we got our melons checked. she had a concussion. admitting i was wrong is worse than losing at pickleball. saving your brain is a definite win. don't mess with your melon. if you hit it, get it checked. >> todd: another big day getting underway in the 2024 campaign cycle. florida governor ron desantis will announce he is entering the 2024 race and making that announcement tonight. you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. going down during a conversation with elon musk on twitter. then desantis will be here on this channel 8:00 p.m. eastern time for first national tv

interview as a contender. >> todd: the governor will become the latest candidate to throw his hat in the ring on heels of south carolina senator tim scott. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson has everything you need to know ahead of tonight. good morning. >> lucas: good morning. this move has been months in the making, now official, florida governor ron desantis will declare he's a 2024 presidential candidate tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. >> we will be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and will be for first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. >> lucas: florida first lady has a video on twitter showing the governor in front of a large american flag backstage with

loud applause heard in the distance. >> they call it fate, in the face of darkness, you see brighter future, faith our best days lay ahead of us. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. >> lucas: former president trump super pac responding to the announcement, this is one of the most out of touch campaign launches in modern history. only thing less relatable is desantis after party at four seasons resort in miami. just two days ago south carolina's tim scott tossed his hat in the ring and raised 2 million more dollars. six declared gop candidates, donald trump, nikki haley, asa

hutchinson, vivek ramaswamy, larry elder and tim scott. governor desantis first tv interview will be on fox news channel tonight 8 p.m. eastern, two hours after his apeerance on twitter. >> ashley: charlie hurt says desantis has a lot to prove to voters outside of florida. watch this. >> charles: desantis has tremendous support in florida. he's done great things in florida. if you talk to people in florida who love him, they have been affected by his policy and what he's done. if you live in iowa, you have not been personally affected by what ron desantis has done with policy in florida. donald trump has loyal following, ron desantis is figuring out how to convey that to voters he hasn't personally affected. >> todd: white house taking a hit at florida and governor desantis when asked about the

naacp travel advisory warning black americans to stay away from visiting the sunshine state. >> republicans in florida have attacked diversity, attacked inclusion effort and limited teaching of black history and launch attacks on lgbtq youth and women's reproductive freedom, that is what you have seen from lawmakers in florida. >> todd: all factually inaccurate statements from the podium at the white house. florida senator scott writing, florida is openly hostile to socialist, communists and those that enable them. before traveling to florida, understand the challenges faced by socialists and others who work in the biden administration. clinton taking it a step forward. desantis's ultra-maga state is

not safe for people of color or lgbtq or multi billion dollar corporations, factually inaccurate statement, she is getting mocked mercilessly. clay travis says florida gained million new residents is not safe for minorities or gay people, does anyone believe this? lies keep getting crazier. >> ashley:arrol markowitz says, she is right, leftists shouldn't come and mollie hemmingway writing, she is bad at this. the comments on the post have since been dis -- >> todd: everybody in and around this area wants to move to florida, everybody wants to go there and these people are like

florida bad. they are living in a -- common view from the american people. >> ashley: totally detached from society. >> todd: much nicer weather there. republicans holding hear on democrats push to ban gas stoves and say officials in the biden administration refuse to testify. one expert who will be there joins us next. >> ashley: john kerry says farmers are front and center of his plan to cut down on carbon emissions. what does that mean? we are unpacking it with mike huckabee. don't go anywhere.

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>> todd: major coal operators in the red state of kentucky announcing support for andy bashear over attorney general daniel cameron. bashear is pushing back and is popular among coal producers. republican party of kentucky says bashear is all talk and the state needs a governor to stand up for the war on coal. house fighting back against heavy-duty gas-powered trucks after epa pushed tailpipe standards, requiring vehicles be battery powered by 2032, costing 39 billion, according to american action forum. four democrats railing against

regulation over concern for small trucking businesses. president biden vowed to veto the resolution. >> ashley: house committee will hold a hearing on biden administration gas stoves saying the white house is putting consumer choice on the back burner. energy department officials refuse to come to the hearing, telling fox business, the biden administration unwillingness to explain policy decision to congress and to the american people is deeply concerning and speaks volumes. ben leiberman joins me now. thanks for being with us. i read that quote that the committee gave to fox business, saying they are unwilling to explain the decision and it speaks volumes. why won't they at least show up? >> this is sort of becoming the defund the police of climate

policy, gas stove proposals have been unpopular, surprisingly unpopular, there was backlash against it. the administration is you have mooing ahead, but like defund police, they do not want to raise a high profile on this push against gas stoves but want to go through with it. >> ashley: i have no idea why they are pushing to ban gas stoves, it makes no sense to me. can you make any sense as to why they want to do this? >> it is not strictly speaking a ban on gas stoves, it is strangling gas stoves in so much red tape, they won't be as good, might become more expensive and they will lose marketshare significantly. natural gas is three times cheaper than electricity and despite natural gas stoves being

preferred choice of serious cooks, natural gas is fossil fuel and the administration wants to target the climate change ajan agenda. >> ashley: you will testify today, what are you going to say? >> i am going to say let a consumer decide, a home is a castle, they should choose for their homes, the government shouldn't be skewing the decision in one direction or the other. >> ashley: was it concerning to learn the doe wouldn't show up to the hearing to testify? >> it was surprising. i worked on another committee and department of energy did show up, i'm not sure the full reason behind it, i guess it is not a very popular issue with the american people, but

regulators want to go ahead anyway. >> ashley: you said proposed rules violate consumer protections in the law. explain to us. >> there is a statute that allows the department of energy to set efficiency standards. efficiency standards can't come at extent of product choice and features. while gas stoves are able to survive the department of energy, gas stoves have to cut corners to comply and features people like about gas stoves would have to go away. i believe this really is violation of the consumer protections in the law and just bad policy to not allow homeowners to get what they want in a stove. >> ashley: i think it was something like 94% of them were not compliant with this proposed rule they have, meaning 4% were

compliant. what does this mean? people have to rip it out and put something else in? >> this would be targeting next new stove and mean new stoves would not be desirable an option and there is other agencies going after gas stoves, there are bans on natural gas hookups. there is a lot going on targeting gas stoves, sum total of which could be this comes close to a ban in the years ahead. >> ashley: do you think there is benefit coming out of this hearing today? do you think it will move the needle at all in the way, direction for the people who want gas stoves and want to have that ability to have what they want in their home? >> i think shining a light on this issue will help and just last week, a different committee in the house of representatives

voted to repeal department of energy regulation. next big step is when the agent finalizes a rule, see what the final rule says and congress can go from there. >> ashley: very interested to see what comes out of this hearing today, ben liebberman, thank you. new york college professor who made headlines for destroying a student's pro-life display, just lost her job for doing this. >> get -- away from my door. >> let's get out of here. you can't do that. >> todd: that is her holding a machete to a reporter's neck and that, my friends is joe concha, sans machete, he is joining us here next. still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection.

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hi, i'm sharon, and i lost 52 pounds on golo. before golo, i felt sick, i felt sluggish. i was diabetic and my cholesterol was high. since being on golo, my cholesterol and my diabetes completely reversed. before golo, i would always be bloated and my stomach was always upset. now my stomach is flat. i feel like i can walk the runway. i just--i wanna show that at this age i can look and feel this good. (soft music) >> ashley: police are investigating now fired new york city professor who went viral for a violent tirade against

pro-life students after "new york post" released this video of her threatening a reporter with a machete. >> todd: marianne joins us with more. >> marianne: that professor is under investigation after holding a machete to a reporter's neck. >> get -- away from my door. >> let's get out of here, you can't do that. >> that reporter says he was stunned when rodriguez came out of her apartment, pressing a knife to his skin after he knocked on her door. >> we wanted to speak to this woman, we thought we might have a chance, she is obviously passionate about her beliefs. this is a first for me. she verbally threatened to chop

us up with the machete and proceeded to come out of her apartment brandishing the blade and pressing against the side of my neck. >> marianne: rodriguez attacked a group of students who were warning of the dangers of abortion on the hunter college campus. >> you are not educating -- this is propaganda. what are you going to do next, anti-trans next? >> this is about abortion. >> this is violent, you are tripping my students. >> marianne: a statement from hunter college says that professor has been fired. rodriguez has been relieved of her duties effective immediately and will not return to teach at the school. we want to mention "new york post" shares common ownership of fox, we reached out to the professor of cuny, who organized

hunter college for comment, we have not heard back. >> thank you. >> todd: bring in joe concha, joe, we ask you the media angle like how dangerous for journalists if people are going after them with machetes. different angle, you are a parent. how does someone that unhinged get access to our kids? >> joe: that is my first question, this was caught on video, can you imagine what this person has been saying to students, threatening them for having what she deems as wrong point of view on abortion, in this case. as far as the journalism community, where is everybody condemning this? machete to the neck of a journalist and i don't see anything from cnn, "new york times," usually the fainting couch store runs out of fainting

couches. you attacked a journalist, this is attack on democracy and freedom and first amendment and barely seeing anything. >> ashley: you raise a good point, i feel like talked about more with the pamphlets and what she did in the school. to your point, where is the media in all of this? my biggest question, you talk about how people, professors get close to kids. what about people we don't who are like this and what is it going to take for them to become this unhinged and prove it on camera. luckily this is on tape and rolling over and over, at least here it is. what is the vetting process like? are there background checks? we need to do more digging on people who are around our kids. >> joe: job interview is like a first date, you present yourself in a certain way. once you get into the job, what

will it take to get folks exposed. this is not teaching anymore, this is pyongyang, you must do it. this is my obnoxiously yellow phone, it has a camera and the reason why we saw this professor attack this display, pro-life display, someone felt it. it goes on social media and it goes from there. this is what will have to happen, students stand up, film professors acting the way they do, get on social media and the university will have to respond. it could cost a parent $75 or $80,000 per year to send your child to school. hunter is less, but $15,000 a

year, ton of money and this is not acceptable as far as educating our kids. not education, it is indoctrination. >> todd: our professors were liberal, none of them in my experience were unhinged, they kept their opinion to themselves and taught the class. >> joe: my neighborhood, i see southern university flags, go down south and maybe you have a chance of not being taught this way, put it that way. >> ashley: switch gears, florida governor ron desantis will declare his run for president tonight. watch this. >> it is important twitter have reality of level playing field, of a place where all voices are

heard and there is dynamic interaction that is -- you don't see anywhere else. >> ashley: what do you think? what are your thoughts on this? we knew it was coming, but as far as announcing on twitter? >> joe: it is a new thing now, joe biden announces he is running for re-election on video, now desantis on twitter. perhaps you can reach more people that way, everything goes viral anything. is ron desantis next scott walker, he was the front-runner in may of 2015, or is he the next ronald reagan? a successful governor who gets to the presidency. i see the gop race coming down to two events if ron desantis has a punter's chance, that is first debate against donald trump. he says he will not debate, he has such a big lead. if he does show up, option and

alternative and say i can win, this guy can't, that is big argument with ron desantis. one heck of a record in florida to tout. that is one. second, after debate, does he compete in iowa? iowa, iowa, iowa, putting his chips into that state. ignore national polls, if he does well there and can carry it to new hampshire, we have a race, otherwise donald trump is the front runner. >> todd: charlie hunt said ron desantis appealed to the voters of florida because he has done something for florida, what has he done for iowa? that is where the proof is in the pudding, curious to see how that plays out. joe concha, thank you, sir. >> joe: only my dad calls me joey. >> todd: no comment.

target trying to avid a bud light situation. >> ashley: exclusive details from a company insider about damage control game plan. cheryl casone is here next with the details.

>> ashley: target holding emergency meeting about new line of lgbtq merchandise to avoid so-called bud light situation. >> todd: fox business has more. bud light situation. >> cheryl: bud light has not recovered and other companies are facing this, the case with target. pride month, target put out displays in the front of the stores. what got them, to be clear, women's styles swimsuits that are tuck friendly, that went viral and is hurting target. the ceo was on a podcast with fortune. this was on may 17th and they asked him about is dei a good

idea, diversity, equity and inclusion? here is how he responded. >> we want to do the right thing to support families across the country and i'm proud of the work we've done in the dei space. when you walk into a store and feel at home and it represents the community, it makes a huge difference. good business decision and right thing for society and our brand. >> cheryl: the store had 36 hours to remove merchandise, i think given the situation with bud light, the company is terrified. >> ashley: if they will keep it away from kids, merchandise, i don't think we will be talking about this. if they would have stuck with a different age group they were trying to other taet, we would not be discussing this. we have to discuss tax returns. >> cheryl: new report from

washington free beacon, remember blm never filed taxes and we find out all that money and donations got misspent, let's go with that. tax return shows black lives matter global network operated 8.5 million deficit and investment funds pledged. didn't stop them from paying big dollars to the -- professional security services for black lives matter in 2022. this was after the controversy was out, to be clear. he was one of the only two paid employees, he collected $126,000 on top of consulting fees, basically making close to a

million dollars. the money is gone. they blew through it, the luxury homes, the patrice's color's brother paid $184,000 to protect the $6 million mansion in 2021. they cleaned up, all those donations, that is where it went, folks. >> todd: and manipulated the public, you have to donate to this organization and they cleaned up and turned profit on it and that is not right. i really hope i am overstating this. but did progressives just issue actual threat if they don't get their way on the debt ceiling? >> cheryl: that was my reaction issue as well, because of rhetoric from one certain member of congress. okay, so democrats now many of them are calling for president

biden to invoke the 14th amendment to avoid stalemate. >> the president has made it very clear, he would like to have a bipartisan resolution of this. he says that, knowing full well, as i do, the 14th amendment is still there and as president of the united states, he has some authority to use it. we would rather not. >> cheryl: i want to play this sound bite, talking about the president could face outrage if he accepts the gop spending cuts. listen to her words. >> i think there would be a huge backlash from the house democratic caucus and in the streets, it is important we don't take steps back from the strong agenda the president shepherded.

>> cheryl: was that a call to the streets? people will take to the streets, i think you are saying they should take to the streets. >> todd: republicans want to go back to the financial situation in december of last year. christmas time, that is what republicans want in response, she wants to take to the streets. >> cheryl: i want to be clear, karine jean-pierre did back off the 14th amendment rhetoric. she did cool that down. progressives can say what theyun want. negotiate. this is negotiation, dollars and centses, it is money, this should not get out of control. cut a deal at the white house. >> ashley: former body guard launched ride share service with armed drivers as an option. >> cheryl: what an interesting idea. black wolf, they joined you last hour, let's listen.

>> our goal to make sure we secure each rider. we want to get rid of the mindset of having somebody say, i need a ride and i'm not sure, they come from -- to view and track live gps, live streaming for parents or loved ones in our vehicles. people are understanding the necessity of this app. they are feeling a lot safer, they are feeling more comfortable. >> cheryl: ride sharing app with armed drivers, people cleared, former nypds, former detectiveses, 80's,000 people downloaded black wolf within a week of the launch. >> ashley: i'm hoping it will go nationwide. it is something i thought about, i refuse to get in an uber because i'm so scared of what is going to happen. when you think about it, you know, anything can happen to

anyone at this point, no one is safe from anything. >> cheryl: celebrities, ceos, high-profile people have armed security, they do, drivers are armed. taylor swift probably is not running -- >> todd: remember the name kerry king brown, he is on to something. >> cheryl: good idea, thanks for bringing to me. >> todd: servicemembers sailing in for 35th annual fleet week. >> ashley: it kicks off today, janice dean is live at the intrepid museum, we will talk to her next. ♪

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>> todd: the house subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic threatening to subpoena randi weingarten for refusing to hand over her communication with the cdc over school closure.

it was revealed at the hearing she had a direct line and was in communication with biden education transition team. the request for information has been called improper expansion of the investigation. >> ashley: house ethics committee including the investigation into eric swalwell's ties to chinese spy fang fang. foreign governments may attempt to secure improper influence through gifts. eric swalwell responded it is time to move on. jonathan gilliam says it is just the beginning and he needs to be held accountable. >> jonathan: this is a huge game played and nothing shown about eric swalwell has actually shown us he was innocent of not giving information to this person who he had a relationship with.

nothing proven to the american people. congress is falling in suit with what he says, the federal agencies supposed to be holding the scales of justice are ignoring people when they ignore representatives. >> ashley: fang fang raised funding for eric swalwell election campaign and placed an intern in his office. >> todd: fleet week kicks off today, 2500 servicemembers will arrive for a week of celebration. >> ashley: live from the intrepid museum, janice dean. tell us what you are up to today. >> janice: good morning, we will see the parade of ships around 8:30 this morning at battery park and go up the hudson and arrive at the george washington bridge on "fox and friends," we will see the ships live, 14 of them.

one of them, the uss cole, it was attacked in -- we will see fdny fire boat. i was on location on 9/11 to interview the captain of that boat there on 9/11 and helped our first responders. this is really important day and week for our sailors, our marines and coast guard, you will see up and down the streets of new york until may 30th, memorial day weekend. i encourage you to say thank you for your service. events are free, if you want to go on the intrepid, in new york, that will cost some admission, but events will be free. forecast spectacular for next seven days. watch low pressure off the coast

of florida that could make its way toward us for the weekend. for now, mostly sunny, could see shower or two this afternoon, otherwise great-looking forecast for beginning of fleet week. i can't wait to bring sights and sounds from pier 88 on "fox and friends." back to you. >> todd: we knock this city a lot, this week is one of the coolest and most awesome things this city does. >> ashley: when i first got here, it is a cool sight you don't see anywhere else. >> todd: jd, thank you, have a great "fox and friends," we'll check back in later on. >> ashley: never again. don't do that. >> todd: never kiss on camera again. stro doesn't want me to kiss on camera. >> ashley: other top story, ron desantis will officially entering the 2024 race today. >> todd: unclear if stro will allow mike huckabee to kiss on

camera. mike huckabee went against donald trump in the 2016 election. he is coming up.

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including the clear frontrunner former president donald trump. >> ashley: mike huckabee ran against trump in the 2016 primary. good to see you. he is behind trump. is he second in line behind trump but it is a huge gap. what does desantis need to do to move his way forward? >> well, one of the things is stay out of the way and not get branded. when trump brands somebody, it's just hard to be unbranded. that's. so things that hurt some of th candidates in 2016. i'm sitting here today because i didn't win but i wasn't stupid enough to go after donald trump and to try to take him on and call him names and enter into a spitting war with him because it just doesn't end well. and so, you know, i think desantis has to run his own race. he has got a crowded field. he has to show that he is the alternative to donald trump. but he has got an uphill climb. i think the more that we see that is just a target on donald trump's back, the harder it gets

because people are so angry that donald trump has been treated differently than any person who ever ran for president, and certainly any person who ever was president. >> todd: who do you think makes it out? is it going to be trump or is desantis going to somehow overcome to ashley wants point what looks like a completely insurmountable gap at this point? >> well, if i had to say today, i would say trump comes out because his lead is just really stunning. and in addition to that, the supporters for trump are solid. these are not people who say well, i'm kind of thinking, leaning maybe trump. these are people who are absolutely devoted, committed to voting for donald trump. and i don't see that among the rest of the field. i think there is still an opportunity for someone to be alternative but it hasn't emerged yet. >> ashley: we have plenty of time to find that out. some are saying desantis waited too long.

irs commissioner is now denying allegations that he retaliated against whistleblowers in his ranks saying, quote: the irs whistleblower you referenced alleged that the change in their work assignment came at the direction of the department of justice as a general matter and not in reference to any specific case. i believe it is important to emphasize that in any matter involving federal, judicial proceedings, the irs follows the direction of the justice department. i don't know that these allegations are even there or now they are putting the blame on the doj. >> i think this is far worse. i'm going to just say let's trust danny werfel for a moment. let's say what he says is exactly right they pulled off that investigation because they were told to by the doj. that, frankly is, far more alarming than that the irs themselves decided to, meh, let's not even look at this stuff with hunter biden. either way it's disastrous. i just want to see some people in the press corps have the

curiosity to go after this story like they would if the last name that was involved was trump. we haven't seen it yet. i would sure love to see it happen. >> todd: that's the key point. this is all in relation to whistleblowers who are whistle blowing on the hunter biden tax investigation. by all counts looks like a pretty open and shut case. the irrelevancy employee saying i was removed from a highly sensitive case after nearly five years of work. that's another question why is it taking five years not afforded a phone call from my special agent even though this had been the investigation sings the start that and in itself is concerning. i want to get your thoughts on our climate czar. boy we love him. john kerry declaring america's farmers are now front and center in the fight on climate change. listener. >> agriculture contributes about 33% of all the emissions of the

world, dep depending a little bt how you downtown anywhere from 26 to 33. we can't get to net zero we don't get this job done unless agriculture is front and center as part of the solution. >> todd: okay. so the language that he uses front and centered. to me, when i hear that whole soundbite it sounds like is he really coming after the american farmer to me, governor, what do you say? what a will stupid thing to do the people to put the food supply on our tables and feeds us and the rest of the world john kerry wants to attack him. why didn't he just park his jet and shut up. we don't want to hear from him anymore. is he a hypocrite. is he honestly, totally out of touch with reality. and i stick with the american farmers every day of the week and twice on sound. thank god we have them and let's keep them in business and put john kerry out of business.

america and the world would be better off. >> ashley: mike, he is never going to park that jet. no matter what he says is he going to keep flying that jet. >> todd: is he part of those people who think thinks food comes from the store not realizing the food comes from an american farm. mike huckabee. thank you. great stuff. and, with that be a ash "fox & friends" starts right now. have a good day. ♪ >> ainsley: we begin with another major shakeup in the race for the white house. the republican primary field will grow even more crowded today with florida governor ron desantis deciding to -- he's going to announce his candidacy tonight on twitter. >> steve: that's new. plus, we're learning how much money senator tim scott raised in the last 24 hours following his campaign launch. >> brian: right. and could virginia governor glenn youngk