♪ ♪ the weekend, hands up for the weekend. ♪ if oh, my god, it's the weekend, hands up for the weekend ♪ pete: feel for you, green i bay, wisconsin. [laughter] it is the weekend. there have been multiple snow days up in the upper midwest. they know how to manage it, but sometimes it's just too much. it just looks cold. will: look at that. rachel: that's really close to where i used to live, about an hour 15. and it's like that, you know,

most of the year. [laughter] pete: yeah. and the groundhog did the see its shadow, so it's lots more winter -- rachel: i love wisconsin, but i love it even more in the summer. it's the most beautiful place in the world in the summer. pete: the most beautiful place in the world in the summer? rachel: my little cabin on the lake is a little slice of heaven. if you've been there -- will: take that, hawaii. [laughter] rachel: yeah -- pete: take that, caribbean. hayward, wisconsin. rachel: yeah. pete: it is legit, it's beautiful. for sure. rachel: it's also a little bit retro. it's slowed down, not like everywhere else. pete: everyone deserves their piece of heaven, and ours is fourth hour of "fox & friends" weekend -- will: we were just debating what we'll be calling our grandparents -- pete: in minnesota, it was a little vanilla. rachel: will you be grandpa if

pete? if. pete: i don't know. i haven't thought about that. will: i had a mimi and a papa. rachel: i'll be yaya rachel. pete: you'll be yaya? rachel: i'm going to embrace it. pete: that is jackson is, second oldest, couldn't say yaya, so we call him yaya. anyway, that's an interesting thought experiment, have you named yourself as grandparents, and what creative names have you namedded yourself? e-mail us, friends@foxnews.com, and maybe tomorrow we can play some of those. rachel: a lot of women want to be called glamma. will: really? rachel: like a glamorous grandma. will: speaking of grandparents -- [laughter] jill biden -- rachel: if you saw her dress -- will: -- the first lady, has said that joe biden will be running for re-election wherein if he did get reelected, at the end of that term, he would be 86

years old. listen to jill biden. >> is there any reason for any of us to think that he is not running again? we've heard him say several times that it is his -- >> are you not believing him? i mean, how many times because he have to say it til you believe it? [laughter] he says he's not done. he's not finished, what he started. and that's what's important. and i think look at all that joe has, has done, has accomplished. i mean, he brought us out of the chaos, and he did that. he was elected because people wanted steady leadership. and i think they saw that in joe, and they saw his character. >> so is all that's left at this point is just to figure out a time and place for the announcement? >> pretty much. rachel: so so she started the whole thing, and now she's telling him, you're not done yet. she clearly enjoyed being first

lady, i think, more than joe biden's enjoying being the president. here's president biden not so sure as jill is. >> let me ask you the question everyone's asking, are you running? >> well, apparently, someone interviewed my wife today -- >> i heard that too just before i came in. >> i gotta call her and find out. no, all kidding aside, my intention has been from the beginning to run, but there's too many other things i have to finish in the near term before i start a campaign. >> let me ask you, you brought up your wife, the first lady. jill biden, obviously. traveling in kenya. she was asked today, is all that's left simply setting a time and a place for the announcement, and she said, pretty much. [laughter] do you agree with your wife's assessment? >> god love her. yeah. look, i meant what i said, i've got other things to finish before i get into a full blown campaign. rachel: you know, usually in politics the husband -- say it's

the husband who's going to the run for president, he's trying to get his family onboard and get the wife convinced, because it's a really tough road, and most people don't want to go through what it takes. this is the opposite, i think. you have jill biden really wanting joe biden -- pete: i've got to call her and find out. rachel: yeah. pete: we'll see if we're running again. that's why people keep asking the question, because the hesitation is real, and the impediments are obvious for everyone to see including biden himself. rachel: yeah. pete: yet it feels like he's pulled and dragged. so those questions will continue to be asked, and they should. will: questions around a presidential election also accompany the fact that we've approached one year since there's been a war between russia and ukraine. and many have pointed out, as we have on couch this morning, one of the presumed front-runners for the republican nominee for president would be florida republican governor ron desantis. but while he's shown where he stands when it comes to domestic policy and issues within the state of florida, where would he stand the on issues of foreign

policy? it's a major part of the job of the presidency. and kimberly strassel is asking that in the "wall street journal." ukraine war is ron desantis the' security test. she wrote, peace through weakness never works. peace through strength does. and there's a huge political opening for a candidate willing the criticize mr. biden for the foreign policy weakness that emboldened mr. putin to invade in the first mace. in the first place. describe what ukrainian victory would look like and note that under a more decisive gop presidency, ukraine would have already claimed it. primary goers want to know presidential aspirants have a coherent foreign policy position. mr. trump's position poses the first real test. let's see who passes. there's strassel. i i think arguing for a more hawkish foreign policy than what's offered by president trump and suggesting that that would be the path for ron desantis. ron desantis the is a child of

america first. he is a product of america first policy. what will be his policy when it comes to america's foreign policy. rachel: what's your prediction? will: i don't know. i honestly don't know where ron desantis will go. pete: like many republicans, i think he was a more hawkish, establishment are republican foreign policy position. then donald trump comes in, overturns the entire apple cart and refocuses america's foreign policy on say thing out of wars. and if we're boeing to get in them -- going to get in them, finish them properly. alliances should be real. rebuild our military. all of this is so -- but yet desantis, you're exactly right, he is a disciple of trump. he's not governor without donald trump, which is part of the reason why donald trump calls him ron desanctimonious, you're not grateful for what i did putting you there. he has established his own credibility as a great governor of florida. if he runs, he would have to find areas of disagreement with

donald trump, because he's such a supporter of what trump has done, and trump has remade the republican party. hard to see what those are. this could be an area of disagreement, but here's the pitfall, donald trump understands the republican base and has a finger on the pulse and has put his finger on that saying i would have prevented this war, we shouldn't be in it, and we're on the precipice of world war iii. it would be tempting for desantis to take kimberly strassel's advice, but i don't know if that works with a republican electorate which is very skeptical of what biden has done in ukraine. you come up with a plan to win the war, that's even more investment which i don't think is popular where the republican -- with the republican base. i'm sure it's something they're thinking a lot about right now. rachel: yeah. i don't think he has to find a different way. if he agrees that we should stay out of stupid wars, that we should focus on our country and not stir the pot in all of these different issues that are actually aligning our greatest enemy, china, with russia, making them -- if they're

together, we really can't take them on. and by the way, you guys have all done multiple stories on how weak our military is at moment in terms of recruitment, but even the depletion of our weapons going over there. western be doing everything we can -- we should be doing everything we can to avoid war. i think that's the right path for ron desantis. he doesn't have to distinguish himself from trump in this regard, he just has to come up with a policy that absolutely makes sense. and i will tell you as a mom with nine kids, none of in that's happening -- ukraine does the not matter to me more than, you know, world war iii. i do not want to be talking about nuclear weapons and, you know, now that russia's getting out of so many of these treaties that we've had regarding nuclear weapons, i don't want any of this conversation. i want us to focus on our country. will: i agree. i don't know that it's a place that ron desantis has to find a differentiating factor with donald trump. i'm not sure that's the -- but i do think probably if you're ron desantis' camp, you're sitting

back going is the republican electorate -- does the republican electorate share rachel campos duffy's point of view or lindsey graham's? [laughter] rachel: no question -- the. will: i'm not sure that's, you know, it's easy to scoff at the particular person i chose -- rachel: no, no, no, i'm not scoffing at him -- will: but what i'm saying is i would love to the see, how about a republican primary voter poll of where they stand on what the united states should do when it comes to ukraine. look, i have my positions, and i give them to you from a principled point of view, and so do you, but that doesn't think i i know everybody shares my point of view. i just don't think -- pete: i think there's a lot of skepticism on that spectrum. some might say no escalation but help the ukrainians, but i think skepticism is a heavy part of where the base is right now. there's a disconnect between the the washington, d.c. consultant class who are more apt to be in the favor of the war which he's got to the hear as well.

but trump has been so good at saying i know what i believe here and why i think it's in america's interest. that's the other challenge for ron desantis. rachel: i do think ron desantis has had had an incredibly good political note, and i know we've talked about it's been domestic. i can't imagine that somehow that's not going to follow through when he's talking about, you know, what we should do internationally and especially in this very important, you know, war that could lead to a greater war. i mean, there's a great article that came out by vick or to have davis hand concern victor davis hanson. he thinks it is the prelude to a third world war. these are really scary kind of articles to read as a mother with kids. and i just, you know -- pete: real estate is -- reality is donald trump's still trying to block ron desantis out. it's not a fore gone conclusion desantis will announce, but if

he does, that's when the republican primary starts. rachel: and this op thetic will be front and center -- topic. pete: by the way, we've talked a lot about the southern border. we know our northern border is porous, but a bunch of republican representatives are launching the northern border security caucus, and canadian prime minister justin justin trudeau is expected to press biden on the new york/quebec board. st the only a matter of time that if the southern border became difficult to traverse, you might start trying to come in through canada. rachel: yeah, absolutely. here is representative fallon from texas talking about how there are now two fronts on the border crisis. if. >> well, joe biden has done one thing, he has absolutely no desire whatsoever to enforce the rule of law and actually secure our southern border. and you can tell with the tale of the tape. i mean, january was 156,000 border crossings which is the worst january we've ever had on

record, but that's very deceptive. it was more like 256,000 because they are now telling folks from haiti, cuba, nicaragua, venezuela, we're going to the parole you, just come through a point of entry. it's funny and ironic when you see these hard left-wingers find the rule of law when it comes to immigration policies when they just have to finish the they're experiencing a flood. pete: part of what's happening here, it's called rocks and road, and there's the map. it's the new york/quebec crossing, and it exploits a loophole in a canada-u.s. pact called the safe third country agreement. and since rocks and road is a specific spot, it's not an official land port of entry, refugees are able to cross over and claim asylum within canada. will: looks like sasquatch has been discovered. [laughter] justin trudeau is going to meet with president biden about this.

it's such a nimb by issue, not many in my back yard. it's easy when it's theoretical, and then when it actually is impacting their state, their city, their country, then it's like, oh, oh, no, this should be your problem down south. pete: right. rachel: i read in the really interesting article about how in the el salve corps they're cracking down on -- el salvador they've rounded up thousands of gangs, there are the all these tattoos all over, and as i read this parol and saw thousands of them -- article and saw thousands of them lined up, i thought, how many of them got away and are now coming across our southern border? or now our northern border. pete: it's been a problem for a long time. rachel: and there's a crackdown in their country, and those who can get away, they're going to come to our borders. will: a few additional headlines, the city of orlando mourning the victims killed in a series of shootings on wednesday. several vigils held last night including this one at a church.

a 9-year-old and a tv reporter. the university of central florida hosted another vigil for lyons who was an alum. and earlier in the day pine hills elementary held this balloon release for major. suspect keith moses, who police say is a gang member, pleaded not guilty for the murder of natasha augustin. five people are dead in a medical airplane crash in nevada. officials confirming that crash happened last night near stagecoach which is about an hour east of reno. if the company, care flight, says a pilot, a flight nurse, a paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member were killed. their iepts have not been released. the cause of the crash is urn investigation. wyoming's gop house speaker is getting heat from his own party for blocking two republican-backed bills on parental rights and universal school choice. the wyoming free come caucus

tweeting the legislationed had, quote, been in the speaker's drawer for 24 days. a motion was made to suspend the rule to pull the bill out of his drawer. it failed 27-34. the wyoming state speaker says he opposes the parental bill because it infringes on the authority of local school boards. now as christians across the country observe lent, mark wahlberg is leading a fasting lesson on the number one prayer app in the world. the actor and devout catholic are joined us earlier with more on how he keeps his life centered on faith through the app. >> it's the largest christian app in the world, it was number three on apple's free apps ahead of google. it's been amazing. you can tell people are really hungry, and they need spirituality in their lives. and we all need something that's going to bring us together, and god is the only one that continues to promote nothing but love and inclusion, forgiveness, acceptance the no matter who you are. will: also saying he hopes the

40-day prayer challenge on the app will not just benefit those who participate, but also the rest of the world. and those are your headlines. pete: well, if we improve ourselves, it improves the rest of the world. rachel: yes. and i love how he talked about lent as a reset. we all go, like, you know, it's the first of the year, my new year's resolution is to work out. well, your spiritual life is also a muscle, and it can atrophy unless you, you know, practice it. and this is an opportunity to reboot that aspect of your life. pete: by the way, we're kicking off concern speaking of faith -- a new series, and it is called the faith and friends concert series. don't control that -- scroll that prompter on me. i till can't see it. [laughter] tasha cobs leonard, taya, miami rain kick off the and friend concert series tomorrow. what a great idea, faith and friends concert series kicking off on the weekend. rachel: during lent. perfect timing. leading up to easter, i love it.

pete: all right. also coming up on our show tomorrow, congresswoman claudia tenney, the great one, mark levin, nancy grace, jason rantz and gianno caldwell. plus, this week's fox and and family, martial arts? will: that's what we're goinged to do tomorrow? rachel: we're going to do some karate. pete: what does that have to do with fox and family? rachel: it's a family activity. yeah. i'm going to bring in some of my kid coes. they're bringing us, actually, like karate outfit ifs. pete: really? if. rachel: you guys remember -- okay, all right. pete: i must have missed the production meeting. [laughter] rachel: all right. but first on this show, why hispanics in south texas are shifting to the republican party as new polling shows that democrats are losing touch with latino voters, and that's next. ♪ get up and make it happen.

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rachel: are democrats losing

latino voters? that's what new polling suggests in south texas on a number of issues. a research poll from the rio grande valley to the san antonio asks voters to temperature reasons they voted -- the top reasons they voted for republicans. 40% said immigration, 21% said they liked the other candidate better, and 17% said jobs. george martinez is director for the initiative, and he joins us now. george, welcome to the show. so let's talk about this, because this polling might be surprising especially to some of the consultants who are consulting republicans, you know, a few elections ago saying don't touch immigration. turns out hispanics do care about immigration and want more border security, at least those who are now becoming republicans. >> definitely. first of all, thank you so much for having me, rachel. it's a pleasure to be here with you today. rachel: of course. >> what we are seeing is that the polling is tracking with south texas. we cocare about the border. we -- we do care about the

border. we live here, and we want our families to be safe. we know folks that work for customs and border patrol. they are our family members, they're friends, we go to church with them. one part of this is securing the border, but the other part is also improving legal access to come here for those that want to contribute to our society. but the problem is we have a congress that is failing to act. we need both parties to work together because one party alone because the not get to decide what border security and immigration look like. rachel: yeah. sounds like we ought to secure the border first and then talk about the other issues next. you know, one of the things that the i think doesn't get enough, you know, we don't talk enough about is that this acceleration of hispanics towards the republican party and more conservative ideas, i think, happened during covid. so many hispanic small businesses were hurt. hispanics have much higher rates of owning small businesses. but also the masking seemed so

elitist and, you know, impacted service workers who tend to be a lot of hispanics. >> we are people that are hard working. we want to work. you know, this is actually an area that focuses a lot on energy, so we have folks that go to the oil fields, and when you have someone that is saying that they want to end fossil fuels or stop krilling, we have folks concern can drilling, we have folks that you're now messing with their livelihoods. that's a problem, it's a message that is not resonating. what you are seeing is rejection of bad policy and acceptance of good policy, pro-growth, jobs and low taxes. rachel: yeah. very interesting. there's a natural home for them with conservatives, and the question is there that acceleration -- will that acceleration towards the gop if continue and help benefit the republicans moving into the next election. jorge, so great having you here today. >> thank you for having me. rachel: of course. coming up, disgraced attorney

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♪ ♪ >> and i believe that boat wreck is the reason why papa and maggie were killed. i believe that when paul was charmed criminally -- charged criminally, there were so many misrepresentations of paul that ended up in the media. i believed then and i believe today that the wrong person, the wrong person saw and read that.

will: in a fiery cross-examination yesterday, alex are murdaugh -- alex more cough claims a 2019 boat wreck led someone to murder his wife and son. pete: is this enough to create reasonable doubt for at least one juror? rachel: here to react is former prosecutor francey hakes. i don't understand all the details of this murder trial and what happens, i'm having a hard time understanding how the boat crash would make someone want to kill his wife and his son who i understand that son is not the one who was driving the boat. >> well, i believe that son was the one who was driving the boat, but, of course, the wife had nothing to do with it. that's the weakest part of his defense, which is sort of the classic some other dude did it defense. and he's saying that because a young woman died when his son was driving that boat drunk, someone in the community was outraged enough about it to kill his son. but like i said, the weakness in that argument involves the wife. why would someone include the

wife in that kind of revenge murder? st a weakness that doesn't make a lot of sense. pete: let's ask the big question, is -- has enough reasonable doubt been created, in your mind? considering the changes in his stories and now he is at the place of the murder and the phone calls and, i mean, what do you think? >> well, you know, that's an interesting point, pete. thing about him is that he lied to police x that's usually a clear sign to the jury that someone had a reason to lie and so they lied to protect themselves. but here you have a defendant who was given an awful lot of latitude on cross-examination by the prosecutor and allowed himself to become a bit of a victim. he showed a lot of emotion. he was very clever. he agreed with the prosecutor at every opportunity the that he could. and so he appeared reasonable. he humanized himself. he now no longer looks like the sort of deranged killer that the prosecution spent weeks trying to portray. and all the defendant needed to

do was convince one juror. all they have to get is one. the state has to get all twelve. will: you know, i think that -- i went to the law school like you kid, and i think we can become technical about it and think, well, you play defense. create reasonable doubt. poke holes in the prosecution's story. but i think i've learned, i had a lawyer friend tell me this, the human mind actually wants to be attracted to positive stories. in other words, him sitting on the stand, as you pointed out, the prosecutor giving him the leeway to talk and talk and talk and talk, he spun a positive story, right, about the boat wreck. we all find it unbelievable, but do you think that alternate theory that someone can attach to is enough for a juror to the go i believe, actually, that? >> yeah, you know, will, i think when the jury is faced with someone who seems human and who seems to be deeply traumatized by the death -- and i say seems to be deeply traumatized -- will: right. >> -- by the death of his wife and son, it's easier for them to

believe he didn't do it maybe at this point than it is for them to believe he did. as use say,st the more -- as you say, it's the more positive story. he cried, he sobbed, he seemed honest about his own crimes. i think this is a tough case for the state to win mostly because motive seems absent here. pete: yeah. will: why would he -- if he's guilty, why would he have done it? pete: or, no, why did he do it in the first place, if he did, right? will: right. rachel: wasn't there, like, he was going to get the insurance money? because he had a drug problem, and he was stealing from his friend. >> yeah, there was no insurance money. that was a revelation to me on the stand this week, was that there was no insurance on his wife, no insurance on his son. so there was no financial motive. and while some have said that a pending divorce might have brought to the light his crimes so he wants to kill his wife, why then would he kill his son? it's very difficult to understand. it'll be fascinating to see the closing argument of the state, and i hope they bring their a

game, because they're going to need it. will: wow. francey hakes, thank you so much. >> thanks, y'all. will: coming up, unc and the university of texas school system putting a pause on dei, diverse i think, equity and inclusion policies. dr. carol swain and leo e terrell -- leo terrell react next. ♪ use it to set and track your goals, big and small... and see how changes you make today... could help put them within reach. from your first big move to retiring poolside and the other goals along the way wealth plan can help get you there. j.p. morgan wealth management.

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the historic to thetic coast to coast winter storm is clobbering parts of california with heavy rain and snow. icy roads sending this big rig swerving off the road in bakersfield. the first snowfall in the city since 1999. fox weather correspondent nicole valdes has more. >> reporter: good morning. we're just about an hour outside los angeles. 4200 feet in elevation, and you're looking at more than a foot of snow piled up here behind me. in the town of mount baldy, this is an area that's going to be digging out for maybe another day as we're expecting much more snow to fall, several feet here by the end of this storm. that blizzard warning remains in effect til this afternoon, and closures and travel are going to the remain including the grapevine, i-5 still closed. no word on when it'll reopen. california highway patrol trying to push all of the snow and ice off to make it safe to drive, but it's not just the snow. lower elevation areas like los angeles with this snow actually turned into rain in those lower

elevation areas. one person at least killed, crashing into a flood control canal. l.a. fire actually forced to rescue at least four people, even some pets surrounded by those flood waters. but again, the snow really the story here as this view so rare to see other the san bernardino mountains, the santa cruz mountains, even as far south as san diego. this is going to be the continuing dangerous storm. for people in southern california who are maybe just not familiar with trying to-and-a-half gate through these snowy conditions -- can navigatt advised through the end of saturday, will. will: thank you so much. growing backlash over woke agendas on college cam ifs puss have led are major universities -- campuses. the university of texas pausing all new diversity, equity spin collusion rules following governor abbott's crackdown while unc votes to ban

continuing. to react, carol swain and leo terrell. thank you both for being with us. dr. swain, do you think -- looking at both university of texas and unc, you know, i'm always skeptical to ever celebrate a victory on these things, because a lot of it seems to be often window dressing. but are these victories in moving towards a less race-conscious policy in higher education? >> i think they're moving towards compliance with that federal civil rights laws and the constitution's equal protection clause. one of the problems with the dei programs is that they compel people to engage in speech that they may not agree with, and they also discriminate against whites, heterosexuals, men, and it's a problem because we have laws that ban discrimination on account of race, color, national origin, sex, religion.

so families and universities are realizing that they have liability and lawsuits, i believe. will: leo, you're a civil rights attorney. how is it that, you know, i know that affirmative action has been seen as acceptable by the supreme court of the united states. how is it, as dr. swain points out, the 1964 civil rights act, the equal protection clause, how has all this dei stuff managed to get the constitution's requirement that you don't, you don't move forward with race consciousness? >> it's very simple, they're lying about the argument that there's systemic racism. will, we're not in the 1960s any longer. there is no systemic racism, and they justify the term equity and inclusion -- and those are code words for racism -- to justify these policies. i mean, to get a job, you should use your application, references and your resumé. but what you have here is you have bureaucrats entrenched trying to push this woke agenda.

and it's everywhere. it's in texas, it's in north carolina, it's in the california. what we have to do is prove the fact that there is no systemic racism, it's not 1965, will, and that using race to punish white americans is illegal under the civil rights act of 1965. will: you know, i'm glad you said that, leo, about -- you brought up the definition of equity. i'm actually going to ask this of both of you guys. i think these words are trojan horses. if to you ask ten people, you're going to get ten different definitions on not just equity, but diversity as well. in your mind, leo, what is meane diversity, right? but i think the key is what do you mean by diversity. so what in your understanding is the definition of diversity 134. >> and that's a great question, will. you know this as well as i do as a lawyer, that term is vague, it's ambitious, and 50 people have 50 different opinions.

but you think of it as a positive nature. they're using this, will, to justify a racist policy. you will never get a clear cut definition of diversity, equity, inclusion. positive word as it's phrased, but it has multiple meanings. and these woke individuals are using it to punish people based on skin color. specifically, white americans. st the illegal. will: dr. swain, is that your estimation as well, these words become a way to actually start looking on paper in an interview, in an application at someone's race when when you're not supposed to be doing that? when you're vetting a prospect? >> but they're definitely doing that, but there's nothing wrong with diversity itself. and as a christian, i look at god. god is a god of diversity. anything is diverse. but what they have done is weaponized it, and they have tried to use that to push for not just proportional representation, but overrepresentation of groups.

equity does the not mean equal opportunity. they want equal outcomes. and if you look at the biden administration's touted diversity full of people who are incompetent, but they have that the group identities that they are touting. they're destroying the country through diversity, and the kind of diversity they're pushing demeans every racial, ethnic and even political minorities because they're using competent people, point to them as their diversity, and that is something that we should all stand up against -- will: right. >> particularly the members of those groups. they're not getting anything for what is taking place. and so pretty much that is my position on it, and i would say the reason the state universities are pushing back against dei is because they know that they have to adhere to the constitution. private universities can get away with it. not state universities. will: dr. swain, you alluded to

another word that i'd love to know the definition of, and that's justice. it doesn't seem to represent proportional representation, but, you know, it's like how many directors for the academy awards should be black to represent justice, right? well, there's -- it always eludes definition, just like diversity, just like equity. >> right. will: what a fascinating conversation. thank you both for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you. will: pete, over to you. pete: leo and carol, two wonderful human beings and, will, you're all right t job. will: thanks. [laughter] pete: now to your headlines, starting with this, l.a. deputy the district attorney is now suspended after being accused of misgenderring and dead naming trans convict hannah tubbs, formerly known as james tubbs. that handed down, you gettinged it, by d.a. george gascon after

she referred to tubbs by their -- by his former name, james. tubbs has a lengthy criminal history including a conviction for molesting a 10-year-old girl in a ken theny's bathroom -- denny's bathroom in 20 the 14. tell me if you think that guy is a dude. tubbs was 17 at the time of the attack and reportedly began identifying as a woman after being arrested for a cold case murder. but yet the d.a. doesn't do what the liberal d.a. wants is out. another story, a democrat official in massachusetts is facing fierce criticism after complaining about the cost of caring for children with disabilities in a city council meeting. suggested they should have been abottomerred. aborted. parent of an autistic child was on with rachel earlier. here's what he said. >> we have to get all aboard on calling this out. special needs people add value to the community. the best thing that ever

happened to festerstone family is to have concern featherstone family as our -- is to have ann crew as our son. and the fact that we want to talk about eugenics in 2023 is just shameful. pete: an official said they cost too much, so they should have been aborted. michael hugo, that official, has apologized, but critics say it was generic, and they want his resignation. and we are one step closer to baseball season. spring training is officially underway. i've always wanted to go to spring training. we should bring the show down to spring training. sounds like a plan. but not without a few rule changes including pitch clock violations. watch. >> in the first inning, manny ma chad coe not ready at the 8-second mark. the umpire pointed to him, and that was the first official violation. pete: does he get a strike? what's the consequence? if interesting.

the padres' manny knew chad doe is the first player to the violate the rule. if the pitcher takes too long, the batter would be granted an automatic ball. it must be an automatic strike. there it is the on the banner. we learn things right alongside you. [laughter] and those are your headlines here on "fox & friends." all right, still ahead,s today is national clam chowder day. so which is better, manhattan the clam chowder or new england clam chowder? we're going to try 'em both coming up next. ♪ ♪

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pete: hope you saved your appetite, it's national channel chowder day. will: our special guest is going to reveal the favorites between new england clam chowder and manhattan clam chowder. rachel: so what is the difference? >> manhattan clam chowder is more vegetable-based -- pete: it's also red. >> there you go. vegetables, spices and so forth. if new england you have the bacon, the cream. so it's the more heavy. rachel: all right. >> which i like to call boston clam chowder -- pete: i think of clam chowder, i think of new england.

>> i don't think about vegetables either. >> listen you have baseball team, the red sox and the other team called the yankees. rachel: what do you like better? >> i'm drawn to both. i was born and raised in new york, but i lived in massachusetts for so long, i have to go with new england. if. >> we're making the new england, right? >> we're going to make the new england. i have everything set up right here. i provided you guys with the recipe -- pete: okay. go to andrew mullen.com to get the recipe. >> i hope i get to watch you do it sometime. let's start with a little bit of the olive oil, throw the garlic in and let it brown a little bit. get it all going a little bit. rachel: do you get your clams, you shell them yourself and chop them? >> no, so this -- you can buy them in the store. i like to garnish with the fresh, but if you have the option to get freres, concern fresh, do fresh. pete: all right, we've got one

minute. here we go. [inaudible conversations] >> you get all the scent in here. sorry everyone can't smell how good it is. pete: it does smell good. when do we add the bacon? >> well, we can do this. there's the some bacon in there, but how about this? >> bacon! finish. [laughter] pete: it's cooking. rachel: 30 seconds, i got that try this. will: we've got to vote. adam: they're moving fast. i know, i'm making a mess. pete: adam. adam: i'm sorry. >> i'm not cleaning this up. [laughter] i throw in the towel right now, i'm not cleaning up. pete: not even close, it's new england. >> it's the bacon, it's the cream. will: the manhattan is pretty good. >> you know what? it's not that hard to make. the prep is probably the most time you take, but once you get it in the pan -- pete: more "fox & friends" in just moments.

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will: all right, i go manhattan. i know it's not popular, it's spicy. i like it. pete: new england clam chowder. rachel: new england by a smidge. [laughter] >> you know what? i'm going to the stick with new england. [laughter] rachel: bye, everybody! [background sounds] >> the enemy is target number one. >> ukrainian officials say russian forces are now operating inside the city limits of kyiv. >> the stench of death is unbearable here. >> people won't back down. >> it's they who have started the war. >> president putin chose this war. >> i thank everyone who gives ukraine indomitability. glory to all who are now in battle. neil: it has now been