yours fruly, supreme court justiceses, stay at home moms and everyone in between. we were on a group chat a few hours before he died, and he was in fine form even at that hour. he loved his country and his family. dr. ramin oskoui, we will miss you. >> todd: silence from the white house as john durham reveals how forcefully democrats pushed the trump-russia narrative. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. media under a microscope facing allegations of pushing a baseless probe and providing cover for hillary clinton. >> todd: brooke singman has more. >> brooke: the white house is

tight-lipped on the durham report. his secretary walked off when asked about troubling revelations, watch this. >> what is the white house reaction to special counsel report? >> i would leave to the department of justice. >> does he agree with special counsel durham? >> that is with the department of justice. we believe in independent department of justice. thank you, see you guys in japan. >> durham report foup the fbi had no evident of collusion between donald trump and russia before the 2016 presidential election. cia director john brennan briefed barack obama and joe biden about a hillary clinton plan to tie trump to russia in july 2016. now all eyes are on democratic

congressman adam schiff, one of the most outspoken in congress when it comes to accusing trump of collusion. >> this clear evidence and this adds to ample evidence of collusion in plain sight and that is true. >> have democrats found evidence of collusion? >> yes, we have. you can see evidence in plan b sight, pretty compelling evidence. >> brooke: one of schiff's aides intimidated a university researcher who refused to discuss trump's ties to russia in 2019. schiff staffers asked them to analyze a news article about alleged links between trump and alpha bank. one of the house permanent committee staffers said their boss, congressman adam schiff would soon take over leadership of the committee.

the person took this as a child threat. schiff's past claims raise questions, including whether he should be in congress. listen. >> it raises the question about adam schiff. remember he told the american people he had proof? remember when he told them he didn't know the whistleblower? it raises questions about his character, his standing in congress or whether he should be in congress. >> brooke: schiff says the fact there was no evidence of collusion before investigation began is important distinction. >> todd: comment by mccarthy is interesting. they go after george santos for lying, really interesting comment by the house speaker. thank you employees here is trump's former attorney general

bill barr. >> i think what this has shown is the source and there are two sources and drivers of this ugly episode and that is hillary clinton's campaign launched a smear campaign that was based on getting russian sources to spread false information about donald trump and pedal it to the press and to the government, the fbi. both the press and the fbi abandoned any semblence and the real story from the fbi perspective what an abomination this was, this so-called investigation. if it wasn't a witch hunt, it is a damn good immitation of one. >> ashley: we will bring in jake beckett, whoin jo joins us now. dive into brook's piece, it was

interesting, talk about senator jack reid and adam schiff. when you look at the allegations against schiff's office, how desperate do allegations like this make the democrats look and trying to pin anything on former president trump? >> it certainly took off the mask when it came to donald trump. maybe the most important legacy of donald trump's term and he is still a major player in gop politics. the left, the deep state, the media, donald trump is great revealer, i've called him that, he really showed the american people who the people really are and they tossed away all norms and professionalisms, as bill barr said. unless there is major consequences, they have no incentive to change their

behavior. yeah, there is going to be changes. we're sorry. unless there are consequences and people face prison time for their actions, there will be no reform. the deep state has taken over washington, d.c. and i don't see any hope for reform coming from dc unless there are major consequences steming from revelations and i'm not seeing it right now. >> todd: that is the most concerning aspect of all of this. that is a both statement in light of what happened was concerning in and of itself, what consequences attached and what happens going forward. your thought on a name brooke mentioned in her piece, president barack obama. all of this got started while he was president. you haven't heard a lot about his culpability in all of this, nevertheless, the fbi and all that stuff happened while he was

president. should he face consequences or scrutiny for what he was responsible for in terms of leading this to happen? >> absolutely you should. you see former president donald trump being dragged in front of judges and juries and woke left-wing prosecutors in concern jurisdictions after his term in office and i think barack obama should face the same consequences. if dc is not doing it, the issue should be forced and looking at the clinton and obama family and the biden family, there is great exposure, like in a,,a, arkansas is a deep red state. fight fire with fire. until consequences, left, media, dc has no incentive to change.

when they take our government to this level, this is way worse than watergate ever was thchl is watergate on steroids, if they do not face consequences, it will get worse. >> ashley: the media refuses to cover this and hammer it out like they did the russian disinfo of president trump. where is the media in this? james clapper will sit in a closed-door conyessional meeting today to discuss the hunter biden laptop investigation. listen to this. >> i will tell you that my dashboard warning light was on and i think this was the case of all of us in the intelligence community. concerned about the nature of these approaches to the

russians. >> ashley: jake, that was in may of 2017. earlier this year, he said the media distorted what they said. is there any accountability? he's the sixth person to be brought to face -- not consequences, to face questions. where is the accountability? >> it is all cabookie theater. this is all hot air. this is just noise. until we see action, the american people will know this is not going to be turned on its face. clapper and all the former intelligence officials, the infamous 51 who signed the letter, were not caseworkers, those were bureaucrats, career analysts over at langley and worked up through the system, no

different from a politician or left-wing activist. agencies have been weaponized in this country and the message is out, the new stazy has arrived. >> todd: chinese money went to the penn biden center than previously known and donors had ties to hunter. received donations from 2018 to 2022, you will recall a number of classified documents were found in the penn biden center and members of the chinese ccp or chinese organizations had access to said documents. do you have any doubt this chinese money influenced joe biden's policy when it comes to

china? >> not at all, the ccp, they have their hooves in politicians and agencies and hold leverage over companies, largest market cap companies that do business in china and they are everywhere. just in my home state of arkansas, at the university of arkansas, flagship university, chinese national was arrested for espionage by the fbi and this is in arkansas. this is happening in a small town in northwest arkansas, this is happening all over the country and the ccp connection at highest level of our government, this corruption, you hear the left and media scream about connection between russians and trump. joe through hunter had been connected to the keystone, corrupt ccp money running up and down the family and you ask the

question, what were they paying for? what were they getting in return for funneling this money? again, unless there are consequences and things come to a head where members of this biden crime family face serious prison time, there will be absolutely no consequences, no reform, no hope for change temperature cannot come from dc, it has to come from red areas. >> ashley: jake bequette, thank you for your time. fox news alert, terrorists on the fbi watch list arrested just two days following the end of title 42. >> todd: agents apprehending migranting, including 31 chinese nationals. lucas tomlinson has details. >> lucas: critics say the president claims the border is getting better.

record-setting week leading up to title 42's end. we are learning 88 men on the terror list were among those crossing. here is bill melugin, 30 chinese nationals were discovered near roma, texas. the trooper got them, called border patrol and agents responded. there is a surge of the chinese. here is president biden repeating what he said on his bicycle in delaware. [indiscernible questions] >> president biden: so much better. >> lucas: texas governor greg abbott asking for help. we must ban together to combat president biden's border cries and ensure safety all americans

deserve. defend national sovereignty. now florida governor ron desantis answering the call, sending assets including 800 soldiers, drones and vessels and saying, at my direction, state agencies and florida national guard are deploying to texas with assets including personnel, boats anden plas. florida is ready to help texas respond to the crisis. this year's total terror watch list arrest will surpass the 98 recorded last year thachl is like a full company, guys. >> ashley: unbelievable. parents and school officials in new york are outraged as mayor eric adams eyes 20 school gyms to use as migrant shelters. pointing the finger at president biden for creating the crisis

they can't imagine. >> where is the president of the united states? >> that is a good question. i think we all should be asking why is this happening to a city that was turning itself around and will continue to do so thchl should not be happening to new york city, chicago, los angeles and the other big northern cities and should not be happening to el paso or brownsville, no city should carry this burden temperature is a national problem and needs a national solution. >> ashley: where is kamala harris? all housing opings are on the table, including bringing back the tent city, which was opened last fall. >> todd: new york migrant crisis causing chaos for a bride and groom as the city relocates migrants to suburban hotels.

a florida couple booking 30 hotels for their upcoming wedding, all of which were cancelled to make room for the migrants. >> i asked them about the migrants going in there, will it be safe for our guest and ourselves being there? you have nothing to worry about, your reservation contract has been cancelled. they said, nothing we can do, everything has been taken care of, it is a mad house and nothing i can do. >> our venue issin foo, everything is going to go there, it is hotel and what we do with our guests, we don't have a place to go. >> todd: the cancellations could cost them around $twenty,000. you are good at taking reservation, not good at keeping the reservation. this is no joke. think about what happened here. you have two parties within arms

length transaction forming a contract and because of the migrant crisis, which seems to up end norms throughout society with no accountability, they cancelled said contract. i don't think you can do that. >> ashley: forget the people who pay taxes in america. they had people coming from all over the world to their wedding. i mean, i just got married a little over a year ago and hotel acommendations at the resorts, we didn't have problems, but we had hiccups and that caused stress. i can only imagine what we're going through, it is unacceptable. a disaster. >> todd: think to yourself, why are we bending over backward to accommodate people that are not american citizens, that are doing something illegal, when we

are kicking disabled veterans out of hotels and now ruining a couple's wedding. coming down from the top. they are sort of machination here, puppeteering everybody and it has to stop and it is concerning this is happening. you wonder who is running our nation. >> ashley: i don't know if anybody is right now. fox news alert, florida governor ron desantis heading back to new hampshire, travel to the state on friday fuelling rumors he will soon launch a 2024 presidential campaign. fox can confirm, he will meet with a large group of republican lawmakers from the state house of representatives who are backing his anticipated run. this as the pro-desantis super pack never back down reveals 51 lawmakers are pledging support for the governor. next week, desantis is expected to be in miami, florida with top

financial backers, edging him closer to his bid for the white house. desantis will be joining crowded race with candidates like former president donald trump and nikki haley. >> todd: domingo hermann will not be in there, he was ejected from the game after catching him with a sticky substance. check him out. >> that is ripped into center field, bader makes the play and took extra base hit away from springer. immediately intercepted by the first base umpire. >> todd: oh, great catch by bader, nothing to do with the fact you can see domingo has something on his hand that is not rosin. this is not the first time he's been caught with this substance,

just last month he had to be taken off the field to wash his hands. >> todd: this looks suspicious, you can't do this, you can only use rosin. bad for the yankee rotation continue to happen. wild brawl breaking out between two families at disney world. take a look. [screaming] >> todd: just wait until you hear what started it. >> ashley: listen to this, california democrats want to pay migrants $300 week in employment benefits, meaning taxpayers would pay people who came into the u.s. illegally. a legal immigrant, a california residents, is here to respond.

we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature. but then he got us t-mobile home internet. i was just trying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might've taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. >> todd: want to see what it looks like when we arrive on the set together? just kidding. magical brawl breaking out, rushing to break out a fist fight between two families over a photo. [screaming]

>> todd: yep, official, people are crazy. it started when one family was standing near the anniversary sign to take a picture. a larger group came over and stood in the way, they asked them to move, one started swinging. eight people involved in the fight with two small children watching nearby. you go to disney for the kids, don't you? one person hurt, but declined to press charges. london breed claiming her city is safe. >> most people have unfortunately feel they have been or know someone who has been a victim. my car got broken into right in front of my home and there was nothing in it. i don't have anything to steal, i know better.

it is tough and we'll keep working on it to combat it. >> todd: crime has skyrocketed with homicide seeing an increase, arson up 8% and vehicle theft up 10%. breed cut from the city police force and sheriff's department before reversing course one year later making emergency request that the city border of supervisors for budget to crack down on crime. >> california facing migrant surge facing end of title 42 and proposing a new bill that would hand out employment checks to illegal immigrantses, up to $300 per week. here is governor gavin newsom on the financial crisis. >> you add expense ledger with volatility and the income tax

9.3, what does that add up to? 31.5 billion, 31.5 billion challenge. >> ashley: mike diaz, california resident that came to the u.s. legally. mike, thank you for getting up with us early. you came to america easily, did you get a check when you got here to help you get by? >> no, i wish i would have, maybe i'm 60 years too late. >> ashley: how does that make you feel? you saw this proposal that these people who did the wrong thing to get into the country, came here illegally and now get up to $300 a week, i believe for 20 weeks. >> you know what, you think after covid, we paid people not to work and that is what they did, not work. what did we think was going to happen with giving this money to

illegal immigrants? it doesn't make sense. we started this piece, the governor telling us, we are 31 million deficit, we do not have the money. not talk about the $$800 billion going through the legislature right now. we do not have the money, it is totally wrong. i think that the legislature has ran a bill, ab-2847 last year, the governor vetoed it. i think with super majesty in both houses of the state legislature, what is going to happen, they will run this up the flag pole and will trump the veto from the governor and i think they will maybe make this happen. that is what it looks like to me, i hope it doesn't happen. you never know these days with

the legislature. this is the reason folks 200 plus thousand a year are leaving california because of this. it is clear in my eyes that the payers are leaving california -- >> ashley: mike, all these people are leaving california for red states. where are they going to get this money if all the people leave? will they go bankrupt and defend on the federal government to pay their bills? we can barely pay our bills. >> exactly. we will not see a san francisco, we will see a california. california is going to be what san francisco is and it is funny, you talk about people leaving. my wife and i, we've been to texas three times and going again in june and looking for communities, we're tired of this place. >> ashley: good for you, we have a major immigration problem,

they get free cell phone, place to live, free food. >> it is not sustainable. >> ashley: no, it is not. thank you for your time. >> thank you. god bless. >> ashley: top biden officials taken to task on threats posed by china and inadequate response from the white house. listen. >> this idea we have a strong china policy is a bunch of crap. it is not the budget will deter china, it is our will to take on people like china. i think we're in a real world of hurt. >> todd: our next guest retired marine colenel and marine expert, how should the u.s. be responding to the ccp. >> ashley

canceling his trip for -- --

growing threat from china. >> china represents most consequential geopolitical challenge we face today. >> we've never been more aggressive in using department tools thab to address the threat from china. >> it has embarked on an historic military build-up including space and cyber space and we must face the prc's growing assertiveness. >> todd: colonel, talk is cheap, big talk coming in the sound bites, i haven't seen the corresponding action, what does the biden administration get wrong when it comes to china? >> it gets wrong what about every other administration gets wrong issue except mr. trump. if you accommodate china and talk to them, overlook the

things they do, they will become nice like a giant canada. we are seeing this with secretary of state, they have done nothing after the chinese spy balloon came through, you have not seen the investigation, have you? you have not seen sanctions, that is being done so secretary of state will go to beijing. it is american conceit if we talk to people, they will come around and like us, see we're not a threat and everything will get better. china has been a 50-year science experiment that has failed, you would think they would try a different program. >> ashley: senator lindsey graham, take a listen. >> they are sanctioned, do you really oil reserve went up 20%?

why? because of china. the idea we have a strong china policy is a bunch of crap. not the budget will deter china, our will to take on people like china. i think we're in a real world of hurt. >> ashley: your thoughts on what graham just said in correlation with china. >> i think he's right, a lot of people discover the china threat like they discover gravity. this has been going on for decades. i would note good data point is fentanyl coming from china killed 70,000 americans last year and numbers will go up this year, most comes from china. china could stop it, if they want, they don't. 70,000 dead americans, what is the american response and other administrations?

that should tell you plenty. senator graham is correct. >> todd: a shared hotline to avoid clashes and build trust between the two nations. is this normal course of business between two countries that have been adversaries or do you wor japan is trying to replace us as ally with china? >> no worries about japan, all the hotline that you just mentioned is absolutely a waste of time. anybody can get on the phone any time they want and call each other up. chinese aren't interested in it. china interest is to teach the japanese a lesson and pay them back for historical wrongs and absolutely dominate them. japan depends on the united states and is trying to build

defenses up and be an ally to us. i don't see japan and china cutting a deal, they are not capable of it. the chinese hate the japanese and japanese do not want any part of china. they have been trying to warn us and u.s. military refused to listen to them. >> todd: colonel, thank you. chatgpt calling for congress to regulate artificial intelligence before it causes serious harm to the world. >> my worse fears are that we cause significant, the technology, cause harm to the world. this technology can go quite wrong and we want to be vocal about that and work with the government to prevent that from happening. >> todd: using the music industry as example of how ai can negatively impact society as ai uses voices of current voices

to make new songs. what does this mean for musicians? >> we have the best creative community on the face of the earth there in tennessee and they should be able to decide if they are copyrighted songs and images are going to be used to train these models. >> we think creators deserve control over how their creations are used and what happens beyond the point of them releasing into the world. >> todd: the senator suggested that artist whose voices are in think sos and are ripped off by ai should be compensated. >> ashley: bud light and miller light racing to design their bottles. anheuser-busch will produce camel-print bottles, dedicated

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>> todd: vice president kamala harris attacking republicans at a democratic campaign event last night. >> this fight is not only about the people of florida and texas. let's see where this is headed. these extremists have a plan to take their agenda national. their blueprint is to attack

hard won fights, hard won rights and freedoms state by state. to attack the right to vote as they limit drop boxes and reject mail-in ballots, prevent teaching of america's full history with book bans. [applause] >> can you imagine, book bans in this year of our lord 2023? it is clear, these extremists want a nationwide abortion ban. i have news for them, we're not having that. >> todd: it comes as reports suggest harris is forming a group of female allies to bolster her pro-abortion agenda. after special counsel john d

durham's report they received from politically affiliated entities, critics are asking how the highest law enforcement agency tried to undo a -- comparing it to a banana republic. watch. >> these are the kind of tactics you see in banana republics and regimes and failed third world states. the tfk task of reforming is matter of survival for american democracy. to continue to be a self-governoring republic where the people, not the elite or corrupt media or buickock rase choose our lead ares. >> todd: joining me in a panel of immigrants from cuba, albania

and a refugee from vietnam, all three join me now. peter, how chilling are the parallels between the country you fled and the country you now call home? >> this is absolutely disturbing and should be disturbing to every american regardless of political affiliation. this is why the eastern european countries would do, create a fake file on someone and then choose a target, political target make sure they destroy completely their political opponents. this should bother each and every one of us. if they can do this to ump tr, imagine what agencies can do to you and i and our children if they were involved in politics. this is frightening. >> todd: did you ever think you would see the fbi act the way police forces in communist countries do? >> no, this is appalling.

this is what i ran away from and fought against all these years. we are doing this to this country, i can't believe this is happening in america. >> todd: top levels of government basically tried to overturn the will of the voters, that sounds like something that could happen in cuba, place you fled, not the united states of america. can you believe it is happening here? >> no, it is disheartening. we are taught to believe in the institutions of this country, this great nation and to see them compromised for political rivalry is disheartening and troubling as all panelists expressed. we should be concerned, this is not a matter of party, this is matter of country. more extreme we become, more polarized we become, more

damning willing end up being. >> todd: how should people fight back against this? >> require representatives to take action and call on congress to have a testimony to call durham, to call the people that are directly involved in this scheme and hold them accountable. this should not be brushed under the carpet. >> todd: how should the american people take this durham report and operationalize it? what should we do going forward? we've seen that the federal government isn't going to hold themselves accountable any way, shape or form. >> you are right, votes matter. go vote these people out and hold the d.o.j. accountable. this is not the rank and file. i've worked with the fbi for

many years. >> todd: final question, peter, how do we fight back? >> examine and make sure they question him why no charges were filed against the fbi agents willing to use the power that was bestowed upon them for political reasons. people should be held accountable. >> todd: each of you experienced tough initial phase of your life and you have come here for a better life and you have a better life. i can't imagine what you are looking at. we appreciate you being here to let the american people know what it could be like. fox news alert, six more people on the terror watch list.

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>> todd: fox news alert, six people on the terror watch list arrested at the southern border in just two days, bringing the total to 88 for the year, a record pace so far in 2023. even though president biden says the border crisis is getting better. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. 30 chinese nationals apprehended and that does not include migrants that haven't been caught. >> todd: lucas tomlinson live from d.c. >> lucas: president biden claims the border is getting better, that is afterrecord number enre