>> todd: fox news alert, elon musk elaborating on the threat artificial intelligence poses to society including risk to the

upcoming elections, you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. musk says governments should have contingency plans to deal with artificial intelligence. systems like chat gpt are capable of writing just as well as most humans and faster. >> what is the timeline here? what point does it change society, do you think? >> i think it starts to happen probably an impact this year. it is very past the point of what most humans can do. most humans cannot write as well as chat gpt and no human can write that well that fast. >> todd: this year, you ready? brooke singman hear from part two of musk's exclusive interview. >> brooke: elon musk warning artificial intelligence can influence future elections. watch this. >> raise concern of ai being

significant influence in elections and even if you say ai doesn't have agency, it is likely people will use ai as tool in elections. if ai is smart enough, are they using the tool or is the tool using them? things are getting weird and getting weird fast. >> brooke: ai continues to grow, musk says governments should put contingency steps in place, like an off switch, for the areas that house ai bots. >> there may be some -- may be wise to have a contingency plan where the government has ability to shut down power to these server centers, like you don't have to blow it up, just cut the power. >> what would flip that switch,

the threshhold you have to warrant for government cutting off your signal? >> i guess if we lost control of some super ai, i don't have precise answer, but something we're concerned about and are unable to stop it with software commands, then we probably want to have some type of hardware off switch. >> brooke: to fight rise of ai systems, musk says he is working on his own bot called truth gpt. >> todd: thank you. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe says a lab leak is only explanation for covid-19 during the second house committee on origins of the pandemic. watch. >> my informed assessment as a person with as much access as anyone to our government intelligence during the initial year of the pandemic has been and continues to be that lab leak is only explanation

supported by our intelligence, by science and by common sense. >> todd: new report released by roger marshall says there could have been two lab leaks in china. the report reads most likely this was two leaks, including lab leak in september-october 2019 timeframe, as early as july or august, we conclubded china started vaccine development in november of 2019 and other lab leak seems to be the mosts sensible explanation. john ratcliffe said analysts from the cia kept quiet about the true origins of covid-19 because they didn't want to agree with former president trump. >> internally, national and electoral politics were influencing the analysis of our intelligence on china within the ic as reflected in the january 6 2021 report by the intelligence

community anal ombudsman who fo an lites appeared to reluctant because they tend to disagree with the trump administration policies, saying i don't want our intelience used to support those policies. >> todd: john ratcliffe joined fox last night. >> the consequences of our intelligence community making assessment of any confidence level across the board that the wuhan institute of virology was source through unintentional lab leak that resulted in the death of a million americans and at least 10 million people worldwide, would have profound

implications and the biden administration would be forced to address and confront china with respect to the intelligence assessment. confronting china is something the biden administration has been unwilling to do. >> todd: and john ratcliffe says not just covid the biden administration fails to stand up to china about. congresswoman aoc says to send criminals to hospitals instead of jails. >> data shows if you respond to violence instead of as carseration issue, violence decreases. >> todd: let's see how the plan is working? not well. nypd officer attacked and bashed over the head in the middle of her district. we'll bring the details. >> ashley: new data shows majority congressional district

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>> janice: good morning, take a look at what is happening across the map. another cold front will arrive and bring the threat for severe storms, part of what we need for severe weather. it is cooler than average biden the front and will get above-average temperatures ahead of the front. louisville 88 on thsdz, 67 in new york. 80 in cleveland and cold air moving in on friday and moving toward east coast friday and is the. bump up temperatures. there is imagery of the satellite radar across the upper midwest when we have area of low pressure and the front associated with that will spark showers, thunderstorms and potential for severe weather across the plain states toward the mississippi and ohio river valley and travel eastward on saturday toward the eastern seaboard. severe storm threat today from the big bend of texas toward milwaukee and this is a

multi-day event. not only today, thursday and friday, so some big cities, dallas and little rock, st. loui s and little rock, you will get watches and warnings, they will come. flash flood threat ahead of that front along the front, behind it, cold enough for snow, measurable snow, upward of a foot from the rockies to the great lakes, they are done. i think they are done across the midwest. >> ashley: i'm done for them, i really am. >> janice: me, too. >> todd: skiers want to keep it going. new report showing 64% of u.s. congressional districts with voters earning less than lower than average income are represented by republicans. democrats control 9 out of 10 of wealthiest districts with majesty in california.

numbers reveal dramatic swing in how the working class may vote in 2024. the mayor of carbondale, pennsylvania, joins me now. is this what you are seeing in your working-class town of carbondale? >> yeah, good morning, absolutely much carbondale is birthplace of mining coal and railroading way back in the 1800s. we are to our core a democratic working town and when i first ran for office 20 plus years ago, it was 7-1 democrat to republican town. it is tiering 3-1 probably pushing 2-1 now democrat to republican, which is unheard of. >> todd: when you talk to residents what do they tell you about why they are joining the republican party and ditching the democrats?

>> i think the commonthread and core of the conversation really is that the democratic party has gone so far to the left that the average american who normally sits in the middle of social and economic issues, they can't even see the democrats that are supposed to be represented because they are so far to the left. average person is right there in the middle ground. they're becoming more conservative. a lot has to do with social issues, but a lot now is economic driven. the average working family is more than paycheck to paycheck is everyday life for a lot of people. >> ashley: i love this quote, political analyst telling axios, republicans were the party of the country club and increasingly the party of

country. that makes sense. see what happens when it comes to 2024. ron desantis is edging out president biden in battleground states, including pennsylvania. desantis up by three points in arizona, huge battleground state 6 pointses. what is your take on the numbers, mayor? >> yeah, i mean, i think a lot of people -- back up a second. president trump start a movement toward conservative, more no nonsense, let's correct the country and move in the right direction versus far left liberal agendas and governor desantis has taken that and taken it further, in a little different direction, but most people i talk to are leaning

toward desantis, if he's the front-runner in the next presidential race. >> todd: when you look at the republican primary, trump is leading desantis based upon all, if not all polls. we're in for a long race. mayor justin taylor appreciate you kicking it off for us on april 19th. protesters swarm a campus to protest a speaking event, we'll bring you the latest. >> ashley: shocking report from "washington post" calling out environmental groups and going against mainstream narrative on climate change. we're digging into it next. ♪ i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms.

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pushing for clean energy while making this telling admission. abundant natural gas deserves credit for weaning the u.s. off coal and giving credit to it for driving down emission for alternative services like wind and solar. i had to do a few double takes making sure i was reading it was the "washington post." you have to think the mainstream media is like, whoa, hold on, don't expose this. what are the biggest admissions in this report? >> the fact on morning where the sun has not risen on a week like earth week, this week, that solar and wind can't power america, the sun is not shining right now, we need power and "washington post" admitted that in a way that would shock a lot of americans.

it is my generation and the american people starting to realize solar and wind will be part of the future, nuclear, hydropower and natural gas are the reason we decreased emissions. they are clean and run 24 hours per day and "washington post" admitted that is important and we have to have more electricity in the future, more power generation and have to do it through reliable, affordable sources. that does not mean solar and wind are not affordable for the future, we have to be realistic how we work on energy policy and not do what feels and sounds good, we have to do things that do good. that is a path i didn't see the "washington post" taking. >> todd: if this info, is out there and to your point, if sources you mentioned are less carbon producing than in the

past, like coal, let's say. why are the climate zelets not more talking about that? >> the aocs of the world put on the climate this utaupian paradise, use the sun and wind to power society. in the utaupian society, that sounds nice, but it is not possible. we can fight for cleaner future while not worrying about the inability to turn on our lights in the morning or turn on our stoves to cook dinner and there is a way to balance environmental protection with reliable energy, that is the way most americans want to move forward, especially on earth week, which has been politicalicized and dramatized. they want to pursue this paradise that sounds nice and wins and elections, it ended up

failing with approximately. we can't allow that to happen in the united states. that is where republicans, conseveratives or new environmental movement have opportunity to lead to better solutions, there has to be common sense way forward and the sources of energy prove you can. >> todd: same people pushing socialist eushgtopia, give money to everybody. they run out of other people's money and it is not what was envisioned. i want your thoughts on this, iowa, kansas, south dakota, oklahoma, north dakota and nebraska. something similar about all six of those states, they are all connected on the graph, all in yellow and all considered red states, what does that tell you,

b benji. >> it is about finding solutions that work for communities where they have natural abundance of resources. in the midwest, there is abundance of wind. clean power is in washington. the heartland of america is use wind in way other states might not be able to and that shows republicans and conservatives are coming to the table with realistic solutions and it shows we should be using what works in different communitieses and that is different in oklahoma and florida. >> todd: use resources you have as opposed to solar panels in

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>> todd: house oversight members will hear about president biden's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. >> ashley: it says it is obstructing congressional oversight. lucas tomlinson from washington with more. good morning, lucas. >> lucas: good morning, on capitol hill, republicans want president biden to take full responsibility for the chaotic withdrawal. >> the administration denial and downplaying of what happened is insult to servicemembers sitting here and throughout the united states of america. when the commander-in-chief makes a decision, is that their decision or previous administration's decision? >> sir when t commander-in-chie makes a decision, it is his

decision. >> lucas: some americans who served in afghanistan are speaking out. there is a big portion of america hurting about this and trying to get people out, so much work going on that washington has forgotten about. john kirby says the with deteriorate drawal from afghanistan was not chaotic, others say that is -- the white house press secretary focused on the following yesterday. >> when it comes to women not being able to work at the un, that is something we've talked about and said we are extremely concerned with another taliban action. women are central to humanitarian and civil society and operations around the world. >> lucas: top republican on ar armed services committee says it was one of the most shameful

abandonments in history. >> todd: fox news alert device ded nated out university of pittsburgh, combination of firework and smoke bomb. unclear if there are arrests. more than 250 demonstrators were protesting -- burning a manikin with noles face on it. the school's lgbtq task force releasing number of demanding calling for lgbtq staff to get deep into the school and expand trans related healthcare. >> ashley: the school system removed student test scores from an online database after outrage zero students were proficient in math in 23 different schools.

you see the changes on the document where data is replaced by simple asterisk. a pastor from baltimore joins me now. thank you for being with us this morning. i wish we could be talking about something more upbeat here, we have to jump in. there is less and less transparent in schools, now removing test scores, which i think is a new low. did they think people wouldn't notice? >> they think we're stupid. number one, the test scores were initially placed in january of 2023, in february, february 6 a fox reporter in baltimore revealed. the end of february, they took down the scores at the website and come back in march with deleted number of students and

asterisk in place of the test scores. context matters. let me say this. 1.46 billion in the budget. context matters, 76,000 students, $21,000 per student, total failure in the baltimore public school system. >> ashley: 76,000 students in baltimore public school system. we know the numbers and have seen them, even if the superintendent, he said documents other than prematurely posted and the data was undergoing data disclosure method. regardless, we saw the 23 schools had zero students proficient in math. how dangerous is this for the future of america? >> it is dangerous to the future of america, it is dangerous to

the future of families. education is the great equalizer, elevator. i'm product of a great education in segregated school system. $21,000 per student and we get zero, what are we talking about? zero from fifth grade to the 12th grade and of the 23 schools, 12 of them were high schools. our children are being failed by government schools. >> ashley: how can we change this? you have got 76,000 students, 21,000 dollars per student, 1.6 billion in the budget, what are they doing in school? >> they are stealing. what is happening in baltimore city is black on black crime. the ceo is african american, the mayors are african american, president and city council african american, police commissioner is african american, what is happening in this city is black on black

crime, especially if we talk about the education system. they think we are stupid and that will continue as long as we puts the same type of person back in the offices year after year after year, that won't change until we change. we have to change our voting pattern. >> ashley: how is there going to be accountability for this? how will we see accountability in this situation? >> when we talk accountability, two c's, number one, choice. somebody made a choice to redact number of students and the test scores. the consequence is the other c. when you do that, you think i'm the ignorant one, there is consequence, we don't put you back in the same place. in baltimore, there is one

party, democratic party. they are loyal and use us as voters, that will not change until we change, don't puts them back. >> ashley: i would love to be fly on the wall in the conversation trying toic mathe decision to pull the numbers off of that data chart. both move they have here. pm smith, thank you for your time. >> let me say this, it is not an attack, it is a critique, a certain ignorance and arrogance that borderlines ignorance and that is what we have in baltimore. >> ashley: to a fox news alert, rescue crews back at the scene of the parking garage collapse in new york city, we're live at the scene next. >> todd: new americans show pay cuts under president biden, wait until you hear how much joe made last year, looking at that

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>> todd: cheryl casone is here with more, good morning. >> cheryl: good morning, embargo copy from the white house, he will be going after speaker mccarthy. they say the president will highlight the impact of speaker mccarthy, an extreme maga house republicans, threaten 22% veteran cuts and he will explain how house republicans are trying to take away food assistance and healthcare from millions. some of that is not true, to be clear. that is how they will present it or how the president will present it today. here is what is happening in the actual economy he will be talking about today. that is with americans, they have seen pay cuts under president biden as inflation outpaced wage growth over two years, in particular. president biden and first lady joe biden did report income of

$579,000, not bad, doing pretty well. kamala and doug $450,000. yesterday was tax day, the president and their spouses had to turn in their returns. americans are suffering. if you look at heritage foundation data, families have lost $7400 m income since president biden took office on average. >> ashley: the report yesterday said american households will pay more to the irs on top of everything else this year, keeps piling up. we have to get to this, this couple in chicago speaking out. it was brutal to watch. >> cheryl: the video is tough to watch. i think we're not going to show the video. there she is, the teen takeover. this video went viral over the weekend in chicago. remember, the new mayor is

defending this, by the way. they came on, they were on fox news yesterday and they talked about them being, they were innocent victims and beaten in this mob. listen to them. >> dj had my hand trying to lead me through the crowd of people. they pushed him and pushed me. he asked them, yo, don't shove her, who shoved her. he said that and everything went crazy. they said they were going to kill us. >> it was very random, we just left nordstrom, looking for somewhere to eat and saw that group and they thought they were tough and didn't want to move out of the way. >> cheryl: just leaving nordstrom, their apple watches were stolen, their shoes. a good samaritan helped them out and got them out and got them medical care and had to give them shoes. here is what the illinois

restaurant association is sounding the alarm about. we want to come up with plans to help with the violence. we have to make sure people are doing their job. this was again, chicago, i am sad for the city of chicago. >> ashley: absolutely. >> cheryl: this is what they're dealing with and this brandon johnson does not seem to -- >> todd: yeah, imagine being that couple that got beaten up and having the couple say, i feel bad for the youth. it is not their fault. meantime, some accountability for social media companies. >> cheryl: this is interesting, 40 schools across the country will be suing social media companies and give you the list, tiktok, snapchot, facebook and youtube r the examples. we allege social media companies

have engaged in reckless misconduct that caused a mental health crisis among youth. social media is well aware of harm they cause. high schoolers experience feelings of hopeless 97, females 57%, this is from the cdc, males 29%. remember the "wall street journal" investigation of instagram, instagram knew. facebook owns instagram. they knew it was causing teen girls suicidal thoughts, depression and anxiety. now schools are saying, we're going to sue the companies. it is interesting to see how this plays out. >> ashley: women are held to a standard that is unattainable and you put in these highlight reels, not real life. >> cheryl: the kardashians are not real life, i'm not a fan, if

you can't tell, they have done a disservice to teen girls. >> todd: tell girls they are beautiful. >> cheryl: and they are. >> todd: thank you, rescue crews back on the scene of a parking garage collapse in new york city. one confirmed dead. ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus >> ashley: we are live on the ground this, mo. good morning. >> good morning to both of you, incredible rescue efforts made yesterday and interesting technology that was used. you have to put yourself in the shoes of first responders to get an idea what they go through. after the building collapse, it was deemed too dangerous and unstable for firefighters to go into, they brought in technology that has cameras and able to provide video stream back to

firefighters and they use that to search for victims and get an idea of the damage. that was used yesterday, one of the first times we saw it used by fdny. they survey the damage inside and outside. we did hear from mayor adams and from the fire chief. they were happy to be able to use this technology because you have to think about firefighters put their lives at risk everyday. this situation was too dangerous to have firefighters go inside. this helped keep firefighters safe, something we're hearing from mayor adams and the fire chief. the technology has been around a year in the city, the fdny has two robotic dogs, each cost about $75,000. >> ashley: how many times have we parked in a parking structure like that, it could happen to

anyone at any time. thank you. >> todd: elon musk says threat of ai goes further than you may realize and could impact our elections. he has a plan to counter some of it, joe concha will react next. >> ashley: steve doocy will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends," good morning, steve. >> steve: good morning, ashley and todd. it is wednesday, midweek, "fox and friends," fiery hearing on capitol hill yesterday senate republicans ripped into the dhs secretary mr. mayorkas, dereliction of duty at the southern border. senator rand paul here on growing call for mayorkas's impeachment. plus deep dive into china rising threat to the u.s., chairman of the house select committee gallagher will break down the concepts with that communist country. are we entering a new cold war with china? kind of looks like it.

and congressman chip roy met governor ron desantis after endorsing him for president. what they talked about ahead of 2024. former cdc director dr. robert redfield weighs in on shocking report that claims there could have been two lab leaks that triggered covid. didn't know about one, now there is two, hear from the doctor and clay travis and lawrence jones having breakfast with friends somewhere in oklahoma. what is cooking in the sooner state sooner than later, nine and a half minutes on the channel you trust for your morning news. todd and ashley back in a minute. you are watching "fox and friends first." king's hawaiian sliders are ready. great - i invited a few more friends. ♪ hey pops - what's cookin'? [laughs] ahh?

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even if you say that a.i. doesn't have agency, well it's very likely that people will use the a.i. as a tool in elections. you know, if a.i. is smart enough, are they using the tool or is the tool using them. so i think these things are getting weird and getting weird fast. >> tucker: at what point does it really start to change our society, do you think? >> i think it's probably an impact this year. >> todd: wow, this year. shocking claims from elon musk with his interview with tucker carlson. >> ashley: co-concha joins us now. the man is brilliant no. ebb can discredit him on that. when he says we could feel the effects of a.i. this year i believe him. what do you think? >> particularly, ashley, and i'm with you, in elections, in the political process. we already saw social media companies, whether that be

twitter, whether that be facebook, big tech in general, have such influence on our previous two elections 2016, 2020 and basically acting as a super packet for the democratic party in terms of getting certain messages out while suppressing others. a.i. is infantly more powerful according to elon musk, and if you think it's going to slow down, we heardage elon tuck about a six-month pause. this technology is so far beyond our grasp. that's not going to happen. this is a $27 billion industry right now, a.i. is. in four years, it is projected to be 10 times larger arms race when it came to nuclear weapons. arms race in terms of who can get a grasp and weaponize a.i.

as much as possible and as quickly as possible. and if the money is there, then forget about it, this thing is going to spiral out of control with very little regulation. elon is one of the few people talking about it while the government isn't saying much. >> todd: my take away from this interview elon is really smarted even he doesn't grasp a.i. what is the chance that our bureaucrats in washington understand what is going in. slim to none and slim just left the building. elon musk didn't just talk about a.i. he talked about declining birth rates. watch. >> you have birth control and abortions and whatnot, now you can still state but not procreate. we haven't evolved to deal with that because this is all fairly recent last 50 years or so for birth control. i'm sort of worried that hey, civilization, you know, not making enough people to sustain our numbers perhaps increase a

little bit then civilization is going to crumble. >> todd: joe, why doesn't the left seem to be concerned by that? and, in fact, i would argue seems to be encouraging fewer humans on the planet? e>> embracing it you have have people like alexandria ocasio-cortez saying she is never going to have a family or kids because climate change is going to kill anybody anyway why bring somebody into a world like that. marriage rates as we have seen are declining significantly. less and less people getting married. therefore, less and less people having children. it's a very valid point, ashley. >> ashley: meantime there is security footage capturing attack on nypd officer in the bronx. this happened on monday. you mentioned aoc but now new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez says crime is falling dramatically in the bronx. listen. >> whether a the data has shown us if you respond to violence as a public health issue instead of incarceration issue violence

decreases. that's what we are doing here at jacoby. >> eric adams increased police wages by 28% is that misplaced? >> i think. so we are now at a point officially where most officers are paid more than a teacher with a master's degree. we are defunding safety. defunding our public schools. defunding our public pools. >> ashley: i. to know her stats there i know at least one of those was a flat out lie. >> several, actually. one thing she didn't say is that she still supports defunding the police. she has not backed off that stance while other politicians are smart enough to say, wait, this is a crazy idea. so, look. 4,000 nypd officers resigned last year because they didn't feel appreciated. they didn't feel respected by leaders like aoc or the mayor or the district attorneys. so, a lot of them went to florida to go work there, where they truly are incentivized and truly are appreciated.

the bottom line is that new york is a close second behind california in terms of people and companies leaving because they simply still do not feel safe and this fallacy that somehow they are safer now is incredible and aoc but not by her constituents. >> todd: maybe she was joking because it's a comedy show not a very funny comedy show. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> you are failing miserably. >> homeland security alejandro mayorkas. >> we are enforcing the laws. >> you are not taking any responsibility. >> a.i. being a significant influence in life. >> elon musk says he believes artificial intelligence has the power to influence future elections. >> technology to freaks me out, we would be very wise to listen. >> at least one person is dead and five others are injured