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♪ ♪ ♪ pete: this is not just a race,st the an event. st the an extravaganza. that's the apopka high school band performing life here at the daytona the national speedway i ahead of the daytona 500 tomorrow on fox. thanks for joining us here on "fox & friends" weekend, pete hegseth, will cain, rachel campos duffy and a very cool graphic that makes us look awesome, because we're at an amazing event, the great american race. it's great on the back here with the both of you. rachel:st the been an incredible

couple das i -- days here. the food that the mche mothers are doing -- pat: thankfully, we haven't seen any of it yet. will: it'll be the 75th running -- pete: 75th or year of nascar, 65th -- will: thank you for that correction. i'm a little off. i have a bud canty that just said, are you headed to bible study? [laughter] or maybe a parent-teacher conference? [laughter] with my sweater on, he also said you might be headed to bushwood country club. [laughter] pete: okay. rachel: did they say anything about you? will: do you know bushwood country club from cad key shack? -- "caddyshack"? my wife texted and said you are a bad ass. rachel: don't people know the competition, you know, between the three of us is real? here i had this moment, okay, right, where i did 9.1gs, and

will leaned over and goes -- [inaudible] will: in case you didn't hear that, i did 9.2. [laughter] pete: and i'll have to check the tape, because i don't know what i did, but i'm sure it was north of -- will: 9.3. pete: by the way, will took to the track yesterday. we're airing it tomorrow, but he refuses to disclose if he went father -- faster hand the i did. i was very proud of my 154 mules an hour last year -- miles an hour haas year. did it go down to the pape? -- tape? not that we're competitive the or anything. i know he got after it, but we both agree we are totally the unqualified -- rachel: but anyone can do this. if you're over the age of 18, anyone can do this experience, and you say it's unbelievable. pete: it is the least safe thing i've done -- [laughter] will: you know what, a guy came up to me yesterday and goes, hey, or my, i can't remember his

grand cad or whatever, 91 years old, he's going to do it origin. not tomorrow, on monday. rachel: wow. of oh, wait, i think i'm hearing it. those are our air force thunderbirds. pete: that was rachel yesterday, you can see the smoke behind. i hope we got the shot rehearsing for tomorrow. they'll be right on time -- rachel: yeah. they were here yesterday as well and, boy, i tell ya, when they go by, i can't believe i was in that yesterday. it's unbelievable. the. will: all right. we're going to give you an update on the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio. fema's finally getting crews on the ground today now two weeks after the devastating crash. rachel: unbelievable, the white house initially turned down the state's request for disaster assistance. pete: lucas tomlinson is live in east palestine with all the detail it's. good morning, lucas. 9. >> reporter: good morning, guys. ohio governor mike dewine says the department of hhs and cdc are sending toxicologists and

medical personnel to set up a free clinic here in town more than two weeks after those toxic chemicals released after that huge derailment about a half mile from where i'm standing. fema expect ohio governor's office releasing a joint statement saying, quote, fema will support federal efforts by developing a senior response official along with a regional incident management assistance team to support ongoing operations including incident coordination and ongoing assessments of potential long-term recovery needs. this as crews continue to clean up the nearby creeks and remove dirt from the derailment site. on a visit here here to east palestine, president biden's epa chief said the tap water is safe to the drink can and the air is clean. >> i am asking that they trust the government, and that's hard. we know that there is a lack of trust the, which is why the state and the federal government have pledged to be very transparent. >> reporter: many residents here we have spoken to say

they're not buying that and still drinking bottled water. some just don't trust what the federal and state officials are telling them and continue to feel the effects from the derailment. >> we can smell it, we can taste it, it's in our house. it's horrible. >> we get smells all the time. they'll just pop up and then sometimes they're really toxic smelling, chemical smelling, sometimes it's a burn smell. >> i've been to my shop a few times. each time i go in, i put on an n95 mask and goggles. i can still smell it. the smell just still overpowering. i couldn't stay in there more than a few minutes without my eyes watering and starting to cough, and the same thing is going on even right now. >> reporter: about 280 miles away across the state in cincinnati water officials say out of an abundance of caution, they will be shutting off the ohio river intake ahead of the anticipated arrival of some of the detectable chemicals in the river. we have also just learned in the

past few hours that former president trump will be visiting here in east palestine. he's due here in this small town on wednesday, guys. will: thank you, lucas. pete: thank you, lucas. that's what you cowhen you leave, you show up on the scene, gather the information, assess what more you can do. they should have been there two weeks ago. they aren't, and the people there feel like they're getting the cold shoulder. or if they're not, they're not getting the full truth. will: right. pete: of what happened there. will: twil and in lieu of the full truth, they're asking people just to to trust their government. that statement in and of itself is somewhat comedic, but it's also coming on the heels of years of evidence that we cannot simply if trust official word on anything from natural immunity, efficacy of vaccines, the efficacy of masks to whether or not we participate in the bombing of the nord stream 2 pipeline. rachel: amen to that. will: there's literally nothing that we can take on the promise of just trust your government.

rachel: yeah. and speak of ukraine and that situation, this week no one goes over to the see this town for two weeks. they've had, you know, toxic fumes, nobody giving them any answer, the people not knowing whether thenar say the or -- they should stay or go, as they are smelling and feeling burning sensations on their skin being told it's okay. and yet at the same time this week, more money going to ukraine, millions and millions of dollars to this idea of, you know, what are your priorities as a country? pete: it's always so definitive when they're lying to you. the drinking water is 100% safe, i would feed it to my infant baby. you don't have to say that. you could say, hey, so far we've got indications that it's okay but, hey, if you can, you probably shouldn't drink it in the near term the, but we're going to keep it -- like, level with people in an honest way as opposed to try to, you know, everyone gets the vaccine which is 100% effective all the time. will: well, the tell will be

when honest questions are met with, well, if you have questions about the drinking water, that's disinformation. we had the mayor of east palestine, ohio, on our program earlier, trent conaway. here's what he had to say about the long-term ramifications for his village. >> they keep saying that, you know, everything's good9 and the air's good and the testing's good, and i've seen the results with my own eyes. but i start to question the air results, and you have a well, i would definitely be drinking bottled water. it could be years before we know the true effects. as far as i'm concerned, they should have to test for a minimum of the next 10 years anybody who wants a test the, and we need to get the hhs in here and start doing some studies and, you know, make -- document everything so we have data-driven evidence for our residents. rachel: yeah. you know, that's the mayor of that town, east palestine, ohio,

but to be clear, we're talking a lot about the federal government, there's a lot of blame to go around. i think governor dewine, it's been interesting, there was an incredible interview yesterday on "fox & friends" with ainsley are, steve and brian and just the lax daze callness that everything should be fine and he just was really slow to the react as well. i think it's interesting to compare the way he's reacted to, you know, this environmental catastrophe in a town in his state, and then the way he reacted to basically the flu, covid, you know, in his, you know, it was one of the most draconian, you know, governors locking things down and all kinds of stuff. this is, this just seems to so right in your face that he didn't react. i was as disappointed in him as i am in fema and president biden. pete: yep. it's a moment for leadership, no doubt. as we continue on the surrounded by the thunderbirds here, which is pretty cool to host a show --

rachel: yeah. pete: -- freedom literally buzzing around -- rachel: the sound of freedom as we speak. pete: let's go ott the other coast of our country, los angeles, where we talk a lot about the left's endless pursuit of equity. not equality. very different words. if you don't know that e by now, you're not paying attention. equity means everybody gets the same. which means if you're up here, you must come down. will: right. pete: so when it came to honors classes in los angeles in one particular school district, i believe it's the culver city unified school district, in order to make sure everyone -- [inaudible] that is a fast thunderbird, let me tell you that. [laughter] that is. they're not messing around here today. there's nothing -- [inaudible] [laughter] [audio difficulty] will: -- you're a bad guy. imagine you're on the wrong end of that. pete: exactly. the opposite of equity right there. [laughter] bugger than you, faster than

you, stronger than you, and we will bend your will to the ours. by the way, i've heard that on the battlefield. you know, you want to put a little fear into the bad guys, a couple of flyovers and let them think twice about popping up. we're going to try to get to this story, if the thunderbirds allow us. [laughter] basically, they're getting rid of honors courses in this los angeles school cricket because there weren't enough -- district because there weren't enough of a certain ethnic group, therefore, they needed to be eliminated. as opposed to improving educational outcomes for everyone, they said get rid of these ap courses. here's how they explained it. parents say academic excellence should not be experimented with for the sake of social justice, but it was very jarring when teachers looked up and realized black and brown kids were not there. they felt only gated to do something. rachel: -- obligated. rachel: this is not what minority parents want for their kids. they don't want everything to be

dumbed down. they don't want their children to not be challenged to do better. here is the father, his name is -- [background sounds] oh, boy. here's pedro, he is the father of a culver city student. he's a cuban-american, here's what he said. he said, i was born in cuba, and it doesn't sound good when people are trying to achieve equal outcomes for everyone. that's right. if you have an experience with communism, you understand this is not what america's about. will: right. you both have done a good job of defining them. equity is not equality. equity is equality of outcome. equity at the policy level -- [background sounds] sorry that we keep pausing, you can literally feel it in your bones. rachel: yeah. i feel like they're messing with i. [laughter] with us. pete: the thunderbirds --

will: not just loud. pete: -- our location, i feel like. it's everybody here in the infield, but i think they know exactly where the "fox & friends" booth is. rachel: oh, for sure. will: but to continue the conversation on equity, the goal in order to achieve that equality of outcome is not to lift the bottom up, but rather to chop the head off, to break down anyone who can excel to make sure everyone has less in pursuit of equity. pedro's daughter, emma, spoke. she's a ninth grader. she said there are some people who slow down the pace because they don't really do anything and aren't looking to try harder. i don't think you can force that into people, meaning -- rachel: smart girl, right? will: meaning excellence. rachel: yeah. president biden, by the way, he tweeted this recently, he said, i think every kid in america -- you get back to that, they pulled it off my screen. he said i think every kid in

every zip code in every state should have access to the every education opportunity possible. i guess for some that isn't the consensus. i don't think the president realized that he was endorsing school choice. pete: yeah. tried to clap back at ron desantis who's attempting to get rid of woke stuff in florida and pass real school choice, and in clapping back, he basically endorsed school choice because what democrats have add advocated for in education for decades has been an out -- utter and complete failure and they know it. the unions have a grip on them like you've never seen, so they can't change it. rachel: and, by way, let's be really honest, joe biden's not -- he can't write his own tweet. pete: definitely true. rachel: it was a staffer the. pete: a few additional headlines if the thunderbirds will allow us. starting with this: the five former memphis police officers charged in the murder of tyre nichols pleaded not guilty yesterday. it was their first court appearance. nichols died in the hospital last month days after being

badly beaten during a traffic stop. all five former officers who were. fired from the force are free on bond. their next court date is on may 1st. and with just 10 days until she faces a re-election challenge, chicago mayor lori lightfoot is now, now is the time to kick the homeless people out of chicago o'hare international airport, 10 days before the election. the mayor faced heavy criticism this week after photos and videos of homeless people inside the airport were widely shared. yesterday she responded say, quote, we absolutely fundamentally cannot have people sleeping on our airports who are homeless while i'm running for re-election. rachel: exactly. [laughter] pete: that's whats. reports indicate that on cold nights -- [inaudible] seen sleeping inside the terminals. if she wins, it's staggering when you consider the quality of

life in chicago. nascar is recruiting college and pro football players and other athletes to work as pit crew members. coach phil mortenstein has put five members in the sport. it's a great way to continue being an athlete and furthering your career. they are athletes. to you watch them at work, no doubt about it. rachel: absolutely. pete: and we just saw the air force thunderbirds doing flyover practice. talk a look at this. [background sounds] pete: can we just replay what we're currently experiencing. [laughter] let's bring in fox nascar host chris meyers. st to so great to have you here on set. bug fan. >> thank you. pete: when sports guys show up, they make the rest of us cool. [laughter] >> i love the wardrobe assessment of -- [laughter] and even the shoes, right?

we got the cowboy and, like, the ruby slippers. [laughter] rachel: i love thatty garland reference are. i'm down with that. pete: the bay's a pro. chris -- the guy's a pro. you do analysis for nascar for fox. what's it like to be at the daytona 500? >> well, you mentioned earlier an event, and there are few things that gather our country like a sporting event in a positive way. the single day of that super bowl which we just had, you know, kentucky derby, and then over the years the daytona 500 has become that. you talk about the amount of years and the anniversary. it is a spectacle -- [background sounds] famous for the flyovers, of course. which, by the way, if they put us at the air base, it probably would have been less noisy -- rachel: yeah, because they're all here. [laughter] >> but, yes. and then there's the actual event. what's unique is that nascar starts its season, it's really

the kickoff, and it's the their super bowl kind of all in one day. so it's a special race, and you can win a nascar championship, but for drivers who win a daytona 500, that's the high standard, and people gather around to watch because these are america's best drivers. and it's a very unpredictable race. will: chris, do you think among the feathers you can place in your cap, of course, the championship is number one, but as any individual single race, is daytona still the one that drivers want to win? >> yes, yes. it's the high standard. it's the measuring stick even if you just win that one, you're a daytona 500 champion, you carry that around, and they talk about that. and in the race on sunday, there's quite a few. we have eight champions of the sport, but five of those have never won a day the tone that 500 like kyle busch and martin true exjr -- pete: denny hamlin. >> it's an issue that that you audiocassette to drivers about which would you -- talk to drivers about, which would you take, if they don't have the

500, it's like missing that super bowl ring are. rachel: yeah. they want that feather in their cap. they come here and so many want to compete -- >> yeah, you can brag about it. if it's the only race you win, here we have a seven-i'm the champion in jimmie johnson starting in the last row after retiring a couple of years, he's won the daytona 500, but he's also running with travis pastrana who's in his first daytona 500, and they'll be starting together in that last row, which is kind of interesting. but here starting up front is not as important over the 500 miles and with the drafting and the 190 mile-per-hour speeds as avoiding a wreck and working through traffic. pete: the one driver you're going on the watching today. >> gosh -- pete: or two. >> kyle busch jumps out at me. he's with a new race team, there's a couple of drivers with new teammates, and here more than most race, pete, you really need a drafting partner. it doesn't necessarily have to be a teammate or manufacturer,

he's number one at daytona 500, he's a two-time champion, he's a polarizing, exciting personality. i think the he can pull it off in his chevrolet are race team, the team he's with has won before, and that could make a difference. pete: we've got to leave it there. >> have fun. pete: awesome. can i get some of that cool gear ooh? [laughter] >> you guys always want swag. pete: all right. more "fox & friends" in just a moment. don't go anywhere. muck

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will: florida's boosting their police force, hiring over 1,000 new officers since last july. bonuses old thing $5 million. our next -- total thing. our next guest decided to relocate to the sunshine state to become police officers. joining us now is sheriff mike chitwood, brandon edwards and juan santiago. gentlemen, thank you for being with us, we appreciate you very much and what you do for your community. sheriff, let's talk about this. we talk often, people are moving to the florida. it's obvious the need would follow you need law enforcement as well. >> there is no other bill or no other governor in the country who has done what governor deantis has done with us for policing. h.b. 23 passed last year, $5,000

signing bonus if you come in from out of state, clash 1,000 expenses to cover your moving fees, takes care of your education, your tuition costs. there's so much in there. it's so pro-law enforcement and, again, these gentlemen right here, we want people that are running to florida to be with us, not running away from something. will: as you mentioned, you've got three individuals who seem on the incentivized by some of these types of programs. let's talk about that. brandon, first of all, where kid to you move from, what brought you down to florida? >> yeah. so i moved from savannah, georgia. i was recently in the army, coming up on the ending of my contract, and when i expressed my interest in law enforcement, family friends who worked for the volusia sheriff's office pretty much told me, you know, we have a great sheriff here, and it's a great place to be. going through the academy, i mean, you can't beat it. starting off cay one with benefits and things like that. it's kind of hard to be -- will: so they're making this an

appealing job here in florida. juan, we were talking the right before we came on air, you came down from philadelphia. >> that's right, sir. will: what brought you from philadelphia? >> i've always wanted to live in florida. my family and i, we worked hard for years to make it happen. being in law enforcement -- [background sounds] the history that sheriff chitwood has. it's part of it. it was an easy choice for me. i wanted to be a part of the volusia sheriff's office because we have such ad good sheriff already. will: it takes a lot of focus to continue and maintain your job at task when the thunderbirds are buzzing you, and i just watched juan totally ignore that fly-by and continue answering the question i asked him. [laughter] nate, same question. where'd you come from and why'd you move to florida to be the a deputy in the volusia sheriff's office? >> so i came from new jersey, same thing. i believe in volusia sheriff's core values.

florida was my vacation home. i come here a lot are on vacation, and i just thought it was a perfect fit. will: yeah. and so the incentives that we've talked about, the governor putting into place, makes florida stand out in the nation compared to other law enforcement offices? >> absolutely. we just presented 16 of my first academy class hires with those $5,000 bonus checks once hay get through training and get off probation, then they're entitled to that bonus check. will: by the way, have you guys been to the daytona 500 before? anybody here? >> first time. >> first time. will: you working it this weekend? >> no -- [laughter] >> they're still in training. transitional training. will: this is about as close as you can get to the track, so we appreciate you guys coming down. sheriff, it's your 19th9 dayton. >> never ceases to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. and you see what's going on here, it's amazing.

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pete: we may not want to hear the answer. [laughter] joey: we brought 'em back down for you guys. >> okay. here's a good one for you. how much -- how long does it take to fill a fuel cell on a nascar car? if 60 seconds? 42 the? 16 or 8? pete: i'm going to go -- here come the thunder -- [background sounds] pete: it takes longer to fuel one of those -- [laughter] i'm going to go with d, 8 seconds. rachel: i'm going to go with 16 seconds. will: i'm also going to go with 8 seconds. >> you win. pete: 8 seconds? that's just the fueling. joey: all right. i got a question for you. so which nascar driver owns the record for the most daytona 500 victories? all right. we have richard petty, bobbialson, carol yarborough and

scref -- [inaudible] rachel: a., richard petty. will: jeff gordon. joey: we have an answer -- >> it's richard petty. joey: it's the king himself, that was too easy. pete: and i spent a whole day with him. [laughter] >> so here's a good one. this one's real mathematical for you guys. [laughter] rachel: i thought you said you were bringing in the easy questions. all right. >> so this is the daytona 500. 500 miles at daytona. how many laps because it take to run? 286, 334, 200 or 250 -- will: how big the's the track, richard? pete: i did my homework on this one -- i know exactly what the number is. rachel: i'm going to say, c, 200. will: i'm going 286. pete: i'm going c, 200, because it is 200.

joey: 2.5-mile track. all right. we got one more question -- [background sounds] so this question is real easy, and that's how many daytona 500 wins does richard childress racing have. all right, we have 0, 1, 2 and 3. what do you guys think? rachel: 3. pete: yeah, absolutely. joey: all three hosts guess 3, and is we'll let the audience see what the answer is, which is three wins. pete: who are those drivers? >> earnhardt, harley and my grandson austin kill the loan in '18, and we're going to the add one more to it at this 500. joey: i picked kyle busch to win the daytona 500, one of richard's drivers. what was that stat you told me a while ago? >> you know, dale, it took him 17 years to win the daytona 500.

kyle hasn't won it in 17 years. so we won to -- want to win it for kyle. i'd love to see austin win it, but we want to see kyle get that win. he's got to have that box checked on his resumé. pete: he's been right there so many times. he's been at the top of this sport for so long, it would not be a surprise. >> not. i think that he can do it. like he told me, man, i've been in so many crashes, got crashed the other night leading the race, but i just know that we can do it. we've got a good car, got a good team, and he's a great driver. him and austin are working the best together of any two drivers we've had in a long, long time. joey: you know what's so crazy, y'all had i think denny hamlin on earlier, i was eating barbecue so i didn't see it. he's won three, but he hasn't won a championship. kyle has won two champions, but he -- championships but he hasn't won a daytona 500. that's how important -- pete: and you just added kyle busch to your team in this off season. >> yeah, we did.

austin dillon are gets a lot of credit for it. he came up to me and said, pop pop, what do you think about -- rachel: he calls you pop pop? >> yeah, that's what he calls me. [laughter] he said i'll talk to him. so we got together, talked about it and, man, i'm thrilled to have him in the car this year. we've got great respond sponsors -- sponsors, got a lot of great things. will: hope it works out for you, richard. rachel: that's pop pop. will: i'm sorry, pop pop. pete: address him as such. richard, a legend, thank you for joining us. thank you for everything you do for the country too. >> well, thank you. i'm so proud. when i'm watching you guys, it just makes my heartbeat because i know how loyal and true and how much you believe in this great country we call america. will: thank you. pete: thanks, richard. always, brother. still ahead, stopping the search? the military says it's going to stop looking for the debris of the two objects that it shot down last week. rachel: that's right. florida congressman michael

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rachel: all right. the u.s. calls off the search for two unidentified objects

shot down as vice president harris reassures americans. >> we will maintain the perspective that we have in terms of what should be the relationship between china and the united states. that is not going to change, but surely and certainly that balloon was not helpful, cans why we shot it down -- which is why we shot it down. rachel: not helpful. this as china mocks the biden administration saying can the u.s. tell us why it's able to see the balloon but seems to have been blind to the toxic mushroom cloud over ohio? florida congressman michael waltz joins us now to react. we've been talking about the all morning. first off, welcome. >> welcome to the daytona. rachel: i know, amazing. so troubling, so many things. we were just august the off camera here, we'll -- talking the off camera, he'll start with this, of course. you're on armed service, intel. you're on the foreign relations committee. we had senator rick scott, he

says i don't know anything more than you, will and pete. >> yeah. rachel: what do you know, and is it possible that our representatives don't know anything? >> look, they called off the search. we have to understand that we had the alaskan national guard up there in the arctic ocean in -20. s. i don't think we're ever going to get any of that debris. however, the northern illinois bottleneck balloon brigade has declared one of their 10 concern $100 balloons missing. rachel: it's 'em basing -- >> we didn't shoot down the spy craft until after the spying was done, and then we went trigger happy and are shooting down boy scout balloons or what have you, and i still don't from an oversight perspective understand what our shoot-down criteria are. and chinese propaganda are blasting this all over the world. we're the preeminent power, they can't even defend against a balloon. rachel: you were in the

military, where does that call come from to shoot that balloon concern. >> that would go up to the president. the command responsible for defending our air space has not shot anything down in its 65-year existence, and now we have four in the span of a week. rachel: yeah. s the embarrassing. i do want to talk a little bit about that ox thetic cloud situation. what -- toxic cloud situation. what do you make of the fact -- i know you and i differ on the ukraine situation. >> yeah. rachel: you say we should be there, i'm not sure if it's in america's -- >> i say that by providing the things that prevents us from being there, the soviets -- the russians drag us in. rachel: there's a lot of things that could have happened before the war started. >> absolutely. 100% agree. rachel: yeah. and we could have helped with peace negotiations. that aside, there's a lot of money going to ukraine, and our federal government has failed this town the, this poor town in ohio. >> it's a failure of leadership, you know? you learn and you know in the military and business when you

have a crisis in your business, you have a crisis in your unit around the world as the leader, as the commander, you show up to the scene and talk to the troops, talk to the people affected, share the risk. why isn't pete buttigieg breathing that air, drinking that water and sharing what he's saying is perfectly fine with his constituents? with the american people? rachel: such a great point. i'd lao to see joe biden -- love to see joe biden and everybody at the epa that's telling those water is fine go down there and -- >> stay in the hotel, breathe the air, absolutely. it's a failure of leadership. rachel: we need to k3we9 to another topic. when president trump was elected, within months we got rid of isis, something we didn't think could happen in how many years of the obama administration. isis is back. >> isis is back. it is a simmering powder keg in the middle east right now. there are tens of thousands of isis fighters in these prison camps that are being guarded by the kurds, and they are --

rachel: how did this happen in. >> well, it's leftover. nobody wants to the take them back, and they are recruiting inside, they are launching attacks outside of these camps. thank god for our special operators that are still there. and, look, for everybody who says just bring the troops home, we have to have the helicopters there, the drones there, and we just had a raid a few nights ago where we had four of our special operators wounded including a service dog that they took out yet another isis commander. i want to keep 'em on their back feet over there rather than waiting tim they come -- til they come home over here. the terrorists didn't get the memo from biden saying the war on terrorism's over because he wished it was the over. rachel: yeah, well, the taliban just inherited a lot of our weapons, how many millions of collars? >> billions. and the intelligence community is blinking red that isis and al-qaeda are rebuilding in afghanistan, and i now they have our weapons and a taliban-ran government to work with. rachel: i just don't know, or

congressman, how many more fronts domestically and in, you know, internationally we can be failing at. >> this is what happens when you project weakness. but you won't see that here at the daytona 500. there won't be any kneeling at this race. rachel: no. we're already hearing the sound of freedom -- >> right. the last sound terrorists ever hear are the sound of those jets. rachel: really quick, praixes? >> bubba wallace, wouldn't mind seeing that. but i'm going to go with vegas on this one and deb theny hamlin. -- denny if hamlin. rachel: all right, congressman waltz, appreciate it. >> thank you, god bless. rachel: tomorrow on "fox & friends" weekend, we'll take in the sights and the sounds of the daytona 500 infield. plus, ricky stenhouse jr. and austin dillon will join us live. but first, it's one of the most memorable nascar moves to the finish. ♪ rachel: all right, we have more in store for tomorrow's race.

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pete: the epic video game-style move made by ross class stain in the 1 -- chastain in the 1 car, he's an 8th generation watermelon farmer, thousand banned from nas nascar ahead of the day tone ma 500. what new moves does he have up his sleeves? let's ask the man himself. i hope we just roll that tape, i was with watching that last year, it catapulted you into the finals, you ultimately were second in the cup series last year, awesome season is. where did that come from? and how long were you planning that sling slingshot? >> somewhere deep in my mind, and i really don't know. most people still don't believe me, but it was just a spur of the moment on the lap coming to the final lap of the 500, coming to the white flag. it popped in my head, and i acted on it the next time i went into turn three.

pete: so you went by and said if there's an opening, i'm just going to throw down the accelerator when i'm supposed to be the slowing down and use the wall to slingshot. did you know it would work? >> no, no. the last time i can remember doing it was as a kid with my little brother chad playing video games, but never in 20 years had i ever tried it. turns out the next week everybody in nascar was trying it on our simulators. [laughter] pete: you went 50 miles an hour faster than everybody else, now it's illegal which should be a badge of honor. >> it is. it's my second rule i got made about me last year. pete: daytona 500, i'm sure that's a feather you'd love to have in your cap. what's your approach? >> survive. of last year we came in with a new team, trackhouse racing, the number 1 car, and we finished last. so this year let's just get past that. small steps, let's walk before we run and, yeah, if i can see the checkered flag, then i know we'll have a shot.

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he's an expert now. rachel: we're going to be the back tomorrow ahead of the daytona 500 which starts at i 2:30 eastern time on fox. pete: we've got a lot more live from the daytona poo -- 500. joey logano, denny hamlin, we'll talk to a few more tomorrow, so thanks jr. concern for joining us. will: see you tomorrow. rachel: bye, everybody. [inaudible conversations] scared for their safety before they got here. there's police everywhere here. why can't we get answers from everybody? [inaudible conversations] >> is everybody satisfied with my answer? >> no! neil: and they're still asks ths two weeks after that toxic fireball in ohio. so much we don't know, here is