♪ ♪ all the small things -- [laughter] pete: that's the '90s right there. rachel: has '90s. pete: sun is rising over the city of atlanta. thank you for being with us morning. it's the 7:00 hour in manhattan. atlanta's also eastern i'm the, right? 7:00 there? will: yep. pete: i get really confused down in this that part of the

country. april 29th, year of our lord 2023, and we're glad you're with us. how you guys doing? rachel: good. pete: will's rattled the morning. we did a segment about a.i., and you see that the every once in a while his brain fries -- [laughter] and then it just overloads, and you can see him computing. and how is the going to affect my life mt. next five, ten -- will: oh, i thought how is this going to the affect your life in the next 5-10 minutes. pete: that's true. will: seriously, guys, what happens? rachel: it's true. i saw a little bit of that -- pete: for sure. will: yeah. we just had a technology expert on talking about the a.i. and people having relationships with a.i., and the haas thing you said to him was, i think we need three theologians analyzing this, and he goes, well, we already do need it because we're already ini humane, in essence, on the internet. rachel: right. >> and i don't mean that like

we're rude, we've reduced ourselves to the most shallowest characteristics of who we are. we're not the human part of being human k and we spend as much of our life online, it's kind of sad for me to say as scared as we are about a a.i., we need a.i. to be a human. pete: we've already become it in a certain sense. rachel: wow, that's deep. pete: it is. will: you want to talk about something else? how about that nfl draft? [laughter] rachel: how about governor ron desantis who's hitting some really big fund raising numbers compared to the field of other republican candidates even though he hasn't even announced his bid yet. pete: the florida state senate is paving the way for desantis with a major change in sate the law. will: alexandria hoff has more. >> reporter: what the florida legislature did was make an exception to a law that had required a person to resign if they had qualified as a candidate while already serving as an elected official. and right now desantis is wrapping up a global our the, he

has a final stop in the u.k., made that yesterday. he maintained he's not going to announce a presidential run until after his state's legislative session wraps up. that's next month. right now though he's dealing with a wave of sunshine state endorsements going to his presumed gop opponent, former president trump. at the same time though, politico notes he's already passed a major edge when it comes to donor cash, over $110 million. that report compares that to the $55 million inning that baa -- maga inc. disclosed at the end end of 20202, so a major edge right now. meanwhile, president biden five days into his re-election campaign with polls showing voter concern over the economy and his age. ing axios pointed to white house officials who have said that he's sharp but that the president's energy has decreased, limiting his schedule. according to axios, the president that has only held ten public if events before 10 a.m., just a dozen after 6 p.m., can and most of those are receptions

and dinners. there's also been 12 weekends with no public events. and even when public events are held, white house staff keeps a short leash as we've seen. democratic congressman ro khanna says he wants to see more authentic moments. >> obviously age is going to be a factor mt. if election. the president's open about it. i think put him out there in a press conference. who cares if someone makes a gaffe. every person makes a gaffe in conversations. let's see authentic president biden. >> reporter: we've heard a lot about this, but he's also among those who feels that the president should agree to debate democratic challengers marian williamson and robert f. kennedy jr. will, rachel, pete? rachel: thank you, alexandria. pete: 10-4, quite a work day. rachel: let's be fair, what he really wants to do, i see that picture of the white house on the wall, he just wants to be in a rocking chair. poor guy. pete: exactly. will: we have a panel of voters with us in studio on "fox &

friends", and i'd love to go over here. let's meet them, talk to them about the state of politics in america today. interestingly, i think we have quite a few people of various political affiliations. let's just get an idea where we are. if you would identify yourself as a democrat, would you raise your hand? okay. hesitantly in the back, but i see three. if you identify as republican, how about that? okay. and then i'm going to take it independents? okay. >> sure, represent. [laughter] will: let us start with the democrats for just a moment. we just heard a report about joe biden and his work schedule, his desire for re-election, his age and the entrance of someone like robert f. kennedy jr. into this race where he apparently is polling almost at 20% right now. among the people who would say they are democrats, are you firmly with joe biden, or are you ready for an alternative right now? i'll start with you, marisa. >> so i have been a longtime fan of rfk jr. i have followed him for a very long time. i think he says things that a

lot of people on both sides of the aisle are afraid to say. could he be a uniter or? maybe. i wish that we could see younger people though. joe biden, you know, i don't think him running for election is the best thing for the party, and almost every democrat i speak to says the same. will: how about the two of you in the back that are also identifying as democrats? you ready e for a second term? let's start with -- is it frank? >> yes. will: perfect. thanks, frank. >> with we need new leadership. we don't need biden for re-election. he already got one term. his age and his ability, i don't think that's the best -- will: wow. natalia are you making it 100% among democrats with joe biden? >> [inaudible] and tell us what he actually

did when we were the ones reopening schools -- will: interesting. my two friends here john is and chris who both raised your hands when i asked about republicans. the great debate is, you know, look, field is wide, but most people are talking about donald trump or ron desantis. john, where are you with the republican field? somewhere oh, absolutely gop nominee. [laughter] will: john dodged it here. that that's not what i -- in this all seriousness, do you have a favorite? >> yes, the republican nominee. [laughter] why? because in america our republic is best when we have connest thed bids for leadership. -- contestedded bids for leadership. will: chris, where are you? >> i was a big trump guy, but desantis, young, new energy, he's done a spectacular job with florida. i think it would be time -- [inaudible] will: all right. i'll tell you what, aye got to leave it here. we've got to get to our two independents. we're going to let them be the tie breaker. we're going to be talking to

them throughout the morning, what we'll find out, perhaps, is where you are on biden versus desantis or who knows, rfk versus trump -- [laughter] and which issues are driving those decisions as we come back to our voter panel in a little bit. pete, rachel, surprising answers especially among the democrats. rachel: right, absolutely. pete: yeah. it underscores the sense that there's never really been a biden base. there was always an anti-trump reaction that elected him, and so if you're pushing for re-election, you have to point to the reason why you want to reelect a person, and that, i think, you know, you could be looking at an enthusiasm gap amongst democrats. the republicans are such a voting machine for democrats that, you know it's voters versus ballots. so you have to overcome their machine even if they have a deficient candidate. will: it's reflective of what we learned, 70%, the poll a week ago, 70% of democrats don't want joe biden to run again. rachel: yeah. but it shows you the power of

the consultants and the people behind the trone here that they go, you know what? this is going to work. doesn't seem like they even for a second went out on the street and asked my -- any democrats what they thought. pete: absolutely right. remember when today passed the inflation reduction act, democrats did, which was really all about a green new deal. they said, okay, we're going to spend a little bit more money to try to reduce inflation, but it's actually a down payment on the green new deal. and they had modeled of how much it would cost, and they said, okay, this is going to cost a couple hundred billion, maybe close to $400 billion. well, the penn-wharton budget model on thursday took another look at this climate bill -- rachel: a little late. pete: thanks, penn. [laughter] maybe they were too busy over there at the biden center. it's actually going to cost a trillion. that's not a down payment, that's what the green new deal would have been estimated at just a few years ago. so that's the real price tag on something that was supposed to

reduce inflation and didn't and instead is going to impact every single part of your life which is another part of the story here. rachel: yeah. and there's, you know, a cost to your pocketbook eventually with the price tag like that, but there's also a cost to your freedom when it comes to the green new deal and these climate zealots. it looks like if you look at the cover of the new york post, when people were saying they're going to take away our gas stoves and aoc said that's not true. now it looks like it is starting. so it says she's deranged, enflamed governor hochul strikes a deal to ban new gas stoves. and so, of course, they tried to say no one's going to go into your house and take your gas stove out which i need to heat up my tortillas. but what heir going to do is sas when you make a new building, when you have a new house, we're not going to put this those gas lines. will: that's right. rachel: back door, right? will: in fact, a resident in new york told the post kathy should

mind her own business and get out of our kitchens. rachel: thank you. will: our bedrooms will be next. why would somebody come into your private home and tell you what to do? we're not communists yet. we're getting there, but it's just an insult. pete: that's the feeling. will: i mean, honestly, yeah. gas stoves, electric cars, lightbulbings, i don't -- it's not ridiculous or hyperbolic or scare tactic to go, what's next? rachel: right. will: okay, you've got the kitchen covered -- rachel: hay did it with lightbulbs, by the way. will: i'm saying -- rachel: yeah. it keeps going. will: to the person going they're going to be in my bedroom next, why not? pete: as one of the voters pointed out to, what about under covid and they could decide under a medical health emergency or any other climate emergency in the future, limiting what you can eat, where you can go, how far you can travel, who you can see? that's the -- remember the life of julia? rachel: yeah.

florida president -- pete: i mean, that's the vision of, ultimately a communist vision as that person pointed out in "the new york post," from cradle to grave the government provides what you have, decides what you can do and provides for you. will: in new york and in a matter of, what is it, several years from now you won't be able to the buy gas stoves or fossil fuel-powered cars. pretty fascinating. rachel: and not surprising that it comes from the governor who wore instead of a cross or a star of david or whatever, she wore a vaxxed chain around her neck. so this is somebody who is, you know, all in on all of this stuff. by the way, the rest -- this is a big deal for restaurants because gas stoves are much cheaper than electric -- will: my mom had an electric stove -- pete: i wonder if they'll carve that out. i mean, for restaurants, how to do you run a restaurant in new york without a gas stove? you're going to have a bunch of flat -- there's going to have to be in, i mean, i'd like to think

there's enough sanity that in a case of top flight restaurants -- rachel: you can be sure that in all these penthouses up here, they're going to have gas stoves but somehow the rest of us won't. all right. we're going to turn now to your headlines starting with a fox news alert. police say at least five people are dead after a shooting at a home many in cleveland, texas. according to reports, police discovered victims on the scene with gunshot wounds. police have not yet identified any of the victims. more than four dozen police officers are still on the ground searching for the suspect. a dozen senate democrats now siding with republicans as they aim to cancel president biden's move to help chinese solar energy manufacturers. last year the white house announced a two-year ban on tariffs for solar panels being made in southeast asian nations like vietnam and thailand. chinese companies is have since pivoted the take advantage of these laws setting up shop in

these nations to funnel their products. wow. and we haven't done the in a while, it's time for the fox digital whiz quiz -- pete: all right. rachel: and this one is all about hot cogs. pete: okay. rachel: what is the current record for the number of dogs eaten at nathan's famous hot cog eating -- 59, 67, 76 or 83some. will: i'm going 83. pete: i think it's c. i think it is a concern. rachel: well, it is 76 set by by chestnut way back in 2021. and which city's bake team was the first -- baseball team was the first to serve hot dogs? boston, st. louis, new york or chicago? i'm going to say chicago. will: i'm going to say new york. pete: i'm going to say chicago as well. rachel: the answer is st. louis. we're all wrong. and an alaska dog is typically made of which of these, beef, caribou, reindeer or bor -- boar? will: caribou. rachel: yeah, ill say --

pete: i win either way, because we all have the same answer. rachel: it is caribou. will: it's not warm. it's a bad combination of looking like it's been under the heat hamp for two days and not warm. rachel: thanks, producers. pete: still good flavor. looks like 7/eleven. [laughter] will: coming up, fox business alert, bank on the brunck. federal regulators reportedly preparing to seize control of first republic bank of. brian brenberg on the third collapse since march. what? pete: [inaudible] rachel: plus a fox weather alert, a flood threat closing yosemite national park. the dangerous conditions that could continue through the summer. ♪ ♪

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[laughter] will: fox business alert, bank on the brink. federal regulators reportededly preparing to seize control of first republic bank. pete: this marks the third collapse since march. rachel: here to crunch the numbers is cohost of "the big money show" on fox business, brian brenberg. hi, brian. great to have you. >> sorry i've got to be here on a bad news day, but the second biggest bank failure in america

looks like it might happen this weekend, which is a huge keel. rachel: what does that mean for all of us? >> it doesn't mean a lot immediately if you don't have money at first republic, but here's what it does mean. we've got fragility in the banking system, okay? three of the biggest four failures ever in the united states happened in the last month and a half. part ofs the bad bank management, i think didn't manage their credit risk. but the big everybody issue is we've got -- bigger issue is we've got monetary policy that has tank these banks because interest rates have gone up so quickly, the value of the assets they hold has dropped, and they're scrambling to try to keep depositors. pete: why wouldn't these banks have planned for? there is a forecast that these interest rates were going up. don't you make a change? >> yes, they should have been. that's the management failure. but remember, we had nine interest rate hikes in a year, we went from essentially 0 to the almost 5%. so even if you are planning for that, that is a huge move in a

year 's time, and there's a lot of banks hard going to get caught in that. not just these california banks who are service ising silicon valley, but you've got a lot of banks holding commercial real estate debt right now. a lot of that's got to be refinanced this year. so, yes, it's a management problem, but it's exacerbated bigtime by the monetary policy we have. will: so can i ask by -- i'm fascinated by this topic, so i'm going to try to fit two questions into oneful when silicon valley bank went down,9 the entire banking industry went down. i haven't seen that so far concern i haven't seen a run on the banks in the same way with first republic's failure. the sec part is, is the fed going to go, okay, all right, we've got to slow it down because look what it's causing? >> i don't think they are. i think they're still going to do an interest rate hike again this may. first republic is a consequence of svb, that's the problem. when svb went down, the first republic depositors said, wait a second, these guys have a lot of

the same issues. now we're starting to get nervous. so we might not be seeing anything this weekend, but all around the banking sector people are saying, why is first republic going under? what's happening here? and now it e raises the issue again. watch out next week, in my view. rachel: i was just going to say do we have a systemic management problem? i mean, has esg affected banks to where we just don't have the brightest people running these things like we used to? >> well, look, all these guys are going to deny that there's an ideology problem. it's not esg, dei, whatever. but the fact is banks took their eye off the ball of what they're supposed to do and regulators have done the same thing. this is not fraud. pete, you made the right point, you should have been able to see this. but even the regulators missed it on this one. why are hay so distractedsome they say it's not dei or whatever, but what are they looking at? what are they doing? there's no shortage of people in that system to suss this out.

pete: does this get worse? like, when banks collapse, i think really bad things. is this -- >> we wondered if it would get worse after svb, now we're talking about first republic going into receivership this weekend. i can't promise you it's going to get worse, but the same issues happening here with asset values dropping could happen anywhere. so i'm not saying panic, but i am saying ask tough questions of the regulators and your policymakers. they need to take ownership for this because it starts right there. will: catch brian weekdays at 1 p.m. eastern time on "the big money show" on fbn. thanks, brian. >> you bet. pete: all right, coming up, it's the first virtual reality school offering a classical accredited and tuition-free education. the woman behind it is the wife of congressman byron coppeds. she -- byron donalds. she joins us next. ream days are here. come in now and experience the intense thrills

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♪ pete: well, parents are are increasingly looking for alternatives to government schools. last year erica donalds, the waif of florida congressman byron donalds, launched the first ever virtual reality school. the the florida charter schools offer accredited, classical education and are tuition-free. joining us now is the ceo of the foundation, erica donalds. erica, so great to the see you. met you percent first time a few months ago, you told me about what you're doing k and it's phenomenal. if you would, share what your up foundation does for kids. >> sure. well, i started the optima pound case after serving on the -- foundation after serving on school board here in collier county, florida, and i found parents like me really didn't have school choice options. we started several brick and mortar charter schools in the classical tradition. but during covid, you know, we started a virtual program, of course, like everyone else and found a there was a huge command for a classical option mt. virtual realm, distance learning

where parents have more controlover what their students are learning. so we took that a step further by adding the is virtual reality component. so we are teaching class call education, accredited standards-based here in florida tuition-free through virtual reality in addition to our brick and mortar schools, and is we're serving over 3,000 students right now. pete: 3,000. so you've got brick and mortar schools if you want to send your kids to the a physical school, you can. but how does virtual reality classical education work? what because it look like in. >> well, i was skeptical too at first, but when i met my partner anna who has a degree in the classics and also had been working on virtual reality for abouten ten years, he put never in a headset with his eighth grade class in an independent school this mississippi. i was underwater with them watching whales go by and watching these students label the parts of the whale in real time with one another interacting and i thought the, this is a game-changer.

so our students not only feel like they're in a classroom with their teacher and their peers in vr, they can travel to the manager they can go to ancient rome, we have an amazing constitutional experience where they go to independence hall and hear about the debates that occurred in the founding of our nation. so it's amazing. pete: interesting. an opportunity to use this technology that some of us are skeptical of in a way a to actually immerse kids in truth and beauty and goodness and wisdom and virtue and all the things they don't get inside other schools across america today. if folks want to learn more, erica, where can they? >> school is optima academy.online. it's power by optima ed, our company, and the optima foundation that helps create these opportunities across the steal of florida. of we're also getting into arizona, iowa, anywhere where an esa, education savings account, launching, we're going to offer this choice to parents. pete: wow, great stuff. you're going to have to tell your husband that we know who

the real rock star is in the house, and we just met her this morning on "fox & friends". we appreciate it. e ca, thank you so much. -- erica, thank you so much. >> thank you so much, pete. booth president up next, we're talking to our slote voter panel about the state of the hi -- the economy and the race for 2024. will's going to get to those independents in a moment.yo ♪u muck switch to a king suite- or book a silent retreat. silent retreat? oh! hold up! earn big with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? oh booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beach house, a treehouse, ♪ ♪ honestly i don't care ♪ find the perfect vacation rental for you booking.com, booking. yeah.

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complacent. ♪ >> that's why i'm running for reelection. will: president biden announcing his reelection bid the week as a new fox news poll shows that 78% of voters believe the economy is in poor or only fair shape. and many worry it's going to get worse. here to react is our voter panel. good morning to you all again. had a fascinating cushion with you a little bit -- discussion with you a little bit earlier about whether or not the republicans would be on side of ron desantis or donald trump and whether or not democrats are ready to sign up once again for president biden. i want to go to my two independents to start now this morning, john and mary. tell me, what is leading you -- let's start with this: mary, what issue is the one that will help you decide what you will to do in 2024? >> number one is is the economy. will: and which way would that lead you right now? >> donald trump. will: and would you say -- would you mind sharing, were you a supporter for the past couple of

elections? >> i voted for him first time for the economy. i actually didn't trust him in any other, you know, field or any, anything else, but i trust thed him on the economy. so i voted for him the first time. he did a great job as far as i was concerned, i voted for him a second time in 2020 the because of the economy, and now more than ever the economy. will: and out of curiosity, when i asked earlier who identifies as remin, you said incompetent. -- republican. have you not always voted republicansome why do you say independent? >> i'm independent now because i'm completely dissatisfied with the gop, the rnc. i don't like the direction that, honest truly, either party has taken. it's become way too political. unfortunately, i feel that a politician, especially if you're running for president, needs to look at the greater good for every one of its citizens, and that's what we need right now. will: so, i don't know, you're as well identifying as an independent. which issue is most important to you? >> well, you know, i have the benefit of listening to -- we

have an audience, a social media platform, my son and i. and the demographic is wide ranging. i give the benefit of the the doubt, so the older people want to know about health care, the younger people want to know about jobs, and it's the all wrapped around housing affordability, right? is high interest rates, no inventory. then you sprinkle on top the loan adjustments -- will: so like mary, it's the economy. >> it's the economy, but it's definitely a a place where i don't think it's any broad stroke of gene -- genius here. we've got to pinpoint one or two and get some clarity. will: and which way does that lead row? >> it leads me to reason. there is no decision as i sit here today on what side i go. i use my friends, family and, you know, those who speak to having knowledge to kind of just put me a direction. will: okay. let me go back to our three self-identified democrats here. be honest, marisa, your point of

view is the one that i would have expected this morning many that even though you are the you are kiss satisfied with joe biden and you said every one of your friends are dissatisfied with joe biden, you will stick with him in a general election against a republican. i'm more surprised to the hear from natalia and frank that you'd be willing to leave joe biden, not just willing, but you're interested, looks like you're going to, and,-and-a-halfal la, you would move having not voted for him before to donald trump. >> i'm hoping that it won't come to that. i think he's a terrible candidate. he duded this country and created -- divided this country, but i would vote against joe biden based on what he's done with our children and education and also the censorship machine. i am a soviet emigrant, i came here when i was 6, and i know what it's like to have your free speech stifled. and under the biden administration we have stifled free speech and created a very oppressive environment that reminds me of where i came from.

will: i ask this respectfully, i'm asking this out of genuine curiosity, were these issues not obvious to you or motivational to you in 2020? in other words, i think we had some indication -- maybe not fully -- of censorship. we had some indication of the response to covid and education with our children in 2020. what was the tipping point for you over the last three years? >> fighting for open schools and seeing how people who were not agreeing with the consensus like dr. jay bhattacharya, the author of the great barrington declaration, were deplatformed and systematically censored by the biden administration. i i will never forget that. the twitter files are ground breaking, and everybody, every american should be aware of what happened to them. will: fascinating. frank. why do you feel, i believe like natalia, you've kind of become an anybody but joe candidate. why is that? >> well, because i know that for the economy especially the recent economy is getting worse.

and we, i feel that we need someone that really understand better the situation because the age thing he has, i don't think that -- i would support him for four more years. will: yeah. and i've heard that mentioned. and now, marisa, i see you've been nodding when he talks about joe's age. but in the end you've told me, look, if it's joe that's the democratic nominee, i'll be with joe. >> -- i feel although i i do, i havered more on the -- erred more on the side of an independent that's why i like bobby kennedy because i don't agree with some of the things with covid that the democratic party pushed, but i cannot get in line with some of the social issues of the republican party. so for ming my beliefs lie many concern in more of what the democrats are. i'm not thrilled with really the dnc or the rnc, but i have to look at what i believe to be best. will: i've focused on the

inexcepts and the democrats because i'm, quite honestly, is so surprised at some of the answers that i'm getting here today. but, john and chris, you guys are both republicans. i don't know, concern john, i'm going to go governor with this, you -- you do have to vote or you with, i expect, will vote in a primary. >> absolutely. will: all right. which which way will you lean? >> we'll see. [laughter] what i want -- will: a that's three strikes and i'm out. [laughter] >> what i want is a robust debate. we already know that president trump has cone the job, right? he has a record of proven accomplishments. but when you look at desantis,s he also has a record with regard to how he operated as governor. will: right. >> but then trump made a very good point. i don't remember florida ever being in bad shape. so he kind of, it's almost like walk if -- in and don't mess up type of situation. but when you look at america, the state many which service the in when trump had take taken

office and then went he left office aside from covid, america was booming. will: what i hear is a guy that's leaning towards trump but not closed the door on desantis -- >> here's the situation, right? if i don't run an airline, but trump has a lot of checked and carry-on baggage, right in i'm not saying i'm willing to catch another flight, but if it's trump -- bind, i'm going with trump. will: sure. chris, you know, those are the only two two names we talk about, relationship trump, desantis. any other name you would -- >> i think desantis is still a wonderful choice. you mentioned that florida has always been good, you kind of just had to walk in and take over, but florida was flat for a long time. real estate prices were flat. i'm in real estate, so these are the things that i watch. we've seen florida go through its bad times and, basically, he's done a tremendous amount for florida over the course of the pandemic. he kept it alive while everyone else was existence him.

so many people talkedder the -- talkedder the by about him, how he was dangerous for society and he was doing things that might have been bad for the health of people. he just went against it. will well, this has been a fascinating conversation. natalia, you're a first for me. i've never met someone who said it took me. years, but i would vote for donald trump. [laughter] pete, over you. pete: well done, well done. we turn now to a few additional headlines starting with this: a texas man is accused of breaking from his dinner date to kill a man who scam him out of $40. houston polices say the man and his date paid who they thought was a parking attendant. once inside the restaurant the staffed to them been scammed and should not have paid for parking. he then allegedly left the restaurant, retrieved a gun from his car and shot the scammer. he's now in custody facing murder charges. well, bud light's parent company, anheuser or bush, has hired a lobbying team of former

republican senate staffers called origin advocate city llc focusing on general policy regarding the alcohol beverage continues. cleanup continues. the move comes amid continued fallout after bud light partnered with transgender activist daryl land mulvaney and hair the sale -- their sales tanked. now to a fox weather alert, yosemite is temporary hi closed as snow melt is causing flooding and rock fall. rangers warn the flooding could be hazardous for some time. parts of the famous land mark are closed until at least wednesday with rangers saying it could last through the summer. let's turn now to the chief, chief meteorologist rick reichmuth, for our fox weather forecast. rick: that would be tragedy are thetic if it goes that long, but record snow pal across all of the sierra nevada. not everywhere, but so many areas saw records, and everybody saw incredible snowfall, and now

the really rapid warmup is causing a rapid melt of some of that snow, and it's going into areas that are already seeing some kind of flooding. that's today's temperatures, here's tomorrow's. tomorrow we cool down a little bit towards the west. we'll probably hit 100 for the first time in phoenix. normal wily that's may 2nd, pretty much right about right on average. you see that cooler trend you see right there, that's what's about to happen. we're going to get back into the cooler pattern. across parts of the west. it looks like the greek letter to mega, and we continue to see the gloomy weather for a lot of this week across the northeast. big showers going on, big travel delays, and that is reinforced by the second storm that comes in tomorrow. so, unfortunately, a very gloomy weekend for a lot of the northeast. all right, send it over the rachel. rachel: all right. you seen his flags right here on "fox & friends", and he designed the patriot awards last year which were awesome. pete: now he has a new business

100% made in america-themed crates which he calleds the most patriotic gift expensive. will: welcome to the shane, patriot crates. good to see you. tell us about patriot crates. >> being a manufacturer here mt. u.s., i know firsthand how hards to compete with imported products. so i've partnered with it's a hundred, way over a hundred of american small businesses, blue collar, mom and pop shops, no huge companies, and they're all handmade, curated gift crates. so you've got the bloody mary survival cut, the mommy spa day kit, this is a camping survival kit -- pete: sorry. [laughter] will: so, shane is, we get this awesome box in the mail and inside is a host of different things you can open up and you -- depending on the theme, campfire here, so all this stuf- >> yeah. it's a portable crate.

jack daniel's barbecue sauce, popcorn, viper energy drink to get you going, then you get home and you can open your freedom cab bet. rachel: i've got one of those. pete: some cards or and a drink. i'm going to open this one -- oh, a little thumb print if action -- >> yeah, that's biometric. pete: really cool. you can be the only one that can open it. >> make your own whiskey, make your own gin, something for everybody. something for mom for mother's day, 10% off on the web site right now. so the two web sites are patriot crates.com and freedom cabinet.com. kind of sister -- rachel: mother's day's right around the corner. pete: that would be great. mother's day, father's day, memorial day, a great looking thing shows up in the mail, tons of surprises inside, i love it. >> and you're supporting small american businesses with a lot of these products we have the choices to go with bigger companies, and we went with the small ones on purpose.

will: love these knives. >> yep, they're handmade and fire forged. half people who are doing the are are celebrities and influencers themselves, but the big guys don't need us. the small guys do. this whole program has unintentionally turned into, like, a movement almost of all these small business -- pete: awesome. >> yep, strictly american made. will: really cool, shane. pete: and, again, he made the patriot awards for this year, and they were phenomenal. >> that's right. thank you so much. rachel: thank, shane. w. will: all right. coming up, fat acceptance activists insist childhood obesity isn't a problem after all. dr. marty makary sets the record straight next. at adp, we understand business today looks nothing like it did yesterday. while it's more unpredictable, its possibilities are endless.

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rachel: a fat acceptance activist is insisting childhood obesity isn't a problem after all despite affecting 14.7 million kids. she blames, get the, white supremacy, quote, saying the thin ideal is definitely a white ideal. when we traces the history of modern diet culture, we trace it back in the united states to the end of slavery. wow. here to react, fox news medical contributor dr. marty makary.

so let's just take that one before we unpack the rest of it. she says it's not the potato chips, it's the patriarchy, it's white supremacy. >> you know, we've forgotten, rachel, about the good old-fashioned discipline and good habits, and right now we've got to blame somebody for everything, so that's my take on that piece. rachel: yeah. you know, i think of it a little bit differently, i think that there is -- call me a conspiracy theorist, but you have big food who gets you sick, right, with all this sugar-laid aren, ultra-processed and then you have big pharma that swoops in to, you know, give you a pill to fix what's making you sick and then you can just wrap it up in ideology to virtue signal it. i don't know what's happening, but something's wrong with food in america, doctor. >> we're on a path for every child in america to be on 3-5 medications, one for obesity, one for anxiety because of these con sprints we've put on -- constraints, and i agree with you, i don't think pharma's

going to object to that world. rachel: yeah, no. there's no question about that. so what can we do? because, by the way, the government is now for the first time saidst the, they're recommending for children who are obese medication. and, of course, if you give kids medication for obesity at a young age, you're never teaching then about how to eat properly and exercise and heal themselves by eating and exercising. so now you have a patient for life. what's going to happen to americans, to churn? -- to children? >> well, look, we have a culture where we want a pill to fix all of our problems. the problem is these kids are going to be on these medications for their entire life. it will create a moral hazard, there'll be no motivation or incentive to change their lifestyle because they don't see health as their physiologic health, they see it as their figure. and oz lang -- as long as you can pop pills to lose pounds, that's the path you're going to go down to. the medical establishment has given lip service to the idea of

actually changing your lifestyle and behavior. we've got to educate people properly about weight. it's not fat and fat in milk and we don't immediate to move everyone to to low fat foods, we need to move people away if sugar addiction. rachel: right. st the sugar. last question. could it be the people who are making the recommendations of what we eat whether it's in our kids' school lunches or whatever, are they captured by these industries? are they just no longer honest brokers? >> i think right now there's this yen sense that we need to -- general sense that we need to accept everybody for exactly who they are. you can't tell someone what they should eat or shouldn't eat. of course we shouldn't shame anyone, of course we should treat everyone with love and respect, but we've got on the honest with kids. when they eat these foods with high sugar like ice cream every day as promomented in this recent book d promoted in this recent book, then they're on a path to diabetes. and far more kids and people in america are going to get

hospitalized for diabetes than ever were for covid. rachel: yeah. and a lot of people are getting rich off a lot of people having diabetes as well. it's very sad. thanks for bringing attention to it. we can heal ourselves with food. >> thanks so much. rachel: thank you. all right. still ahead, justice samuel alito says he thinks he knows who leaked last year's draft of a supreme court ruling that would overturn roe v. wade. that's next. with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i'm getting into my groove. ♪(uplifting music)♪ along with significantly clearer skin... skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. and is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. skyrizi attaches to and reduces a source of excess inflammation that can lead to skin and joint symptoms. with skyrizi 90% clearer skin and less joint pain are possible. serious allergic reactions and an increased

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