pete: good morning. welcome to "fox & friends," the second hour. it's january 14th. year of our lord 2023. beautiful shot of jacksonville, florida, where we'd all rather be, but we're here. we're happy to be together and happy to be with you. rachel: we just wish we were all in florida. pete: we'll just leave it right there. that's true.

good morning. by the way, it is national ratification day, which is january 14th. the day the american revolution officially ended with the treaty of paris. i didn't know that. pretty fitting for "fox & friends" and more fitting for "fox & friends," national dress up your pet day. if you have a pet, dress it up today. rachel: that would be fun. we should have people -- pete: maybe in a patriotic outfit for ratification day. will: i'm not big on dressing your pets up. pete: i can't at all. i can't stand it. rachel: you're no fun. will: who else is not into december up your pets? the pets. rachel: that's probably true. pete: it is very true. will: we're glad you're with us on "fox & friends" and we're all back together for the first time since new year and we're bringing you this news that's ongoing this week. the latest on president biden's classified document scandal is he's traveled back to

wilmington, delaware, this weekend and we learned his aids blamed president trump for the fact that he was caught with classified documents. it is odd as peter doocy asked the president or would have asked the president if he had a opportunity, aren't you returning to a crime scene? pete: that's a great question. rachel: it is a great question. what is he doing back there? probably cleaning things up. where's the raid on the house? pete: there's no way of knowing at all over the course of the five or six years that those documents were out of the vice -- who had access to them, where they were, what they were used for. it's completely unnoble. that's actually different -- unknowable and that's different from mar-a-lago where they knew where it was and had to raid it. doesn't appear to be a raid in will mange ton, delaware, this -- wilmington, delaware. this weekend. will, they're talking about executions and biden administration said the trump team made them feel weird about the transition and rushed to

pack his office because he was running around trying to secure alliances till the very end. rachel: important to note, this is the joe biden family, jill biden family and hunter biden family that shared office space with chinese energy officials who have ties to the chinese government. also joe biden was a vice president at the time of the packing of these documents so did not have the ability as president trump did to declassify anything. here's cnn really being apologetic for this entire scandal saying the closing days of biden's vice presidency were a flurry of packing moten men mn toes and -- mote momentos and ps

and packing continued last minute. the looming arrival, the looming arrival of the -- will: the shadow of the big figure coming into washington dc. rachel: they were so flustered by trump being elected to the white house and left many of obama and biden's aids weary of the future and eager to submit many of their accomplishments and it was an uneasy moment. according to many who lived through it and survived the transition. it was just really, really a weird time for everyone says a familiar source. so again, will: you don't understand. dude, it was scary, all right. there was a lot of looming and second, we were like super busy. we had to leave. rachel: we had a russia collusion hoax to work on. there was a lot going on. will: and we were doing the work of the people. pete: yes, deals to secure in

ukraine and china. it is remark -- that piece of journalism from cnn, you can only imagine what it would look like written in the other direction. rachel: right, interestingly yesterday tyrus was on tv and said this was like -- when you tell your kids to pick up something, pick up the kitchen and they take papers and throw them in different places. he says it's kind of like that. listen. >> my favorite part of this whole thing is they still blamed all this on the trump administration because they made it weird when the transitioning, and that's why we took all the documents with us because there was no one to give it to. that's literally where they're going with it, which makes zero sense. listen, kamala's people probably jumped on this but this is what happens when you let your kids put your stuff away. they just put it anywhere. >> that is true. >> he gave -- hunter had one job to do. one thing, take all the

documents that connect me to you and get rid of them. >> yes and what he did -- >> he hid them at the places he'd never go, a library, dad's garage and home. rachel: it's so good. and hunter has a thing for losing things. his sister's diary, his laptop. pete: he lost a gun. rachel: a gun. the way the media treats these two situations in mar-a-lago and the biden home and the fact there's no raid at the homes and offices. pete: it could be a silent raid. i don't know where this emanated from originally and just the violent -- the huge reaction of the press to this making it a big story, other networks are covering this wall to wall. makes you feel like they're ushering in the beginning of the end for joe. maybe they know hunter biden's

stuff will come out and maybe if you follow the money eventually, it can't be ignored. or not, i don't know. but this story has been escalated in a way i didn't expect, and it feels like it could unravel for joe if they continue the pressure and they have to talk about. it's not just about those documents but all the investigations that sort of swirling around it and what it could ultimately mean. will: will be interesting to see what democrat in the next couple of weeks, maybe in the next couple of months, begins to receive very positive coverage because if you're ready to move on from joe, you'd assume there's an idea of who you're ready to move on toward for 2024. rachel: that's an interesting point. pete: not pete. he's had a rough week. will: it's not pete this week. let's lay the ground work for pete. can pete: later on in the program, will and i go off the wall to break down the full investigation into biden's stark of classified documents at 8:45.

if you're confused by the time lines and locations, so were we and we did our homework to try and break down best as we can in this situation. rachel: i can't wait for that off the wall. will: i was using a bit of millennial talk i was doing when talking about -- impersonating cnn. but it's pretty app ragaini -- alexandriaocasio-cortez hast hours and had an ex--- instagram and had an explanation for advocacy of gas stoves and a use of gas stoves. it's not hypocrisy. watch. >> i think it's funny that absolute utter republican meltdown where they're like you can take my gas stove or my cold dead hands or how dare you talk about gas stoves. you have a gas stove.

first of all, first of all, i rent, period. second of all though, it doesn't even matter because by that logic, these are the same people who would have said we should never have gotten rid of leaded gasoline because someone may have driven a gasoline car. science evolves and gives us new knowledge with time. there is very concerning science about some of the emissions from gas stoves, especially around the cognitive development of young children, asthma, cancer, et cetera. this is about a decision about what may be sold and regulations in the far future. okay. so everyone just take the temperature down a little bit. rachel: first of all, this is so full of lies, she cooks on a gas stove and can say it's because of a rental, whatever. will: dude, i rent. pete: i actually kind of liked the video. she's probably two, three drinks

deep. will: the like the camera work. pete: she did the personal super zoom back in and out. she's clearly a little tipsy and dropping harm on her critics. hammer on her critics. rachel: full of gaslighting and getting rid of gas stoves is part of the whole green new deal. she was a proponent of the green new deal. there's now 140 cities in north america trying to ban gas stoves. whistled heard about this story, i had two thoughts, one, i love gas stove, i love to cook. i heat my tortillas on my gas stove. how do i do that if i don't have a gas stove? electric stoves are not good for cooking and it's cheaper to cook on gas stoves and what she's not telling you is that new housing projects, there's already a movement underway and no one will come and -- come into your

house and take your gas stove out. the way they will do it is through regulations because this is what liberals do and already it's happening. new construction are not having gas lines, already cities are 140 cities including madison, wisconsin, including minneapolis by the way are considering no new gas lines. pete: where all stupid ideas come from. rachel: emanated in california and made its way to minneapolis. of course it d. this is a war on modern life, a war on people who are now, you know, experiencing inflation at levels they've never seen before, and now they're telling people that their new houses won't be able to have a gas stove. by the way, it's racist. i can't heat my tortillas and chinese can't use their woks. will: they don't work on electric stoves ryan higgins nos well. will: she's telling you it's a war on tortillas. rachel: this is a war on

mexicans. we heat our tortillas on the gas stove. will: i agree with you, i heat a lot of tortillas on gas stoves. rachel: of course you know. you had a quince business. rachel: i've heated you tortillas on a stove. pete: we usually have tacos on taco tuesday but i eat the meet out of the dish wit with tostids with the chips. chips. will: i will never criticize that. that's for leftover meat and make your taco and need a throw it on the gas stove. rachel: hard or soft shell? pete: i grew up on hard shell. will: of course you did. rachel: probably met velveeta over it too. pete: i grew up on exclusively

hard shell and now it's soft shell. i like to reintroduce the hard shell. my big take away of that video was -- rachel: are you getting behind this? pete: drunk instagram videos usually not a good idea. she was probably a few deep in that one. you could tell a little bit. it's kind of entertaining. terrible ideas, kind of entertaining. rachel: that's what's so dangerous about her. will: she's a net winner on these. on these videos, she comes out ahead. i'm not saying that endorsing. pete: not at all. it's ridiculous. rachel: when aoc claims she stands with the people, it's eight times more expensive. pete: where do we get electricity from? coal-fired power plants and natural gas. rachel: natural gas is clean. i don't know. pete: 13 minutes after the tom of the hour, we have other news as well.

fox weather alert. the number of dead from severe storms and tornadoes in the southeast rising to at least nine. the powerful system leaving a trail of destroyed homes and businesses across georgia and alabama. will: fox weather correspondent nicole valdez joining us live on search recovery effort in hard hit selma, alabama. nicole. reporter: rachel, l pete, good morning to you all. we're talking about a death toll of nine people across the south and six alone in the state of alabama. interestingly enough we're getting new information from the national weather service who's been out trying to understand the intensity of each individual tornado that impacted so many different communities. they believe here in selma an ef2 at the very least is what caused some damage you see here behind me. actually a higher end ef2 and took a good hard look at a lot of homes and businesses that have been sledded and particularly this day care,

cross point christian day care you can see completely collapsed and the brick wall's being pushed in by the strength of the winds. definitely a notable tornado there and so many people we have spoken to say it sounded like a train charging their way. now, so many left with a hole in their hearts but we know officials continue to try and assess that damage. they're going to keep doing so throughout the weekend. one interesting point to note, there's still no confirmation as to whether the tornado that impacted so many in selma was the same in another county that was responsible for the death of those six residents of alabama. guys. pete: thank you. rachel: thank you. you can follow this story and all the latest weather developments by downloading the fox weather app to any of your connected devices. pete: that's tragic stuff but i have to ask something selfishly from previously, why am i a hard

shell taco guy? will: it fits. pete: come on. rachel: let's not pretend. pete: fake tacos? will: no, like hard shell and mcdonalds, it's all together. that's the package. pete: okay. rachel: velveeta. will: mountain dew. rachel: the first time i met him he was heating up a mac and cheese in a hotel microwave that he bought at -- will: at the little store in the lobby? rachel: yeah. pete: lunch. will: tragic fox news alert, a 2-year-old is killed in a house fire in allegheny county, pennsylvania. four fire fighters were hurt and remain hospitalized but thankfully expected to recover. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. fans gathering outside the gates of graceland to remember and pay

respects to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis. she passed away on thursday after suffering from cardiac arrest and she'll be laid to rest at graceland next to her son benjamin that died by suicide in 2020. austin butler, who plays her father in the award winning movie elvis paying tribute saying "i was eternally grateful for the time i was lucky enough to be near her bright light and will cherish the moments we shared". she was 54 years old. latest in the idaho quadruple murder case. the graduate school student bryan kohberger was enrolled in and had access to a crime lab with security camera streams both on and off campus. washington state university complex social interaction lab also has access to a data base of police body cam videos. college officials say kohberger was not part of the csi lab program and the wrong hands --

says in the wrong hands those tools could let someone look at uncensored crime scenes. we've all been wondering what beto does next. beto o'rourke has a new gig at the college and he'll focus on threats to democracy and plans to use his home state of texas as an example for the topic. o'rourke comes after losing yet aa or as degree landslide election. rachel: that institute of politics run by david axelraund. axelraund. pete: go to chicago to criticize the state you wanted to lead. focus on texas. will: don't let me make fun of you on taco shells. we've got, got to be healthier than the flour tortilla and we buy almond tortillas. rachel: are they good?

will: i didn't say that, they're better than you think. rachel: bring them in tomorrow and try them out. will: they're real thin and fall apart. pete: are they thin like chipotle? i want a really thin tortilla. rachel: i'm just saying, have a realtor tee ya. no almond. will: almond tomorrow. rachel: i love corn tortillas. pete: not as much as flour. still ahead, three children all under the age of 10 abandoned by smugglers in the middle of the rio grand river. the disgusting reality of the border crisis coming up. rachel: this is unbelievable. plus, the cdc revealed it's looking into a possible connection between pfizer's covid-19 vaccine and increased chance of having a stroke. dr. siegle tells us what you need to know. ♪

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rachel: powerful new images from the southern border show mexican authorities rescuing three

salvadoren sisters after abandoned by smugglers and they're only 9, 6, and 1 years old. our next guest has gone to the border five times in the last two months and the founder of jaco's ministries. welcome. you've been to the border quite a bit and what have you been seeing in terms of what's happening to the children that are coming across the border? >> good morning, rachel. thank you for having me on the show. when adults abandon their duty to take care of kids, kids will suffer and unfortunately the cartel are using children as trading cards and there's different reasons why children are being abandoned both in mexico at the border, in the river, or in the u.s. once they cross and it's because there's different elements crossing the border. there's some who want to be apprehended by law enforcement, and they'll maintain possession of the child because they want to be taken into custody but

those who are discarding children are either elements who are crossing into the u.s. who used the child as safe passage in mexico to the border, they'll then discard the child because they want to flee from law enforcement and cross illegally and flee so the child is serving a purpose to a point. when they're discarding the children, the child in mexico, they can blend into the movement of a lot of bodies and people. they look like a family, and then they'll discard that child and make a break and cross most likely through private property on the border. rachel: we saw the image, you know, it was heart breaking. remember the border patrol agent that found that child. i think he was 8 years old, crying all by himself in the middle of the desert. had border patrol not found him, he probably would have, you know, starved or died of thirst or heat exhaustion. who knows. these little girls, it was just

unbelievable to see that they were just left abandoned so you're saying when they're no longer of use, they're just abandoned? i have heard from other -- i had a congresswoman on my podcast this weekend who told me that sometimes they kill the children when they no longer need them and she also said she had colleagues on homeland security say they've found dead babies stuffed with drugs in strollers and we also know that organ harvesting is going on with the children that are abandoned. >> absolutely. all of those are very prevalent. if you visit the border, go to grave sites of baby john doe, not known, identity of the child not known. it's so prevalent on the border. the child is a ticket to passage and sometimes they want to maintain possession of that child all the way into border patrol custody. unfortunately now because the border is wide open and so many

crossings are happening across private property, the child is just a means to an end. the children that stay alive, end up in human trafficking because the predators are prowling. rachel: 40% of the children that come across unaccompanied that our government process, 40% are lost in the system and are not tracked. what can regular americans that are seeing what's happening, what can we do beside what you're doing and what i'm doing in terms of bringing awareness? anything we can do? this is -- our government is complicit in this. >> absolutely. 100% and largest human trafficking since the israelites in egypt. what the americans can do and what i learned as an immigrant in america, when you apply a holy pressure on a official, that's when they move.

till we pressure our elected officials at a local level up to the white house, but i mean seriously, rachel, pressure them and demand that they look at humanity and take care of people, secure the boarder and take care of americans. american children that are destitute and american children being pressured every day and until we pressure them as american citizens, they won't move. rachel: thank you for the work you co. i'll try my best to bring attention to this tragedy. god bless you. >> god bless you, thank you so much. rachel: of course. by the way, you can catch that interview with marjorie taylor green where she talks about the abuses of children and-on january 6 and her vote for kevin mccarthy and many other issues on from the kitchen table. download that at foxnewspodcast.com. still ahead, the cdc is investigating whether people over the age of 65 have an increased chance of having a

stroke thanks to pfizer's covid vaccine. dr. marc siegle breaks that down and what you need to know, next.

lyric the cdc ---will: the cdc and fda investigating a possible safety concern that seniors could face higher risk of stroke from covid vaccines and after years of concern alaska the jab, dr. fauci said we should be happy. look how the cdc is being so transparent. >> important thing is how transparent and up front the cdc has been. this is a signal most likely is not going to be a relevant signal but we feel and the cdc feels obligated appropriately so to let the public know about it. pete: dr. siegle, great to see you this morning. i don't have to extend to the cdc that level of compliment

they are or have been transparent. what do you make of the incidents of stroke that have signaled to the cdc time to say something. >> good morning, will. this is vaccine safety data link that they have and it's important and we haven't talked about that where the people report complications they have and this is from the other end and they're looking. they didn't see this signal or possible medicare or medicaid data but they're seeing it here and if you're over 65, the question is is there an association 21 days after you get the pfizer vaccine. they have to figure that out and have to figure it out fast because that's a high risk group and right now i ask them and

tell them, what about moderna. the other thing that doesn't show that by the way and the other thing they've got to do and the fda has to get novavax approved quickly for this situation and there's another option and this is clearly something we have to take seriously and something that's got to be investigated and it's not unusual though to find things later on and you may say why didn't they find this in clinical trials and if pfizer hasn't shone this either, i don't think anybody is hiding anything and takes awhile to come out and we don't know if this is the vaccine that causes it. we got to take it very seri seriously. will: pfizer saying neither pfizer nor bio-tech or cdc or anyone else have monitored this in the u.s.. there's no evidence to conclude

that espe stroke is prevalent fm the pfizer vaccines. one thing that showed up in other countries is increased issues with cardiovascular issues and i can write a half a dozen european countries not recommending for various age groups and in some cases not made it available and the cdc doesn't acknowledge or address the concerns and going to address or acknowledge a concern for stroke. >> covid itself is not right and it's been shown to associate in teens and young adults and i think -- i look at it from this point of view, i say all of this to the patient. there's not enough emphasis on that. you know, when you put the dr. fauci clip on, i'm thinking, okay, what's the patient thinking and a lot of patients are not going to want to take -- over 65 a group i'm interested in and higher risk groups now,

will. we're most concerned about that and how do you keep somebody out of the hospital and for sure a lot of elderly will be reluctant now and we have to have alternatives and discuss openly and that applies to myocarditis as well. will: two levels here, one, we haven't had open discussions and we haven't had those and the level of how to discuss with your patients and we haven't in society and second, we're living in a world where so many people mandate the vaccine. >> will, also natural immunity hasn't been on the table enough and we never discuss in the country and discuss in israel and got to discuss on the table and you're right, that point about mandates, how can you mandate a vaccine that doesn't stop spread. that should have never been the case and that turn add lot of people off and made a lot of people angry and cost people jobs and never the right move. will: dr. siegle, great to talk to you, thank you so much. >> thanks, will. will: still ahead, learning more about more schools in virginia

that failed to tell students about merit awards and equity could be to blame. meet the party pig that could be at your next big celebration. gilbert, that's his name. he's getting warmed up and he's next. ♪

>> if i would have had a opportunity to ask a question, the first one is why is president biden going to wilmington today? isn't that a potential crime scene? pete: peter doocy explaining what he'd ask if the white house press secretary didn't freeze him out as everyone else was asking frenzied questions. more classified documents are found and one of biden's former aids kathy chung questioned by law enforcement over classified documents regularly communicated with hunter biden transporting information about his father's schedules according to e-mails. hunter biden recommended chung for the executive assistant role and she moved documents out of

the white house at the end of the obama administration. i'm joined now with saul with his re-accounting standards boards. peter doocy's question, is it a legitimate one? this is a place we're looking to identify if all the documents -- are we trusting the lawyers to have handed them all over? is it right for him to be there? >> well, it's a funny question, you know, i guess the whole state under that theory would be a crime scene given how long the biden family has controlled events in delaware. but the lawyer will say what a lawyer says and you'll notice his words. look at his words carefully, we've been cooperating since the moment we informed the national archives about the documents. that's six years after they were improperly taken so that's kind of a meaningless statement. it's what you expect to a white collared defense lawyer to say,

which is what he is. pete: would there be an ability through the special council to get to when they knew? how do you get to the bottom of that? >> sure. special council has all of the powers of a u.s. attorney. the only difference is ultimate -- well, the difference between a special council and independent council is if he's ultimately answering both to merrick garland and he's not going to do anything without putting it through merrick garland and the ability it whether the will is there. herr is completely an establishment doj type and he's part of the whole chris wray and he's hardly a noted independent voice. pete: when you look at timing of all of this and the fact that some of this was known before the election s it standard

protocol to withhold that information if they're notified or how does the time line look to you? >> the -- it looks like as senator kennedy said the other darks the powers to be have known about this at least since november and we're just hearing about it now. i do think, even though i said yesterday it's an easy political call for merrick garland to appoint a special council, if there was really nothing there, if it was completely frivolous and inadd inadvertent, there'd o appointments and they had a person looking and decided to appoint a special council. there's likely something there but we'll have to wait and see. make no mistake about t they have the power to get to the bottom of it but the question is whether or not they have the will. pete: it's all about the will and the investigator himself and in this case, you're saying -- positive there might not be much hope he's interested in getting

to the bottom. we'll see. sol wisenberg. >> thank you for having me on before gilbert. he's a tough act to follow. pete: we'll do our best. well done, sir. thank you. now to rachel for headlines. rachel: thank you. now to a couple headlines, four more high schools in fairfax county, virginia, are being accused of dragging their feet before telling students about national merit awards and the schools in question say notifications did not go out in a timely fashion during the fall semester. virginia attorney general is already investigating fairfax county public schools after the same problem happened at three other schools. good deeds do pay off. the man known for saving 24 people during the deadly buffalo blizzard was gifted super bowl tickets for his heroic actions. bills hall of fame running back thurmond thomas honoring jay

white that gave shelter to people stranded outside or in their cars during the deep freeze and earned the name of merry christmas j after leaving a note explaining the reason for the break in and those are your headlines. are you in need of something big for your next birthday celebration? will: if you want something big but don't want to break the piggy bank. pete: rick reichmuth has your answer, gilbert the party pig. rick: move the camera down. move the camera down. there is gilbert the party pig. i have michelle and terry burns here, you're the owners and parents of gilbert the party pig? >> i guess luck is how we got him. rick: you bought this thinking i'm going to get a mini pig as a pet? >> exactly. we didn't care how big he got

and the big misconception with mini pigs is they'll stay this size, which is 3 months old and they don't. rick: these guys are not for slaughter? >> absolutely not. just pets. rick: just pets. gilbert goes around town and makes people happy. where does he go? >> he goes to birthday parties, schools, libraries, anyone that wants us, any event. rick: talk about this guy. >> this is meadow, she's three months old and also a mini pig and consider add julianna pig because of her spots. she's learning tricks. rick: tricks? >> yes, he does tricks. rick: terry, let me see a pig trick. this guy lives in the house? >> lives in the house and sleeps on the couch like a dog. rick: all right. do it.

>> gilbert. gilbert. >> i kid would do this at a birthday party and it's a bit less intimidating for them if they're little. >> he has to finish. rick: is he potty trained? >> completely housebroken, yes. he's held it 17 hours one time. >> sit, sit, sit. rick: there you go. nicely done. good way to end this. michelle, terry, how can people find out about you guys? >> go to facebook, gilbert the party pig. will: rachel, i could do four minutes on this. i have so many questions and telling me i don't have time. rick, does he go in a litter box or outside? rick: totally outside. pete: a pig litter box. will: confirmed, pigs are super smart? >> yes and he can spin too. want him to spin? rachel: what does he do at parties that people love? rick: they can kiss. i know they're going to say there's not enough time.

let me say. rachel: there's time for rick to kiss the pig. will: rick, show us the kiss. >> good job. rachel: coming up -- will: thank you, rick. rachel: we're shaking things umm for dry january and the best mock tail recipes, next. ♪

will: are you participating in dry january? rachel: we're making delicious mock tails. >> excited to be here and shake it up with you all. >> people go to a bar and they generally laugh and smile about 17 times a day according to a yale study but in a bar they do it 17 times an hour and that's why we go and doesn't have to involve alcohol but has to involve having a little fun and nothing worse than being stuck with a soda all night long. have fun and shake it up. rachel: can i have soda or water and people go are you pregnant? if i have a mock tail, they

won't ask questions. >> we have an organic blue tea cocktail in front of you and, wait, wait, wait. not yet. on three, we'll pour citrus in there. we're going to say magic of "fox & friends" and we're goon stir one, 20, three, magic of "fox & friends". then it changes color. will: purple. >> purple. rachel: nifty, i like it. >> pass these down. it's a very fun margarita here. it's a ginger, citrus and jalapeño with a black organic outside. >> i love that. with the margarita expert guy, i'll need a shake from you. is that all right? look at that.

pete: little bend in there. will: little up and little down. perfect. >> we're going to pour this right in and then we're going to learn more. pete: if you want to know more, robfloydent.com. see you next hour.

♪ rachel: good morning, everybody. it's 8:00 a.m. and that's gilbert the party pig. i just got a text from the maclamore boys wishing they were here making pulled pork for us. that's not nice. will: not to