** >> todd: the 2024 presidential election cycle getting into full swing with president biden reportedly planning to officially throw his hat in the ring this coming tuesday. "washington post" saying president biden and his team prepare to announce reelection campaign with aides finalizing plans to release a video for the

president to launch his campaign. biden and his aides targeted tuesday for the release of the video to coincide with the four-year anniversary of his 2020 campaign march. it's on. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. two other contestants are on the democratic ballot including former president john f kennedy's nephew robert f kennedy jr. and mary williamson and vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley are pout of the growing list of candidates. alexandria has more on the race to 2024. >> alexandria: the white house not confirming the reports about this coming tuesday. the former vice president reached out to donors with a

video message. it will have to be an exciting video if that is the plan. the president holding on to his approval rating. half of likely democratic voters in new hampshire do not want the president to seek another term. right now the president remains in the potentially running category along with big names on the republican side like governor ron desantis and former vice president mike pence. declared candidates, new entry, republican larry elder announced his cannedacy with tucker carlson. >> i want us to be energy independent instead of dependent. urban schools are a disaster.

i have a duty to give back to the country, that is why i'm doing this. >> alexandria: dnc chair jamie harrison said a maga republicans using tucker carlson show to chase the maga race. when not busy cozying up to donald trump, he is laying out extreme agenda the abortion ban, the party will be ectreme and out of step with hard-working americans. just like 2019 issue the president's age is a concern for democratic voters, he would end a second term at 86 years old. >> ashley: thank you. florida governor ron desantis is taking his tour overseas unveiling international trip next week stopping in japan, fuelling speculation about his plans to announce a run for president. desantis will meet with japanese

leaders monday before visi visiting -- economic relationships with foreign nations. the trip comes after the governor delivered speeches across the u.s. in key battleground states. desantis says he has not yet made a decision to run for president. experts believe he is waiting for his state legislative session to end in may. >> todd: and ronna mcdaniel announce the second presidential primary debate. >> it will take place here at ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. >> todd: she spoke about the future saying she is confident the gop will take back the white house next year. a lot of republicans declaring the race so far, a lot of names you may recognize, some you may not. have you donald, nikki haley,

vivek ramaswamy, friend much the show, interesting proposals and asa hutchinson taking a lane. we don't know who perry johnson is, either, and larry elder today. can't candidates that could counter act donald trump, begin with ron desantis, do not forget tim scott. he is popular, worried he might not be able to raise the money, chris christie, and kristi noem is very popular. >> ashley: you mentioned kristi noem, i wasn't sure if to mention it or not, she gets a lot of support. kristi noem, ron desantis, those two could give donald trump a run for his money. go back to the democrats on this

one, when w kennedy announced h was going toun are, 15% of democrats said he would run over biden and biden has not even announced yet. it could be next tuesday when that happens. it will be more interesting than you thought. wait a second, they could move the needle on this know wo a bit. >> todd: on the democratic side, only 25% of democrats in new hampshire want joe biden. that is a big deal. i think he sees numbers and i need to hop in the race and start making money. we are not supposed to have favorites. if r.f.k. was president, cheryl hines would be our first lady, that would be awesome. incredible moment as dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas turns around and apologizes to

the family of a grandmother and a little girl killed by a human smuggler at the border. >> they deserve a an apology from you. >> may i stand and turn? >> certainly. >> my heart -- your loss. >> ashley: that family is here to respond to the secretary next. ar e ready. great - i invited a few more friends. ♪ hey pops - what's cookin'? [laughs] ahh? mmm. ahh. and i am linda. my turn! who wants more sliders? thanks, mom. i am groot. nothing brings the galaxy together like king's hawaiian. see guardians of the galaxy: vol 3. in theaters may 5th.

>> ashley: a stunning moment on capitol hill, secretary mayorkas asked to address the grieving family and her grandmother who were killed after human smugglers hit their car while fleeing police. >> will you turn around and offer condolences and aapology for the failure of your administration that led to the death of their loved ones. they are standing there and deserve an aapology to you. >> may i stand and turn? >> certainly. >> my heart breaks for your loss. >> ashley: two of the family members join me now. i appreciate you guys coming on. i have to say, i'm sorry for your loss and my heart breaks

for you, but what a moment when the secretary turned to your family and said those words empl. what was going through your mind when he did that and said that? >> honestly, it was asked of him. he didn't do it because he thought it was right. it was asked for him to do that. at this point, not just secretary mayorkas, no one's apology means anything to me without action behind it. >> ashley: do you think it was a sincere apology? >> no, i believe i got a sincere apology in our private meeting, the one at the meeting was not sincere. >> what was going through your mind when he turned and said those words? >> you know, we've been working hard to get his attention. we have gone out of our way to

let him know this is, we're not your everyday person and family, we in a private meeting asked him to sit with us and get to know us and own what we were saying. we were adamant we needed troops down there, the killing that happened, it happened because there was no texas dps over crockett counto. we asked him to partner with the democrats and republicans. we said we are not about red or blue today, who is wrong or right, we are about working together and we said under your leadership it is not working. merrick garland, all of the biden administration is not working. we asked them to pay attention to come down and not just look at who is crossing over, but asked him to pay attention to

the families that live there and endure this every single day. we're there, we feel it, we see it. it is just everywhere in all of south texas and in our hometown it is everywhere. we need his help and leadership and need him to step up to the plate and own up to his role. >> ashley: you both lost your mother maria and elisa, you lost your daughter emilia. there is a picture of your beautiful daughter, she was in second great. you heard gin talking about. you are begging for help. when you ask him for help and say these things and want security at the border, what does he say to you? >> i went in there and i was blunt and honest and shared

graphic images of my daughter that i hadn't shared with anyone. it wasn't just to show him, but to make him realize we are feeling this. i should not have had to bury my little girl and seen her covered in blood. i should not have had to hold her cold little body. he has enough politicians around him everyday. i went in as a parent and mom and pled with him to please hear us out and that when he goes to advise president biden instead of having the congressmen and women thoughts in the back of his mind to have our faces in the back of his mind, that is who he needs to protects, us. >> ashley: mayorkas said republicans were politicizing tragedy.

do you think the border is secure? when you hear him testify under oath that the border is secure, what are your thoughts, gin? both of you can respond. >> clearly the border is not secure in the least. my mom, our mother maria, she is dead, mutilated. we send you pictures, there is no coming back from that. my goddaughter, you are showing the picture here, no bringing back that seven year old. there is nothing that he could say to make us believe that we feel secure. we are completely vulnerable to what is going on and we need him to work with our texas dps, work with our district attorney english, she has not pressed charges. it has been five to six weeks

and we need him to use his power and influence, use his ear with mr. joe biden and we ask him to police next time in front of joe biden, we need you to use our names and our faces. speak our mom's name and eshgmilia's name. it is not secure and we asked him to come in to the town and spend time with the family so he could hear the stories himself. we leaned in hard, pushed in hard to make sure he around that we can't be swept under the rug. this is real and powerful for the community. the community wants the charges to come and the da english has not done that yet. we need him to make phone calls. >> ashley: seeing the pictures of your mother maria and elilia,

it is gut-wrenching and makes me sick to my stomach. i feel so badly for your family and anyone going through this. if your story is not enough for them to secure the border and get things under control, i don't know what is. thank you so much and god bless you guys. we'll be right back. ♪ 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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no injury or damage reported. >> todd: fbi is holding off on releasing the manifesto of the shooter accused of taking lives last month. the manifesto is blueprint on total destruction, adds the document could answer questions for the public. police found 20 journals, five laptops, a suicide note and five covenant yearbooks in the shooter's home. >> ashley: drops charges against alec baldwin, his lawyers are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case again baldwin. baldwin was facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter after allegations a gun he was holding fired. baldwin maintained he did not

pull the trigger. he is celebrating the news, sharing this photo thanking his wife and his lawyer. he may not be in the clear, special prosecutors responded to the announcement saying charges could be refiled after further investigation. filming for the movie resumed at a new location in montana. things aren't looking good for president biden. hoping and hearing that new testimony that officials at the very top of the administration including secretary of state antony blinken organized the letter that 50 former intelligence officials signed to discredit the hunter story before the 2020 election. anita has the details. >> good morning, we remember the infamous letter that came out before the election, signed by 51 former intelligence officials

stating the hunter biden laptop story was disinformation. we learned from morrell was antony blinken played a key role in that letter. jim jordan and mike turner sent a letter to blinken thursday letting him know that their panels are looking into this. part of the letter saying, "the biden campaign played an active role in the origins of the public statement, which had the effect of helping to suppress the hunter biden story and preventing american citizens from making a fully informed decision during the 2020 presidential election." >> this has been political from the get-go, back to the morrell situation when the story came out in 2020 about the biden business operation and was vice

president joe biden involved. there was concern he was. that letter became basis for keeping this information from the american people. >> an irs whistleblower claiming that attorney general merrick garland is the senior political appointee at the center of the claim the biden administration is interfering with the hunter biden criminal probe. >> my client is career law enforcement officer who is respected within the irs and teaches other agents how to properly do investigations. he knows when to spot when investigative steps aren't condition in the traditional way to get at the truth. he spotted and observed things that are done differently in this particular matter and believe they were influenced by politics. >> the white house didn't have much to say when asked about the whistleblower seeking protections. >> the president respects the rule of law and the independence

of the department of justice and believes that is what they should be and this administration should be independent so i will not go beyond that. department of justice will deal with this issue. >> for his part, merrick garland repeatedly claimed under oath there would be not political interference in the hunter biden probe. through his attorney, the whistleblower says he has information to contradict garland's statements and it can be proven garland was not telling the truth and he could face jail time. >> todd: it is a big deal. bring in fox news contributor joe concha. we've been covering the hunter biden saga for years now. of all developments doesn't this feel like this will blow the lid off joe hunter, blinken and the like? >> joe: within the government, he doesn't have a stake in one

side or the other. when a republican makes a claim about hunter biden, the main-stream media ignores it. here this cannot be ignored, except it is being ignored. no talk of this whatso ever, cbs covered it on evening news, but outside fox, not many are talking about this now. they cannot avoid it, it could lead to indictments of hunter biden and as anita just talked about, obviously merrick garland could be culpable, as well. this is a big deal talking about the hunter biden story about joe biden more than hunter biden and is sitting president compromised by the likes of china, russia,

ukraine, we will find out more. >> todd: if the attorney general gets indicted or in serious trouble and not include that as your story. what stood out to me, the mainstream media is not covering this, with exception of cbs, there are calls to go after the irs whistleblower for doing the whistleblowing in the perfect manner following all protocol and procedure. what do you make of that instinct from many on the left to be like, we need to get the whistleblower? >> joe: it is like a third rail with hunter biden, forbidden fruit to cover this story, it was from the beginning. the laptop in october of 2020, there was this meme, narrative that said you cannot cover this and we have seen that. this is so big it will be unavoidable at some point and big problem for joe biden and he is about to announce he will run

in 2024. i hope more questions asked of him on the campaign trail. >> todd: this is our fun story of the day, kamala harris taking important question from a 10 year old yesterday. >> would you go into space if you had the chance? >> is that a request? i would go to space, if i could. there are people on my team who know that. sadly, i think that there are those who would prefer that i would stay on earth for the time being. >> todd: her handlers, she thought it was good idea to combine kids and space talk after this infamous incident. >> i love the idea of exploring the unknown and there are other things we haven't figured out or discovered yet. so much out there we still have to learn. i love that. i love that. i'm excited about the space

council. >> todd: why, joe, why? >> joe: this is the reason joe biden is running in his 80s, because kamala harris is not only not plan b, she is not plan z based on cringe worthy answers we see time and time again. she is not authentic. if somebody laughs at their jokes, get away from that person. >> todd: run. to your point, that is why biden is running again. topic one, if those people are gone, the person in the second topic takes more active role in our entire nation. happy friday, everybody. >> joe: enjoy your weekend, everybody. >> todd: over to you. >> ashley: i think todd laughs at his own jokes, i will not run from him. michigan democrats approve spending taxpayer dollars to open chinese factories in small

towns, despite this reception from locals. >> giving american dollars to a foreign company puts our national security at risk was not in question. >> i'm angry. i'm angry this vote was slipped into the agenda. >> ashley: cheryl casone has the latest on this shocking story next.

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we have a whole bunch of storm reports sinceed with from texas to the great lakes. a lot of hail damage, golf-ball sized hail and a dozen reports of tornados. this line of storms weakening. we could see stronger storms, hail, isolated thunderstorms, severe thunderstorm warning south of the houston area, watch for that. there is likelihood of some severe storms including south texas up to mississippi and in toward interior northeast. we'll watch that line of thunderstorms along the gulf coast. they could get frisky getting into friday and saturday. watch for that. know what to do. storms are weakening. we could see potential of flash flooding as the front moves through. snow for parts of the upper

midwest and great lakes area. over a foot of snow we saw the last 24 hours. take a look at temperatures. the cold front moves through, moving east in the next couple of days. much of the country way below average, that is what happens when we get spring-like temperatures and things rebound monday and tuesday, not going to feel like summertime and watch that cool down. foxweather.com as we get into the weekend. over to you, ashley and todd, happy friday. >> todd: happy weekend right back at you. thank you. buzzfeed news division known for bublishing the steele dossier shutting down for good. >> ashley: cheryl casone has more. >> cheryl: this is a big layoff,

buzzfeed news shutting down, they have a deal with huff post-ington post will still be out and about. they talked about why. they were profitable. how can you support jobs if you are not profitable. the discredited steele dossier report, they put themselves behind that in 2017 and backed it. black eye for the company. the ceo says, i recombret i didn't hold the company to profitability. you can see back in 2017, that initial buzzfeed report, the reports allege trump has deep ties to rusia and that has been disproven since then. >> todd: people in michigan are livid, i would be, too.

>> cheryl: 1 75 million going to a batheory plant being built by a chinese company, they are upset. here is what locals had to say. >> i'm gravely disappointed our representatives serve the governor over request of citizens. giving american dollars to a foreign company puts our national security at risk was not in question. >> i'm angry, i'm angry that this vote was slipped into the agenda late yesterday and you have ignored our community's pleas until due diligence can be performed. >> cheryl: this is big rapids, obviously. all republicans, it was a close vote and all republicans voted no and so did three democrats. >> todd: what are we doing? we know the dangers. >> cheryl: china is bipartisan issue in politics these days.

>> ashley: spacex was cool until it wasn't. >> cheryl: there was a collective roar yesterday morning when it blew up. it was live on fox news and unfortunately it did not go as planned. overall, i think they feel success because it did get off the ground. here is the reaction of spacex employees just moments after starship exploded. >> clearing the tower was icing on the cake. [applause] >> oh, very good. >> cheryl: the cheering was -- well, it kind of worked. they are not saying this is failure. in facts, elon musk, he was pretty stone-faced, 2 to 3 billion just blew up on me.

nasa administrator bill nelson, congrats on starship first flight test. there is a risk, with great risk comes great reward, looking off spacex learns. what is at stake? they want to take starship, the crew vehicle, to take us back to the moon. >> todd: i won't be on it. >> cheryl: no people on board yesterday, no equipment, nothing. >> ashley: will that deter people in the future? first time wasn't great. not doing it. >> cheryl: if you have a few million extra, he wants to put people on the ship and take them up. >> ashley: few million extra. >> todd: if that is success, a lot of things i can now call success. happy weekend. >> ashley: could tom brady unretire again? we'll ask and he was asked about one possible landing spot and

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>> ashley: it is national pickleball month, which has become america's fastest growing sport. >> todd: we are joined by a pickleball expert and he is known to host a show here called "fox and friends." he is steve doocy live at courtside kitchen in fort worth, texas. why is pickleball becoming a national phenomena, it was a game i played in 1991 in the hb horn middle school gym. >> steve: you played pickleball in 1991? here in texas? >> todd: it is like a phenomenon. >> steve: i like that intra better than saying speaking of pickleball, steve is pickled by sic p.m. after watching "the five" during happy hour.

something about pickleball, i've been playing for about a year and it took off in my neighborhood and in the last month in april, which is national pickleball month, i've played in florida, played in new jersey, played in new york and now today i'm going to play here in texas. i'm deep in the heart of texas, courtside kitchen, a fantastic place not far from downtown fort worth. this place is a byproduct of covid. we'll meet robin, one of the people who started this place. she locked down and came up with an idea, next thing you know, they have nine courts and you will see people playing pickleball from sun up to sun down and the sun doesn't come up in texas for another two hours,

it will be fun morning. >> ashley: you said this started for you in your neighborhood, will we see you play pickleball on tv today? >> steve: absolutely, i will be playing, we have some surprises in the first hour. you will see a very familiar face from "fox and friends" and i team up against -- well, an arm team, i will put it that way, law enforcement. we think they probably will be armed. they will probably win. they are going to win. you watch. >> todd: lay down my paddle, you win, arms team. >> ashley: you guys would make a good team, might stand a chance. >> steve: you will find out who the surprise person is an hour. >> todd: what else is coming up

on the big show? >> steve: i'm in a pickleball place, think i read the rundown? we will talk about news of the day and talk here, sounds like joe biden will be running for president, he will make that announcement on the 25th. we will talk about 2024 and the race for the white house. in addition to talking to the folks, news of the day and special penultimate moment, we have people from famous people from the metroplex and the queen of texas pickleball will be in attendance and she and i will play other famous americans.

>> ashley: love your outfit. >> todd: we will make sure ashley gets a rundown to you. have fun issue steve. >> steve: i have the rundown, i just haven't read it yet. you know who is big pickleball guy? tom brady, he actually could be a miami dolphin, the legendary quarterback giving this ambiguous answer. >> spending a lot of time in miami, now you call it home, by chance is there any chabs of coming out of retirement and playing for the fins? just saying. >> i will say now that i'm not affiliated with any team anymore and i have strong ties with a couple teams, i do have friends on the dolphins i really like. >> todd: brett favre, chill out.

he called it a career in february, retiring after 23 years and seven super bowl trophies. tom, hang it up. >> ashley: for anyone watching, wondering if this is how todd talks, this is. chill out, todd piro. >> todd: okay. >> ashley: now this, alexandria ocasio-cortez thinks now is the time to spend your money on the green new deal. >> such a special day when we are able to come together and reintroduce legislation. 1st they laugh at you, then they fight you and then we win. >> todd: it is such a special day, everybody. congressman rich mccormick will join us on our special day with thoughts about that plan. he is here next. king's hawaiian sliders are ready. great - i invited a few more friends. ♪

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>> todd: new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez thinks now is the time to spend up to $99.9 trillion taxpayer dollars on her green new deal. >> just such a special day when we're able to come together and reintroduce our legislation. just a few years ago when we introduced the green new deal we were told again and again this is not realistic. this is unreasonable. that this is just a pie in the sky notion. right? first they laugh at you. then they fight you and then we win. >> ashley: georgia congressman joins us now. what's laughable the green new deal is estimated to cost $93 trillion. i mean, here we have a situation where democrats want to spend like drunken sailors and headed toward default but give all this money to climate. what do you think? >> the good news is recommendation they don't have control of congress, and when they did we didn't pat it

because it was a bad bill to begin with. it's absolute lunacy to think we are going to put that burden on taxpayers and fix the environment. as a matter of fact, we have done all kinds ever studies to show it doesn't improve the environment at all. it puts all of the eggs in the china basket as they produce almost all of the energy sources and summits chinese companies instead of american companies. and it was a bad policy to begin with. >> todd: in a sense i would argue she is right in the sense that she is winning. if you look at how our country has been transformed, specifically when it comes to fossil fuels they are destroying our country and economy. how do republicans fight back to make sure she starts seeing some losses? >> the biggest part is just to educate the public. there is a reason we took back 8 the house. understood this is. the green new deal extremely quickly saw huge tax increases they think they can tax and spend they're way out of this

like they did with the inflation reduction act which did nothing but increase inflation. their idea we can use fiat currency and increase the debt is insane. it's what china does. china doesn't pay interest the in same way we do. we are actually held accountable. evidence are right now on the brink of failure if you look at how much money we spend on reducing our deficit through payments. that's why we are having some serious consequential talks with biden right now about reducing our deficit if we don't, we are going to be in big trouble in the future playing right into the hands of china, listen to this. >> you have recently unveiled solar panel, microgrid at fort bragg. did the manufacturer certify that those panels were made in america. >> i think since most panels are made in china they are probably made in china. >> ashley: so, i mean, once again, this isn't even benefiting the united states. >> no, 80% of the solar panels

made in china. they make 90% of a lot of our drugs that we require right now. we put a lot of emphasis to expose that china is cheating on the world trade organization which they belong to for about 20 years. they have had around 26 lawsuits brought against them by the united states alone on how they cheat. they summit their companies with government money to throw the market off. they use slave labor west portion of china to produce these things in incredibly cheap price. it's not fair competition. it basically shuts down our ability to compete with them and anybody else in the world very dangerous to the world economy. >> todd: what makes it even more dangerous is we are talking about our military budget. really should be focused on combating china readiness in case we do go in a war in taiwan. what doing with the budget? giving it to china for solar panel and asking in the process.

hopefully you and your colleagues in congress can do something about it. congressman rich mccormick we appreciate your time and it insight this morning. thank you, sir. >> ashley: the people we interview about the solar panels talk about the environment the people brought up the problems whether they break and the chemicals get into the ground. ohio is that good for the environment? with that have a good friday? "fox & friends" begins right now. >> todd: have a good weekend. biden officially planning to throw his hat in the ring this thursday. >> with 42.8 approval rating the president needs to fire up his base. >> we are going to have the kind of reckoning we did not have in 2020. >> president respects the rule of law. >> officials at the very top of the administration. >> organized letter to discredit hunter laptop. >> irs whistleblower claiming that garland is interfering. >> it is extremely serious. >> should have been a cold gun. >> brian: big update on the shooting of the set of rust. prosecutors plan to drop