>> she thinks doing this and like using her fist makes her any more believable? the truth is, from february on, randi was coordinating with biden's cdc to find ways to keep schools closed. the head of the biggest teachers union hates children. yeah, that's it for us tonight. gutfeld next. >> todd: a fox news alert, you're looking live at florida governor ron desantis who is speaking in israel ahead of his meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, this is a month before desantis is rumored to officially launch a presidential campaign. >> we are in florida, the fastest-grow state in the united states, we led in migration

every year since i've been governor. my message for folks around the world, you are seeing this migration with florida, texas, tennessee and other states attracting wealth and individuals and that trend is going to continue. >> todd: you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. new fox poll shows desantis trailing former president trump by 32 points, nikki haley, vaf and robert f kennedy is chipping away at biden. republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy is in new york this morning and will be talking to us about the state of the race and the top issues at hand. >> todd: brooke singman has more on all of it.

>> brooke: the florida governor's address come as supports suggest desantis will announce a 2024 presidential bid next month, joining candidates with asa hutchinson, the latest to announce. new fox news poll putting desantis behind former president trump as the republican preference. here at home, president biden would be 82 at his second inauguration is shrugging off concerns about his age. watch. >> president biden: with regard to age, i can't even say the number, it doesn't register with me. the only thing i can say is one of the things we're going to find out, see a race and judge whether or not i have it or don't have it. >> brooke: president biden has a commanding lead for the democratic nomination, but concerns are growing. yesterday biden appeared to be

using a detailed cheat sheet, including the first reporter's question and picture. >> president biden: take some questions. first question is courtney from the los angeles times. >> thank youd up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china, are you damaging a key ally to help your domestic politics ahead of the election? >> brooke: kayleigh mcenany calling out the special treatment the media is giving this administration. listen. >> kayleigh: the idea a presidential press conference, you would be able to be given the question beforehand that is inconceivable. but to mr. biden, you are part of it, you are not true members of the press if you're doing that. >> brooke: back to you. >> todd: back to israel, ron

desantis is answering questions there in israel. listen. >> we get a press conference, basically saying, exposing the book ban hoax and we played images from the books. these are hard-core pornography images, sometimes with people underage in the books. we played the video. the news stations had to cut their feed because they said it was too graphic. if it is too graphic for the 6:00 news, how is it appropriate for a nine-year-old student? it is not. there is a movement to get this material into the classroom with young people and my view as a parent is you send your kid to school, that -- if those are conept ises you want to discuss as parents, that is your purview, that should not be forced down the throat of students. anything that has been there for a long time about holocaust.

they try to say that florida wasn't going to allow a book about jackie robinson or hank aaron and the department of education made that the book of the week. don't believe, if someone is bringing those narratives, identify the stuff the parents have objected to and ask them to justify why that should be in. i think the reason you are seeing some of the fake narratives, they know on merits, they will lose, no parent wants that stuff in school. they have to act like there is an initiative to get educational things out, which is ridiculous. in fact, we beefed up holocaust education standards and we have had teachers fired for denying the holocaust and we'll make sure that the truth is taught and i do think it is important, just as i mentioned in the speech, as the years go by, generations fade, we are not going to have living, breathing and in florida, we used to have

holocaust survivors go speak to schools all the time. that is fading away and we're going to come to a point soon where you don't have first-hand accounts in person anymore. is that something we'll let fade away or will we redouble efforts to make sure this is something important and discussed? that is what we're doing in florida. we're proud of beefing up and putting emphasis on holocaust education and will continue to do that. israel, i know i am supposed to talk to you. are you here? that's you? okay. >> [indiscernible] -- >> that's right. i said it was going to happen. >> yeah, i remember that. now talk about israel and america relationships, which you mentioned -- [indiscernible] --

and regarding iran, you mentioned, as well. you could iran should be accountable, does it mean -- >> so in terms of the administration, i think america does really well when we have relationships with countries like israel that doesn't get consumed in polarization of the political scene. unfortunately in the last five or 10 years issue israel has become more politicized. you have the left going one way and the right and center siding with israel. that is unfortunate. i think the interests are very strong to have a good relationship between the two countries and i would like to think that would be more important than some political currents. the political currents come and go, but lasting alliance matters for the security of both

countries. i think it should be bipartisan support for israel. i think the administration should have a good relationship regardless of party. i know that may not have been the case in recent years, my hope we can get back to that situation. in terms of iran, we saw failure with the iranian nuclear deal that was done in 2015, that flooded iran with money and rejuvenated their economy and led to the funding of terrorism all across the middle east. if you look back, the previous administration, the trump administration, iran was on the ropes, in dire straits, there was an effort to hold them accountable. i think they have alienated such a large portion of their population that this is a regime that is looking over its

shoulder. i think we should stand strong with people fighting for freedom in iran and i'd love to see a day in which you have a free and democratic iran. iran, the persian culture had massive achievements, it was really a middle-class, educated country and then you have the moas take over and they basically ruined all the progress that this country has had and they are putting all their efforts into this fanatical behavior to try to -- obviously, they have killed a lot of americans over the years and want to take israel off the map. that is unacceptable and we have to understand the threat for what it is. okay. >> [indiscernible] -- >> no, that is totally bs. yep, yep. who said that? >> [indiscernible] --

>> how would they know? do you think this is credible? this is 2006, i'm a junior officer, do you think they would remember me from adam? of course not. they are trying to get into the news because they know people like you will -- focus on the fact and stop worrying about narrative. yes, sir? >> one question at a time. >> yep. >> [indiscernible question] -- two questions. one, as a christian, how do you see anniversary of the -- pivotal or do you see it as good solid -- or both. secondly, i had an opportunity -- pathway forward for an israelis/saudi peace

treaty, biden speaking of a pariah state. >> great question. first question, i think it is both. when you have been on delegation, you can study the bible in america and it is great and inspiring, but when you actually come here, you see what happened there. they can show you the art facts. you can walk in the city of david, if there is something there, they can point out and comes to life. you see that and of course you show the unmistakable thousands and thousands of years of connection between the jewish people and the land of israel. some modern debate actses like jews just decided to show up and claim a state. no. they were exiled and disbursed forcibly, but this is where the jewish people were born as a

people thousands of years ago, that is really significant. so the 75th is really reconstitution recognizes anniversary of the reconstitution of the jewish state of israel and so i think that is something that we can be proud of. with respect to saudi arabia, i think this administration has worked overtime to alienate the saudis. there is an opportunity and i mention the speech, you have great opportunity to have u.s., israel, arab country alliance, that is doable and i think that is something that you got to work for and absolutely i think with proper policy and proper relations, you could see saudi arabia recognize the existence of israel. who would have thought that would be anything that anyone could have talked about even 10

years ago. i host and mention in my speech, i was in my office in tallahassee with the ambassador to the united states from israel and sitting next to him was ambassador of the united states from the uae, that would not have been possible five or six years ago and yet there they are. if you listened, they were focusing on how you move forward in a way that is stressing common interest. they understand there are common threats. they understand there are opportunities for collaboration with the two countries. that is something that represents the path forward here. and i hope that the administration would try to get. the ibraham accords were historic, positive and gave great momentum to things happening in and sent a signal

to the sunni-arab states. i think moving the embassy helped get us the accord. how do you think that, they didn't want the embassy there, they didn't but when they see resolve, that is part of what happened. so. >> [indiscernible] -- if i may, the second question, you touted your record -- main employer in your state is coming back and saying you are anti-business, what is your response to that? >> in terms of the judicial reforms, my view is that the united states should be strong ally to israel, but nobutt into internal affairs thachl is upon haing here and raging. seems to me me as an outsider coming in, it is healthy to flesh things out.

i spoke with president herzog. israel is a rambunctuous parliament. it is different than the united states, you have parties. i trust people to work that out. in terms of disney, understand, they were in a situation where there was a government in central florida, a special district, which we do have those in florida, but it was functionally controlled by them. they had no accountability, transparency or none of that and that was not good for the state of florida. we did not think that should continue. we brought accountability. the idea that somehow being pro-business means giving companies their own governments, that is not what a free market is all about, last i checked. in fact -- [applause] >> in fact, they have been

treated much different than universal, sea world and other places and they are upset because they are having to live by the same rules as everybody else. they do not want to pay the same taxes as everybody else and want to be able to control things without proper oversight, where every other floridian has to have this type of oversight, all florida businesses. so it is a little much to be complaining about that. i don't think the suit has merit, it is political. they filed in tallahassee for a reason, trying to generate some district court decision, but we're very confident on the law. if you think about it, disney was not really, the district was changed, disney itself, like there was nothing done about disney. the state being too the district and changed it. we have every right to do that. the legislature has every right,

it could abolish special districts, reform special districts. the thing is, we had a debate on this last november, i had my position that was very clear. i was criticized, it is interesting, media in central florida used to hate this disney arrangement and wanted it to go away. i brought it to an end, they have to be against me, they are shilling for disney to get subsidies, can you believe that? that is what they're doing. the people of florida understand it is an issue. do you want one company to have their own laws or everyone live under the same laws? not only did they re-elect me in the area where disney is, we did better than any republican has done in quite sometime. that is all there and here is the thing. we have people flooding into the state, i've never had a business leave some of the northern states like new york and say it is harder to do business in florida than new york.

i've never had that once happen, it is the opposite. we're proud of that. part of having vibrant, maet economy, you're not picking winners and losers. the days of putting one company on a pedestal with no accountability are over in the state of florida and i will say a lot of floridians were upset, particularly parents, they went so head strong into getting sexualization of curriculum into the schools, that is not appropriate in florida and that spans partisan. parents want kids to be kids and focus on the basis of academics. >> todd: you have been listening to ron desantis speak in israel, as the 2024 rumors swirl. bring in kiera davis. thanks for being here, pretty wide-ranging press conference, the 18 minutes we listened to. focus on the disney part.

you heard him doubling down in his battle against the mouse house. he is going up against an entity. conservatives do not believe in that. they want to allow the free market to do what the free market is going to do. disney is getting pressure because of woke approaches that do not play well with members of the conservative party. there is no consensus on this, where do you fall and how do you think desantis is doing in light of the answers you just heard in israel? >> i think he is doing everything right. i think the thing that is not conservative is giving, as he pointed out in his talk earlier we just witnessed, the thing that is not conservative, is letting a corporation have their own sovereignty and land inside a sovereign state. that is something that shouldn't have gone on so long, but it was

an arrangement that worked well for florida and it was fine until disney started butting their nose where it didn't belong. i stand with ron desantis on this and he pointed out so does the majority of the florida population. disney was doing fine and no one was giving them trouble if they were minding their own business. inserting things into contents, fine, i don't have to watch it. when disney and coke in georgia, companies start using financial power to threaten the citizens, to bully the citizens, bully the legislature, essentially the people, that is a problem to me and i'm glad ron desantis is sdraeszing that. >> ashley: he talked about book bans and the left is talking about taking books and education away from kids. he said news stations had to cut

their feeds in the 6:00 news because it was was so graphic and he said how is it okay for children to be reading, but the 6:00 news can't show it. what is your take on that? >> i ran in my school board in southern california and one issue i ran on was the issue of books in the classroom. i know which books he's talking about and as a matter of fact, some moms and i went to the school board meeting a few months ago. i lost my race unfortunately. moms and i went to the meeting and read the books and we were told to stop, there are children in the room. we were saying these books are in the library, how dare you. the disdance is stunning. these are not books that encourage people to be who you are and express yourself, that is one thing. we're talking about of graic, graphic -- >> ashley: not appropriate for

them. >> todd: you couldn't show the feed on the local news, why is it good enough for our kids? kira davis, thank you. terrifying scene playing out in broad daylight. >> jesus. >> ashley: we are talking to the person who took that shocking video. don't go anywhere.

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accused of brutally murdering an uber eats driver in a demonic attack had a lengthy list of attacks. he even stabbed an inmate in prison. he was arrested for violating parole for failing to register as convicted felon and they connected him to the murder of randall cook, who was last seen delivering food. he texted his wife and said he was on a last delivery. his wedding ring was found in the suspect's home. officials are searching for a motive. we will talk to the victim's step-daughter next hour. >> todd: scary moment in

portland showing a homeless man attacking a drug counselor's car, all caught on video, watch. >> jesus. >> todd: that man smashed the car window with a rock and throw rocks at other cars before running on to a bus. police tell the counselor they can't do anything about it. kevin, thank you for coming back. what is going through your mind as this guy is attacking you? >> it was terrifying. i thought he was going to make it inside my car. he ran at me full speed, nearly smashed the window and i kept driving. i was driving by to investigate because someone said there was a man acting crazy in the area. i went to check it out and he saw me and ran toward me and attacked me.

>> todd: when you called for help, you were told nobody can do anything. why? >> correct. first they asked for a description and asked like what is going on. i'm like, is this enough, they kept asking is he a danger to himself or other? i would say he's a danger to others. i witnessed him break a window, harassing others, throwing rocks at cars and they wouldn't come. i gave up and called police. you are supposed to call mental health outreach teams first. they were not responded, so i called the police and police said we're not going to pursue. what does it take to get someone like this help? who is supposed to help this person if not the people we pay to help? it was frustrating. you can see my windshield got smashed. >> todd: can you continue to do

outreach in a community you called an open-air psyche ward? >> it is very challenging. it is dangerous for everybody, dangerous for people like this and there is the mentally ill that are vulnerable and being victimized everyday. there are extreme cases where they are aggressive and other cases they are victimized because they can't take care of themselves. oregon is last place in the united states with this and 43rd with needs being unmet. we are doing a terrible job with mental health type services in this state. >> todd: and nothing will change unless portland changes their policies, so scenes like this will repeat. kevin, sorry you went through this, thank you for bringing it

to us. >> todd: and kidnapping from american farmers, they do not think this is theft, they think it is a rescue mission. >> ashley: a sheriff investigating this crime is here next.

>> ashley: fox news alert, a second american is dead in sudan, the white house says they are actively trying to protect an estimated 16,000 citizens still trapped in the violent chaos. >> highest level of our government to leadership of the sudanese forces that they are responsible for ensuring safety of civilians. >> ashley: a ceasefire is set to end tonight, many fear it will escalate, preventing further

evacuations. >> todd: a hhs whistleblower. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson has the latest. >> lucas: that whistleblower said she viewed first hand sophisticated child smuggling at the border. she called on congress to crack down on u.s. immigration policy. the number of unaccompanied children has swelled from 33,000 to 150,000 last year. so far this year, 70,000 encounters. here are key moments from that hearing on capitol hill. >> we are trafficking slaves to this country? >> no doubt. we have created a pool. they abuse children as a commodity, we, they see us as the middle man, we are paying the plight to the end user, the

trafficker. >> and here is congressman chip roy. >> 356,665 unaccompanied children have crossed the southern border to be exploited by cartel, put into the sex trafficking trade and the slave labor trade, to be sexually abused, to dry on ranches in south texas, to die in the rio grande, do you think this is a system we should be proud of? >> i believe we should provide protection. >> lucas: things got heated over the accusation that eric swalwell engaged in a relationship with a chinese spy. >> he's got a checkered past. >> i'm sorry, a checkered past? >> it is my time. >> alleged affair with yum-yum. alleged relationship with

yum-yuamerica. >> lucas: a poll says 36% approve of biden's handling of immigration and are expecting more migrants at the border as title 42 expires two weeks from today. >> ashley: thank you. now to this, animal rights activists are stealing livestock from farmers in upstate new york and calling them rescue efforts in the name of animal rights. >> an animal rescue group is targeting farmers with an attempt to steal their property. animals help produce food and ultimately revenue for the people in that county. these are not advocates, these are criminals, this is not advocacy when you trespass on people's personal property. in some cases, where they also

live. >> ashley: a farmer in new york and the sheriff of the county, both join me now. paul, to you first. this hasn't happened to you yet, but you have filmed activists on your property scoping the area out. what did you do when you saw that? >> it was 7:30 sunday morning, april 16th. i looked out my kitchen window and there was a man and woman by my cattle and barn, they had cell phones out videotaping the cattle, barn, my security system. i ran out the door, by the time i got out there, they jumped in the car and took off. i gave chase and i lost them. i believe they came back later that evening, we saw a similar car stop out front 7 or 8:00

that night. i was working, they saw me and left again. >> ashley: do you think it is just a matter of time before they try to steal your animals? >> i definitely have been targeted and it created great concern amongst me and my neighbor, my family. my children are very frightened and concerned. my 10-year-old son goes to sleep at night worried the bad people are going to come hurt his animals or pets. i'm afraid it will happen. they have stolen chickens from three small homestead farms recently. they, last week, they were protesting a beekeep er, which really blows my mind. it emzoos to be escalating. >> ashley: it makes absolutely no sense at all, it is stealing and they are trespassing. sheriff, how are you helping out in this situation and how often

do you get calls about this happening? >> so about two weeks ago, we learned of the animal activist meeting taking place. i was concerned when i saw what the message was. they are teaching people how to research farms and go through multiple stages of rescue and how to win at trial. this is nothing more than teaching people how to go to farms and steal their property. so that was on saturday, april 15th. as you heard, the next day, we were dealing with trespass c complaints on that day and i took it seriously. it is a farming community in this county and going on to people's property, taking people's livestock or attempting to, is a crime. it is not rescuing, it is a crime. within a day or so, i put out a public alert so everyone would

be aware activists were in the area. iun waed farmers to protect their property and wanted help from the public if they saw suspicious activity around our farms. there are three reports of baby chicks stolen. i'm trying to prevent someone going to a farmer's property and stealing their livelihood. >> ashley: i love animals just as much as the person next to me, there is purpose served for these animals. whatever they call it, it is theft. paul strobel and sheriff filicetti, good luck. >> ashley: i am a person next to you and i love animals. aaron rodgers arrived as he visited team facilities for his first press conference with the franchise. >> i'm here because i believe in

this team. i believe in coach saleh and i believe in it is direction of joe douglas, thanks to the green by packer organization for an incredible run. that chapter is over now and i'm excited about the new adventure here in new york. >> todd: sorry, that just looks weird. rodgers will be number eight, same number he wore at cal. he is compared to broadway joe namath, whoun with the team's only super bowl in 1969. he says he is excited to work with the new york media and his teammates. rodgers liking this tweet, starting quarterback zach wilson said he'd make any veteran gun slinger, the team signs, everyday in practice, he wrote that before he realized the quarterback would be one aaron

rodgers, who he idolized. >> ashley: why is it so different? he's still in the same colors. >> todd: interesting point. it is weird when you have image of aaron rodgers in that tiny helmet for 18 years and see him wearing the jets issue jets, jets, green and white. it is off putting. we will get used to it. >> ashley: i'm used to it. earlier this week, we showed an amazing moment that was 13 years in the making. watch. >> on the other side. >> happy to be here. it's a dream. >> todd: that is a dream, man. baseball player drew maggi, finding out he's been brought up to the major league. he will join us live to tell us all about it, can't wait for that. ahhh! icy hot pro starts working instantly.

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♪ >> hello, everyone, this is "outnumbered," i'm kayleigh mcenany, here with my co-host harris faulkner and emily compagno and welcoming back, author kym douglas, and professor of medicine and fox news contributor dr. marc siegel. we begin here, 2024, president biden set to hold a join news conference with south korea leader, the first time biden will take questions from reporters since launching his reelection campaign. he took questions last month alongside justin trudea, hasn't held a news conference in six months. questions mount about the president's age and ability to perform the duties of the job and whether vice president harris is the best choice to succ >> todd: a fox news alert,

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. >> percent of americans say the current state of our economy joe biden is only fair or poor. >> natalia herkimer is a new york city mom. matt coatis, the founder of the oil and gas workers association. and olga ohanian is the host of restitch america. all three join me now. natalia, first question, do you look, you previously voted for obama, a strike that you previously voted for biden. i don't know if you voted for obama, but that's irrelevant to this discussion. you did hear those numbers about what americans think of the economy. >> so what does four more years of joe biden look like for you and your bank account? >> natalia, all right. >> i guess we do not have. natalia, let us go to matt. matt , you told our producers at four more years of biden, harris would be , quote, the end of america. >> you think it's that dire?

>> all right. third time's a charm stroke. you think i go for third time? no one wants to talk to me. this is like being at home with my wife. let's go to we got alma. alma, do i have you ? all right, let's check. so again, look at those numbers. the problem we have here, besides not being able to speak with our guests, is the fact you have an economy that is terrific. and joe joe biden wants to finish the job well before joe biden took over as president. the economy, by all accounts, regardless of whether a republican democrat voted for trump or not, you had to acknowledge that it was going well. the only thing that interfered with that was a global pandemic. which donald trump, despite when you want to say, had no control over it, affected every country in every world . and people everywhere. an economy slowed everywhere. so looking ahead to what joe biden inherited, he inherited a good economy that was coming back from that. and what did he do? he eliminated oil and gas

production, more or less in the country, or at least new oil and gas production that drove the price of fuel through the roof. and what does that do? it drives everything else higher. and what does that do that drives inflation through the roof when you combine all that, you look at your bank account with one hundred dollars. barcia in two thousand does not even come close to buying you the same . and two thousand twenty three . i also thought it was interesting in your intro to these three guest to where it says the president and kamala harris, the vp, they want another four years to finish the job. what job are they talking about finishing? because if they're talking about running the country into the ground like it has seemingly done in the last two years, i'm scared to death . and i think everybody else you've heard that was like, wait a second, let's pump the brakes for a second. you just ask the question. we've got to get back . natalia, you heard what ashley said . are you worried they're going to finish the job like they say ? well, as a parent who's very concerned about the state of our nation's children

and hearing president biden saying that they're actually not their parents children after all. yeah, i'm definitely worried they're going to finish the job . i spent the afternoon yesterday hearing randi weingarten lie and democrats continue to indulge her and praise her behaviors during the pandemic. i have a politicized cdc that doesn't care about children's health or children's rights. i'm definitely worried. all right. i want to get the other two folks in here quickly. matt , you heard what the president said about the economy. >> then you hear about the numbers. i mean, something's not driving there. let's say you . well, joe biden lies a lot. you and i both know that. so joe biden and kamala harris, then they four more years to continue destroying the country is just, you know, for all of us . >> ilma, what does the border look like in four years? if joe biden wins again? >> no, what i think is going

to happen is more illegal immigrants crossing the border and the breakdown of the rule of law, which is very important to me as an immigrant coming here legally means something. and one thing that also bothers me -- decimates women's rights in terms of embracing other things and also the fact that he calls half the country extremists. >> todd: got to interrupt you, we had technical issues. we appreciate your time. breaking news from israel, florida governor ron desantis touted his agenda on the stage. he has a new legal battle with disney. >> ashley: we will bring you that and vivek ramaswamy and is here live.

>> todd: a fox news alert. governor ron desantis making news in israel this morning as he continues his world tour while america waits for a possible announcement on a 2024 presidential run. >> governor desantis: there has not been anything set, i've been focused on this mission we're doing. we will pretty much make i