gender disinformation out there. i will be looking very much forward to that i'm sure. >> carley: i don't know if you want to do that, lara, i have seen your arm muscles, no one is messing with you at least on the street. thank you so much. she so fit. so are you. god love you both. thank you so much. >> thank you, guys. >> carley: all right. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh charity >> ainsley: that was a great album. it was called chariot. also on that album i don't want to be. he is so talented. he not only can sing.

he plays the piano, keyboard and guitar. he will be here for our all summer american concert series. >> brian: wonder if he can play all those instruments. >> steve: he has been here a couple of times. welcome back. this year we have the addition of the mclemores from masterbuilt. they are out on the square, fox square making us breakfast. there is john jr. john, what are you making today? >> steve, we are making some burnt end reversed cedar wings. we actually did this for super bowl with you guys. we are spicing it up a little bit for good afternoon mcgraw and the all-american summer concert series. we have got a triple threat sauce. it is a smoked wing, bring it up to temp, 225 degrees for about 45 minutes. and then we have a pineapple chipotle, barbecue. i will show you the absolutely beauty shop.

>> what was that those are the wings? >> those are the wings, and this is the results that you get right here. it is a perfect, crispy, burnt end wings. what we got for the all-american vips we have got smoked mac and cheese. burnt ends. boston bites. that's a tease because we will be on tomorrow morning as well for father's day. >> brian: leftovers for the weekend, guys. >> ainsley: for the dads. >> steve: a lot of people say too early to be making wings and mac and cheese, when you are a smoker you start early. >> absolutely we have been here all morning and we wring it. >> steve: get back to work. >> absolutely. >> ainsley: you are saying you are a smoker? >> steve: do you know who taught me how to smoke? mike huckabee. >> ainsley: causes cancer, you know. >> brian: that's a different type. >> steve: this is not forbidden by the surgeon general. >> i can't wait to eat that food. last week they brought barbecue. it was so good. we had plates of it on the table. >> brian: it certainly matter

and for us it's noon. we have been up since 2:00. two minutes after the hour. the president took a risk. he did an interview first time in four months not on camera but did it with the associated press and a guy named josh boke. he answered some questions. he seemed to have an edge to him. i guess he had a lot of pent up energy and wanted to get his side of the story out. one of the questions was on recession. he does not think it's inevitable although the numbers that are coming in, the feds actions might lead to you a different conclusion. >> he said you talked about a recession, first of all it's not inevitable. secondly, we're in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation. it's bad. isn't it kind of interesting? if it's my fault why is it in every case -- why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher? you ask yourself that i'm not being a wise guy. someone should ask themselves that question. >> steve: that's really a good point that the president is

making. >> brian: he is not a wise guy. >> steve: envy of the world our inflation is so much better than that apparently they are not telling the president what's going on again. we have seen this over the last year and a half or so. apparently he has not looked at the facts because the united states, when you look at all of the nations, we are kind of in the middle of the pack. there are some countries like turkey their inflation rate is 74% places like china it's 2%. for him to say our inflation rate is so much better. that just flies in the face of facts. peter doocy who is our white house correspondent talked to the press secretary yesterday about why is the president saying inflation is so much worse everywhere else because, actually, it's better in some places. >> he says that inflation is worse everywhere but here. that's not true. the u.s. has worst inflations that than germany, france, japan, canada, italy, saudi

arabia. why is he saying that? >> i think what we are saying is that when you talk about inflation it is a global thing. and it is not just about the united states. this is something that everyone is feeling because of coming out of once in a lifetime pandemic, because of the war that russia has started in ukraine. >> brian: i mean, a couple of things. first off, why do you keep on bowl steger russia as if they are having a major effect on us. it doesn't work to anybody's advantage in this conflict to keep saying that the sanctions you put on russia is you hurting us more. that's not the case. we only got 8% of our oil from there even though it's a global commodity. the president was totally wrong. i think you are being very kind to him when you say no one is briefing him. he keeps saying the same thing over and over again even when he has been connect i by "the washington post." i'm sure people have told him don't say that again, china, germany, france, japan, india

all have higher rates. on top of it that. not only republicans claiming it was your rescue package we didn't need when you first took office is the reason why we are in the middle of a huge inflationary cycle it is people like larry summers and steve rattner. democratic secretaries or advisers that has told them at the time huge mistake. >> ainsley: well, it's just not -- i was reading these articles about in this morning and i'm thinking the other networks are not going to cover the facts. they are not going to actually say that japan and that china, their inflation rate yes, it might haven risen a little bit, it's 2, 2.4% in this country. in our country it's 8.6. look at this. these are all the different countries. germany tied. germany is almost 8%. >> brian: still lower than us. >> ainsley: exactly all of these are lower than us. when you hear the president say we are all in this together. affecting every country around the globe. then the democrats or people that watch other networks they

might say oh, he is right. okay. it's after the pandemic. it's because of the ukraine invasion. no, when you look at the facts. look at the bottom, saudi arabia 2.3%. japan is 2.5. china you said was 2.5? >> steve: 2 points. an even 2. the president doesn't care about those numbers. he cares about his poll numbers. and that's why he is asking refiners hey, you got to up the capacity and get these high prices off of the american people's back. >> ainsley: don't just reward yourself. increase the production oil companies. >> steve: that's what he says. i'm old enough to remember i was a little kid back in 1979 jimmy carter and the so-called malaise is speech where he didn't talk about malaise. the united states is suffering from a crisis of confidence. >> ainsley: what does that sound like? joe biden. >> steve: one of the other things the president said yesterday to the a.p. reporter, is that america essentially is in a bad mood.

and they are in a bad mood because of the coronavirus. it's all part of the crisis. but then when you look at what the spending was with the federal government in response to the coronavirus, you know, and asked by the a.p. guy because of that great big, you know, the you a -- all the money that went into some different pockets. the federal reserve of his own government said that 3% of inflation, whether it was back at 6 was caused by all of that spending. that's why joe then just said look, i don't think a recession is inevitable because we might be able to get out of that. >> ainsley: he said americans are really down. there's a mental health issue. i will tell you why people are down, gas prices are through the roof. inflation is 40-year high. that means consumer prices have jumped 8.6% over the last year. steepest it's been in 40 years. how about the withdrawal from afghanistan. crime going up. baby formula shortage. he is not even condemning the

attempted kavanaugh assassination and look at the border problem. the borders are completely open. >> brian: and that is totally -- so much of this stuff was preventable. the border is the most egregious and perhaps impeachable. the fox poll very kind to president biden. he has got 42% favorable there and most polls he is under 40. but look at where he has been. he continues to drop. he went into office -- actually it was six months into office he was at 53%. a little bit before that he was at 54%. but then people see the flatout performance and they are pretty upset. we didn't even talk about gas. gas prices berating the oil companies. finally exxon answers and lets him know exactly what he could do to get these things down and let us drill and what's his name? the new press secretary comes out and says we do not need to drill here? we will refine other people's oil? that's incredible. if you look at individual things that the president biden has done. think about this. president biden has got this job. he has got a compliant press. he had a recovering economy.

he had a vaccine. we were looking at the back end of the pandemic. and even though donald trump is right now being secured, the sk. he has higher approval ratings at this moment than president biden. that has got to drive him crazy no malarkey. >> ainsley: majority of americans disapprove on certain issues like russia, ukraine. his disapproval is higher than approval. look at those numbers. >> brian: economy. >> ainsley: guns, economy, inflation. the majority of americans disapprove of his performance on all of these issues. >> steve: that's the graphic right there that the president cares about. he doesn't care about inflation. because, look, inflation is high. people are bummed out. americans are in a bad mood he is saying. i blame the pandemic, that's what he says. but so much of it, look, he is the president. remember once upon a time a president who had s for a middle name said the buck stops here at this desk?

doesn't with joe biden. he just kicked the can down the road. meanwhile down the road in florida is ron desantis. and he said he would do this differently in response to gas price and inflation when he was talking yesterday down in south florida. >> if you could give me a time machine to go back to january 20, 2021. [applause] >> we would just do the opposite of what biden has done and we would be in a better spot. he has a lot of hutzpah to attack energy producers when he campaigned saying he was going to shut down energy production in the united states and, of course, that's been a huge driver as to why we now have gas higher than we have ever seen it before in my lifetime in this country. and so he has facilitated this. and i think that's had a huge impact on overall inflation because everything that's

produced relies on energy and when those energy costs go up, it has an effect across the board. obviously, when you are printing trillions of dollars, the money supply, that has caused it to go up as well. >> brian: so he has got some answers on that. >> ainsley: he would do differently. >> brian: ron desantis stands out in the other way. he is the only governor not to order the vaccines for the under 5s. i don't think he is into it. as was pointed out yesterday by rand paul, can you tell me the study that you ran that says we should be putting 3 shots or 4 shots into the under5-year-olds and preschoolers? he said well we look at antibody levels. what about 10 shots would that raise the antibodies more? where does it stop? that's where governor desantis has been ahead of the curve when it comes to the pandemic. i think he is taking another -- showing that again today. >> steve: one of the other things that the president said during the interview with the associated press was he said republican lawmakers are going to get voted out of office if

the supreme court reverses roe v. wade. that is his prediction. actually, that's just his hope. all right. it is a dozen minutes now after the top of the hour on this friday. listen, desperate situation out west. people trapped in entire towns devastated, unbelievable video as the national guard rescues dozens of stranded residents at yellowstone national park. the extensive damage as the governor of montana tours the area today. apparently he has left tuscan vacation and returned home. >> the emotional tearful, heart broken family of the california officer killed in a shootout says d.a. george gas scone to blame. their message to the liberal d.a. next. >> gascon is letting all these criminals out. he wouldn't have been out, my son and the other officer would still be here. to everyone else this is just a news story but to us this is real life.

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were expelled through title 42. wild border patrol video shows a massive group of migrants rushing towards the southern border near douglas, arizona. the group running from mexico and climbing over barriers in order to come into the country illegally. also seen crawling under the border barrier as outnumbered border patrol agents try to respond. look at this. out west the montana national guard rescuing over 87 stranded yellowstone national park residents trapped in this flood. matt rosendale joined us on "fox & friends first" on his way to assess the damage with the governor. >> we are hoping that we are beyond the worst of this. we are going out today to visit the area to assess the damage and make sure that we can get any red tape out of the way to get these people back on their feet again. >> ainsley: parts of the park could reopen on monday but neighboring towns have been

absolutely devastated. the american made company, raising $30,000 in the last 24 hours to help those affected. and the golden state warriors are the nba champions for the fourth time in 8 years. >> it might be his fourth but title in 8 years. the still very much alive. >> the warriors win in game 6, 103 to 90. seth your won the finals mvp for the first time in his career. 34 points in the deciding game. those are your headlines. >> ainsley: what time did that game end? >> brian: started at 9:00 probably 11:15. >> ainsley: fox news alerts at midnight. >> ainsley: did it wake you up? >> ainsley: i was actually up. i took a two and a half hour nap yesterday. >> carley: it's friday. you roll right into the weekend. >> brian: that's right.

america actually -- it rated and america got to know the golden state warriors. haven't seen this in a long time since the '80s with the celtics and lakers you got to know these teams. that team has basically been together for about 10 years. >> steve: first time seth curry got the mvp. >> ainsley: it is 6:21 on the east coast. for the first time we are now hearing from one of the heart broken family members after a gang member allegedly shot and killed two california police officers. >> steve: they say their son and brother should still be alive and are putting the blame directly on la d.a. george gascon. >> ashley: the attack leaving two officers dead.

both leave behind wives and children. the heart broken family of officer santana is now speaking out and blaming los angeles d.a. george gascon. >> gascon is letting all these criminals out. if he wouldn't have been out, my son and the other officer would still be here. to everyone else, this is just a news story, but, to us, this is real life. ash asheville their deaths further igniting the into. recall gascon whose policies protected felon and suspected killer justin flores from serving time behind bars. gaffes cone is also restricting flores' case file telling prosecutors they need special access to view the documents. now one of his own deputies is calling him out. l.a. deputy district attorney john hatami tweeting, quote: george gascon cares about gun violence. actions speaks louder than words. he refuses to charge and prosecute gun days. cases. flores did not have a history of

violent crime. the suspect was killed on the scene by police which has called attention to another gascon policy sparking even more outrage. back in 2020 the d.a. promised his office would pay the funeral expenses for anyone killed by police. but gascon's office denies this would happen in flores' case. those rumors aren't founded. we also hope people will stop playing politics with trauma and we can all get serious about how we prevent serious violence before it begins. meanwhile the el monte police department is fundraising for the funerals of the fallen brothers. back to you guys. >> steve: all right, ashley, thank you very much. the last pointed in 2020 when gascon took office, they said that they would -- he issued a directive that his office would contact the families of people who were killed by police. and then they would offer them funeral services, support services. burial, and mental health services. so people go out in california,

wait a minute, the cop killer was killed by cops so that means george gascon is going to be paying for that. that hit the fan. that's why the d.a.'s outside of said you know what? n this case even though we had that directed who is killed by police we pay for the expenses we are not going to pay for them for this guy. >> >> ainsley: they were defending themselves he is shooting them and they ended up dying but he died also. >> steve: they all died. >> ainsley: gascon needs to pay for the funerals of the police officers not the guy who shops the cops this guy got probation after being in prison twice already or jail or prison or one of the two. >> steve: jail. >> ainsley: usually you get probation first, this is your warning you get probation this guy had already been in jail twice for crimes, for felony crimes and because of gascon's policy, he is now -- he was otz out on probation. and now two heroes theerks two individuals, two fathers are killed as a result.

>> brian: what's amazing is they say well, yeah, he is bad. but he is not violent except for the day before. those nonviolent gangs that are cropping up everywhere. and then they say that the day before he was accused of domestic abuse. let's think twice about revoking his probation. maybe we should wrangle him in. next thing you know somebody wielding a knife, cops come. ends up he has a gun and shoots them. think about the courage it takes if you see this video these cops run right. in they run right. in compare that to uvalde what we know. these guys run into gunfire. they are not getting a zillion dollars to do it. they get in there and say we have got -- someone is in trouble we are going to have to do our job they go and n. and do that and pay with their lives. will. >> steve: dine flores said they didn't deserve that, they were trying to help me. >> ainsley: she said she is sorry.

>> steve: what it all come down to the guy who killed these cops should have been in jail if not for the fact that george gascon does not follow california's three strike law. >> ainsley: george gascon should be charged with accessory to murder two times. there is that recall effort and it's really gained momentum, especially after these two deaths. >> steve: they say they have got the numbers but they want more signatures before time runs out. we have got the l.a. county association of deputy district attorney's office vice president coming up, eric slidell a little later on in told's telecast. >> brian: 26 minutes now after the hour. a crypto company is cracking down on wokeness. >> steve: elon musk meets with twitter employees talking politics, layoffs and remote work. charles payne, not working remotely, he has a plan to monetize the platform. he is going to talk about it

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really, really down. the need for mental health in america, it is skyrocketed because people have seen everything upset. but most of it, the consequence of what happened. what happened as a consequence of the covid crisis. is he blaming covid for america being in a bad mood. fox business host charles payne joins us right now with reaction. so, it was wide ranging this interview. people are in a -- hacked off because of covid, he says. and he says that a recession is not inevitable. do you buy that? >> no, i don't buy it i have got to tell you something, what we are witnessing right now is a failure of people that we -- that have been put in charge by epic proportions. both have the same problem. jerome powell and president biden. not listening to the average american not listening. know what they have done for the last two years they told us how we feel instead of listening to us telling them how we felt.

so now all of a sudden they are all surprised. powell is shocked at what's happening. all he had to do was visit a supermarket a couple times. that's all he had to could. president biden the same thing. i got to tell you this is very frustrating because the arrogance of saying, you know, first to your point, he has blamed everything. and now trying to equate this to the mental health crisis that came from the lockdowns instead of being honest. just be honest once. it's not too late. your policies have wrecked the average lives of americans and what's really the sad part because we all make mistakes is you did it deliberately. you deliberately wanted gasoline prices to go higher. you deliberately did this. you deliberately have taken this great nation and you have got it wobbly because you want to change, fundamentally change to borrow president obama's old saying they fundamentally want to change who we are as a nation. the war on capitalism, the war on for profit corporations. right now it's oil companies.

but anyone who is in business, whether you own a store on main street, anyone who is in business who is trying to make money, maybe buy a house or send their keds to college, be warned this is a war on you as well. >> steve: one of the things he was responding to the insinuation by the a.p. reporter look, there are a lot of republicans and people from the obama administration, actually, who have said that a lot of the inflation that we got was because of the government spendings. the gigantic government spending. but you remember this: remember one of the criticisms by the obama people at the time back when they were pumping billions of dollars into the economy was, you know what? we didn't go big enough. well, now, joe biden is president and they went full tilt. >> by the time president biden got into office we had already authorized $14.9 trillion. trillion, trillion dollars. we had already authorized it and given out $10 trillion of it. we already had 10 trillion. we came up to 2021 strongest

household balance sheets in history. the strongest corporate balance sheets in history. momentum and vaccine no need for the extra money. paying people not to work created this you know this year, steve, not a single month has small job business had job gains. every single month this year have lost employees. they can't compete in this world that president biden has created. you want to talk about mental health? yes. the owners of those who worked 20, 30 years saved all their money i'm going to open up sandwich shop and use grandma's recipes and we are going to make it yes we are. now they are suffering and he should contemplate that and really take it to heart. he? had a position of power to change it although i fear he won't. >> steve: why would he? he has got the midterms. he know's it's going to be a blood bath. >> you change it because you care about the country. you really do. listen these folks who go to college and professor tells him

about all these wonderful things of socialism and it sounds so wonderful. it's fair, it's nice. but in real life the application of it which by the way we saw last year we see the consequences now. >> steve: speaking of consequences it sounds like elon musk had a all hands on deck meeting yesterday. he held up his smart phone. world's richest guy. didn't even hire a cameraman. taking pictures of himself. they saw it here's one of the things he said. musk said he is in favor of moderate politics and pretty close to center. answered would allow a diverse range of views on the platform including extreme views that are within the parameters of the law. he also said he would like to get to a billion users and when asked if he was going to slash jobs, he said right now costs exceed revenue and that's not a great situation. >> that's business 101. although he did say if you're a top producer you can work from home. if you are a slacker bring you know what in, because we maybe to shore you up a little bit and make sure you belong at the

company. >> steve: charles belongs with the company and is he going to be here through the afternoon and watch him on fox business here at 2:00 this afternoon with making money. >> thanks a lot. >> steve: on wall street we are losing money. >> right now. >> steve: going to turn around. charles, thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. >> steve: meanwhile the disinformation board take two. apparently so. kamala harris launches a new internet task force that may sound familiar. our weekend crew reacts. they are coming up on "fox & friends." good morning, folks. it's friday. ♪ ♪ coming in hot ♪ my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma that can mean less oral steroids. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor.

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>> steve: major general. >> brian: been handling these stories. served this nation for 35 years in man marks costa rica, afghanistan and korea from serving as a brigadier general of the u.s. army reserves to serving in the afghanistan war. distinguished career blazed the trail for women and for the lgbtq community and the military. >> i sincerely believe. >> april 12 army reserve officer smith was promoted to brigadier general where her life tracy pinned the star on her uniform. tracy's presence finally made smith the first openly gay general in united states military history. >> i didn't have to come out. i wasn't going to disrespect our marriage by pretending like she didn't exist. so we made the decision together, if a brigadier general couldn't be safe or couldn't feel like they could be who they

were and present their military family as they were, what chance would a lieutenant or a sergeant have? >> the decision was not easy. smith spent the majority of her 35 year career hiding who she was. >> there weren't a lot of places that gay people were welcome in the early '80s and so hiding was something that felt necessary. >> homosexuals were not allowed to serve in the military in faith discrimination. >> you were automatically assumed to be affront to good order and discipline. >> lived a double life as she rose through the ranks. >> criminal investigators were actively looking to out people and kick them out of the army. >> this is an end to witch hunts. >> that in 1993 under president bill clinton congress passed don't ask, don't tell allowing guys to serve as long as they were closeted. >> i was actually happy about

it. under don't ask don't tell there was a at least an institutional acknowledgment that i existed. when you are in a marginalized community exist something a win. >> but relief slowly turned to frustration. >> after i met tracy is when it became almost unbearable to be in uniform and have to continue to hide. >> by 2010, smith had had it. she filed for retirement but changed her mind after hearing chairman of the joint chiefs mike mullins congressional testimony. >> it is my personal belief that allowing guys and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. >> you know, i heard him say that, and i cried. because it was the first time in my military career that a senior officer still serving in uniform said that my service was as valuable as any other service members. >> determined, smith and tracy worked together to repeal don't

ask don't tell. >> i remember that loading her up with my talking points, when you go to a senator's office, make sure you talk about this. and she was a voice. >> it paid off. while smith served in afghanistan, the policy was repealed. >> i flew an american flag on repeal day and brought that flag home and that flag was present at tracy and our wedding. >> happy pride. >> thank you happy pride. >> now retired, smith continues to inspire others, advocate for lgbtq individuals still in the military. >> what i would want people to know you are perfectly okay the way you are. live your life with dignity. >> live your life with dignity. major general smith says one of the individual accomplishments she is most proud of is earning that star of being a senior parachutist. smith was the only woman in the class of 70 at her jump school. that's just incredible.

never intimidated and forever a trailblazer we thank you her for sitting down with us. >> ainsley: served our country. >> steve: historic. nice job, bryan. >> steve: carley joins us from studio m. >> good morning to you guys. good to see you. a fox news alert. answer that question later on. this tragic story here, two people are dead and another injured after a gunman opened fire at a pot luck dinner at an alabama church. the gunman entered the gathering just after 6:00 yesterday before shooting several people. he was quickly taken into custody. no motive has been determined. san francisco's notorious addiction services site will officially close at the end of the year. mayor london breed says $75,000 a month lease will not be renewed. the facility is said to have cost taxpayers over $19 million, treated just one in every 1,000

drug users and failed to cut fatal overdose numbers. justin bieber now forced to postpone all remaining u.s. concerts on his world tour. last week the pop star revealed he is battling a flare up of ramsay hunt syndrome causing facial paralysis. upbeat about his recovery and looking back to getting back out on the road and performing for his fans overseas later this as i remember. bieber's website said he is set to resume his world tower on july 31st. those are his headlines. >> steve: those social media posts he put on really disturbed a lot of people. >> no one has heard of this disease before. it's crazy it happened to him. >> brian: supposed to come back. >> carley: such a rare disease. he is providing some insight. >> ainsley: he said his message are really powerful. they are all faith-based. >> carley: he is extremely religious. so is his wife. >> brian: he also has lima disease? lymedisease?

>> steve: closely related. >> ainsley: did you watch the video one eye twitching half is paralyzed. >> carley: sad. >> ainsley: praying for you. >> steve: 13 minutes before the top of the hour and janice dean joins us from out at the sight of our all-american summer concert series today gavin degraw is going to take the stage. >> janice: i just saw him. what a voice. i can't wait to bring it to you this morning live our all-american summer concert series. not too bad a forecast now in the new york city area. take a look at it. temperatures in the 70s. 71 in new york. it's still oppressively hot across the south. the mississippi river valley and the southeast. we're going to continue to see those heat advisories throughout the weekend. we have severe thunderstorms rolling through the st. louis area, southern illinois in towards kentucky. and we could see the potential for showers and thunderstorms, maybe some of those turning severe later on today for parts

of the southeast up towards the northeast, and then we also have a round of severe storms that could start to percolate across the northern rockies. we will keep you up to date on. that was there is your forecast today. 99 in dallas, 97 in atlanta. with the humidity it feels even worse than that we are going to set some record highs not only today not only today but saturday the father's day weekend. stay indoors if you can. if you are doing the barbecue. bring it inside. air conditioning check on the pets and elderly and kids as well. steve, ainsley, brian, happy friday. >> brian: barbecue inside? >> janice: no, no, no. do the barbecue outside but bring the food inside. >> steve: don't do a picnic. >> janice: clarification. >> ainsley: can you do it for us because they are cooking it in front of you. >> janice: i will be the waitress i haven't done it for a while but i can. >> ainsley: i will give you a good tip.

jane's revenge claims open season. top leaders on the left refuse to condemn all the violence. >> steve: plus, kraken down on wokeness. a crypto company called kraken tell their employees if they won't commit to their libertarian beliefs then he can leave will w. a little pay. ceo shares his anti-woke ultimatum coming up next on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ treat dad to father's day at lowe's.

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♪ >> ainsley: one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges is cracking down on woke employees who won't commit to their libertarian values. ceo of kraken say his workers can't stay focused when triggered people keep dragging him into the therapy session. his solution is simple. quit and take four months of pay. three more days to decide if they want to do that. here to tell us more is the kraken ceo and founder of the company jesse powell. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> ainsley: this is a different approach from the top boss. why did you do this? >> well, we had a few people creating distractions for the whole company. and, you know, we had a bunch of people sympathizing with those people. and so we felt like, you know it, would be better for everyone

if these people weren't comfortable here if they just moved on. so he would offering four months of severance for those who want to take it we call it the jet ski and ride off into the sun set with four months of pay and find something better for them. >> ainsley: did those people take advantage of it. >> we have had 30 people so far take advantage for stated culture or mission-related reasons. that's out of more than 3,000 people. about 1% of the whole company. >> ainsley: all right. what is the reaction from these other people that work for you? >> overwhelmingly positive huge amount of support for this move. culture and mission and reinforcement of those and i think everyone is just ready to get back to work and stop being distracted. >> ainsley: i know you say you have libertarian values. what specifically do you believe? >> yes, i think the whole crypto industry is rooted in libertarian values and core principles of sound money,

personal autonomy trite transact and free speech and the right to not have somebody else impose their views on you so. you know, i think we have gone a long way. the company has gone a full decade without having this kind of a problem. and i think it was just really in the last year in the crypto boonel when we had, i think, people that weren't so much aligned with the original mission come into the space. >> ainsley: i know you said the crypto is rooted in dangerous ideas like free speech. that's pretty interesting and free markets. so what did you mean by this? because i applaud you for this. this is your company. you can do whatever you want and you are offering them pay if they don't agree with your ideas. what did you mean by this? according to workers, you were questioning women's intelligence compared to men. you said it's not as settled as one might have initially thought? >> the "new york times" hit piece completely cherry picked little snippets of text out of

weeks' worth of conversations and, you know, reconstructed their own sentences in this hit piece and you know, a complete misrepresentation of what actually happened. obviously i don't think women are of any lesser intelligence than men. you know, i think, you know, we have got a lot of people in the company from all sorts of different background. we have got people from more than 70 countries that speak 50 languages. incredibly diverse in many ways. and, you know, i think that the problem that some people have is this diversity of thought. you know, they prefer people to look a certain way. they have got some boxes to check on appearances and they are not so much concerned about the mindset. they want you to think like them. >> ainsley: jesse, thanks so much for coming on hopefully crypto will do better in the future. more "fox & friends" coming up. ♪he shingles doesn't care.

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featured entertainer he has been on this program off and on for maybe 10 years. something new this year though is we have actually got the guys from master built, which is one of america's favorite smoker companies. the mclemores are actually on fox square right now. john jr. i believe is making a little breakfast. >> brian: look at you. >> we are. i have a special guest. pete is here. and today pete is actually helping me cook. >> ainsley: pete is eating. >> brian: what is going on? >> ainsley: pete will go to wherever there is food. >> he be can't talk. >> brian: he eats all the time. >> who said pete can't cook? guys, we have this morning we did the reverse seared burning wings for vip for gavin degraw. this is actually a pork belly burnt end. same technique, but it's pork belly. >> steve: yeah. we have got some here, too. >> ainsley: it's delicious. >> steve: john, i'm sampling the smoked mac and cheese. how do you do that? >> i just bit into a pork belly.

the smoked mac and cheese. you can take any of your store bought mac and cheese. ours is a four cheese mac and cheese. you can take cheez-its and put the cheese its on top. smoke it for three to four hours. >> brian: you make your own cheez-its or use nabisco. >> steve: store-bought. they are delicious. >> thank you so much. >> brian: put the grill on and pete just shows up. >> ainsley: always. >> steve: he has nine kids at home. >> brian: by the way isn't pete the reigning champion? did he win the cookoff? >> ainsley: he did. he cooked the hamburger. >> steve: that was the key steak seasoning. >> ainsley: john drop the barbecue outside on the floor where a million new yorker have walked he will pick it up and eat it. >> that's the beauty of pete, we love him he will eat anything.

>> he will eat anything. >> ainsley: is he a disposal. >> steve: terrific. well, the breakfast barbecue is delicious. john, thank you very much. >> ainsley: thank you, john, it is so good. >> steve: more about the recipes or smokers go to master built. >> ainsley: from georgia. good southern barbecue. >> brian: the reason why pete is there he rode in to be a v.i.p. today. >> steve: vi pete. >> brian: able to access early admission. anyone can do it. >> ainsley: vi pete or pancake pete. >> brian: regardless of where is he has gel. >> ainsley: or a tattoo. >> brian: or a bunch can't take them off a live hit. >> steve: president biden got defensive after being pushed on how policies are contributing to the inflation that is hitting every american. >> brian: no joke. the president is standing by his now debunk claim that the u.s. has the lowest inflation rates in the world.

>> ainsley: jacqui heinrich live in washington as more voters think biden is failing on the economy. hey, jacqui. >> good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. this is the president's first interview of the associated press of his presidency. and he sat down and he got pretty defensive over where things stand right now. he has grown increasinglily frustrated with poll after poll finding americans are unhappy with his presidency and also his media coverage, he has been very upset with that pandemic that left so-called scars behind left people in tough place mentally. he fought back growing arguments of his american rescue plan was fully to blame for inflation and called that argument bizarre. he said this. we are in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation. if it's my fault, why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world inflation is higher. the president has been making that claim a lot lately.

and peter doocy pressed the white house on it yesterday. press secretary said inflation is a global issue and doesn't solely impact the u.s. to which peter followed up asking again why the president is urging oil companies and gas companies to drill more domestically given that he is already pressing them to refine more oil and ramp up production. >> we need them to actually refine the crude oil which is not happening. and that's what we are calling on oil companies. >> why not drill more in the u.s. though. >> because we don't need to do that. >> exxon mobil fired back at biden after he failed to use emergency powers in that letter he wrote earlier this week the president accused producers of taking advantage of the war in ukraine and exxon mobil wrote back. exxon mobil has been investing more than any other companies to develop u.s. oil and gas supplies. globally invested double over what we have learned in the last five years. kept investing even during the pandemic. government can invoke investment through clear and policy

resource development. more polls this week have shown that americans are just not happy with the president on the economy. it's his biggest issue. 71% of voters are disapproving of his handling and 23% approving of his handling of inflation. overall, the president's approval rating is way under water. 57% unfarvelings guys. back to you. >> brian: jacqui, thanks so much. we saw some of the highlights from the interview because it's been so long since he had one with a.p. i see some real interesting nuggets. he turned around to the a.p. reporter and said, you know, why don't you name a country that's in better shape than us. really? all right i will answer. switzerland. i'm talking about major countries. >> steve: how about china 2%? >> brian: no one would switch someplaces with us. people are in a bad mood. do you know why? because we got the tundra melting. we have the north pole. some people are looking at it thinking it's totally understandable look around. my god everything is changing.

we have hurricanes and tornadoes and flooding. people saw that i took my kids to yellowstone park. now look at yellowstone park. excuse me, mr. president. i think you are overstating it we would like gas prices low. we are not blaming you for the tundra or yellowstone park. we don't buy your -- most people don't buy your explanation for gas prices and vilifying oil and gas which you just heard. finally exxon speaking up saying i can just inform you of the reality of the business? >> steve: the president was blaming climate change. he is saying you never let a crisis go to waste. okay. climate change? it's a reason americans are in a bad mood. coronavirus is why people are in a bad mood. and yesterday the white house laid bear what they're trying to do. that a little bit was in jacqui's report right there. and that is when asked, so, why doesn't the american government ask the american oil manufacturers to drill more? he said we don't need more oil.

we just need more refinery. which is what we said yesterday on this program. here's the thing. even though ininflation is killing you. they don't want any more new oil wells that would fly in the fails of their green agenda. all they need is to bring in oil from like saudi arabia or, you know, if they're lucky venezuela and then bring it to the united states and refine it and they think that will then bring down the costs. >> brian: refineries are running at 100 percent capacity. that he was the problem. number two is get in touch with secretary of transportation mayor pete buttigieg he says if you don't start use using the leases that you have to drill on we are going to take them away. that's a little bit of a problem. they have to tell their new press secretary what their transportation secretary is saying what the president is saying. >> ainsley: he is so out of touch. because there's a group that cares so much more the environment is number one on their list.

>> steve: absolutely. >> ainsley: they care about the tundra. but every single person across our country cares about finances, cares about money. it's the number one reason marriages break up. they care about the money that's in their bank account and they see it dwindling. they see their savings account if they even have it at this point going down, down, down. gaffes prices are through the roof. charles payne was on with brian or steve earlier, one of you. and he said. >> brian: really watch the show? >> ainsley: i was getting coffee. i heard him say and i was in agreement with him. he said this is intentional. he wants gas prices to go up so you will be forced to buy an electric car which you can't even afford. listen. >> all of the sudden they are awful surprised powell is shocked at what is happening. all he had to do was visit a supermarket a couple times. that's all he had to do. president biden the same thing. just be honest once. it's not too late. your policies have wrecked the average lives of americans and what's really the sad part because we all make mistakes is you did it deliberately. you deliberately wanted gasoline prices to go higher.

you deliberately did this. they fundamentally want to change who we'll are as a nation. the war on capitalism. the war on for profit corporations. right now oil companies. anybody trying to make money buy a house send their kids to college, be washed this is a war against you as well. >> steve: right. never let a crisis go to waste. what's happening right now at the same time that we have got coronavirus coming out of that and war in ukraine with ukraine, putin's war, the price hike, what are they doing? they are saying those are the boogie men. that's the reason the gas is so high. but, at the same time, they are not going to get any more new oil out of this country. they just want to refine some. they just wants us to, you no he, get through the midterm elections. notice the release of a million gallon -- a million barrels a day is through the midterm election. is that just a coincidence? i don't think so. >> ainsley: ran on this.

during the debate what if you shut down pipelines and if means blue collar workers lose their jobs because of the environment. you want to save the environment. is that worth it? he said yes. >> brian: going to get new jobs making solar panels. that's going to be great. they have to go to china to do it because china makes most or they can go to vietnam or go commute back and forth. vietnam on the weekends, china during the week. also, i think it's interesting that his comment is i think it's bizarre that republicans think i had something to do with high gas prices. number one it, isn't just republicans. there are democratic secretaries and advisers like steve rattner and larry summers who told you that in the spring and you had your secretary of treasury say i was wrong but president biden seems to be the last to understand that a lot of his beliefs are based on fiction and he never seems to adjust to reality. which i think is bizarre, if i could choose -- steal his word. >> steve: use his word, sure. meanwhile, let's talk a little

bit about a story that we mentioned yesterday. yesterday we were talking about how a pro-life organization in des moines was vandalized by a group called jane's revenge. now it sound like jane's revenge is at it again. this time they are in south minneapolis at a place called minnesota citizens concerned for life. apparently as you can see right there, there was some spray painting. there was some have and riding. there were some windows broken. clearly they are trying to terrorize the people who work at that pro-life place because they feel that right around the corner and probably is right around the corner the supreme court is going to overturn roe v. wade. >> ainsley: i don't understand why you vandalize one of these centers? they are just there -- if you believe in choice and a woman decides she wants to keep her baby, you go to one of these facilities and they give you the resources and tell you how to either put your baby up for adoption or, you know, how you can be a fit mother and put you in programs and help you out. that's the woman's choice.

if she goes to that facility and she wants to keep her baby or at least have the baby, so that she doesn't have to have an abortion, then that should be a beautiful thing. >> brian: ainsley, that's logical. these people are paid to be activists. this is their full time job to agitate. it is totally out of control. and for the administration not to speak up about this simmering caldron of violence that's about to burst at the seems is totally irresponsible never taking action merrick garland what is the department of justice doing to protect americans from violent attacks? at a minimum bring federal charges against perpetrators. appropriate jane's revenge as a terrorist organization. if you are unwilling to protect americans from these attacks, resign. although in my opinion you should resign in any case. >> steve: he brings up a good point. clearly what they are trying to do is they are trying to scare

the people who work at those places. trying to make a political statement. so why, if it were happening the other way around, don't you think the a.g. would be going after them? absolutely. meanwhile, nancy pelosi, who recently was denied communion by the archbishop of san francisco and i think at least three or four other diocese, she says she is a good catholic in the soundbite we are about to hear. at the same time catholic doctrine is you have to oppose all forms of abortion because human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception is what the catholic doctrine is. >> ainsley: here she is. >> steve: here is nancy. watch this. >> a woman has a right to choose. to live up to her responsibility is up to her, her doctor, her family, her husband, her significant other and her god. this talk of politicizing all of this, i think, is something

uniquely american and not right. other countries, ireland, italy, mexico has had legislation -- initiatives to expand a woman's right to choose very catholic countries. i'm a very catholic person and i believe in every woman's right to make her own decisions. >> steve: so, to your point, ainsley, every woman has a right to make her own decisions so why scare these people from going to these pro-life places like yesterday it was des moines and then the day after that, obviously, was south minneapolis but clearly this jayne's revenge organization it sounds like, you know, we told you yesterday why isn't the department of justice investigating this group? >> brian: they are telling you the name of the group. we see them on video. you don't have to investigate them. follow them home. you can actually go to the paint

store and find -- see who bought the paint. at least find them and arrest them and scare them and let them know this is out of bounds. is graffiti okay if you disagree with somebody? these are people's house us it. >> ainsley: pro-women and women power and women making choices. imagine being a teenage girl and deciding that you are going to keep your baby and you go to one of these facilities because you are too scared to tell your parents or too scared about ruining your reputation? you go there because you want to have the baby. you don't want to deal with this and the effects of having an abortion later in life. thinking about your child. >> brian: your thinking is rational. >> ainsley: that's courageous of young girls that could do that. that power should be celebrated. >> brian: right. they don't want you showing up there. they are only happy if they show up at an abortion clinic. >> steve: but, at the same time, you got a federal statute that says it is against the law -- clearly, it's against the law to vandalize a place. there is federal statute it's against the law to try to intimidate a justice or a judge and, yet, the department of justice is not enforcing that. when we see all of these

protests outside of the members of the supreme court. new fox news question is what do you think about protests outside the homes of supreme court justices? a majority of you feel like it is inappropriate. >> brian: independence and republicans. don't look at democrats. >> steve: democrats are at 35%. republicans are at 70%. but it's very telling. the independents, almost two thirds of independents say it is inappropriate. >> ainsley: this was before the attempted assassination on kavanaugh. look at democrats. 60% almost say it's appropriate to go into these communities. >> steve: it's against the law. there is a law where that is against. >> ainsley: try to intimidate a justice to change their mind. >> brian: before the decision is made. the decision is probably going to be right before the fourth of july it looks like. i will say this. this is the most predictable -- this is the most predictable violent act that we have ever had. they are telegraphing that it's

going to get worse. the longer they wait the more complicit they are. amazing catholic doctrine says what it says it does the two people head of our government the speaker and the president are catholic. the poppy loves speaking out against president trump. but i never hear the poppy speaking out against these two american leaders. >> steve: nancy pelosi cannot take communion in her home parish. >> ainsley: biden couldn't take it in florence, south carolina when he was campaigning there. >> steve: let's see if the department of justice and law enforcement monitoring the situation because, you know what? it's already starting to get ugly. >> ainsley: let's hand it over to carley she has headlines. >> carley: i certainly do. the city of portland now resembles an open air drug market. heroin, meth rampant and visible on city streets. portland police officers drive by home also addicts buying and

using: overdose deaths have skyrocketed 41%. day 3 of the january 6th committee focusing heavily on former vice president mike pence. former trump staffers testifying that trump pressured pence to attempt to overturn the 2020 election results despite knowing it was illegal. trump's body man, nic luna even said trump called pence a wimp. the committee also revealing rioters came within 40 feet of the vice president. a diocese in massachusetts has stripped a local middle school of its status as a catholic school after a t. disregarded instructions to remove black lives matter and pride flags. the local bishop who issued the ruling saying, quote: the flying of these flags infront of a catholic school sends a mixed confusing and scandalous message church's stance on important moral and social issues. and a family in cape cod comes face to face with a 15-foot great white shark swimming

alongside them on a boating trip. >> holy smokes. >> there he is. >> that thing is huge, dude. that's like 15 feed. that thing is enormous. >> carley: holy smokes is right. the ship's operator say he safely navigated close tort shark to give the family a once in a lifetime experience. the shark was originally spouted about four miles off the coast of massachusetts. that's a once in a lifetime experience i don't really want. they seemed to have a fine time. >> ainsley: no water skiing after seeing that not in those waters. >> carley: too far. >> steve: thank you very much, carley. i have been waiting 15 minutes to finish this. >> ainsley: brian take the tease. >> brian: veterans captured by russia after they went to ukraine to fight in the war. general jack keane on that and more. >> ainsley: gosh, that's sad. sound familiar? vice president kamala harris launches a new internet task force that will help track disinformation online.

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♪ >> brian: back with a fox news alert. the state department is reportedly aware of a photograph showing two missing americans that volunteered to defend ukraine in the back of a military truck appearing to be held captive by russians. the department also confirms a third american is missing in action. these developments come as the european union recommends ukrainian granted candidacy status which could be confirmed as soon as next week and put them on track to be a member of the european union. fox news senior strategic analyst general jack keane joins us now. general, whether it's two or three, they are americans. and i saw their families on

another channel. it looks like this is real. what do you think our obligation is to help these men? >> well, i think, first of all, we haven't been able to confirm that they are captured. certainly they are missing because they are not in contact with their families for sure. evidently, on some russian social media there was a video, at least it appeared to be two americans, possibly, being held captive because they were in handcuffs. i think what the state department is trying to do here is through our embassy is confirm the fact that they do have the americans. the russians haven't confirmed anything. the state department hasn't been able to confirm anything. all we do know is that their lived ones in the states have lost contact with them. that's for sure. and if they are captured, what we will insist on is that they be treated as prisoners of war and be treated humanely as a result of that and according to

the geneva convention. if they are captured hope there that's what the russians will do. we are dealing with the russians and we have to have a frank understanding of how brutal and barbaric they have been toward the ukrainian people and towards the ukrainian military. >> brian: it's ununbelievable some of these stories that have come out of there. general, i want to move on to what happened yesterday. european union sent their prime minister schultz, romania sent their president into kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy whether a was accomplished. i know the ukrainians say good we are not going to get pressured for a peace deal. also feel frustrated they are not getting the weaponry they need. what do you hear? >> well, i think we are at a tipping point on the battlefield. the russians obviously are making some progress. it's a grinding artillery war. they have the advantage because of the number of guns they have and the ranges that they have

tipping point involves the ukrainians have got the skill and will and number of people to do it. what they need is the weapons to do it. and that means more artillery, more ammunition, more mobile rocket launchers and by the hundreds, not by the scores, to be able to keep them in this fight. what ukraine wants to do is go on the offensive because the -- they know full well the russians are reaching a culminating point just trying to take this one major city in the eastern part of the donbas region. so that's where we stand on our battlefield. the tipping point is weapons. ammunition. these by these countries listen france and germany have been putting pressure on ukraine to go to a cease-fire and to go to negotiations. so it's good news they got face to face with president zelenskyy. i heard macron say something that astounded me. he said well, we're supporting ukraine's desire for victory here. well, that is something he has

never said before i wonder if his actions will follow those words in terms of being all n weapons. sthults, the translore of germany was there. and despite the good things he has done with turning his own defense department around his desire to support the ukrainians, he has also been pressuring them cease-fire negotiations. and zelenskyy is fundamentally opposed to that, why? that leaves hundreds of thousands of russians on his territory. and they will rebuild, regrow and continue their objective to topple and take control of the government. chancellor schultz has not provided a single howitzers that he promised weeks ago. so hopefully as a result of this visit, both of them will be all n supporting zelenskyy because they have not been. >> brian: general, i'm going to talk to you more about that on one nation saturday night at 8:00. general is kind enough to join me there we are going to go inside what's happening in that war and keep the american

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♪ >> ainsley: gavin degraw is here with his seventh album face the river, probably the most personal album yet. we will explain that in just a minute. >> steve: that's right. he is going to start singing in just about 20 minutes. ladies and gentlemen 48th and sixth avenue give it up for gavin degraw. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate it thank you for that. >> steve: you know, over the last couple of years we didn't do a summer concert series. >> right. >> steve: we have been getting

back at it you got to feel the same way. the world was in hibernation. >> feels good to get back to normal and we are long overdue. i think it's time. >> ainsley: you grew up in cat skills. you a new yorker. you moved to nashville. in 2017 you lost your mom and 2018 you lost your father. >> yeah. >> ainsley: you have been through a lot. >> it was a bad go, do you know what i mean? >> ainsley: for sure. this album is dedicated to them? >> that's right. this whole record is dedicated to my folks and it's a series of lessons from them and a bit of a summation of their life story and their love story. and i try to really kind of -- i wanted to make way for them to live forever. that's all i could do is write the songs. >> steve: did you it. >> brian: what did they think of your music career? what was their reaction as you got bigger and bigger? >> i kind of was living my dad's dream of being a musician because he had been a musician and he didn't necessarily get the chance to do it all the way,

you know. but my folks always kind of dreamed about that. and when i caught the bug, they were really supportive and it helped me change their life for the better as well. so i got really lucky this that regard. >> steve: we are going to feature some of your hits in about 25 minutes. we are also going to hear from your new album. >> yes. >> steve: the new album is very personal. >> i think it's best one yet. >> thank you for that. >> steve: you will sing a song later about ford. about your dad even though he drove a cheviy. >> he did drive a cheviy. >> steve: the key though is before he died he was able to hear this music? >> that's right. it was kind of a race against time. i really wanted to finish this for him. he kept telling me play me the record. i want to hear the record. i got to play for him. i played him the whole record and we took a drive my brother and me afterward and the phone rang and it was a big emergency, unexpected emergency of my father. and that was the last opportunity we had had to really

spend some cognizant time with my dad. >> ainsley: i know he was proud of you. what was your relationship like. if your child is doing what you always wanted to do that bond is just unbreakable i'm sure. >> it was strong. i got lucky with the parents situation. i feel like i hit the jackpot, you know, the parent jackpot. i never had a real rock and roll story of dad i'm going to leave and i'm running away and going to play rock and roll. s it with a never steve goodbye. >> ainsley: they moved to nashville with you. >> exactly. when i said i want to play rock and roll or play country or any kind of music at all whatever i said they are like cool, let's do it. you know, let's go to the bar and hear some music. >> steve: great. >> it's unusual. >> brian: last time i saw you perform 9/11 con senator jones beach in the pouring rain you killed it. >> pouring. wow. >> brian: the actual -- the bay was flooding into the stage. >> oh, yeah. >> brian: you guys kept going.

>> ainsley: that was for tunnel 2 towers. >> almost electrocution time out there. it was serious. he. >> brian: because the cause was so good they canceled in midtown manhattan but not there. >> that's right. >> ainsley: what's your favorite song on this album. >> i don't know, i love ford. that song sums up a lot of things it does. >> steve: his seventh studio album face the river is out now. he is going to start singing just in about 22 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, gavin degraw. [applause] >> brian: coming up right away. >> thank you guys so much. thank you. ♪

>> it is with that spirit that we are doing the work we are doing today to convene and to gnawing rate this task force.

understanding this effects all of us. if it effects any one of us, so that's the spirit with which we convene today. and the spirit with which we are doing this work. >> brian: well, after a lackluster job as border czar, she still that? vice president harris has a new role heading the white house task force to address online harassment? >> steve: this task force sounds awfully similar to the infamous disinformation. >> ainsley: mary poppins. >> steve: scrapped over fears of government censorship. >> ainsley: here to react to this is "fox & friends weekend" crew will cain, pete hegseth and rachel campos-duffy. what's your reaction? it does sound like the disinformation board. >> pete: that's what it is. during pride month protect women and protect lgbtq qi plus. this task force by the way is led by the director of the white

house gender policy council. get this president for national security affairs? a part of this disinformation board? >> steve: why would that be? >> pete: the policy director of the national security affairs have any interest whatsoever in this considering what's going on around the board. this is a renaming of the disinformation board because they want to silence political opponents that they don't agree with. if i want to post something that i don't think a 5-year-old should be a part of transitioning is that disinformation? am i banned? i'm sure they would consider it. >> brian: pete, the thing is i don't get and maybe there is no answer uhl, will, to this is how do you ban rumble? how do you ban something on twitter? how do you ban something -- if elon musk gets twitter he is not going to listen to the government when they say take x, y, z offline. >> will: you do it the same way what was it now, brian, a little under two years ago where they had isps and servers and from

company ceos top down completely deplatform individuals including the sitting president of the united states of america. i have no doubt they can do it if they deem something disinformation, brian, if they deem it. >> brian: those companies did it though will, those companies did it. it wasn't the government that did it. >> will: brian, the point of this board this board has no particular power influence and instill fear in companies. they absolutely can use the bully pulpit of the federal government to make these companies bend to their will under their influence if not their force. and the way they do it, because these words like danger and disinformation carry so much weight by absolutely destroying the meaning of words. i had this conversation with pete. pete writes about this in his book i love this part of it the point of this board is to step in to protect people's ability to do, what? participate in democracy. if they are suffering from online harassment, guess what? you have undermined their ability to participate in democracy.

now they have turned the word democracy into the highest virtue in the land over the rights that the democracy is supposed to protect. this is -- well, we said it then, let's say it now this is orwellian. >> steve: there are a lot of people who feel that way, will. you know, rachel and will was talking about how the social media companies at the behest of whomever shut down donald trump. this time around elon musk now is on the verge of acquiring twitter and he is saying, you know what? everything is going to be out there. i'm not requesting to listen to one side or the other, everybody gets a voice. >> rachel: that's how it should be. twitter will be much better if that actually happens. listen, here they are creating this disinformation board. meanwhile, there have been 48 attacks, real violence. not words. real violence against pro-life organizations and catholic churches since that decision by the supreme court. so what the heck are they doing? more importantly, i think back when i read this article, i

think back to an interview i did this past weekend with three working moms who are struggling in their businesses and struggling to put food on the table for their families. just think about that this is what our government is wasting time on. creating these kinds of boards. putting our vice president to do this kind of attask force. instead of task force on inflation and things people really care about. things that are affecting families. there is a war on the american family right now. and it's happening through policies that are destroying our economy. and destroying, by the way, our food supply. and making everything almost impossible for families to get by. that is the number one thing people are talking about. i was just at a school event yesterday. that's all everybody was talking about. this is what our government wants to talk about. >> ainsley: okay. what's coming up this weekend? >> steve: rachel?

>> rachel: jays robberson, tomi lahren and of course, brian, we love having you on every weekend. >> brian: but dan is your good friend. >> pete: you walked into that one. >> brian: you are family he is friend. >> brian: thank you. he is the neighbor. >> ainsley: promoting saturday night show will which will feature ainsley and pete and greg nor man in that order. >> steve: we will be watching this weekend. pete is coming back in a bit. meantime, let's hit the streets with janice dean, not a bad day for the all-american summer concert. >> it's a great day. are you guys having a good time? i will come back and see new amendment movement take a look at the maps where i will show you where we have severe storms popping up. st. louis area east of this region large hail, damaging winds, perhaps some isolated tornadoes. this is the area to watch for the next couple of hours. fox weather.com for your latest details. severe storm threat extends to the northeast and another area

of concern across the northern rockies and the heat is the biggest story again this weekend for this father's day weekend. temperatures in the 90's but feeling well into the 100-degree mark because of the humidity. so just take it easy. of course, check on the elderly and your pets and bring them inside but we are excited here. it's a beautiful day here in new york city. 72 degrees. are you guys ready to have fun? all right. sounds good. over to steve, ainsley, brian. >> ainsley: thanks, janice. >> brian: 11 minutes now before the top of the hour. three country hat trick. 15 sites across the u.s. canada and mexico to host the world cup in 2026. it's a north american world cup. soccer legend fox sports analyst alexi live in studio. how do i know? i recognize him and he seems to be walking in our studio right now. ♪ ♪ there are many names for enthusiast but there's only one way to become one... by going all in.

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>> just months before hbo's first game of thrones spin off airs, the network is now eyeing a john sno show. the network in the early defendant stage of the beloved character spinoff after what many fans call a less than satisfying finale series. kit hairing ton is supposed to reprice the role after leaving >> thank you vladimir putin. a huge day for soccer fans fifa announcing the 15 host cities for the world cup. in the united states canada and mexico, in chosen cities who did not know if they would be picked. philadelphia, miami, los angeles, dallas and kansas city good job. here with more of the american cities happy, soccer legend himself alexi lalas part of the festivities in our building yesterday. >> it was fun we had a good time. >> brian: 94, when the world cup came here we had no pro outdoor

league, people had to wonder did they make the right move bringing soccer here. you were on the us national team what was the mood in '94 compared to what it was like yesterday here in 2022? >> i mean, look, back in the previous century back in the 1900s when i was running around a whole lot of hair ago as you can see. >> brian: that's a choice you chose to cut your hair. >> we'll go with that. completely different soccer landscape opiously you mentioned no major league soccer and then the 1994 world cup was a seminole moment as was the 1990 women's world cup. i still walk down the streets in new york and somebody will come up and want to talk about the '94 world cup and it transformed a generation from how they think about soccer. a lot of people saw soccer for the first time and the pageantry and color and singing and all that kind of stuff but now in 2026 coming back to the united states and what our friends to the north in canada and friends in the south mexico think about it, because 1994 was the most successful world cup and coming back in 2026 where the landscape

is completely changed when it comes to soccer can't wait. >> brian: the old giants stadium you used to play but now they have metlife. metlife's going to have it. according to governor murphy in '94 it brought $500 million to the area. can you imagine what it will do now, especially if you get an american game there. >> yeah. we don't know where the teams are going to play and we don't know where the final is, but these are the cities that were announced yesterday. and, look, there was a competition within a competition. so there was drama and there was back and forth and we have soccer cities all over. so when i look at this map, for example, up in washington and seattle right there, i mean, seattle is a soccer city, it has been for decades. now they get to expose it to the world. you look at miami, which actually wasn't a city back in 1994 and what miami is becoming over there with beckham down there. you have kansas city coming in. and then you have, certainly, some usual suspects over there. big surprises, no dc, no

nashville, no orlando. orlando was actually a city in 1994. so it's amazing, a lot of the drama that goes behind the scenes. >> brian: any other world cup you would be playing, right? >> yeah. >> brian: but because it's qatar and the middle of the desert they had to push it to november. looks like u.s. will be in group b with iran, england and whales. looks like england the day after thanksgiving. the u.s. has a legitimate shot of winning getting out of this group. >> sure. >> brian: would you say expected to get out of the group. >> yeah, i expect them to get out of this group. i know we're talking about 2026, but 2022 world cup november and december in qatar we'll be over there you can see every single game on fox, it will be incredible. especially four years ago the u.s. men's team didn't qualify for the world cup. biggest failure i think in soccer history. a new generation maybe took a step back to go two steps forward, i think it is worth your time, i think they make the u. . proud and get out of the group.

they're young, inexperienced the youngest team in the world cup but a chip on their shoulder i love it. >> brian: i landon donovan playing in england you going to italy after the world cup. but this is different. these are young players starting on premier teams in the best leaguing in the world. how many are playing overseas now. >> you have christian who was here with us yesterday playing over at chelsea in one of the biggest clubs in the world, a guy like weston mckinney. we have a bunch of guys playing in germany. our goal keeper, two goal keepers, one playing for manchester city in zach stefon and zach turner who was playing with the revolution and now going to play with arsenal. so heady times, wonderful times. as an old guy, all right, it warms the cockles of my redded american heart to see what soccer has become and where it's going. the ramp up to 2026 is going to be amazing. >> brian: and he's wearing a suit if he said of a uniform. >> i changed on the outside, still a mess on the inside.

>> brian: and it's not cutter it's qatar. >> that's what we're going. >> brian: fox will name the country, that's how powerful we are. >> that's our power. >> brian: great job last night congratulations on everything. >> great to see you. >> brian: congrats on the transition from player to broadcaster. according to my watch the final hour of fox and friends for the week starts right now. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ and i don't want to be anything other than what i've been trying to be ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

all i have to do is think of you and my peace of ♪♪ ♪♪ what i got to do and who i'm supposed to ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ i don't want to be anything other than other than ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> this is great, live from new york city at 48th and sixth avenue you're watching the all american summer concert series. today our featured performer is our old buddy gavin degraw, who's there behind the piano. and it is a good crowd. perfect weather. we currently have 70 degrees outside here in new york city. >> ainsley: that was probably the hit that -- that was the one that probably made him the most money, the biggest celeb, yeah, because that ended up being a theme song for one tree hill. >> brian: right and by the way you can continue to hear him

play, right, on fox nation, right? we're streaming. >> ainsley: yeah, you can watch him live, he's performing right now for the audience out there. but this is his svpth album, very personal to him he lost his mother to pancreatic cancer in 2017 his father in 2020 and he was very close on him, said he had the ideal i can childhood and they moved to nashville when he launched his music career, his dad was a musician he was very proud of his son and this is dedicated to his parents. >> brian: the bad news is his life was so good he can't have an effective a and e special because most rock and rollers and super stars have that moment where they have broken families or lose everything. gavin's career is gradually just getting better and better. >> steve: you've got to read the lyrics to the song he's going to perform because it's about a lot of heartache and you will hear him do that coming up at the conclusion of today's fox and friends. and we thank him for making the trip. i know that there were a lot of

travel problems yesterday >> ainsley: yeah, a lot of delays and cancellations. >> steve: a third of the flights from laguardia and a quarter out of newark. >> ainsley: but he made it. >> steve: and we are glad. >> brian: tom of the hour president biden gets defensive on how his policies are contributing to inflation. >> ainsley: the president standing by his now debunked claim that the you u.s. has the lowest inflation rates in the world he says. >> steve: jackie heinrich is live in front of where joe biden lives and, jackie, joe says america is in a bad mood. >> yeah. he says that we're all really, really down. and he might be right about that. poll after poll has shown that the american people are so frustrated, especially with his handling of the economy. the president has grown increasingly worried about these polls and also increasingly critical of the media coverage that he's been getting. so he sat down with the associated press, the first time since he took office, for a

30-minute interview. didn't make a ton of news but certainly pushed back on a lot of the headlines that he's been having a problem with. he told the wire that he thinks the american people are very down, psychologically scarred by the pandemic and by the economy that he inherited and he pushed back against growing criticism that his american rescue plan contributed to the inflation that we've been seeing calling that claim bizarre. he said we're in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation. if it's my fault, why is it the case that in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher. the president's been making that claim quite a lot lately. the facts don't exactly back that up. and peter doocy pressed the white house on it yesterday. press secretary said inflation is a global issue, it doesn't solely impact the u.s. to which peter followed up why is the president urging oil and gas companies -- excuse me is not

asking them to drill more domestically but asking them do to refine more oil and ramp up production. listen to that exchange. >> we need them to actually refine the crude oil which is not happening and that's what we are he a calling oils company to do. >> why not drill more here in the u.s., though. >> because we don't need to do that. >> exxon mobil fired back after he threatened to use emergency powers in that letter to oil producers, he accused producers of taking advantage of the war in ukraine and exxon mobil wrote back saying they've been investing more than any other company locally we've set to double what we've errands over the last five years, we kept invest during the pandemic, government can promote investment through clear and consistent policy that supports u.s. resource development. and more polls this week have shown the economy is biden's biggest problem. a fox news poll showed 71% of voters disapprove of his handling of inflation. only 23% approve of it. overall, the president's

approval rating is way underwater with 57% saying that they find his handling of his job unfavorable. guys? >> steve:. >> steve: jackie thank you very much great report from the north lawn. meanwhile a story out in the washington post this morning that apparently the biden administration, they know that you are in a bad mood because everything costs so much. gas is $5 a gallon. so what they're doing is they're brain storming at the white house trying to figure out how can we make it so that people still have to pay for gas but they're not as angry. if gas is $5 a gallon, what are they thinking about? they are apparently taking a second look at whether the federal government could send rebate cards out to millions of american drivers to help them pay at gas station, an idea they examined months ago before ruling it out. but i don't know that they thought that gas would be five bucks a gallon by now. so now it's like, everything's on the table. maybe we send people money to

make them happy. >> ainsley: but the problem is you have to have the money initially to put gas in your car. the way rebates usually work is you send your reseat in and then they send you a check weeks or months later. >> brian: no one >> steve: it will be a check. >> brian: no one cuts off the box tops and sends it in. i would add this. >> ainsley: i do. >> brian: you do? congratulations. >> ainsley: growing up i needed the $7, it was like yes. >> brian: i didn't have the discipline to do it. but i would say this. if you want to add to the debt quickly, why not print some money, send people some money that we don't have that adds to the debt that would ultimately add to inflation since the president's so good at that even though he's in denial about that. now want to hear something else scary, joe manchin is talking to chuck schumer about a mini build back better plan. so if you want to hurt the economy, spend more and raise taxes on the most productive people in our country because we know they're terrible.

and then let's go spend more on social programs, which really are unaffordable now more than ever. >> ainsley: the president saying be confident what are you? we should be confident confident in you after afghanistan and the open border after all you put us in. he says to oil companies don't just reward yourself. he said america is down. because gas prices have increased, consumer prices jumped 8.6% in the past year that hasn't happened in 40 years, with withdraw of afghanistan, crime has gone up, the baby formula shortage which is scary if you're a parent. he won't even condemn the guy who walked into the neighborhood of kavanaugh to assassinate a justice. >> steve: brian, to your point a moment ago, where would they get the money to give people a rebate on gas? this is pretty easy. politics. think about pit. midterms are coming. don't be surprised if part of the new build back better is a

refund to american drivers. okay, joe manchin would get behind that. a lot of democrats, a lot of republicans would as well. so don't be surprised if one of the perm stations of this idea, and we don't know if it's going to happen or not, would be, okay, in the next coronavirus relief package, let's make sure people get money to buy gas because the gas situation, caused by the pandemic and, of course, vladimir putin. >> ainsley: i just can't imagine that it would be successful though. because if you go to the pump, we're going to play the sound bite of someone who represents these farmers in pennsylvania, one farmer i heard in an interview and he said i have my track for here, i need to put gas in it, i need to put diesel i can't afford the diesel so i can't run the track for. how's -- >> steve: how are you going to farm. >> ainsley: and where does he find the money to put the diesel in so he can mail that reseat in to get the rebate. >> brian: the other day i got

these two covid-19 tests in the mail. so maybe they're going to do it like that, everyone's going to get a card in the mail without, you know, without doing the row bait thing. but i just think the american people, i don't know if republicans are going to get on board with another covid-19 relief package. i mean, for what? >> steve: for gas, gas relief. >> brian: right. but you would have to -- i don't think any republicans would ever sign on to a covid-19 relief package, especially while the president sues every -- the people at the border because he says we don't need title 42 anymore. >> ainsley: we were energy independent before so we would not have this problem. ron desantis has said we would not have this problem i would have done everything different if i were president. we were energy independent gas prices down here very, very low now you're paying here for gas and then in addition to that we're going to have to pay for debit cards or give release money away. so we're paying more to fix the problem. >> brian: remember, this is caused by vladimir putin and the pandemic. >> ainsley: i thought it was the

oil companies. i thought it was transitory. >> steve: they're profit tearing absolutely that's part of the dialogue. they're considering rebates to people which are just like checks. remember, how many times did americans, the public, wind up with checks during coronavirus because people were hurting because the country was locked down. right now the country is racked with the highest price for gas we have ever paid. so, you know, might not be a rebate but don't be surprised if somebody, sooner than later, particularly if gas hits six bucks a gallon by labor day, which they are suggesting, people in capitol hill are going to start talking about we've got to get checks into the hands of the american people. to your point earlier talking about the farmers, it's so -- if farmers can't put diesel in their track tours to plow their fields and harvest the crops, then there could be a food shortage. that is one of the worries, and that is one of the sound bites from this guy from the pennsylvania farm bureau. >>the suppliers are going to

these terminals, bulk supply facilities and they are being turned away without fuel. so they get back to their, you know, into their county, to their place of business and they have to tell their customers they don't have the fuel. so what we've learned so far is that there is a fuel, diesel fuel in the state, just not in the right places at the right time. so we've been trying to work on, you know, a way to get it to where it needs to be. >> everywhere you turn, somebody's tacking on a fuel surcharge now or you're waiting extra time to get it in. there's just all kinds of shipping delays. it's just, it's a big snowball effect is what's really happening at this point. >> steve: and family farms are being crushed by these prices. because sometimes -- you know, a combine costs half a million dollars. to fill it up often times a thousand bucks every time you run out of gas. unbelievable. >> ainsley: wow. >> brian: corporate america

really ever since president desantis -- president? governor desantis who might lead to a presidency, ever since governor desantis took on disney there's been a sense around the corporations no longer, they no longer have an excuse to be politically correct when it comes to their policies especially publicly traded and case in point you don't have to wait for bill mauer to hop on his television show on friday. we have a major company letting everyone know you don't have to be politically correct to work for them. >> steve: remember a couple weeks ago netflix said hey if you don't like the content you're doing, then maybe you should not work here. there's a crypto company called kraken and what they say is, if you don't agree with our libertarian principles, you should leave. the ceo, who you talked to earlier, he said that, of the 3200 employees, 20 of them were not on board with the company's

values and essentially will take this buy out to leave the company >> ainsley: his name is jessie pal a young guy and he said i'm a libertarian i believe in free speech and is that so dangerous? he said look, i represent -- we have companies, our company has headquarters or facilities all over the world and i think it was like 30 different countries, he has thousands of people that work under him. he said i can't hear all of your woke agendas and try to make everybody happy. so how about this. if you're not happy in my company, and with these free speech ideas, then you can leave and i will pay you four months salary. that will keep you on your feet and allow you to pay your bills and you can go get a job elsewhere i. >> he said most people don't care and don't want to work, but they can't be productive while triggered people keep dragging them into debates and therapy sessions. the answer for us was to lay out the culture document and say agree and commit, disagree and commit, or take the cash.

apparently 20 people took the cash out of 3,000. here he is talking a little while ago to ainsley. >> we had a few people creating distractions for the whole company and, you know, we had a bunch of people sympathizing with those people. so we felt like, you know, it would be better for everyone if these people, if they weren't comfortable here if they just moved on. so we're offering four months severance to those who want, we call it the jet ski and they can ride off into the sunset with four months pay and find something that works better for them. >> steve: jet ski. >> ainsley: actually a genius idea because he said it's a small group maybe two dozen complaining and i have 3,000 people so he said if they're not happy they can leave and they're trying to cause a big up roar in my company and getting sympathy from all the other people. but if they leave and i pay them to leave they'll be happy and they can go somewhere they find like minded people then my

company will remain the same and live under my ideals. it's pretty fair if you don't want to work here. >> brian: hundred percent. you're the owner of the company you have power. >> steve: but why pay them to leave. >> ainsley: he said i asked them about the compend the new york times wrote about about him, women, like maybe the women might not be as smart as men, one of his employees said he said something similar to that and he said they took it completely out of context. i think that everyone's equal. so if you read that article and are worried about that, he said he took it out of context and they misquoted him >> steve: so that's the news from kraken the crypto company. >> ainsley: today montana's governor is serving the damage in his state avenue heavy rain and snow melt caused devastation. >> steve: look at that just washed away right before your very eyes. bridges washed away, yellowstone national park has been closed. we don't know for how long. >> brian: joining us now is matt

from fox weather live in living ton montana, max, what's on the governor's agenda today? >> good morning. so the governor's going to be in garner today, one of the areas that was hard hit by the flooding on the way to yellowstone national park and gardener is yellow ston and gardener rivers people pass through as they're going to yellowstone's north entrance but a lot of the roads in this area got knocked out by the floods. officials say it's likely roads in the north section of the park will not reopen this season. the flood created dangerous conditionss in the region according to the montana army national guard 88 people had to be rescued from the flood waters. the governor has been criticized for being out of the country on a personal trip while flood waters ravaged the state but today the governor will be taking a tour of the devastation on a helicopter flight joined by montana senator steve daines and representative matt rosen dale. >> we are hoping that we are beyond the worst of this but it

is springtime in montana, snow pack is melting and subject to severe rain storms at any time which would actually make this worse. i'm going out today to visit the area to assess the damage and make sure that we can get any red tape out of the way to get these people back on their feet again. >> the delegation will be briefed by instant managers. later on they'll hold a round table discussion on in the response with local business owners as well as federal, state and local officials. this all comes amid concerns about the possibility of waters rising once again this weekend as temperatures warm. meanwhile, president biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the state of montana, this unlocks additional federal resource toss help monday montanaians recover. >> brian: for more stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv screen device >> meanwhile still ahead on this

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>> in his new number one book battle for the american mind uprooting a century of miseducation, pete hegseth details about how american education has changed over the decades. former professor dr. carol swain has witnessed these changes firsthand and has made it her mission to fight back against woke indoc nation in schools pete and carol join us live.

good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> steve: dr. swain let me start with you, you saw this firsthand when you were going through higher education. but now it's more into not just higher education or at the college levels, now it's at the local level. it's starting in grade school, starting in preschool. >> it certainly is. and it's something that, the fact that they have targeted our children with the indoctrination, that should -- that is chilling in the sense that the universities have been destroyed. the university is over. the university is not a marketplace for ideas, it is an indoctrination center. and the persons, the teachers, who have come out of the university system, they have come out woke. and if they have a degree in teaching education, their mission is to indoctrinate your

children. >> steve: right. you know, pete, i remember when i was a new father, i was thinking, you know, i hope my kids get a great teacher like i had in my public education. it would be great if they went to the same school. but that same school might be the same building, but the people inside have a different agenda you say. >> boy, that is exactly right. i was a public school kid, my dad taught public school. i wanted the same things for my kids, the same experience, the warm glow. you're right, the walls are the same, the instruction the exact opposite. i want to thank dr. carol swain. it's people like her that have elevated this issue for years before the rest of us saw it coming. she talked about it in higher education, now leading the way to talk about what's happening in our elementary schools. in chapter six of our book called the straight line from critical theory to antifa, because you really can draw that line, gk chester son writes education is not a subject and does not deal in subjects. it is instead a transfer of a

way of life. >> steve: right. >> that's what the progressives understood a hundred years ago. the vision of the good life, the incultureation of the soul is most powerful when done at the youngest of ages. so when you're confronting kids ideas on race and gender at that age you set them on an entirely different trajectory than if they just confront that in college. >> steve: sure. and dr. swain, i remember when i was in college, this is so archaic, at the quad you would hear both sides argue about an issue. and, you know, whatever the issue of the day was. >> right. >> steve: now, it's just one side. it's either my way or the highway. >> that's true. and anyone who disagrees, if you're more conservative or even if you have a question, you don't have to be conservative, people are afraid to speak. our young people, regardless of whether they come from conservatives or liberal

families, they're not being educated. and the parents need to really consider, is this the time to send a child to a college or university unless you know for a fact that it isn't an indoctrination center. >> steve: sure. >> also, you know, i'm reading pete's book, and it is a great book. and i really applaud his efforts to use his influence to draw attention to it. the problem that's happening in the public schools, because the children, especially those that come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, they're trapped. >> steve: great point. pete last 20 seconds. >> we often say i can't stand congress, but i love my congressman, i know him, he's a nice guy. same thing applies to schools. parents know that education is amiss but often we make the excuses saying not my school, i know my principals, i know my

teachers. yes there are great teachers out there i'm not indicting all of that but when you look at the entire industrial complex, as child laid out, so this book is an attempt to help parents and grandparents get their arms around the scope of the problems and then arm them to do something about it, five chapters about the solution, really appreciate the opportunity to share it with this audience. >> steve: absolutely. and speaking of parents, father's day weekend. you can go on amazon order it right now it will be at your house tomorrow just in time for dad. the book is battle for the american mind. pete thank you very much. >> thank you steve, thank you carol. >> steve: thank you for joining us from nashville >> coming up at 8:30 in the east geraldo's on deck but first check in on the all american concert series on fox square, here's gavin degraw performing greatest of all ♪♪ ♪♪

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he wouldn't been out. my son and the other officer would still be here. now we're just left to just suffer because they're never coming back. everyone else is just a news story but to us this is real life. >> steve: the sister and mother before that, and one of the officers, this comes as gascón's office defends the plea deal that let the cop killer out on probation despite his lengthy criminal record. >> brian: wow. la county association of deputy da vice-president eric saidel joins us now to react. eric, you see the pain and you think it's terrible but it's also preventible. are people getting the wake-up call? >> i think they are. you know, officer santana's mother's exactly right. this is a guy who should never have been out of state prison. he had a strike and the minimum legal sentence he should have

received was 32 months. but in george gascón's legal system, he got probation. and that's just absolutely wrong. >> ainsley: gascón, when he took office, he issued this special directive 2008 and it said any prior strikes will not be used for sentencing and shall be dismissed. you can plead no contest and receive a lighter sentence and that's what happened here. usually you get probation the first time but this guy had already been in prison or jail twice before and the third time he gets probation? and you hear these interviews with the people behind bars and they say thank goodness gascón is in office because we can beat the system. what's your reaction to that? and what's your reaction to the recall efforts? do the majority of the people you talk to, even ones that haven't signed the recall, are they for recalling him and putting someone else in his place? >> look, he broke the system, he now owns it. and the reason why these two officers are dead is because of his policies. and i think that people are

finally starting to wake up and see exactly what it means to live under george gascón's criminal justice system, which means that criminals get released, criminals continue to terrorize the community, and if, in this case, a gang member with a gun killed two del monte police officers, that's waking up the community, people are ready to sign, they've already passed the required number now we just need the padding to make sure that this gets on the ballot. >> steve: and eric, regarding this cop killer, gascón's office said, quote, the sentence he received in the firearm case was consistent with case resolutions for this type of offense given his criminal history and the nature of the offense. at the time mr. flores did not have a documented history of violence. but you know what eric? he had a history of criminality. >> so gascón's statement is utter nonsense. maybe it's consistent under his system of justice, but in every

other normal prosecutorial agency that's not what happened. a gang member with a firearm, a guy caught with dope and ammunition, that guy gets state prison. he doesn't get probation in any real criminal justice system. >> brian: well, yeah, not the one you're under now. eric, thanks so much. appreciate it. >> ainsley: thank you eric. >> thank you. >> brian: it's been three months since the new york times confirmed hunter biden's laptop is authentic but major networks have only given imabout five minutes touchlite geraldo rivera reacts. >> ainsley: but first gavin degraw on the customer concert series with his hit ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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>> he did deliberately get favor or profit based on who his father was. >> i saw someone who loved his father. >> i talked to certain investigators but i've not been those questions because obviously i was married to him for 24 years. >> that's hunter biden's ex-wife and she made the media rounds this week but if you were watching network news, it might have been the first time that you heard about the scandals of the president's son. a new report released just days ago reveals the network had only devoted 298 seconds, which is less than five minutes, of coverage to hunter biden's laptop since the new york times confirmed the story in march. here to react is fox news corespondent at large and cohost of the five geraldo rivera. good morning geraldo. >> good morning ainsley happy

friday. >> ainsley: happy friday to you too. the ex-wife wrote this book and now on a media tour talking about her husband sleeping with beau's wife and talking about his drug problems, but the network really are not talking about his laptop and what was found on the laptop. they've only devoted less than five minutes. what's your reaction? >> he is a pathetic creature, obviously, ainsley. you know, we've all known friends or relatives who got addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, and they, they kind of grove in the muck, in the mud. in his case what is extraordinary is that he is being given, you know, kind of a free pass by the media. there's very little eagerness to probe what i think is really a sensational story about the son of the president who is under investigation by federal authorities for taxes and for business dealings. a man who has suggested in some

of his offhand remarks, granted probably given under the influence, in which he suggests that maybe his father has some role to play. i don't know what the evidence is. i do know that there is the u.s. attorney very active in delaware and there are the members of the house oversight committee who pledged that if indeed the republicans do get control of congress come november, that the highest priority for the house oversight committee will be investing hunter biden and trying to determine exactly what role he and his father played in some of the activities, some of the sorted activities i don't suggest the president was involved in his son's life but if indeed he is the big man referred in all the rest. but going back to your main point. what if this was don jr. or eric trump?

same fact, same exact circumstance. you know this would be a continuing saga. they'd have cartoons about it. it would be on every day. there would be a day 21 of the federal investigation. it would be much higher priority in terms of the eagerness to probe. now that the new york times and the washington post have anointed the story as real, i would like to see more eagerness by them to pursue the truth. >> ainsley: yeah, we continuously see that, like if it were a liberal judge that had an assassination attempt, by golly they would get 24 hours security and it would not have taken weeks and weeks and weeks to do that. geraldo thanks for coming on with us, have a great weekend. >> thank you ainsley. >> ainsley: you're welcome. check in with our senior meteorologist janet dean. >> hello ainsley we're watching the forecast for yellowstone incredible damage from flooding and the snow melt. unfortunately we've got closures all over the area. they are considering reopening some of these regions on monday. we'll have to wait and see.

but in terms of the forecast, not bad. we will have rain in the forecast as we head into monday, but for the rest of the next seven days looking good. and that's great news, you can get people if there, the crews to help, you know, rebuild in some of these regions. now we are dealing with the severe storm threat for the ohio river valley east of the st. louis region across southern portions of illinois and indiana where we have our severe thunderstorm watch in effect until noon and then we also have the risk for stronger storms along the east coast parts of the southeast and then across the northern rockies as well. the other big forecast as we head into the father's day weekend is the extreme heat. temperatures well into the 90s but it's going to feel like well over 100 degrees with the humidity so we'll keep you updated fox weather.com for your latest details and happy father's day to all the fathers out there. >> ainsley: absolutely happy father's day. thank you so much janet. >> got it. >> ainsley: coming up next gavin degraw performs his new single ford live for the all american concert series but first let's

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