disabled the comment section on social media. would they be worried about a public outcry? small victories, victories nonetheless. it is america now and forever, see you on instagram and twitter. greg gutfeld takes it all from here. >> todd: breaking overnight, protesters take to the streets of new york city demanding charges in the death of jordan neily, who was put in a choke hold and died for acting erratically on the subway. [chanting] >> how do you spell -- >> nypd. >> how do you spell -- >> nypd. [chanting] >> todd: you're watching "fox

and friends first" on friday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. passengers inside the car say neily told him he didn't care if he went back to jail, before a former marine put him in a choke hold. anxiety is at an all-time high in new york following violence on the subways. aoc and eric adams are turning on each other. >> todd: alexandria hoff with what comes next. good morning. liquid the conversation includes criticism over the way homelessness is treated or not treated in cities. protest erupted last night and continued following the death of jordan neely from alvin bragg to file charges against a 24-year-old marine veteran who put neely in a choke hold after he was acting erratically.

here is eric adams. >> we are investigating, let's let the da conduct his investigation with law enforcement officials. to interfere with that is not the right thing to do, i will allow them to do their job and determine what happen here. we cannot say what a passenger should or should not do in a situation like that. we should allow the investigation to take course. >> alexandria: da alvin bragg says this ended in the loss of jordan neely's life. as part of the investigation, we will review the medical examiner report and talk to as many witnesses as possible and obtain medical records. this is being handled by senior experienced prosecutors. kathy hochul weighed in, as well. >> i want to acknowledge how hoffic it was to view a video of

this. just looking at the video, you know it is wrong. no one has the right to take the life of another person. >> alexandria: alexandria ocasio-cortez labeled it a murder, writing, this feels like a new low, not being able to condemn a public -- last sentence is especially rich from administration trying to cut services that could have help him. leo terrell is weighing in, too. >> leo: this is about power and control, this is a head game. democrats are not worried about justice and law and order, they want chaos. they are professional agitators. >> alexandria: the maen radio was questioned by police and so far released without charges. >> todd: in all of these stories, when aoc says this is a murder, it is not, a murder is a

legal term of art that has specific elements that need to be met. she is 100% off until that individual is or is not charged with said crime. alexandria hoff, thank you. here is curtis, former mayoral candidate reacting to this case. >> these people need help, medical help and they leave them in the subway, they are a danger to themselves and everyone else. who do we blame? a hero who has done service for our country. we don't give him the benefit of the doubt. >> todd: the family of jordan neely and the family of the marine have both lawyered up as the manhattan da continues the investigation. >> ashley: suspect in custody in connection with the 29-year-old woman found dead on a phoenix hiking trail over the weekend. lauren hikey was attacked while

hiking the trail and pronounced dead at the scene. the suspect was arrested at his apartment after a search warrant was served. hikey's family is reeling from the tragedy. >> as hard as this is for us, we're grateful because we had such a beautiful child. >> whoever did this to her. >> ashley: makes me sick, that poor family. lauren hikeey was only 29 years old. top intelligence officials signed a 2020 letter claiming the hunter biden laptop story was disinformation will testify in front of a subcommittee this week. >> todd: the letter was released to give president biden a talking point during the last debate of the 2020 election. brooke singman has the latest.

brooke. >> brooke: former cia director morrell and brennan will testify this month. take a look at the emails. mike morell asked brennan to sign the letter. can i add your name, giving a talking point to push back on trump on this issue. brennan responds, add my name to the list, good initiative. this was just four days before the debate with biden and trump. >> 54 national intelligence folkses what he is accusing me of is a russian plant. five former heads of the cia, both parties, say what he's saying is a bunch of garbage. >> brooke: john solmonreleased

the e-mails yesterday and he calls this election interference. listen. >> this e-mail between two cia directors to create political outcome in an election and portray it as a warning. 51 people, who carried power of the united states intelligence community signed this letter without ioda that this was russian disinformation so joe biden could have that moment to lie to the american people. >> the white house claims the fbi has a document that describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions. here is the white house's response. >> refer you to the justice department. nothing today. >> what country does this refer to? >> i will refer you to the

justice department. >> brooke: james comer says this specials trouble for the president, watch. >> we take whistleblowers credible, two have come forward in the last two weeks. we're doing everything we can to protect the whistleblowers and to try to encourage more whistleblowers to come forward. we have credible evidence. >> brooke: comer has subpoena out for the alleged document and the fbi has until wednesday to respond. >> todd: thank you. nancy mace says the walls are closing in on the biden family. >> the fbi c can run, but they cannot hide. in our investigation, if we can show that connection, this is what this document will do, show connection between the president and the vice president and his son and the money being moved

around. >> todd: brooke, your report shows important fact, upper level of the intel agencies took advantage of trust placed in them by the american people to influence because they did not want donald trump to win, included giving a leg up in the debate, final debate before people went to vote. i don't know what a greater case of election interference would be other than this. >> ashley: you had 50 or 51 national former national intelligence officials that signed this letter right after the "new york post" first report about the hewn laptop. signed this letter saying, absolutely not, this has earmarks of russian disinformation campaign. biden campaign pushed this letter and former vice president biden at the time, said look at this letter, they signed this, this is russian disinformation

campaign, you can't listen to a thing this report is saying, everyone is trying to smear me. i reported last month, it was secretary of state antony blinken who was foreign policy advisor on the campaign who started discussing, maybe coordinate and write a letter like this. get former intel officials onboard to say this laptop is part of russian disinformation campaign. that is what they did and used in the debate, as you see in the clip we played. in light of what we learned about the laptop and about hunter biden being under federal investigation now for more than four years, i moon, at thatim too, hunter biden was under federal investigation, that investigation began in 2018, two years into a federal investigation, it is just really stunning and that e-mail john solo mon released is something. >> ashley: it is something it's

taking so long to get information out on this one person, actually a group of people. >> todd: and antony blinken said none of this happened and we have receipts and brooke singman has shown us the receipts. vice president kamala harris showing off her newly purchased records, yes, vinyl, to the press yesterday after visiting a vinyl store in dc, but walked off after being asked about the debt ceiling. watch. >> this one? so good, it's a classic. and then, this, this beautiful one, ela fitzgerald and louis armstrong. >> ashley: bobby joins us now, bobby, is this the right way to go about boosting kamala harris image to the public? if i were to be tasked with this, i would not want to be, if i did, i would send her down to

the border and talk to border patrol agents, have her talking to people who live in the communities. what do you think? >> yeah, ashley, no greater sense or example of entitlement than someone refuses to answer the questions, you see her ignore question about the debt ceiling. what about the press trying to humanize vice president kamala harris. the coverage yesterday, particularly from article called the washtonian. says, kamala harris knows her stuff, meaning vinyl records. good for her and great for her, she's a music fan and informed music fan, what about the border she was tasked to fix? it is a national disaster, what is going on is unfortunate and she seems disconcerned with that and worried about her own image and i feel like the press is

trying to make her look like she is not just a politician, she is one of us who wants to enjoy her music. so unfortunate to see her ignore reporters like that and you are right, if you are trying to fix her image or stop her from hindering, which has been in since joe biden took office. send her to the border, not acting like she's one of us, she is not based on that answer. >> todd: yesterday she was tasked with being the ai czar, as well. whatever you think about ai, like it or don't like it, you have to acknowledge there are serious complications that will result from i ia, we should probably have somebody who can actually handle the border crisis, somebody who can handle the ai crisis that will result in somebody not focused on porgy and bess, studio album from

1959, it is so unserious on her part, it is frightening. transportation secretary pete buttigieg will not give a straight answer if he wants to finish the job as transportation secretary, if re-elected. right now i have my head down, seeking historic opportunities in front of us. it is demanding work, but rewarding and we have a lot to be proud of and more to do. your reaction, bobby? >> what exactly does this guy have to be proud of? talk about disaster. no one in the administration has been more inept as mayor pete, he used to call himself. people stranded at airports, train derailments, what happened with the soil. let everybody know where this

guy's head is, the ohio train derailment catastrophe, he was talking about increasing diversity among construction sites across the country. blue-collar workers and cities affected by the ohio train and he's worried about diversity at construction sites. he is not serious, to see him noncommittal shows he is nonserious, struggles making decisions or he has bigger plans himself. ib don't believe he bought in as this role of transportation secretary, i think he wants to be more in the fiber of the fight of american culture based on construction sites not being diverse enough for him. >> ashley: he's dodging questions, which is interesting enough in itself, but even if biden were to be re-elected as president, surely they can find

someone who acts like they want to do their job. the port situation in covid, he was on paternity leave, feels like he doesn't care, and the train derailments, didn't feel he cares and that is concerning. >> yeah, my point, too. bad enough these people get positions and don't care about it, at least most act like they do pete buttigieg has not acted like he cares at all. if he gets re-elected, god forbid, at least find somebody who acts like they care to serve. he has failed from the beginning. >> todd: bobby boreck, thank you. boston red sox fans seem to be joining the bud light boycott. in this video, you see fans waiting for refreshments and the

stand selling bud light, zero customers. a lot of bud light waiting to be "drunk" there, ash. the beer company partnered with trans tiktoker dylan mulvaney, but lied has lost money since then and reporting significant drop in bud light sales. this is significant because this is not in the middle of the country in red state, massachusetts so blue and happening there. >> ashley: i saw a bud light distributor truck driving and i felt bad for the guy driving, he looked defeated, you can tell. i think this is going to affect and trickle down and that is what i have a problem with. >> todd: what has that guy done to deserve this? >> ashley: nothing. >> todd: streets of london filling up with people to witness the coronation of king charles iii. >> ashley: we will take you live

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we are back with a live look at london, where people are lining the streets, surrounding buckingham palace preparing for the coronation of king charles. >> todd: i played the air coronet. i did. alex hogan joins us live, good morning, alex. >> good morning, todd and alex, it is exciting in london. people are lining the streets and camping out. we met people who have been camping out for three days to get the best view of buckingham palace. these are spectators and thousands of workers have been working tirelessly to make sure everything goes according to plan come tomorrow. take a look at this video, rehearsals that we've seen to make sure everything goes according to plan. we're looking at a massive event taking place through the city of london of this magnitude, historical event, they are doing military rehearsal to make sure

even little things like the roads are not too slippery for people walking with the horses and carriages and women from the uk armed forces will participate in this coronation. the service will be conducted by the archbishop of canterbury. this route will leave from buckingham palace and go to westminister abbey, much shorter than when queen elizabeth w cornated. this was when queen eshg liz beth was becoming queen. it is passing through london's historical and major landmarks, all part of major effort to modernize the monarchy by having a slightly scaled back event,

adding up to $125 million to of coer the festivities. this is the diamond jubilee coach that king charles and the queen consort will ride in. it was built for the diamond jubilee, 60th anniversary marking the queen's time on the thrown. it is supposed to be more comfortable know that the gold carriage because there is not suspension on that one and this one is considered to be more comfortable. as far as the attendees, about 2000 people are invited, again, more scaled back than the coronation of queen elizabeth ii. prince harry will attend, meghan will not attend.

this is taking place on the same day as their son, archie's birthday. this will be hosted by ainsley earhardt, martha maccallum and piers morgan. the beautiful tulips behind me, all of these tulips were grown in a secret garden in hyde park and picked for the shade of red that most resembles the red in the flag and the red soldiers will wear. small details like that all going into this massive celebration that will kickoff tomorrow and there will be people lining the streets to catch every second of it. back to you. >> ashley: i've been talking about the tulips, i think they are tulips, they are absolutely beautiful, the most beautiful shot i've seen in a long time,

alex. we can see what is going on behind you. on the other side of the camera, are people mingling around, what is the vibe there? >> yeah, a lot of excitement, there is already thousands of people lining the streets and waiting 24 hours in advance to see the parade root festivities and setup. we see troops and soldiers on horses, marching and surveying the area and you have to imagine the large-scale security operation that is underway. a lot of police officers, dogs are here sniffing to make sure the area is secure. there will be so many moving pieces, this of course, impacts transportation across the city. there will be road closures and traffic, many tourists from around the world. we met a group of americans who were here and said they arrived for the week, this is something they could not miss. it's been 70 years since the

last coronation. it is an,a mazing event to see. it is sunny. we should be seeing some rain unfortunately, for the people camping out, they are holding on to hope it will be sunny and not rain on the parade. if it does rain, people are prepared. they have parkas and fun costumes we'll show you throughout the weekend. >> todd: alex hogan issue the most beautiful live shot in the history of news. bring in royal contributor and author of "the king" christopher anderson. what are key moments you will be paying particular attention to? >> i suppose i have to tell you, i've been covering the royal family for 50 years now, i hate to admit it. if you had told me 50 years ago we'd be at this moment at this time with these people in this

place, i would have told you no, that can't be. i will be looking at is william going to get down on his knee before the new king and pledge his fieldtyshg? in the past, it was a grand procession and there were dukes and barons that knelt. charles will make it all william's job to do that, only member of the royal family to speak. i think in parts, that is because he is the most popular member of the royal family at the moment. >> ashley: i would also, a lot of people questioned the book that came out with harry and all the drama. i have a question about soon-to-be queen camilla, she is supposed to be queen consort, what do people think about her

becoming queen? >> not good, only 20% of the population accepts calling camilla queen. go back to diana's death, after she died, she was one of the most hated women on the planet, she was worried about her securities, everyone blamed camilla. diana's ghost looms over this proceeding. one of the biggest jobs the king has is to sell the people on camilla. i knew from the beginning, when he married her, he had to promise the british people she would be known not as queen, but princess consort. the queen said, you can marry camilla, if she is not known as queen.

the queen softened and said, i want my subjects to accept camilla as queen consort, that title never existed, she is consort of the king, but she is the queen. he was never going to keep that promise, he wouldn't do that to camilla. not popular with the people. >> ashley: i always wondered about that, not a lot we have heard about. thank you for the insight, christopher andersen. a chicago reporter went to ask questions about a large group of migrants at a city hotel and here is what happened next. >> this is a hotel. >> it is closed. >> i just saw people go inside. >> it is closed for you. >> why is it closed for me? >> todd: it is closed for you, we will bring in that conversation and talk to that reporter live, keep it right here on "fox and friends first."

>> todd: body cam footage sho showing bryan kohberger pushing back at an officer at a traffic stop. >> i think you know why i stopped you, you ran a red light. >> i was stuck in the middle of the -- >> you are not supposed to enter the intersection at all. >> todd: this interaction released with other body cam footage from in december when police served a search warrant in his apartment. he was in pennsylvania and taken into custody by the fbi at his parent's house. take a look at this, chicago-based reporter barred from entering a luxury hotel being used for migrant housing. watch. >> why not? >> this is private.

>> this is a hotel. >> it is closed. >> you canome in. >> i saw people go in. >> it is closed for you. >> why is it closed for me? why is it closed for me, i don't understand. >> it is private. you are not a resident here. >> who are the residents? >> todd: a hotel is a place of public acommendation, it is not closed by anything. hotel room at magnificent mile goes for $30a night and taxpayers are footing the bill. >> ashley: jay inslee signed a bill into law, but there is a catch. officers have to meet several training requirements that include completing emergency operator course and emergency operator training within the past two years, also officers

must be certified in pursuit intervention. it turns out that is a tall order. the seattle police officer guild say 35 people have that specific training. john knowles joins me now. you said the change is better than what you had, but still not great. explain to us what the changes are and what you still think needs to be done? >> well, back in 2020, the state legislature prevented police from engaging in any pursuit unless there was probably cause a violent crime had occurred. anyone familiar with probable cause and reasonable suspicion, when an officer is trying to decide to pursue somebody at front end of a crime, that is a

standard that is near impossible to meet because the public safety outcry from the citizens and law enforcement, the legislature was forced to reconsider that standard and only moved the needle a slight bit by allowing us to pursue vehicles when we have reasonable suspension that a violent crime has occurred, that or dui, and domestic violence crimes. we were forced to take something that was better than nothing. it doesn't go far enough. >> ashley: it is still not great, i totally understand. you don't need as much probable cause, but when legislation was taking this into consideration, did they take the police and law enforcement advice what to do or take it on themselves, people who are not dealing with it

every single day, or did it fall on deaf ears? >> it largely fell on deaf ears. we had several law enforcement groups try to work with the legislature back in 2020 when this first slew of anti-police legislation was passed. they would say that they would work with groups like fraternal order of police, which is not a large group here in the state of washington and largely ignoring the washington association of sheriff and police chiefs, the resulting legislation was poorly written as you eluded to. seattle police department pointed out requiring certification that in washington don't exist and have not existed. it is training we put our people through and it is not necessarily a certification, the language is poorly written.

the governor, earlier this week, when signing the legislation, he touted how it has been a learning lesson and frankly it is poorly written legislation as result of not working with police. >> ashley: before i let you go, i have to point out how many times we head on body cam footage, cops aren't going to do anything, i will just get out as soon as i'm in, they are paying attention to law changes and that also puts a hamper on everything. sheriff john nowels, thank you, appreciate it. parents and students are furious with california school district for allowing biological males to use girl's bathrooms, listen to this. >> there is no reason my 14-year-old daughter has less rights today than i had when i was a child. >> ashley: that mom issin joing us next. >> todd: plus, take a look, our favorite shot of the year,

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>> todd: in california, shocking video of a physical altercation

erupting between a transgender student and a female student. students and parents sound off at a board meeting against the policy, watch. >> the question is why are we affirming mental confusion of this boy and putting safety of women in jeopardy by allowing mentally confused men to use the women's space. >> if anything happens to my daughter and people in uniform come after me because i take care of the guy, i am in jail because of bad things you allow to happen. >> there is no reason my child should have less rights than what i had when i was a child. >> todd: the last parent was laurie lopez. powerful speak from megan

simpkins. how bad has it gotten at this school? >> it is a progression. this particular student involved in the altercation, this transgender student had been involved in multiple previous altercations with females and it had been brought to the school's attention and brought to the school board's attention at a prior school board meeting in early april. it seems very little was done to protect these girls. >> todd: we reached out to the school for comment, received this, staff have been working to ensure safety and rights of all students, considered promptly and responded to. the student involved will no longer be attending king high school. why was it allowed to escalate to violence in the first place? >> i think that is the big question, right?

many parents expressed concern during the first incident we see on the video and nothing was really done. it seems like it took this video to get a lot more traction. millions of views online and then some local media coverage before the school district acted to remove the student. >> todd: parents always worry about their kids, that is the job of being a parent. but how much more do you worry about your daughter going to school right now than your parents worried about you a few years ago? >> well, yeah. i mean, our kids today are dealing with complicated issues that we were not forced to deal with as children. my daughter attends this school and likely has to compete against a male to make a sports team, has to contend with

possibly changing in the locker room where biological males are also changing. i think our kids are not, they do not have the mental capacity to be able to negotiate this kind of complicated, really adult issue at their age. it is unfair for them to have to contend with this on school campuses. >> todd: being an adlessant girl is hard enough, it is a horrible message we are failing them during formidable years. we appreciate you fighting for all daughters, including my two. >> ashley: countdown is on for 149th kentucky derby happening this weekend. >> todd: janice dean is live from churchill downs, i have my betting sheets here. who are the favorites heading into tomorrow? i'm ready.

>> janice: your answer, 20 horses, forte, tappit, todd plecher's hoerlss and angel of empire, 8-1, brad cox's horse. 20 horses tomorrow 6:57 is post time. we are wearing stargazer lillies on the pink hat today and proceeds from today's event goes to breast cancer research, a lot of folks will wear pink today. this is 149th kentucky derby at churchill downs. the weather is going to be spectacular, i'm so excited because i've covered this event for many years and we've had a lot of mudders. to deliver a forecast with

temperatures in the upper 70s, lots of sunshine today and tomorrow, that is a wonderful thing. of course, last night i had a great event at beautiful boutique called rhodes in unto, christine moore was there, she designs the fabulous hats i wear every year and we did a become signing of "i am the storm" and i met native louisville residents, they came to see me, the beautiful store and christine moore will be with me later on "fox and friends." tomorrow is the king's coronation and christine designed a lot of hats for that, we will talk about the fashion and hats and the day's events unfolding here today on friday and saturday. >> ashley: i feel like i'm trying to balance something on my head.

>> todd: christine will have a big day tomorrow. i'm so excited for everyone to have nice weather. i have been there during one of the muddy days. we still had fun, but it was a disaster, the shoes and clothes and the clothes are so pretty and different. i'm excited for you to be there. >> janice: thank you, it throws a wrench in it sometimes, if the weather is not good, fashion gets soaked and that is not good either. >> todd: we want to thank christine for the derby hats. i will take mine and bump off a bank in 1924. >> ashley: you look beautiful today. >> janice: thank you. >> todd: breaking overnight, protesters take to the streets of new york city demanding charges in the district attorneying of a homeless man who was put in a choke hold on

the subway, we are live with the latest. >> ashley: and top intel officials are shown to be working together to discredit the hunter biden laptop story and help joe biden before the 2020 election. brooke singman is here next.

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>> todd: protesters take to the streets of new york city, demanding charges in the death of jordan neely, the homeless

man who was acting erratically, put in a choke hold and died. [chanting] >> todd: interestingly nypd had nothing to do with this incident. you're watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. neely has 44 prior arrests. a former maen radio put him in a choke hold. commuter anxiety is at all-time high in new york following a wave of deadly violence on the subway and this case has democrats like aoc turning on each other. >> todd: alexandria hoff with what comes next. >> alexandria: this is morph ed into how homeless people are