>> todd: you betcha. vice president it traveling to ukraine to push energy production in 2014 just after hunter joined the board of burisma that's interesting. grace, thanks so much have. great holiday weekend. >> ashley: thanks, grace. with that, "fox & friends" starts right now have. a good day. >> todd: bye-bye. ♪ >> steve: all right, 6:00 a.m. here in the east and we start this "fox & friends" on this thursday with a fox weather alert. five people dead, dozens hurt after tornadoes tear through southeastern missouri. heart breaking storm victims now working to pick up the pieces as the sunrises shortly. >> our house got hit. you know, lives were lost. it's heart breaking. >> my ears popped. and i could feel it on my skin. it felt like somebody opened soda can pop.

next thing you know crashes and bangs. >> it's devastating. it's going to take months to recover. >> steve: devastating footage shows the extent of the damage caused by the tornado that tore through the small community of glen allen in missouri. >> brian: severe weather threat moving east toward philadelphia and washington. janice dean will tell us when the worst of it will hit the mid-atlantic. it's relentless. unbelievable what's going on. talk about turbulence overseas and at home. a news alert a bipartisan group of lawmakers landing in taiwan overnight. house foreign affairs chairperson, chairman michael mccaul leading the u.s. delegation. >> ainsley: just hours after the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy meets with the taiwanese president in california at the reagan library. the visit getting under the skin of china. >> steve: boy, did it. lucas tomlinson joins us live from washington.

good morning. the chinese embassy there in washington sent out a four-page email the other day and said, hey, united states, don't meet with her. don't meet with her. we met with her. >> i will sum it up briefly they called it a grave mistake, steve. a bipartisan delegation has just arrived in taiwan, the island china considers to be a renegade province. here is the republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul leading the visit. >> we are not going to let this intimidation get to us. we all received sort of threatening texts. there was talk about a chinese it in the air. that is really intimidation saber ratling. i think the meeting we are going to have here are going to be very important in terms of the leadership. you know, meet with president tsai. talk about weapon systems that i sign off on going into taiwan to harden taiwan. are they prepared?

do we have enough deterrence to stop an aggression coming from communist china? >> as you mentioned, steve, the chinese government says it's outraged over another visit as well by taiwan's leader to the reagan library in california to meet house speaker kevin mccarthy. >> we must continue the arm sales to taiwan and make sure such sales reach taiwan on a very timely basis. >> the peace that we have maintained and the democracy which have worked hard to build, are facing unprecedented challenges. we once again find ourselves in a world where democracy is under threat. and the urgency of keeping the beacon of freedom shining cannot be understated. >> on at least three separate occasions president biden has pledged to defend taiwan against chinese invasion. at the white house karine jean-pierre did not appear

appinterested in saying anything more than that if china tries to take over taiwan is president biden still committed to putting u.s. boots on the ground in taiwan. >> we have answered in question multiple times i'm not -- i'm not -- i don't have anything else to share. >> first by a leader of taiwan house speaker u.s. soil since opened diplomatic relations with china 1979. like it see taiwan spend more on its own defense. currently just 2.4% of its g.d.p. >> steve: we have seen this movie before when nancy pelosi went a while back they said don't go, don't go, she went. and then they did military drills. once again they said this week, don't go, don't talk, don't do any of that and on, what, yesterday china started military actions, military drills around taiwan again. we have seen this movie. >> that's right, steve. china's launched aircraft almost nonstop since the former house speaker's visit to taiwan. many people wanted to see the

house speaker go to taiwan. he said that's not off the table. china no question we will see some provocative action in the days ahead, guys. >> brian: all right, lucas, thanks so much. what is the one china policy? here it is formally. u.s. established ties with china rather than taiwan. that was done -- normal ties. that was done under richard nixon. doors not recognize chinese sovereignty over taiwan. that is a wink and a nod. no formal diplomatic regions but established an official relationship that was on display today, yesterday. and u.s. would provide taiwan with arms which by the way we are ridiculously late in providing. they have ordered. they have paid. and for some reason there is a very slow walk to deliver. >> ainsley: kevin mccarthy and mccaul who is over there for bipartisan delegation meeting with the vice president of tie wawnel and then will later meet with the presidents, a three day trip there. they also went to japan and went to south korea. he has said this. we need to do this quickly. i have signed off on sending some weapon systems.

but we need make this quick. kevin mccarthy said the same thing. he said there is no need for retaliation, china. he said china is not going to tell me where i can go and who i will talk to, especially in my own country. >> steve: right. he was on with lara last night. watch. this look at how the president react would to a balloon going over our military bases from china. it doesn't shock me. but the difference is today we stood up to china. just like congress did when the balloon came, every single member of congress, republican, democrat, denounced the ccp for those actions. that's what china needs to hear. that congress will act together. that we can't allow this authoritarian view, this bullying trying to dictate to who we can talk to and who we can speak to when this is an ally. this is a democracy. believes in freedom. i think, this meeting was more important today than at any given time. our chip with taiwan and the taiwan people, i think, has been greater than any time in

history. and, again, sitting in reagan library. think about what reagan was able to publish peace through strength, defending freedom. >> steve: i think what ultimately what drives them crazy about the united states is china knows we have got taiwan's back. they just know that and what really drives them crazy is that coddlcodel. congressional dettle delegation went over there. it's not just one party. it's the face of the u.s. congress. you have got a bunch of democrats. a punch of republicans. and they are all going okay. we have got the one china policy. you know that. but taiwan, we have got your back. >> ainsley: both meetings, the one in california with mccarthy, that was bipartisan. the one over in taiwan with mccaul that's bipartisan. there are two democrats and six republicans. nancy pelosi even praised -- we were just talking about the reagan library. you heard mccarthy talking about that. that's where the meeting was with the president of taiwan.

nancy pelosi praised the meeting. she said the meeting between mccarthy and the president of taiwan is to be commended by its leadership. bipartisan participation, and its distinguished and historic venue. >> steve: she is right. >> brian: the president had been so weak on china he refuses to even acknowledge the co-delegations yesterday. never talks about it. and my feeling is china might be saying to myself this guy is not going to get reelected we have a window got take advantage especially when it seems like we are on two different pages. oh yeah if taiwan is invaded we will act. the state department and the rest of the staff goes no, we never said that. he said it twice. he just keeps saying it and his own administration walks it back. so that type of confusion might give a desperate china a sense that well, the next person is not going to be this incompetent. i think we might have to invade now. >> ainsley: you have got peter doocy at the white house. and the white house is deflecting and dodging questions about it. our reporter aishah hasnie

traveled it. >> steve: mccaul. saints ains are you going to promise the taiwanese the u.s. will come to its military aid in case of an invasion? mccaul said that's ultimately under the taiwan relations act that you were talking about, that the u.s. will provide taiwan with arms. >> brian: with arms. would we fight is the key. >> ainsley: it says but ultimately, sorry, that decision will be made by the american people. >> brian: just get them the arms they paid for. let them fight for themselves. >> steve: the background is, remember, china is cozying up to russia and russia is waging that war. there is just a whole bunch of stuff going on over there. we are going to detail that in the next hour talking a little bit about the chinese currency which is shocking. meanwhile joni ernst, t from the state of my birth iowa is going to join us. >> ainsley: police are investigating the brutal murder of the cash app founder bob lee after he was stabbed to death in san francisco. his colleagues now say city

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accountability and blaming the tragedy on the city's soft on crime policies. >> steve: todd piro joins us with more on this story.

this guy was a mogul. he helped develop android, square and cash. >> todd: and he had moved. we are going to get to that steve, ainsley and brian. police in san francisco say the investigation into the mogul bob lee stem in the early stages officers finding the 43-year-old father of 2 stabbed multiple times outside of a luxury apartment building early tuesday morning. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. lee's father posting this heart breaking note about his son on facebook. i just lost my best friend my son. bob would give you the shirt off his back. he would never look down on anyone and adhere to a strict, no judgment philosophy. as police work to track down the killer, san francisco d.a. brook jenkins vowing to get justice for lee and his family. listen. >> i'm devastated for them and that as the top law enforcement officer in this city and county i will ensure if somebody is arrested for this crime that we prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. >> todd: and one of lee's

friends revealing that he actually moved out of the city late last year in an attempt to keep his family safe. saying, quote: he did comment on san francisco deteriorating, which is why he actually had just relocated to miami. one of his colleagues blaming san francisco's former d.a. and local lawmakers, quote: chesa boudin and the criminal-loving city council that enabled him and lawless san francisco for years have bob's literal blood on their hands. take action. boudin, a progressive, was booted outside of office last june as crime rates surged on his watch. just an absolutely horrific story, steve, ainsley, and brian. >> steve: absolutely terrible. thank you very much. there is surveillance video that shows after this guy was stabbed by unknown person they have got no leads in nancy pelosi's district by the way, he approaches a car, a sell can a at one point because the lights are on at 2:30 in the morning. and the guy -- mr. lee lifts his

shirt and shows where he has been stabbed and the car drives off. he walks a little more, falls down dead at the hospital. it's terrible. for the d.a. to say we are going to find justice for the family, how about justice for the people who are alive keeping people safe out there. this is a tragedy. an absolute tragedy. it's just getting worse in san francisco. >> ainsley: 43 years old father of two. >> steve: terrible story. >> brian: ashley, you have the other breaking story. wannabe gangs may be behind the murders of three florida teens. listener. >> we have a lot of leads. they are getting us in the right directions. i'm counting on the arrest. that's what i'm looking for because justice will be brought. >> ashley: authorities release this photo of a car where one of the teens was found partially submerged in a lake. the teens who were together before their deaths were each shot and found at separate locations. a southern california doctor allegedly poisoning her husband

with drano. authorities say the dermatologist was caught on a hidden camera slipping the liquid drain cleaner into her husband's lemonade. her husband said he set up the camera when he noticed a chemical taste in his drinks. now, the suspect will be arraigned later this month. she faces up to 8 years in prison if she is found guilty. robert f. kennedy jr. files paperwork to run for president. the son of former u.s. attorney general robert f. kennedy challenging president biden as the democrat candidate for the 2024 nomination. it comes as a new fox news poll reveals biden's approval rating is approaching world lows among key voting groups. women voters aged 45 and older, suburban and rural voters are all within 2 percentage points all time lows of president's approval rating. legendary plush earn of "new york post" has died at the age of 96 after working working with singer men for more than four

decades. rupert murdoch praising saying late greater country first years in earthquake in. and news corps ceo robert thompson reflecting on singerman's work marty's if permeate the company and continue to resonate for many years to come. is he survived by wife, children and grandchildren. a memorial service is being held for him monday in manhattan. those are your headlines, steve, back to you. >> steve: thank you very much, ashley. his son matt singer man was the top producer on "fox & friends" for a number of years. so our thoughts and prayers to out to the singerman family. mattmarty was a great guy. dozen weres are hurt after a tornado tore through a tiny town in southeastern missouri. devastating footage from the scene shows the extent of the damage in glen allen, which was caused by the twister on tuesday and now the powerful storm system is moving to the east and

threatening 50 million americans. there is a chance this morning you are in the storm's path in the plant in the mid-atlantic including cities like filly and washington. senior meteorologist janice dean is here with our fox weather forecast. this is a thin line, a very strong storms. >> janice: yes, they will weaken as we go throughout the day today. we could see the potential for hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes for parts of the mid-atlantic. heavily populated neighborhoods along the i-95 korea door. could see where have flush flood advisories for texas and louisiana. that front is going to stall along the gulf coast and bring the potential for scattered storms and rainfall. severe storm threat with emphasis on the atlantic all the ingredients come together for severe weather. look at the potential record highs. that front moves through. warm air surges from the south and get to 92 in tampa. new york 74 today before that front moves through. and the cold side of the storm. we had a blizzard and 4 feet of

snow for parts of the rockies up towards the northern plains. so that was the other side of this story is we still had winter over some of the states across the northern tier. here's the rain forecast for parts of the gulf coast up towards the southeast and the mid-atlantic, there is your forecast today with an emphasis on the northeast, the mid-atlantic, the gulf coast. i know that we have big golf games going on so watch the potential for thunderstorms there. and then our next storm system moves in across the northwest. fox weather.com has been on this story. they will continue to be on this story. it has been an active season thus far, steve doocy. >> steve: janice, come on over here because you could see in the images that janice just showed us the damage that the tornado did flattening homes in glen allen in missouri. and joining us, which is south of st. louis. joining us right now stan wood fin grew up in glen allen and lives just a few miles away and joins us now. stan, thank you very much.

i know that your town is going through so much. glen allen had a population of 58. that is a very small town. the town i grew up industry, kansas had 45 so i know exactly what kind of town you live in. but tell us about when the tornado went through and what you saw and what you heard. >> i actually don't live there in the town but my mother and my sister do. and at somewhere around 3:00. i don't really remember the exact time, we got an alert on our local weather and i called my sister to alert her. they had already gone to the local church. it's a small community there aren't any basements much in that town. so they went to a local church to stay in a basement. but my mother would not go. so she stayed behind and stayed in the closet. >> janice: oh my goodness. you guys have a tornado preparation plan, right? this is typically tornado alli

although it's been very active so far this year. >> yes, yep. >> steve: i was going to say, your mom did the right thing, she went into an interior closet. when i was down in dallas a couple weeks ago, there was a tornado warning. and we wound up all going into my daughter and her husband's bathroom on the interior side because that is the most protected spot in the house. tell us a little bit, stan, about the damage your mother had on her property. >> her house wasn't damaged really, really badly. but the shop that my dad and i built, by brother-in-law back years ago it was completely 4re68d. i mean and it's so close to the house it's unbelievable. my sister was right next door. and their shop building was also destroyed. so, yeah, it's -- there's a lot of damage there. it's unbelievable. >> janice: these storms happened

overnight. i'm glad you got a weather alert on the phone. that's how a lot of people are getting their alerts these days. >> yeah. local weather does really well. i got an alert, like i said, somewhere around that 3:00 time frame. and we got up, turned the tv on and started watching the track of that storm going across. and i could see that it was coming from a little bitty community called grassy headed straight toward glen allen so that's why i called my sister to alert them. but this was a serious storm. i mean, this town is -- there is not hardly an inch of it that's not damaged. >> janice: so glad you are okay. >> steve: so much it looks like a bomb went off. we're glad your mom went made it through and pray for the five souls who didn't make it. god bless you. >> steve: if you are watching and want to donate to the

victims donate red cross.org/fox forward. >> steve: janice, thank you very much. >> janice: you are welcome. >> steve: this storm is going to be powerful throughout the day. >> janice: fox weather.com. i'm sure it has saved lives. >> steve: gets the alerts on their phone. life saver. d.a. alvin bragg indicts donald trump after he was arrested. what about the criminals alvin bragg cutting breaks for. a look at some of the repeat offenders who have been arrested more than 100 times. the new single reese witherspoon reports she is dating tom brady. is she? stick around. >> janice: that's a tease. and hear -- look at the other guest today ♪ baby, just let it be. ♪ so why don't you ride with me ♪ ride with me ♪ see where this thing goes ♪ if it's meant to be

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bragg has been downgraded to misdemeanors. so for most of new york, especially if you are a minority commit a crime don't worry about it he has got your back unless of course you are a republican running for president. i will give you case in point. what about michelle mckelly. she has been arrested over 100 times. reportedly calls herself a professional booster. i'm really not sure what that means. he goes she got so upset when she was finally arrested after all other shoplifting exploits she spit and scratched at the cops her quote was y'all are stopping my hustle. she is in jail on $5,000 bail right now. meanwhile, there is harold gooding. this guy is a real treat. the same people committing the same crimes over 500 times. i think 600 percent. 10 people committed 16% of the crimes. larceny. he finally hit the same target four straight times. he has finally been arrested, $15,000 bail. alex rodriguez the serial thief

racked up 50 arrests. calls himself the man of steel not because is he strong because he steals everything and could not be more brash. how do we make sense of new york and their lack of interest in certain crimes and big interest about one man and another crime? joining me now to discuss this is the running mate to lee zeldin, you know her as retired nypd inspector allison he is pa zid dough; good morning thanks for having me how do you explain bail reform with what we are seeing with the former president of the united states on tuesday. >> my is i is peril right now. alvin bragg got on national media and national news and said he cannot we will not normalize serious criminal conduct he has spent every single day in office

doing nothing but these are professional boosters, thieves. this is their hustle. they are not going to stop unless we stop them. is he emboldening these criminals to take it further and further and further. do you know how quickly a burglary becomes a rape, a larceny becomes a robbery. do you know how quickly people get injured with this? i will bring you something else out the cover of "the new york post." 15-year-old strangled to death by his step-father. he gets strangled to death. this guy had already served three years in prison for assault turns out the bronx judge despite the d.a. prisonlet him out on his own recognizance. if you are a police officer on the street. if you are a citizen of this city of all the surrounding burrows or all the cities watching us right now what are you thinking. >> i came from a world of compstat, statistics and numbers. what you don't understand is

every statistic is a victim. every victim has a family. every family hurts and crime has a ripple effect through our city, through our state, through our communities. people are hurting. police are at their wit's end. my officers were going out every single day taking some of the most violent felons off of the streets, firearms, two, three, four times, same individuals. and they were back out on the street tell the cops don't worry take the gun i will be out tomorrow. >> brian: you don't have enough time to do the background and form the case. you only have a certain amount of time. if you can't get that done they go back out on the streets you don't have the resources to get it done. team of inspectors and researchers? >> absolutely. >> brian: other thing to keep in mind, too. when the mayor wants to crack down on crime, let's say he is sincere. he goes up to albany, he gets kicked to the curb. the democratic governor now has come around to it almost losing the seat said i need bail reform. the speaker says no. we're not going to do it. so how do you explain this?

>> well, we have progressive far left movement that is putting victims to the side. and just praising criminals. >> brian: see the same thing happen in chicago. defund the police mayor. >> um-huh. and you have san francisco. and you have in washington, d.c. we have a woman from virginia who is murdered in a motel room by a career criminal because we continue to release these criminals back out on the streets to reoffend. and you have frankly a sloppy and incompetent district attorney in new york that is downgrading 52% of felonies and prosecutorial it clearance on felonies 51%. his predecessor was in the 90's. he is incompetent and only when he goes after the president of the united states, like a third world country, when we remove our political opposition and joe biden had the chance to be a leader. he had the chance to bring the country together. but, instead, he smiles almost

maniacally. >> brian: these people keep getting elected judges elected a lot of them. d.a.s are elected. mayors are elected. they are getting what they're voting for. and the people that are overwhelmed by this are just leaving. >> yeah. >> brian: if they can. >> i think that was part of the reason that congressman zeldin and i lost the election. >> brian: barely. but you really surged 47% of the vote to 53. thanks so much for joining us esposito. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> brian: baltimore city schools ignored his call for help after 3rd through 8th graders only half tested proficient in math. what exactly is briction. could it devalue the american economy? stuart varney will crunch the

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china's yuan has is most traded russia. i. >> brian: what does that mean brics acronym aims to create its own currency. >> ainsley: let's ask the host of fox business stuart varney. should we worry? >> stuart: no. they are trying to muscle in with the own currency the yuan. progress. done in dollars. that's just a minor incursion. at the moment 90% of all the world's transactions are carried out in dollars. it is truly the dominant currency on the globe and its

position is not being challenged. it's not challenged by the european euro and not the yuan. >> brian: considering it this group might do it. russia has to because we kind of kicked them out. >> i don't think it will make difference in the long run to the dominance of the u.s. dollar. the threat from the dollar is if its value goes down our price goes up. if biden's economic policies move the dollar down, import prices go up and we all feel more pain from inflation. that's the problem with the dollar it not its dominance worldwide in my opinion. >> we don't know what is happening in russia regarding the currency there. we do know what is happening here. and we are about to see the costs that we pay for gasoline go through the roof again because opec plus is flexing their muscle and, once again, we are caught short. >> fill up your gas tank now ports fans because prices are

going up. at the moment, the national average is 3.55. now that is up 7 cents in a week. not much. when you look at ohio, the average for regular in ohio is 3.63. it's gone up 22 cents in two days. that is a spike. and our friend over at gas buddy say this is going to spread throughout the midwest and probably into florida. >> steve: the estimate. >> stuart: you are really looking at something serious here, a spike in gas prices? whoa. >> steve: estimating go back up to at least 4 bucks a gallon. >> stuart: i don't know where it's going to go but absolutely spikes at this point. fill up now sports fans. >> ainsley: how long will this last through the surgeon. >> this is the summer driving season the demand for gasoline is going to go up. it always does in the summer. if the supply is going down, yeah, you have got prices going up. >> brian: what about heating and air conditioning in your home. >> stuart: that, too. >> brian: tripled from a year and a half ago for most people.

>> energy situation is still a problem and going to get worse. >> brian: just use windmills we will be fine just make more windmills. it would be great. >> steve: plenty of gun. >> brian: screw gun. >> steve: speaking of wind, washington is a windy town tomorrow out of washington the jobs report comes out. what's the estimate. >> stuart: the estimate is 200 jobs created no change in the unemployment rate. this is going to be a very closely watched report. because the strength of the job market is really something that's important for the overall economy. it's also important for the federal reserve. if we get a strong report tomorrow, lots of jobs created, and maybe the unemployment rate goes down, if that happens, the federal reserve is more likely to raise interest rates. >> brian: of course. if it's a weak report maybe the fed will pause. a lot depends on what comes out tomorrow morning at 8:30 eastern time. >> brian: do you believe the numbers? >> i do believe the numbers? i have to work with these numbers? what am i going to do i don't believe any of this? >> brian: a lot of people are looking at these numbers and saying there is something that is not adding up here. >> no, i'm not going to go if a

far. i don't think the numbers are manipulated. they are the only numbers we have got. >> brian: you are hoping they are not. >> ainsley: he doesn't have a choice. >> stuart: what's your name again? this show should be called ambush. >> brian: oh my goodness so angry today. you are right, ainsley. >> stuart: big smile. >> steve: he starts his show at 9:00 this morning over on the other channel and you can watch american built monday nights 9:00 p.m. on fox business. >> ainsley: how do you show we are promoting his show at 9:00 and your radio show is at 9. >> brian: i like when we are on together and simulcast. >> stuart: enormous audience, huge. >> steve: stuart, thank you very much. we believe your numbers. just saying we believe your numbers. >> brian: i believe his ratings. i don't know about the gas. >> stuart: they are very good. >> steve: a quarter before the top of the hour and ashley joins us here in studio m. >> ashley: good morning.

thousands of students participating in national school walkout calling for action on gun control in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in nashville. organizers say there were over 300 walkouts across 41 states. meanwhile nashville police are bracing for protests outside the state capitol today. hoping to stop a vote to expel three democratic lawmakers. now, republicans say they broke house rules during a chaotic anti-gun protest last week. detained "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich could be locked up in russia for a full year or more before he goes to trial. that's according to david whalen, the brother of former marine paul whelan. is he drawing similarities to his own brother brother's arrest in 2018 in moscow on suspicion of spying e claims a trial for gershkovich likely won't happen for another 12 to 18 months. saying it will be a long, drawn out process. all right, so a kansas state representative threw a tantrum after their legislature

overrides the governor's veto on a bill banning transgender students from participating in women's sports. susan reportedly standing up and screaming that her republican colleagues were full of it but obviously not those exact words and with the override kansas is now the 20th state to pass a transgender student athlete ban into law. actress reese witherspoon shuts down rumors she is dating tom brady the legally blonde star denying the gossip as completely false. brady's rep also saying it's untrue. speculation began to swirl when witherspoon announced she is divorcing her husband. brady revealed he finalized his divorce from ex-wife gisele bundchen back in october. i know this is probably brian's top story of the day. >> brian: right. who wants to be next after the supermodel? >> ashley: right. i would not want to be the next one. >> steve: just because two

famous people got divorced they must be dating. >> ashley: i don't think they have even met. >> steve: that's not going to stop the rumors. >> brian: a lot of times famous people watch entertainment tonight or access hollywood and say we haven't met yet but judging by the background music and the anchor i probably should date. >> ainsley: it's just funny she is the latest celebrity to come out saying she is getting divorced. they automatically say oh he just got divorced. they're dating. >> brian: but there is probably something there. >> ainsley: there might be. >> steve: first they have to meet. >> ainsley: it's not keeping me up at night. but it is something fun to talk about. >> brian: our lives are so perfect we are focusing on other people's lives. why not? >> steve: 13 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up baltimore parents outraged after a harvard trained mathematician school leaders in baltimore ignored his offer to help students who are failing math. that professor and a very concerned parent join us next on "fox & friends." ♪

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>> ainsley: jonathan, i will start with you, the new news four schools wrote letters you haven't heard bac back you havea plan what is your parent. >> poetry of the universe mathematics. i did this in greenberg high school in new york state i taught a select group of students advanced math and they actually liked it and some of the students even did research. so, actually, if i could do this in baltimore, then more students might be inspired to actually do the kind of work that we need for understanding how to build pyramids and understand voting. >> ainsley: you care about these children. da individual da i know you have a first grader and pta president. clearly you are involved in your child's school. how do you feel that you know these children are going to school spending the entire day in school and not learning 15 it's disheartening. after it came out our vice

president we had asked to have a meeting with the administrators to go ahead and discuss what's going on and with this i see a couple of issues. i know that our son's school charter school. some of those kids came in lacking proficiency. which is disheartening. another school knew they were lacking and willing to pass them on, which lets me know this is happening not only in his school but other schools where kids are just beinged passed from elementary to middle to high school. and then, also, sadly, i will say that at this time i'm also holding parents accountable to a point. because, that the meeting. we had no parents from seventh and eighth grade which are the grades that have the zero percent proficiency. i think it's a lot that contributes to that. but i know at our school, i personally spoke to professor farley last week. him and i had a meeting.

and i'm working with the school to actually go ahead and get him in there, hopefully, my hope is that they say yes. because i think what he is offering is a great idea. i think it actually needs to be in all the schools. >> ainsley: what do they have to lose? why wouldn't they take professor farley's advice? this is what the public school statement that was released to us says. baltimore city public schools is taking math proficiency seriously and invested in high dosage tutoring as a critical academic recovery strategy. additionally, we will be presenting a more comprehensive math acceleration plan. city schools will consider all offers of support and encouragement, dr. farly to contact our academic office on north avenue instead of individual schools with his proposal. okay. so it does sound like they are open to it. are you going to contact that office instead of the individual schools? >> i certainly will do that. >> ainsley: okay. great. i was reading.

i know your three step program it says remove the students who cause disruption so that others can learn. you want to have drills and repetition followed by, you say step 3. which is creating accelerated programs for students to compete for top spots. that sounds like a great plan. >> i think so. in fact, when i taught at the rochester stem high school. i had a student who came in every lecture and was really disruptive. >> and the whole class erupted. one day she wasn't there and the class was quiet. we need to remove the disruptive students so everyone else can learn. >> ainsley: jonathan and david da keep fighting. thank you for loving those children. >> thank you. coming up. brand new fox news polling reveals the top priority for our patients. rank? that's at the top of the be ho.

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