have embraced that. >> exactly right. there you government always great to end with jason chaffetz. thank you for being with us and watching. the big midterm show with bill hammer is up next. we'll see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. >> eight days out from the pivotal midterm elections and the message is clear -- the economy and inflation are the two issues voters say they care about the most. you're watching fox&friends first here on a monday morning. >> republicans are pinning the costs on democrats as the fed prepares for another blistering rate hike. >> the democrats and the white house have ignored voter concerns for the better part of a year. voters have plainly said to

pollsters of every stripe, we're worried about rising costs. >> democrats can't run on anything they've dub. people don't like what they've done. they don't like high inflation. >> we cannot afford another two years of democratic control in washington. we have to turn the corner and set ourselves up for a bigger victory in 2024. >> ashley live in studio with more, ash? >> inflation and the economy are the dominating concerns for most americans heading to the midterms next week. that's according to the latest abc poll. 28% of voters say the economy will be the single most important issue when it comes to casting a ballot for congress. the next is inflation at 22%, apportion with trailing behind, 16%, and then climate change coming in last at 5%. however, when white house press secretary corinne jeanpierre was pressed on inflation being a big worry about voters, there is her response. >> when the president walked into this add administration, the economy was in ruins,

absolute ruins. unemployment was 6.4%. now because of the president's policies, unemployment is 3.5%, historic low in 50 years. we haven't seen that in 50 years. >> republicans agreeing the cost of living is still no. 1 in most americans' eyes pointing blame at the biden administration. >> these families are struggling from the price of gas to the grocery stores and now halloween is coming. now with this biden inflation, candy is up 13%. so, people want to see a real change. that's exactly what we pro mote. we have a plan out there with a commitment to america. we're clear what we'll do if we're trusted in feting the majority. >> a senate seat is up for grabs in the swing state of nevada but inflation isn't slowing down there either. >> it's close. we're a tough swing state. but i think a lot of it is because in nevada, inflation was already 16%. our gas prices have hit $6.

and so all of these issues that are kind of coming late, we've been experiencing. >> the midterm debate around prices comes as another rate hike is expected from the fed this week. an increase of .75% would bring the central bank's benchmark rate to nearly 4%, the biggest consecutive hike increasing concerns among experts. we should know more about this when the fed decision comes in. guys, back to you. >> mark levine explained how democrats are failing on the economy as well as education. listen to this. >> we're told, parents, you butt out. we, the educational bureaucrats, we the democrat party unions, we will take care of your children. and what's happened? scores have dropped like lead balloons. they are destroying our kids in the classroom. we support the classroom. they use it as an indocketry nation mill. what else?

they spend like drunken marches on the democrat side. all of the spending. $10 trillion so far including the budget. and they said they didn't get everything they wanted. build back better was only a little piece of the action. they've driven down the value of the dollar. they've driven down the value of social security checks and pension checks. they are destroying your iras and 401(k)s. the stock market is dropping. it's dropping dead. look at gas prices, through the roof! through the roof! they have sabotaged energy independence. we support sound money. we do not want to support this kind of profligate debt and spending. we do. we support the dollar, they don't. >> democrats fail to understand the economic consequences on their assault on american fossil fuels. they think the climate is a crisis and banishing oil and gas is urgent which means higher

prices which they blame on the very companies they want to go out of business. economic logic won't persuade them, but maybe a rout at the ballot box will. republican candidates are banking on support from women to secure their seats on the hill. >> eileen is the president of the national federation of republican women who has been meeting with women across the country to find out what issues are pushing them to get out and vote. she joins us now. you've done the work and talked to women across the country. what are they telling you? >> well, the women -- our army of 65,000 women nation-wide out there knocking on doors and make phone calls. we are finding that voters and women in particular care about inflation. the prices of food and everything else is putting a strain on families. gas prices. their 401(k)s, we hear that a lot. that comes up. they've been wiped out, crime,

and what the future is going to look like for the children with the march to socialism by the left. all of this tells us that the left is really out of touch with the women today. because we're out there on the trail. we're talking with real people. and this is what we're telling us. i really think that the democrats have made a strategic error in counting on row v. wade to propel them to victory in the midterms. >> what are women telling you about their emphasis on the abortion issue. if you hear democrats explain it, it's no. 1, 2, and 3. that's all people are talking about. the real women they're talking to, what do they say? >> they're talking about the kitchen table issues. that is what is concerning them. the mama bears out there that are concerned about their children and their grandchildren's education. and like i said, they're investments, they're really concerned about their families and the situation that this inflation has had on them in the entire economy.

that's what's important to them. >> eileen, earlier this month, there was a "new york times" sienna college poll that showed a 32-point swing among independent women towards the gop. was that poll accurate? if so, what do you attribute that to? >> well, i think again, it's what -- what it comes down to with women, women in general, independent women or republican women, is that the kitchen table issues are important. and we're seeing that as well. i mean, look at tulsi gabbard, a democrat now stumping for republicans all over the country. you see examples of that. you see a lot of independent women who are going to step up and vote republican in the midterms. >> what are democrat women telling you? >> well, not really going to those doors very much. but, you know, i just basically what you hear on the news is they just keep -- they keep

harping on the whole abortionish shy s shoe. i think they made -- the whole abortion issue. i think they made a strategic error and they do not have the pulse of the women of america. >> understood. thank you so much. keep us posted. defund police movement taking place at the gubernatorial debate. stacey abrams taking a dig at a local sheriff after she claims she supports law enforcement. of. >> i did not say defund the police. he's lying again. i have never said to defund the police. >> ms. abrams got asked the question on cnn, would she refund the police, yes, we have to reallocate resources. that means defund the police. men and women in law enforcement know who's going to with them, who will have their back and will continue to have the back. >> i'm not a member of the good ole boys club. no, i don't have 107 sheriffs who want to be able to take

black people off of the streets, who want to go without accountability. >> i wonder if she wants that one back this morning. the real clear politics campus has kemp seven points above abrams. in new york, former secretary of state hillary clinton set to campaign for kathy hochul as a spell guest. lee zeldin is giving her a run for her money. it's a tossup in the deep blue state. zeldin calling up the crime problem. top of mind. >> these are master manipulators. they're going across the country trying to convince people democratic states are not safe. they're also not election deniers, they're data deniers. the safest places are the blue

states. they have weaponized it. >> i would like to see what data ms. hochul is utilizing. after ron desantis campaigned with lee zeldin over the weekend. >> luke brian is being slammed to talk about providing aid to hurricane ian victims. the country crooner taking to twitter saying i grew up in a country where if a governor asks you if they can come and raise awareness to help victims of a natural disaster, you help. i generally stayed out of politics throughout my career. i knew people would chatter about this. but for me, this felt right. fellow country star duo -- fellow country stars like duo low cash backing them up saying, quote, our brother luke bryan brings governor desantis on stage? some are bashing him for it?

others can bring pelosi and that's okay? give it up people. get over yourself. when he welcomes desantis on the stage, did you hear the video? the crowd went wild when desantis went on. i'm sure there are more fans okay with governor desantis being on stage than who are angry about it. >> the end of low cash's tweet, they had another one as follows. this goes out to the six people who didn't like it. that's the overall point. the twitter mob, which is usually a very, very, very vocal minority -- you can't call them a minority -- it's like six people, like low cash said, they end up dictating the conversation and they shouldn't. we're talking helping people who are suffering following a natural disaster. this should be without politics here. some on the left inject politics to everything -- literally everything. don't you wish you could go back to the way it was after 9/11 when we all came together as a

nation. these are hurricane victims. storms don't discriminate, republican, democrat, inagain debit. they hurt everybody -- >> i'm sure luke bryan never saw the criticism. somebody on his staff, manager, sees his name trending on twitter, they say, oh, my gosh, try to get ahead of this. really, it's about 100 people tops that posted a tweet about this than cared at all or knew about it. i understand his desire to right the -- he feels wrongfully accused. so you post something to explain yourself. but ultimately, you elevate the story even more. maybe even smarter just to not even address it at all. >> i don't know, at some point, we can't be scared to address things in society. i mean, that -- to me, i understand your point, i totally get your point. but to me, that seems like we're letting the mob win if we stifle our own speech. he wanted to get out in front of it. here's the deal -- i'm not a

political person. here's the deal. i like to make music for everybody. i'm done. >> he wanted to defend himself. i get it. we haven't had a cancellation in sometime, not an unnecessary cancellation. >> not going to be luke bryan. this is four people on twitter. they're sad people and will be more sad on november 9. >> more to get to. the man accused of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer is set to be charged later today. 42-year-old david poppy faces attempted murder charges. he had a, quote, hit list of other targets. they also say he went to the pelosi's home with a bag containing zip ties and duck tape. pelosi jr. told fox news digital of his recovery, so far, so good. house speaker nancy pelosi breaking her silence over the weekend in a statement saying our children and grand children and i are heart broken and traumatized by the life

threatening attack on our pop. details still coming in are already politicizing the attack. >> he was yelling out the things we heard in january 6 such as where is nancy? again, we need to end this type of rhetoric. it needs to stop. >> amanda divine wrote, quote, joe biden waisted no time blaming ultra maga semifascist maga supporters for the strange attack on paul pelosi in the san francisco home on friday. a full court press to flip the attack on the speaker's husband as the democrats look down the barrel of a brutal shellacking from voters next week. >> the left is losing musk taking ovet musk is getting pra another one of the democrats' favorite targets. >> that's what elon wants to bring back to twitter is reasonable exchange of ideas.

i think we have a real problem with discourse -- particularly like -- discourse on twitter. >> we've got more from joe rogan plus some of the major changes expected on twitter. that's next.

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>> celebrities are fleeing twitter following elon musk's take over while democrats rail against the deal saying the billionaire is not to be trusted despite his vow to promote free speech on the platform. >> hollywood is unsubscribing from twitter as the take of sends celebrities running from the social media platform. the space x billionaire took to the site to remind viewers of his position that my title is chief twit right there in the bio, no idea who the c oh, is. this comes as several celebrities make statements announcing departure under the new ownership. a singer saying, well up, it's been fun, twitter, i'm out. see you on the platforms, peeps, sorry, this one is not for me. shonda rhimes saying, not hanging around for whatever elon has planned, bye.

musk looks like running a platform that has a wide range of beliefs that can be debated in a healthy way without resorting to violence. democrats aren't buying. will be. >> now that elon runs twitter, do you trust him? >> no, i do not. i just don't think people should make money on passing on this stuff that's a bunch of lies. >> but podcast host joe rogan is praising musks' move arguing that policies promoting free speech should be celebrated. >> that's what elon wants to bring back to twitter is reasonable ex-egg change of ideas. i think we have a real problem with discourse -- particularly like discourse on twitter, right? like if you post something and someone posts something that opposes what you say and you're like -- you have to formulate -- some people don't want that. you are to silence the people who have opposing viewpoints and you have positive feedback from all of the people that agree with you. yes, i want to amply fie that.

it's a bad way to exchange ideas and to dialogue about stuff. >> since the twitter take of, musk has fired three top executives. carly, todd? >> maybe garth brooks will have time to write that love song. >> i knew he was going to do it. he did it. >> welcoming the free speech to your twitter timeline. >> twitter is now letting both sides, including those who denounce twitter and denounce musk have a forum to talk. that's what it was supposed to be. so, i'm looking forward to seeing a lively debate on both sides on twitter. what's going to stop now on twitter is they're not going to take calls from the white house to shut down information just because somebody wants to call it misinformation, you know. if you want to call it misinformation, get up and call it misinformation. but both sides need to be heard. >> did you see this social media platform flagging this post by

the president -- quote, in 2020, 55 corporations made $40 billion and they paid 0 in federal taxes. my inflation reduction act puts an end to that. all of that is wrong. twitter's fact check saying out of the 55 corporations the tweet references, 14 earning greater than $1 billion and would be eligible under biden's tax law. biden signed the law with a 15% corporation tax for companies earning more than $1 billion a year. >> an open letter against penguin random house from amy comey barrett's book. but the employees are not calling for censorship, saying comey barrett is free to say what she wishes. in order to inflate the bottom line and truly stand behind the values it proudly espouses to hold. this is latest bit of outrage

targeting the supreme court in response to the reversal of roe versus wade. a pro life woman shown in a pro choice ad shared by democrats like hillary clinton say she was misrepresented. that's macy petty. briefly seen in the ad collapsing to the ground in tears outside of the supreme court when roe versus wade was announced on the summer with the words "sad" on the screen. those are tears of joy. and she writes, i thank the lord for this decision and opening my eyes of the evil of abortions. this is what brings me to tears. you have disrespected me as a woman and engaged member of society. good to know. >> interesting. we introduced you to the portland cafe owner. she's refusing to cave to the mob and her business is booming. check back with her next. >> another surge of haitian

migrants expected to cross the southern border. what does the biden administration doing that. the biden administration is considering gitmo as a possibly. more on that ahead.

a group of vandals destroyed a portland, oregon business in a protest. they smashed the cafe's windows before spray painting on the inside walls and the furniture. the owner said it was in retaliation against her plan to host a coffee with a cup event later that day. the owner and the shop are bouncing back with the help of the community. here with help is loretta guzman, the owner. great to see you again. it's awesome things are going well. how is the rehab of the building going? >> it's going good. it's a little slower than i'd like. but i'm getting there. got all of my walls repainted.

almost all of the fine paint everywhere clean up. still got to get a little bit more up and get ready to start bringing the furniture back in. and just making sure everything is super clean before we put it back in place. some of the artwork, i have to put new artwork up because some of the artwork is damaged. it's going good otherwise. >> are you able to open while you rebuild? >> yes. i have my -- i have a walkup window that i created in the pandemic. i've been using that all along. so i'm able to use that. but i still, you know, let people in to use the restroom. but there's just no indoor seating right now. hopefully i'll have my indoor seating back open i hope this week. instill haven't gotten the estimate on the windows or the time frame when the windows will be here. but that's what i'm looking forward to. >> what's been the response from the community? >> the community, it's been really good. people are really supportive to me and they're just like thank

you that you did not close. they were like you just do so much for our community here. we're just real thankful for you. so, i've had a good response to the community, the local police, the local military, the local fire department. everybody is just like supported me. so, you know, it's made things easier for me. >> they're supporting you because what you're doing is very symbolic to this community. what message does your resilience send, loretta? >> i think it just says that we're moving forward. hopefully we're moving in a better direction than we have been in the past. >> that's all we can really hope for, right? let's review. you had a simple coffee with a cop event. it should be pretty simple if you support the cops, even if you don't support cops, you know, specifically, certain things, you should be able to go and have a conversation. and, yet, these individuals, i don't even want to call them that.

but they go in there, they vandalize your place. did you think a simple event like that would lead to all of this? >> not in the past. but i mean after the past few years where everything is really bad for us here in portland, i thought i could have something happen and that's why i started to reach out to people in my community. hey, we -- will you guys come and support me. they were like, yes. and they still did come support me and they still are to this day. so, it's a good thing for me. it's not good that i'm not all the way -- i don't have my inside open but it's something i'm working on right now. and i still have the support of everybody. >> would you do it all again if you knew this could be the ramification? >> well, i knew that it was something that could happen to my -- you know, place in some type of form. i wasn't exactly sure what. but i would because people need it and people are wanting to

talk. they just want to communicate, you know? and just be heard. and it's, you know, they're ready for a change. people are really ready for a change here. >> you mentioned the communities really coming together on this issue. what does this mean for the city of portland on the whole? because it is a city that has been in the news a lot in the last couple of years but not for positive things. what do you think this means for portland proper? >> i think that -- i think our city is going to change, you know? from what it has been -- the direction it has been, you know? a lot of people are like, you know, paying attention to the elections and who's running and they know the direction we're in right now in behind all of those who are responsible for the direction we're in. so people are really paying attention, they're really reading right now and they're listening to who's running. so, i think it could really make a -- big change for us. >> i think it's fascinating that

you said that. because if you look at the actual polling, exactly what you said is being borne out right now throughout the state of oregon. it is going to be so interesting to see what happens with the vote next tuesday, to see if your idea, what you think is going to be happening in portland comes true. loretta guzman, so happy you're getting back on your feet. wish it were a little faster like you said. but in due course, it will come back and your shob will be better than ever, thank you so much. >> yes, thank you. >> 35 minutes after the hour. new reports indicate the biden administration is considering sending a possible surge of haitian migrants to a third country or guantanamo bay. >> 1,000 of them were living in squalor under a bridge on president biden's watch. doug, good morning. >> the federal government is bracing for this huge influx of

haitian migrants. nbc news reporting that the white house national security council is asking the department of homeland security about the use of so-called lilly pad countries to help to take some of the migrants in, even considering the expansion of a holding center at guantanamo bay with concerns there could be a mass exodus from haiti by boat once fuel supplies become more readily available there. in the meantime, the federal government is still at odds with arizona over the state's use of stacked shipping containers you see there to close the border. the part of the interior department issued this statement -- the unauthorized placement of those containers violate federal law and is a trespass against the united states. that trespass is harming federal lands and resources and impeding reclamation's ability to perform it's mission. with midterm elections a week away, this is a potent issue in arizona's race for governor. >> we've got a real frightening

situation at the border. we do have an invasion. millions of people pouring across illegally. many of them do have criminal backgrounds. on day one, we're calling it what it is, an invasion. we have the right, in the u.s. constitution, article 1, section 10, we will invoke those powers and the state of arizona will take charge of the border. >> as far as the containers are concerned, many were put in place in august to close parts of the border near yuma. todd and carly. >> thank you. that possible surge of haitian migrants will remind everybody -- remember the images -- 15,000 haitian migrants living under the bridge in del rio. it was a problem back then, a year ago, history may be repeating itself. >> what did the biden administration do? blamed a bunch of people on horseback doing their job calling them whippers. >> there is that. >> democrats know what's at stake. they're sending former president obama rallies for candidates

instead of president bide b. >> is the star power enough to move the needle? we're going to ask battleground voters that very thick. coming up next.

>> president biden is taking a back seat on the campaign trail as his former boss, former president barack obama steps in to try to save the day for democrat candidates across the country. >> he's a celebrity who wants to be a politician. we've seen how that goes. >> he got that wrong. i'm not a celebrity. >> now gretchen's opponent, her plan wouz slash billions of dollars from education to c chachange michigan's constitution. >> this is a theme to mock parents in state of michigan. he mocks the idea of making sure parents can have a decision-making power whether or not the child is educated. >> if ron johnson doesn't noz

understand that, he should not be your senator from wisconsin. >> that's all democratsundersta be your senator from wisconsin. >> that's all democrats have are lies, distortions. >> a busy weekend. a michigan voter and restaurant owner. bill white is a georgia voter and ceo. and a parent and voter from wisconsin. they all join me now. mitch, i will start you. do you think that the former president's presence on the campaign trail is going to move the needle at all? >> i personally from what i'm hearing in my restaurant and what's going on here do not think that will happen. people are tired of paying higher prices. the fuel surcharges and you don't know what's going to happen pricewise. i have customers coming to the restaurant who are saying they're not able to come as often and they need to see change. and here in mimi, we've seen the

last four years and we're in a position now where the people i'm talking to and me personally want to see change happen. and i don't foresee president obama coming around trying to talk people into sticking with what's going on as being effective. >> that georgia senate race is getting a lot of attention. it's really flipped. now herschel walker, according to the real clear politics average is beating rafael warnock by a point and a half. how does the election feel to you now that we're eight days out. >> well, now, it feels terrific, carly. it's great to be on with my fellow american citizens. president obama is more than welcome to come back to georgia. i hope he comes back every day before the 8th of november. he's actually helping georgians decide that herschel walker is not just a celebrity turned politician. he's a great guy. he's a man of god. he's a man of faith. he will vote against joe biden

every time. and that's exactly why georgia is going to send him to the u.s. senate. >> you know, rose, you're a mom. one of the big things that parents are concerned about, of course, is education. and over the weekend, you had -- we played the clip, you had the former president saying that if republicans win, they're not going to allow tax dollars -- they will allow tax dollars to fund private schools. he used that sort of as a criticism of republicans. do you agree with that sort of line of attack? >> yeah, thanks for having me on, carly. as a mom of two boys that i had to move into private schools because of how far gone our public school is. i completely -- i agree that our tax dollars should follow our children. my tax dollars should be leaving that public school and following my boys to the public -- or the private school. because that's where they're going to get the best education.

it's not happening in the public schools. >> and, mitch, back to you. because you're a restaurant owner. and like you said, inflation is a major issue for you and for your customers as well. now you have a lot of democrats trying to figure out their messaging, you know, just a week out from when the election will take place. and now they're saying that democrats will do a better job of fixing inflation than republicans. how do you feel about that strategy? >> i can just look back at the previous four years and when i see governor whitmer's ads saying she's for small business, her track record doesn't show that. she tried putting us out of business through covid. and to see the previous four years' policies just does not make sense with what she's saying and the other democrats are saying currently. >> bill, out of all of the races, i would say that the most mud slinging is taking place in georgia, especially between

warnock, rafael warnock and herschel walker. do you think that sort of mud slinging personal attacks. do you think that's resonating with voters? >> no, i don't think it's helping. i hate to see those ads. to me, it's un-american. you and i talked about being good patriots and loving our country. we have to get back to somewhere citizens.ddle where we can agr but, you know, let's all be friends at the end othe day and go have a beer. i really think that governor kemp will pull this off against stacey abrams. i think herschel is going to pull it off over reverend warnock. the reason why we're just talking about gas and groceries and crime. those are the three main things. you can't go buy groceries or get gas unless you feel safe going there in your car. here in atlanta, none of that is true. that's why we're voting for brian kemp and herschel walker. i think your other viewers have

a great point with the economy. people are voting with their pocketbooks. you're going to see a red wave. >> mitch, bill, rose, thank you perspectives. >> absolutely. >> thank you, carly. >> you're welcome. >> todd, over to you. >> high school student and soccer coach father both punished for voicing concerns about transgender athletes in the girl's locker room of. >> i told the school and they shut me down and said there's nothing they could do and i was later suspended because i voiced my opinion that a male shouldn't be in the woman's locker room. >> that family now suing the school. they're joining us live to talk about it. has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term

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♪ >> carley: a washington school board appointing a new director who called police officers pigs and encouraged violence during the riots following george floyd's death in the summer of 2020. outside the state capitol in 2021, it amazes me how those pigs can sit over there to watch us peacefully talk about wa we want changed in the state. so before i get started the, tear everything up in this expletive city until they do what we want them to do. reed is doubling down on the comments saying it was her right to make them. the district tells fox it is receiving an influx of e-mails and calls about reed's

appointment some positive and some negative. the supreme court will hear a landmark case of affirmative action. harvard and north carolina will receive race based emission to keep a diverse student body. they're asking a 6-3 majority to prohibit race from being considered at all saying it violates constitutional protection. if the justices rule in their favor it will end decades of of affirmative action. >> todd: a 14 year old athlete is suing her school for speaking of about a male student using her faster who is a middle school coach is still suspended from his position for speaking out and defending his daughter. blake allen, that volleyball player, joins me now along with her father, travis allen and a lawyer representing the two of them. senior counsel tyson. thanks all three for being here. blake, what did you see when you saw this guy if your locker

room? >> i was really uncomfortable and i went to tell the principals and they said there's nothing they could do. and i was talking -- i was expressing my emotions with a friend saying that it was kind of annoying that that was allowed to happen and i was unprotected and then i got suspended for talking about it. >> todd: so can you believe you're literally the one accused of doing something wrong in this situation here? one, for being uncomfortable as a 14 year old girl that there's a guy in your locker room and, two, for telling a friend about it? what world are we in that you're the one accused of doing something wrong? >> yeah. the school is just failing all of us. like i was supposed to be suspended because i wanted to talk about something? that just doesn't seem right. >> todd: it's not right. travis as a father of a daughter, what other choice do you have than to do exactly what you did? >> i had no other options. we didn't know what to do. this is why we've gone this

route because when you're bullied by the head administration at the school, where else do you turn? >> todd: what rationale do they have for keeping you from doing what you love, which is to coach? >> apparently they want me to fall in line and do as i'm told and not offer any of my own opinions. >> todd: tyson i have to bring you in from a legal perspective, how can any of this retribution against this young lady and this dad be legal? >> well, it can't be todd and that's exactly why they reinstated blake and allowed her to go back to school because they recognized that the first amendment doesn't allow you to retaliate simply you expressed an opinion the government disagrees with and i think that's what's really wrong here because they're punishing blake and travis for having a

different opinion and trying to shove their false ideology down everyone's throat. it's wrong and unconstitutional. >> todd: obviously you're going through the courts at this point but in your discussions with the district if any, what have they said in response? have they said hey we just need a little more time or are they sticking with their position full steam ahead? >> well, obviously they did change position on blake after we filed suit. so we're thankful for that. and we're hoping that they do the right thing with travis. travis is a great coach and all he did was express an opinion on a really important matter. we need to be able to discuss these issues and share our opinion about these important policies that are affecting our kids. >> todd: blake, what's the reaction from your classmates? >> a lot of them are really supportive and stick by me. most of the people realize that it is wrong as well and they want to stand with me. but they see a lot of the backlash i've been getting so they can't like publicly stand with me. >> todd: that's tough. and i'm trying to put myself in position just being a 14 year

old here. you have a lot of stuff to worry about, you have school, worried about your grades, trying to do sports here. what is this doing to your entire educational experience which should be fun for you right now? >> it's really disrupting it. for like a week i was in the office for an hour every day having to talk about it. and so i would be out of class for an hour a day. >> todd: has there been talk about moving anybody out of any school? blake, you being moved out of the school or this transgender individual being moved? travis can you opine on that? >> we've contemplated that. the problem is, is we are -- our tax dollars go to this school so for us to try to finance blake to go to a different school would create a hardship on our family. >> todd: that is such an important point money's not traveling with the student even throw it should. travis what message is it sending to kids if they speak up parents should be there to protect them?

what message are you sending to parents out there? >> if your kids are not comfortable then you need to speak up for them. that's what we're here for. we're parents we're here to protect them. >> todd: and it doesn't send a good message that if they speak up they'll be suspended. what kind of world is this. keep us post, blake, travis, tyson thanks for coming. >> with that the next hour of fox and first begins right now. ♪ >> carley: and we begin with a fox news alert, the hollywood elite are signing off twitter protesting the elon musk's takeover of the social media giant but the billionaire stands committed to his plan to make twitter a true marketplace of ideas that will break through big tech censorship. air watching fox and friends first on this monday morning i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: and i'm todd piro. musk has shaken up the office reportedly ordering layoffs and firing top execs. it could include verifying accounts to