of tea on myself too. >> that is a very compelling reason, thank you we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you for watching, set your dvr so you never miss a show, we'll see you next sunday when the next revolution will be >> todd: a fox news alert, two chicago teens facing only misdemeanor charges for allegedly stealing a car and crashing it into a family, killing their six-month-old baby boy. the accident caught on camera as the family fights for justice following this senseless tragedy. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: a.m. ashley strohmier. the teens who are seemingly only getting a slap on the wrist are

condemned. however long minutes joyride ruined our life completely. brooke singman has more. >> brooke: that's right. the two boys face cri trespassi charges after stealing this black sudan and colliding with a truck. inside the truck was christian and his family. according to a gofundme, the crash left christian with a fractured skull, eventually killing him. his mom is recovering in the hospital. grieving family members are speaking out. they stole a car and stole our lives in the one instance this is not the equivalent price to

the price of a child. it is unclear if they will face any charges, this is the latest example of teen chaos in the windy city. in the last three days, 18 people were shot, including a three-year-old boy and a little girl. it is possible the misdemeanor charges could be upgrade pending an investigation. >> todd: if there are no consequences for actions like this, this stuff will continue to happen because lawmakers refuse to act. kids need an outlet, we feel bad for the 14 and 17 year old. >> ashley: what about the six month old and his family. >> todd: today president biden will be in tennessee calling for gun control after the school shooting. some question why the families of the victims were not invited

to visit with the president. the white house says the president is proud of the push for gun control. again, no meeting with the families. >> ashley: new poll shows 70% of voters do not want president biden to run again ahead of his expectation to announce tomorrow. >> todd: here is alex. >> alexandria: 22% of independents say they will definitely or probably cast a biden vote in 2024. dingell says the president has time. >> i'm not worried at all. remember who you are talking to, someone that does not believe in

polls, they are a snapshot in time. people think joe biden understands their challenges and cares and we're in the midst of a campaign, you will see strong enthusiasm and passion for the outcome of the election next year. >> alexandria: the president will be 82 years old. -- the same survey shows 60% of americans do not want trump to run again either. the potential matchup is why asa hutchinson says he's running. >> what america does not want is another repeat of 2020, where we have joe biden and donald trump running against each other thachl is reflected in the polls on the democratic is. we do not want to repeat that. i'm running because we need alternatives, new leadership and

direction in america. >> alexandria: potential new leadership on the way. the president is expected to name chavez as his campaign manager. >> todd: and her grand father is. . . caesar chavez. hunter biden attorneys will meet with doj as they investigate his overseas business dealings after an irs whistleblower accuse the biden administration of mishandling the investigation. the biden administration says the meeting has nothing to do with that. prosecutors are considering failure to file taxes and tax evasion and another to a gun-related charge. not how you want to kickoff a campaign if you're joe biden but

he is superstitious and that is why he wants to kickoff tomorrow. independents were not aware of the 2020 scandal in 2020 because it was suppressed throughout the internet world. >> ashley: i had to do a double take last week when cbs was starting to talk about this. they cannot ignore it at this point. terrible timing ahead of president biden's announcement of his campaign. the longer the story is out there, we have been covering it five years, the worse it looks on the federal government and they do not have that leeway right now, they just don't. >> todd: do you ask yourself, why is this happening now? seems like the whistleblower lit a fire under everybody.

hunter biden team's says this was in advance of that, these charges are unspectacular, i expected more at this point, they should be relatively easy to prove and shouldn't have taken years to do so. when you follow the tax charge and really root out the tax charge, you find the money trail that could connect all the things james comer is doing in congress. >> ashley: they are all adding up to be spectacular and anybody else, it wouldn't fly with anybody else. former fbi agent nicole parker will join us, she has insight into the fbi. we'll dig into her brain on that. >> todd: and how long it has taken her to investigate the things in the past, couple weeks as opposed to a couple years.

speaking of unspectacular, not you, kamala harris talks about the approval of the abortion pile mifepristone, watch. >> it is politicians targeting a specific court they thought would be helpful to make a medication off the market, which was approved 20 years ago. >> todd: the federal drug administration doesn't exist, what the president meant to say is the food and drug administration, approved that medication, this case will likely make it to the supreme court later this year. >> ashley: army officials project a 28,000 soldier deficit for the second year in a row. retired navy seal is pointing the finger at what he calls

cultural rot among young americans. >> there is cultural rot affecting our young americans that are unfit to serve due to health reasons. you should send shockwaves through america. we are in a culture where everyone gets a trophy, obesity is the new normal. >> ashley: should not issue having so many health problems with young people. >> todd: do that poll in the '40s, much higher. u.s. evacuating military personnel from sudan in a fast and clean operation. >> ashley: second week of violence in the capital city and now foreign governments could be looking to move in. >> todd: global politics expert joins us now.

great to see you. it is not everybody that we discuss sudan in the first block of the show, why is this a big deal and why should americans care? >> thank you very much for having me, first of all. the current problem rose when the sudan government was toppled and supported by saudi arabia. the sudanese forces have been divided into the army and air force, the bigger force and the weaponized militia called the rsf. sudan is important, s strategically placed reedion and third largest african country.

egypt backs the army and -- the rsf to counter the growing power. the bigger problem is russia and china. not sure how the russians are capable after being in ukraine. moscow wanted to place 500 troops and a few warships before they got mired in ukraine. russian mercenaries are based in sudan and they scope out uranium reserves. china has a base right next to it, with thousands of warships. the biden administration was not interested in the geopot ticks of the region and was continuing the obama-era focusing on human rights and promoting liberalism in africa, narrow part of politics, but it has been like this for the last 10 years.

remember recently senator vance talked about the american embassy of ghana does not understand african culture. america does not have leverage in africa. we should have been for the last 10 years in dit betash /* tach detached fashion. not capable to take a tough decision at this point. >> ashley: with all that being said, do you think the biden administration can get a grasp and hold on another conflict? it is conflict after conflict around the world. >> right. no, to answer your question, no. to understand a conflict, you

have to understand the country's art and tradition, for example, i don't think the biden administration knows about sudan that much. they know it is nonafrican, east african country, they have survived the militia the rsf, which we acted together and sanctioned in the 1990s because it was created by the same government that was toppled and it was one of the most criminal organizations in the history of sudan. i don't think the biden administration knows what it is doing and is reflection of the american idea promoting liberty in africa, which failed. egypt is on our side and is keeping a low profile because of the sudanese army.

>> todd: you said you are worry this could destabilize egypt. our federal government can't seem to get people out of locations, first afghanistan and now sudan. what has happened to the united states of america on the world stage when our people are there. it has been less than two years since the u.s. withdrew from afghanistan. leaked documents show isis is plotting to use the country for terrorism. why didn't joe biden and his team realize it? >> i mean, i'm glad you asked this question, this is something which has been bothering me. i'm listening to joe biden say the recent press release, the biggest problem for afghanistan

is because previous administration decided we should leave and therefore tied our hands to do anything about it. i thought that decision was taken at least two years before the original move happened, before the withdrawal happened from afghanistan. they had the time to focus on the withdrawal and have intelligence gathering and figure out over the horizon capabilitieses like using drones to keep eye on the isis resurgence in afghanistan. recently adrian watson says he maintain -- yes, that is true, but we are not seeing evidence to that, currently, however, we're in a comical situation and we are allied with the taliban or section of the taliban which is naturalistic and can be

divided into ones which are islamist and militaristic and what we're seeing is the isis, because isis is mostly manned by people from central asia and arabia and africa and trying to create this organization and we are seeing this increasing conflict between the nationalist and isis and we are like in a tactical alignment so to speak with the taliban temperature is complete weird situation that should have been resolved before. >> ashley: it would be naive for anyone around the world to think isis wasn't plotting something. to see it laid on out makes it other than can concerning.

thank you for your time. brand-new house in -- collapses. >> todd: in some parts of the country, you need to be making $100,000 to be considered part of the middle class, how this will hurt middle class joe coming up. that is next. ♪

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>> todd: florida governor ron desantis kicking off his international tour today in japan amid speculation of a 2024 presidential bid, but yet to officially throw his hat into the ring. >> i'm not a candidate, we'll see if that changes. >> todd: has plans to meet with officials in south korea and israel and the uk to strengthen economic relationships and

demonstrate florida's position as an economic leader. launch of his presidential campaign, he is speaking in battleground states across the u.s. >> ashley: you need to be making $80 to $100,000 to be considered middle class in california. robert kennedy jr. says the middle class is being wiped out. >> we have to rebuild the american middle class and get away from the war fare economy and strength of a nation comes from strong economy and vibrant middle class and we have wiped out the middle class in this country. >> ashley: brandon arnold, from the national taxpayer union joins us this morning. kennedy jr. is a serious contender against approximate the biden for the democratic

ticket. do you agree with him, do you think the middle class is being blocked out? >> he is an aspiring presidential candidate. inflation has waloped the middle class, the middle class is actually doing well. in 2018 and 2019, we saw wages increasing, unemployment were low. we were seeing low inflation, middle class was doing well. there was time where the middle class can flourish. >> ashley: if we continue on the same track we're going, will it be eventually? >> if you look at certain states here, absolutely. they have had a lot of middle class because of tax and regulatory environment. you have to be extremely wealthy

or extremely poor to live in california these days. the middle class is doing much better. there is lesson to be learned for politicians, if we keep taxing, spending and regulating, it will take a toll on the middle class and raise inflation and make it difficult to live the american dream. >> ashley: when you hear $100,000 keeps you in the middle class, what will it take to bring the middle class strong like it was before the pandemic and do you think the biden administration will be strong under them and their policies. >> dark cloud of the pandemic is it creased remote work and people can escape high tax

climates. they can move from california to idaho or arizona or florida and seen huge growth in those states because they have a stronger middle class and better standard of living. look at the last budge t, it is more taxes, responding and failed policies that have hurt the middle class. >> ashley: working remotely, the family unit is a strong talking point, it allows people to stay home with their kids more. that is important. when people fall out of the middle class, are they going more to lower class or more to the upper class? how is this balancing out? >> great question. look back to data from 1971, majority of people who left the middle class have gone to the

upper class. we've had too many shift to the lower half to the low income percentile. i don't think we need to micro-manage the economy the way folks on the left want to do. taxing the rich and handing money to the poor. we need a better climate for people to succeed in this country. a couple years ago we had made serious endroads there, the tax cut was a huge benefit, it simplified taxes and saw big boom in terms of income and maintain inflation at a very low rate. >> ashley: the american dream lies on the middle class and that is worry some, especially for people coming to the country legally and when you see the middle class dwindling, it is skaer. is inflation the number one

thing hurting the middle class right now? >> absolutely, inflation issic taking a bite out of family budgets, food, gasoline, it is more expensive. talk about the american dream, the housing market is a real problem right now, starting to see additional fluctuation. it has made it hard for people to live the american dream, to buy a home. if prices have started to stabilize, we're seeing interest rates high. get inflation under control, so people can afford to buy a house and keep a roof over their head. it is taking a toll and people need to hit the brakes in terms of additional interest rate hikes, it will make it harder to purchase a home, purchase a car

or big ticket items. >> ashley: thank you for your time. have a good day. flames shooting from knowa american airlines plane traveling from columbus to phoenix. we'll tell you what led to this scary scene in the sky. >> todd: i would not want to see that, if i'm flying. american spending their 85,000 to bullet proof their cars issue the ceo of the company is here to tell us what is behind the success of his business. you will want to hear this.

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evasion and gun charges. this doj under auspices of merrick garland who is under the auspices of joe biden. how can we be guaranteed this will not continue in the meeting between hunter's lawyers and the doj? >> that is a very important point to make. i think all eyes are on this case and this investigation. no one is above the law and that is right, no one is above the law and no one should be above the law and we hear that over and over in the news lately through different investigations and this is a true test. is no one above the law? we'll see what happens. >> ashley: we will see, it is usually directed toward the right when they say that, it goes for the left, as well. there are implications of joe

biden in this story. james comer says several biden family members could have benefited from hunter's business dealings, listen to this. >> when we hear biden family lawyers meeting with the doj to talk about potential indictment of hunter biden, it would be impossible for the department of justice to cherrypick hunter biden for indictment and not do anything to the other family members, they were essentially doing the same thing and receiving payments from the same people hunter biden was doing. >> ashley: what do you think, do you agree with them >> everyone should be treated the same, the entire family needs to be looked into equally, as well based on the reporting, there is a whistleblower from the irs who wants to meet with congress. this is a person who was in a

supervisory position. they are likely the investigator turning all their paperwork into a supervisor and seeing everything coming through. it takes a lot of courage to come forward as a whistleblower. there is no real benefit to having a potential target on your back for speaking up. when someone does that, they have a strong moral compass that they have to do the right thing. we are sworn law enforcement officers to uphold the constitution with integrity. i have to command this whistleblower for having the courage to come forward. when you see something, you have to say something. if he is not able to sleep at night, he is doing the right thing coming forward and we have to see what he has to say. >> todd: this whistleblower went to congress, leading to my confusion on all of this. james comer is uncovering

evidence through his investigation, we now have the whistleblower. these are involving tax charges, presumably the doj is investigating tax charges for years now, did they not go to the irs once? how has the evidence comer is uncovering, not found by the doj in the course of this investigation on tax charges for years now? >> we are hearing extreme frustration coming out of investigators from the fbi is what we're hearing reports of. it is not that it was not uncovered, the fbi collects the information and it is up to thesz to make prosecutorial decisions and on their shoulders and we'll see what happens in this. you can do all the investigations you want, we

conduct thorough investigations. i present evident to the u.s. attorney and it is up to them to make the decision to charge. we'll see what happens with the whistleblower coming forward. interesting timing, doj will be meeting with i understand hunter biden's attorneys, we'll see what happens and if charges come forward soon. >> ashley: you said interesting time withing this whistleblower coming forward, why do you say that? what about the timing? >> i just think that we're coming up on an election, a very -- people are watching what is happening on all sides of the spectrum and i think that for him to come forward after all this time, there must be something he felt, i have to speak up. not necessarily because of the election, but because he has something that he feels like is nothe being properly addressed. we understand he feels an appointed official did not speak

truthfully and we assume he is talking about the attorney general. we wants to have his voice heard. when you're a sworn law enforcement officer, you are supposed to be apolitical and unbiassed and you have to say something. >> todd: that is the standard and we have gone far from that. in your career, when dealing with similar charges, gun, taxes, is there always such a delay, like we've seen with hunter? >> this is where the frust ragsz is stemming from, from different investigators from the outside. you do not know unless you are the person conducting the investigation. from what i understand the investigation was completed a year ago, why is it taking so long? these cases are complex,

white-collar cases, once presented to the u.s. attorney's office, you have done everything to make sure no stone is left unturned and uncovered every ounce of evidence and it is up to them. >> todd: certainly feels like when you put all the evidence together, the doj is slow rolling this, the whistleblower said the person leading the slow rolling is one ag merrick garland, we'll see if that is the case and what itten moos for him going forward. nicole parker, we appreciate your time, thank you. to total talledega now. >> around goes bubba. >> and no, another hard shot, almondinger. >> caution waves.

kylie bush is in front. look at the carnage. >> todd: look at the carnage, cars wrecking behind him and buch scores the victory. you ever run out of gas while drive something >> ashley: never driving, always in the driveway. >> todd: you never ran out of gas at talladega. we're not talking brooks koepka, we're talking chase koepka, hitting this wild hole-in-one at liv tournament in australia. hole-in-one is awesome, but the celebration gets lit. watch. >> this is going all the way.

chase koepka, the watering hole, he's posing. >> oh, yeah. >> there is koepka. >> oh! there it is. >> todd: it is called the watering hole, i don't know if anyone is drinking those beers, i think this led to the situation you are seeing there, lots of suds thrown on chase, he doesn't mind. he said he smelled like beer the rest of the day, but when you hit a hole in know wo, you don't care. he is pumped, chest bumping. >> ashley: he didn't care because he is a guy. if a female was sticky with beer all day, i don't know about that. >> todd: i used a lot of word and you boiled it down to he's a dude. and taking a stan against des

information and climate change. >> ashley: what should our elected officials do about it? we're diving into that next.

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>> ashley: this video capturing the moment an airplane caught on fire, after hitting a bird and sending flames shooting out of one of the engines. the pilot made an emergency ending. this is the second flight. earlier this month a delta flight returned to jfk airport after a similar incident. no bird update. wild video of a fire breaking out at disneyland after a mechanical dragon burst into flames during the "fantasia" show. fire effects are suspend at all parks worldwide. no injuries have been reported. >> todd: any update on the

dragon? >> ashley: no update on the dragon either. shocking video capturing the moment several utah homes slid off a cliff over the weekend. multiple homes have been shifting due to a collapsing hillside. the homes were vacant because they knew this was coming. i guess that wasn't mentioned when they bought their homes. >> todd: how does that happen? you didn't get the update? tiktok banning anything it claims doesn't meet scientific consensus. we do not allow false content that may cause harm to society. host of the district of conservation podcast joins me now. gabriella, thanks for being here. this seems like china is

exporting censorship. misleading, scientific consensus, right out of the fauci-covid playbook. what could go wrong? >> thank you for having me. a lot could go wrong. when a social media app prone to censorship, worst offender of all social media companies and not under parameter of united states law and doesn't adhere to united states law standards, a lot could go wrong and perusing through the stipulations in terms of revamping their qualities. with other issue areas tiktok is not very charitable with what is acceptable and not acceptable. they are going to adhere themselves to the united nations

standards and can't deviate with meat policies that say red meat consumption is harmful to the planet and won't be able to criticize lawmakers in the united states who subscribe to preservation environmentalist policies or promote content such as hunting and shooting sports, which contribute the most to conservation under the pitman robertson act. i expect the worse from tiktok and it will be up for criticism with the policies and that is what we have be expecting here. >> todd: regardless of this bravado, china is one of the worst polluters in the world and marco rubio said this is the norm for chinese tech companies, now tiktok is pandoring to

climate goals. it will be interesting to see whether or not the white house calls out the hipick rase or continues to promote solar panels support the ccp. 60's % of electricity generated in the u.s. last year came from burning fossil fuels. what will this move do to our ability to fill the grid? >> it is going to create a lot of instability in the grid, arguably speaking. this is biden's response to revoking of clean power plant from the obama era and the lack of implementation or revoking of the clean energy plan under trump. this is biden's response toy are ducing greenhouse gas emission coming from power plants.

this was guidance leaked by the "new york times," going off what we have seen them do for electric vehicles we can only anticipate extreme elements of this proposal to be put out in the final rule. what you have here, regulating emissions of this magnitude, it could create problems for states, for grid stability, make us weaker energy wise and this also calls into question whether or not this is legal to do going off west virginia versus epa, that court decision says epa, has major questions under the doctrine and trying to go around the ruling to regulate greenhouse gas in this manner. >> todd: it will cost the american people a whole heck of a lot. thank you, appreciate it. >> ashley: dozens of states getting a glimpse of the northern lights, thanks to a powerful solar storm.

this is over clarksville, missouri, just a few hours ago. the national oceanic administration registering the storm four out of five, making an aurora. here it is over wisconsin, conditions less favorable here in new york. we didn't get to see the action live. of course we didn't. >> todd: just show the shot of sixth avenue. >> ashley: a new poll shows vast majority of americans do not want president biden to run for re-election, that is just one day before his expected announcement tomorrow. >> todd: unpacking the numbers the president will want to see. keep it here, "fox and friends first."

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>> todd: a new poll shows 70% of voters do not want president biden to run ahead of his expected announcement tomorrow and the biggest factor behind that is his age. you're watching "fox and friends first" here on monday morning, welcome to a new week, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. it appears the appetite for a biden-trump rematch is very low with 60% saying they d