>> todd: a fox news alert, white house is bracing for another potentially brutal economic report said to be released this week. arguing we are already in the midst of a recession, export the ones who work for president biden. i'm todd piro. >> i'm ashley strohmier, expecting federal reserve to raise interest rates again this week, as only possible solution to battle biden's 40-year high

inflation. doug luzader joins us live in washington. good morning, doug. >> doug: the fed meets tomorrow to talk interest rates, a lot going on, and the white house is laying the groundwork. we may find on thursday gdp has fallen, according to the white house economic advisors, some maintain two consecutive quarters of falling real gdp constitute a recession, that is neither the full definition or how economists evaluate the business state. former obama administration says recession is likely. >> there is high likelihood of recession when we've been in this kind of situation before, recession has followed when inflation has been high and

unemployment has been low. >> doug: the fed starts their meeting tomorrow, expected to raise interest rates to reign in that 9.1% inflation rate. >> inflation is way too high, the fed is charged with putting in place policies that will bring inflation down and i expect them to be successful. >> republicans meantime, say the administration is making this all worse. >> you cannot tax your way out of recession or prosperity and they know the best way to see an economic recovery is to lower those taxes. >> doug: the period continues to isolate today due to covid, we do expect a white house briefing. a lot of questions about the economy.

>> ashley: doug luzader, thanks. a group of house republicans touring the border in eagle pass, texas, a community that has become a flash point in the crisis. tony gonzales will lead this after alejandro mayorkas claimed the border is secure. >> i represent 42%, we can't wait on the administration to fix our problems, we got to roll up our sleeves. >> ashley: border patrol agents encountered 1.7 million migrantss, that is all of last fiscal year. new congressman and gubernatorial candidate zeldin speaking out since his accused attacker was indicted by the feds.

>> todd: and the republican is getting extra protection. marianne rafferty. >> marianne: the man was predicted to be freed immediately. the man has been arrested again, this time on serious federal charge which could land him 10 years in prison. zeldin speaking to fox for the first time since the indictment. >> this person attempted to stab anyone, let alone a member of congress, and be released within hours required the feds to step up and charge this person. this federal charge he's facing is because i'm a member of congress. if i wasn't, he would have been instantly released and on the streets right now. >> marianne: zeldin gained

protection from new york's finest last nights in queens, telling the "new york post" undercover operatives were deployed to the republican rally, but pba president says this could have been avoided if law and order were prioritized by new york -- >> had what looked like an assassination attempt on zeldin and that person walked out the door and if not for the federal charges, would still be free. >> and the man said he was drinking the day of the attack and claimed he didn't know who zeldin was. >> todd: thank you very much. we are learning, officials are weighing possible charges

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with prosecutors determining whether to charge hunter biden with falsifying statements, but some experts say a generous plea deal could be on the table for the president's son. >> todd: let's go to jonathan fahey, who joins us now. what happens to hunter biden? >> jonathan: that's a great question and you wonder will he be treated differently? will he be treated the same as other people who have similar situation? it is really an open question. the way the department of justice is handling this investigation, they decided not to appoint a special counsel, there is politics all over this thing. >> ashley: i asked cory mills if

this would be finished by midterm, what do you think? >> jonathan: short answer, i don't know, you would think they would want to finish this soon and before the midterms. you don't know what is going on, how much investigation is going on and how much more they have to do, it is really an open question and has been going on for quite a while. you think there is incentive to wrap this case up and get to a decision point. >> todd: then this, "new york post" columnist goodwin slamming merrick garland, saying, i don't think the man will -- the man is drowning and democrats face a midterm shellacking, seems pretty obvious.

do you agree? >> jonathan: i think that is really the real question here, it is -- will he be treated differently because of who he is? really is mystifying because department of justice, you see on other issues with recent reluctance with supreme court justices and school board and other issues, will they treat this differently? is this purely political? special counsel should have been appointed here, it is important for the public to know this is being treated no better, no worse than anybody else and perception carries over into every other case that is prosecuted. if they prosecute him, obvious questions will be asked and the question will be asked, who knew about this and who is involved and that leads to one place and somebody should be able to ask

this without fear of retribution and that is the question and who knows, it doesn't seem like they have done anything other than politics over there in the year and a half and doesn't seem like he will face consequences other people would face in similar situations. >> ashley: president biden and the voicemails that appeared going to hunter biden, take a listen and i'll ask a question on the other side of it. >> hi, pal, it's dad, it's 8:15 on wednesday night. if you get a chance, give me a call, nothing urgent, just want to talk to you. the article going to be printed tomorrow in the times is good, i think you're clear. >> ashley: what is likelihood democrats are worried this will have a direct path right to the president if this investigation comes to fruition like this? >> jonathan: yeah, i think they

are worried about this because in the typical case in a federal case when somebody maybe doesn't plead guilties, they are required to cooperate and when required to cooperate, the natural question would be asked, who knew what you were doing, why were you doing this? again, hunter biden has a mess of a personal life and the fact that somebody with all of his issues would be getting high-level business opportunities is highly basically not likely, not even possible without his connections. that is why he's given these opportunities and the opportunities are because of who he is, meaning who his dad is. the questions lead right there and i'm sure they are worried on top of all the other issues on the disastrous policies they have to defend on the midterms.

jonathan fahey, thank you. the oak fire continues to burn in california, we're talking to a local hotel owner providing shelter for evacuees. >> ashley: high gas prices you are paying are all part of the green agenda, jack brewer is here to respond, stick around for that.

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national park is burning out of control in mariposa county. >> ashley: senior meteorologist janice dean is here with the fox weather forecast. >> janice: not good news for those in the target of the fire that continues to burn, zero percent containment going on since friday, unfortunately weather conditions will not help firefighters. we're dealing with temperatures above at least 80 degrees and low humanitarian under 30%. the only thing helping is winds are not blustery, temperatures and humanitarian low, if you look at this map, no rain in the forecast either. for the southwest, this is the monsoon season, they get the most rain and we have other wildfires burning. we'll get heavy rain in the

forecast over next couple days, flash flooding is a concern, but it will. the two firefighters not getting any relief in terms of moisture. the other big story is heat for southern plains over mississippi river value, northeast and northwest. this is a dire situation, a lot of folks don't have air conditioning and we'll be seeing record-setting heat for the northwest, including the seattle area and that is ongoing for next several days. heat alert and temperatures over 100 degrees. i have relatives in texas, it has been oppressive. seattle 95, 102 in portland, a lot of stories we're following. foxweather.com, for details.

>> ashley: we'll bring in alisa, whose hotel is booked from the fires. you said you are within walking distance, 10 miles of where the wildfire is. do you have a plan in place if something were to happen and that escalates and makes its way to your hotel? >> so pre the fires we have had to evacuate during the fire five or six years ago and we decided the town is evacuating, you have to get out. help assist to get guests out and to different areas. that is what you do, play by ear and try to assist the guests to get out and do like everybody else, find a place to stay or

stay with friends and family until it is over and you can get back. >> ashley: you said all the visitors cancelled their reservations and now evaccees are staying. are you turning firefighters away? >> a lot of them went down to an hour from mariposa, where they have larger hotels that can accommodate large parties at one place and one time. with everybody staying locals in mariposa, it pushed them further down about an hour out. >> ashley: okay, at least 10 structures have been destroyed in the oak fire and it covered

20 miles and 2000 first responders are deployed and putting everything into this. it is zero percent contained and spreading rapidly. other than the wildfire, how are you doing with water and food? how is that going? >> so right now the grocery store is -- has water and supplies and that kind of stuff. mariposa is accustomed to wildfires, we're a small issue close knit community. the county itself stepped up,oir fairground is taking in shelter animals and so is the spca. hotels are stepping in and

lowering prices and doing everything to assist them, people donating meals and other groups, it is not taking too big financial burden out of people displaced at the time and a lot of people have gone down to the valley because mersed is closest place to a walmart or costco. people go down there and supplies are readily available and easier to get to. >> ashley: hopefully the fire crews can get control on this and contain it, right now it is out of control and all you can do is hope and pray to god there is relief very soon. thank you for joining us this morning. stay safe. take a look at this, traditionally democrat friendly news outlets are seeing more headlines like this pop up on

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>> todd: the white house attempting to rebrand president biden record low approval rating as not his fault. >> ashley: the media is starting to see it differently, some headlines asking biden to bow out of the presidential race now. brooke singman joins us now. >> brooke: white house is continuing to brush off bad polls. last week president biden approval rating hitting new low, quinnipiac poll showing just 31% approve and 60's % disapprove. yesterday ron klain argued, it is not the president's fault. >> it is a reflection how things are going in this country and what the president is fighting against. >> brooke: headlines like these

are hard to brush off, n.p.r. pointing out growing number of democrats are souring on president biden and a "washington post" op ed calls on the president to quit now and save the midterm with a one-term pledge writing unless biden announces he is not running for re-election, this quiet campaign against him will continue, whether from people who continue to challenge him or to flex their muscle to discourage him from running again. in ohio, tim ryan, running for senates, is dodging president appearances with the president. he didn't appear with the president in cleveland even though other democrats were there and ryan is calling on democrats to do more to reduce soaring prices, inflation is the number one concern heading into the midterm. >> ashley: thanks, we'll bring

in fox news contributor joe concha, i'm sure he has a ton to say this morning. the number that says to me most is 31% approve, which means 60's % disapprove of the job he's doing. is it going to matter if the president says, i'm bowing out, america is twirling the toilet in a downward spiral right now. >> joe: precisely, we went from 81 million votes to less than one-third of the country supporting this president. when you dig deeper, 23% approval among independents, the people that decide election from georgia to arizona to ohio to wisconsin, pennsylvania and michigan and 19% approval with what joe biden, the first lady called the taco base, with

hispanics. these are irreversible type of numbers, once impression is made that a president is too old, it is hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube. i read the "washington post," it said joe biden bows out, it goes back to local issues again. that is not good for the democrats party either. inflation doesn't disapeer if joe biden says he isn't running again and gas prices don't go down, nor does a border that is anything, but secure with millions of illegals coming to this country and fentanyl killing a record number of americans. it really doesn't matter who is president, it is the democratic party that has a messaging

problem, they don't have a bumper sticker that says this is what we're going to do for the country. >> todd: on local issues, i throw in schools. democrats are not winning on schools, republicans are crushing them there. get your thoughts on this, comedian dave chappelle making a surprise appearance in new york. greatest show ever opening for chris rock and hart after his show was cancelled. do the wokers not realize they missed out on the most awesome comedy show because they are engrossed in wokeness like woke little babies? >> joe: wow, well put, todd. if you cancel dave chappelle, it makes him bigger. look at joe rogan, he's only now

gaining followers, something like 11 or 12 million listen to joe rogan everyday and when dave chappelle is coming to a neighborhood near you, more people want tickets based on actions because you will not cancel somebody for 20 years is best comedian of his generation. when you can watch dave chappelle, rock and hart on the same stage? i'll pay a lot to watch that, for sure. >> ashley: he laughed in cancel culture's face with that one. joe concha, thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. >> joe: i did have a lot to say, i will stick to coffee. >> ashley: experts sounding the alarm, except the ones who work in the white house?

>> has inflation peaked? >> i say probably, so much out of our control. inflation is a global problem. >> todd: well, cheryl casone and dan roccato have the real facts next. better skin from your body wash? try olay body wash with skincare super ingredient collagen! olay body wash hydrates for healthier-looking skin in just 14 days, from dry and dull to firm and radiant. with olay body, i feel fearless in my skin.

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>> cheryl: larry summers who served under president obama, calling them out. >> i think there is high likelihood of recession when we've been in this kind of situation before, recession has essentially always followed when inflation has been high and unemployment low. >> cheryl: so much for transitory. >> ashley: let's talk about genetic d.n.a. testing thing brought up today, it is scary what is coming out. >> cheryl: it is, especially when you have potential for hackers, there are new warnings about genetic testing companies access of your information and now making its way to washington. 23 and me and ancestry being investigated over policy handling your data. florida candidate cory mills

joined you last hour. >> this could be something they use against the military. we need to bear in mind there are certain types of viruses similar to what they were working with in the wuhan lab in china that could target americans. >> cheryl: these companies can share that data with partners, potential for hacking is with anything and law enforcement could ask for your data. >> todd: that is chilling. wild numbers of people trying to flee big cities? >> cheryl: right. home buyers are looking to leave big cities, san francisco, los angeles, new york, washington, d.c. and seattle top five losers when it comes to affordability with home prices in cities sitting around 1.5 million on average. homebuyers looking to go to not a shock, miami, tampa, phoenix,

sacramento and las vegas. i'm thinking there should be a show about this, but there is, american dream home, over on fox business, we've been doing this for two seasons, eave been going and showing you smaller, lesser-known markets across the country where you can actually breathe and get more for your money. that is fox business. >> todd: crime, crime, crime, crime, crime. top five in crime, as well. thank you very much. with that, we'll bring in expert dan roccato, great to see you on monday morning. dan, i love pretzels and the white house seems to be twisting itself in knots trying to contort itself into what the word recession is. we heard sound bites, if the people feel we're in recession,

aren't we in a recession? >> dan: hi, todd, i love pretzels, too, you must be from the philly area, they have the best there. you are right, not what economists define as recession, two quarters in a row, six months of negative growth, but it is what american families feel. you and i sit down and look at our day and expenses, it is what we feel. people may have a job making decent money, because are inflation, if you make 100 grand a year, you have taken 9100 pay cut because much inflation. the fact of the matter is folks are feeling it right now. >> todd: you mention breakfast,

the following groceries are included in breakfast, milk, up 16%, eggs 33.1%, cheese, 9.7%, butter 26%, bread 11%, meat, probably not having a new york strip unless you are may grandfather. as you look at the data, the macro economic numbers, are we in recession? >> if not, we are close, this is a weird one, recession typically means high unemployment, but right now numbers are pretty good, although we have seen cracks in the market the last few weeks. we'll find out on thursday, reality is millions of americans

across the country feel like they are in recession, that becomes self-perpetuating, what do we do? we pull back, stop spending, slow down our spending, that can cause a recession. >> todd: could we minimize inflation pain if the white house specifically one janet yellen had not pooh-poohed the fact that we are in an inflationary period and referred to it as transitory, if they suspected we were in inflation, could we have avoided the problem we're in? >> no doubt and david summers, i think, would agree with that. we have had 5% inflation every month or higher since last may. secretary janet yellen is a smart, seasoned professional, my guess is she would love to turn

back the clock on some comments about inflation being transitory temporary, it is not. fed was behind and we're playing catch up and we will get another interest rate hike this week, this week is different for headlines when it comes to the economy. >> todd: dan, you acknowledge she is a smart woman, the fact she called it transitory and we had people without economic degrees saying, that is incorrect shows how far off the mark she and the white house were. dan roccato, enjoy your monday, eat pretzels. vice president kamala harris says florida parental rights bill will motivate voters to the polls to vote for democrats. jack brewer thinks the opposite will happen and is here to tell us why. >> ashley: check out what is coming up on fox and friends,

good morning, steve. >> steve: coming up on "fox and friends" 11 and a half minutes, congressman and gubernatorial candidate zeldin is here, he's had a busy 72 hours, he'll react live after his attacker broke his silence and devine breaks down the laptop from hell as experts tell her hunter biden almost certainly broke foreign lobbying laws, that is a problem for the biden family. newt gingrich weighing in on pelosi's trip to taiwan, his message to the speaker as china issues a stark warning. plus, bret, dr. janette nesheiwat, rachel campos-duffy and john rich joins us live with the performance of his new number one song, an anti-woke number called "progress." you'll not want to miss it,

kicks off top of the hour, stick around, todd and ashley back in a bit, you are watching "fox and friends first."

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vice president kamala harris is slamming florida wanted parental rights education bill argues it will motivate voters to the polls for democrats. >> we all know your right to vote and the action of voting unlocks all the other rights, including same sex marriage, including whether we are going to stand up against the law that says don't say gay, basically restricting kindergarten through 3rd grade teachers in florida to be able to love openly. these various states with these extremist so-called leaders are passing laws that are making it virtually possible for a woman to have access to reproductive care to abortion.

>> todd: ceo of the brewer group vac brewer joins us now. let's take a quick look at the bill itself. classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through 3rd grade or in a matter that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards. jack, how does not being allowed to teach my 5-year-old about sex prevent a teacher from in kamala's words loving openly? >> vice president harris has gone before the american public blasphemy again. i live in florida. my kids are protected by this bill and every other kid being indoctrinated in our schools. taught sexuality too young of an age. her to go on will national tv and speak to the american people and really call sin love is what

she is doing. at the end of the day, we don't want our vice president or president or anyone else teaching our kids about sin. we want to teach our own kids about sin as parents and protect them and protect the vulnerability of our little ones. so it really is disgusting, it's sickening to have a vice president that has so much audacity to go on and blasphemy the word of god. at some point enough is enough. you know what really is love. love is telling the truth. love is filling the airways with truth. that's what i'm trying to do right now. i call on all men and women of god to spread truth and love across america right now and call out this blasphemy by our vice president. >> judge in jack, when she talks about going to push democrats to the polls. do you think this is going to give democrats more votes? >> no. not at all. you have seen a red wave.

have you seen more i republicans sweep our nation than any time in our history. this is exactly why. enough is enough. people want to have peace in our country. everyones want to treat everyone the same and give opportunities. when you cross the line of indoctrinating children, i think the american people will stand up against that you saw it sweep across virginia. when youngkin won. i think you will see the same thing happen over and over across our land and a lot of these purple states will turn red come november. >> todd: meantime climate activists along with 60,000 democrats are urging president biden to declare an official house emergency. we share your belief that climate change is not only a crisis but an unprecedented opportunity to revitalize communities across the united states. given the scope and urgency of this crisis, we request that you move to use the full power of the executive branch to combat

climate change by declaring a national limit emergency. now i want you to take a look at this tweet that was since deleted. i think this tells you everything you need to know about the current state of affairs in our country when it comes to gas and gas price and our climate quote unquote emergency. here is a senior state department foreign service officer saying i prefer high gas prices. it equals less driving and less co 2. that tweet now deleted. jack, they are not upset by high gas prices this is all part of their plan, isn't it? >> it is. i'm in california right now. driving by a gas station with $7 gas. and i'm talking to uber drivers and normal americans and asking them how they feel when they have to go to the pump and the fact that this they are taking home 30, 40% less because of these gas prices. the american people understand and know that this country is leads the world in the way we treat our climate and love our climatenned a take care of our

ocean and take care of our forest. so the fact that we have people pushing propaganda different level than the rest of the world. people aren't stupid they see us going all over the world trying to buy their oil while they are shutting down jobs in america. no one is going to the pup with that the american people are smarter than that i think they are going to come out in droves to the polls to stand up against this nonsense that's coming from our white house right now. >> ashley: jack, last thing i have for you now. how are americans suppose 'ed to unpack this when you see this senior state department official, they are tweeting about this stuff. and, yet, i guess can't say it's dropping rising gas prices because now it costs me $60 instead of $63 to fill my car up. how far are we supposed to take this and how do you think this is going to effect the polls? do you think it's going to have a big effect on it? 30 seconds.

>> i do. you have no choice right now as an american that's going out working every day and having your pocketbook impacted while inflation is shooting through the roof with rising food prices and everything else. of course americans are going to have go out and vote for the future of their kids and so, yes. people will come out in droves and you will see a red wave this november. >> ashley: okay, jack. we have got to go. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> todd: after sounding the recession alarm after a key report showing a second straight quarter of g.d.p. growth. >> prices at the pump, grocery store, what they're playing for clothing. people know what this means. >> the president's approval rating is kind of a reflection of how people feel what's going on in the country. >> white house is continuing to brush off bad polls as support for president biden continues to slide. >> a "the washington post" op-ed calling on the president face the midterms with a one term president. >> federal prosecutors weighing charges for hunter biden. >> apparently hunter has been doing business overseas but