this makes it almost impossible to win. >> it's crazy that the left has this so progressive ideology that is forcing this on people and forcing it collegiately. it's time to stand up for women's sports. >> ashley: it is. good for you. >> todd: congressman steube. appreciate your time this morning. "fox & friends" begins now. ♪ >> brian: here we go. we begin with a fox weather wild wildfire alert. forest fire only 10% contained at this hour. >> ainsley: nearly 2 200 houses and buildings in manchester township were cleared out as a precaution. mandatory evacuation order was lifted 1 hour ago. officials are starting controlled burns in nearby areas to try to stop the spread. you can see they are calling it jimmy's water hole fire right there. the red cross is on the ground in the area setting up shelters

at local high schools to aid residents. still no word on what started the fire. but thankfully nobody has been hurt. for the latest on the jersey wildfire, head to the fox weather app. or stream fox weather on any tv or connected device. should point out that april is peak wildfire season in new jersey, the garden state. >> ainsley: very rare. we think of wildfires out in california and not new jersey. >> steve: you do. look at that this is literally 90 miles south of where we are sitting. not too far from the jersey shore inland a little bit. but, a lot of people waking up this morning along the jersey shore where it smells like smoke. >> ainsley: you will probably be able to smell that from several towns over. >> steve: it's a big mess. be careful down there. >> ainsley: no fatalities. >> steve: none so far. it looks like they are getting a handle on it. meanwhile the u.s. defense department is still scrambling to try to plug that leak of

classified documents that poses a very serious risk to our national security around the world. >> brian: it would help if they knew where it came from. this as fox news learns the u.s. intelligence leak could have come from outside the pentagon. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson joins us live with the latest. lucas, this just seems unbelievable in a our national intelligence reports are on social media for basically anyone to see. >> brian: for four months. >> seems pretty embarrassing. defense secretary lloyd austin was made aware of classified leaks on thursday. now nearly a week later he says the pentagon still doesn't know the source. >> they were somewhere in the web and where exactly and who had access at that point, we don't know. we simply don't know at this point. >> let's look at the major disclosure in these leaks. ukraine's air deference and war in general peril. u.s. intel and some of its spies in russia could be compromised.

israel spy agency the masad supporting domestic protest. south korea is concerned about supplying weapons to ukraine. the uae agreed to work russian spies. and secretly planning to supply russia with 40,000 rockets. egypt has received $80 billion in military and economic aid from the united states since 1978. now on capitol hill. the republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee laid out who stands to hurt the most from this leak of sensitive information. >> whoever did this in my judgment is guilty of espionage by giving away our secrets which will only empower and bolden chairman xi in china and putin in russia. and just having gotten back from taiwan, we were circled by 10 battle ships and aircraft carrier 70 fighter jets. only going to hurt ukraine. very sad as they are building

their counteroffensive in the springtime. >> moments ago china announced it would impose a nofsz north of taiwan for three days beginning sunday which means a missile test space launch vehicle likely. this as president biden is in northern ireland today and later head to ireland. >> steve: all right, lucas. thank you very much. you know, the good news is, this was not a hack. they didn't hack into a system but it was a leak. like lucas said they don't know what they don't know. they don't know where it came from. initially posted on a disorder discordserver so you wouldn't tk it's hard. mine craft fu funnel game, funny memes and jokes. wonder why the discord channel because it sat there for weeks and weeks and weeks. around it funny memes, edgy

jokes, stuff about video games. what if the leaker was actually a gamer? somebody who -- you know, they are talking about mine craft. talking about video game and they are talking about strategy out of nowhere look what i have got to jock or for whatever reason. maybe it wasn't serious to damage u.s. intel but they wanted to show off. it could have been somebody whose family has access to that stuff. then again, it kind of reminded me of reality winner remember the contractor had access to the documents. folded them up and leaked them to a journalist. these documents also folded up and then photographed near gorilla glue and a rifle site. >> ainsley: sitting on someone's desk? >> steve: don't think -- you know. it could be somebody who wants to hurt the united states. again then, it could be somebody

just showing off. why would they put it on discord, a site with video games and funny memes? >> ainsley: maybe it is like some 20-year-old that the dad has access to these documents. >> steve: just a theory. >> ainsley: we know they were stolen and distributed online. too many people had access. the pentagon is asking you if you have these documents if you have seen them, please don't share these images of the papers with the dates february 28th and march 1st. but defense secretary lloyd austin didn't find out about this until april 6th. that was 8 days ago. you said it was distributed four months ago. >> brian: started? january. hops on discord unite the right group. discord i never heard of gaming site. so devastating for the u.s. because the intelligence goes out about the ukraine war. it goes out about what south korea is or isn't doing to support it. what egypt wanted to do for

russia. what israel, benjamin netanyahu and how the masad, perhaps, was working against netanyahu fomenting unrest in the streets of israel. starts out chatted group in january. no doubt about it, to me, i always thought that if something like leaked documents were out and about in the cyber world, we would have a way of raining it n reigning it in and noticing it. it goes out to for chan and other places and then ends up on telegram russian sites where they are thought to manipulate some of the that to make them look better. the pentagon announced how the documents were leaked. do you think so? they were saying and jennifer griffin said yesterday there is 53 they are looking at specifically. focusing on mid february to early march. why aren't you focusing on january? why aren't you focusing on now in the greatest fear is that the worst is yet to come. that they have more documents. the things that are in this have

only distributed between 5 and 10,000 people. and being that it's printed out. they have feel as though they could find out what printer actually printing it out being that it was if he woulded three times and steve mentioned the gorilla glue back drop. who wars sitting at this place at this time where the photo might have been taken of these documents to maybe cover their tracks but our allies look at us an inept and untrustworthy. our enemies say now, i can't believe everything we now know and wonder if the methods in which we are doing it are now revealed. but we are going to have a lot of time at the worst time a lot of ground to i can that up to regain trust in american intelligence. 10 years ago this happened. it was a disaster. but at least we knew who did it. we don't know what the worse is around the corner. >> steve: the fbi is trying to work on the source. they are trying to find out who did it and why they did it. >> brian: so terrible. >> steve: what was their motivation. >> ainsley: it's not just the secrets. it's not just information. it's not just the road map to

ukraine that we are worried that russia could now read online. it also effects lives. many people are going to be very cautious before they talk to our government officials. >> brian: we have people inside russia to the point our intelligence is so pristine they think people are going to go off buildings soon. >> ainsley: go ahead. >> steve: i was going to say to the point about russia. russia has already used some of the images. they have doctored them. so they have made russia look much better regarding the ukraine war. there is a lot of russian disinformation now regarding these particular things. anyway -- he. >> ainsley: that's what marc thiessen was talking about. about the leaks and seriousness of this. listen. >> it's a huge deal and is worst than snowden because snowden gave away older intelligence and gave away programs. this is exposing sources. they are penetrated will russian minister of defense and wagner group. people i would assume in danger of being killed or are in hiding

because, when the russians find out that we knew certain information, they know who had it and didn't have it and they can go after them. you know, if you see all these oligarchs happening to fall out of buildings, you might see some u.s. sources out of buildings too. going to cut off intelligence and deter other people from sharing with us because we can't be trusted to keep those secrets. >> brian: remember the adults are back in charge and we're supposed to bring in america being back. remember the former chairman of foreign relations when he became president of the united states once vice president. yeah, america is back. the world is on fire over our ineptness to allow ukraine to happen. the afghanistan exit, twawrn and invasion could be eminent and where is the president of the united states? he is going to tired check out his heritage. that's going to be fantastic. where he will take maybe one question or maybe zero questions because i actually think it's unacceptable to think that there are so many things that america has to answer for including allies like france who come out and say i'm kind of siding with china now. i don't want to get involved in

the taiwan-china dispute. i don't want to get between america and china. really? our oldest ally? so we lose our of a lies. our enemies are fortified and combining and the president of the united states, no press conferences and a visit to ireland to see if he can find his family tree. >> ainsley: did you watch the interview with president trump on tucker? >> brian: i did. >> ainsley: he talked about this he said we have china on the heels of taiwan. what's going on with russia and ukraine. the president needs to be having a press conference, which he doesn't have anything on the schedule. he is taking shouted questions occasionally. the spokesperson at the white house says. and is he in ireland checking out castles and his heritage. >> steve: peter doocy is in belfast with him. if anybody can get a shouted question, he can there is so much regarding this leak we don't know. but just imagine if it was a gamer, if it was a kid. if they had access to some of our secrets that were in somebody's briefcase. just imagine. just a theory. all right. coming up on this wednesday. not one, not two, but eight.

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>> ashley: back with your headlines police releasing body cam video from the shooting that

left five dead and 8 others hurt. >> he is shooting straight through these windows right towards the officer. [gunfire] >> i think he's down. >> ashley: suspected gunman connor stowrge left a note for police and friend telling him about his plan. he struggled with mental health challenges but they say there were no warning signs indicating he was capable of this shocking act one employee's husband got a phone call she was locked in the vault. by the time i got ahold of 911 they were already aware of it. key inflation report for march is set to drop in a few hours. experts predict the consumer price index will cool to 5%. slowest increase since may of 2021. comes as the federal reserve repeatedly hikes interest rates. inflation rose to 6% year over year in february.

another candidate one step closer to entering the race for the white house. fox news can confirm senator tim scott is set to announce a launch of a presidential exploratory committee today in iowa. tomorrow he will head to new hampshire before returning to south carolina for his faith in america tour. so keep it right here. senator tim scott will be joining us in the 8:00 hour of "fox & friends." arnold schwarzenegger doesn't just play a hero in the movies, here he is fill in a pothole in his neighborhood in los angeles after waiting three weeks for the job to get done. watch. >> you're welcome. you're welcome. >> oh, man. this is crazy. for three weeks i have been waiting for this hole to be closed. >> ashley: the former governor of california says he took matters into his own hands because the pothole screwed up several of his neighbor's cars and bikes. and they will do some damage. those are your headlines, brian. >> brian: i thought a good neighbor would have a good block party i had a no idea a good neighbor would fill in a pothole

a. >> brian: president biden in ireland meeting the u.k. prime minister. brought along a special guest son hunter. take a break from the art show. comes after newly acquired house visitor logs reveal that hunter's business associates, get, this visited the white house over 80 times while joe was vice president. long time partner eric shinawatra tops the list with 30 visits. followed by joan maher who was v.p. of the investment firm rosemont seneca. congresswoman nancy mace serves on the house oversight committee and joins us now. congresswoman, did that number surprise you? >> it is shocking really. here you had president biden live and deny he had any involvement with it white house evident over business partners visited over 80 times when he was vice president. this is corruption at its core. >> brian: remember, he has dealt with this question in the past, what about hunter's business dealings? remember some of these answers.

>> pete: mr. vice president how many times have you ever spoken with your son about his overseas business dealings. >> i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. >> i have never disursed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything having to do with their businesses, period. >> do you stand by your statement that you did not discuss any of your son's overseas business dealings. >> yes, i stand by that statement. >> brian: should he really stand by that statement at this hour with 80 visits? are they talking about intramural basketball? >> it's an all-out lie. and here's what our republican message needs to be. the united states is not for sale. this is not the kind of thing that we can allow to go on. the oversight committee, we are going to follow the facts wherever they take us. and we just got all of these suspicious activity reports, we're working every day in that investigation, so the american people actually know the truth of what happened. and look at he is on that world stage with his son right now. we have lost brazil. we have lost the middle east.

and biden is now losing the european union over taiwan. so we are very weak right now on the world stage and we need to show the american people that he should not be the president after 2024. >> brian: congresswoman, we lost france. that's a pretty big deal. >> we lost france. >> brian: got logs you are at home saying so. one other revelation. mike mccormick former white house stenographer during the obama years says he has been trying to get the fbi's attention he said, quote: joe biden committed crimes in ukraine and a conspiracy with the current national security adviser jake sullivan. i'm a witness to that hang. >> they have been looking at hunter biden but this ties joe biden and sullivan into promoting a kick back scheme with ukraine. it's the timeline that does it. and, keen in mind, after he left, it turns out a couple of days prior to his arrival in ukraine, hunter biden gets on the burisma board with very little qualifications, okay, none. and then $50 million gets approved by congress to support ukraine's energy sector.

looks terrible. >> it's totally and completely corrupt. they denied everything, every fact that republicans have brought forward. at some point trot out james clapper out of the freezer like they did over the hunter laptop dismfings scheme. >> your concern is the press even even though he is the current president. they just don't seem to care about this, why? >> it's very hard to say but they will not investigate no. one is above the law. we heard that for weeks now, not even a former president. look at the corruption, the lies that have happened, the pay-to-play this was not a revolving door. this very much appears to be pay to play in the white house when he was vice president. good enough to investigate a former president. then certainly we should be investigating a current president over potential corruption and crimes we are witnessing right now.

>> so there is something else going on and that is alvin bragg and jim jordan going after each other now. alvin bragg very defensive about the possibility of being asked to testify along with a former colleague pomerantz being called in front of you guys to answer some questions about what exactly was the political thing happening in your office that had so much interest in the former president and you think that overshadows something like this? tit-fortit-for-tatover shadows e media. a wash for us. troubling because you look at what happened in new york. this was not a crime that was committed, a felony at least. if it were, the statute of limitations has run out. and so because of that. they are just going to be tit for at that time tat in the media. would know we are not getting fair coverage in the media. we were all labeled conspiracy y theorist theorists it's stacked against us unfortunately in the media. looks like tim scott is going to announce he is running for president if not today but soon.

does he have his support. >> i see two south koreans that might be running for president. nikki haley a friend of mine. tim scott i go to church with him. great leadership coming out of our state and i look forward to a vigorous primary in the state of carolina which is first in the south for republican primaries in the presidential. >> brian: okay you perried that question. >> doing my best here. >> brian: you did. you got a lot of friends in high places. thanks so much. meanwhile coming up straight ahead. the legal plot thickens. the alvin bragg is suing jim jordan over the trump indictment subpoenas. former prosecutor francey hakes said this is lieu chris and we put it in bold she really meant it. a michigan family welcomes first baby girl in 130 years. we chronicle their life. ♪ baby my darling ♪ be my baby ♪ be my baby now ♪ keeps flaring, put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill.

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>> ashley: suspected bank robber in police custody after holding four adultsd and a child in custody at wells fargo in arlington virginia. police racing to the scene. claimed to have a weapon while demanding money from the bank. a hostage negotiator was able to safely get all five people out. florida landlord is battling with squatters that have taken over one of her properties and causing $38,000 in damage. police say the property owner

must handle it through the courts and the alleged squatters at the know that too. >> investigation. so with that being said, we don't have to leave anything until the police comes back and tell us what. >> i have every right to be in this house. >> you don't have any right to be in the house. >> i do, ma'am. >> you do not. so the court me and my girlfriend owns the house. >> the two women living in the home told police they found the rental online and paid a down payment but no records back up those claims. the dnc announcing 2024 national convention will be held in crime-ridden chicago. illinois governor j.b. pritzker says there is no better place to tell the story of joe biden and kamala harris. but as the dnc moves in. walmart is moving out. closing half of its stores in chicago saying they haven't been profitable in 17 years and lose millions of dollars a year. now to this liv golf fidel castro phil mickelson jumped 353 spots in the official world golf

rankings after his stunning second place finish at the masters. the man they called lefty finished in a tie for second with fellow liv golfer brooks keptkoepka. liv golf events do not count towards rankings. players like it mychalson can only do well by playing well in major world tournaments. >> brian: next one play in the british open. ashley will have more with that and predictions. >> ashley: golf is my 100 percent i'm great at it. >> ainsley: only liv golfers are allowed to play in that. >> brian: yes but not the pga. >> steve: wearing masters green. >> ashley: didn't know lifty until today. >> ainsley: far left manhattan d.a. alvin bragg suing jim jordan over his subpoenas surrounding the indictment of former president donald trump. >> brian: bragg calling them unconstitutional attack by members of congress and jordan fired back.

>> we have a constitutional duty to get to the facts particularly when you have a district attorney interfering with the most important election we have which is election of the commander-in-chief president of the united states. alvin bragg used federal funds to indict a former president for no crime and then when we ask questions about it, when we want to investigate, he takes us to court. >> all right. joining us right now, former federal prosecutor professor francey hakes. good morning, francey. >> good morning. >> steve: give us some historical progressive. when was the last time a committee of congress ever investigated a local criminal case? >> well, i don't know. i'm not sure that's ever happened before. although. >> steve: this could be history making. >> i think it is history making. everything about president trump has been history making from the time he came down the elevator and every d.a. across the country looked at criminal charges and fbi lied to the fisa court it goes on and on with

firsts. >> ainsley: francey, we don't know what that second crime is. so we are still scratching our heads about that. we, like jim jordan, want answers. doesn't the public have a right to know what alvin bragg, what the charges are, what that second crime is? >> well, ainsley, that's an excellent point. we do have a right to know. in fact, most importantly, an accused has the right to know what it is that he is being charged with, and bragg not only didn't list it in the indictment. he didn't talk about it in the statement of facts. and he actually had the nerve to get up in his press conference afterwards and say that he didn't have to notify the defendant what the charges are against him. i'm pretty sure that's unconstitutional. at least that's what my law degree says to me. and it makes no sense at all that bragg would say that this is political when the entire case is political. the timing is very suspicious. when you talk about president trump already being the declared candidate for the republican

nomination, these alleged crimes happened in 2016 and 2017. what took so long? why did someone wait until he has declared to run again it. looks very political to me. >> brian: the question is why is it jim jordan's business? why is there a federal authority here? i think it's pretty clear for someone who didn't go to law school with you. it is a federal case now. they use federal funding, possibly, to investigate. and he says he violated federal election law. so, let's find out what he did and what's behind it because now it's a national issue. not a new york issue. do you agree? >> well, i do agree, brian, it's a national issue because he is running for the presidency of the united states. that's a federal election. the violation that he alleged, that the new york business laws were violated in committing somehow are in a federal -- were in a federal election. so that makes it national. and, of course, almost every

d.a.'s office in this country certainly the nypd and most police departments across this country receive funding from the u.s. department of justice. they get federal tax dollars in the form of what are called burn jaguar or justice assistance grants. so congress has the right to know how that money is being spent. and that it is being spent appropriately. >> steve: francey, i was reading in the "new york times" today apparently the d.a. issued a statement yesterday that between 2019 and 2021 they spent $5,000 of federal funds. and that was investigating donald trump's taxes. now, here's the thing. essentially what d.a. bragg is doing is he is trying to keep this fellow by the name of mark pomerantz from appearing before this congressional committee. because he will say that i investigated donald trump. and then i was steamed that when bragg came in, he dropped the case. of course then he started it all over. the problem for the republicans though is that apparently

mr. pomerantz says he saw activities that were plainly criminal committed on behalf donald trump and by donald trump inflating properties and stuff like that. it's kind of a double edged sword for republicans. >> it really is, steve. you don't know what he is going to say or anyone is going to stay when they testify that's always the question before grand juries, trials or hearings is what is the person going to say. it's important regardless of what he is going to say, for the republicans to understand why someone is indicted. a candidate for the presidency, which has never happened before in our history. >> ainsley: well, i think we know why. i mean, it's new york city. but, bragg is asking the judge to invalidate the subpoenas. will that happen? who is this judge? do we know yet? >> well, the judge assigned to his civil matter is a trump appointee. that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for president trump. but, it does mean that he is

more likely, i think, to get a fair hearing. bragg already lost round 1 though. because the judge has said that she wouldn't grant a temporary restraining order without a hearing. we will see what happens. >> brian: i wonder why brag is so defensive and got such a strong case and pomerantz is certain about donald trump. let it happen. it's crazy how aggressive he has been. >> very aggressive case. very aggressive posture. it's historic and we will see what happens. >> ainsley: trump said if is he convicted he is still running for president. >> he can. >> ainsley: he told tucker that last night. >> steve: he can run from jail. >> teblely he can. people have done that before. >> brian: that's why you have a vice president. >> steve: professor, thank you very much for dropping by today. >> thanks, y'all. >> steve: florida, state of, is fighting one of its worst droughts in the past decade. we will talk to an eighth generation rancher who says his cow aren't getting the food they need. they need a big rain.

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precipitation since october 1st here. especially for parts of central florida not much rainfall at all. the soil very dry for much of the state. that's why we are seeing the potential for farmers and, you know, we're afraid for them, right? we are not going to get the crops and our farmers need to see some moisture. the good news is we are getting some rain in the forecast over the next couple of days. but, most of it will be for south florida. not getting into the areas that really need to see it and that is central and north florida. so we will continue to watch the story. i know you have got a guest coming up to talk about that, steve. >> steve: we do, indeed. thank you, j.d., for setting that up perfectly. our next guest has been dealing with the drought firsthand along with other ranchers in the region. he is adjusting for the lack of resources for his 2,000 head of cattle. bringing in supplemental water and food during the crucial breeding season. joining us right now with more on the impact of this drought an

eighth generation rancher with pearce cattle company joins us from o okeechobee. >> why is it different in florida than for instance in california. >> in florida we have a lot of sandy soils and shallow root zones. the rain needs to be sprinkling on this ground every week. out west, you have a lot deeper root zones and larger particle size in your soil. and it will hold moisture deeper. we're just suffering because we had some frost this year that we don't normally have and then that kills the grass and then you have got prolonged periods of drought where there is no water for surface water drinking or growing grass. we are right in the middle of grazing season where it should be growing right now. >> exactly right. i was talking to a friend down in jupiter florida chip block.

he said we need more rain to fill up the aquifer because the aquifer where people get the water from in florida is very low. now, that's not your concern because you don't actually irrigate as we look at some of this pasture land right there. you need rain on top of that grass to grow the grass so the cattle can graze on it and get bigger, right? >> yes, sir, that's true. and what we're doing, we are right in the middle of breeding season right now. as the cows they have less grass available. we are trying to get these cattle pregnant to where they will have calves nest year. nex. we typically depend on grass for the nutritional value of the cow. we are having to supplement additional whether i liquid feed or cubes on the ground. and, it's increasing our production costs and it will have a long-term effect on our bottom line as we don't get as many of these cows impregnated. >> steve: that's right. i remember from my future

farmers of america's day, underweight cattle have a harder time getting pregnant. that costs you money out of your pocket. >> yes, sir. on today's markets, we will probably be anywhere from 75 to $100 a head in additional molasses or dry feed supplementation. we are going to extend this feeding season for about 90 days, i would think, unless this drought breaks. then it could be prolonged for more. >> steve: okay. one of the things, matt, i know there is a lot of citrus growing down in florida as well. those farmers do use irrigation to keep their trees, their, you know their orange trees and whatnot going, right? >> that's true, yes, sir. that's a strain because diesel is expensive, labor is expensive to irrigate. and there is nothing better than mother nature moisture with the nutrients and everything that it provides to these citrus growers as well.

>> steve: okay. what are you going to do about it? how are we going to get some rain down there to you in florida? >> we're just going to keep -- ranchers are very resilient. we will manage through. this and we do a lot of rotational grazing where we move cattle from pasture to pasture and give the grass a rest. we pray for rain and, like i say, manage through it. >> steve: pray for rain for the folks down in florida. matt, thank you very much. i know you have got your chores to do. thank you for dropping by "fox & friends." >> yes, sir. thank you, steve. appreciate you covering. >> steve: appreciate you telling your story. good luck. coming up, after generations of boy-only births. a michigan family welcomes a baby girl to end a 130-year streak. the clark family joins us live coming up next ♪ you break my heart ♪ and leave me sad ♪ tell me what did i do wrong ♪ to make you stay away so long ♪ baby love ♪ my baby love

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concentrate in her luggage last february. griner writing on instagram by writing this book i hope to raise awareness of other americans wrongfully detained abroad such as paul whelan evan gershkovich and so many others. ainsley? >> ainsley: thank you so much, ashley. the bite of a cookie reveals the end of a long-standing family record. [cheers] [laughter] >> ashley: gender reveal i have chills. the clark family would finally be having their first baby girl in more than 130 years. audrey clark was born on sajt patrick's day. a little luck from the irish. baby audrey joins us now with her parents carolyn and andrew clark. good morning. >> good morning. >> oh, she is so beautiful. carolyn. >> thank you. >> ashley: you have a son 4 years old cammeron. i'm sure you were expecting

another boy. goes back a long time. when you found out gender reveal party, what were your thoughts. >> we were super excited and we were compleeftly shocked and in disbelief that we ended up having a girl. so when we bit into that cookie it took us a second to register that the frosting on the inside was actually pink and not blue. will with you i saw someone spitting it out to make sure. >> being pregnant i was nauseous that day. as soon as i bit that cooky, you know, it did not sit well. so i had to go run and needed to cut into the cookie to confirm that i am seeing pink. >> ainsley: that is so cute. you have two brothers. they have boys. your dad had three boys. your great, great grandfather had to two i boys. your great, great, great grandfather had five children, four boys and then finally a little girl born in 1885.

that little girl you are holding little audrey she changes this all. what did your extended family say? what are your parents saying? >> they were shocked. so they told that story that my grandpa traced back the history of our family for so many years and it's always been boys, boys, boys. when we found out it was a girl, we were thrilled. >> ainsley: carolyn, you know your child, no matter how hard you try to prevent this it's going to be spoiled rotten. >> oh my goodness, she was spoiled before she even arrived. >> ainsley: look at the pink bows. >> you have to start all over. i'm sure you all had hand me downs from all the boys blue. a lot of blue. but now you can buy pink. >> yes. all of her closet is full of pink and bows and tutu. >> ainsley: andrew, you have a lot of advice from your family about how to raise boys. what is everyone telling you about girls. are you a little nervous? >> yes. yes, i am.

it's a first go around. don't have too many people to reach out to and get these tips from within the family. so, we'll figure it out though. she is doing great. and making it easy on me. >> ainsley: did you pray for a little girl? >> you know, i had always wanted a girl. but then after having a miscarriage in 2021 and it took us a while to get pregnant with audrey we just were praying for a healthy baby and healthy pregnancy. at that point we would have been happy with a boy or a girl. >> ainsley: god truly blessed you, ashley and i were talking about it during the commercial and she said something that was great. i said can i use that line she said yes. she said people say they keep trying and trying for girl around keep having boys. this takes it to a whole new level. it? >> definitely does, yeah. >> ainsley: i'm so happy for y'all. i have a little girl. my only child is a little girl. and it is such a joy. she is going to bring so many blessings into your family. everyone who is watching, say a little prayer for little audrey that she has a wonderful,

god-filled enriched life and you all aren't irish, are you? >> no. we are actually scottish. [laughter] >> ainsley: well, there is always scott irish. we will take it? >> you never know. >> ainsley: you are still very lucky or should i say blessed? thank you for coming on it's a wonderful story everyone is happy for you. >> thank you very much. >> ainsley: south carolina senator tim scott going to join us live with a can't miss announcement on political future that's coming up. ♪ i'm invincible ♪ in every single day ♪ i'm more powerful ♪ my husband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective,

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>> steve: straight up. it is 7:00 here in new york city. and along the east coast and we start with a fox weather alert. and it's a wildfire. firefighters in the state of new jersey are battling a massive 2500-acre forest fire and it's only at this point 10% contained as you see the flames leaping high in the sky. >> ainsley: nearly 200 houses and buildings around that town of lake hurst in manchester township were cleared out just as a precaution. thankfully no fatalities. that mandatory evacuation order was lifted at 45:0 455:00 this morning. starting controlle