are >> todd: a fox news alert, house speaker pelosi expected to arrive in taiwan today. the white house yet to confirm her travels. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. "new york times" says if pelosi goes ahead with a visit to taiwan against president biden's wishes she will be doing something utterly reckless and irresponsible, nothing good will come of it. taiwan will not be more prosperous as a result of this visit and a lot of bad things

can happen. jackie ibanez will have response. good morning. >> jackie: all eyes on this story, house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to arrive in taiwan today. pelosi made no mention of the stop in taiwan, but opened our meetings commitment to inddo-pacific. the biden administration danced around the pelosi itinerary. listen. >> given as you pointed out no change in policy and president for pelosi to go on. >> so what is the drama? >> have you watched last couple ofeck wooes? >> i haven't seen any drama, i

think you are manufacturing it with your question. >> carley: he wasn't happy about that question. chinese media personality warning the speaker in a tweet saying let her go to taiwan, wish herself not be defined as center who starts a spiral of escalation. senator tom cotton not condemning president biden for not defending pelosi. >> i thought it was essential nancy pelosi go and show united states will not be pushed around by the chinese. >> carley: she is traveling delegation that includes five house democrats. will she or won't she go? >> carley: gordon chang will discuss. ask you about the white house

messaging from john kirby yesterday saying that the united states still supports the one china policy and does not support taiwan npsz. john kirby made that point clear, what do you make of that messaging? >> that messaging is extraordinary week. chinese threatened the life of the president of the united states in that call and we heard threats on speaker pelosi's life. response from the united states should have been more robust and our policy, we don't support taiwan independence, taiwan already is independent and john kirby should have stated that in a different way. they are telling the chinese, go ahead and intimidate us more. >> todd: can we trust this administration to put america robust when it comes to china in

light of the fact based upon media reports it appears joe biden and his family are intertwined with china and there seems to be a conflict of interest there. >> no, we can't trust president biden to put america first. todd, in that phone call with when xi jinping threatened the life of biden, he should have hung up. last week biden said he didn't think it was a good idea speaker pelosi go to taiwan, we heard china ramp up their rhetoric. biden was inviting the chinese to influence his administration more and made things more tense

than they needed to be. >> carley: the news could be coming down today, what are consequences if nancy pelosi going to taiwan and what are consequences if she chooses not to? >> if she chooses not to, she will embolden the woft worst elements by showing inidation works. despite what the "new york times" says, symbolism is critical to communist regimes. symbolism is more important than reality. "new york times" just doesn't understand. >> carley: great point there. >> todd: you think of the "new york times" as a paper of record, not anymore. have u.s.-china relations ever gone more precarious than they are today?

>> the answer is no, even when the crisis seemed worst. in the past we have always known there will not be nuclear war, now we don't know what xi jinping will be. series of threats starting in july, chinese says they will use weapons against japan and united states and the rest of the world, they may not be bluffing or we shouldn't assume they are bluffing and take robust posture. the weakness of the biden administration has encourage china to be more provocative. >> carley: that is right, it is a powerful thing, gordon chang, thank you for joining us. iran claiming it can quickly develop a nuclear weapon that can turn new york city into a hellish ruin if the u.s. makes

any stupid mistakes. a video made by revolutionary guard affiliate group also threatens israels, this stems from weak foreign policy in the white house. biden administration is looking to return to obama era deal in exchange u.s. would give iran relief from massive economic sanctions. >> todd: largest wildfire of the year burning 55,000 acres and remains zero percent contained. in kentucky historic toll from flooding -- 600 air rescues. >> todd: janice dean, that

death toll continues to rise. >> janice: yeah, and we have more rain in the forecast, it doesn't take a tropical storm or hurricane to cause devastation. we have severe thunderstorm and warnings in effect for the illinois area, over indiana and kentucky today and west virginia and ohio we're watching you, there is the flood alert. we have a stalled front and areas of low pressure bringing heavy rainfall toirrias that don't need to see more rain. another round of storms today through virginia and illinois and toward upper midwest and the great lakes. we could see severe storms and on wednesday more of the same area getting hit hard by heavy rainfall and chance of stronger storms. rain still to come in kentucky and ohio river value, this is

the next seven days it means more rain in the forecast for the areas. you were talking about the wildfire areas, we have 43 burning and look at the u.s. acres burned to date. this is historic. look back 10 years, this is a big deal. foxweather.com, have both stories on the lead page, they will give the latest. >> carley: the year is not over, that 5.7 is incredible. >> todd: tragedy. >> carley: turning to this tragedy, noah served this country and came home and became a police officer, he was murdered over the weekend. when will this stop? >> todd: doug carter is next.

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>> todd: a chicago 911 dispatcher calling it quits. he says he felt mistreated by mayor lightfoot's office. >> crime has been rampant in

chicago, never under the direct leader should have of mayor lightfoot. listening to people call with people shot there while i'm listening and my colleagues were listening, it is sad. we are supposed to tell citizens fluff they have police coming to the scene and there are hours before we could get a lot of officers to the scenes throughout the city. i don't know what to say about the mayor, all they are saying is a bunch of lies. >> todd: a prosecuor also stepping down. the chb chicago tribune says prosecutors have retired since july of last year. >> carley: remembering rookie police officer and army veteran noah who was shot during a traffic stopover the weekend as

his suspected killer faces murder charges. doug carter is police superintendent and joins me to remember this fallen hero. just 24 years old, what is your message on this? >> well, this is pervasive around this country. i saw the encourage from chicago, until prosecutors and judges say enough, this is going to continue. >> what is elwood, indiana like? is it surprising this would happen there? >> it is. small community near indianapolis. noah didn't have a chance after he stopped that vehicle and that person shot 30 rounds into his

vehicle. it is unbelievable what is happening to the fabric of our nation because of violence and lack of respect of human life. >> carley: that is why police officers say there is never a routine traffic stop, the man suspected of shooting the officer is being charged with murder, possession of a firearm by violent felon, resisting law enforcement and being a habitual offender. this is a huge problem. >> it is a huge problem and this suspect and he is right now a suspect, has an extensive record going back two decades. there is a lot we will learn about him as we hold him in a court of law in trial for

murder. >> carley: superintendent carter, why was he on the street? >> very good question and story that repeats itself all over this nation every single day. this will continue, it will not work, only thing that will work is for those elected officials that prosecute crime to say enough and publicly cannot have the strength to do it. >> carley: have you noticed a change in policing, do you feel it is a more dangerous job now? >> policing today is something i never dreamed it could become. i'm nearing 40 years in the business and never thought i would see it the way it is today. people like noah continue to step up and out for communities

they serve. level of violence we face and lack of accountability when we try to do what we think is right has never been in a lower place. >> carley: we mourn the memory of noah, just 24 years old, he died a hero. superintendent carter, thank you for joining us this morning. >> todd: axios celebrating biden, giving him a glowing review. joe concha is here to respond. ♪

>> carley: an article titled the kamala harris conundrum says 18

months in, thanks to combination of biden age and unpopularity, lingering pandemic and inflation, relentless opposition and struggles to communicate satisfactory role for herself, harris unparalleled low point. the article says her poor showing in the presidential campaign have led obama allies to doubt her chances for another white house run. axios is painting more positive picture by touting biden success story. s >> todd: says biden reengineered the american economy, obscured by covid, inflation, biden hasn't done a dazzling job explaining this to the public. joe concha joins us to react. the guy who wrote this, joe

allen, i consider a sharp shooter. joe biden has orseen threats to the country during his time in office. >> joe: todd, it is incredible, some insist it is not about results and numbers and things people feel on the ground, it is a matter of flawed messaging. if they could communicate better, the president's approval rating wouldn't be lower than any president polling if things were going well and mike allen should explain why do polls consistently show almost 90% of voters believe this country is heading in the wrong direction. how does one spin skyrocketing violent crime across the country in a more positive light?

what sort of communication plan should be used to explain four million migrants will pass through this country illegally while this president is in office and all the fentanyl coming with it and how does one spin enemies in afghanistan and china be more embolden than ever before? you can't change what people feel and spin from the white house that most americans do not trust on messaging. >> carley: politifact said no alexandria ocasio-cortez did not fake her arrest outside the supreme court. it was coberated by the offices of the other lawmakers ahead of her, we rate this false. she put her hands behind her back and pretended to be

handcuffed, joe. >> joe: media outlets are petrified of aoc, that is what they use as fact check? how about eyes? that could work, to your point, carley. this is 31 flavors of stupid. anyone can see she is faking it, she raises her fist and no one walks with their hands behind their back as actual act. aoc wasn't faking it here, she obviously was, you can't trust the fact checkers. go figure. >> todd: i saw with my right eye and corroborated with my left eye, that makes it true. joe concha, thank you, sir. >> joe: you have great eyesight,

you're good. >> todd: i have horrible eyes, everybody can attest to that, and horrible hearing, i'm a mess. red states winning and lawrence jones went to his home state to find out why. >> what makes texas different? >> we passed law this past session that will defund any city that defunds police. >> carley: a republican looking to write that success story in michigan and ready to take on whitmer, gubernatorial dixon is here with her pitch to voters.

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>> carley: five states are holding their primary elections today. eric eric schmidt and eric two of 21 candidates running for the nomination and squaring off for arizona governor, endorsed by doug doocy.

the state gop senate primary and candidate kelly cooper are hammering home issues like the southern border ahead of today's pital race. >> we've had demonstration of policy at the southern border. we're quietly trying to rebrand that the way we rebrand a lot of terminology. this is what it should have been all along. >> border encounter in yuma, arizona, plugging holes in the border wall. voters in michigan will hit the poll today in the state primary. tudor dixon has hopes of going head-to-head gate gretchen

whitmer. why are you the choice to represent the republican party? >> thank you for having me, i want the people of michigan to know i understand them. i come from a manufacturing background, i know how the governor has hurt small businesses and entrepreneurs, my husband and i went through covid trying to teach our kids from home and now our kids need to get back on track. we were out of school longer than any other state and our governor didn't say anything about it, get our kids back on track, she had opportunity to have reading scholarships, she vetoed it, when she had the opportunity to help small businesses, she vetoed that. get our economy back on track and make sure kids have a world-class administration.

>> todd: if you can handle four girls, maybe you are the choice for governor. you proposed to get rid of state income tax democrats coming hard at you saying if you get rid of the income tax you will have to get rid of cops to pay for it, what is your response? >> the legislature has presented two plans to the governor to reduce income tax, neither include reduction in police funding and she vetoed each of those. we made it clear we will protect and support our police, i am the only candidate to be endorsed by the police and gretchen whitmer, her own self, this is her message to say, she wants to defund the police. she said she agrees with the spirit of defund the police.

states have increased crime rates in michigan, detroit and other cities. >> todd: you have mentioned gretchen whitmer a bunch, what do you make of the talk of your current democratic governor there being thrown out as potential 2024 presidential nominee? >> how devastating that would be when we look at how she handled the crisis with complete incompetence. i know you understand what happened with nursing homes in new york, when andrew cuomo did that, gretchen whitmer doubled down, just one example. we had 8 billion amount that went out from unemployment we

had our children out of school. we had restaurants closed down for eight months and we lost 3000 restaurants. this governor is incomp tent. it goes beyond. we have government coming in, going to hit you with reg lagsz, we are over regulated, have bureaucracy working against business and that is coming from the top. she has been a politician her whole life and has no idea how her policy is crushing business. we are losing the automotive industry, michigan is not in the race like ken tuck and he tennessee are, come back to the table with legacy.

>> carley: good stuff. an recall says red states are winning the post pandemic economy. >> todd: lawrence joey jones traveled to texas to take a look. >> texas is the land of opportunity, there is grit, enterprizing. companies are based here. >> it is trailblazing. >> why was it important to start business here? >> i wanted to let people know i was from texas. i started wearing boots everyday when i worked in the north and i felt this protected nature of my home, i became obsessed with the idea, we'll be a texas brand.

it doesn't mean we're only in texas, we represent what texas represents. >> how fast is it grow something >> expanding across the country 70%, three times the size we were before the pandemic. >> what is your next goal? >> impacts hundreds and thousands of people, who can work for us chltsz >> you love employing people. what do you plan by the end of the year? >> with expansion, probably 600 plus. >> did you expect to grow that fast? >> no, there hads been explosion with regard to job growth and companies moving here. >> 60 corporations moved their

headquarter to texas, what is the secret sauce? >> we support business, they can succeed better here ceos are fleeing because of high crime in states they are leaving. texas provides safer environment. >> when people come to texas, what do you want them to know? >> when they succeed, texas succeeds. >> texas feels like home, it is more tolerant place. >> what flsz the breaking point for you? >> i create companies and when

you have staff in the bay area, they drive an hour to hour and a half away. >> you came here knowing there was a great business climate in texas, lower taxes and regulation, not as much crime. you are taking it a step further. >> take value of free society, we have a system that let's good ideas win and it uses science and markets and i know if we give that up, we're not going a good direction. >> where are we going wrong as a country? >> gotten so tied up, what is the right answer versus what you are supposed to say. >> you talk about education and national security, you talk about wokeness and political landscape. you are getting involved with day-to-day issues impacting the country and often a lot of

business folks have strayed away. why are you doing it? >> a weird thing in society say we can't get this done. we can fight for society and prove liberty and freedom work and keep the light of freedom alive in america. >> carley: amen, vote with your feet, elon musk and joe rogan moving from lockdown states to the free state of texas. >> todd: george gascon, and larry krasner and kim fox bank rolled by soros chltsz >> carley: we will tell you what he is saying coming up next. . >> carley: we will tell you what he is saying coming up next. c >> carley: we will tell you what he is saying coming up next. chl >> carley: we will tell you what he is saying coming up next. chl >> carley: we will tell you what he is saying coming up next. >> t

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>> soros doubling down despite crime in mainlior cities. soros says this agenda is basised on common sense and evidence, the goal is restoring the trust between the police and policed, partnership that fosters the solving of crime.

soros supports election of george gascon, larry krasner, kim foxx and bragg. cost of school supplies surges 40% over last year. carled a mother of two joins us. have more numbers on reality, families of k-12 students are expected to spend up $15 from last year and $200 from 2019. you have two children, is paying for school supplies a challenge for you? >> yes, good morning, thank you for having me. i believe it be be a struggle and different situation this

year. just a calculator is $154. having two, we are looking at different expenses and not just a rise on gas prices, it is groceries, gas and now school supplies, school uniforms, the list just keeps growing. >> todd: costs have gone up since high school and middle school. how will you do it and provide for kids to go back to school when you face other inflationary pressures right now? >> at the present time, i travel 124 miles per day and work out of the state in order to provide for my children. it is a struggle. >> carley: with cost of gas, how

do you deal with traveling that far out of state into a different state for work? >> yes, well, when you add fact people qualify as single parents, whether getting assistance. s a lot of programs since covid ended have come to an end, as well. there is a loss in pay, they are not covering that expense and it puts people in the hole more, i know people are doing buy now, pay later programs and that just seems to me out of control. we're at a point, if people can't afford it today, how will they afford it in 30 days when the payment is due? it is a crisis with everybody. for me, traveling all these

miles, i have to take away from certain things, you have ebt card that gives you food, but doesn't provide soap and toilet paper, necessities are out of line. >> carley: you also said you try to get things on facebook marketplace, and that is a challenge because you have to meet a stranger, it is a tough call, our heart goes out for you, you are working hard as a single mom. best of luck. >> thank you, have a great day. >> carley: absolutesly. al qaeda terror leader known as bin laden's right-hand man is dead after a drone strike. >> todd: mike huckabee here to react.

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>> carley: the terror network in the region, brooke singman live with details. good morning. >> president biden announcy he authorized the strike that killed the al qaeda leader in afghanistan, watch. >> president biden: justice has been delivered. >> 71-year-old was known as right-hand man to osama bin

laden. the u.s. offered $25 million reward for any information for intelligence leading to the capture, al qaeda after bin laden was killed in peculiar stan in 2011 and plotted bombing of the uss cole, families calling the strike a significant step forward as military experts say is major blow to the terrorist organization. the terrorist leader's death in kabul, experts believe it is proof feeding to the taliban turned the country into harbor for speak of the told us last month that was living in kabul and was

communicating freely. this taliban government for those surprise is basically giving safe harbor to some senior al qaeda operatives. >> yesterday's secretary of state antony blinken set the taliban basically -- in another example of the group not learning its commitment. >> thank you so much governor good morning to you will be the strike is being celebrated this morning but there's too fear over what this means about the prevalence terrorism in afghanistan. how do you read this? >> well i think it's pretty evident that while we are all glad this guy's gonna took a long time to get him but he's gone. where did we get him? afghanistan. why was he there? it has no become that safe harbor. it's a hotbed for terrorism.

the taliban is in control. why are they in control? we up and left and we left them about $70 billion worth of equipment they can now use against us and the rest of the world. it's a mixed blessing. i'm glad he's gone, but i sure wish that we had that $70 billion worth of hardware and i wished we did not meet the exit you date until the world you cannot really count on the u.s. in a moment of crisis. >> as was predicted many times in the show quite frankly, governor cuomo are not going to catch every single terrorist like we did this guy. >> that's part of the problem. you get a leader at significant, it's also symbolic. it has a very important message sent to the lower ranks. but it doesn't stop the fact that there is an insidious group of people across the world of eight freedom, who hates

modernism and they're going to do everything they can to continue this reign of terror. we are far from seeing the end of this. i wish i could say that said we could mop us up and call it a day but we cannot. >> with about the taliban violating the doha agreement? how should the administration handled that? >> carli who could have seen that coming? the taliban didn't honor their agreement. we are shocked, shocked that something like this would happen. that's part of the problem. the foreign policy of this administration has been not just been discussed income that they would take the word of the people like to tell abaddon. and why they were that they could be adjusted is beyond me. none of us should be surprised. what we ought to do is start thing we really need a robust foreign policy as it relates to terrorism. we know we just don't have.

it's because senator christensen a muscle in on whether she would support a sumerian sonoma ballot. how worried should democrats be that senator christensen the must scuttled the steel? >> i think it's more how worried should america be -- god help us all if they get to spend these billions of dollars that we don't have. we are in a deep hole right now. the democrats solution to being in the dale mcmichael we need a big shovel to dig the hole deeper. no we don't. we need to keep digging and start filling the hole. >> you have these groups saying it will actually increase inflation and increased taxes. this is not something that joe manchin and the administration agree with but there's a lot a lot of economists would say it is the case. on kyrsten sinema's office says

she does not have a comment as she is reviewing the text of the billing will need to see what comes of the parliamentarian process. some more to come on that front as she decides what she's going to vote on. and it's her vote that's going to be the deciding factor. thank you so much for joining us this morning, we appreciate it as always. >> "fox & friends" now. >> the cia drone strike in afghanistan takes out al qaeda leader. >> let's see if -- nancy pelosi is heading to taiwan. >> thought it was essential that she go. the united states will not be pushed around. leaders blame texas. >> the democrat