♪ ♪ >> welcome to the fourth and final hour of "fox & friends" on february 5th year of our lord 2023. nascar is tonight, season kicks off so we're kicking it off with go-carts on fox square. if you were just watching, rachel took on rick in the second round of the tournament that's happening this morning.

i narrowly beat will. he almost took half the crew on a wide turn. rachel: and some tourists. pete: watch the guy with the checkered flag. watch will. will seems to be ai be aiming f. ththat was some athleticism. we have rachel who came running up to the studio, who is the winner. how does it feel to beat rick reichmuth. rachel: rick thinks he won. he says i'm not equity, so i'm willing to leave -- >> are you for fairness? we saw you cut you few cones. rachel: then i think rick will win. >> you'll give up the crown after the event? rachel: i am. it's up to me to end this equity thing. whoever won won and that's it. pete: will, what do you think? you're a sports guy. will: i've never seen someone give up the crown.

rachel: i'm the anti-leah thomas. i'll be fair in this competition. pete: you're going to be a loser then. rachel: all right before she has given up, ceded her seat to go to rick. does rick have reaction. rachel: you guys said that i -- will: you put him in the wall, that was nice. pete: right there, you took out four cones. rachel: i did. >> rick took a cone out too. rachel: i saw will almost take out a tourist. pete: rick took out cones too. maybe you haven't reviewed all of the tape. you still want to give up you your crown? rachel: , again, i'm all for fairness. pete: all right. when america thinks rachel, they think fairness. [laughter] rachel: that's true. why are you laughing? >> i'm not. rachel: what are you saying? >> i didn't laugh at all. rachel: you didn't just laugh, you guffawed. what the heck?

>> you are so true. rachel: we're going to move to a fox news alert. the u.s. air force shoots down the chinese air balloon that hovered over the u.s. for days after it moved over the atlantic ocean yesterday. >> navy war ships, surface divers and fbi are searching the area to recover debris. debris, brookesigman is here wi. >> fox news captured the moment the chinese spy balloon was shot down yesterday. the fighter jet shot down the balloon which floated across the mainland u.s. this week. shortly after, president biden claimed he wanted to down the balloon earlier but was overruled. >> on wednesday when i was briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday, as soon as possible. without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was when it got over water, so it was within 12-mile limit. >> the 12-mile limit biden

mentions is referring to coastal state's right to claim 12 nautical miles of the notion as their territory. the faa temporarily closing the air space around the balloon and pausing all air traffic through wilmington, myrtle beach and charleston's airports as it was shot down. a senior official revealing yesterday's shot at the balloon was the military's first chance to target the bay balloon whilt floated over water. officials could have fired at the balloon while it was over montana but they said they didn't over an abundance of caution. the chinese military responding that the use of force by the u.s. is a overreaction and serious violation of international practice. they will safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the company concerned and reserves the right to make sure refonses if necessary. earlier this morning, gordon chang and special operations intel analyst joined us with

their thoughts. >> they seemed to underplay this which shows embarrassment inside the regime. they could get tougher in comments as time goes on because we have seen that before in the past, will, and so we should be on the lookout for that as well. >> my main concern is we don't know what was collected and what data was transmitted back while over top of our air space. and to also say they waited to shoot it down because it didn't pose a real threat is disingenuous. >> the balloon was 60 you 6060,000 feetabove sea level. a typical plane cruising level 35,000 feet. >> did we learn more from the pentagon, where they were supposedly told to shoot it down on wednesday. >> they said they spoke to the president on wednesday, they brd him and out of you abundance of caution they wanted to avoid risk to civilians or civil civin

property. when it entered over of alaska, there was an opportunity then. it came over the continental u.s. and they waited until it was over water which was yesterday over south carolina. rachel: do we know of other types of these balloons going over american air space before. >> not that we know of. trump administration officials, civilian leadership have said and i have spoke tone a number of former national security officials, they told me they were never briefed on something like this, so if it happened, maybe the mili military knew abt it. >> there are media reports floating out there that this happened under the trump administration but when you talk to trump or high level officials, mark esper, others n say we never heard of a balloon during our administration and if it did happen, we weren't told. >> absolutely. i spoke with ambassador john bolton yesterday who was a national security advisor at the white house, i spoke with

ambassador robert o'brien who said he was never briefed as well as rick burr fell who served as national director of intelligence and they say they were never briefed on something like this so if it happened, they weren't told. >> someone is leaking the fact that they're accusing that it happened under trump to say it's no big deal. >> biden administration officials said it happened in the last administration. the people who i have spoken to who i think would have been in a possession to know, said we didn't hear anything like that. >> i know you're working on a story like that. rachel: great reporting. great reporting. >> rest's go off the wall -- not all the waff. wall.to the touch screen. let's talk about the significance of this a little bit. first of all, will, you dubbed it yesterday, i think you were right, this was a trial balloon by balloon. how far could the you chinese get with surveillance activity get before we reacted.

a photographer in montana alerted us to it. they waited until it came to south carolina. the second is what would they look at and why did they choose particular path. minot to warren air force base, these are three icbm minute man 3 new you clear capable air force bases in the united states and this balloon made its way near enough to each one of them to surveil each one of them. not to mention the fact, will, you asked the question about the nuclear triad earlier in the show, you've got land based missiles, he sea based and b2 bombers and others from the air, that's warren air force base. warren air force base is the only operational b2 bomber base in america. so they didn't fly a balloon down south or up to go look at boston. they moved it right through the

heartland of where our nuclear capabilities are and joe biden waited until it got here to soot it down. it raises the question of how much were they able to push back to beijing that's actionable for them in the future because the balloon at 60,000 feet is more granular and detailed than a satellite orbiting that goes over one particular location at a time. rachel: can i ask you something that's tangential to this. you're a former military guy. think about the mindset you had when you wanted to join the military and when you see this kind of weakness, maybe there's a great reason why the biden administration didn't act sooner but when you see this kind of weakness, you know, lack of action, how does that affect recruitment? we're in a really bad place recruitment-wise. pete: i would call it risk aversion. there's a disease of risk aversion inside our pentagon. the pentagon's job is not to be safe. pentagon's job is to stand up to our adversaries, he hopefully prevent conflict.

if we get into conflict, to win it. coming on the heels of afghanistan, the terrible military advice, they spun it as the greatest air lift in american history when we handed billions of dollars of equipment to our enemies and looked humiliated when we had 13 of of our own in caskets. they said we didn't do harm to america. it shouldn't have been here in the first place. you waited until it passed over every inch of our country before you shot it down. if they could do it with such precision off the coast of south carolina, why can't they do it with the same amount of precision over montana. of course they could. somebody didn't want it shot down. we don't know why. will: let's bring in retired lieutenant generally you charred newton. good to have you on the program. as was mentioned, the granular he detail something like this might be able to acquire, some

60,000 feet above not just your former base but several other bases in the area, what concerns you? what could have been surveilled? >> well, will, good morning. it's great to be with you. first, let me ooh off the top say how proud i am of the airman and f2 2 fighter jet, one shot, one kill, to shoot the balloon down. that's extraordinary. our men and women in uniform, serving day in and day out, we need to continue to salute them. the challenge is as pete articulated on the p map and the intent of the question, will, it's significant the that china was able to put a balloon, 60 60,000 plus feet, park it over the north central part of the united states where you have two legs of the u.s. s u.s. strategc triad. i commanded at minot air force base. that's two legs of the triad.

as the balloon traversed the central united states, there's whiteman air force base in missouri, home of the b2 stealth had bomber. bomber. >> thank you. i read it wrong. i read it as warren. but it's whiteman. you're exactly right. >> that's okay, will. it's a busy news day. the point is, it's significant. back to will's question. the fact that we allowed this balloon to be parked over the north central part of the united states, gathering intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance, but let's back up just a little bit. we were aware of the balloon, actually i would fathom to think launched once it left chinese air space, started to drift into alaska, so we have to look back to january 28th when this was in an around u.s. air space and u.s. territories. it traversed down through canada, then the united states. i absolutely -- u.s. northern command was tracking this. then it became a decision. this is less a military decision in my view, a political decision on what to do with it and so

here we are. we shot it down. good on us. good on, again, our men and women, who are you going to call, 1-800-united states military. how do we move forward with this? it's a significant i believe move on the chinese part and their ability to to influence the united states and national security will grow faster after this event. >> all right. what does this tell us about plans that china may have around taiwan? the cia director says that xi jinping has ordered mill troy be ready for an invasion. are the two tied together? are they trying to probe us on what our capabilities are. >> everything is tied together with china. they're very deliberate. we've talked about this in the past. they're ex straightforward s exy deliberate in their planning. everything is tied together as they move forward. all instruments of national power are tied together, economic, finance, information, military, diplomatic and so

forth had. we have to look at this as not just one event from the balloon but the whole but the cia director mentioned that he's very concerned about potentially a breakout china and taiwan and invasion and so forth, could-they may have the capability to do this in 2027. so that's of is. let's' also -- that's of significance. let's keep in mind the russia invasion of ukraine, the largest land invasion since world war ii is keeping us focused on ukraine, russia. china and president xi is absolutely watching that extraordinarily close. how we prepare, how we support, are we going to leave our trends and allies like we did in afghanistan with that debacle of a withdrawal. this is very important. my last point here is that in my 34 years and 11 years since i've retired, i've never seen a more frankly a difficult national security environment for any administration but particularly for the biden administration. russia, china, obviously you've got north korea and with iran.

so the point is, is that we've got to keep a main focus not only on u.s. national security interest but how to make sure that our allies and our friends will know that the united states will stand by them as well as our adversaries will know, will, and you i think -- pete, you picked up on this, they only understand strength. the only way we're going to maintain peace is through strent strength. rachel: it's a -- rachel: it's a good point. we've been talking about the military bases there, obviously that's going to be of interest to them. the balloon went over our heartland. we know chinas is gobbling up farmland, trying to corner in some ways our food supply as well. does the that concern you as well, lieutenant general? >> i'm very concerned. i'm very concerned, rachel. youyou probably saw in the presa couple months ago or so, chinese were buying property outside of grand forks air force base, a major installation for training and operating. i think we need to be on very close watch starting now and there is, again, i don't trust

the chinese at all. we've got to make sure we stand up tall with them, we have capabilities but you also have to rally our allies and friends and as well as the american -- thithis is a wakeup call to the american people. i don't want anybody waking up on egg shells. only way to maintain peace is through strength. >> lieutenant general newton, thank you so much for your perspective this morning. very p insightful. rachel: thank you, lieutenant general. >> thank you, good morning. rachel: i want to make a point on something that he said as well. >> this is to your question to pete earlier. this is a quote from casey wardinski. he said because of the situation like this, for example, who chooses to join this team. this will make recruiting harder. people will look at this and say, well, this is a feckless bunch. >> this is right. when we look weak and don't act and we're not he d decisive, pee

look around and say do i want o be a part of this. rachel: we know this is our he geopolitical enemy, our economic enemy, the chinese. whoever is working with the chinese government to sell our farmland near our bases, i don't know if they're investment firms or real estate agent, i don't know who is providing cover for the communist party and chinese, that's treasonist. we should treat people who deal with the chinese like this as such, it's shameful. >> mau once say politics is war without the bloodshed. it's about advancing through power. >> coming up, our panel of voters will share what they want to hear from president biden during the state of the union address on tuesday. >> we're gearing up for the bush light clash today on fox by bringing nascar to fox square.

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so what issues do voters want to focus on? our voter panel, they they have been feisty all morning long, getting lots of texts on them and we're happy to have you back. i'm going to start with you, madeleine. i know crime is important to you. i mean, a lot of that's on a local level. what do you want to hear from the president about crime? >> what i would love to hear from president biden on crime is to be honest with the american people and tell the american people that a gun is an inanimate object, without the mindset behind the trik triggerd the hand to pull the trigger. if you take away the guns, people will pick up a ice pick, baseball bat. rac.rachel: or car. >> be honest with the american people when it comes to guns and

a fighting gun crime. rachel: thank you. i know he health liberty is important to you. have we learned the lessons over what happened over covid. the president just announced covid -- he says it will be over -- >> it's conveniently done in may. well, right. that is something that i was concerned about. over the last three years, during this covid pandemic, that continues, that's what i was doing as an attorney, i was doing a lot of covid litigation and fighting for people in hospitals that are getting killing protocols. we had a protocol that would keep them alive. that's what i've been doing with other lawyers across the country. i don't trust president biden. i don't trust anything that comes out of his mouth. i really don't. i think whatever he is going to say on tuesday, we have to take it with a grain of salt. conveniently, the covid pandemic a will be over within may. my number one issue is national security. he's the commander in chief.

his job is to secure the american people. he failed us. his priorities are not with us. rachel: lead me just -- so she's talking about national security. i think democrats care about national security too. how concerned are you when all of this information has come out about hunter biden and the biden family connections, 10% for the big guy, you know, getting money from the chinese communist government and chinese businesses. are you worried that the president is compromised and how do you think it affects the situation like we had this week with the balloon. >> the chinese balloon, that was unfortunate, i'm glad it was shot down, i'm glad nobody got hurt. in terms of hunter biden, i literally -- i don't think about that at all. as a catholic physician, what i'm concerned about is access to abortion care, access to- rachel: as a catholic physician. >> as a catholic physician. i'll claim that. rachel: that's a shocking statement. >> i am not trying to shock.

i've seen coat h hanger abortio, back in the '90s when i was in med school. i want access to birth control care and abortion care. i would like biden to focus getting more people into the middle class. in 2015 it tipped. we need to bring more people into the middle class and i would like to see a ban on automatic weapons and a he focus on domestic terrorism in this country. rachel: all right. frank? >> we just had in the earlier segment talking about the mining ban thats was put into place in minnesota. and those are good jobs they that could occur here. the same week this administration approved hundreds of millions of dollars to be sent to the democratic republic of congo to support its mining operations, where unicef says 40,000 children are employed. rachel: that's heart breaking. >> as miners. rachel: slave labor. >> if you want a green economy, great. you need mining, you need

critical minerals. we can do it here. we don't need to send the money coming out of the government and sent overseas. let's keep it here, let's build a middle class. rachel: let's talk about energy. it's important. we are an a energy rich country. anybody want to jump in on the need to bring back american energy or is everybody down with this transition to electric and dependence on another country. go ahead. >> no. i mean, electric, come on. our power grids can't hold the electricity had that we carry now. my town, we lose power all the time. what are we going to do when there's electric police cars and there's an emergency? oops, we have no power. you know, there's an ice storm in buffalo, those cars didn't start. they b couldn't charge them. what are we talking about electric. electric at the end of the day still comes from -- it's powered from coal. come on. you know, what about the batteries, does anybody look at the earth and what it does mining for the lithium? what about the child slave labor

that mines for the batteries. rachel: and the chinese own those mines and africa as well. >> come on, it's so green. rachel: margaret, what would you like to see happen at the state of the union, what concerns do you want the president to bring out. >> i have a young child. a lot of people, children here are grown. we have different concerns. vi have a kindergartner. what do his next five years look like, the core years of conditioning and w and who is hg to be and what is he going to learn. i want a government that will take care of things i don't want to take care of like migrants and crime. i don't want to worry about safety in my neighborhood, i want to worry if kid is protected, that can be off my plate. rachel: i love the perspective of someone who was born in another country. tell me what your thoughts are. >> i wish he could be honest and maybe god could put a light into his head and he could become a different person and say, hey, guys, i may just

suffer for the past two years, i'm so corrupt had that it's not funny. i'm in bed with china. i did all of this. you knows something, from now on i'm going to take care of america first. and it's not going to happen. so whatever he says, it's going to be -- i don't really care and i'm not really going to watch and that's what i tell everybody. we need to get united. we cannot be divided as a country like the politicians wants us to be. we need to be united and it's the people by the people and i'm going to add one thing about abortion. everybody talks abortion. i'm pro abortion and everything pro choice. but nob nobody talks about he prevention. rachel: thank you. >> nobody talks about sexual transmitted, disease, guys. rachel: or nonviolent option ofs. s.>> our children -- optionses.

>> our children to abstain from sex. what a thought. where are parents in this? this is something you do when you love someone and there's consequences. rachel: i've got to get dominic. they're in my ear. really quick. >> the issues, just rapidly stacking up. we have to talk about the war in ukraine, talk about immigration, talk about the national debt, we have to talk about national security. i think there's just so many issues at the moment that extreme measures need to take place. rachel: is the country better off two years after biden or better off two years before. >> i think we're in much worse shape. >> much worse. rachel: anyone think we're better off under biden. biden.only jeanine. >> the gdp grew 5% last year. >> we're either going to be a constitutional republic or banana republic. we get to choose. rachel: i wish you guys were running the country. >> we need to increase the middle class. we can all aagree on that.

we need to increase people in the middle class. rachel: thank you. >> i want to say something on abortion. we need to stop the genocide and slaughter of black babies in the womb. rachel: amen to that. you're not going to get any argument from me on that one. back to our top story, a week after it passed through alaska, the chinese spy balloon has been shot down off the coast of the carolinas. senator eric schmitt is demanding an investigation into the biden administration's response and he will join us next. thanks, you guys. great panel.wh ♪ ♪ (dog barks) ♪ silverado zr2, trail boss, and custom trail boss. because adventure is everywhere.

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air force base is in missouri. we know the balloon was nearby. was do you know. >> i mean, look, this is him too far fetched for for a fictin spy novel. we had a chinese spy balloon in u.s. air space for a week, hovering over critical military bases, whiteman air force base in missouri, home of the stealth bomber, made its way over the st. louis area where we have the geo spatial intelligence agency and picking up critical information. i think what's important to point out is they were gaining valuable intelligence on joe biden and how he makes decisions, how quickly he makes decisions and he failed every single one of those tests, miserably, which is why i calld

for a full investigation. >> they they were probing joe biden no doubt. let's say he did say shoot it down on wednesday. then they're also probing military officials who said hold on, let it float until it gets out to the -- i mean, these are the same military officials that told us everything was going to be okay in afghanistan as well. >> it also, by the way, that statement also, the reality is they could have shot this thing down well before it was over montana. i mean, they could have shot this thing down before it hit the coast of alaska. and i think that joe biden, they got called out on it, an amateur photographer spot's it and they had to explain it. they're withholding a lot of important information the american people he deserve to know. this is an administration that abandoned our southern border. we have an open border in our southern border. now our air space is not secure because of the incompetence of the administration which is why we need a full investigation.

it's time we put america's interest first. >> how do we get this investigation -- it would require in the senate bipartisan support for such an investigation because republicans don't -- do you think you can get that or will this be a house thing? >> i would hope so. i mean, the house should move forward on this too. i would hope this is something that isn't partisan. i mean, again, we had our biggest adversary in the world, china, brazenly has a spy balloon floating over the continental united states. i mean, it's beyond all the intelligence that's potentially gathered on our response time and decision making and whatever they picked up along the way, the worlds was watching this just like they were watching the disastrous withdrawal in afghanistan where service members lost their lives and tens of billions of dollars of equipment were left behind. i mean, there's just been a disaster after disaster here and that's why i think people deserve answers, the american people he deserve answers and i would hope this could be bipartisan. >> senator, you would think. you would hope we would be in a place where that could be bipartisan. i guess we'll find out.

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prove migrants wrong after a complaining about the facility. >> we've talked to the state, we've talked to our u.s. senators, talked to our congress people, reached out to secretary mayorkas. we don't have the payer source. everybody is sympathetic and lends a listen ear but no one has a solution. let's bring in sunday morning futures host maria bartiromo. it's great, we're going to hear from border patrol agents on capitol hill. s this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. this is not a story that can escape anyone's radar. the question is, why is it escaping their attention and care. >> that's right, will. it's escaping the media which is extraordinary, aside from fox and fox business and a couple of others online, you really don't see a lot of focus here. look, what mayor adams did was showing leadership. people are desperate across the country with this incredible

flood of foreigners coming in every single day. you're talking about 7 to 8,000 people a day crossing the rio grande into america. that's 5 million plus on joe biden's watch. now we know, joe biden will not defend america on land, nor will he defend america in the air. because we had a chinese surveillance balloon taking data for an entire week. this morning, i also spoke with christopher olivarez at texas department of public safety. and he said that in the past four days, they have encountered 12 chinese what nationals in the rio grande valley. they have paid more than $100,000 to the drug cartels. remember, the drug cartels can charge whatever they want. they may charge 7,000, 10 of thousand dollars to someone from guatemala. but they charge 35 to $50,000 a head from anybody for china to cross into america. why would the chinese want to send people you through the whiled open border?

why not? they're already abusing the visa process he's. they might as well abuse the wide open border as well. so we have a major dangerous situation at hand right here. and we are discussing it this morning as well. from the wide open border to what we just witnessed from the chinese spy balloon, we are talking with three major people who can set the record straight of whether or not this has ever happened before and why it took the biden administration a week to actually shoot this thing down. is it because joe biden is massively compromised having taken in tens of millions of dollars from the chinese communist party, him and his family. so we will talk this morning with john ratcliffe, the former director of national intelligence. he will tell us for a fact whether or not this has ever happened before. and what the consequences of this balloon sending data back, we believe, as it was moving. so the damage has already been done. we are also talking with representative mike gallagher, the chairman of the china select

committee and we're talking to the ranking member of the u.s. senate homeland security committee, rand paul. we'll also talk with jason smith because he's the chairman of house ways and means and right now unfortunately while china is planning what it's going to do to taiwan and who knows what to america, we are talking about cutting defense spending. so we will talk to the chairman of house ways and means about that conversation and how this chinese balloon has changed things. we've got breaking news coming up. wait until you hear what my guests have to say about this incredible story this weekend. we'll see you in about 15 minutes, guys. >> thank you. we'll be tuned in. 10:00 a.m. right now we would usually turn it over to chief meteorologist rick reichmuthfor the weather. today is national weather person's day. we have some of our favorite rick moments. ready, rick. rick: i didn't see this coming. >> our chief meteorologist is on a road trip across america. >> there we go.

♪ the. >> how high up are we? >> 50, 60 feet in the air. >> i've done a lot of stupid stuff on the show. this feels like maybe the stupidist. >> how will this get back down? >> thank you, joey. that's a good question. oh, my gosh. oh, my -- oh, my gosh! ♪ >> guys, send it back to you. >> rick, hey, rick, what happened after the t roller coaster ride. rick: i puked, all right. i got in trouble for saying that weird. you made me say it again. i walked off and i hurled.

there was a go pro and they said the speed of it knocked the go pro over so you have to do it again. i had to do it a second time right after. >> okay. >> and that was it. that was all just this summer, man. do i have the best job or what? >> you have a good job. you're standing out in the cold right now. we're in a warm studio. you've got the best job. [laughter] >> rick, we appreciate you. we love having you part of the team. >> i love being here. >> national weather person day, best embodied i rick. start your you engines, a he preview of the busch light clash airing live on fox is next. we're gearing up for a race of our own. who will take home the "fox & friends" trophy. pete's in the finals. i don't know who he is racing against. that's coming up next. ♪

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♪ rachel: welcome back to "fox & friends," nascar expects to draw around 50,000 fans for today's 75th anniversary season opening at the busch light clash in la airing on fox. >> nascar marketing vp patrick rogers is overseeing the clash at the coliseum. that's where he joins us now.

patrick, tell us what we have in store for us tonight. >> so for tonight, good morning, everyone, first and foremost. >> good morning. >> tonight we'll have an action packed nascar event to pick off the 75th anniversary at the la coliseum. it's going to be extremely exciting. we're looking forward to it. >> what's the format of the race, patrick, for this one, how many sm miles, how many stages, what are you doing today? >> at 2:00 p.m. pacific time we will start with races, we'll transfer guys from each of the heat race, we'll have last chance qualifiers at 5:00 p.m. we have the main event that features 27 of the main drivers. >> it won't be a normal field normally about 40, it's an all day event. you can watch your favorite car make it into the last heat. >> that is correct. there are some guys that won't make it into the main event. you'll see a lot of beating and banging. that all begins at 2:00.

in between we'll have a prerace concert with cypress hill, a mid-race break with whiz khalifa. >> who should we be watching today? >> you know, i don't think i'm allowed to have favorites but someone is going to win and i think that really the fans are going to be the ones that get rewarted today. it's -- rewarded today. it's going to be an exciting event. from here we go to the biggest event of the year, daytona 500. >> last year's cup standing and as patrick mentioned next weekend -- two weekends- >> two weekends from now. >> february 18th, we "fox & friends weekend" will be live once again from daytona for the daytona 500. >> that's sweet. rachel: patrick, any last minute tips for the final race here. >> we're doing a go cart race, patrick. >> final tips are if you're in the la area, please come out.

there's a few tickets left. but they're moving fast. otherwise, i encourage everyone to tune in this evening for what's going to be a great event to start off the season. >> there you go, right here on fox. >> thank you, patrick. >> it's a tight track. the coliseum is small. rachel: is it. >> are you in the finals? rachel: i gave it to rick. i don't like to cheat and then say i won. i mean, you guys do that often on this show but i don't. >> here's the tip, here's the tip, rick, it's for you, rubbing is racing. rachel: rubbing is racing, that's one of the first things i learned. >> switching lanes to a fox and family go cart race that's what we're talking about. that's coming up next. see who wins. rachel: stay here.

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♪ rachel: all right. it's the final round of our "fox & friends" go-kart races. i was disqualified for slamming into the fence. now it's time for pete and rick to go head to head on this, for the "fox & friends" trophy -- pete: you gave it away, rachel. rachel: i'm going to do the natalie woods thing here. on your mark, get set, go! will: pete's got the inside track, but rick's got the right turn angle. oh! he cut him off! they're not going very fast. there it is, rick are. tight inside curves. that's one lap down. pete: oh, man, i'm struggling. will lap two, rick taking a commanding lead. he seems to have the line on the track. pete, come on, man. pete: what's going on? will: rick's got his line, you've got to knock him off his line. that's lap four. uh-oh, rick -- pete: i can't catch him! rick: you're going out, will.

will: this is lap five right here. rachel: all right, 30 seconds. get on up here. get -- whoo! get up on the stage! 15 seconds to get up there. come on, rick. you won and you're going to get your trophy. will: there's your trophy. pete: it's fitting. go to church. will: super-charged. pete: he's the winner. well you can have fun too. [laughter] ♪ maria: good sunday morning, everyone. welcome to " sunday morning futures." i'm maria bartiromo. today, america for sale. sovereignty of the nation breached as a communist china surveillance balloon is able to travel across the country for a full week hovering over several military bases likely transmitting data back to the ccp as it traveled. before finally getting shot down by the pentagon on saturday. >> on wednesday z when i was briefed on the