and kinzinger to try to paint donald trump and his supporters as nothing. but of course, insurrectionist. and remember, they weren't just a danger after the twenty twenty election. but for every election going forward, i think it's going to work. i think the polling is showing that a couple of hundred people who broke a law at the capitol is not an entiret political movement. that's it for us tonight. >> a fox news alert, price of gas nearing $5 nationwide, taking up $4.98 per gallon. diesel averaging whopping $5.75 per gallon. this comes as the white house is preparing for another damning inflation report. stocks also on the decline. check out this graph. president biden's approval rating shows gas price trending upward and

the blue line heading in the opposite direction is the president's approval average. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for todd piro. take a look at that graph, approval going down, gas going up. when is last time you filled up? >> carley: as james carville says, it is the economy stupid, that is all that matters, kitchen table issues and we're going to dive into them this morning. >> ashley: yeah, i was saying, i don't know when the last time you fill up, when i cost up it is costing upward of $60 to $65, in a honda accord. my husband's gas kicks off at $75, where we live north of here. it is getting ridiculous and these are issues that people in america -- >> carley: also the inflation report coming out later this

morning, we are at 8.3, when the president entered office it was less. >> ashley: republicans trashing democrats prime time january 6 hearing as nothing more than a partisan spectacle orchestrated just in time for the midterm election. >> carley: house republicans liz cheney and adam kinzinger are the only speakers in the room after pelosi refused to allow two on the committee. brooke singman has the latest. brooke, good morning. >> brooke: good morning. after a year of investigation, the house committee is laying out findings for the american people, presenting never before seen footage at last night's prime time hearing for members of former president trump's -- trump's daughter and white house advisor trump, both said

they -- lawmakers can now prove the former president was at the center of a plot to take the power. >> the violence was no accident, it representss trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power. you may hear those words and think this is just another political attack on donald trump by people who don't like him. that is not the case. >> brooke: vice chair nameing and shaming fellow republicans who -- former president. >> intelligence available before january 6 identified plans to "invade the capitol," to halt congress' count of electoral vote. to colleagues defending indefensible, there will come a

day when donald trump is gone, your dishonor will remain. >> it is an effort to change the subject from the economy and president biden's low approval rating. >> all they're doing is trying to paint a new narrative voters need to think about in november, the democrat agenda has failed. >> this is punishing opponents, sky-high gas prices, border crisis, formula crisis, they are losing because they created their crisis, radical policies, these hearings are no more than an attempt to change the narrative. >> entire point behind the process, prosecute donald trump for crimes he did not commit. this is a sham, committee process. they want to put donald trump in jail or keep his name off the ballot. it is not about investigating january 6.

>> last night was the first of several televised hearings we'll see in the coming weeks. >> carley: with everything going on in the country, does americans care about the partisan findings? here is bret baier's take. >> bret: if you look at inflation and gas prices, crime in big cities and other cities around concern about immigration, go down to baby formula and babies trying to get baby formula, there are so many things that will be front and center, i have a hard time believing this is going to be the focus. this going back to that day is tough to relive, but what the committee wants to get to and how they plan to lay it out, what is their ultimate goal, i think is interesting to see, some point they have to say that. >> carley: bring in fred keller, member of the house oversight

committee. what is your reaction to what bret baier had to say? this committee wants people to be talking about last night's hearing and not the kitchen table issues of the day. did you hear anything groundbreaking enough to lead you to believe they achieved their goal? >> i didn't. i watched the hearing and i heard liz cheney say, you will see, you will see. what that means, this is what we'll show you, this is what we're pedalling, trying to revise something that has been investigated by the senate and just for them to put that in the forefront and put the other things, as bret baier said, on the back burner. things that hurt americans everyday, nobody challenged why the speaker didn't take appropriate security matters, there was intelligence, why didn't the speaker give the

capitol police the tools they needed to clear the building. >> ashley: they say they will lose control of congress if nothing changes, you can't win an election that says we can't do much, the other side is worse. republicans stand a chance of gaining control of the house and senate. by sanders saying this, blame two people in our party, is that a better slogan than the latter? >> well, bernie sanders realizes they are in trouble. when he's saying that, what can you make of the hearing they had last night from the fake committee, the pretending committee where they could get in a room and try to not get to the bottom of why speaker nancy pelosi didn't do her job, but can't get everybody to vote and deal with issues impacting americans, energy, which is

inflation, our border, fentanyl. they don't want to talk about those things. they can get in a room and have the show they had and try and pedal their narrative rather than talk about the real issues, why can't they get to work on the issues hurting americans everyday right now. >> carley: bernie sanders to politico says republicans stand excellent chance of gaining control of the house and the senate. here is the prediction, here is advice. we don't have votes to do it now, two corporate democrats will not be with us, his solution is for the president to blame kyrsten sinema and manchin and get back to the blame game, congressman. that is what the president is doing now and doesn't apeer to be working. >> it is not working. bernie sanders says we didn't do enough to spend your tax dollars to increase inflation more, that

is bernie sanders's defense? does he think by going down the green new deal policies and spending more money will make things better? they have not taken a lesson from the failures they have had already and we are seeing it. >> carley: waking up to $4.98 for a gallon of gas and people across the country would consider that one a big failure. >> they are. i saw a lady yesterday getting gas, she went over and paid $20 and got four gallons, on her way to work, you could see, and she just wants to make it home to take care of her family and do things, she will not be able to enjoy things she could before because democrats created this mess of inflation and high gas prices. >> carley: import all the solar panels in the world and it will not affect that woman in a positive way that you met

yesterday. appreciate it. house speaker nancy pelosi is arguing conservative supreme court justices are safe despite the plot to assassinate justice brett kavanaugh and the ongoing protest including one last night outside amy coney barrett house. >> ashley: democrats taking up a vote on new measure to protect the justices' families. alexandria hoff is live with more. good morning. >> alexandria: good morning. kevin mccarthy said democrats would have rather taken a long weekend than pass a bill to give justices same protections as members of congress. house speaker nancy pelosi feels they are fine, at least for now. >> [indiscernible] -- attorney general even doubled down on that.

-- >> carley: protesters have not let up. small group gathered outside the home of amy coney barrett wednesday and on wednesday activists marked and that was hours after a man was arrested for trying to assassinate justice kavanaugh. according to the complaints, he was upset by the leaked draft on abortion and the school shoot nothing uvalde. >> the efforts to protest outside homes, efforts to assassinate supreme court justices and refusal of the president of the united states to condemn going to supreme court justices' homes to harass them to get them to change their ruling in a case, that is wrong and counter to everything we

believe about constitutional government. >> ashley: democrats like alexandria ocasio-cortez want protect for staffers and clerks, not only justices. >> there will be an attempt to pass the supreme court supplemental protection bill. the day after gun safety legislation for schools and kids and people is stalled. oh, so we can pass protection for us and here easily, right, but can't pass protection for everyday people? i think not. >> ashley: the president has yet to address the assassination attempt. >> alexandria hoff, thank you. >> carley: senator lindsey graham wants to know what the attempted assassination of a supreme court justice didn't

make headlines. >> if he disagreed with what they were about to do on a particular case and somebody on the right tried to kill a liberal judge, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country, i couldn't walk three feet without somebody sticking a mic in my face. not one reporter has asked about what do you think about the idea somebody tried to kill judge kavanaugh last night. it is appalling and dangerous and the president is missing an opportunity here to lead the country to a better way. >> carley: final ruling on roe v. wade could come on monday or wednesday of next week, the national guard is on standby. in los angeles, woke george gascon argues far left policies are not the problem in l.a. and other democrat run cities. take a look. >> i think people feel their

safety compromised and absolutely we have to hold people accountable and we're doing that, we cannot do business as we always have and think we're going to get safer. the problem we have today, we -- bad policy, over criminalize community without looking for a -- reduction of crime, prevention of crime. >> ashley: in los angeles, violent crime is up 7.2% and arrests are down 5.5%. looks like san francisco da chesa boudin could remain in office through july despite the vote to give him a vote. the prosecutor cannot be removed until 10 days after the recall is certified. according to the examiner 100,000 votes are still not accounted. final tally is not expected until the end of the month.

the da will be in charge during a hot and violent summer. >> carley: talk about unwanted guests. britney spears exis in custody after trying to crash her wedding yesterday. alexander approached the home yelling where is britney and walked into the tent setup where crews were placing alters. spears and alexander were married for 55 hours. >> that was the vegas marriage a long time ago. >> carley: congratulations to britney, apparently she got married yesterday. >> carley: giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants? and president biden -- white house staff, our next guest will

tell us which policy is driving voters away in droves. >> ashley: wesley hunts, james freeman and lara trump are here to help you start your friday morning, keep it right here on "fox and friends first."

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>> carley: high gas prices in michigan busting the budget. one is taking extreme measure to save fuel, which costs well over $5, the sheriff post thanksgiving message on facebook. we've exhausted funds with several months before the budget reset. we are managing calls for whatever are acceptable over the phone. public safety comes first nonlife-threatening calls and those that do not require evidence collection will be handled remotely. and hit in the leg by a stray bullet. mayor eric adams is called out for doing a terrible job addressing gun violence. she told the "new york post," it is crazy, he thinks getting homeless people off the subway

will help the crime rate. the people need to be caught and held up to the consequence standard. eric adams rolling out new safety teams and naming gun violence czar. according to nypd, there have been 535 shootings so far. mass exodus of black staffers rattled the west wing. op ed reads contrary to the spin coming out of the white house, departure of 21 black staffers is not something that can be brushed off as a coincidence, or a normal part of the political cycle. the white house is trying to treat this inconsequential, biden administration is happy to have black votes, but doesn't care about our interest. the author, pastor for america board little mark little joins

me now. pastor, you wrote a great op ed on foxnews.com. you say 21 black staffers have left the biden administration is no coincidence, what do you think it is? >> it is not a coincidence, it's a harbinger. some said we didn't feel valued, we didn't feel mentorship or opportunity. that is a harbinger because these staffers felt the biden administration and saw the biden administration's heart. if you want to know where a man's heart is, look for his treasure, not in black staffers, they probably saw the invasion on the southern border. we know from the civil rights commission, illegal immigration disproportionately impacts black workers. we see black mothers running

around trying to get formula, we knew in 2021 that problem was coming. we see crime rising like you wouldn't believe and that is a direct response to soft on crime policies from this administration. this is a poison pill issue not just for the black community, but for the nation and the staffers saw that and they should have left sooner and i'll bet more will follow. >> carley: a gallup poll shows from 2021 and 2022 approval rating by black voters dropped 22%, from what is considered a reliable voting block. is that inflation, crime, what is going on there? >> we always say people vote the kitchen table, the realities, the things we just discussed, we feel them everyday, we feel them when we try to go to work and

gas is double the price and we have to determine whether or not we can get a bike or car pool. americans are feel whatting joe biden is doing. blacks are disproportionately impacted by it and the votes will continue to sway in the other direction. i think it is clear, a harbinger to come. >> carley: pastor little, you make lives of other people better, you talk about two things, god and self-reliance. bring god to the conversation and get big government out. tell us about that. >> thank you so much. i have been blessed. i was shot at usc in 1983 and lost my leg and the government gave me a disability check. i'm an amputee now. i came out of that hospital and i went and worked two jobs because we have choices to make. we can choose to exercise

personal responsibility and be responsible for our own destiny or we can look to the government to give us sustainability and that is a trap. i tell people all the time, we have choices to make. you can choose to succeed and be responsible for your own destiny or you can lay down and look for a hand and that won't amount to much. >> carley: isn't that the truth. you are an amazing man, pastor marc little, thank you. a college student hit with no contact order because her classmates are offended by her conservative beliefs. now she is suing we will talk to her next. >> ashley: who is in charge at the white house? could it be hunter biden? wait until you hear what we just

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>> carley: unsettling information from biden family insider, op ed said one of hunter biden's former friends claims hunter is president biden's closest advisor. the first son boasted to former business partner bobulinski he got his way by bypassing his father's gatekeepers. there are recordings of hunter saying he's going to talk about drug reform and anything i want him to. joe biden thinks i'm a god and my dad respects me more than he respects anyone in the world and i know that to be certain, it is

not about whether it affects his politics. question, is hunter biden qualified to serve as his advisor? >> joe biden's wheels are turning, why listen to national security advisors, my son works there, i'll call him and see what he says. you are right, the fact as noted, we have so many problems in this country, obviously whoever he is listening to, it is not of soundest mind, first name that comes to mind hunter biden. >> according to devine, a voice recording was found on hunter biden's laptop containing video of hunter bragging about the influence he has over his dad. ashley. >> ashley: graduate studentss at southern university suing the school for slapping her with no contact order after students

complained about her conservative views like these. one post says justice and truth prevailed in the rittenhouse case and accused media are "trying to twist the narrative," and she shares a message from a pro-life organization and said knowledge leads to life, maggie deyoung and her lawyer, tyson langhofer are joining me now. i read a couple posts you put on your instagram and that was what was deemed offensive to get to this boiling point. talk about civility or lack thereof on college campuses and how we got to the point of people being offended for people having a different view than they do. >> good morning and thank you for having us on. i was in my third and final year of graduate program for art

therapy counseling and i was wrapping up, graduation on the horizon, i learned throughout the course of my experience i participated in classroom discussion and we discussed issues such as race relations or religion and for therapists, the theoretical framework. these were discussed within the classroom setting. i was -- prevented me from having direct communication with the three studentss, restraining orders that applied to on and off campus. >> ashley: maggie, you say you came to class wearing a pro-police back the blue sxhat your professor asked you to explain why you were wearing it. your lawsuit reads rather than take off the hat to appease the defend ants, ms. dejon g stood

her ground. they argued it was a symbol of oppression and she was a racist for wearing it. talk to us about how we got to the point to where the teachers back the three students and asked you to explain yourself. do you think you needed to explain yourself in that instance? >> i think that is a good question for my lawyer. >> tyson, do you want to step in? >> maggie never violated any university policy, yet the university issued no contact orders against her prohibiting her from talking in class, including discussion about race relations. the police deemed her beliefs as unwelcome. universities can't tell studentss they can't speak with other studentss for expressing their views.

>> ashley: you say they can't issue these, but they did. how will this lawsuit end? >> with the university changing policy so they can never again issue a no contact order against a student for simply expressing their views, it is marketplace of idea not echo chamber for one type of thought. >> ashley: okay, thank you both for being here with us and good luck to you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> carley: very good. governor ron desantis is weighing crack down on parents who force their children to attend drag shows like this one in dallas that was billed as family friendly. watch. >> i've asked my folks to watch, we have child protection statutes on the books, it used to be kids were off limits and used to be everybody agreed with that, now there is concerted effort to expose kids more and

more to things that are not age appropriate. look to see what can be done under existing statutes, have our kids be kids. >> carley: a republican lawmakers in texas wants to ban children from attending drag shows. and overriding veto from charlie baker clearing way for illegal immigrants to apply for drivers licenses. >> there in the affirmative, eight in negative, the bill is passed. >> carley: governor baker vetoed the bill saying it undoes a critical safeguard to drivers license issuance process, but supporters say the bill will allow thousands to travel to work and school without fear, it goes into effect in july 2023. largest migrant caravan we've seen is on the way to the

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>> thousands of migrants joining the caravan heading from southern mexico toward the southern border. >> carley: the number of illegals picked up in places like texas is exploding. griff jenkins is in lajoya with the latest. >> griff: the caravan has grown to 15,000, the harsh conditions have taken a tragic toll. >> unfortunately yesterday a fellow migrant from venezuela passed away. >> the organizer says she was a 52-year-old wheelchair-bound woman with health complications. for others, the march toward the u.s. continues. >> we are one step away, we've made it with my whole family.

>> griff: the equivalent of a caravan has already arrived. in the rio grande value, they have illegally passed, 1305 of them got away. these migrantss hiding among corn stalks, were not so lucky. this as arrests of migrants are on the rise. almost 6000 so far this fiscal year some with outstanding warrants in the u.s. >> we are not saying all these people are bad, we're not, but it affects all of us. >> among those convicted drug trafficking tops the list of offenses and the mayor says the drugs are not staying in the

rgv. >> everything that comes through our area does not stay in this area. >> griff: speaks of drugs, customs and border protection say they seized $330,000 of fentanyl near hidalgo, that is enough to kill five million people. griff jenkins, fox news. >> carley: as the caravan marches closer 4000 border patrol agents could be out of a job thanks to the biden administration vaccine update. the wife of a del rio border patrol agent joins us now. this dates back to the fact that the president mandate federal workers get vaccinated. those up to 400 0 border patrol agentss could be fired.

what are you or your husband hearing about this? could this happen? >> it is really hard to keep up with everything going back and forth constantly. obviously i wouldn't put it past this administration to take those measures. i think they would be silly to get rid of that many agents consider whatting we're facing in the coming months. i don't know why they are concerned about 4000 unvaxed agentss when people weekly are coming across our border, that is the least of our worries at this point. >> carley: you are right. there is title 42. on one hand biden administration trying to get rid of title 42 saying covid is no longer that big of a threat but all the agents need to be vaccinated, what does that say about priority? >> exactly.

good point, i was thinking the same thing. if it was such a big deal, they wouldn't be trying to repeal title 42. they are sending a lot of mixed signals, it is hard to know where they stand, what is serious and what is not. >> carley: we played the piece from griff jenkins, he is in mexico and says the caravan has swelled to 15,000 people, making its way to the u.s. border. if this happens and border patrol get fired with this mass caravan entering the united states, what does your husband's job looks like? >> you know, i don't know that he'll have a job, i don't know if he'll get the vaccine or not, that is up to him. i know we are already undermand and stuff. they are pulling from the northern border just to help.

guys are on mandated overtime, they are short staffed, i can't imagine what they will do if they fire 4000 more. >> carley: how worried is your husband he will lose his job? >> at this points, he's not too worried. we're in low transmission area, so it doesn't seem like it is that big of a deal at the moment. >> carley: good, we'll keep our fingers crossed, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> carley: you're very welcome. >> ashley: last leg of the triple crown, belmont stakes are this weekend can strike pull off another upset? >> carley: janice dean talked to the famous horse's trainer. take a look. >> a record-breaking win, rich strike charging up the rail for stunning 80-1 upset.

>> has it hit you yet how special that win was? >> it's just been a whirlwind. we can all go out and work really hard, it didn't mean that will make us special, we're not all winners, it just means we have a chance. when something good happens, especially if you have tragedies and bad things, you appreciate it and realize what a gift you have been given. in september, we were given the greatest gift of our lives with richie. he was not purchased with any intent to be a kentucky derby winner. it is emotional to know that september day would change everybody's life. jerry jr., his groom, the love these two have for each other, i'm so happy of him. the pictures after the race make me tearun. >> tell me about your dad, he was raised by a trainer and have a moment seeing his son win a

derby. >> as we walked over, i remember pointing to the grandstand, i said dad, this year this is us. >> the preakness is this year. >> rich strike will not be appearing. >> we missed him at preakness, there was more talk than ever about spreading the races apart. >> tradition is hard to change, in the best interest of the horse, i think it be better, my opinion anyway, to give these horses more space between the races. >> janice: how has he been this week at belmont? >> he's been great. so happy here, lasts three days have been his best days training. >> janice: when you train, does he go the speed you want him to go during a race or how does that work? >> no, you don't really go that fast, in the workouts, sometimes

they go close to that. >> how is sonny do something >> he's won a lot of races since the derby. he's anxious to get up here and has faith in this horse. >> janice: do you think he's there? >> he seems to be, a different horse since the derby. >> janice: are you wearing the gold on your pinkie fing sner >> there is a movement on social media, people have their pinkies painted gold to support richie, he has a lot of fans, it's a breath of fresh air. we get e-mails, handwritten letters, poems, little children sending pictures. he's your richie, he's america's horse. that is super cool. we didn't start that, so many letters, he's america's horse. hope he represents them well.

>> carley: janice dean is joining us at belmont park. explain to us about the pinkie we just saw at the end of your package. >> janice: absolutely. what a treasure, this horse is amazing 80-1. eric reid, he is really a humble man, grateful for everything and the gold fingernail paint is something his daughter martha suggested many years ago. they almost won a big race in california. i think a decade ago, his youngest daughter decided, i can't be there, maybe paint our fingernail gold in honor of the horse and the horse will win. ever since they day, they paint their pinkie gold and also the right leg, the toes of everyone

also has fingernails and toenails in gold. cool story, rich strike won. martha painted her dad's fingernail and his toes gold and that is happening this weekend. >> carley: i love the piece, eric reid seems like such a humble guy. i was reading last year before they owned rich strike he said to the owner of the horse. i watched this horse, i think we should buy this horse that finished last in his first race, he just saw something special in rich strike. what was it like meeting the horse? >> janice: the horse is amazing, very playful. in part of the package you saw eric holding his tongue, it is a fun thing the horse loves. when you go up to him, he is expecting you to hold his tongue. it is fun, a quirk, it is

playful. he is running at belmont, this is third in the triple crown. we will not have a win, they have to have all three races, there is so much excitement for america's horse. >> i love race-based saturdays and this weekend is one of them. janice, you look great in a hat, talk to you next hour. >> janice: sounds good. >> carley: she got to hold the horse's tongue, too. it is being called the great resignation, the white house lost two-thirds of press team. we will ask lara trump what it means. >> ashley: getting ready for the country concert series, chris jenkins will be here live. don't go anywhere. ♪ dad, when is the future?

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