mexico arriving back in the u.s. as suspected drug cartel members hand over five men they say are responsible for the fatal attack. this is friday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the father of one victim speaking out about seeing the graphic video of his son before his death. >> it is hurtful to see the video and how they was drugged and thrown on the back of the truck. been trying to make sense out of it for a whole week, just restless, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. just crazy to see your own child taken from in such a way. >> todd: so tough to here. jackie ibanez has the latest, jackie. >> the bodies arriving back here in the states following their murder in mexico.

a second autopsy will be performed. one father is remembering his son who went to mexico as part of his celebration. >> she brought him along for his birthday. they have been close like brother and sister, he didn't deserve it, he was a sweetheart, had a big hart. >> the mexican cartel said it dealt with the members involved and responsible for the murders, sharing pictures of the men tied up and blindfolded. a letter reads, these members acted under their own decision-making, republican-led efforts are calling for the u.s. military to stop the cartel entirely. the president of mexico is responding saying he will not peranyone to intervene on their

territory. the director of the fbi says he will welcome -- >> we know how to destruct cartels and terrorist organizations, we did it in the '90s bout a single american combat troop on the ground. we can do it now. >> you will never find an fbi that will not accept more help. >> the president gave unclear answer when asked if it is safe to do so, listen. >> should americans be concerned about traveling to mexico? >> depends where they are traveling. >> the state advised americans to avoid popular places in mexico, including cancun. >> ashley: thank you. we spoke to an arizona sheriff last hour who says the cartel won't stop until they take the border crisis seriously.

they feel like they can get away with things they do, killing americans and enslaving americans, killing american children with fentanyl and american civilians. they just feel embolden and feel they can write a note and say sorry and it will go away, i don't think so. our government needs to react swiftly and strongly. we cannot let this behavior go unchecked or it will cause problems and cost american lives. >> ashley: we are talking to will cain with the mexican president's response to this, he will join us later in the show, do not miss that know wo. >> todd: wild video out of oregon, escaping the courthouse ahead of jury selection. unshackeling arms and legs, which is protocol and made a break for it. he was on the break for two hours, that suspect was arrested in apriling of 2021 for two separate stabings leaving one

man dead. another norfolk southern train derailing in alabama. two of the 37 overturned cars had residue from hazardous materials, no threat to calhoun residents. the norfolk southern ceo apologized for the disaster in east palestine at a hearing before the senate. >> i want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east palestine and the surrounding communitieses. events of the last month are not who we are as a company. >> ashley: congresswoman ocasio-cortez is -- for not investigating this sooner. >> hold a hearing on the derailment in east palestine, this is not just a disaster

site, it is a potential crime scene. >> ashley: president biden has not visited the crash site and last week mentioned he plans to go, no word on when it will be. the white house is not agonizing over the president's visit despite people urging him to go. it took transportation secretary buttigieg to visit and he says he should have gone sooner and jd vance s, listen. >> there are mounds of toxic dirt in east palestine that norfolk southern has dug out of the ground that they cannot dispose of because the biden administration's epa is not letting them. repeat that, biden's epa is not doing their job, east palestine has toxic chemicals, mounds

sitting on the ground. what if it rains and it seeps back into the ground. it is a total disaster and whether it is norfolk southern, epa or somebody else, feels like the people of east palestine are being failed by everybody, it is a total disgrace. >> ashley: something to say about aoc and her comments pushing republicans saying they should have investigated it sooner. where was she saying we needed to investigate afghanistan, why can they pick and choose what is good at the time? >> todd: that is what they do and the fact the president is not agonizing when to go to east palestine, maybe he should agis 92 because he is the president and president for all people and go toen scenes like this during people's need. to aoc's point, it is not congress' job to hold a hearing, it is the president's job and the transportation secretary's job to give people answers and to jd vance's point, they are

not getting it. it has been a month now, it is sickening, these people are suffering. >> ashley: biden needs to take one from pete buttigieg's book, he should have gone. new batch of e-mails show how panicked obama white house was when it learned hunter biden took a job on the board of the ukrainian gas company while his dad was vp. wait until you hear this. >> todd: vice president kamala harris shifting her issues to biggest issues of young children. >> one of the young leaders were talking about climate mental health. tell me what is going on with your peers? climate mental health. >> todd: can i get a dictionary or thesaurus? i need answers. we'll ask joe concha if he has the answers coming up.

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warmer than average temperatures along the gulf coast. we could see severe weather this weekend, first storm across the great lakes and upper midwest moving northeast. this is round one, we will see messy weather for the commute home for the i-95 corridor, parts of the northeast and will be out of here saturday. could see interior snow and even new york could see snow tomorrow morning. west coast, incredible rain, more of the same getting into friday and saturday along the coast. southern california getting in on the rain. we are worried about flash flooding, mudslides and rockslides, it will be epic, it is rare to see flash flood threat for coastal areas like california and toward fresno and santa barbara and san francisco. here is rain still to come. inches of rain on top of what we've already seen for months in thisirria, really incredible.

good news, look at extreme to exceptional drought we see in california, completely erased for some areas, that is a wonderful news story. we'll build up reservoirs and this will be good news story, except we will see short-term problems with flash flooding and let's wind up with a nor'easter monday and tuesday. still a lot of uncertainty with this, forecast models in and around new york city, from four inches to 20 inches of snow. bottom line, we don't know, especially along the coast, very certain that jockpot snow totals for upstate new york and new england. >> todd: giving me the stink eye in the middle of your report there. thank you. brand-new e-mails uncovered from the national archive revealing how hunter biden and the obama white house tried to squash his

job at burisma. hunter defending the gig in an e-mail saying burisma is independent of ukraine. i joined the board pertaining to corporate governance and expansion. hunter is saying nothing to see here. gene at american first legal joins me now. what are the main takeaways from the e-mails? >> look, thanks for having me on, one of the main takeaways is the fact hunter biden used his position as the president's son to enrich himself and obtain this position with burisma to lobby the united states in turn and with burisma intent to use hunter to influence policy of the united states. put that together and you see a clear picture that hunter biden

should have registered under the foreign agent registration acts, clear as day, laid out in e-mails for the american people to see. we have filed a complaint with the department of justice seeking them to investigate his failure to investigate as foreign agent registration act and we will like to see what they do with this. >> todd: what is fascinating, it is clear the obama white house was one, blind sided by this and know paiced by this. you can understand why. a letter like this, russian tv producer trying to get an interview with then vice president about hunter biden. would you be so kind to interview joseph biden so he can tell us if this will influence the foreign policy of the u.s. what a charming letter not granting the interview. two things, gene, one, biden trying to undoplay this, whether

hunter, joe, everybody in the biden family and make appearance what they are doing is okay. people on the foreign stage knew joe biden was in this influence-pedalling game and the russians even sent a letter like that, right? >> absolutely. that is undoubtedly true and seeing those things show the american people the extent of the influence pedalling going on during the obama administration, show concern of the officials in the obama administration about the optics of this situation and lastly, again, combination of these things arose trust of the american people. they see institutions, white house and vice president of the united states and his family getting personally financially benefited from these types of arrangements and it erodes their trust. we are trying and will continue

to expose these documents, try to hold these officials accountable any way we can and these documents are only out there because we sued and we obtained them, they are just the tip of the iceberg, there is more to come. interesting to see what else comes out of this. >> todd: stonewalling by the biden administration, when people try to get information. james comer says witnesses are no longer available and comer is not happy about this. gene, how can joe biden and the biden administration from the top down to treasury continue to stonewall on this? >> well, they are going to keep trying to do what they can, if we're persistent, whether people in congress or organizations like ours issue using tools available in court of law to try to bring accountability to the biden family. gene hamilton, somebody is trying to get the truth, it is you and james comer, keep

trying. thank you, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> todd: colin kaepernick now accusing his adopted parents of being racist. >> ashley: and making it impossible for anyone under 25 to be charged with murder and their reasoning will leave you scratching your head. >> brains of humans in general are not fully developed until approximately age 25. and the part of the brain that develops last is good judgment.

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homelessness. we have plans in a reasonable time period to insist they leave this encampment. we have to go as fast as we can. >> todd: spoke to a parent who has a child in that school and he describes the horror being ignored. >> it is larger than you would think, i went by this evening and well over 15 tents. you can see blood on the ground is what it looks like, from some pictures, as well. i walked up to it and it is disturbing to see all these people on the campus, it is child endangerment. >> todd: they are holding weekly protests to move the encampment. >> ashley: trying to stop any suspect under 25 for murder because their brain is not developed, that was met with --

>> not fully developed until approximately age 25. and the part of the brain that develops last is good judgment. if they are doing this after the age of 25, that person has likely got serious character defects. >> i hear you, i think many people might feel that someone who drives over a woman with a car has a character defect, but thank you. >> ashley: i second the last woman and what she said, a few things you can do at 18, which is under 25, which is their logic. you can vote, you can get a tattoo that is permanent, you can get called for jury duty, you can drink, smoke, make medical decision, enlist in the military, adopt a child, you can go to college. those are things you have to

make a decision at based on your age at the age of 18, not sure where logic came from saying people under 25 could not go to jail for murder. when i heard this, i honestly thought it was a joke. i did. >> todd: not a laughing matter. >> ashley: no benefit to the community for this, because lack of development of the frontal lobe, i'm not a scientist -- >> todd: you don't need to be. >> ashley: look at this at face value and know none of thissic mas sense. we talked to a man a while back and he was pushing for the police to arrest his son for carjacking crimes. imagine being a young person, anybody at any young age and there not be repercussions for your actions. that is dangerous for you, you will keep committing crime, in the same sense, you will keep

doing it, it is dangerous for the community. >> todd: this is part and parcel for our society, there are no conseence requests for the youth, which has been coddeled so much so that you see what is happening in our city streets, they are doing violence, committing crime and killing people with no consequences. where does the slippery slope end? 25, 35, 40? i am happy you mention the military, let's be honest, people that do fighting and dying are by and large between 18 and 25. we are willing to entrust thems with that responsibility, but when they commit a violent act and deprive a family of a family member, we say, let's give them a mulligan, their brains were not fully form. tell that to the victim's family or parent.

>> ashley: we have to turn to this, this is mind-boggling, president biden is trying to flip the script on the defund the police movement, listen what he said in philadelphia. >> president biden: maga republicans are calling for defunding the police departments, i like that one. we want to provide policemen nationwide. >> todd: we are going into the 2024 campaign season extremely early this year, joe biden saw what happened in 2022, during the midterm and says, we are not doing well on crime as a party, we need to put out there lies that the gop wants to defund the police and show the world we democrats are tough on crime, when it is in fact the complete opposite. just listen to members of his own party. >> deund funding the police has

to happen. >> yes, i support the defund the police movement. >> defunding $6 billion nypd budget. >> we need to defund and dismantle. >> todd: until what joe biden is doing, trying to serve the masses that put him into office. he is telling the american people, crime is bad, i will do something about it. what else does he do to benefit the squad members? gives them a progressive wish list of a budget. he needs to be held accountable for both of those. >> ashley: $6.8 trillion, biden's new budget and highest personal income tax rate since 1996. >> todd: democrats can hire more climate workers than border agents, because that is what we need. cheryl casone will look at the numbers next. we need cheryl. one back,one back.

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>> congress is not likely to pass this. in philadelphia the president revised plans to spend more on government program by increasing taxes on wealthy and corporations. 5.5 trillion over next 10 years and the president says he is confident that will earn support. >> mr. president -- ♪ >> says he thinks it will work out. plan includes increasing tax on those making more than $400,000. 6 billion goes to ukraine and europe and 3 billion to fight in poor countries and 26 billion to strengthen the border and pay raise for federal workers.

the plan commits to patrol agents, it ines kroos epa by 24,000. republicans say none of this adds up. >> the problem is he's spending more, it is not revenue, it is spending. what does this budget do? more taxes, biggest government in the history of the united states. >> proposal comes as kevin mccarthy and the president trying to negotiate raising the debt limit. >> president biden: the speaker of the house, is very conservative and has a more conservative group with him, we met early on and he said, what are we going to do about the budget? let's make a deal. >> this is like an opening bid there, budget proposal will double as re-election campaign

statement. senator ted cruz says socialists are in charge. >> they have a simple approach to everything, spend money they don't have, raise taxes on you, they have unleashed record inflation. this budget that biden put out would create a $50 trillion national debt and their view, they can keep printing money and unleashing inflation. >> republicans are expected to have their own budget proposal ready in the coming weeks? >> todd: let's bring in cheryl casone from fox business here with more. so much to break down for a bill that has no chance of going anywhere, but it shows how off base this president is. >> cheryl: it does and who they want to go after. i say you want to go after american companies more than anything. some things that stood out was the better tax, egregious, you want to tax 25% the wealthiest

.01%, those with $100 million or more. debate that one. corporate tax, they want to take to 28% from 21%. we are not at 35%, which is where we were before the trump tax cuts. that makes us anti-competitive and anti-job. and you want to tax everybody above $400,000, 39.6% top rate for those making 400k and over and married couples 450. couple of really good pushbacks on this. the guinness at committee for responsible federal budget said listen, it would borrow 19 trillion in 2023, increase debt from 98% by end of this year to

110% by 2033. that is past the record we as nation setback in world war ii. and i know we need to move on, i will say this, his proposals, you want jobs created, champion of the middle class? this is not that. companies will look overseas and invest overseas, international tax in this i won't go into. it is anti-competitive stance, vilifying those creating jobs for people. >> ashley: san francisco landlords haven't paid in over three years outraged after politicians introduce ordinances to extend ban on eviction because of covid? >> cheryl: isn't the covid emergency over? we have 10.6 million jobs out there this year, plenty jobs available for folks. landlords are saying we are not getting paid by renters, listen.

>> a tenant's income is exceeding this threshold, we will not get paid. >> how can the government justify people cannot find jobs because of covid, it doesn't make sense. eviction moratorium needs to be terminated. >> cheryl: city of san francisco spent 71 million on pandemic rent relief. today when i do the jobs report and talk about the workers, apparently they are in san francisco not paying rent. >> todd: if that is not a head scratcher coming out of new york, our next story is. >> cheryl: 49ers and colin kaepernick, he is back in the news, he must have missed the spotlight. listen what kaepernick says about his own parents, listen. >> your hair is not professional. you look like a little thug.

>> your mom said that to you? >> yeah, i know my parents love me, but there still were problematic things i went through and it was important to show this can happen in your own home and how we move forward collectively while addressing the racism being perpetuated. >> cheryl: his football career is over, let's be clear here, it was a disaster when he tried to go to teams and do tryouts, didn't go well. cut a deal with netflix, ben and jerry's, i say it is not about racism, it is money, attention and deals and he's desperately trying to hold on and thrown his own parents under the bus. mom and dad, take them down. >> todd: in this circumstance, you adopt a child and give him an amazing life. >> cheryl: supported him through college sports, yeah, anyway.

>> todd: cheryl, you support us, we thank you. >> have a great weekend. >> ashley: is ron desantis sealing the deal on 2024 run? brand-new report could be bad for biden, tell you what insiders are saying. >> todd: we are checking in with will cain live at the american rodeo? arlington, texas. will, is this your first rodeo? we'll get that answer on the flip side, don't go anywhere.

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education so parents know what books are being used in the classroom. florida stands for law and order, we are tough on crime and support the men and women of law enforcement and we have made it clear to prosecutors who believe they can disregard the law, you will be held accountable. started to see boats coming from haiti and cuba, we declared state of emergency and surged resources to help the coast guard. i will keep those operations going as long as they need to go. in florida we say clearly, we will never ever surrender to the woke mobe, our state is where woke goes to die. i promise this, you ain't seen nothing yet. >> todd: desantis is not expected to announce candidacy until after the legislative session ends in may. >> ashley: president of mexico getting defensive as lawmakers push to give u.s. military

authority to fight cartels south of the border. >> todd: the president of mexico says it is an offense to people of mexico and mexico does not take orders from anyone. >> ashley: will cain joins us now. will, i beg to differ, mexican government seems like they take orders from the cartel. >> will: that is the point, ashley. if the president of mexico cannot handle the crisis in his country, which a narco state flooding the united states with fentanyl that result in american poisonings, not overdoses, poisonings and dan crenshaw and others have said, we will step in. when you hear from the mexican president, you ask yourself, am i hearing from the person in charge or should i be negotiating with the largest cartel. we would not negotiate with the cartel, we would handle the

issue. how will mexico get past its own corruption? one of two ways. united states the handle it or some strong man in mexico will overturn the cartels. right now by obrador, president of mexico, it is not being met with. >> todd: dan crenshaw said he would campaign against me and anyone who wants to campaign against the cartels, they are murdering your own people, not the americans wanting to eradicate them. you said the key phrase, handle it. what does that mean? we had discussions, you know what that means. that means covert ops, contractors going in there, not the 82nd airborne dropping in, people that have done this, going in and solving the problem, isn't that right? >> will: that is right. that is a big decision, todd,

for the united states of america. when you talk about what impacts the american people and you brought up important points, what impacts the people of mexico. this is closer than the war in ukraine. dealing with the issue and it comes with cost and risk, has potential to positively impact daily lives of people of the united states and mexico. weville to deal with this at some point, todd. this is a spiralling out of control problem that someone will have to step up and say no more. >> todd: yeah. >> ashley: switching gears to something more light-hearted and fun. will, you are live from the american rodeo, i would assume with the background and the hat. can you imagine seeing todd in a cowboy hat? what are you doing today? >> will: i can imagine it, doesn't a cowboy hat make everybody look better? >> ashley: it does. >> todd: what are you up to down there? >> ashley: ashley, to your

point, american rodeo in arlington, texas, huge loadio, super bowl of rodeos. you have the best cowboys from the pbr and prca, so top cowboys in the world, plus it is open, if you qualify in regional, you get regular cowboys to compete for what could be over $10 million. it pays out more than the kentucky derby. huge concert at globe life field, home of texas rangers. we'll broadcast tomorrow live from here for "fox and friends." >> ashley: fun, catch will all morning long on "fox and friends," can't wait to see what else is going on down there. >> todd: i guess it is not his first rodeo. two journalists testifying on capitol hill as republicans try to get to the bottom of

conservative censorship. >> ashley: trying to discredit want aring, watch. >> may be possible if we can take off the tin foil hat, not a conspiracy. >> ashley: joe concha is here to react next. >> todd: hi, joe. is there anyone else you want to explore here, together? where do you want to go? senegal 38%, portugal 29. did you know that? i had no idea. the more you learn the more you want to know, and then it just fuels that fire. we now live in a place our ancestors have been for many, many years and we had no clue. nigerian. i got a lot of it from you. explore your family story with ancestrydna. now on sale.

>> todd: two journalists behind the twitter files testifying on capitol hill as republicans try to get to the bottom of governor censorship of conservative speech. democrats use the opportunity to try to discredit those reporters, watch. >> this isn't a matter of data given to these so-called journalists before us now. >> that's quite obvious that you profited from the twitter files. you hit the jackpot on that vegas slot machine. >> i honestly hope you will grapple with this, that it may

be possible that if we can take off the tin foil hat that there's not a vast conspiracy. >> ashley: joe concha joins us now. mr. concha, i know you have got some things you want to say so take it away, my friends. >> okay, ashley. to hear some democratic lawmakers yesterday, most notably the disgraced debbie wasserman schultz attack matt taibbi who has delivered as we have talked about on this show a lucid, sober, meticulous accounting of what happened to twitter under the previous regime and elon musk, preelon musk. we saw some democrats call taibbi though has written, what, four "new york times" best sellers, he has won multiple writing awards a so-called journalist and shill for elon musk? that is laughable considering that taibbi was praised by bernie sanders as being the best journalist out there at one point. overall, the primary take away i and many others had in watching

this is that democrats at this hearing think that objective journalists are the enemy of the people and that reporters as we heard at one point, should reveal their sources when lawmakers demand they do so. this was a hot mess of a dumpster fire for the blue team on capitol hill, todd. >> todd: joe, it should be noted that the person who labeled taibbi and shellenberger so-called journalist is literally herself a so-called congresswoman because she is not a voting member. that point needs to be made. the irony is rich. meantime dr. anthony fauci disputes redfield's testimony that he was purposefully from the talks. >> is he totally incorrect in what he is saying that i excluded him. it looked much more likely that it was a natural occurrence from an animal reservoir. i have always kept a completely

open mind joe, someone is lying is it redfield or fauci. >> i will go for redfield for 400 here, right? this is the dr. fauci once declared i am the science, unquote. it is amazing, even now, when the fbi, the energy department, say that covid -- that originated in wuhan, china, most likely came from a lab that studies, you know, bat viruses in wuhan, china. it's like we have talked about here. the greatest -- if there is a chocolate outbreak in hershey, pennsylvania, the first place we would look if that happened would be, you know, the chocolate factory. fauci will never admit that he was wrong. perhaps he was behind -- because he was behind, anyway, gain of fauci -- i'm sorry gain of function research, research, misspoke there, in covid led to 7 million people dying worldwide. more than 1 million americans dying here. he could continue to stay in the

safe space that it came from a wet market. more and more people are saying logically, that doesn't make any sense. >> todd: to be clear it's not redfield that's lies it's fauci. >> ashley: new priority, watch this. >> one of the young leaders was talking me about climate mental health, i said tell me what's going on with your peers? climate mental health? one example is, you know, whether when they are ready could they start family, worried about what that would mean and the stress of it. >> ashley: okay, joe, what in the world is climate mental health? >> something i will never teach my kids, ashley. this is how this administration operates through fear, through misinformation. even if it involves scaring children. the vice president should be talking about how test scores just fell to their lowest level in 30 years. she should be stretching the need for teacher's unions and

get back on track basic blocking and tackling competitive with other countries around the world well behind the likes of china and even countries like ireland and estonia and writing and reading. this is by the way why kamala harris is not being considered as a plan b to joe biden if he doesn't run. is he running so what are we talking about anyway. anyways, have great weekend. it's friday go. it's yoga friday, yes. >> todd: do you know what else it is, joe? special time let you go so i can queue the music. here we go, happy birthday, ashe. ash, where is that picture from ash thash is from daytona a couple years ago. >> todd: got you this. i graduate flowers myself. i cultivated them over the course of time. i then cut them beautifully. >> ashley: this is so nice. >> thank you, guys. i'm so excited my mom and grandma are coming into town and we are going to do all the things, pasta and pizza all

weekend long. >> todd: joe, do you condone pasta and pizza eating? >> huge on this. congratulations on another anniversary of your 29th an anniversary. >> ashley: thank you. i feel 29. >> todd: i don't mean to put a kibosh on it but you are going to have a snowy birthday and that's what you wanted. >> ashley: thanks, guys. with that "fox & friends" starts right now. have a good weekend. ♪ ♪ >> the bodies of two americans brutally murdered in mexico back in the u.s. >> cartel says it has dealt with the members. these members acted under their own decision-making. >> he didn't deserve it. sweetheart. >> does this have any chance of passing. >> biden is previewing his new budget. it features almost $5 trillion in new taxes. >> they want to raise taxes on you. they unleashed record inflation deeply sorry, i am. >> the railroad ceo apologized for the toxic waste disaster in east palestine. >>