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beautiful shot of st. patrick's cathedral right here in manhattan. i never get tired of seeing that beautiful church. it's beautiful on the inside as well. great to be the here. will: great to be here with you and joey jones here with us. morgan wallen, we're debating, mainstream country. not necessarily, you know, you and i like, i think both of us like a little bit of offshoot country, but morgan wallen, as good as mainstream gets country, that's fair, right in. joey: absolutely. , no i think my -- what i said was is he bro country or, you know, to me, kind of fits more into the i call genuine country genre. and i think that's because i listen to the words of the song, and you take a step back and you're using a song with rap beats, it is mainstream/bro country, but he's at least singing about things that i experienced, and that's fun for me. will: he's good. as is easter. joey: yes.

yes concern. [laughter] we'll listen to some easter songs by morgan wallen later. [laughter] all right. we begin this hour with a fox news alert. tensions running high on the indo-pacific as beijing sends a massive military force to conduct live fire drills near taiwan. will: the chinese deploying jets and warships in response to the a blurrily of u.s. diplomacy. rachel: wow, things are really ratcheting up. alexandria hoff joins us now. >> reporter: good morning. this is the start of a promised three days of mill -- military drills. so far multiple warships and more than 70 chinese aircraft have been detect thed near taiwan. china's military is calling these combat readiness patrols carried out in response to a meeting between house speaker kevin america -- mccarthy and and taiwan's president in california on thursday. the taiwanese president then traveled home to meet with a

congressional delegation will the which wants to paroled taiwan against a -- pardon taiwan against a potential invasion by china. >> china is not a friend or ally. we need to be prepared to take them on economically k and part of that is strengthening ties with our allies in the indo-pacific region, specifically japan, south korea, taiwan. >> reporter: now, the delegation is departing the island old. congress is looking at ways to to speed up weapons deliveries to the island. china's also imposed sanctions against the ronald reagan library and the hudson institute. the biden administration is calling for china to take a step back and find a diplomatic solution. will, rachel, joey? rachel: thank you, alexandria. happy easter to you. all right, now to a major break into the investigation into the murders of the three florida teens. the youngest suspect just 12 years old. a manhunt for a third suspect is ongoing. will: the victims are

16-year-old leyla silvernail, 16-year-old camille corps liss and an unidentified 17-year-old male. their bodies were discovered in three separate locations, silvernail and the 17-year-old found shot on the side of the road, c corliss' body was inside a car partially submerged in a pond. joey: the sheriff is unsure if he will charge the suspects as adults but believes that hay deserve the maximum penalty. will: let's bring in dan bonnie gee -- dan bongino, the author of "the gift of failure." dan, good to see you this morning. >> good to see you guys ooh. will: tough story, dan, but one you're very well suited to the address, and that is a horrific crime that seems to be, i don't know, dan, culturally all -- bear the hallmarks of things that are all too common. >> yeah, unfortunately. i think there's a number of

major storylines in this strategy here that need to be addressed, but i think the first one i think the sheriff kind of touched on yesterday e in that lengthy press conference he gave about the incident here. and it's, i mean, however sad it sounds to the say, i'm actually stunned stuff like this doesn't happen more often. i mean, we've got a group of, a generation of kids, you know, worshiping online screens all day, you know, on tiktok and instagram and elsewhere, you know, graving likes and -- craving likes and public adoration. they have almost no social interaction outside of the intermediary screen. you have a generation of kids without a father in the home being submersed in 24-hour availability of violence on screens and hard core pornographyful i mean, it's, can dudley, shocking a killed -- candidly, shocking a kid grows up normal now. i want to be clear i don't have,

obviously, any investigative details, and the sheriff was light on them for obvious investigatory reasons. he clearly alluded to the fact that he was deeply troubled by kids that were this young able to commit this kind of act of just unbelievably ruthless violence. joey: yeah. and the sheriff actually talked about just that. and all of the emotion in the his voice, let's take a listen to some of his comments here. >> for individuals out there viewing and including some of you media that want to blame the one thing that has no ability or the capacity to commit the crime itself, can that's the gun. these individuals committed the crime. >> we know how the suspect got ahold of the weapon? >> [inaudible] >> car burglaries. yeah, hmm. ain't that right? all the gun laws we got in place

didn't prevent it, did it? neither will any new ones. the bad guy's going to get a gun no matter what law you have put in place. if these juveniles shouldn't even possess a handgun. but they did. rachel: dan, whether it's in nashville with the shooting of those christians at that school or here if in florida, there's this obsession on the left with focusing on the guns instead of the social ills that are a part of this this. >> well, yeah. there's a reason for that, you know? the socialists, and they love the euphemisms progressive, liberal, socialist, it's all the same thing, communist. what they've always craved is they need to the, they need to surgically attach you to the mechanism of the state, and one of the best ways to do it -- i actually address this tonight in one of my "unfiltered" monologues that i go off on. they need this chaos for this to happen. but they don't want you on able

to defend yourself or else it's not chaos. you have the god given right to defend -- they don't want that. they want you relying on the state apparatus the, and they need this. so they always blame the gun as a vehicle to get it away from you. they don't really believe in any of this. keep in mind a lot of these people who claim guns as the root of the problem surround themselves, in fact, with guns. i always give a very simple example, if the left really believed in what they were saying, that guns, if you get, you know, laws will get rid of guns, can we just, like, do this the reasonably? i know liberals have a tough the time with this kind of stuff, the facts don't get in. if you enact laws, it will solve the problem. well, let's go to places where with laws are enacted, okay? this is how you would do it if you were a logical human being. i know you're not, but just try for a minute. let's go to chicago which had upwards of 6 of 00 plus homicides -- 600 plus homicides. and then they argue, oh, well,

because the guns are coming from out of state. okay, so you're suggesting to me then that people go and get guns from places where gun laws are less restrictive and commit crimes where the gun laws are more restrictive and get them in more trouble, ask you're giving us that as an example of why gun laws work? do you understand how dumb that sounds? and then i say to people, you know, we were protecting obama and he'd go back to chicago, we would go there with the secret service detail armed with guns. well, why? you're going to chicago and they have gun laws, just put the guns down. why put all these dangers things around the president in a city full of restrictive gun laws? the answer is because no the idiot actually believes gun laws stop criminals from getting guns and using them in crimes. i mean, don't you find it odd that the sheriff and most rank and file police officers when you get outside of the political promotions are big supporters of the second amendment? i mean, if the gun was the cause, don't you think the cops on the street who'd be the most

threatened by it would be, like, get rid of those guns, enact some more laws, we'll be a lot safer? most cops like me and former cops are like, no, that's really stupid, you should let people protect themselves because the criminals don't care about gun laws. they don't. i used to interview people all the time. criminals laugh at gun laws. they think you're an idiot for gun laws. matter of fact, i'll one-up it for you. criminals love gun laws because they get to the prey on useless sheep who can't defend themselves with no sheep dogs around. criminals adore gun laws. new york liberals, criminals love you. that's why they flock to your cities to prey on your people. not in my -- i live in martin county. we're doing fine. my sheriff down here don't mess around. you pull a gun down here illegally, your going -- you're going to jail for a really long time. you don't find it weird that these criminals flock to the blue cities led by liberals to prey on people and you want more gun laws? you have no evidence whatsoever at all that these do a darn

thing to stop the kind of stuff. will: i don't think if it was an allusion to the american sniper or not, that's one of my favorite speeches in any move. great reference are, dan, is, as i'm sure, your monologue, sounds like you have multiple tonight the on "unfiltered with dan bongino" on tonight at nine. what else is coming up? >> we've got the great johnny rich talking about this bud light disaster. [laughter] danielle, a. >>, is talking about what these screens are doing to your kids' brain, but a retoured air marshal, we legit legitimately changed the show, she was interviewing on my radio show. she absolutely blows the whistle on -- did you know that they're spying on american citizen, the air marshals, on planes for what these people allege are absolutely political reasons that have nothing to do with terrorism?

will: no. >> it's one of those rare times, will, you're interviewing something and you don't expect an interview to go in a certain correction, and it does. i'm calling up my producer and i'm, like, get her on the show, stat. it's really an eye-opening interview. you're not going to believe how deep the police statement goes. be careful who's next to you on a planethe flying dog a political rally. the stuff she's putting out there tonight concern. rachel: my blood is already boiling, dan, hearing this -- >> rachel, i'm telling you, i was waiting for her to play it down and say oh, that's exaggerated, it happened once. that's not what happened on the interview. rachel: the chinaification of america, it's underway. >> oh, it's here right now. it's not around the corner, it's right here, right now. sad, but true. will: not just about bud light, about the cmts as well. rachel: oh, yeah. >> can i say one thing, guys before i say it tonight the ooh? happy less amendment day tomorrow to all my --

resurrection day to the all my fellow christians. i want to use this platform to tell you a lot of people died for their religion, but hose the apostles died for someone that hayed that -- they had actually met. they would never die for something they knew was fake. they meant jesus christ and were hung upside down and beheaded. just think about that. nobody dice for something they -- dies for something they know is fake. resurrection day tomorrow, take a moment. we can take our country back, but we're not going another the it without bedrocking it in objective, god given values. rachel: ray amen to that. it's a spiritual crisis at the heart of it, and you're right -- >> you're darn right it is. rachel: -- the answer is tomorrow in the resurrection. thank you for that dan. will: appreciate you, dan. >> thanks, guys. rachel: all right. happy ooh easter. will: a few additional headlines, israel stepping up security following a deadly terrorist attack in tel aviv. an atool -- italian tourist was killed and seven others hurt

after a gunman opened fire can then tried to drive into a crowd. the arab-israeli suspect. the attack comes after israel launched airstrikes in lebanon and gaza in response to the rocket attacks by extremist groups. now, to a major victory for the pro-life movement, a federal judge in texas suspending the fda's approval of the nation's most widely-used abortion pill over concerns about the drug the's safety. the injunction won't take effect for one week to allow time for the riden -- biden administration to the launch an appeal. the cases could end up before supreme court. a florida sheriff's office praising the heroic work of a k-9 dog that took down a burglary suspect who shot a keep the city three times. officials say the police dog jumped on the burglar after shots were fired giving the deputies a chance to respond. the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. the wounded deputy is

recovering. the sheriff's office is crediting the k-9 named taco -- [laughter] for helping save his life. i'm trying to see the video. it's not the mounted to the dog -- joey: it's body cam. will: from the officer? is the dog a german shepard? rachel: i suspect that name was given to the dog by jill biden. [laughter] i mentioned that earlier. i do think she named the cog. me and the dog are tacos. joey: maybe that's the dog that they got rid of. will: the masters is underway, and all eyes on sam bennett who is just four shots behind the leader. brooks koepka on a bit of a comeback, the 23-year-old is 8-under-par, brooks koepka is 12-under. the amateur scores the second lowest 36-hole score by an amateur in augusta national history. your eyes aren't on him though, you're probably looking up, because a close call yesterday near the 17th tee box. play was suspended after severe

weather op thinged three 100-foot-tall pube trees. and, thankfully, no one was hurt. this morning fans are pouring in, braving the wet weather to watch their favorite golfers tee off. let's turn now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth with their weather -- with the weather forecast. rick: they said pine cones started coming down. the only spot in the country today we're having big problems is right down there where the masters is. you get an idea, your easter weekend, your saturday outlook, most of the country looking great except right there down across parts of the southeast. we've got showers, this is all part of the same system that on tuesday brought us all severe weather, tuesday and wednesday. that front just stalled out here, continues to bring this rain. but you see that cloud cover cutting across? that is the end of it -- across louisiana? awe gus a today, a lot of rain, a really cool day, temps not getting out of the 40s.

but by tomorrow we see the sun come back out, temps will begin to climb just a little bit, so a much better day, and if it has to go into monday which hasn't happened in 40 years, weather looking good as well. here is your sunday, a few showers over west texas, but we are in for a really great stretch ofwet across much many of the country, and after the last couple of months of severe weather, we deserve it. all right, i've got to get you on here, you're here from georgia. >> go, dogs. rick: you're better off here today than in georgia. there you go. his mom wanted to see his face. >> go, dogs. joey: that man is a winner. [laughter] rick: joey says you're a winner. rachel: thank you, rick. coming up, a record-setting swimmer standing up against transgender athletes is ambushed by protesters. her husband was on the phone with her the whole time she was barricaded. both of them will join us coming up. joey: but first, tiktok 2.0? the new app is already raising

concerns over china's access to your data. former facebook employee if kara frederick is on the national security nightmare. she's with us next. ♪ ♪ she was a big star ♪

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♪ joey: welcome back. a new batch of classified documents surfacedded on social media sites last night sparking major concerns across washington. officials say over a hundred documents may have been on indiana thed highlighting national security details from ukraine, the middle east and china. kara frederick, formerly yeason to the nsa and director at herrage the foundation joins us now to the react. kara, what do we make of this. >> this is a problem because it's so blanketed in the fog of war. look at the information environment right now. it looks like these documents were printed off. whoever did the leaking took pictures, and they put it on discord, they put it on twitter, fortune, all sorts of social media platforms. so it's sort of lending new life into the phrase social media democratizes information. but at the same time the, you have russia saying that this is a western influence operation, and then you have other -- our allies saying, oh, this is meant to the sow discontent between

ukraine and the united states. so this is very, very problematic. the leaking for political purposes has been normalized by this administration, by hillary clinton as others have pointed out, so we've got a massive problem on our hands, so to speak. joey: no, there's a history of this from edward knowed snowden, julian assange. the department of depence is actively reviewing the matter and has made a formal referral to the department of justice for an investigation, so it looks like if there is summon within the states or anywhere to blame, they're going to try to find out who this is. i want to move on to this next topic because it's something i don't understand because i don't even use tiktok. so what is lemon 8? tiktok's parent company is introducing this new social media app. explain to me what this is and why we're upset about it. >> yeah. this is a photo-based app that some people have described as if u.s. gram and pinterest --

instagram and pinterest had a baby. it's owned by bytedance. what i don't think most americans understand is byte cannes is deeply, deeply in bed with the ccp. it is subject to the people's republic of china, their laws, their policies. one of three board members of bytedance's main domestic subsidiary is a card-carrying chinese official. 300-plus, employees of bytedance ask tiktok -- and tiktok have been ployed currently or form or by the chinese propaganda arm. they have an internal committee that helps bytedance make decisions. if you are dealing with any of these application owned by bytedance, you are working with the ccp wittingly or unwittingly. americans have to understand that. joey: you know, i don't really fool with tiktok the, i don't need to see more stupid people being stupid in my life, but pinterest, i get my wood-working plans in that -- from that, so i

may be drawn in a little bit. i mow that congress was working on a bill, there's a lot of debate about banning tiktokal out. is this a response by china, do we see an opportunity that we're weak on this? >> oh, absolutely. they smell blood in the water, and they never let a crisis go to waste. this is the risk of not definitively dealing with these application. the heritage foundation is working with congress to be the age jill, to be able to the figure out how to deal with the next tiktok, right? there's a new app ooh the, they are throwing everything they have at us, and they're not going to stop until we stop them. joey: you know, just in the world of tech we go back to an american company, a lot of people are big fans of elon musk, but tesla being the electronic car that's smarter than all of us, there's cameras all outside the car and also inside the car, the way i understand it, and there are pictures that have been shared, images recorded by customer cars. explain this to me. >> yeah.

so this is -- i'm actually surprised that this hasn't happened more off. what you have is internal to the company belows sharing video recordings of what's gone on inside and outside these cars, intimate scenes in cars, people rummaging through their garages and what not. so this is a massive problem. so anytime you have a device that connects to the internet, you are vulnerable. we live in a pen-on the gone. you have to believe that what you are doing is going to be watched, surveilled and exploited. so these tesla employees were trading this video footage, and this is a problem. again, we need a comprehensive data protection framework because americans need to know how their data is stored, collected and shared. frankly, nobody's safe. you have to assume you're being watched and, frankly, that you're a guinea pig for a lot of this, especially artificial intelligence development. joey: well, we kid reach out to

tesla for comment, we kid the not hear back. my 1970 chevrolet truck does the not connect to the internet, so hopefully i'm safe. kara frederick, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, joey. joey: up next, record-setting swimmer riley gains, who's an outspoken critic of transgender athletes, ambushed but protester thes at a california college. her husband was on phone with her the whole time she was barricaded, and they're both going to join us next to tell us her harrowing tale. we choose safelite? we're always working on a project. while loading up our suv, one extra push and... crack! so, we scheduled at safelite.com. we were able to track our technician and knew exactly when he'd arrive. we can keep working! ♪ synth music ♪ >> woman: safelite came to us. >> tech: hi, i'm kendrick. >> woman: replaced our windshield, and installed new wipers to protect our new glass.

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kentucky swimmer riley gaines was with ambushed by trans activists after delivering a speech on saving women's sports at san francisco state university. she's a 12-time ncaa all-american swimmer, and she swam against lia thomas. riley was on the phone with her husband louie barker while she was barricaded. they both join us now. welcome to both of you. riley, i'll start with you. why were you barricaded, and what happened to the people who assaulted you? >> well, first of all, nothing has happened to the people who assaulted me. the campus police did nothing. the student -- the or the keane of students was there and kid nothing. the dean of students. there will be no reper cutses unless i have something to do with it. i will be purr sawing legal action. these people need to face repercussions, and i was barricaded because after my speech, am ambush of people entered into the classroom, turned off the lights, they attacked me. i got escorted out of the room

and immediately pushed into that room that we saw on the video, and i was trapped in there for three hours. rachel: yeah. it's just, it's unbelievable what happened to you and even more unbelievable, the aftermath and how these people are getting away with it. we're having a discussion about biology and, you know, biological things here. i think about you, louie, and you are a a man, a husband to her, and i'm sure it was just killing you that you couldn't protect your wife throughout this. what's your reaction? >> you know, it makes you sad, it makes you mad, makes you frustrated, and you feel helpless, you know? rachel: yeah. >> being on the phone listening to the what sounded like, you know, it sounded like a zoo outside. people were banging on the door, you know? to say that it makes you -- i was shaking that i was that upset, i was that angry, that helpless. and, you know, it's one of the two most important women in your life, and you can't coanything, you know? i was -- i called san francisco police, they said it's a campus

issue, you know, we can't help you. i called the san francisco student, the campus police, they said, you know, after 40 minutes of her being locked up in this room, the dispatch lady had absolutely no idea what i was talking about. so, you know, it's just, it's upsetting. rachel: yeah. of and it's a pattern. the happened at another university where a pro-life speech was given and they hauled out the pro-lifers instead of the people who were disrupting and, you know, the event and shutting down free speech. you know, riley, if i see that video, one of the things that strikes me is i see this level of anger from these trans activists that i can't really put my finger on where it's coming from. it almost feels like it's coming from pain as well. i'm sure you've thought about it. where is all the anger coming from? with why are they so mad at you for standing up for women's sports and biological women and their rights to spaces? >> truthfully, i i think these people resort to the anger both

verbally and physically and violence because they know they don't have reason on their side. they cannot debate me with logic or science or any kind of data that supports their argument, so they resort to personal attacks. they resort to calling me names like transphobe which truly has no meaning anymore. that word has been dethe valued. if it makes me transphobic to say that men and women are different when it comes to something that requires strength, that's insane. and so they resort to locking me in a room and terrorizing me and my family and these officers for three hours. rachel: yeah. louie, your brave wife, who is amazing, who we all admire so much, has said in other interviews that she is determined that she will not be silenced, that these kinds of attacks will force her -- will encourage her to continue in this battle. you see what the repercussions are. how do you feel about that? >> you know, it's, that's just,

that's what you love about her. that's what everybody loves about her, everybody in the country. she's so strong, you know? this has poured gasoline on the fire. like she said last night, this is going to the make her scream even louder. she's going to make more noise, she's going to keep fighting harder, you know? they've given her more drive than she has before which, as her husband, i didn't know there was more to give, but she found it e, that's for sure. rachel: well, she's a tough woman. ray rye -- riley, you're the new face, they're not standing up for our gender here, i hope that more women, i include myself, are join you in this fight. it's the sad to see how alone you've been, but i think the moment has come, and it's time to fight back for our gender. thank you so much for both of you and for your fight and for your courage. riley gaines, louie bark or -- >> absolutely. rachel: -- thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, rachel. rachel: god bless you and happy easter to you both. coming up, the biden

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rachel: we're back with your headlines. six people are shot on a beach packed with evens in isle of palm, south carolina. gunfire rang out yesterday afternoon after a fight during senior skip day. five of the six victims are even it is. police have detained several suspects and recovered weapons, but they're not sure yet if they have the actual shooter. chicago's new progressive mayor-elect brandon the johnson is blaming chicago's sky high crime rate on businesses not paying taxes. take a listen. >> 70% of large corporations in the state of illinois dud not pay a corporate -- dud not pay a corporate ax. and it's that type of restatement on our budget that the has led to poverty, of course, that has led to violence. rachel: overall crimes in chicago up 46% so far this year. now introducing officer cottonail. this bunny with a badge is

making a difference at a northern california police department. the yuma city police force say percy, also known as officer hops, is officially part of their team to help officers cope with stress. police adopted the bunny after an officer found it hopping around in the street. so even cops can use an emotional support animal, i guess. those are your headlines. will? will: all right, rachel, thank you so much. rachel: you got it. of. will: as for everybody else, pump the brakes. president biden could crack down even more on gas cars, and it's most likely, most probably, most certainly going to cost you. it starts next week as the epa is set to announce strict new standards the on cars manufactured just 3-4 years from now. and the goal is by 2030, biden wants half of all the cars sold in the united states to be zero emissions. not to mention now if that happens, you're going to be the paying a lot more, as i said, almost certainlyingsing because

the average ev cost is nearly $40,000 more than a gas car, $64,000 versus $26,000. while our leaders applaud china's supposed efforts to combat emissions, the communist country's actually expanded their capacity in coal development. their yellow line going up while everyone else's blue line continues to go down. joining us now with reaction is harvard law researcher ashley nunez. ashley, let's start with this hypocrisy, this idea that china's a partner in battling climate change, they're interested in reducing emissions. they're clearly expanding coal capacity. >> well, china certainly is expanding its coal capacity, but it's also important to remember that while doing so, it has also invested billions in shoring up its own capacity to build electric cars. which raises a very interesting question, which is that, you know, if the goal of the biden administration's policies is to

drive us towards electric cars, you know, are these policies inevitably driving us into china's arms? will: absolutely. let's take a look, by the way, i want to put this into con context for the audience, take a look at china's coal production in 2021 versus the rest of the world. i mean, it's not even close, ashley. these are millions of tons in coal production. china, 3,99 42 million tons, india, the next closest at 767. the united states down there at 544. you brought up the car, okay? you brought up the evs. the goals of the biden administration as i've laid out here, to move us in this direction by 2030, i mean, this is aggressive. this is the, this is going to take carrot toes, this is going to take sticks, this is going to the force the american public into this. will it be successful? >> well, i think there are two important points to understand. the first is that with regards

to electric cars specifically and specifically electric vehicle batteries, china currently processes about 70% of the lithium that goes into these batterys. over 80% of the cobalt that is required in these batteries and over 90% of the manganese that goes into these the batteries. it has a stranglehold on the processing of ev batteries. now, the biden administration's approach has been since passage of the inflation reduction act to try to shore up some of those supply chains and bring them otto u.s. the problem -- to the u.s. the problem the administration if has is that by virtue of doing so, it virtually eliminated any electric cars that could possibly meet these types of requirements, you know, being sourced either in the united states or being manufactured by countries that are friendly to to the us. will: right. >> the administration is effectively trying its best to thread a needle, and it's doing so remarkably poorly.

will: i'm sorry to interrupt. you bring a process. the goal, they're saying, is to bring the process back to the united states, but there's still the issue of raw materials. in china, either through its own domestic geography or through its colonization of the world like africa can has control of those raw materials as well. i mean, tell me if you think this analogy is not unfair. you know, saudi arabia, or better yet the united states, has been -- has the capability, the whats i not just for energy independence, but to be a world power because of that independence. if we move in this direction, we're giving that power, we're taking it from ourselves and giving it to china because of their dominance of those raw materials. >> it's certainly true that china has a monopoly on the processing of many of these raw materials. that is not in dispute, i think, at this particular point. the problem the administration has is that first it tried to get americans to buy electric cars, and that really hasn't been turning out very well. so its response has been to try

to move us towards electric cars by making gas-powered cars far more expensive which is precisely what the regulations are designed to do. the problem the administration has, you know, is that the sticker price between comparable electric and internal combustion engine vehicles is about $20,000. that's about the price difference, if not more. will: right. >> the single largest predicter of economic mobility for middle and low income americans is access to a car. is this administration really telling us that they are going to the make economic mobility even harder for americans by raising the price of auto ownership? will: right. and, okay, so as a nation we sacrifice? as individuals we sacrifice? while our world's competitor not only does not sacrifice, but takes advantage of our self-mutilation, if you will, on the economic stage. this is, this is, well, this is economic suicide. this is geopolitical, economic

suicide at least as it exists right now. ashley, i really appreciate you being with us tonight -- or this morning and putting it into context. thank you. >> thank you. will: we've got a big easter show origin. tim kennedy, monica crowley, drr guy and franklin graham all join us live. plus, the easter bunny, that's right, he's going to hop his way right here on the set. and our faith and friends concert series concludes with a special performance from cain. not me. the gospel, cain. don't miss it tomorrow, 6-10 a.m. for a special easter show. first, on this showst the national empanada day, and we celebrate next. ♪ ♪ [music plays] if your instinct is to help. ♪ then clearly you care. ♪ you have what it takes to be a care professional. home instead. apply now.

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will: it's national empanada day. joey: and we are celebrating the classic pastry that can be enjoyed in savely and sweet varieties -- savory and sweet varies. rachel: that's right, and joining us are the owners of claudia's kitchen. now, i just had one, it's delicious. will: yeah, you jumped the gun. [laughter] rachel: i was only supposed to take a bite, but i couldn't stop is, it was so good. it's the dough that you're doing, it's is so light and it's

amazing. >> thank you. thank you so much. rachel: what's the secret? >> i can't tell you the secret. [laughter] but, yeah, i spend a lot of, during the pandemic a lot of time to make the perfect dough, not too thick, not too heavy -- i got it. rachel: you nailed it. so what's the most popular one? will: real quick, so you showed us, so this is steak. i gave joey a steak, right? >> yes. will: ground beef, spinach -- >> and cheese. will: this one is special. >> yes. it's a creamy, spicy chicken. then we have the chicken, we use the rotisserie chicken and the apple caramel -- rachel: i want to try this, because i've never had a sweet one, so i'm going to try -- joey: you didn't just give me the sweet one, i asked what i should eat, they said e you look

like a meat and potatoes. >> sorry to profile. [laughter] joey: whenst the obvious, it's obvious. will: so empanadas, south american, peruvian, argentinean. tell me the origination and how they kind of differ maybe from country to country. >> so is i guess the origination probably comes from spain, you know? we were colonies of spain. but, so empanada, it's wrapped in bread. the difference between south american or our neighbors further north is that we bake the 'em we mad a das -- rachel: instead of frying. >> instead of deep frying. so it makes it a little more wholesome. what you're tasting, the big difference is that we make our own dough in house. most places use the prefab and there's no comparison. rachel: clauky's kitchen has gone viral, and you can order them online as well. >> yes.

we're shipping nationwide and, yeah, the viral video was -- i think we're at tree-quarters of a -- three-quarters of a million views. joey: oh, wow. rachel: i can taste why. i mean,st amazing. so thank you so much on national empanada day. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. rachel: of course. will: it's claudy's come, richard and claudia, awesome. more "fox & friends" moments away.c) ♪ this is jabra enhance select. it's a smart hearing solution that makes hearing aids more convenient and less expensive. it connects with your phone so you can stream calls and music. with jabra enhance select, better hearing doesn't have to start in a doctor's office. it starts with a free online hearing test you can take almost anywhere, so you can get your hearing aids custom programmed for you and delivered in days. from there, you can fine tune your settings with your remote audiology team seven days a week,

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