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chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: good morning, the town of rolling fork has about 1,750 people so imagine a small town like that everybody knows everybody, and now you're going to have everybody who knows somebody if you weren't yourself impacted by the storm. it's going to be a really rough day for people as the sun comes up just exactly one hour from now. this year has been a really active tornado season. we've had 282 tornadoes. typically so far in the season we would have 174 tornadoes, and you get a look at that. this is just your statistical averages. march right there, we are headed into our what is generally really active months of april and may and june. doesn't mean that'll be the case this year but certainly that trend has been the case. all of this has been those storm s that have been coming across california, have made their way across parts of the south where its been really warm, above average temperatures for a long time, and those temps are still remaining warm, and i think this trend will continue. so far, this is the worst of those storms that we saw across parts of mississippi, cutting in

towards alabama as well. couple reports of them in tennessee and arkansas also, but take a look at this now. energy levels have winded down quite a bit so we're not looking at the threat today for the severe weather but we do get that threat coming back tomorrow. now, this right here is where that line of storms moved through. take a look at the forecast today, we're into the upper 70s. few showers come back into tomorrow and where you see the red that's a severe weather threat and it's just to the south of where that line of tornado path went through, but today, a very very slight chance of a few severe storms probably just strong wind and then that threat here that we see that red that's our bullseye for some more severe storms, so guys, this is the time of year we can get it. unfortunately this year, they've been really extreme and the people across the south, there's been flooding concern, because they had so much moisture with it so it doesn't take much for it to flood and they are kind of storm-weary at this point from so many storms and obviously this large one

that hit overnight. rachel: and now 80 degrees. rick: sometimes you can get the storms really cold behind it so you rather at least it be warm because nobody has power. if you have nighttime temperatures where it gets into the 40s after these storms that's brutal as well, but yeah, a warm day for them today as they are doing search and rescue. pete: rick i'm always interested in warning. there was a general understanding that the storm was coming, but how much time did each individual community have for like hey it's coming your direction. rick: so rolling fork was the first town that this cell hit, this tornado hit, and they only had six minutes of warning from the time the warning was hit to the time the tornado hit the town so not much but the area yesterday had a really elevated threat for severe weather including tornadoes. it was really well-forecast that yesterday had the chance for some large destructive tornadoes, and it ended up verifying. will: it's a good question as the storms continue to move east perhaps some of the communities further east got a little more warning. it's a great question for the mayor of amory, mississippi, his name is corey glenn and he joins us now this

morning. mayor great to have you with us this morning. we wish you the best. our thoughts and prayers are with your community. to the question pete asked our fox weather expert rick reichmuth, what kind of warning did you have in amory? >> so, we had approximately about 15-18 minutes worth of warning, and pre-warning, and we're aware that the storm was only approached. we have a great news firm around here that keeps us informed with things that are going on so we were forewarned with the activities that was on the approach. pete: mr. mayor, i know we could see a little bit of destruction behind you. talk to me about what happened last night. what was the storm like to go through? >> yes, so it was,amory is a small community of about 7,000 people. it's a very small town. it is a catastrophic storm that's hit the community. a lot of damage. its destroyed approximately 60%

of the community. a lot of trees down. a lot of homes that are tore up, but as the sun comes up, we'll assess the damage, but it's tore up quite extensively. rachel: mayor, what percentage of the houses in your town are mobile? do you have any idea? i know it's still dark and there's no light but do you have any idea of how many people's homes are actually damaged? >> yeah, i would say like 40% of the homes in the town or in the community are damaged of some sort. not many mobile homes in the particular area where the storm hit, but a lot of strong structures that are damaged. again, we'll wait until the sun comes up in the morning or when dawn breaks and we'll assess the damage, but at this time, we don't foresee any casualties that we have at this time. we don't know of any as far as any death rate or anything like that, but it all looks good

at this time. rick: and mayor just to that is everybody accounted for? are you hearing yet of any people who are still searching for that they need to be working on search and rescue efforts in your town? >> no. all of the recon has been conducted thus far. we've accounted for everybody thus far. everything looks good right now. again, we'll wait until dawn breaks and then we'll assess the damage further. will: mayor i know that you're waiting for daylight. it should be happening soon there in mississippi. can you tell us where it is you're standing right now? we see the destruction behind you. i don't know if you can show us more but what part of town are you standing in right now? >> so i'm actually on the northwest portion of the community actually where the storm actually entered the town. i'm actually in a supermarket area. the store behind us pigly wigly is destroyed. as we go further east here, just to the east, everything behind me is destroyed. so most of the homes, a lot of

the trees. a devastating storm but we're resilient people and we'll overcome. pete: no doubt, mr. mayor. we're thinking about you this morning. prayers coming your way from across america. mayor corey glenn of amory, mississippi. thank you, sir. god bless. >> thank you, god bless. rick: i tell you i've been on so many of these storms when they happen at night and it's dark and it's a very scary feeling. you don't have any power. you can see images that don't make sense because what was in a spot is no longer there, and there's new items and cars and trees. it just doesn't visually make sense and when the sun comes up and then it all sinks in the devastation of the storm. so great news that they are okay in that town, just to the southwest of them though there's so many towns that are going to be battling this today. rachel: and rick, really interesting he says we've accounted for everybody. you talk so much about small towns. one of the beauties of small towns is people are looking out

for each other and know where everyone is at, obviously there could be something they miss but for the most part this town is accounted for. rick: for sure. one thing that might help him also is probably the cell phone towers are okay there. there's some of the cell phone towers that are gone so it's also harder for people to be in communication with people in some of these communities as well. i tell you if you haven't downloaded the fox weather app do so. there's live streaming weather there all the time that they are covering the story absolutely so well and kept everybody up-to-date yesterday with everything that was coming on so make sure you do that. will: thank you, rick. we'll be checking with you throughout the morning. to another fox news alert more u.s. forces hurt in another attack by iranian-backed malitia on a u.s. base in syria. the missile attack coming after president biden ordered retaliatory strikes after an iranian made kamikaze drone killed a u.s. contractor on thursday. rachel: the white house says it's "still assessing" "the situation" after the second attack. president biden commenting on

the first strike while on a trip to canada. >> to make no mistake, the united states does not, does not emphasize seek conflict with iran but be prepared for us to act forcefully, protect our people. rachel: we're also learning at the time of thursday's deadly attack the main air defense system, at the coalition base, was not working. >> why wasn't there contingency to shoot down the drone if it was coming into the base? >> again look we take a variety of measures to safeguard our people but again it's an in hair apetaly dangerous place and again, we'll look into the details of the actual attack pete: there have been 78 attacks on u.s. forces in syria, and iraq, since january of 2021, emanating from the iranians. still assessing how to respond to the latest, the pentagon still assessing how they respond to the latest attacks by pro iranian forces. they stated this. we have the capability to

respond if our centers and forces in syria are targeted. pretty broad. we'll see if there's more. let's bring in representative michael waltz, republican from florida, house arms services committee, foreign affairs committee, select committee on intelligence and colonel as well so perfect person to talk to about this. i think a lot of people are wak ing up saying i didn't realize we had 900 troops in syria and how overt or covert is their mission? what are they doing there to deter isis and how big is the threat from iran? >> well, isis is still very much a threat, pete, and we've taken out not only baghdadi, the leader of isis, but several of his successors since then, so we need to, you know, those drone strikes, the intelligence on the ground and the few soldiers that we have are keeping the country safe by keeping a foot on isis's neck and also keeping an eye on iran, but my question is, why did we allow 78 strikes over the

last two years from iranian- backed malitias on our forces, why did we wait until someone was killed to then take action? iran is going to push until it meets steel and the problem now with the administration's policy is iran will trade some of these local malitias for dead american soldiers all day long. you have to do what president trump did which is hit them somewhere where it counts. trump took out their lead field general soulemani, and until you do that iran will continue to hit our forces. will: congressman you had a fascinating tweet yesterday that you quantified these strikes, these increase in iranian missile attacks. i think we can put it up on the screen that shows the timeline of the number of attacks between the trump administration and the now biden administration you can see over the last two years a clear spike in the number of attacks. they don't get a lot of attention, congressman. tell us more about what these

iranian attacks, what they represent, why they're happening and what they're targeting. >> yeah, i mean, under president trump, you know, we saw the iranians attack international shipping, major oil facility in saudi arabia. shot down one of our drones, much like russia just forced down one of our drones, and then when they attacked our embassy and killed someone, he took action. he restored deterrence and it all dropped off and almost stopped. until biden comes in, and starts this appeasement, red carpet with this dream of entering into the iran deal and these mass drone attacks have spiked again and they're going to keep doing them, until we hit back, until we hit back in a way that iran cares about, and guys, if you think this is bad, wait until they have a nuclear weapon and what they could do under a

nuclear umbrella. this is frightening, and biden has to reestablish deterrence and show strength here. rachel: what can we do to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon? i mean, it's interesting that, you know, there's 78 attacks and yet we're still like begging them to enter into this negotiation and by the way we have russia doing the negotiating or being the mediator in this weird negotiation. i can't make any sense of any of this , congressman. >> yeah, well, look. at the end of the deal, at the end of the day, i think that iran is not going to stop its march towards a nuke unless it believes its survival is at stake. they are so far along at this point. we've got to starve them of resources where they can't pay these malitias. we have to go back to maximum pressure. the only thing they care about is not their people, but their own survival and if they believe

that's at risk, if they believe that the israelis and/or the united states will truly mean what we say, that we cannot have a world with iran, with a nuclear button, then do i think that they will back off, but nobody believes biden will take meaningful action and guys, we could have the most capable military and alliances in the world. if our adversaries don't believe we have the political will and the leadership to impose cost, then they are going to continue to be on the march. pete: colonel, just if you could add a little bit more detail to what's happening in syria. we were talking about it earlier the iranian revolutionary guard the extension of that but are they working with local malitia inside syria that are friendly to iran and then we're working with kurdish forces that are more friendly to us? what's the breakdown? it's confusing about what's going on there. no, it is. there's a lot of pieces on the chess board in that area, so you still have the assad regime

which is alignedded with iran and russia. iran has local malitias on the ground that are aligned with it, typically of the muslim, and then we're working with the kurd forces and some local arab forces. one, we still have control of the oil fields there and two, we have a presence working with these locals to keep a foot on the neck of isis, and by the way , that is simmering just below the surface. there are these massive prison camps there of 40 to 50,000 isis fighters and families that the kurds are helping us kind of keep a lid on it, but that is due to explode any day now, and there are a number of intelligence community officials and military officials that are worried we could see isis explode back on the scene in the short-term. rachel: yeah, well there's a lot

of pieces of this puzzle. we've got ukraine, we've got china on the rise. we have this situation simmering here in the middle east. boy. a lot of things going on at one-time. congressman, thanks for joining us this morning and clearing it up. >> don't want to depress everybody early in the morning but we've got to show leadership and we've got to show strength. rachel: and our government needs to tell the truth because you talked about political will. i think the population is confused because there's been so many lies coming out of this administration and in prior administrations regarding wars, so -- >> and by the way happy national medal of honor day. those are the super heros of america. less than .0001% of service members have ever received that honor. they are our super heros and i salute them. pete: thank you for noting that today is national medal of honor day. we'll make note of it again as well but i know david bellavi e is a medal of honor recipient, when he wears

it i'm proud. colonel i know you feel the same way. >> absolutely. rachel: thank you, congressman. will: thank you, congressman. we return to a few additional headlines. the florida chapter of the naac p is calling for a travel advisory urging people of color not to visit the sunshine state. the civil rights group claims bills banning crt in schools is dangerous and anti-black. florida congressman byron donald s says the advisory only deepens divisions. >> the effect is dangerous because it continues this division in our country. which is absolutely ludacris especially in a state of florida we're a great state and open to everybody. we don't want indoctrination that's clear but we teach black history and allow black businesses to thrive. will: governor ron desantis calling it "a pure stunt" and i'm not wasting my time on your stunts. an unruly passenger literally dragged off a frontier airlines flight in miami. authorities say she threatened to attack another passenger and

bit a police officer on tuesday. people on board capturing some of the chaos on their smartphone s. >> [overlapping speakers] will: that woman erupted in anger after a frontier asked her to get off the philly-bound plane. i would love to see a number of incidents per-airline. rachel: yeah. it's hard enough to travel in frontier without like that happening. pete: it could be stressful. will: levi's will now be using ai generated models to show off their new denim styles. the company is joining forces with a digital fashion studio and they plan to test the technology later this year. their mission is to "increase the diversity of our models for our products in a sustainable way" so hold on,

hold on. let me get this straight. in order to increase diversity they are going to take humans out of the equation? rachel: yes. this is trans-humanism. pete: and tweak whatever shade they want. rachel: yeah. pete: apparently. will: but there's no people. pete: there's no people. only computers. rachel: but they said that it's sustainable and it's diverse? pete: because people are un sustainable. will: can we put that back up on the screen really quickly? so take a look at this ad, and one of those models is ai, and one of them -- pete: i can tell. will: i think the one on the left is ai. pete: the one on the right. rachel: i'd say the one on the right. the point is models, without of business. will: that's right and that's just the beginning. rachel: oh, yeah absolutely. will: it was the one on the left so i have a safe job here guessing ai. rachel: oh, no we'll be ai in no time at all. pete: we will be. rachel: still ahead, the sky-

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rachel: sky-high inflation is taking its toll on american families, on average the cost of groceries is up 11% just from last year and it's expected to get even more expensive this year. according to a new report from the urban institute, a quart quarter of u.s. adults are now considering food insecure. that's a 5% jump just from last year from the year before. paul pacter is the president and ceo of long island cares, a food bank in nassau in suffolk county , new york, and he joins me now. paul, welcome. first of all, thanks for all you do to help americans who are struggling right now. you're seeing an increase. how much of an increase? i mean, how many more people are you seeing this year than you did say five years ago?

>> well what we've been seeing is an approximately 58% increase rachel: that's incredible. >> which equates to an additional 42000 people coming for food assistance on long island. rachel: so when people come in, i'm sure your volunteers and the people who work for you and with you, you're asking them why are you here? what are they telling you? what is it that's making them come in, because so many of them are first-time coming to the food bank, right? >> sure. well i think what people are saying when they visit us on the island is that it's the cost of the average market basket, grocery shopping, where eggs, you know, now are five or $6 a dozen, and you can't get milk for less than $4 and people are making very difficult choices, especially our seniors. should they put food on their table or should they go purchase their prescription medications. you know, we're looking at parents with children who are trying to make the balance of, do i buy my child clothes for the winter or do i put food on my table, so it's a very

vicious cycle. rachel: yeah, you have people on fixed incomes. do i heat my home? do i get my groceries? do i pay my prescription bills as you said? it's just an incredible -- so obviously, you're looking for people to donate more to the food bank. we'll put that, your website up, of course but what other things are you asking your leaders in new york to do or maybe even our president to do to help alleviate this crisis for americans? >> that's an excellent question and thank you for asking it. rachel: of course. >> in the current budget that was proposed by governor hochul there's a reduction in funding for the hunger prevention nutrition assistance program with $22 million and we're also looking at cuts to the free and reduced school meals program. this simply is not the right time to implement those kind of cuts. you know, last september, the white house hosted a conference on hunger health and nutrition and a lot of recommendations were made in terms of snap benefits, in terms of outreach, diversity and

equity, and we're hoping that our elected leaders are going to work with us and realize that yes, there are ways to balance the budget but not on the backs of people who are in the highest need groups. rachel: yeah, well, we need a cut in other areas and maybe also stop printing money so we stop inflating the cost of everything. energy cost as well, skyrocketing and impacting prices at the grocery store. how can people help? >> well, there's many ways that people can help. first and foremost, if people want to donate food, nonperishable food to long island cares, they can do that. if people want to make a monetary donation they can certainly do that and we're always looking for dedicated long islanders to come and volunteer, to help us sort and repack food, so, and also, to ask people to reach out to their elected officials to express their concern about children's hunger and the need for more support. rachel: well we're sending a lot of money all over the world on wars and everything else and we have a lot of americans that are hurting right here. thank you so much, paul.

really appreciate the work that you're doing. >> thank you, it's my pleasure. rachel: all right for more information, you can donate or visit to licares.org. still ahead, we introduce you to the man hired to reteach california's teachers. how he's replacing rampant indoctrination with classic education. right on. plus, we're catching up with raymond arroyo whose having breakfast with friends in lee leesburg, florida. >> rachel, this is incredible. we're at wolfies here and this crowd is so amped up. we'll talk to them and give out treats. are you all excited this morning or what? >> [applause] >> more fox & friends in a moment. stay there. ♪ ing what they ordered when they expect it. discover how ryder ecommerce makes your customer's experience ever better.

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in mississippi after multiple tornadoes leave at least 14 people dead. one monster twister believed to be a mile-wide carving a path of destruction that stretches over 100 miles. the tornado flattening homes, toppling power lines and downing trees. search and rescue operations will continue this morning as crews search for anyone who may have been trapped in the rubble. and two migrants are dead and at least 10 more hospitalized in texas after officials found a group suffocating in a train car traveling to the u.s.-mexico border. the mayor says someone called 911 and that the migrants were locked in a shipping container. i.c.e. is investigating this as a possible case of human smuggl ing. and now the shocking footage. a massive explosion at a chocolate factory in pennsylvania. at least two people are dead. eight are injured and nine are missing. the blast happening late yesterday afternoon at arie & palmer which is about an hour outside of philadelphia. residents warn to avoid the area

until further notice. officials investigating the cause and they believe it may be a gas leak that is to blame. and those are your headlines. so pete, over to you. pete: thank you, will. all right, well a california school board meeting breaking out in chaos after over anti-crt criticism. watch this. >> if you would like the whole auditorium can leave. that's the way we're going to conduct -- >> joe, joe? >> we need order in the building or i'll let everybody leave. >> [overlapping speakers] pete: tim acula, valley uni- tied school district voted to fan crt, and is now going so far as hiring our next guest to help teachers replace indoctrination with a more classical education. anti-crt consultant christopher aarons joins us now.

christopher, thank you for being here. >> good morning. pete: if you have crt consultant s if your school district wants to get rid of it you'll have to have someone that helps get rid of those philosophies. how do you do this inside a school district? >> well, first you have to educate people what critical race theory is. i saw in the board meetings of t emecula where i was the board president when i drafted the first resolution, probably in the country that banned critical race theory, you have to educate people what critical race theory is because most people just don't know. they think that banning it means banning critical thinking or banning teaching of african americans history and that's completely false. that just shows they don't know what critical race theory is. pete: you're right. its been completely mischaracterized or its been hidden, so they sell it as terms like diversity, equity, or inclusion or anti-racism, so when you're talking -- who do you train on this?

is this teachers, administrators , principals? >> before we had that board meeting, that was wednesday evening in a special board meeting, we had six lectures of two hours each on monday and tuesday that i gave to a total of about 200 teachers and administrators. pete: what's the response when you give those lectures? >> well, some people are upset. other people start to understand what critical race theory is and they understand why it's pretty evil. it's a very divisive ideology. pete: and the unions, what's their response? because they've defended this stuff, lock, stock, and barrel. >> they weren't exactly happy. the union leaders showed up at the lectures and i had nice chat s with them. i think the main thing is they started to understand our concerns, the concerns of the conservative board members, my concerns. they started to understand why critical race theory was banned.

pete: now, we saw the explosive board meeting. what's been the reception amongst parents in that school district so far? >> well as far as i'm informed most of the parents there, the overwhelming majority, are very happy that critical race theory was banned and that means it's banned teaching it as gospel. they can still teach about critical race theory. matter of fact i think they should, because that way, the children are so to say vaccinated before they go to the universities where critical race theory is everywhere. pete: it's a great point. teach it as a thing, as opposed to the thing, and then it allows people to use their actual critical thinking to look at the reality of history. all of it, good, bad, and ugly, which is -- >> exactly. exactly. it's the same way we teach about communism or fascism. we don't teach those ideologies as gospel, but we do inform the students about them and the idea is to do the same with critical race theory.

not teach it as gospel but be able to discuss it in class. pete: good for you for leading the charge and there are a lot of school districts that need those six two-hour sessions and we thank you for what you do. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. thank you. pete: christopher aarons. all right, still ahead, russia just announced it will use chinese currency for international payments, and saudi arabia could be next. so what would happen if the u.s. dollar is no longer the world's dominant currency? former assistant secretary treasury secretary monica crowle y explains, next. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee.

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will: now to a fox weather alert. 23 people are now confirmed dead after multiple tornadoes ripped through mississippi. dozens are injured and four people are confirmed missing. the sun is about to rise and then we'll have a better idea of the damage. we're staying on this story all morning long. meanwhile, xi-jinping and vladimir putin sending an ominous message to the west during their three-day summit this week as new concerns rise they are looking to undermine the u.s. dollar. take a look at this. vladimir putin announced this week that russia will begin using the chinese yuwan for internatio nal payments instead of the dollar. saudi arabia is also in talks with beijing to do the same thing. speaking of saudi arabia,

meanwhile, they are in talks with iran as well to consider an economic alliance with china and russia, and they can even be joining the bricc countries which is an acronym for brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. these countries all have emerging economies, so, what happens, if our economy and the u.s. dollar are no longer the world's dominant currency? former assistant treasury secretary and host of the monica crowley podcast, monica crowley is here to weigh in. monica, great to see you this morning. let's start right there. what happens if these emerging economies move away from the u.s. dollar towards the chinese yuwan? >> well, good morning, will. it's great to be with you, and it's really hard to overstate exactly how catastrophic the abandonment of the u.s. dollar be , as the world's global reserve currency. look, since the end of world war ii the dollar has been the safe place to go and its been backed

up by a couple of things. originally it was backed up by gold, but president nixon took us off the gold standard, so there's no hard asset backing up the dollar anymore for the last 50 years but also its been backed up by the strength and economic power of the united states and the fact that oil has always been traded in dollars. if that were to end, that would mean the end of the u.s. dollar. look, there's a perfect storm happening right now, will. the world's reserve currency being that, having that status, has been a real privilege, but we've abused the privilege by holy reckless monetary and fiscal policies over many years, certainly over the last couple of years which has really devalued the dollar. on top of that now you do have this perfect storm of biden's weakness, his war on american domestic energy production, the ukraine war, and as you point out, because of all of these things, we've got america

's enemies led by china forming a new economic block, and all it would take at this point now because we're at this pivotal moment, will, is for saudi arabia, who has indicated that they're open to this , to say you know what? we're going to be open to considering other currencies to trade in oil. if that were to happen, there be a complete implosion of the global economic system, but certainly, the american economic system and if that were to happen, you'd be looking at sky- high inflation, just raging, republic kind of inflation. if you think inflation is bad now, just wait, but more importantly, we would lose our economic dominance, and we would lose our super-power status. will: monica, the world's reserve currency, it's a privilege for the united states for the dollar to have been the world's currency. how does that relate to each individual american? how has that changed or impacted or improved our lives throughout the last several decades?

>> yeah, i mean, its given the united states incredible dominance in the world in terms of the economic system, and in terms of trade. its kept prices down, so whether it's energy prices, whether it's your food prices. the entire global economic system is reliant on these safe and secure dollar but that is no longer true, again because we've been printing money like crazy, and devalued the power of the dollar and the value of the dollar, but on top of it now , again, oil is the critical linchpin of this. if saudi arabia decides to join with america's enemies here and start trading oil in different currencies, that is going to undermine the entire global economic system, and here at home, you know what it's going to mean for us? it's going to mean raging inflation, so much worse than anything we have ever experienced, will. and i'll tell you, they're setting it up so that they can then come to the rescue by

introducing central bank digital currencies. if they were to do that, and the united states already has a pilot program, that means the loss of your individual economic freedom, because the government will have total access and control of everything you buy and sell and the ability to turn it off like that. will: ominous warning, i hear you, saudi arabia is the tipping point, oil trading in dollars is the tipping point, and obviously , huge consequences for our economy. monica crowley, thank you so much. raymond arroyo is having breakfast with friends in leesburg, florida. raymond, good morning. >> guys, we have been talking to people about some of the things you've been talking about. crt in the classroom, this agenda, and as you know the universal school choice is here in florida. this gentleman, joe, started schools in winnipeg. how did the voucher system work there? >> it worked excellent. schools are in existence, not because of funding.

schools are in existence because of conviction whether it's, well , whatever the conviction be , they start schools, and the funding helps them to hire the teachers, better quality inn citied of schools that poor results. my children grew up in christian schools, and my son, for example , the university of tennessee, was a 4.0 average. reporter: and the vouchers allowed that? >> vouchers allow quality inn education. reporter: love it. okay, look i have a friend here. tell me your name and how old you are. >> john. reporter: how old are you? >> six. reporter: and what are you reading? >> i'm reading the book you made. reporter: did you like it? >> yes. reporter: i'm giving everybody books and john a light bulb because he's such a good boy. we're having a blast here. who wants a book? i'm giving out books to everybody. >> [applause] reporter: all right, back to you guys. rachel, pete, will. we're going to have breakfast and sign some books. rachel: i have the book but i'll take a light bulb.

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pete: today former president donald trump heads to waco, texas for his first official 2024 presidential campaign rally rachel: and this is as manhattan da alvin bragg postpones trump's grand jury session into potential hush payments creating speculation about the weakness of his case. will: here to react, john mcint ese, director of white house personnel office and the ceo of the right stuff dating app which we will talk about in just a moment but first let's get to this. trump rally as we don't know what's happening in new york any more, is it or is it not going to happen, what's your reaction? >> my reaction is the president will probably come out swinging, i think. every attack we saw over the last seven years has only made him stronger, and i think this is becoming a rallying cry for not just conservatives but everyday americans who see him as the symbol and them attacking

him as attacking themselves so i think people rally behind them and it's all going to back fire and god forbid something does happen and it'll work in his favor. pete: we've seen that in the polling numbers. they've gone up recently as the threat of indictment has loomed. >> right, yeah, and i think with the left, you know, you saw them always accusing trump of undermining faith in our institutions, but that's exactly what they do. i think that's what they are doing by weaponizing the justice department and i think people are sick of it. rachel: yeah, conservatives are worried about it. conservatives also worried about the dating world. >> yes, they are. rachel: and you have a solution. tell us about your app. >> we have "the right stuff" dating app, live in the app store, it's for conservatives of all ages and depends on what you're looking for. most people are looking for something serious everyone is dating with intention. rachel: you know, so this week on my podcast from the kitchen table, we actually have an episode where i advise people to get off the apps, because you know, the art of flirting, the art of communicating is

dying and i think sort of sometimes, the apps can feedback so tell me, convince me why i'm wrong about that. >> okay, if the organic ways work for you i'd say great. if you can meet someone at church that's amazing we want that for you. unfortunately that's not the case with millions of americans. it's almost become taboo to approach someone in public. people are living their lives through mobile applications. that's probably a bad thing but we have to deal with the world as it is so everyone's on their apps. we want a way for conservatives to meet that's easier, that's quick, fun, that you know everyone there has shared values and beliefs. will: and that's what it's about, john. bringing people together of shared values and beliefs. >> yeah and there are different parts of the country where you feel hostility to be a conservative and like you're under attack and you can't be yourself. we want everyone on our platform to be themselves. rachel: what i like about your app is it's bringing people with common values. i do not believe opposites attract, that people need to have as much in common as possible and people should be prioritizing young people their love life and that's what you're working on.

>> i agree. pete: the right stuff. rachel: working on yourself, he's single and on the app by the way. >> i'm single and on the app. >> [laughter] pete: built an app for himself. rachel: we need to hear the update. pete: great to see you. thank you very much. all right, back to our fox weather alert. we're covering those tornadoes, ripping through mississippi. more on the other side of this commercial break. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. with the money we saved, we tried electric unicycles. i think i've got it! doggy-paddle! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ bring you this she■s a hero moment. new york city. you have to have the skill and the drive to make it here.

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rachel: good morning. we go right to a fox weather alert. 28 people confirmed dead after multiple tornadoes tear through mississippi. dozens are injured and four people are missing. one monster twister believed to be a mile wide carving a path of destruction that stretches over 100 miles. will: the small town of rolling fork was hit first just before 9 p.m. the tornado flattening homes, toppling power lines and downing trees. pete: first responders