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been a couple weeks since i've heard that patriotic anthem intro, good to be back. rachel: you were on vacation and the best thing about vacation is wanted is wrapped up, i am ready to go home. is that how you felt? will: i had big plans for vacation to come back rest and relaxed, you heard the weekend before, i spent most of july fighting a sickness. i got all the sicknesses and i was sick on vacation, one rolled into the other. i am not asking for any world is me. i got a little son and i'm glad to be back. joey:you missed but i will never go on vacation for a

version of food poisoning. every time i miss one day i am in bed afterward but usually it passes quick enough. carley: i was in the dominican republic am a they said don't drink the water. apparently i did. rachel is not here, no one would ever mistake me for rachel but hopefully she's resting up but good to be here. will: speaking of these stories of be careful what you wish for. that is the note from the new york post. be careful what you wish for, in new york city, this is governor greg abbott of texas, sent busloads of illegal immigrant to washington dc, brought on the bellyaching of mayor muriel bowser, eric adams doing the same in new york

city. carley: the first busload of illegal immigrants the texas governor greg abbott sent to new york arrived yesterday filled with 50 people. before the bus arrived, what was going on with the federal government president biden was slogging illegal immigrants from the border to westchester and that is the main issue because mayor eric adams is saying new york city is in a crisis because there are so many illegal immigrants but he's not blaming the biden administration, he is blaming governor abbott. joe: you can't call this a crisis in your city is not acknowledging the crisis at the border. my take is dc can't handle it why do you expect san antonio to? washington and houston, people

in texas and along the border are looking at the reaction and almost laughing and being sad at the same time. are you serious? to talk to those migrants in new york yesterday, let's take a listen. >> where are you coming from? what was it like crossing the border? >> translator: it was really good. i passed through with political asylum. crossed the river and border patrol was waiting for us. we were happily welcomed thanks to biden. >> reporter: are you seeking asylum? >> translator: we are coming from venezuela. we were wanted for political persecution. venezuela is very bad. >> reporter: what are you is your message to president biden? >> translator: thanks for the support to the venezuelans coming here. joe: i am sure that is true, venezuela, it is quite a

relief, political asylum, nobody wants to live under the socialist dream of venezuela but have to do the process legally. carley: this caused a big issue for new york city mayor eric adams, he says it cost a crisis with housing, food, and education, he's not only blaming governor abbott but saying he needs federal help. >> a political slave, finally admitted what we were saying and we will continue to be open arms. we need help from the federal government. have a free conversation, to figure out, what we are doing.

joe: mayor adams called greg abbott a coward last week. he didn't want to go. doesn't want to acknowledge washington dc and new york city have called themselves sanctuary cities, put out a calling card, we will provide you with asylum and migrants called that out they are stuck. mayor bowser wants national guard, the president finally talked to mayors and pivoted towards we will work on this to gather but as soon as 50 migrants show up saying we need federal assistance -- will: 4,000 migrants over a 3-month period in a city of 700,000, that is washington dc. new york city, city of 8

million people informed several thousand people over a several month period, 150 migrants per day in uvalde, texas, her day, think about the per capita percentage of illegal immigrants being absorbed in texas, just so rich to hear this called a political stunt by democratic mayors in dc and new york at the white house as you will hear from karine jean-pierre. >> another stunt of bussing desperate migrants across the country and using them as a political ploy. it is shameful. providing support including grant funding so we are helping in that regard. we have had constructive conversations with mayor bowser and her team.

we work with them as we do all others as well. carley: imagine being a small city on the southern border struggling because millions of people have inundated your town and a few thousand people come to washington dc into new york city. because they are more powerful areas the federal government steps in and provides fema assistance. imagine how you would feel being in texas. we go there every time you hear people say we feel completely abandoned by the biden administration. you are from dc, it is more powerful, a closer ear to the biden administration they get assistance at the snap of a finger. muriel bowser asked the national guard to help out, the department of defense rejected that. she will tweet the request to get what she wants.

joe: they are mostly hispanic. it is not a liberal talking point white people don't want brown people, these towns are on the border. it is not about not wanting those individuals but not having resources to take care of them and those towns voted for trump last election. carley: talking about the politics and how it is hypocritical and the mayor of dc and new york proving the point by a few thousand people having a catastrophic effect but it is a security issue. christopher ray talked about the open borders, how much of a national security threat it is. during a senate hearing, telling the president that exact thing. in california, actor and hayes reportedly crashed her car into

multiple buildings. will: the crassus left one in flames. >> reporter: actress and haitian identified as the driver who crashed into a southern california home after fleeing the scene of another crash. the 53-year-old actors plowed into a home igniting a large fire that involved the house in flames. she was intubated and being treated for burns. a spokesperson for the fire department said it took 69 firefighters in our to put the fire out. no injuries reported. haisch spat off before they could help, struggling on a stretcher at the site as first responders try to transport her to an ambulance, one witnessed recounting the terrifying scene.

>> there were three fire engines and a lot of commotion but the result was the fire that was going on. 200 feet high, had to be pretty severe inside. >> reporter: a neighbor ran to the home rescuing the homeowner and pets. later made an attempt to get haisch out of the vehicle but couldn't, the actress remains intubated at a los angeles hospital, because of the crash under investigation. carley: you feel for the homeowner, we are glad that is okay. she was talking when she got pulled out of the car, she has children, makes you really worried. carley: turning to your headlines three people are dead after being injured by a lightning strike in front of the white house thursday, one

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going around claiming it is the closest star to the sun, the image was captured by the james webb space telescope, but now he is letting the world know the object in the photo was just sausage. he has apologized and tweeted out a real photo of the chariot wheel galaxy. he was trying to raise awareness of space news and he really did. i wouldn't have known that. i would have said sure. will: why not? joe: shows how great mexican food is. it is a prettier star than a star. >> don't believe what you read on the internet but a lot of people do believe what they read on the internet. joe: but do eat it because that looks really good. carley: can we do that? joe: a major general with the

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will: a significant day for joey, 12 years since his life changed forever, he lost both his legs when a iv exploded in afghanistan. carley: a day to celebrate his survival and honor the sacrifice. joe: a couple years ago i sat down at a fox nation special. let's take a look. >> they found 207 ieds, 50 of them. when we woke up. the storage building they

needed to check out. once i realized we were working with the situation where something could be rigged to explosion but we are hereby security for you. i leaned against the wall, cleared the path three times, daniel was 10 yards to my right. i am taking my gear off and wipe the sweat, took a step with my right foot away from the wall and i took one step and everything changed. a cloud of dust came up, felt my body become weightless, i saw it happen in front of me, responded to it happening and stepped on ied. and amazing feeling because you are not knocked out by the

blast, usually -- my head didn't get hit. i was awake the whole time. i reached for a tourniquet. reached my shoulder to grab a tourniquet. my arm came up, almost severed my right arm. looked at what was left of my legs and daniel was on his belly 10 years in the other direction and wasn't moving. my eyes began to swell shut. i never knew if i would make it or not. >> kneeling next to the stretcher, talking to him, so sorry i let you down, speaks to the heart and character, at a time when he's not sure he will make it to work helicopter ride.

joe: they woke me up in a hospital in germany interesting i asked is where is greer? she looked at me, smiled and said don't worry, you will walk again. what was really impactful about that is she didn't tell me what i wanted to hear but what i needed to hear so the truth was daniel greer's family took him off life support the same day and he didn't make it. she told me the most truthful thing she could which is if i focused on me i could walk again. >> i was given a second chance at life. joe: that is a tough thing to watch but i wanted to do that

because it is not about me. the audience that watches this channel, that is about daniel greer, the marines, sailors, airmen, law enforcement officers and agency workers, that last their lives and made the ultimate sacrifice. in 2010 the politics of it, the politics were tight. all we had to believe in was we were there to bring each other home. that was my job. i don't take responsibly, don't feel guilty, i wish i could have seen one more thing. i brought his memory home. carley: what do you remember about daniel? >> he was between knoxville and nashville and i am a big bulldogs fan and we could have

hated each other worse than the caliban because college football, what i remember most, he was a full-time fireman the joined the reserves and begged deployment to go there. he could not wait to use it on an opt to cross those jobs over. he was the proudest dad. had a son before my deployment and made me look forward to getting home because of the way he talked about his own family. will: i had never seen the footage i saw. carley: that was footage of you being carted out of the stretcher. joe: we can go back and look at what we did right and wrong. we had a reporter with us, me

being carted off the battlefield and that was a story of its own and you got to report the truth of war. joe: you can celebrate the life of daniel greer. will: there's an op-ed in the wall street journal, vaccine mandate with national security at risk. florida national guard major general sends the following, it is vital we consider the consequences of enforcing its mandate, potential loss of 1000 unvaccinated guardsmen out of 12,000 total airmen leaving us shorthanded as we enter hurricane season. 1000 soldiers and airmen are deployed on federal missions around the world, since march of 2020 the only loss in readiness has been result of

quarantine requirements, travel restrictions and training cancellations. it is more beneficial than detrimental. joe: true words. the read that and think that is over the partisan? that's the point. i was very much the first half, i walked through a line like a cattle car, got shot in both arms. it was hard for me to say, you don't want to do that. the longer this has gone on, the fact that most americans -- there are things that concern me and when we report all week, detrimental numbers of military it is not leadership to stick to your guns on vista the point you are putting those still in service in danger because they don't have enough brothers and sisters who have their back.

will: to be currently up to date -- carley: when was the last vaccine they should have had? if you are vaccinated a couple years ago -- really quickly, the major general james iver said there has been only 95 us service member deaths attributed to covid 19 according to military population of 2.154 million, similar mortality rate of 0.004% and case survival rate of 99% which shouldn't our military, accepting a health risk. joe: we would love some common sense on this. will: christopher ray admitting something we have known all along. >> i think the border presents significant security issues.

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joe: the border crisis a stark reality for the big apple as the first bus of illegal immigrants from texas arrived yesterday in manhattan. the federal government confronting dangers of open borders as christopher ray was grilled on capitol hill this week. >> i think the border presents significant security issues, there is a wide array of criminal threats we encountered at the border. it represents a significant security issue representing a wide array of criminal threats. joe: here to react is tom homan. you heard that quote.

what is your reaction? is this biden's government acknowledging a crisis at the border? >> where has he been? the follow-up question should have been what are you doing about it? have you heard -- told the white house your concerns, what is the action plan. that should have been the question but here's what people need to understand. don't care what your opinion is on immigration. when you create the crisis that has taken 70%, criminal cartels with drugs move bad people and going to move terrorists. they arrested 53 people on the terrorist watch list already. we create databases because we learn people get visas to come into the united states to blow things up. we create a database, security

program, dod intel database. we have all these databases for bad people who want to come on a plane or get a visa. thousands of people with derogatory information but those systems mean nothing because why put your self-imposed ocean to be vetted and touted by databases when you could walk across the southwest border since president biden became president we have 900,000 people that enter the country illegally got aways, that is drone traffic and central traffic. we know that is a real security issue and glad the fbi director is admitting it but what is the action plan? joe: mayor bowser and mayor adams, one thousand migrants on a bus overall month and they

call that a crisis. if that is a crisis, what is 5,000 people into a border town? what is this migrant surge doing in texas and arizona but through the border where coyotes take them to the east coast? >> i've been on for southwest border a dozen times and muriel bowser and mayor adams, how about calling the white house, telling president biden to secure the border, we did under the trump administration, the playbook is they are, just off the playbook and secure the border. these cities take pride in the fact they are sanctuary city, out of control crime rates, each of these cities release criminal aliens in the streets every day. they used to work with ice, we used to have a dozen agents, now in new york city, you are arrested for violent crime after they are done with you they release you so i these

mayors doing what they can to address the crime rate? no. i've got news for mayor adams, they are coming to new york anyway and you didn't say a damn word when president biden in the middle of the night, that was fine, when a republican governor does it. joe: sanctuary city is a place people ask migrants to come there and that is what they call themselves. the irony is not lost on the american people, thanks for joining us. still ahead hundreds of economists warning the white house the so-called inflation reduction act won't help inflation. what that means for your family right here next. plus. thank you, pete davidson and kim have called it quits. we will catch up with the kardashians.

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helped precipitate the troubling economic client. what does this mean for the middle class? here is an economist, jonathan williams. thank you for being here. we can talk about the ridiculousness of the name inflation reduction act, would like to explore the impact on middle-class families. what will this bill do? >> the land of make-believe in washington dc, talking about reducing inflation with proposals that got us into this like raising, taxing and spending, the idea to raise business taxes, taxes on fuel, businesses don't pay taxes, people pay taxes including the middle-class and when we had trips to the gas pump lately guess what, those proposals

could only raise those prices in various aspects being discussed in washington dc so more of the same, this is a crisis of overspending and overtaxing, not just facing the highest inflation in 40 years but lots of economic growth at the same time. the ideas in the proposal raise taxes on american employers putting it at a disadvantage with competitors overseas, that will raise prices for everyone across the spectrum. will: 230, seem to agree with you as does the cbo who said this would increase inflation, extend obama care subsidies for the wealthy reducing incentives and impose a 15% corporate minimum tax, make that a floor, not a lot of loopholes.

we will indulge the name, inflation reduction act, washington dc has a history of running a deficit, we have tax increases, not enough to cover the amount of spending we print money and if we print money doesn't that increase the supply of money and increase inflation doing the opposite of the name of the bill? >> what we need is go the opposite direction to cut spending in washington. it is clear we don't have a problem with lack of tax revenue. we hit tax revenue numbers time and again but spent faster than taxes are coming in. let's look to common sense what is happening in 50 states. a lot of people don't know this, have balanced budget amendments in the state constitution or state law. washing needs to take a page at the state level, people look at washington as a land of make-believe that say they want

to double down on everything that caused this problem and as the economy is contracting and people like joe manchin has said this, let's not mess, raise taxes on the economy is shrinking, this is economic malpractice what is being discussed now. >> you can tell what a bill is going to to do by its name and assume it will do the opposite of the name of the bill, inflation reduction act, expect the opposite. thank you for being with us this morning. joe: we begin with this. of 37-year-old nurse facing charges of vehicular manslaughter accused of a fiery crash in los angeles thursday. among those killed, a pregnant mom and her one-year-old daughter, shocking video shows her mercedes running the rent late and plowing through a line of traffic at full speed. authorities are checking the suspect's bloodwork to see if

she was driving under the influence, she will be charged monday. now to fox weather alert, folks across the northwest and the great plains sweating it out bracing for dangerous heatwave this weekend, were record-breaking temperatures being described as oppressive by national weather service, temperatures are expected to skyrocket reaching mid high 90s, heat indexes will spike over 100. download the fox weather apps. the love affair is over for kim kardashian and comedian pete davidson after 9 months of dating. a close source of kardashian's said they decided to just be friends blaming long-distance and busy scheduling for the breakup. another sources the duo's age difference contributed, kardashian is 41, davidson is

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the real bad dudes who will run, swim, push-ups, pool ups. most importantly as you mentioned in the lead up it is for good cause. if we could begin, what is it we are doing? why are we remembering these people? >> honoring that day, 30 members killed in afghanistan by the caliban. michael strange along with 29 other americans biggest loss of life in the iraqi and afghan war, biggest loss of life in the history of america, for these men who showed their patriotism and, rotter he to help goldstar families, freedom is not free. >> reporter: appreciate your sacrifice and all your sacrifices. now we are out here and this event seems big to me and intimidating.

what are we going to do? how much will you swim or run? is a challenging? >> very challenging, the fourth annual, comprised of a 2 mile swim, 400 push-ups depending who is running that, 66 pool ups and depending on the current, 3 to 4 mile swim, doing this because navy seals like hard stuff, we love patriotism and just america and this is what we are doing, 200 swimmers. >> reporter: i will get a taste of that, i can't do everything you said but how many push-ups? >> 3 to 400 depending if we start at the beginning. eric: i will do 30 or 40 with you as we get it back together. show me what we are doing. >> we will do 31 push-ups and down. down. down. down. >> can't keep up. >> down.

carley: as you continue those push-ups, keep going. visit g.i. go.org to donate, great cause. will: ray care cash care, adam jumps in the water and takes off his shirt i will say do a few more push-ups to catch up to ray. carley: navy seal at the next level. our next guest after his quick thinking saved several people from an apartment fire, 17-year-old escaped the blaze before grabbing a trampoline and helping his neighbors jump out their window to safety, joining us with his mom, rebecca williams. good morning. we are so glad you are okay and the trampoline and your

apartment buildings it is no longer livable is in the background but we see where the fire broke out. walk us through what happens, you were about to go to bed on tuesday and a fire broke out, you got to safety and what did you do? >> i looked to see if my neighbors were inside and they were so we did what we could to get them out. carley: you were screaming and yelling and telling everybody to get out of the building and some people were trapped. how did you come up with this trampoline idea? >> i was thinking of a bigger towel i guess. carley: you grabbed the trampoline, pooled it from your neighbors property and put it under a window. walk us through that part. >> it was the side of my house which is not far from where it was but drag it to where it

needs to be which is right behind me. carley: how many people used it to get to safety? >> two dogs, two kids, two adults. carley: you saved six lives. rebecca, chime in, your son is hero, how do you feel about this? you weren't in the building, you were at work, you must be proud of your son. >> i am extremely proud. i am amazed at what he did, his quick thinking. i don't think i could have done that if i was in that situation, we can fix a broken bone. i am extremely proud. carley: i understand the building is unlivable. please help me and my family, some people can donate to that so you can get back on your

feet again. thank you so much for joining us. we are glad you were there to save the day, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having us. carley: still ahead, the senate will meet in a few hours as democrats push a massive spending bill, stuart varney is here, probably won't help your family. ♪♪

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patriotic site that never gets old and the backdrop of annual swim across the hudson river to honor lives lost to 9/11 and eleventh anniversary of extortion 17 where 30 service members, military dogs, seven afghan members and interpreter were shot down in a helicopter and they're honoring those lives lost and donate by going to gigo.com. will: the swim, the navy seal swim and two mile swim and one mile run and conflicting on the pull ups and push ups. rachel: it's a lot. will: our buddy has done it twice and it's difficult. i can speak for pete, it's very difficult. i'm going to find out because i've committed myself to do it.

lawrence: aneed a year's worth of training. rachel: you need to be a hero to jump in the hudson river voluntarily. it's not known to be the cleanest body of water. this year, it's not just the service members who are swimming, it's going to be 250 civilians. when one of the years that pete did this, i covered it and i was on the boat. it's really a complete swim too and you jump in the hudson and swim to the statue of liberty and pull ups and push ups and swim to ellis island and hit that as well and another round of pull ups and push ups, and get out and you're so glad when it's over. it's a team building thing, which is really important when you're a veteran. will: yeah, i'd want to wear a wet suit number one and you do military training and we talk about how much military service members rut, they hack a pack. swim asking harder.

all the physical exercises that involve swimming, those are the ones i dreaded and maybe i didn't foot well to begin with, those were always difficult. will: a fox news alert, the senate is holding a weekend session to work on the economic package. lawrence: democrats removed a portion of the bill. rachel: we're joined from washington with more. alexandria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the part that would have taxed big investors not part of the recent version and would gain arizona senator kirstin sinema's support in this and democrats and the white house argue this will all lower inflation. >> leading economists have said that this inflation reduction act that's been analyzed by

them, looked at by these economists will indeed reduce inflation. we've heard from 126 leading economists including seven noble price winners, they say it'll put downward pressure on inflation. >> reporter: but more than 200 economists warn that the bill spikes inflation and within it the irs itself stand to gain $80 billion enabling the hiring of 80,000 new agents more than capable of upping audits on the middle class and check out the breakdown there. congressman kevin brady wrote "value shoppers at wal-mart and other retailers struggling with higher prices and more expensive fuel to drive to the store will get hit with 710,000 additional audits thanks to the mansion, biden, democrat will. it sames to tackle deficit reduction, healthcare, and climate". u.s. auto makers say 70% of u.s. electric vehicle models are not eligible for tax credits under this. the senate will need all 50

votes for the legislation to move forward. think about it this way, one positive covid case could through the whole thing off course. guys. will: thank you, alexandria. let's bring in the host of varney and company. >> good morning. can i say something off the top? the inflation reduction act of 2022 will not reduce inflation, it will not cut the deficit. it will not result in anything good for american families. let me get the list here. it will not cut the deficit, it will not restore america's energy independence and the irs will not just be going after rich people's tax loopholes, they're going after middle america and small companies. this is an awful, mis-mash of bad policy. that's my opinion. will: they'll go after the middle class, stuart, but not the rich, wealthy, hedge fund investors. you're on fox business. i'm curious where your perspective is on this. i don't want to get into the weeds of the interest tax

loophole preserved, but sure seems like a buy off and a give away to hedge funds to get kirstin sinema's vote. >> if you're a hedge fund manager and make money on your hedge fund, that's a profit on your hedge fund and usually the manager take 20s% of the profits. that 20% is not taxed as income to the hedge fund manager, it's taxed as a capital gain with a 20% tax rate. if it were taxed as income accident might go up to a 37% tax rate and called the carried interest. huge advantage for hedge fund managers. they stays. carried interest stays. they're going to get that preferential treatment and that's what senator sinema negotiated for and got. it's a give away to the hedge fund managers of the world. carly: 230 economists agree this is not going to do what the name of the bill is. one of them his name is jonathan williams, will interviewed him and take a listen to what he had to say here.

>> we're talking about this idea of supposedly reducing inflation with proposals that got us into this problem in the first place such as raising taxing and spending and things like the idea in the package to raise business taxes, to raise taxes on fuel. let's not forget businesses don't pay taxes. people pay taxes, including the middle class and when we've all had those painful trips to the gas pump lately, this proposal would only raise those prices in various aspects of a proposal being discussed in washington dc today. once again, more of the same. this is a crisis of overspending and overtaxing. carly: so, stewart, expand pond that because it's really important. this bill looks like it's going to pass, at least in the senate possibly this weekend. what does this mean for the american people if this bill passes, what happens to families watching right now? >> i'd like to add one more thing to the mix, we may have missed this and forgotten about it. yesterday, china withdrew from all climate negotiations.

they just pulled out. meanwhile we, in this new bill, we're going to spend $400 billion on climate and energy. in other words, they keep polluting and do nothing about it. we sacrifice by spending $400 billion, which we don't have, to improve the energy and environmental security. carly: and a $7,500 tax crete for families making up to $300,000 a year to buy electric vehicles. who does that benefit? that's a gift to china too. >> yes, it's a give away. it's a terrible thing. lawrence: it was a good week for jobs. over 528,000 jobs added in the month of july and this is coming on the heels or at the same time that major employers like wal-mart are doing layoffs. i guess the question s about a month ago i remember the administration saying those numbers are old when they were bad. so are these numbers old and is

the country going in a different direction now? >> no, the labor market, the job market was very strong all the way through july. that's a fact. half million new jobs in the month of july. smaller and lower unemployment rate, 3.5%. okay, that's july. there are every sign now that layoffs are beginning to increase. we've seen layoffs on wall start, layoffs at wal-mart, and i think this layoff trend could get worse because the federal reserve is going to raise interest rates. they are raising interest rates. that squeezes employers and inflation is rising, that squeezing employers and the result is layoffs. i think we're right at the cusp where the labor market goes from being fairly strong to where it's weakening. that's where we are now. carly: some people responded to that number, over 500,000 jobs added and saying that's proof we're not in a recession. >> well, it is hard to argue that we're in a recession when you create 500,000 new jobs in a month. i would say we're in a slow down

with a technical recession in the background. carly: wow. >> that's double talk. double talk, i know it. sorry about that. will: call upon what joey and eluding to, how much stock can i put in that number? half a million jobs added and at the same time labor force stagnant at best and looking anecdotally at best and we're looking at every company saying i can't find enough people to work or people won't take jobs. we have people in the gig economy taking multiple jobs. something is not all adding up here, stuart. >> you're absolutely right. it's a strong job market and yet it's a weakening job market. how do you explain all of a sudden 500,000 new jobs in one month. is there something within that report which i'm missing and don't understand? maybe so: but we've got a strong job market last month and weakening now. i think we're going into a much worse situation because as the

fed raises interest rates, the recession, the technical recession we're now in will become more obvious in the future. carly: there's a survey that just came out from west health and gallop showing in the last six months -- this is the question they asked, in the last six months, which of the following, if any, have you done because of higher healthcare prices in the united states? 26% delayed or avoided medical care or purchasing prescription drugs because of prices, 17% of people drove less, 10% cut back on utilities, 6% skipped a meal, 6% boar lowed -- borrowed money and 38% said one or more of those i listed, 38% of american adults represented an estimated 98 million people. that's proof positive people are hurting right now. >> if you go back to the pandemic lockdown, a lot of people didn't go for their check ups, didn't get tested or treatment. a lot of people missed out on healthcare for significant period of time.

now we're beginning to see that some of those conditions, which were not detected during the pandemic, are there and getting worse. now we find that healthcare is getting much more expensive and people are withdrawing from treatment, and the healthcare situation bad during the pandemic is a little worse now because of inflation. we're not getting any better here. people do skip up on -- skip out on treatments and going to the doctor. i did. i think a lot of people did. joey: you know, what i think is the american people are resilient and they know how to get by. they know how to get through something. doesn't necessarily mean they should have to right now. we have a country full of opportunity. >> do something about inpolice station for heaven's sake. get to grip withs it because that's the fundamental problem hurting everybody. get to grips with it. we're not getting grips with it. we're just not. inflation act of 2020 does not reduce it. will: what are you talking about about, they just passed the inflation reduction act.

talk about china for a moment. china pulmod out of the climate change talks and they're the largest prosecutor along with india, not even close. we're going to control our climate here and turn down the a/c in america and that'll affect the global climate as china pulls out. everywhere we turn -- i don't know, stuart, we can't figure out how to negotiate this relationship. on one hand nancy pelosi is over there on a vanity trip that's seemingly upset the chinese and they've pulled out and will stop regulating fentanyl coming over as well and now american corporations are bowing to china. latest is apple's suppliers take made in taiwan off of the products. >> look, they've got leverage. china is a huge market, especially for apple. they build their iphones in china, and it's a huge market for their iphones. they have leverage over us. they are in a position to say, you know, apple, we don't like you using that word taiwan on labeling.

can you knock it off. they will because china has leverage. there's a lot of money at stake here. carly: it's like hollywood. they do that stuff all the time. stuart: if you're running apple or any major business in china, would you pull out? your shareholders would go nuts. board of directors would fire you. you're not operating in the interest of the company. will: what would you do when chough nay wants all your private debt on america. what would you do when you compromise american security and keep asking the questions and you'll get to a dangerous place. >> at some point you've got to stand up and maybe not right there for app and will taiwan. joey: it's not just woke corporations and they're buying farmland and entertainment culture. at some point we have to wake up and say it's worth protecting what is american culture. >> senator rick scott was on my show yesterday, republican from florida, and said every american should right now send back

anything that you've bought from china. comes in the mail, send it back. don't take it. carly: feels like a one way relationship and we're constantly apologizing to china. have you ever heard them once ever saying they're story to us over anything? i don't think so. will: stuart, thank you so much. >> great to see you. will: a new additional headlines, ten people including three children killed in a pennsylvania house fire yesterday. all the victims related to volunteer fire fighter harold baker who was one of the first responders. it's a tragic scene. the victims include his son, daughter, and three grandchildren. police are looking at a complex criminal investigation. the funeral for indiana congresswoman jackie with, alorski set for sunday morning. the vehicle crossed the center line and collided with another car. house speaker pelosi and indiana governor ordered flags at the

capitol and across the state of indiana to fly at half staff till the funeral. congresswoman walorski was 58 and is survived by her husband dean. students may ask to be called by gender neutral pronouns and list unusual difficult pronounce choices. what were they? nay, ze, something like that. the director of outreach for parents defending education told fox news "this is part of a national effort of schools to break the binary by confusing young children about by-logical sex indock reigns leading nating them into believing gender is a spectrum". my pronouns are move on. fox news digital is testing our culinary knowledge with their

latest sandwich quiz. let's take a bite into the first question. a sandwich quiz, okay. are there mics up because i want participation. when and where was the original sandwich created? multiple choice. stuart will nail this. in 1802 in switzerland, 1702 in italy or 1776 in united states? joey: d, of course. carly: i'll say a. >> can i get into this? definitely b, the earl of sandwich is the first. carly: need that one because stuart is on the couch with us. will: here's another one, a classic reuben has corn beef, swiss cheese and russian dressing. what is the missing ingredient? sauerkraut, grilled onion, tomato, or peppers?

>> a. will: a. joey: a. carly: it is sauerkraut. i need -- was that a reuben? will: that's a reuben. pay attention, a cuben includes ham, roasted pork, mustard, pickles and what type of cheese? cheddar, swiss, feta, or prove lean. let's see if carly can get one right. carly: swiss. joey: swiss it is. will: italian sub with cruored meats and lettuce, dressing and what else? peppers, mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese, arugula, and provolone cheese. which one? joey: i would put on peppers and mozzarella 6789 carly: c. nobody got it right, it's b.

will: just provolone. joey: you can add peppers. carly: is there a typical italian sub? you can do whatever you want. joey: there's a plate full of food in front of me but that reuben looks really good. that is eating right, will, you're eating right here and right now. >> i'll take this one closest to me. joey: you grabbed the reuben so carly country get to try it. carly: i'll try this one: wonder what this is: this is a philly cheese steaks deiah. wow. did you know you'd be eating sandwiches when you came to join us on fox and friends. >> ask&you may never take photos of the queen of england eating. carly: delicious. not national sandwich day but

thank you foxnews.com for providing that quiz so we could eat. brittney griner could spend nine years in prison or come home in weeks and the potential exchange for the merchant of death for her freedom. joey: we're testing out our green thumb and the plant trends to fit any size space coming up on the fox quiz.

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carley: we're back with a fox news alert, taiwan says chinese ships carried out attack simulation exercise. china rehearsed an attack on the island today as part of beijing's retaliation for visit by house speaker nancy pelosi. it sentedderred on six locations around the island and will reportedly last till midday tomorrow. joey, over to you. joey: with more on what's going on with russia, brittney griner sentenced to nine years in russian prison this week for smuggling a cannabis vape pen into the country. the american basketball star could come home in weeks as the white house reportedly discuss swapping an arm's dealer for her

freedom. we have defense intelligence agency offer rebecca with us. >> thank you for having me. joey: we had this debate yesterday on the 5, brittney griner pled guilty and admitted to bringing the vape pen into russia and got nine years in prison. is that a fair trial? >> no, i don't believe there's a fair trial in russia, especially with a high-profile case. she got almost the maximum that one can get in the situation. typically in the similar situations, the russians either get parole or maximum of five to six years. joey: just to go over what this merchant of death is accused of or has been convicted of is conspiracy to kill americans, conspiracy to deliver antiaircraft missiles and aiding a terrorist organization. if this swap goes through to

trade someone this high profile of a killer or a merchant for a celebrity, is that unprecedented? i mean is our government making a mistake by handing him back over? >> 100% our government is making a big tragic mistake. this mistake will really endanger more americans. we can potentially save two people but think about this, putin's play book of hostage diplomacy works every time. the obama administration gave back ten sleeper agents. you know, in the return for four russians, not even americans. then the biden administration just gave up the most -- world's most dangerous cyber criminal so the russians are just going to continue this type of hostage diplomacy and also president biden with the stroke of a pen will potentially undo years of work and millions of u.s.

taxpayer's dollars that are going to these operations because boot was nabbed in a sting operation conducted by our da drug enforcement agency operatives supported by dozens of analyst and support personnel and all of that will be boom, and it will teach putin that his play book works. joey: paul weiland is potentially coming home in that trade also. president soft and average lindg talks with russia for his conversation. what is china's interest here? >> china benefits from russia being in control of ukraine. here's why. first of all, russia and china announced strategic partners and they've been deepening their economic and military ties since

putin's invasion on ukraine. in fact, they've announced in the run up to putin's invasion on february 24 a no limits partnership. with regard to nancy pelosi's generated standoff between the united states and china, the russians fully backed the chinese and the two situations, russia and ukraine and the russians wanted to absorb ukraine back under their control of fear and influence and taiwan and china are viewed similarly, and that's why xi jinping is watching closely what's happening with that. joey: i could talk to you all day. you gave me a book i will absolutely read. thank you for joining us, and i think we're all together in hoping that the world becomes a better place for not only ukraine and what's happening in taiwan, but those two americans that come home too. >> thank you, joey, for your service and sacrifice. it's because of people like you that america is free and we're protected from foreign adversaries.

joey: yes, ma'am, rebekah koffler. the push for bell reform is next. a police officer rocks the stage with a talented 8-year-old and the heart warming video is coming up.

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♪ so i climbed into the cab, and then i settled down inside ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man ♪ ♪ of travel i've had my share, man ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere ♪ ♪♪ bodega clerk charged with murder for defending himself against the violent assailant said he's ditching new york for the dominican and telling the new york post "he's not going back to work at the bodega. he's taking a break fighting with his trauma and he's afraid for his life". meanwhile small business owners in new york city are begging

governor cathy hochul and other lawmakers to change current bail laws. let's speak to united bodega workers of america. jose alba is being forced to flee the country for his safety. >> listen, what happened to jose alba was traumatizing. this is an older man that went to work every day and unfortunately now he has to flee the country because of the threat to his life. we believe that bail reform wasn't meant for anyone other than first time nonviolent offenders. bail reform has been misinterpreted by judges, by district attorneys, by everyone. people are calling for bail reform to end. victims are calling for it to end. small businesses are calling for it to end, and most importantly mayor adams is calling for it to

end. we need to make sure that new york city has a governor that's going to listen to the needs of the city. the city is the driving force behind the state of new york and when the mayor of new york city is asking governor hochul to change the laws, it's because it's needed. mayor adams was a cop. he made arrests, he understands what it is to lock someone up for committing a crime and then seeing them in hours back on our street. small businesses are fed up with this and we're not going to take it any longer. carley: fernando, you're absolutely right and this week governor adams drew attention to the fact that ten criminals in new york city -- criminals in new york city have collectively been arrested 500 times for committing that many crimes but governor hochul said bail reform laws were tweaked and discretion to charge we pete offenders and

she's saying the work has been done and changes were made and nothing more to do here. what's your reaction to that? >> absolutely not. the work hasn't started. mayor adams is trying to undo eight years of bill de blasio destroying our city and getting businesses to come back and businesses that have fled. new york city is a ghost town. it's not a city without small businesses. small business people are fed up. they can't put up with looters, shoplifters, assaulters. i think mayor adams wants to dot right thing and has to dot right thing for new york -- do the right thing for new yorkers, but we need a governor that's going to work with him. we cannot have the stress that we put up with governor cuomo and mayor de blasio, that cannot ever happen again. new york city needs to come back, we need to support our mayor, we need to support our

small businesses. we need to take our city back and make it safe. bail reform should be for first time, nonviolent offenders. not for serial repeat offenders and people that constantly break the law. carley: fernando, keep speaking out. you're a great messenger to deliver this very, very important message. best of luck to you and all the workers out there that keep the country going and do not deserve what's going on in new york city. we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thank you. carley: very welcome. still ahead, another day, another report tieing hunter biden foreign business dealings to his father. miranda devine has the new revelations coming up next. plus, we're checking back in with adam clock at liberty state park for the annual navy sale state swim. him and his floaties are coming up next.

will: more records reveal back in 2019 then president biden had a white house meeting with two chinese executives and his 15th meeting with the businessmen tied to his son hunter biden. one of those businessmen e-mailed hunter days later and thanked him for the meeting and offered to repair hunter's $100,000 electric vehicle.

he said i heard you say your face car was out of service and could not get service and it would be our honor to get it fixed. i would like to give you a call to see what we could do to help you with your car. it would be our honor to help you. joining us now to react is fox news contributor miranda devine. miranda, just the details, once again. you know, with all these details, we're up to 15 meetings with this one company alone and other connections as well. you would think, miranda, at some point for example the fbi would say, this is interesting. maybe we should look into this. >> hi, will, you would think that and you would think the white house might answer one or two questions on this issue instead of standing by joe biden's repeated insistence that he knows nothing about his son hunter's overseas business dealings. there are at least a dozen as

you, 15 now, recordings of joe biden having met with hunter biden's business parters, most of them that we have records of on the laptop and from white house logs, et cetera, are overseas business partners including chinese. now this association that hunter biden had with this chinese company through his lobbying firm in 2012, this was occurring at a time when president obama appointed joe biden as his vice president as his point man for china with the aim of controlling or stemming china's increased expansionism. of course that didn't work. joe biden failed miserably in that task and hunter and his

brother got rich through that task. this company we're talking about back in 2012 was in business with a client of hunter's, of his company, cinica global advisers and president xi jinping, was vice president at that time, came to america and had dinner and lunches with joe biden, the vice president, weeks within him being appointed as china's point man. they then both went to la together and unveiled this $1.25 million merger between hunter's business partner and this company. will: you know, miranda, this week christopher wray, the head of the fbi spoke and i interviewed people and he told me how little the fbi was in the information. now there's whistle blowers and

wray says that's concerns. but concerning is not enough. why so little interest from the fbi? >> it's incredible. really, you listen to christopher wray testifying and he's like mr. magoo. he can't see anything. he doesn't seem to know who his own fbi people are. he's been to multiple -- read multiple letters by chuck grassley for example alerting him there was an agent and analyst actively intervening in the fbi's investigation into hunter biden or derogatory information coming to the fbi about hunter biden, which would include the material from the laptop which they'd had since december 2019, the actual laptop, and would include in october 2020 material given to the fbi. will: it's stunning, miranda, it really is and should lead to other questions about exactly

what's going on at the fbi. miranda devine, always great to talk to you, thank you. >> thanks, will. will: you heard me mention that we interviewed the delaware laptop repair shop owner. hear it in his own words on the will cain podcast and on youtube and watch that in partnership with "fox & friends" and up to over 4 million views, go make it 4,000,001. carly, over to you. carley: los angeles city council voting unanimously yesterday to decide whether or not to put homeless people in hotel rooms. the council was to vote immediately but decided to let the people of la decide on the controversial matter on the 2024 ballot. many homeowners in the city are furious over the issue saying adopting the policy would put their guests and staff in danger. and a dance duo to remember. this san pablo police officer

shares the stage with an 8-year-old, ivan, in a synchronized dance at the department's national night out event on tuesday. the two were breaking it down to pretty young thing, had the crowd dancing and cheering alongside them. the officer saying in a facebook post that he's grateful for the support and is looking forward to working more to strengthen the bond between police and community. that's how you get it done. love to see that. joey: let's check back in with adam live from liberty state park for the navy seals hudson river skim. looks like he's -- swim. lookslike he's running now. what's up, adam? >> reporter: yeah, i'm out here running and jason and i were bum that had we had to wear shirts since all the guys were not wearing shirts behind us. we're not shy we just had to do

it because it's a requirement to wear the microphones. >> reporter: hey, guys, we're here for the fourth annual running of the navy seal hudson river swim here at the beautiful statue of liberty and this swim is amazing and it's the eleventh anniversary of extortion 17, the downing of our helicopter and all our team members, we lost so many guys on that helicopter and 30 americans, teammates. this swim is about patriotism, about navy seals coming together and doing hard things. it is about just bringing people together and veterans helping veterans. >> reporter: and we're raising money to help the veterans; right? >> reporter: that's right, gi go fund is helping transition veterans to the civilian world and it's a really tough thing. it's amazing in support of all the americans and people coming together. amazing sponsors like massive supplements, sun belt rentals, all of them coming together to help the veterans. >> reporter: running is apart of this and swimming is a part of

this and that's the big part and we'll be swimming next hour. i'm nervous about it, guys, i'm feeling better as we're running. tossing it back to you. will: get you a big mouthful of the hudson, adam. joey: you're looking good out there. i'm impressed. carley: he did an interview running too. i can't get over that image of navy seals running with giant american flags in hudson river in front of the statue of liberty. it's beautiful. gigo.org if you want to donate. joey: we're testing out our green thumb on the fox square with plant trends to fit any space. stay with us.

carley: in the final weeks of summer, we're doing a little digital detox and putting our green thumb to the test. >> today we have the -- -- will: joining us now is vicki and mickey. guys, what's going on? >> good morning. thanks for having us. carley: what are some of the

plant trends this summer? what should people be buying? >> we have a couple over here. this is called the super hass avocado. carley: bigger, creamer. i've never seen an avocado plant. >> you can grow them indoors in a container and within a year they make fruit really easy and better than the regular hass. this is a mango. the best quality mango in the world. carley: one of the best. everybody knows mangos for strings. this is scoop and eat. what's next? >> the olive. they make one of the best indoor plants and have beautiful green leaves and can be grown in a container and spruce up inside of any house. will: these are all indoors 1234 1234? >> yeah. >> no special containers. >> they look great for your space. carley: let's do it. let's repot. >> this has been repotted already and we'll do this one.

first step is you want to get container about one and a half to two times the size of your plant. we have it here. you want holes for drain age. carley: we've done the drainage and have rocks in here, pebbles. that's also helping with your drainage. it's very important. will: that goes in first? carley: yep. >> take the plants out. will: throw the rocks? >> there you go. will: both of these? i want more rocks. >> the more the better. then you want to take the plant, take it out and drop it right in. drop it right in. will: easy enough. joey: do you keep growing the says of the pot, how often do you get bigger? >> about 25-gallon you're good to go. you want to pack it in really well. you want to pack them in. pack them in. get your hands dirty. get them dirty. will: oh, okay. listen, this was a lot of fun. we're going to go to a

plantogram.com to buy mickey and vicki's plants and get 10% off any order with code "fox & friends". >> thank you, guys. carley: i feel very productive doing this as well. joey: still ahead, a full list of guests.

joey: welcome back. good morning and hello. that's live from the hudson river where the navy seals host annual swim to honor the lives lost and 17 navy seals were

killed with 30 person service member along with 8 others. it's august 6, 2020, august 6, 2011 was that day and we remember it in infamy. we honor those people and today is also just an important day for me, will. will: it is, we appreciate you sharing this story with us. it is your live day. joey: yeah. will: yeah, 12 years to the day when your life was changed forever in afghanistan. we know your story. lost your legs and lost your good friend as well. joey: yeah, that's the most important part. i live in honor of daniel greay and every marine i served with and soldier that we left there but we brought home. we brought them home in our hearts and memories home. daniel grear being the one that's closest to me. carley: you shot a piece on fox nation with danielle and your

live day. joey: yeah, i can't watch much of it without tears coming to my eyes and it's monument mountains of what to be a marine and they said nice things about me and it touched me. carley: let's watch the piece. joey: before the opportunistic was over with, they found 207ieds and kilometers and worked almost 50 of them in the first five days i was there. when we woke up on the sixth morning, daniel grear and engineers found things in a storage building they needed us to check out. daniel stayed ready with his rifle and once i realized things could be rigged to blow. i staid take a few steps back and daniel said no, we're here to provide security for you. that's who he was. so i leaned up against the wall, we had cleared that whole path three times, daniel was about 1.

i had taken my gear off and wiped the sweat out and put it back on and took a step with my right foot away from the wall and i took that one step, everything changed. a big cloud of dust came up, i felt my body become weightless, and i knew instantly what had happened. i seen it happen in front of me, i'd responded to it happening to others, and i'd stepped on an ied. it was this amazing feeling because you're not knocked out by a blast. usually people go unconscious because their head gets >> reporter: my head didn't get hit so i was awake the whole time joey: i went to reach for a tourniquet because i could see my legs were gone. i came up to grab the tourniquet and my arm came up by my hand was in my lap because it almost severed my right arm.

daniel was on his belly 10 yards in the other direction now looking back at me and he wasn't movie. they carried me off the battlefield and my eye began to swell shut and they took grear off as well and i didn't know if i was going to make it or not but it was part of the gig, you know. >> so i was kneeling next to him and his stretcher and talking to him. he said, sir, i'm so sorry i let you down. you know, just speaks to the heart and character of a marine like sergeant jones at a time he's not sure he'll make it through a helicopter ride, all his thoughts are with the rest of us. joey: two days later they woke me up in a hospital in germany and i asked the nurse where's grear and looked at me and smiled and said, don't worry, hon, you'll walk again. what was really impactful about that moment that took me years to understand was she didn't

tell me what i wanted to hear. she told me what i needed to hear in that moment. the truth was corporal daniel grear's family was taking him off life support in that same day if not in that very moment and he didn't make it. she told me the most positive and truthful thing she could was if i focused on me, i would walk again. i feel great. i didn't lose my legs. i was given a second chance at life. will: just an incredible story. one we're honored you're sharing with us on this anniversary, joey. joey: yeah, listen, i wasn't alone that day. i worked as a two man team. i had staff sergeant eric cher, a marine with me and he was tech technically my team leader and worked with him through the whole deployment. i don't talk with him much and, eric, if you're out there watching, i'm thinking about you and let's connect. carley: what do you remember

most about the military member who lost his life? will: daniel grear. joey: he was a big ut vols fan and marine engineers real quick, they have a job of helping find ieds and can use explosives as tools and marine techs are bomb techs and take ieds apart and go into details of how they're made and touch on each other's job and sometimes we don't play well together, and daniel was never that with us. we always felt supported. i think daniel may have had aspirations of looking into going eod after the deployment, but he was a marine engineer and specific job was different than ours and one we work with closeically he did it so well and so proudly and so rare you didn't see him with a smile on his face and loved talking about his wife stacey and son ethan. thinking about them today as well. will: re-appreciate daniel and you as well, joey. carley: thank you for sharing that with us. will: new report out of the

daily mail saying vice president 2014 joe biden met with two chinese energy executives in the west wing. now, these are or were the 15th meeting between these businessmen and then vice president joe biden and just days after that meeting, a letter -- i believe it was a letter or e-mail, it was an e-mail was sent to hunter biden. you can make up your own minds whether or not it's quid pro quo, but it was offering hunter biden, hey, we heard during the trip your $102,000 luxury electric vehicle a fisker might be having trouble finding service and we here are at your service. carley: will, you spoke to miranda devine, nobody covers this story quite like her. she's all over it. take a listen to what she had to say about president joe biden's influence making and huntedder biden. watch this. >> president obama appointed joe

biden his vice president as his point man for china with the aim of controlling or stemming china's increased expansionism. of course that didn't work. joe biden failed miserably in that task. his son hunter and brother jim got very rich through his chinese influence and this particular company we're talking about back in 2012 was in business with a client of hunter's, of his company, cenica global advisers, and president xi jinping, at that point was vice president, actually came to america and had dinners and lunches with joe biden. will: i think the take away today, look, this continues to mount. at some point i imagine for the viewer is like, oh, look, another example of potential corruption tied to hunter. the take away today is on the

heels of listening to fbi director christopher wray this week say, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's concerning and that being the extent of the fbi's interest into corruptions at the highest levels of the american government, we should wonder why their priorities and projects report on this and symbols of domestic terrorism like gagged and flagged or betsy ross flagyl flag -- flag as illustrated on my socks and the highest level of american government corruption. joey: all the flags and the betsy ross flag, i've got two of those tattooed on my body and i'm two-thirds of a guy and two-thirds of a terrorist apparently. that's offensive to me and that bothers me that we have a government agency using things like patriotic symbols to investigate americans while the

first son has this laptop of just absolute chaos that he just randomly leaves at a computer shop and not only do we hear it's russian information and the new york timeses admit it's legitimate, we don't understand why they're not vigorously looking into this. i'm not saying the president is compromised, i don't know. the fact that i can't say there's no way he's compromised, that's concerning and deserves an investigation. carley: yeah, we're asking these questions because there were these whistle blowers that came forward to senator chuck grassley and that's really leading the senate investigation into hunter biden and they said that the fbi when they got their hands on hunter biden's laptop because the laptop repairman gave it to the fbi after seeing really concerning things on it, that they were saying that it was russian misinformation,

disinformation so all along we've been saying this was a media cover up. it may not be the media that was covering this up. it actually could be coming directly from the fbi. will: no doubt. as the american people we have to ask ourselves and we are asking ourselves, what institutions have retained any semblance of trust. what institutions have really lived up to their historical gravitas as they turn revolutionary war and texas revolutionary war symbols and the gonzalez flag, into domestic terrorism symbols. we should have real questions about the fbi carley: absolutely. now to headlines, actress anne hays in critical condition after crashing into multiple buildings leaving one home engulf in flames. she crashed into a parking garage and speeding away and crashing into a home and causing a fire. the cause of the crashes are under investigation. no other injuries have been

reported. alex jones is ordered by a texas jury to pay more than $45 million to the parents of a 6-year-old child who was killed in the 2012 sandy hook massacre. the child's parents saying jones' hoax claims compounded their grief and left them afraid for their lives. this is in addition to the 4 million he was ordered to pay for claiming the shooting was a hoax. former nba player and espn analyst jaylen rosements tomente term mount rushmore. >> can we cancel the term mount rushmore? that should be offensive to all of us, especially native americans. the first people here before christopher columbus, that land was stolen from them. carley: he says the monument was built on top of the dead bodies of native americans. those are unfortunately your

headlines or at least that last one was. espn -- will. will: i'm friends with jaylen and that's an absurd at the same at the sametime and absurd -- sd absurd take. joey: why is that take trending? will: guilt is in fashion. the idea that america itself was conceived of original sin. the world's history is one of conquer. every people conquered one before them. the lakota indians and sioux indians took that land from previous tribes. joey: they took it very resently before we did. that's the story of that land and of the country before we settled it. will: story of the world. joey: exactly. carley: at mount rushmore, they honor native americans. there's one that honored native americans alongside mount rushmore and it serves dual

purposes celebrating american history, culture, and traditions and those of native americans so i think maybe it is, joey, like you said the trendy thing to say but doesn't make it right. joey: yeah, a full scope of history allows us to understand all about native american culture and the tragedies that happen along the way. will: no doubt. joey: join hands and celebrate the amazing country we built. will: no doubt. joey: i don't know why that's difficult, i really don't. will: coming up, tensions over taiwan and china is reportedly practicing attack exercises and america delays own missile test and adviser on this message of weakness that's being sent. carley: be careful what you wish for. texas sent a bus filled with illegal immigrants to the bordew york. how the so-called sanctuary city mayor reacted coming up next.

joey: taiwan officials say the chinese military carried out attack simulation exercise on the island following anne nancy pelosi's trip to the nation.

beijing halting climate talks with our country and the pentagon delayed an intercontinental ballistic test from angering the regime more. here to react is christian widen. good morning and thank you for joining us. >> good morning. joey. joey: we have speaker pelosi planning this trip in secret and believed the white house leaks it. she has to go on the trip or it'll make us look weak and she does. if we take a step back, did the timing of this trip cause problems or was is smart? >> we shouldn't allow our scheduled to be influenced by the chinese communist party and it was awkward in the sense it have the 95th anniversary of the people's liberation army and it was scheduled early in the speaker's tenure and probably final year of office, but it was

delayed and so it probably wasn't intentional. it's also in the run up to the time before the people's liberation -- excuse me. the chinese communist party has its every five year congress this fall so xi jinping is dealing with a lot of things now and dealing with taiwan and dealing with economy in a tail spin because of a real estate crisis and on the other hand they're the ones that have made a big deal out of this. there's that. joey: you know, the one china policy came out of a sever between russia and china, the scene of chinese relations dissolved and we came in and took advantage and nixon famously did so. now we look at where we are now and china and russia are coming closer together and ukraine on one hand and conservatives have been warning about taiwan for awhile. should we see these exercises and china's reaction as status quo posturing or is there a real chance china will take action on taiwan seeing this as their best opportunity?

>> right. you know. the one china policy probably made a lot of sense when it happened and divided the soviet union or chief adversary at the time from china but today any american that goes to china and taiwan realizes these are very two different countries and it's obsolete. you're right these are alarming exercises that are taking place. there's a real question of china, despite spending billions on arm's build up has the capability to take taiwan and confidence to do this. it probably doesn't this time. 19 out of 20 times, this is just chinese posturing and them expressing anoer and they think they can get away with it because of the weakness we've seen from joe biden and there's an outside chance of a war and incidentally people are focused on the taiwan straight as flash point for a war and if there were a war with china, this would be bigger and encompass the entire pacific rim or western part and disrupt our economy and supply chain and imports.

joey: could taiwan defend itself today or would it require u.s. munitions and involvement to defend itself? >> that's a big question. chinas hasn't been in a war since 1979 when they got in a border war with vietnam and got their nose bloodied and it's different than rolling into ukraine as putin has done. it requires a maritime invasion that's tricky and the trump administration expedited things to turn taiwan into a porcupine as they cowelled it. called it. these are quick weapons that can be delivered quickly unlike bigger ticket items like fighter jets or submarines that take longer to build. that's a real question that people have and jessica mitchell ping would have this -- xi jinping would have that question in his mind and the trend lines are going in the wrong direction and the $7 trillion in extra money we've spent as a result of covid, not a dime has gone to increase our force posture in the pacific, which has deteriorated as we've pursued wars in nation buildings and

middle eastern back waters and ukraine is a drain and we're attempting them. joey: christian, thank you for joining us and your expertise and hope it gets settled soon. >> thanks, joey. joey: all right, straight ahead, america's top health authority is being accused of promoting puberty blockers and even surgery for transgender kids. our next guest say there's less drastic options we should consider long before surgery. we discuss after the break.

will: american's top child health authority is being accused of promoting puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children and critics of the american academy of pediatrics say the organization is pushing kids towards drug cocktails and eventually surgery instead of offering less drastic, nondrug therapy approaches. we have dr. jeanette here with

us and director and founder of gen speck and psychotherapist. stella, it's hard to approach this subject calmly. it's one that inspires outrage i think for many of us. how is it that the american academy of pediatrics goes straight towards a drug cocktail that in many instances has been used for chemical castration of those that have been convicted of child molestation? how is this where the pediatrics of america are pushing children? >> yeah. thank you for asking. it is a very hard subject to speak about. it's very torn. it's very controversial. i'm a lifelong liberal and a lefty and i command fox news who aren't life-long liberals and lefties for giving some attention to this because it is a shocking subject and it feels very uncomfortable just to talk about it. what has seemed to have happen

second-degree that the aaps, the american academy of pediatrics have chosen to be very committed to one approach towards gender dysphoria in children. this approach is a very, very aggressive interventionist approach. it gives an awful lot of medication to children from a very young age and it's child led instead of child centers as far as soon as a child declares their identity, the adult needs to follow the child and that is a very staged process. might be as young as frankly 2 years old, the very strong advocate proposes that, you know, children as young as 2 can have gendered communications because they might pull off their barrettes or change their onesie, but the point is a child as very young children can socially change their condition and name and pronounces and go to different toilets and children from puberty onwards might get puberty blockers that

suppressing their social development and sexual awakening that might take place during adolescent and say it's to break the spell of childhood. when we go into adolescent, we move into becoming sexual being over that process and that's blocked by puberty blockers and then cross x hormones and onto surgery. it's a very, very heavy treatment. will: you know, let's pick up there. i want to bring in the doctor. there's a strong sense among the medical associations that gender affirming is the phrase for transgender youth and adolescent and guidelines for appropriate treatment have been carefully developed. what do you say to that? >> the fact is, will, their policy came out years ago, and they are not willing to look at and review the safety, the efficacy, and long-term consequences of what these drugs, hormones and irreversible surgery can do to them in the

long run. when there's a child suffering from gender dysphoria, this is a disconnect, a mismatch between how they feel and what a doctor assigned them as a gender at birth. it's a serious and sensitive issue that has to be taken very seriously because specifically there's a very high suicidal rate among transgender adolescents and they're almost eight times more likely to commit suicide than their cisgender peers and see the aap only wanting to push drugs and hormones and surgical conventions rather than taking a conservative approach like psychotherapy, they're making a mistake. it's unethical, it's immoral, and it's inappropriate and they need to be open minded to looking at the big picture. will: it's outrage yous. outrageous. stella, let's go back to the puberty blockers. if the child decides later they're not trans, the puberty blockers are not a big deal.

they can go off them. is that medically sound? >> no, about 98, 99% of children that take puberty blockers go onto cross x hormones and panters worried about the long-term impacts and hasn't played out like the pause button and now we're about ten years into this radical approach towards gender care for children is what we found is that these children see as the first step of medical transition and once you start effectively intervening in your body, stopping the sexual development, stopping the development of your genitals and breasts, you're already within the medical process and you've already psychologically and physically begun a process that feels like you should continue. will: right. >> the huge, very heavy hand, it's using a ledge hammer -- sledge hammer to crack a nut. there's a lot of ways and i'll always favor psychology and

let's have a look at this and go slowly and using the least invasive first option. will: seems like a medical code to start with least invasive first regardless of what the treatment or the malady may be. last words to you, doctor. i think i'm representative here and i've lost faith in institutions. no matter how much esteem they had before and this is one of the reasons why. this is the american academy of pediatrics. >> yeah, we need open and honest discussion. doing this transition is not without risk. you can become sterile, you can lose the ability to breastfeed, to have kids. lose the ability to have an orgasm and can affect your bones and develop osteoporosis and affect your height. it's not without risk but the most important thing with all of this is no matter what gender your child identifies, accept them and love them for who they are. will: the american academy of

pediatrics, you know. by the way, we'll look at this further, can they define a woman, can they define medical terminology or is that lost as well? right now what we're looking at when it comes to this trans medical treatment and comes to children, it's nothing short of outrageous. thank you both for being with us this morning. >> thank you, will. >> thank you. will: still ahead, american idol star catherine mcfee is taking on the woke left and blaming progressive voters for making la dangerous. plus, democratic mayors are outraged that texas is sending bus loads of illegal immigrants from the border to their cities but where the anger at the biden administration for creating crisis at its source. we discuss, next.

carley: well, we hear that every state is a border state and never has that been more true than right now. texas governor greg abbott is busing illegal immigrants from texas to cities across the country mainly washington dc and yesterday was the first because he sent his first bus load of illegal immigrants to port authority in new york city. you're looking at the footage right there on your screen, and the new york post has a cover that asks a great question, be careful what you wish for and that is because mayor eric adams and all of new york city is a sanctuary city, which essentially means that they are

inviting illegal immigrants to come in the name of equity, it's a safe space, and now be careful what you wish for is being said rights there because adams is saying that we're now in a crisis in new york city because there are too much illegal immigrants here. it is flooding the housing system, food, and education, and he is asking for federal help. joey: yeah, what's so funny about this is how true it is. in the irony of the fact sitting here as mayor adams saying it's a crisis. you're acknowledging the crisis at the border, which democrats have done really good verbal jessica mitchell that's icks to stay a-- gymnastics to stay away from and they've stayed away from it. will: till it's become their problem. here is mayor eric adams talking about his crisis. >> a political play and he finally admitted what we were

saying, and we want to continue to be open arms, this is who we are as a city, we just need help from the federal government. we have great conversations and we've got work with the federal government to figure out how to get this right but it's dis-pickable. will: city of 8 million people and last several months couple thousand and 4,000 illegal immigrants absorbed by the city and that's a crisis says mayor eric adams. for example according to the new york post, uvalde, texas, absorbing 115 illegal immigrants a day and as a percentage basis, who's more ready to absorb those types of numbers. here now, very good last night by jesse waters prime time staff went down to port authority and interviewed 50 something migrants that came in. in.

>> yeah, that's right. will: 50 something were single males and jessie spoke to them. >> what was it like crossing the border? what happened once you crossed? >> it was really good because i passed through with political asylum from mexico and we crossed the river and border patrol was waiting for us and we were happily welcomed by the president. >> are you seeking asylum? >> yes, we were coming from venezuela and we've been running from political persecution and venezuela is very bad. dictatorship. >> what's your message to joe biden? >> we're grateful for the opportunity that he has given us. thanks for the support to all the venezuelaens coming here. carley: yeah, that's right. you know, i think that the critical thing about this whole entire issue is that governor abbott and -- i'm sorry, mayor adams and mayor bowser, they're not wrong. this proves a couple thousand people can disrupt an entire

city. think about the resources that new york city and washington dc have and a few thousand people are calling it a crisis. send that message. don't blame governor abbott. you're blaming the wrong person. send that message directly to the white house and then think about what the border cities are going through right now where millions of people are entering their communities and they're not getting the help nor the resources that they deserve. joey: you know, adams stood there and looked at the camera saying it's despicable. it's despicable that mayor adams saying it's where we with the to government it's despicable that they're being send to dc and new york. would he say that if they go to florida, georgia, or wyoming. that's where the coyotes take them. it's not just a border state issue. it's been insulated and it's expensive to live here to begin with, that doesn't mean they shouldn't be apart of it and

understand it. carley: that's a great point. governor abbott is using them as a political tool and that's what the biden administration is doing too . they reverse these trump border policies for political reasons and, oh, by the way, it's the biden administration that's flying illegal immigrants in the middle of the night to wes chester so they're doing exactly what they're criticizing governor abbott of. joey: i wonder if adams talked to biden about that. if that came up. he wants to talk about getting federal funding into new york city. what about what the federal government has done. is there funding with that he has migrants? carley: if adams bowser were smart, governor abbott, you're right and let's meet and work this out and he'd stop sending them to new york and dc and they'd knock on president biden's door saying something needs to be done.

joey: it's if they're on the ball of helping american constituents and the american people. that's what it is. turning now to headlines, a california police charity may revoke paul pelosi's membership after his dui arrest in may. house speaker nancy pelosi's 82-year-old husband was arraigned on two misdemeanor charges of drunkenly crashing his car on the way home from a dinner party and they're evaluating pelosi abused organizational police and its -- and is awaiting the outcome of his trial. pelosi's court date is set for august 23. singer katharine mcphee is calling out woke voters for the rise in crime in los angeles and won't ever wear expensive jewelry over fears of being attacked and mcphee say hag is this world coming to? singers getting beat up walking and what a sad state this city is in and i blame every single

one of you woke voters. the los angeles dodgers paying a heart felt tribute to the life of legendary team broadcaster vin sculley before yesterday's game. they ended with the chore us of his most famous lines. >> on the count of three, yell as loud as you can so mr. vin can hear us from blue heaven. one, two, three. [ yelling ]. joey: the legendary sculley died last year at the ripe old age of 94. those are your headlines. will: still ahead, not only will the so called inflation reduction act not reduce inflation, it could also spark more audits. the exclusive report you'll hear only on fox news. carley: plus, we're checking back in with adam fox at liberty

state park for the annual navy seal state swim. he's going to dive into the hudson river after the break.

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will: let's check back in where adam live from the statue of liberty ahead of the hudson river navy seal swim. what's up, adam? >> reporter: i'm about to get wet. this is the hudson river and i'm told it's the cleanest it's been since the civil war. do you buy this? you've been in here before. >> it's cold and ready to go >> reporter: can you say, what's the swimming portion of this event. >> yeah, the swimming portion will happen and we'll leave from right over there at flag park and come straight over here to this barge off statue of liberty about a three quarter of mile swim. we'll get and you happen do our 22 pull ups and 100 push ups then we'll come off this and go up to the other barge off ellis island and another three quarter mile swim and another 22 and 100 and get back in the water and head straight over to the south cove about a mile and a half long >> reporter: you're bad men and swimming with a flag. tell me about that.

>> yeah, this is the flag of honors, flag of heros and it was given to me the first year we did the swim. this has all of the names of the victims who were lost from february of '96 and also -- or february of '93 and also 9/11 and i have the tabs of operation red marine and extortion '17 and i have our navy seal st. michael's pennant and belonged to dave colins who was a teammate of mine. >> reporter: it's incredible you guys doing this and i'm thankful you're about to give me a test and not let me get swept out to sea. let's get this thing going; right, guys. >> all right, guys. go ahead. >> reporter: bombs away. it's a big drop off here. >> as you can see, it's a tough current right now.

>> reporter: wait till you see this form. let's go. >> go. carley: and in he goes. adam, keep swimming. you're looking awe soil and we'll check back in with you soon. in the meantime, not only are top economist warning the so called inflation reduction act would reduce inflation, fox also exclusively learning it could trigger audits to at all income levels, particularly on the middle class as it enables the hiring of 80,000 new irs agents. here to react, former wisconsin lieutenant governor and current gubernatorial candidate rebecca. good morning. democrats are saying that doubling the irs is a good thing because it would target millionaire tax chiefs but listen to senator john thune on what this could actually do particularly to the middle and lower class. watch this. >> think about that.

literally doubles the size of the irs. why? not to improve taxpayer service. only 4% of the money goes to improving taxpayer service. this goes to allowing the irs to harass businesses across this country. carley: yeah, and the reason this would happen is because middle and lower income tax forms are less complicated and they'll be targeted more frequently. what's your reaction to that? >> hi, good morning. this is a terrible idea. we're in recession now and taxpayers are desperately concerned about just making ends meet. you know, i myself am a middle class mom on a budget, and i feel like everybody is on a budget these days. middle class taxpayers don't need harassment. we need relief from inflation. all this does is expand government and threaten our mindset going into one of the toughest financial times that we've seen as a middle class. carley: yeah, the white house is saying this would, this bill

would reduce inflation because it reduces the deficit and gives americans obama care subsidies. what do you think about that? >> what you have 230 separate economists including a noble laureate saying that's junk and the idea of this actually helping the middle class is garbage, we need to believer the economists and not joe biden. b. carley: if this bill passes, could this come back to hurt the president? >> i think it will but we don't need to pass garbage bills to hurt the president. i care about the american people and the people of wisconsin and that's why i'm running for governor and i don't want to see this bill. i don't want to see the middle class in wisconsin or anywhere across this country hurt even more than they already have been by the inflation that joe biden and our dumb governor, tony eavers have brought upon us. carley: what about the portion of the bill that tackles climate

change like a state like yours of wisconsin? >> what they're trying to do on this is simply stifle american energy production and our governor has been the absolute worst on it. he established this woke department of environmental justice. don't forget wisconsin is a manufacturing and agriculture state. we've got a twin spine of our economy. tony eavers is a governor that wants to punish dairy farmers by charging them $30,000 a year per farm and have property tacks. these democrats that try to appeal to the snow flakes on the far sides of the fringes of their party are doing real harm to middle class taxpayers and working families. carley: the primary is on tuesday. you have the backing of vice president, former vice president mike pence so we're going to see how that race shapes up, rebecca, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks, carley, have a good

day. carley: you too. china is conducting attack simulation exercises after nancy pelosi visited the island of taiwan. we have more at the top of the hour coming up.

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good morning, will cain, joe question jones and carley shimkus -- joey jones. carley: i want to learn more about meat therapy. joey: we're going to talk to a great guy, only know him back and forth on social media, but he's funmy, got a lot of energy. we've got the boys out are helping him out, but they're all here from boots campaign that i'm on the board of, and i've been involved with hem for a decade now. and their purpose at point is to provide mental health and really all health treatment to veterans who either are aren't getting it from the v.a., are afraid to get it from the v.a. or even don't know how to get it or aren't eligible but deserve it for their service. yeah, it's a great -- carley: you're on the board, and you're here all the time, so so i don't know when you sleep. good for you. joey: i don't either. [laughter] will: that will be the positive aspect. 9 a little bit of competition

here when it comes to cornhole, the ring toss -- [laughter] now we're boeing to break out dan -- going to break out dan bonn gee mow. what's up, dan? -- bongino. >> so, listen, i'm in a psychologically bad place this morning. i was talking to toba before the hit, one of our excellent behind the scenes guys -- [applause] and he's making fun of me, which i really don't like. i just got a bunch of new gear because i don't like the jacket, so now i'm going to wear this on my show tonight. so we may have to redo some of the chyrons on my cho show, dedicating it to toba. will: you know who with you look like? i don't know how this is going to land -- [laughter] you know who would wear a jacket like that? jerry jones, the owner of the dallas i cowboys. >> yeah. will: that is a gray and blue dallas cowboys' jacket, and

he'll go with that sport don't, and i'm glad to know you're a fan of america's team. >> shocker that the world's biggest cowboys fan, you're right though, tease are cowboys' colors. [laughter] wait, here's my shocked face, hold on. yeah, there it is right there. [laughter] will: looks like every other -- carley: dan, hopefully that jacket isn't made in china which brings us to one of our top stories of the day that we're learning this morning the pentagon chief's calls going unanswered amid tensions with china like never before because of nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan, and now they've really cut off all ties, all communication ties with the united states. they're no longer talking about issues like climate change with the united states among other things. is this a sign of things to come? how do you read this situation? >> well, i mean, it's obviously gravely serious.

they're one of the world's great thermonuclear powers, and i don't mean that in a qualitatively good sense, i mean it in terms of the volume of weapons they have and the size of their military. the fact that we're not talking at the highest levels seems to me the opportunity for a strategic miscalculation is greater. the i way you avoid that moment is you open channels of communication and say, no, we meant x, not y, therefore, don't do a, b and c. this is a real problem. but getting back to the pelosi trip, there was the genesis of this, guys -- you know, listen, i'm obviously team america. period. but i've got to ask you, what was -- i don't understand what the purpose of this trip was? i mean, were we announcing some $500 billion initiative to the arm taiwan and put, like, a perimeter fence defensively around them so they can better

withstand an amphibious assault from china? and the answer is, no. she didn't have the back of the white house. biden's probably got a blackmail file 25 the feet deep can with the chinese government due to his son. so i don't understand. joey, you were a military guy. i wasn't, i was a law enforcement guy, but i always go back to -- i herald, when i watch and listen to things, i always go back to the fox connor all rules of war, never go for long, alone and unless you absolutely have to. so why initiate a pathway to military conduct like pelosi did if there's no end game? if i don't understand what the end game -- can you guys answer that? what was the purpose of the trip? joey: you're absolutely right. beyond this, beyond being pummeled over timing, which i think is a fair question, apparently the administration leaked that she was going, i think most of us said, you know what? she has to go now or we look

worse. but before that, you have the two leaders of the democratic party who coincidentally are the two leaders of our government right now, the speaker of the house and the president, on different pages when some say this is our greatest threat. conservatives were sounding the horn about taiwan as soon as we messed up afghanistan, as soon as we messed up ukraine. this was the next thing that could happen. we've been in this posturing for decades, but it feels different now. >> yeah. and i'm glad you brought that up because i agree with you 100%. i said it on the air last weekend. once the trip leaked -- i said it a couple weeks ago and on my show too -- you're absolutely correct, she did have to go. but again, that goes back to my initial question, what was the purpose of the trip? if you're going to go the there because you've committed some resolute task of defending taiwan, fine. she goes there, and then kirby gets up at the press podium and sayings yeah -- says, yeah,

we're all about the one china policy. again, you put the taiwanese in a reallied bad position, okay? and there were no good options here. there were bad, worse and worse yet options, but i think we really picked the worst one at this point sending her over there, and now we're dealing with all of this. are these people that made this decision going to be the ones sending their kids over to a war in taiwan? the answer is, probably not. it's going to be your kids if, god forbid, that happened. will: dan, i don't know what kind of statement this mix about the united states of america, more specifically new york city, but you remember the bodega clerk, jose alba, who defended himself in an attack, self-defense to anyone's common sense. charged with murder by alvin bragg here many new york city. those charges were eventually blocked, but after being put in this decision where he had to defend himself yet again from the justice system, he's

leaving. he's going to the dominican republic. the head of the bodega association said he's not going back to work, he's taking a break fighting with his trauma. he said he's afraid for his life, rationally. he's trying to get back to normal, but he said it's very hard when with you have flashbacks of what happened. we're getting professional help and then decides whether to go back to the dominican republic for good or just spend some time there. your thoughts, dan. >> this is a hard topic to talk about. when i was a police officer with the nypd, you become hardened. i i was in the 75 precinct, i wasn't uncommon on a shift to go to 20 or 30 some night's radio runs. for all the wrong reasons, right? and you become hardened. i'm not proud to say it, but, you know, you'll sit will in a burglar wherely or robbery or someone got beat up in the

street badly, and after a while you just start taking the paperwork because you've just got to block it out or, i'm not kidding, you'll go clinically insane. you just can't process it all. i say that in relationship to this story because when it happened to me and i woke up one morning and found out that my house had been burglarized while i was home because my if front door was open and they cleaned me out, i thought to myself -- i felt so bad for the people that i had responded to when the police officers showed up, because he had that same look i had. and i can see in his eyes that he was just taking the report, and i felt terrible that that had been me. and i say that because i don't think people understand who are embedded in this crime and watching the ramifications of it every day like police officers, the damage it does to people's lives. when you're sitting there with a 1-year-old girl who just got beaten up -- 12-year-old girl who just got beaten up on the subway because they wanted to steal her lunch money and you're

sitting there in her apartment with her mom taking the police report, you have to understand they never forget this for the rest of their lives. being the victim of violence the way this guy was and then having to enact violence yourself to i survive. i mean, you've got joey op on the couch -- on the couch. no one knows better than him. but i think you understand, joey, better than anyone that's the kind of trauma, you're never the same. that that book has two distinct parts, the beginning and then after that. you live two separate lives. and that's why when i come on the air and you guys ask me about policing stories, the degeneration of new york city, crime in l.a. and seattle, i'm so passionate about it because i remember back taking all those reports, and these people that are just broken after that. it's a totally different person. st really hard to watch. carley: yeah. go ahead, joey. joey: just to respond to that real quick, trauma here at home where you're supposed to be safe and secure, that's a whole other

thing, and that's ooh why this is such an egregious state we're living in. this is where we're supposed to be safe and secure. carley: such a good point. >> that's a good point. you know, obviously, not having been in your situation, but, you know, when you're in a war zone, you're expecting war, i'm guessing, and i wasn't there. but you're right, when you're home and walking back to your house or on a subway and someone punches you in the face, knocks your teeth out, steals your money, that sense of security -- when i woke up that morning and all my stuff was gone and my front door was open, i couldn't believe it. everything had been violated. i could never seep -- sleep in that house the same way again. the violation's so profound, that's why i'm so passionate about these stories. i just, you know, it changes people forever, man. it can break a society when this chaos kicks in like this in the streets. carley: yeah. and then victims feel restrictized when they -- revictimmized when they learn that the criminals who altered

their lives forever -- the. >> they don't go to jail. he finds himself in jail with. carley: not blame him for wanting to go back to the dominican republic. what is coming up on "unfiltered" tonight? i'm sure you have a great lineup for us. >> yeah, i do. lieutenant the governor mark robinson, he is a black conservative, and my monologue tonight, please, don't miss it. i go right for it, folks. i'll just preview it right now. the democrats are the party of hard core, open races. they are. they reserve a special place, if they do, in their hearts for hatred for black conservatives. i'm tired of it, what they did to herschel walker this past week, some of the comments are disgusting. and the monologue or, it's going to burn the house down. i've got a doctor about the use of psychedelics, and i also bring back the rebuttal this week, will. i know you like debating on the air, it's one of my favorites too, so i'm going to get into it

with a democrat over the disastrous economy -- will: who? who are you tangling with? >> my buddy jose, and it gets kind of hot at one point, he tells me -- accuses me of something that he kind of steps -- [laughter] a little bit, if you know what i mean. and i didn't like that -- [laughter] that's okay, that's okay. will: i love it. we'll be watching. thank you, dan. 9 eastern tonight. carley: all right. turning now to your headline, actress anne heche is in critical condition after she crashed into a building leaving one home in flames. she crashed into a home, starting a fire. the cause of the crash is now under investigation. no other injuries have been reported. new overnight, indiana becomes the first state in the nation to approve a near total abortion ban. the new law bans the procedure

except in cases of rape, incest and to protect the life and physical health of the mother. the house version limits the procedure to hospitals, surgical centers and birthing centers, banning it at abortion clinics including planned parenthood. and yesterday was a tough day for air travel in the united states. flightaware showing more than 8,000 flight ares delayed across the nation and more than 1600 canceled. american airlines alone canceling more than 8% of its flights globally, more than 27,000 flights were delayed and 3,000 flights were canceled. and told is national -- today is national mustard day. and to celebrate, french's and dough doughnuts are starting the day off with an unusual collaboration. these yellow mustard-glazed doughnuts will be given away all day at six new york city

locations. a limited number of boxes are also available for national delivery today. i am -- i'm looking down right now, and we have some on set. i didn't know this was going to happen. will: love mustard, love french's mustard, love dough doughnuts. i don't know about the combo. carley: just because you can combine some things doesn't mean you should -- will: let's dive in. carley: i'll try it. try a mustard doughnut. what do you think? will: one minute. very caky doughnut. carley: the doughnut's good. joey: i like it. carley: the mustard flavor is like. will: it tastes like a cake doughnut, to be honest. you can smell french's -- joey: i peel like billy bob thornton. carley: i wish it wasn't coated in mustard sauce. doughnut itself is delicious.

will: i need some water. joey: french fried taters. remember it? [laughter] i mean, he had a lot of things going on in that a movie, he killed a man with a sling blade. carley: well, thank you, french's. happy mustard day, guys. suis jee those are really good. i'll eat one. still ahead, the senate will reconvene at noon today as democrats push their massive spending bill. will: plus, three tykes and you're out, how texas referees are taking on rowdy can fans, after the break. ♪ ♪ when tired, achy feet make your whole body want to stop, it's dr. scholl's time. our insoles are designed with unique massaging gel waves,

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will: referees in the lone star state are blowing the whistle on violence in school sports but not for the players, for the fans. almost certainly for the parents. the texas association of sports officials will monitor attacks on refs from parents and spectators establishing a three strike rule of abuse before pulling officials from the games entirely -- you know what that means, game over.

a study shows 70 of referees quit over unruly fans within 3 years and 46% or fear for their safety. the executive director of the texas association of sports officials, michael fitch, is here to explain. how's it work? >> three strikes and then what? if game over? the official is pulled? >> well, we're going to monitor the the in-- incident reports, and if a school gets three different reports of abuse of officials, then we will notify the school that they obviously have a culture of abuse -- will: okay. >> -- and they have to come up with a plan to alleviate that. we're going to work with them. will: i was going to say, or what? or your officials won't work that school's game? and, by the way, you said it's a culture. so that entire school or that particular program meaning the basketball program, the soccer program, whatever it may be, or the entire school? >> the entire school.

we provide officials in seven different sports, so they won't get officials in any sport until they common strait -- demonstrate that they are serious and take action to do so. will: let me ask you, there's a judgment call involved here as well. what's abuse? you know, are we talking about physical abuse? are we talking about verbal abuse? obviously, a lot of parents, spectators yell at referees. when does it go over the line? >> excessive verbal abuse or threats, physical threat or physical assault. but, you know, come on up, call 'em both ways, that was holding, that's part of the game, we get it. but when the attacks get personal and prolonged, and especially when they're following our umpires and officials out to the parking lot and encircling their vehicles, yeah, that's a problem. will: hey, really quickly out of my own personal if curiosity because you have referees as

part of your organization. you cover can, as you said, baseball, softball, soccer, i think i was told you do water polo. which sport's parents and spectators -- i don't know if i should ask are the worse. how about this? which sport do you get the most complaints? >> i would sayst more geographically based than sports based. soccer fans are probably a little bit more passionate, and i think you can just watch soccer on tv -- will: wow. soccer parents, of which i am one. the worst. i would have guessed baseball, but, hey, you're the expert. all right. michael fitch, wish you the best of luck. thank you for telling me about the program this morning. >> thank you very much for having me. will: up next, we are checking back in with adam klotz as he gears up for the navy seal swim across the i hudson. adam's dry. how we doing, adam?

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[laughter] i'm to an honorary -- check, check, check, check, right? joey: what you're saying is if we didn't see it on camera, it didn't happen, right? if you're doing good, man. adam: you saw every minute. [laughter] i'm not just out here practicing. i don't have much energy. but the real, the real stars of the show are actually rolling in right now. the real event, the real event is going to be, as you said, 2 the-mile run, hundreds of push-ups, tons of pull-ups -- can. [cheers and applause] 200 navy seals are going to be participating -- [cheers and applause] and, obviously, people are excited about it. it's for charity. [applause] i don't know at this point if you can still hear me, but

obviously, these guys are all -- [cheers and applause] they're going to need it. that swim was so challenging. to be out in that water for 3-4 hours, a 3-mile swim, and i confirm the currents are intense. all raising money for veterans' charities. pretty incredible, what these guys are doing. will: really cool. what great timing right will as that bus full of swimmers, most of whom are navy seals, there's going to be 200 swimmers, i believe. you can also, and adam can correct me if i'm wrong, as a civilian ache part of -- part in the swim. currents are bad, i was talking to the guys about it, they have to time it when it's a flat tide so it's not going in or out too vigorously. they go from statue of liberty to ellis eye lend, hen over to -- island, over to manhattan.

go to gi.org, like adam said, to support veterans' causes. what a cool hot to see. that's probably why they do it, the camaraderie. joey: the navy if seals do it for a reason. wives are part of it, whole family's a part of it. they know each other, tight-knit family. will: really cool. still ahead, the senate will reconvene at noon today as democrats push their massive spending bill. senator bill cassidy on how the legislation will impact your family, coming up. ♪ ♪ that little leaf brought this old photo to life, i can finally put some names to those faces...

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indeed, reduce inflation. and we've heard from 126 leading economists including 7 nobel prize winners, they say it will put downward pressure on inflation. >> reporter: a report prosecute nonpartisan congressional budget office suggests that the legislation will not meaningfully lower inflation in the coming years. also included in the bill is an $80 billion boost to the irs. democrats seek to crack down on high income earners, but a breakdown of new audits shows a large number hitting americans making $75,000 or less. the figures were provided exclusively to fox news by congressman kevin brady who wrote this: quote, value shoppers at wal-mart and other retailers already struggling will get hit with an additional $7 -- 710,000 audits thanks to the manchin-biden-democrat bill. and in order to say senator sinema into rounding out the 50 vote ises necessary, democrats have agreed to drop a provision

that would impact big investors o so the package aims to tackle deficit reduction, health care and the climate. but yesterday a group of u.s. automakers reported that 70% of their electric vehicle models would not be eligible for tax credits under legislation. guys? carley: all right, alexandria, thank you so much. with that, let's bring in senator bill cassidy who sit on the senate finance committee, the joint economic committee. it's great to have you on because those committees that you sit on, with we know you know what you're talking about. before we get to your thoughts on this bill, could you give us a timeline on when it might pass and what today is going to look like on the senate floor? >> we have a vote at 12:30 basically to get e people there, then we start voting on this bill at 2. it'll probably go early in the morning, i imagine like 3 a.m., so it'll be wrapped up by early tomorrow morning. joey: is there any reason to believe this bill won't pass the senate and the house and get

signed into law? >> by the way, it's going to pass the senate, they wouldn't bring it up if they didn't have votes. les enough sweetheart deals in there to make people feel comfortable if you're on the left side of the aisle. in the house it's a different story. over august the american people have a chance to speak to their elected representative, and if she or he is a democrat, remind them that you're voting for -- or against them in november, and you have concerns this'll raise inflation even more. now, if you do that, they'll have to lose two or three or four of those house mens, and is on the house side. will: inflation is one side of the coin, the other is all the money going to the irs, and we just saw a chart on who can expect potential audits. it isn't the rich who just made out with the carried interest tax loophole being saved in this bill. it's, as you can see on your screen right now, it's people, look at that, under $25,000, under $50,000, under $75,000.

this has got to be something everyone pays attention to. >> the tax man cometh, and he comes for you and me. [laughter] so, clearly, if they're going to shake that much money out of the american people, it's going to touch everybody. let's just speak about that a little bit more, they're using that extra funding for irs to say that they have an additional net $120 billion or so in savings. but the cbo in the past has always said that's not true. it's an accounting gimmick that if you say you're going to do it, it doesn't materialize. now, if they say they're saving $300 billion and that's, oh, my gosh, we're going to lower the deficit -- over 10 years, by the way, kind of a rounding error on our nation's economy -- but $120 billion is coming from something the cbo is going to say, not really, guys. you're trying to pull a fast one over the american people. it calls into question any rationale they have that this will lower inflation. carley: taiwan says chinese

warships and. planes are conducting attacks, simulation exercises, and we're learning this as the pentagon chief's calls to china are going unanswered. we have some intel sources that are telling fox news that china could attack taiwan before the 2024 election, and the reason they would want to do that is they would want to get it done while president biden's still in office. do you think that timeline's accurate? what are your thoughts? >> i think anyone if guessing the motivations of the chinese is guessing into a black box. xi jinping is in trouble. he's mismanaged their economy. they're actually shrinking, if you can believe it. they haven't for a long time. people are sick of being locked down, and whenever he unlocks, they have so little natural immunity and their vaccines don't work, a lot of older people die. all i can say is we have to reject -- project strength. china takes advantage of

weakness. whatever we do, we cannot appear intimidated. will: i would think we want to to jekyll smart strength. you know, i'm wondering, and i don't know ifoff the answer for this, but why did nancy pelosi go to taiwan? the fallout is undeniable. the chinese aren't returning our calls from the pentagon, they can cut themselves out of the climate change deal, they're going to stop regulating fentanyl, i don't know if they ever were before. they're cutting off and ramping up their aggress right now -- aggression right now, so what did we get out of nancy pelosi's trip? >> i don't know what we got out of it, but i think we're getting a lot out of what china's doing. it shows the vulnerability of our economy and our people to chinese actions. and we need a coherent strategy going forward that punishes china for the things they're doing just with as normal course. if they're allowing the chemicals to come to mexico to make the fentanyl which is coming across our board or -- by the way, we had 100,000 americans die from overdose last year -- or if they're allowing

pollution to enter the atmosphere which floats over to the united states, then we have to put tariffs in place for the pollution they're putting up in the atmosphere. we need to have a coherent strategy. what china's doing is a normal course of action. joey: senator, last week republicans took a pr hit when it looked like they were blocking a vote to get three amendments that didn't pass anyway. if you with heard jon stewart last week, you all are the devil incarnate for not voting this the first time. why is biden taking another week? >> because he's more interested in having a rose garden ceremony. it's a good bill in the sense that we're taking care of veterans who had burn pit problems. i'm a doctor, i understand those issues. we tried to make it better that would make it more fiscally accountable, but the democrats didn't want that. on the other hand, they are more interested in marketing than

governance, and the president is showing that by decision. joey: well, i hope you guys get in front of the pr side of it, because i want veterans the know that congress has our backs, not just democrats or republicans. and i hope the next bills to come through maybe are a little cleaner fiscally and getting voted on so i don't have to watch jon stewart pretend to care more than maybe i think he is. carley: senator cassidy, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. joey: turning now to your headlines, the new york city mcdonald's worker who was reportly shot over a cold order of french fries has died. he was shot monday outside mcdonald's in brooklyn after the suspect's mother complained about the fries. the accused shooter was already facing a murder charge for an unrelated shooting two years ago, in 2020. former nba player and espn analyst jalen rose wants to cancel the term mount rushmore. let's take a listen.

>> can we retire using mount rushmore? that should be offensive to all of us, especially native americans. the first people who were here before christopher columbus. that land was stolen from them. joey: rose also says the monument was built, quote, on top of the dead boith of native americans. and trey mancini making a great first impression with the houston astros after being traded from the baltimore orioles last week. his first three hits were all home runs including this grand slam. >> 3-1 pitch. high fly ball, deep left field. going, going, gone. a grand slam. joey: the astros went on to beat cleveland 9-3. the braves beat the mets last night, i don't know if you guys caught that. will: coming up tomorrow on "fox & friends," joel's steven,

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will: transition from service to civilian life can be difficult for many veterans. carley: but our next guest found healing in the form of barbecue, eventually starting his own meat therapy platform. year jee army veteran jason wilson is here with a special organization. tell us about meat therapy and boot campaign. >> thanks so much for having us here. meat therapy is barbecue's always been a big part of my life. when i was transitioned out of the military back in 2009, it was not an easy transition at all. struggled with a lot of different things and found that a barbecue was a coping mechanism. always kind of pushed lu it and found that it helped me reconnect with others whenever i got to serve others good bites, right? joey: i love that, serving

others, literally serving others. >> yeah. pushed me through to about three years ago, had a big push to start a platform to share my cooks with and just my passion and show others, like, it's okay to find something that helps you to heal. that might be more conventional things, barbecue might help some others. so i created meat-up on instagram and other platforms, and here we are today. joey: what do you have for us? >> right here we have some beer bratwursts, some onions, some good mustard and and a whiskey peach crumble. will: so, on the shiner bock, what -- >> we marinated and went low and slow on the smoker, 225 degrees for about 2 hours, and then once we got up to a nice temp, 160, here we are. [inaudible conversations]

so dessert is fantastic. it's super simple. life's busy, so we want to keep ingredients easy. so it's two cans of peach pie mix -- can yeah, peach pie mix, cake mix and three tablespoons of your favorite -- carley: it looks so good. joey: shiner bock, it's a texas brand. will: accused of being oklahoma's. [laughter] carley: where can you find these recipes? >> they're on my instagram and on the fox and friends web site for a while. carley: and you're using master built? >> yeah, providing the grills, providing the support. thank you guys for being here, appreciate you. carley: that is so cool.

joey: some brands in texas, jason has brought his message of meat therapy to support boot campaign. full disclosure, i'm on the board, and we're celebrating you matter which is basically a really simple way to tell people, hey, you matter. if you're struggling with mental health, if you're struggling with life trying to stay motivated and happy, you matter. go can -- ask for help. and if you're a civilian who just loves our veterans, check out boot campaign.org. that's the web site. we've had a lot of fun. i think what we're going to do, guys, is we're going to lace up which is the boot campaign slogan and have some fun here in a minute. i'm going to beat you guys many a friendly competition. carley: and also what's your web site? >> meat therapy bbq.com. carley: love it. >> yeah. meat therapy on all the social media platforms, so y'all check us out. pleasure. joey: all right, guys. listen, we're going to have some

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♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] joey: all right. we're back with boot campaign helping us how to be a better patriot with boots, barbecue, boar -- bourbon. this is shelley, explain why games are helping veterans. >> games create a perfect opportunity to have some fun and relieve some stress and are have fun with your friends, and so we're thankful to be here. thanks for having us. joey: i know carley and will are getting started. jason, explain how you reach out to people. >> you matter means it's okay to not be okay. and you know what? you matter. everyone matters. sometimes people just like to

hear that message that a you matter. so that's campaign that boot campaign's on right now. so, yeah. you matter. joey: so we've got carley and will plague games. i hear people cheering. how are you guys doing over here? carley: i made one in. [laughter] if. [applause] will: no pressure, carley. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [laughter] will: [inaudible] carley: okay,? [cheers and applause] [laughter] will: come on and join us. will: here you go, man. joey: oh, i appreciate it. where do we toss from? way back here? carley: okay.

joey: i've seen this at carnivals, and it's always rigged against me. will: so many rings. joey: i guess i should be talking. shiner bock bills -- will: we're going to crack one open -- carley: did that make it? joey: i don't know about this, guys. i don't know if this was tested and approved. will: i mean, we're terrible. joey: i'm getting worse. will: that's why this is a carnival game. joey: oh, that counts. all right, guys. hey, listen, that looks kind of fun, right? nobody's, nobody's put a ring -- will: oh, carley, look at this? carley: did i get some? will: one, with two,ing three -- joey: all right. [cheers and applause] you going to take the trophy

home? carley: the booze, definitely. joey: i have to give it up. carley: what a good cause can. boot campaign.org. joey: boot campaign.org. go tell the veterans you care about 'em. will: thanks for being with us on "fox & friends." have a good standard. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ david: you are looking live on capitol hill where where senate democrats are preparing a spending bill vote they say is going to bring prices down, but over 200 top economists are now warning it will only send prices way up. and on the heels of a strong jobs report, others worry what this manchin-schumer bill will do to job creators. welcome, everyone, i'm david asman in for neil cavuto, this is "cavuto live." we begin