joining us. tucker carlson originals season three preview, that is next. we will see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. ... >> todd: a fox news alert, victims in new york city will have their word heard as house judiciary committee have a field hearing in the big apple. at the center of the investigation is manhattan da bragg, who has crusaded against donald trump. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier. alvin bragg has been accused of spending taxpayer dollars.

>> todd: brooke singman with the latest on this morning's hearing. brooke. >> brooke: a number of key witnesses will testify at this morning's field hearing on violent crime. madeline brame, will testify this morning, along with victims rights new york founder jennifer harrison. we will hear from democratic city councilman robert holden and president of the endowment association. the star witness is jose alba, the former bodega worker charged with murder after stabbing -- each witness is expected to testify about district attorney alvin bragg's policies, how he enforces the law in new york city and how it impacted their lives.

felony convictions are down from three years before alvin bragg took office and the da declined to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year. despite figures, democrats say crime is not an issue in new york city. mayor eric adams insists the big apple is the safest big city in the country. listen. >> we should be clear, new york city is the safest big city in america and that is often lost when you see a dangerous act highlighted. my job as mayor is to make sure visitors feel safe in our city and we're doing that everyday. >> brooke: senate majority leader is calling for more money to federal agencies. >> be clear, defunding the fbi

and department of justice will not happen. and reject partisan attempts by former president trump and his allies to degrade public trust and public law enforcement. >> brooke: today's hearing 9 a.m. at jacob javetz. >> todd: they have no argument here, so they are gaslighting, no republican wants to defund the police, they want to make sure the doj is nonpartisan and protect the american people and not going after parents at school board meetings. >> brooke: i spoke with holden, who will join the committee today, he said i'm a moderate democrat and crime in new york city is the likes of what he has never seen before. he is 70 years old, was a long-time professor in new york city. he says people in his caucus say

change and be a republican, he says no, i want to be a voice of reason to get the message across. when alvin bragg took office as district attorney, he put out a memo saying he wouldn't prosecute smallerim kroos like vandalism and petty theft and things of this nature, you are giving permission to the public to commit crimes and it is okay. >> ashley: what i took issue with with that entire thing, mayor eric adams is a former police officer. i sat here when that ran and thought, that is a bold statement coming from someone who used to protect this city, knows what the police officers and public are going through, no words for him. >> brooke: it will be interesting to see what the people affect by crime will say today, he will spend time in

wash washington, d.c., all the big cities have seen crime on the rise under progressive policies. it is interesting and will be interesting to see when the lawmakers are here today. >> todd: you mentioned madeline and jennifer, we'll be speaking with those individuals and they will testify at today's hearing about how they have been impacted by alvin bragg's policies. madeline brame, a mother whose son was murdered. please stick around for that. former president trump raising 34 million for his reelection bid and his campaign says 15.4 million came after his indictment by a manhattan grand jury last month signifying republican support is growing for the former president as he i guess fas this historic lead battle. >> ashley: senators put on the

spot on whether dianne feinstein should be -- alexandria hoff live from washington. alex. >> alexandria: caught in the middle of this is california governor gavin newsom, who democrats want to step in on this. >> i have a lot of respect for senator dianne feinstein, she's missed 75% of votes this year, she hasn't been showing up and no intention, no return date. one thing to take medical leave and come back and another thing when you are not doing the job. governor newsom can appoint a caretaker and i would support the governor doing that. >> alexandria: senator dianne feinstein was elected in 1992 and calls for her to resign has been hit with pushback. >> she said she will return,

make sure that happens. >> are the calls for her to resign appropriate? >> it is up to dianne feinstein and her family to decide whether she wants to keep on serving. >> diane will get better and come back to work. >> the decision whether somebody should resign rest on that individual herself, shouldn't be forced out. >> alexandria: governor newsom has been reminded of his promise to appoint a black woman to that role. eric early says there is another option. >> i support the parents bill of rights act which just made its way through the house. schiff, porter, barbara lee vote against it. fentanyl, people deads in a little over a year. we are getting lip service on

that. >> alexandria: dianne feinstein has not cast a vote since february 16th 6789 >> todd: bring in policy analyst, jonathan madison. jonathan, thank you for being here, assuming feinstein does take a leave longer than a few months for shingles, will gavin newsom appoint a caretaker to fill the term until 2024 or appoint one of the three running and give that individual huge advantage going into 2024? >> jonathan: he made go toward appointing a caretaker, i don't think he will take one of those options. are we bringing deference to the office and to long-serving

members or deference to the american people? the answer should be answered deference to the american people. what governor newsom should do is appoint a caretaker asap and have someone ready to step in, if necessary, to keep her on when shmedically tested to not able to recall much of anything when she's there in her office doing her duties, that is disrespectful. >> ashley: we talk about three names being floated around that could possibly take over, schiff, porter and barbara lee, you think a caretaker position. whether these three or someone that has no clue, it could be somebody that doesn't have a background in politics, what

would that do with policy decisions in the senate for the american people? that seems a little dangerous. >> jonathan: it absolutely is, they are stepping into an office they have never been in before, either of the candidates if that were to happen. creating a red carpet wave which favors the left, but doesn't favor the american people, that is the points, right? you shouldn't have them go into office because they are the next elect by the governor. have an appointed person to take over the role of this position. to have someone come in who has no senatorial experience and assume the office, that is out right dangerous. >> todd: odd battle lines drawn in the democratic party when it

comes to politicians. some people say she has to go. what do the ones that have a d by registration think about this? >> jonathan: great question. if you're in california and listening to the sentiment of objective individuals looking at this, objective democrats, they are saying she should probably go. you're looking at perspectives like ro khanna and basically this idea, if she's going to serve in the office and be on the taxpayer dime and assume duties of a position that has international consequences, national consequences, consequences over the nation, she's a senator and should be able to function with ease,

right? to execute her duties in office. otherwise it is dangerous for the american people and disservice to the american people regardless of what a legend she is to the people and she is a legend. >> ashley: i totally understand, i didn't hear these calls when john fetterman checked himself in immediately after he was sworn into the senate, interesting to see the difference with dianne feinstein compared to john fetterman, just thought i would throw that out there. california utility companies are claiming berkeley did a study suggesting paying for most nonmarginal cost due to fixed charges improve equity by lightening burden cost on recoveries of households that can afford to pay. is this fair just because you earn more know that the person

next to you that you have to pay their bills now? >> jonathan: no, it was wrong in 2021 when the study was done, it is still wrong today. the same logic applies. the left is focusing on the brb that california pays more when it comes to energy cost and that burden is shared among californians in general because of regulatory burden imposed by the left, that is the problem, not unilaterally impose flk income-based ties, it will not work. we've seen in studies already, looks like the working poor could bear the brunt of it and pay more than they are right

now, it does a disservice and people who invest in renewable energy and solar panels, they will get breaks on this deal. it is very counter intuitive to the mission and logically flawed. >> ashley: i agree, jonathan madison, thank you for your time and your take on all of it. protesters rushing the stage where governor ron desantis was delivering a speech in new hampshire over the weekend. watch this. >>en 14, 16, 18. yeah, thank you. [yelling] [chanting] >> got to have a little spice in the speech, right? have a little fun. >> ashley: doesn't phase him, the sign says ron desantis loves israel and hates jews while the

governor was talking to the republican party. o audience members cheered him on for shrugging it off. the governor is reportedly set to unveil new plan to crack down on disney today after the company tried to strip his newly installed oversight board of authority. "new york post" says desantis is setting a mouse trap to void disney's move and the governor will revoke other privileges disney enjoyed since the special tax district was established in 1967, includes requiring the transportation system to undergo further inspection, the public spat began when opposed parental rights in education act, which barred from speaking on gender identity. >> todd: mouse trap, heck of a

headline, post. and anheuser-busch featuring clydesdale as anheuser-busch loses $6 billion over controversial partnership with transgender influencer dylan mulvaney pivoting back to traditional values. >> rooted in the heart of america, found in a community where a handshake is a sure contract, this is the story of the american spirit. >> todd: while the commercial was airing, did they have this in the can or clyde, start running throughout the country? you like that? news site found a third of small bars are facing bud light boycotts and if you like that reference, you will love my usfl

rundown to the league. the new orleans breakers holding off the maulers. 22-15 in birmingham and the michigan panthers take undo the gamblers behind record-setting opener, job josh love. >> love looking down and the wide receiver and that is caught with a touchdown. >> todd: love completed 90% of passes, a new usfl record in 29-13 win. i'm wondering if that is like a record in football. phil simms in 2021, that is pretty good. congratulations mr. love. stands at white sox game. watch.

>> so distracted by the guy in the foreground egging everybody on. one security guard on the scene trying to calm things down, the brawl dragged on with 10 or more people taking swins at each other. chicago ended with victory over the orioles. have you ever got in a donny brook? >> a fight? no, but i've seen more fights in the last couple months than in my life. fox news exclusive, tucker karlson sitting down with elon musk who talks about the government and big tech. >> agree to which various government agencies had full access to everything going on on twitter blew my mind. i was not aware of that. >> ashley: musk has major warning about ai, we have preview of the blockbuster

interview. >> todd: and new conservative to amazon geared toward consumers who are sick of woke corporations, we're talking to the ceo next.

>> ashley: it seems like more and more companies are going woke and alienating american consumers in the process. one ceo is fighting back with launch of public square, featuring number of companies that stick to traditional values as alternative to amazon. michael seifert of public square joins me now. thank you for getting up with me. tell us what makes public square so much different than amazon? >> well, there are a number of i think things, most prom nents, we're addressing the largest unamerican in world. i'm part of this market and felt for years major corporate

entities have continue to turn against me and my values. nike, starbucks. there is cohort of americans who feel their values about been left in the dust. we want to create a market place to know the blessed assurance that they are funding americans freedom. >> ashley: you mentioned that bud light, sales are down over coors light and miller light. that being said, you are not afraid to take a stance against this woke movement, what is your stance if you are talking to a potential customer? >> five core values that guide

our experience, business will not spend time, money or resource against the values and values are not politicized, they speak to things like we believe this country is exceptional, we love the proims protected boot constitution, value sanctity of life and we see people not for their identity intersectionally or not for skin color, gender or ethnicity, but content of their character. when you come to our platform and looking for a beer company, you will not get lectured about politics or about gender ideology, you will be served a quality beer. >> ashley: tell us the amount of people you had when you started

and where you stand right now, how is it doing? >> last year we launched in san diego as a local website and created this network to serve our local community. we launched nationwide 10 months ago and had millions of consumer interactions. in the last month alone, two million and nearly 50,000 business vendors on the platform and there is a wide variety of industries represented, new bank, beer, cup of coffee, you can see public square or publicsq.com, new home for shopping. >> ashley: people obviously love it, what are customers saying? >> they are saying they feel connected to a community that values them for what they value.

a community member reached out and said i'm here to shop, that is why i joined this platform. i did not realize i would meet so many friends, i no longer feel alone. there are tens of hundreds of us out there and if we want to shift back toward we the people, vote with our wallet and for consumers participating, it is work. >> ashley: it is available on ios and android? >> yes, google place and public sq.com. michael, thank you for your time and thank you for picking up on this, people want it. thank you. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> ashley: learning more about 21-year-old air national guardsman jack teixeira and the

highly classified information he's accused of leaking. senator graham wants to know how the pentagon let this happen. >> you cannot allow a single member of the intelligence community to leak information because they disagree with policy. how did he get it and why did he do it? some people need to be fired over this. >> ashley: we'll tell you where the investigation stands now. >> todd: plus, this. >> the better choice is to move to electrified transparent because it is cheaper to operate an electric vehicle than to fill up your tank with gasoline. >> todd: yes, ash, she's wearing a hard hat, she is service, she says the solution is fully electric, but america can't build electric vehicles without china. we're taking a look next.

>> todd: senator lindsey graham, a former national guardsman himself says he is shocked jack teixeira had access to this information. >> yes, the system failed, this is major failure and those trying to shug arg coat this on the right, you cannot allow the community to leak information because they disagree with performance and method of how we collect have been -- and i'm stunned somebody at that level could have so much access. the question is how did he get it and why did he do it? some people need to be fired over this. >> todd: jack teixeira is accused of putting the

information on a chat room. >> ashley: elon musk says artificial intelligence has power to destroy civilization, in part of his interview with tucker carlson that will air tonight, watch. >> ai is more dangerous than say mismanaged aircraft design or bad car production in the sense it has potential, it is not trivial, potential of civilization obstruction. >> ashley: musk says ai programs are being trained to withhold information from users. >> they are training ai to lie. >> to lie and withhold information. >> yes, comment on some things,

not other things, not say what the data demands it say. >> i thought you funded it at the beginning, what happened? >> that is ironic. >> ashley: last month musk joined thousands of tech leaders calling for a pause in widescale ai research that reads ai system with human intelligence is risk to society and should be planned for and managed with commiserate care, this level of planning is not happening. society has hit pause on other without effects. >> todd: our favorite topic. >> ashley: half of me doesn't want to talk about it, you have to let people know what is going on. elon musk initially raised our concerns when they started talking about this and more

digging i did into it, somebody has to put this thought behind this system and the ai system runs with that thought. somebody with negative feelings toward the world is putting this out there. when you see somebody like elon musk who is smart and technology driven, saying this does not need to happen, we need to put a pause on it. some people say china will not stop, we don't need to either. will we have a situation like ais fighting each other. i have no idea where this will go and that is so unfamiliar about this and dangerous because when you hear stuff like this, it is awful and gut-wrenching feeling. you can't control it when it takes off. >> todd: musk, who understands technology and people who make

technology, the fact he says this could destroy civilization, think about that for a moment. we've been surviving on this planet for a really long time and all the ways we've survived, the fact this could do us in, this was designid to replicate human behavior. tucker asked air good question, you funded this. he said, i don't know if that was a good thing temperature shows everybody had good motives until it is corrupted by bad actors. i think this interview will open a lot of eyes. he says what he discovered when he bought twitter, opening up about things between the relationship of federal government and the social media app.

>> various government agencies had full access to everything going on twitter blew my mind. i was not aware of that. >> would that include people's dm's? >> yes. >> todd: the government can see what i write to ashley strohmier, that is scary tonight at 8 p.m., the interview with elon musk and tucker. the answer to higher prices at the pump is buying electric cars? >> the better choice is to move to electrified transportation because it is so much cheaper to operate an electric vehicle than to fill up your tank with gasoline. >> todd: here is the problem with that, we need china to build electric cars which costs $12,000 more than the average gas-powered car. mark, is there any way to

accomplish this that does not rely on china? >> first of all, was that jennifer grantholm or a chat bot spreading misinformation about cars? what she's claiming there, it is is cheaper to buy an electric car. we know from cbs news reporting it is 50% more expensive in the u.s. to recharge an electric car. in europe, it is twice as expensive to fuel electric cars. in germany, half of the public can't afford a gas-powered car, let alone an electric-powered car. we see the biden administration's epa trying to ban electric cars and gas-powered cars, going from 6% electric to 70% in nine years,

it will not happen. the biden administration led by grantholm is trying to create car shortages because of these mandates and will force less freedom of movement, you will go nowhere and be happy under these proposals. >> todd: biden says, i will spur this through foreign incentives, we will not invest in anybody using foreign money. the problem is that china controls the componentses that go into the battery with chinese materials. bloomberg headline reads china could control a third of the world's lithium and account for a third of the supply by middle of the decade, nickel, granite,

cobalt, we're incentivizing people to go to china anyway. they say this is a national security concern, no onsit. their green energy is greatest threat the united states faces and will make us more dependent on china. here is the kicker, there is reporting shina is surpassing south korea and united states as number one exporter in the world, on their way. one thing america can boast of american automakers are possibling ceding that to chinese exports, this makes no sense. electric cars will be fuelled on fossil fuel, not saving the earth.

>> todd: buy a wildly expensive cars that numbers show you don't want and help china anyway. mark's book titled "the great reset" can be found on amazon.com. thank you. a man fighting off four thieves who tried to steal his car out of his driveway, if you think you're safe in your own driveway, think again. >> ashley: crime on the agenda. one lawmaker who will be in today's hearing and two star witnesses are here live next.

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>> ashley: a ring doorbell capturing this insane moment of a man fighting off multiple carjackers in his own front yard, this happened in connecticut yesterday. a man noticed a man breaking into his car and the suspect started attacking him and three other men joined in. the owner was able to prevent the thieves from taking off with his car, police are searching for the suspects. >> ashley: and officials gathering to honor those shot at

a sweet 16 party over the weekend, one victim was phil dowdle, who was attending his little sister's birthday party. one coach called him the best player in the state. his mother was wounded in the shooting. there is no information on the suspect. >> todd: i heard that young man was the best, such a tragedy. the house judiciary committee meeting in manhattan to hear from victims of violent crime, the result of da alvin bragg's policy. to hear mayor eric adams, there is nothing to fear. >> be clear, new york city is the safest big city in america

and that is often a loss when you see a dangerous act highlight. my job as mayor is to make sure new yorkers and visit offers felony counts of falsifying records safe in the city and we're doing that everyday. >> todd: congressman scott fitzpatrick, madeline brame, and jennifer will testify today and they all join me now. thank you all for being here. jennifer, when you hear the mayor say that, what is your reaction? >> it is irrehencible. we saw two police officers gunned down, a 19-year-old girl murdered at burger king, others were murdered and alvin bragg is responsible for prosecuting the cases, how could anybody feel safe here? >> todd: what do you want to

tell the committee today? >> victims of violent crime and been erased from this equation and silenced. we have a voice today in hopes of changing the indifference of human life. >> todd: your boyfriend was killed, the killer released early, madeline, what do you want to take away from your story? >> i want the committee to take away from what happened to my s son, what happened to him can happen to anybody temperature has been happening everyday all day across the city. no matter what mayor adams says aboung the safest city in america, that is nonsense. what is happening on a daily basis in black and brown

community says just at will, doing whatever to whomever with no consequences. when we have a society that is lawless, a society cannot stand and is decaying in black and brown communities. it is very disrespectful and very hypocritical and disingenuous of mayor eric adams to make that statement when he knows good and well what is happening in the hood on a daily basis. >> todd: the very community they espouse and they end up hurting the community. alvin bragg struck a deal to free her. congressman, democrats say this hearing is political. how can you hear these two stories and say it is political? >> that is the most disturbing

part, i think, it is one reason chairman jim jordan wanted to bring the committee to new york, to demonstrate the crimes are happening on regular basis and he has time to go after former president trump. i think first and foremost that is one thing members of the community want to outline today. why are we here and how did we end up here. there are 72 counties in wisconsin, each has a district attorney. it is hard for us to fathom all 72 of those would have the ability to go after any federal official. i think that will be a question that will come up today, as well. >> todd: thanks for getting up early, will go down the line before we let you go, do you hope positive change will come out of today's hearing? >> i do. >> madeline? >> absolutely.

>> you are confident, congressman? >> i am. >> todd: we need something done here, this city is a disaster, you have lived through the tragedy. thank you. a jam-packed 5 a.m. hour this morning, joe concha, cheryl casone and armed services committee mark alford here this morning. the all-new chevy colorado is made for more. bring more. ♪ do more. ♪ see more. ♪ and be more. ♪ the all-new chevy colorado. made for more. ♪

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>> todd: a political battle brewing over whether senator dianne feinstein should resign or be replaced. she has not cast a vote since mid-february. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. if newsom were to choose one of them, it could give big advantage going into election year. >> you shouldn't have someone go into the office because they are the next person, this is a specific title to take over the role of this position, but to have somebody come in with no senatorial experience to assume the office is absolutely ridiculous. it i