♪ ♪ >> carley: put me in, coach. you are watching "fox and friends first" on this thursday morning. i'm carley shimkus. live at nationals park ahead of today's congressional baseball game. good morning, todd. >> todd: i'm todd piro in new york. at 4 a.m., i mentioned you are a

five-tool pros pects, you have it all. at 5 a.m., i will say, you are highly coveted at the trade deadline. >> carley: i don't even know what that means, but i am here outside national park. look how beautiful this shot is. it kicks off 7:05 on fs2 tonight, fox sports 2 and fox nation. very easy for everybody who wants to watch, they can. we'll have guests coming up that are on the republican team, including congresswoman lisa mcclain and greg steube. greg steube hit the out-of-the-park home run last year and republicans ended up winning 13-12 and that snapped the losing streak. republicans lost for many years in a row, last year they won.

it happened last year, we'll see if it happens this year. >> todd: i fan girled so much after greg steube hit that, he turned on that sucker and put it in the bleachers. i can't wait to hear you talk to them. one baseball note i need to mention. i have this studio at 44 degrees right now, it is so cold right now, when you are here, i keep the temperature nice and hot. it is so cold in here, ashley strohmier is so mad at me. >> carley: it is about 85 degrees outside, my perfect temperature, your calls, i'm warm, everybody is happy. we have big news in washington. a brand-new poll shows 75% of democrats saying no to joe in

2024. >> todd: and the white house downplaying the popularity as democrats dance around re-election questions all together. ashley strohmier is cold with the temperatures. here is ash. >> ashley: the president expressed intention to run for re-election, not looking like even the democrats want him to run again according to a new poll. only 25% say joe biden, leaving 75% asking for a different candidate. compare the numbers to january, 45% said biden and 51% said someone different. a month ago, the president was bragging about the poll numbers, listen to this. >> mr. president, what is your message to democrats who want me to run again? >> two thirds say they don't. >> they want me toun are, read the polls, jack, you guys are

all the same. >> ashley: and downplaying the polls. >> we're not worried about polls, the president has been clear he intends to run. we are so far away from that time, even being close to be thinking about that. >> ashley: democrats dodging questions when asked if they would support a biden re-election bid. >> do you support the president in his re-election bid? >> i'm working on my own election, that is all i'm focused on. we can talk about that after i get in the united states senate, i'll be happy to comment on that. >> ashley: refusing to answer that question. >> do you want to see joe biden run for president? that is an easy question. >> i don't want to answer that question. >> the president choosing to run

in 2024, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. if the president has a vision, that is something we're willing to examine when the time comes. >> ashley: just 103 days away from the november midterm. >> todd: more or less the home stretch at this point. thank you. big news here, president biden host a call with china president xi today. >> you mentioned president biden will bring up issues, can we expect him to bring up issues regarding fentanyl exports from china and regarding origin of covid-19? >> they are big issues, no argument, i think we'll give you read out when the call is over. i will not go into detail. >> todd: china fierce opposition to nancy pelosi's potential trip to taiwan. china spokesperson says if they challenge china red line it will

be met with resolute counter measure and must consider consequence arising thereof. members of congress, including congressman michael mccaul. michael mccaul is uninvited, but unable to attend, he believes the speaker or any official should visit taiwan if they want to. here is senator tom cotton on biden's trip and biden administration response to china. >> the pressure came from joe biden, who doesn't want her to take this trip. lloyd austin and joe biden shouldn't worry about china's aggressiveness, they should make china worry about our aggressiveness. trips should continue now, responsible after it became public. i saw speaker pelosi last night

and told her it was essential she go forward with this trip no matter what joe biden said. >> todd: pelosi staying quiet saying, i never talk about my travel, it is a danger to me. six after the hour, the president has denied being involved in his son's foreign business. who is the big guy? not looking good for the man at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> ashley: and bringing home the bacon will cost you, our next guest owns a bodega and she was forced to raise the price of bacon, egg and cheese. say it ain't so. ♪ breakthrough heartbu rn... means your heartburn treatment is broken. try zegerid otc. it contains the leading medicine to treat frequent heartburn, uniquely designed for absorption. get all day, all night relief with zegerid otc. this is the gillettelabs with exfoliating bar.

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democracy, where they're trying to impose these things. >> carley: we are waiting to hear back from paypal about the accusations. todd. >> todd: mcdonald's clorox and hershey are lowering outlook and jacking up prices. in new york city, many bodegas charging extra $2 for bacon, egg and cheese sandwich nearly doubling the price. cammy bellw is joining us. we love having you on the program, you tell it like it is. did you have any choice but to raise prices? >> it is a pleasure to be here, i shout out to the people that love to see me on the set. it's been critical for us because bacon, egg and cheese is one of the favorite sandwich to

everybody in the morning from $2 to $4.50, bacon used to cost, the box used to be $30, it is now $81 and the bread used to be $.35 and now it is $.60. how are we going to make it? >> todd: are people still buying them like they used to? >> they have to, but they do complain. why doubling? it is not because i want to, it is because we are getting double and triple on the price, how it fair to sell something we are not even making pennies out of it. >> todd: you make pennies on so many items in your store, with inflation happening now and people, your customers being squeezed how hard is it to get by as a business owner? >> i would raise my hand and say

god is my savior because the landlord, i don't say they don't care, they are not feeling the pressure we feel, we are not making the money to pay them or buy groceries like before. i'm turning my story into more fast food store than grocery convenience store, cannot have groceries on the store anymore, you go to restaurant depot to buy and you don't find the items or the items are triple the price, so how do you sell them? >> todd: how frustrated with the biden administration to get inflation under control? >> very frustrated and i'm calling to the big people out there. we're coming out from covid and not getting the support we should get from the bigger administration, from the people that get the money, we didn't get sba or ppp loan or any support. what happened to the big

foundation people that can support small businesses like me and other people. we have light bills over the top, paying $3000 on small business for light bill and what is happening? hello. who is helping and calling small businesses to say, we can help you with this expense. grants are for small businesses, as bodega, women in power, i call myself like that, i don't see people calling to offer anything. >> todd: it is almost like you are forgotten, that is sad, you took over this bodega for your american dream, it is hard for good hard working americans. >> no dream. before i let you go, i have to tell my people to remember small businesses, we need them to be able to support the community because the people that come to us are you in the morning and the college students.

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democrats spending bill. griff jenkins from washington. >> griff: good morning, todd and carley, maybe joe manchin should pitch, bought he threw a curveball yesterday ahead of today's gdp report, expected to show falling numbers for a second quarter. the white house still maintaining that doesn't mean it is recession. >> said in 2008, of course economists have a technical definition, which is of recession, two two kon /* /* -- two negative quarters of gdp growth is not the technical definition of recession. >> it is not. >> why did he say that? >> it is not. >> todd: senator manchin reached a deal with chuck schumer on a scaled down spending bill issuing joint statement the senators say inflation reduction act of 2022 will make a down

payment on deficit to fight inflation and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 20% by 2030. 370 billion in energy security and climate change program, 64 billion in healthcare subsidy and 15% corporate minimum tax, president biden hailed the agreement saying this addresses the problems of today. high healthcare cost and inflation and investments in energy security for the future. economics professor peter murici, had a different reaction speaking with you guys last hour. watch. >> it's a jobs killer, imposes additional taxes on business, making it more difficult to invest and hire. my fear this is just electioneering. >> griff: we will hear from president biden today when he delivers economic remarks this afternoon, reacting to the gdp

numbers. todd and carley. >> carley: thank you so much. let's bring in lisa mcclain, member of house armed services committee and -- all decked out in their baseball gear. talk about the economy, how do you feel about this newly branded inflation reduction bill? did you see this coming? >> we should have anticipated chuck schumer had something up his sleeve, right? that is his mo. secondly, i sit on and watch what is happening with spending and inflation. adding more spending will put more fuel on the inflationary fire. this is the wrong direction to go. >> carley: congresswoman, is this going to pass? >> i hope it is not a done deal, it sure looks that way.

we have hope with kyrsten sinema out there. i hope some democrats come to their senses and understand we're in a 40-year high inflation -- i mean inflation is at 9%, supply chain issue, definition of inflation is too many dollars chasing too many goods. i have never met an administration that is so out of touch with reality. >> carley: the administration and now senator manchin is saying this will reduce inflate yop, talking about 15% corporate minimum tax. $369 on energy programs over stimulated economy and that is why minority leader mcconnell said this on twitter yesterday, his response to inflation reduction bill. if you can scroll up the

prompter, historic inflation and now they want to pile on giant tax hikes that will hammer workers and kill american jobs. first they killed your family budget and now they want to kill your job, too. congressman, is he right about that? >> he is right. like i said, part of the problem has been the federal policy, our monetary policy and our spending. every economist knows this, what do they want to do? spend more. this will not reduce inflation, this will juice it up. as lisa said, we're in high inflation environment right now, why will we add to that? all you are is a tax and spend machine, the only thing you know how to do is tax and spend and that is exactly what they want to do. >> carley: that gdp number is coming out later today, we'll

see if the "r" word will be used if it comes out with a negative number. >> the white house will deny it anyway. >> carley: we can see both of you are playing in the congressional baseball game tonight. climate groups are vowing to protest the game outside nationals park, where we are now. one protester wrote a "washington post" op ed yesterday saying as the world burns, congress remains perfectly hitless on climate change and as if playing game with the atmosphere weren't enough, the same members of congress want to play a literal game of baseball as if everything is fine. congresswoman, what is your response to that? this is a charity event. >> it is shameful, again, who is going to protest a charity event? this is a charity event for children. these are climate activists that care about the children and the world, but they are going to

protest a charity event for the children. you know what i say, shame on you. >> carley: capitol police, it is on their radar, if you have negative or bad intentions, just stay home. if anybody does, hopefully they don't, they will heed that warning. good luck, you look great in red. >> republicans are going to win. >> we will win tonight and win in november. >> carley: watch the game at 7:05 eastern time on fox sports 2 and fox nation. thank you for joining us. from the economic disaster to this, china is buying up farmland across the united states raising national security concerns, the florida attorney general wants to make sure restrictions are in place for her state and she joins us next. al right, limu, give me a socket wrench, pliers,

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warnings. some areas do not have air conditioning and we have seen temperatures in the 90s to 100 degrees and that will continue for next several days. cooling centers, of course, take care of the vulnerable, the kids, bring your pets inside and the elderly, as well. over to you. >> todd: we need the rain, not what goes along with it. 104 illegal immigrants arrested who are convicted felons, this is in just one week. >> carley: florida attorney general ashley moody joins us now. when you hear over 100 felons arrested in one week, as a member of law enforcement yourself, what goes through your head? >> florida ag: this is what we've been warning about since biden took office. he started releasing those in jail legally back into our

communities. of course florida sued the administration immediately and we're seeing some success there. the number one complaint against the president, he is not taking his obligation to enforce immigration laws seriously and doing his job. he is throwing up his hand and anybody can come in. for me, shocking, in one year, we saw 56 people that were just encountered, not ones that got through on the terrorist watch list, more than double the entire four years previously. the president, the department of homeland security, their job is to protect our country and tgs citizens and they are failing miserably. >> todd: whether at the border or in our nation cities. meantime, you ag moody are urging restrictions on chinese buys on land in florida. 40% of american vin investment

by the chinese were florida acquisitions. how worried are you the chinese have purchases near military bases, farmland, etcetera >> florida ag: florida has been the top state, 6.1 billion of land was bought by chinese investment firms and individuals. it is not just land buys that are concerning. governor desantis said we need to look at that. you have land purchases near military bases, buying up of farmland we need for domestic food security, we have seen incidents where they come in through the ports, we are having to buy chinese equipment and sensitive information by the programs, they underbid on drones we use for sensitive law

enforcement operations. we know fentanyl they are shipping to mexico and through the border is killing our working age, fighting age population and getting into our universities in k-12 schools and trying to educate our children and stealing american's data. we know that through apps and other avenues, it is not just land buying, they have been able to accomplish without ever lifting a gun, able to accomplish and exercise so much power within this country. even more so than many times in the past many countries have been more outwardly aggressive and at war. >> carley: florida attorney general ashley moody, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> florida ag: absolutely, thanks so much. >> carley: turning to this, new text messages shows one of

hunter biden's business partners specific referencing joe biden as the big guy. brooke singman will tell us more. >> brooke: james comer, is calling on hunter biden financial advisor to release records regarding biden's suspicious bank activity. as hunter biden's financial advisor, you are in a ushgnique position to know why these transactions were flagged. >> suspicious activity report, bank notifys federal government they have strong suspicion of criminal activity by their client. hunter biden received 150 of these from multiple banks. the fact hunter knew what he was doing was probably wrong and he was being coached by mr. pruitt.

>> brooke: comer is accusing the -- "new york post" exclusive revealing new text message showing panicked discussion between one of hunter biden's business partners and unnamed person. james gilliard writing, if they lose, honestly, i don't think the big guy cares about that, he'll be too busy focusing on the other blank he is doing. mirandade dewine. >> joe biden is described at the big guy, there is reference to the big guy, that means joe biden. >> brooke: comer wants more information about conversations with president biden. >> todd: set your alarm for

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>> carley: the federal reserve announcing it will raise interest rates by 75 basis points, this matching highest increase since 1994. >> todd: lauren will tell us what this means. >> rates on everything are going up again because the fed is sending the message it is more important to squash demand and inflation than go into recession, they hiked another .75%. he thinks recession is still off the table. >> i do not think the u.s. is currently in a recession, there are just too many areas of the economy that are performing too well. less than three hours from now, we will find out if the economy

contracted when the second quarter gdp is released at 8:30 this morning. two quarters of negative growth do define recession. two straight quarters of negative is recession. >> todd: the white house says $4.30 gas is good. all good. >> bragging gas prices are coming down, on cnn, watch. >> in that regard, look, there is absolutely tough news regarding high how inflation has been, but there is positive news we should not overlook, the price at the pump is now $4.30 per gallon, that is down $.70 off the peak. >> i gained 10 pounds, i lost five, congratulations to me.

i'm still up five pounds, that is what the white house is saying. gas prices have come down, paying $four.20, less than $5, but $1.11 more from a year ago. when the president took office gas was $2.39. gas is just one piece, a large piece, one piece of the inflation problem that has americans underwater when you get pay every week or every other week, your paycheck is not going up as much as everything else, carley and todd. >> todd: their spin on this is comical. some in the media fall in line with the white house narrative on the recession. wrote, set your alarm, tomorrow possibly inaccurate reading of u.s. economic performance in the second quarter. one metric to measure if booer in recession, huh?

associated press with this, by one common definition, economy shrinking for consecutive quarters, u.s. on cusp of recession. jimmy failla joins me now, when was last time you saw contortion like this? >> jimmy: remember the movie "major league," they hit a home run. one guy says that is too high, the trajectory of the ball. the other guy says who gives a blank. who gives a blank what you call it, more interested in maybe finding a solution than trying to rename the problem, that is what we're dealing with here, not getting a straight answer. >> todd: they are trying so hard to make biden look competent. it is not working. the worst economist ever, columnist for the "new york

times" since the bureau of economic analysis announced real gdp shrank in the first quarter. that is now how we should define recession. any other phrases the left wants to change? >> jimmy: he is going full human shield. human shield for biden. it is embarrassing, because this is definition they have used, you know what i'm saying? that is one thing. if i say nobody wears a blue suit on tv, no one would wear a blue suit on tv. jimmy, you are wearing a blue shirt on tv. it is the same thing, nobody wants to own what is going on. i kind of enjoy the comedy of the whole thing, this is embarrassing. we are not discrediting them as

much as they are discrediting themselves. >> todd: we're just giving them rope. >> jimmy: the price of rope is going up. >> todd: i don't want to know how you know that. stacey abrams, little miss future governor, great state. hillary tweeting this, happy birthday to this future president. let's compare these. does this ever end well? >> jimmy: traditionally, no. stacey abrams hasn't conceded her presidency of her middle school. you are not supposed to put yourself out there like that. they do believe position they won are their birth right. it is almost their fault they don't have them. that is hillary in the pumpkin

patch waiting for the great pumpkin to fly over one halloween, she really wants to be president, todd piro. >> todd: i was worried we didn't have carley here today, we survived, thank you, brother. florida congressman greg steube may have had tide pods when he did that, hit big home run last year during the congressional baseball game, ready to do it again today. carley will be talking to him live. first overto steve doocy for a look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> steve: coming up in 10 minutes and 42 seconds, the white house, as you were just talking about, denying we could be in recession. today's gdp report could signal otherwise. plus house minority whip dean

skelos joins us ahead of the congressional baseball game. his remembrances five years after he was shot at practice for the game. and kat cammack will react to planned protest at tonight's game. big protest planned. charles payne, joe concha and tim kennedy isser hoo. sounds like mask madness will return to l.a. county. the beverly hills mayor says her city will not support the return of mask. that is on "fox and friends." todd and carley, back in a couple for "fox and friends first."

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playing the new numbers even though the president had an abundance of confidence a few weeks back. >> we're not worried about polls. the president has said, has been clear that he intends to run, but we are so far away from that time. >> mr. president, what's your message to democrats that don't want you to run again? >> they want me to run. >> two thirds say they don't. >> read the polls. read the polls, jack. you guys are all the same. >> carley: congressman greg gregsteube sits on the house fon affairs and join me now. 75%? that's a hard number to spin. >> not surprising with all of the horrible things going on in our country that even democrats recognize that joe biden is not going to be good for them going into the midterms and is not going to be their candidate in 2024. >> carley: in the words of james carville, it's the economy, stupid. the g.d.p. report coming out later today. democrats say no matter what it

says, we are not in a recession. >> well, yeah. they change the rules on everything. like they change the rules on what an actual vaccine is for the covid vaccine not technically a vaccine. change the worlds of what a recession is so we are not a recession as far as the white house is concerned. the american people are smarter than that the numbers come out, negative growth we are in a recession because of the policies of the administration. >> carley: speaking of policies of the democrats how do you feel about manchin signing on to this spending package half a trillion dollars and we are already in quite possibly what is a recession definitely a very inflated hot economy right now. >> why in the world are you going to tax businesses n. inflationary economy when the economy is not going well and almost $800 billion. and that's just not the direction the country wants to go. i'm very disappointed the manchin would break on that they

are trying to show they are going to have some type of package that passes before the midterms so they can say look what we have done despite the fact of what they are doing for the country is not the direction we should be going. >> carley: how do you think the democrats are going to read it because they wanted $3.5 trillion. and they wanted a lot more spending on climate change. this has some of it but not as much as they wanted. is this one of those things where all sides are going to be unhappy in the end? >> i'm curious it osee what the progressives are going to do. nowhere near the spending the progressives want. pelosi can't lose four votes. on a vote like this i can't see any republican, certainly in the house, voting for this. so if they lose four progressives because it's not enough climate spending, they are not going to be able to pass the bill. >> carley: we had congresswoman lisa mccain saying who knows about kyrsten sinema as well have. to wait and see how the votes shake out on this one. we were just talking about climate change. you are obviously going to be at the congressional baseball game tonight. not the only one because there will be climate change protesters there as well. fox news digital spoke to one of

them and here is what he had to say. watch this. >> we will see all the fantastic things we have planned. should be out having fun actually hanging out with some of the rich polluters at this fundraiser about a heat wave, record droughts, record wildfires that's created billions of dollars in damage. taken initial steps but do a lot more. show up at 6:00 p.m. on thursday and you will see all the [inaudible] >> carley: so you are going to be hanging out with rich polluters according to him. how do you feel about that? and what are thoughts on protest. >> really sad one of the very few bipartisan things in this city playing america's game in a bipartisan manner is going to be protested because they don't think we are spending enough money on climate change and shutting down our economy. so, hopefully, it won't disrupt the game in any way but i'm sure law enforcement has prepared for what. >> carley: for the past two hours, your ears must have been

ringing because we have been talking about you. because, last year, i believe it was your first year pitching for the republican team, and you didn't only pitch, you also hit an out-of-the park home run, which led to the republicans winning. check that out. what was that moment like for you? >> you know, it's kind of crazy, when i hit it, i knew i hit it well but i didn't know it was going out. if you watch the videos, i'm coming around first base. i saw it bounce in the stands and i think oh my i almost hit it out of the park. >> carley: that's not supposed to happen at the congressional baseball games. that's what i'm asking you is there going to be a repeat. >> god willing democrats throw me something in the strike zone and we will see what happens. >> carley: we will all be watching. congratulations on last year's win and maybe the luck will move forward to this year as well. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> carley: todd, what a morning. there is truly nothing more american than baseball. there is nothing more american than our nation's capitol. and today we get both.

>> todd: it's going to be a great day in the nation's capital. i know you have a lot of guests come up on "fox & friends." have fun today. you are our show prospect and i hope you don't get traded at the trading deadline because i miss you. >> carley: that's steube, not me. >> todd: with that, "fox & friends" begins right now. bye-bye. ♪ >> today's critical g.d.p. report expected to show falling numbers and the clearest sign yet we are headed for turbulent times. >> the definition of recession is not two negative quarters of g.d.p. >> senator joe manchin reversed his course and agrees to support another massive democrat spending bill. >> raising taxes is a really really bad idea. i fear this really pushing this over the edge into a major recession. >> house republicans are demanding answers from hunter biden's financial adviser over his client's foreign dealings. that joe did know about. >> a lot of evidence on the