly pushed the white house to deploy the national guard to deal with protesting parents. a draft of the 2021 letter the group sent to the biden administration likening parents to domestic terrorists, reading, "we ask that the army national guard and its military police be deployed to certain school districts and related events where students and school personnel have been subjected to acts and threats of violence." so, to review, they wanted the national guard for these meetings and not for riots. okay.

an early draft refers to protesting parents as plotters, and because it propaganda. that shocking revelation comes as a parent's rights group because at the school district that spent big money on so-called equity audits. parents defending education filed complaints with the department of education against five districts and call for a federal probe after studies found disparities between ethnic groups. listen. >> a district went out and affirmatively chose to start this investigation, paid district taxpayer money for it, and then the equity audit came back and said there are problems. you are racist. and that is something this department of education should investigate. >> todd: the group is also accusing the schools of using equity audits to discriminate based on sex, race, color, and origin. >> carley: democrat stacey abrams, running for governor unopposed in her

party's primary, insulted her own state. >> i am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state and country to live. >> carley: cofounder of speaker georgia, janelle king, is here to react. i wanted to play some of the reaction coming from the top republican candidates that are running in the election today. watch this. >> what i'm proud of is that i'm the governor of a state of resiliency. >> she's lied to us quizzes andt she's running to fix these issues, but how does a comment like that play in the state of georgia? >> ever since i was deputy state director of the georgia republican party in 2018 and we defeated stacey abrams, i've

watched her put her foot in her mouth every single time. it's like she does it royally. first she said that we shouldn't have to work in industries like the service or agriculture industry when in fact the world would come to an end without these industries, and she made a statement about the all-star game, and now this. if the state is not a state you don't want to live in, you don't have to live here. we are not asking you to stay. when it comes to stacey abrams and her comments, i think she likes to throw out red meat to the democratic base thinking it'll somehow translate into votes. maybe it will on her end, but in georgia you have to win the middle. you have to win independents and moderates or at least a portion of it in order to swing the vote. i think republicans are sitting at around 49% and democrats are at around 44%. so you have to have some middle and moderates. statements like that are not going to work with the moderates. >> carley: that's a good point. if she becomes government she'll

have to make statements or she calls george of the greatest state in the nation. i don't know how you make that statement after a comment like she made in that video we played. let's get to the republican side of the aisle in the governor's race. trump has endorsed david perdue, who is trailing behind governor camp. what will happen there? >> i don't think there any foregone conclusions. a lot of polling has been flying around even for the senate race which has been to zen as well as the governor's race. i think we have to pay attention to the ground. we have traveled there at the state and hit every single county in the state of georgia, 159 counties. i've talked to people and a lot of times you are asked we think about the governor's race. i think we have to pay attention to the ground game. one thing i will say about governor kemp is that he typically works the ground really well. now you're seeing it. he comes with a unique flare because of the fact there are some differences on the ground, trump

versus anti-trump, election versus nonelection fraud, but wy attention to what's happening on the ground because we don't know what that is until it comes in. >> carley: thank you for joining us. >> absolutely. thank you for having made. >> carley: you're very welcome. we'll talk more with tell mike about this with lawrence jones having breakfast with friends in the peach state. >> todd: they are all here live. a big 5:00 hour on deck. don't miss a minute. ♪ ♪

>> todd: a fox news alert, president biden about to head home to a country battling economic border and crime crisis with his first trip to asia being overshadowed by walkbacks from the white house. i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. the u.s. would respond militarily if china invaded taiwan. the administration working overtime to walk it back, but the president himself leaving it here. >> is ambiguity toward taiwan dead? >> president biden: no. >> can you