underlying belief here that america is great in all of them. the question really is there is only one candidate, tim scott who said america is great. everybody said america used to be great. that's a big interesting framing difference. >> todd: we will see. lee carter awesome to have you on set and with that. >> ashley: "fox & friends" starts right now. have a good day. ♪ ♪ >> i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. >> brian: florida governor ron desantis officially launching his campaign for president. the initial announcement was not so smooth. >> ainsley: yeah there were technical issues on twitter spaces delaying the big announcement hosted by elon

musk. desantis making light of last night's rocky rollout. >> we had a huge audience. it did -- it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we're really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. >> lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on first timer who is clearly not ready readyfor prime time. his re-election donation page with the caption "this link works." the king of fumbles is making fun of desantis. i find that interesting. >> ainsley: good point. he made the announcement last night on this platform that most

people don't use a lot. we were all talking about live on air. and lawrence is texting us saying it's basically a conference call. >> brian: trying to help us on the show yesterday. >> ainsley: basically a conference call. i talk to a lot of 20-year-olds ever heard of this? no? you use it for conference calls. >> lawrence: not so much conference calls. people want to have debates online about certain topics of the day. we do tv. some people do radio. this is like modern day. >> ainsley: it's all voice. >> lawrence: you essentially start with a question and you debate the issue within this chat room. >> ainsley: that's kind of cool. the server is used by twitter. unable to cope with all the traffic. the audio regularly cut out and for 20en minutes the feed was dead silent. so many people listening it melted the internet. desantis started speaking 50 minutes reading from the script. american decline is not

inevitable. it is a choice. >> brian: the twitter space didn't work. that's on elon musk. he is the one that should be embarrassed not governor desantis. >> ainsley: people either like him or they don't. they are going to vote for him or not it has nothing to do whether this launch worked out well. >> brian: trey gowdy talked to him you did this meltdown? i wanted to salute elon musk, he brought free speech back to social media. it's a start. open up with a big rally and have a big footprint like kamala harris did as a candidate and fall flat on your face. what he is saying is i had a back tour like a mini launch. you know me. be that was almost like a celebration. come out, hop on fox for an hour and i will hop on with elon musk first. it's all what happens from here on in. you think about what desantis brings to the table. he has got the tort and insurance reform. he was probably the number one governor through the pandemic. went mostly on instincts. his own scientists tapped into the white house but did his own

thing. for a while he was vilified and cuomo was the hero. he totally reversed that. he did paycheck protection for workers in public unions. you know what he has done with school choice. you know what he has done with tort reform insurance. he helped put through billions of dollars into the everglades. maybe that is why people keep attacking him. we have wampsd all these candidates get in the race, including the former president. i have never in my life seen people attack the second place guy like they are attacking him with the amount and the velocity and the fervor. what do they see about desantis that is such a threat? >> lawrence: i think it's clear that it's a two-person race right now. it is against desantis vs. donald trump right now. and, look, the governor has a story to tell. unfortunately, i thought the conference call last night was pretty boring. and as someone that travels around the country talking with the voters, there just doesn't

seem to be that amount of excitement when it's coming from desantis. especially whether you have someone that was on that conference call yesterday was essentially reading from a script. it was not an ad-lib, talking with folk. kind the like the interview that he did with trey gowdy which i thought was a better format for him. just listening to the twitter spaces. he was reading off the sheet. and i don't think when you are talking with voters out there, the old days of candidates doing the republican stump speak are over in the republican party. and so i think he had to find some way to distance himself and just make himself distinction gicialg amongst the other candidates. one thing do i think that will be a strategy for desantis. he talked a lot last night about winning. that is clearly going to be his message. >> brian: and trust. >> lawrence: and trust. he is almost telegraphing donald trump lost. i just won an historic election in florida.

and, if you may think that the republicans may lose the election with donald trump at the top of the ticket, i'm your guy. how republican voters are going to take that, especially when you have all these revelations coming out that they targeted former president trump. that they concealed information that would have impacted presidential races, i don't know how they are going to take that president trump went to truth social, of course. he said i like to personally congratulate ron desanctimonious on announcing he will be entering the race for president of the united states. hopefully he will get the full experience of being attacked by the marxist communists and radical left lunatics of our country without which he will not never know the kind of job he is doing. these lowlife and misfits are far worse than the leaders of hostile foreign countries. they must be soundly defeated in order to make america great again. so, of course, you have the former president talking about the attacks that he received when he was running for president.

also, the last thing i want to notoriety here, it is great that we have these new spaces to announce that you are going to run for president. but we cannot forget who is the most popular person on twitter. that's not on twitter. and that is donald trump. let's say 1 million people. >> brian: that's part of it. watching that. that's still not a lot of people on twitter at one time that may be record-breaking for twitter. imagine donald trump being on there, on twitter right now and the amount of followers that he has right now. >> ainsley: brian, you said you have never seen a presidential candidate really go after the number two person. >> brian: everybody. nikki haley, too. >> ainsley: they go after each other all the time. >> brian: get there this august? >> ainsley: you are saying not in advance. >> brian: this guy wasn't a candidate. ever since he ran he has been attacked by joe biden when it became clear president trump when he was going to run. nikki haley weighed in yesterday. went after him directly. >> ainsley: i think donald trump, also, he is -- he is

trying to allow the public to know he feels betrayed, almost, because he feels like ron desantis should have waited that ron desantis is going to be someone that will get more votes than most of the other contenders and be his biggest competition. i helped you win so you should wait in the wings. a lot of people talked to is a york about that. he has proven himself down in florida. i want the best man for the job. some people like him more than trump. can you look at the numbers and we will go over the polls in a minute and see how trump is far, far ahead. ron desantis was on with trey gowdy talking about. -- trey was asking about how do you handle all these hurls, all these insults? how do you cope with them? and he took it back to the military. he basically said our military has given us so much more so that we can be free. look at arlington national cemetery. they can take it. i can take it, too. listen. >> i don't mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. that doesn't phase me. can you call me whatever you want. just make sure you call me a

winner that's what we have done in the state of florida. that's exactly what we would do nationally not only in the election but actually bringing all of these great policies to bear. there will be slings and arrows. i'm a big boy. i can take it. there is a lot more people given a lot more than that so this country can be free. can you see too many stones in arlington national cemetery. if the sacrifice i have to make people are going to call me names that peals in comparison what people have done for me in history so i could live in a free country. >> brian: again, if is he asked directly and trump goes on him on flat tax or fair tax he put out there or social security retiring at 70, or whatever he voted on. i think the days of kind of answering trump are over. now you have got to directly answer him. but he wasn't saying what is your problem with donald trump specifically trey didn't ask him. from here on in i think he has got to go directly at the attack he is going to decide his own

strategy. head to head, trump increased at least 10 points since february. up 53-20. mike pence at 5. he has lost a couple. haley is hanging in there she was at 7 when she announced and dropped down to 4. vivek ramaswamy is holding steady. he wants to be third by the first degait. i think he is in route to doing that. >> ainsley: look at the donald trump numbers why did they go up 10 points february to now? i would say because of the court hearings. >> lawrence: vindication. >> ainsley: people are realizing they are going after him in every angle in every state. so many different states and they are saying this guy, no wonder he is the way he is and fights back they are trying to put him in jail. >> lawrence: now we have evidence proving there was an entire conspiracy. >> the republican voters have a lot of information to digest. this is the early stages. expect the blood bath. the party will be divided. but, again, they will come together and coalesce behind a

candidate. >> brian: will president trump if he doesn't get the nomination? >> lawrence: i don't know. >> brian: that's the key question. >> ainsley: i remember when they raised their hands will you support the person that wins if it's not you? he didn't raise his hand. sorry i'm n i have to be honest i'm not going to supports the other candidate. >> lawrence: the lead is so jarring right now i don't see him not being the nominee. i think it's premature to even have that conversation right now. >> ainsley: right. see jack smith investigation going into next year right before. >> brian: jack smith seems to be done, ainsley. i'm not sure what they're going to decide. >> ainsley: when will all of that news break. >> brian: james trustee. merrick garland the trump team think the indictment is coming and trying to say how unfair it is. >> ainsley: a lot can happen. >> brian: we will see what milwaukee does best. up next, shocking video shows the moment a highway patrol officer is beaten on the side of the road. then three guys come out to help. we'll talk about it.

>> ainsley: plus, we remember life and legacy of tina turner, the best ♪ what's love ♪ but a second hand emotion ♪ what's love got to do ♪ got to do with it ♪ who needs

lowe's knows you never come in for just one thing. so we've got to know a lot of things about a lot of things. like which mower makes the cut. the mulch that finishes the look. and picking a color that pops. you got this. we got you. (psst psst) ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary spraying flonase daily gives you long-lasting, non-drowsy relief. (psst psst) flonase. all good. the all-new ergo smart base from tempur-pedic automatically responds to snoring.

so, no more hiding under your pillow. because this system actually detects snoring then adjusts to help reduce it. for a limited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. out here, you're more than just a landowner. you're a gardener. a landscaper. a hunter. because you didn't settle for ordinary. same goes for your equipment. versatile, powerful, durable kubota equipment. more goes into it. so you get more out of it.

millions have made the switch from the big three to the best kept secret in wireless: xfinity mobile. that means millions are saving hundreds a year with the fastest mobile service. and now, get the best price for two lines of unlimited. just $30 per line. there are millions of happy campers out there. and this is the perfect time to join them... save hundreds a year over t-mobile, at&t and verizon. and get the best price for 2 lines of unlimted. visit xfinitymobile.com today. as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile.

flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network, with no line activation fees or term contracts... saving you up to 75% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities™. ♪ you're simply the best

♪ better than all the rest ♪ better than anyone ♪ anyone i ever had. >> lawrence: she was simply the best. fans across the globe are mournmourning the death of tina turner after a extended illness. >> ainsley: she wanted to be remembered as the queen of rock and roll who showed it's okay to strive for success on your own terms. >> brian: martha mccallum took a look back at the iconic singer's incredible life and legacy. ♪ what's love got to do ♪ got to do with it >> she was the leggy girl with a raspy voice who became a rock and roll icon. tina turner was born anna mae bowl luck in tennessee. at 11 her parents divorced and she moved in with her

grandmother. by the time she was 16, anna mae was hitting the local r and b night clubs. she met ike turner. he was there performing with the band. she rerepeatedly begged ike to let her sing eventually she joined him on staining. anna mae was a hit. when he had a falling out with band member a few weeks later he asked anna mae to step in to the recording booth. the result 1960 hit fool in love which hit number 2 on the r and b charts ♪ >> it also marked the transformation to anna mae bullock to tina turner the name the songwriter came up with without consulting anna mae. performed the ike and tina turner review. 1966 river deep mountain high didn't get much attention in the u.s. but charted in the u.k. and is now considered a classic

♪ the single was produced by bill specter who called her singing hurricane alto. by 1969 ike and tina had 15 albums and 06 singles to their credit. but they hadn't gained a mainstream audience. that changed in 1971 when they released their rendition of credence clearwater revival proud mary. the single went on to top the charts. earning them a grammy and pushing them to super stardom from movies to mega stations all over the world performing was always easy for turner but life was not. she later told reporters that ike beat her. saying i didn't fear him killing me when i left because i was already dead. after ike beat her badly in 1976, she took off with 36 cents in her pocket. a friend bought her a plane ticket. she flew to los angeles and never looked back. when tina divorced ike in 1978, she asked for only one thing in

the settlement, her name "tina turner." after years of struggle glick to make a comeback she hit it big in 1984 with her album private dancer the songs what's love got to do with it and better be good to me won three grammys that year. turner's album sold 11 million copies and at 45 years old she reestablished her title as the queen of rock and roll. in 1985 she joined mel gibson on the big screen in mad max beyond thunder dome the role the director says was created with turner in mind ♪ >> also that year she and mick jagger brought down the house when they performed together at the live aid fundraiser. in 1986 turner wrote her autobiography i tina made in the 1993 oscar nominated film what's love got it do with it. angela basset and lauren fish burn played tina and ike both

earned oscar nominations in 1981, ike and tina were inducted into the wrong and roll masm. after 2,000 tour turner announced her retirement. in 2005 she was a kennedy center nominee. after 8 years of retirement. turner went back on tour showing the world she still had that voice and those legs. rolling stone magazine has twice named her one of the greatest of all time. millions of fans would agree ♪ you're the best ♪ better than all the rest ♪ >> tina turner's life was one of both heartache and hope. no matter what love threw at her, she always came back singing. >> lawrence: angela basset who played her in the tina turner movie posted a glowing tribute yesterday and said how she really wanted to take on the part of tina turner and tina walked her through it and, man, you have got to watcher the movie. it really show what is she went through to become the star she

was. >> ainsley: incredible to know what she went through and the fear of living at home with ike. but angela said she wanted to play her and she said rest in peace because this was a woman of courage who taught us you can move on. there is life if you are going through a hard time that you can be successful afterwards. >> brian: by the way "simply the best" played on ever championship confetti comes down that song is out. go over to ashley to tell us what is happening in the news. >> ashley: good morning we're going to start this headlines shocking video the moment a california highway patrol officer is beaten on the side of a busy freeway. police say that officer was letting the man off with a warning after he reportedly yelled at drivers and then attempted to take down a traffic sign. that's when the suspect started swinging. three good samaritans rushing in to help. they say they feared the attacker would grab the officer's gun. luckily the officer only suffered minor injuries. president biden is set to spend memorial day weekend at camp david and delaware beach house.

despite the deadline for a debt ceiling deal one week away. house speaker kevin mccarthy sharing update on the negotiation. >> i feel good about some progress we made today so i feel good about where we are right now. this all comes down to spending. we need to spend less this year than we spent last year. it's simple. >> the democrats have spent too much money, more than ever in the history of america, and we have more money coming in. this is a moment in time that we actually should be paying off our debt. not borrowing more. >> ashley: pennsylvania senator john fetterman getting ripped online for tweeting quote this is the whole reason why the 1st amendment exists and we need to be prepared to use it. we not less these reckless republicans hold the economy hostage. twitter added a note with additional context with about the 14th amendment applies to guaranteeing citizenship to anyone born in the united states. hemorrhaging $15.7 billion in the wake of bud light's partnership with trans influencer dylan mulvaney. target is removing some of its

lgbtq merchandise this was after facing backlash over its pride month push since april 30th. target has lost $1.9 billion in market value according to the new york stock exchange and despite that, north face is moving forward with its summer of pride campaign with a video starring a drag influencer. the company defending the move saying it wants to help -- rather to help make the future more loving and accepting place. >> brian: really? >> ashley: stance is very clear. >> lawrence: is the goal of making fun of women. >> ainsley: the issue is do businesses want to get into these types of issues. it's political. you are going to offend some people. i are going to make other people happy. you have to make a choice. >> brian: consumer made a huge choice with bud light and north face doesn't care what happens to their sales, clearly. 24 minutes after the hour. >> ainsley: veterans and new york republicans gathered in

support of daniel penny. facing murder charges for the death of jordan neely. >> we are calling on alvin bragg to stop this senseless prosecution of a good samaritan, a united states marine veteran, of someone who cared about his community. stop it now. >> brian: man who put this all together bruce blakeman nawsa county executive. why was that important to put that together in manhattan yesterday for daniel penny because he is a long islander. >> our county is on the border of new york city and every day nassau county sends tens of thousands of people who mount to manhattan. as county executive i worry about public safety when they have a district attorney alvin bragg who is prosecuting someone who is a good samaritan, someone who is a marine veteran, 24 years of age, who stepped into a situation that he thought was dangerous for himself and other passengers on that subway will

it help will alvin bragg listen to you. >> we hope so. he backed down in prosecution of jose alba a bodega worker who was stabbed by a robber jose alba defended himself and stabbed him back. what did alvin bragg do prosecuted the bodega worker. until people stepped up and said that's outrageous and he stopped. hopefully he will get some common sense and realize that we want people to be good samaritans. we want people to step into situations where they are henning their neighbor. certainly the police can't be everywhere and the nypd is a great police department but they can't be everywhere all the time. and we depend on good samaritans, people of goodwill who are willing to step in a situation to save their fellow neighbors. >> lawrence: bruce, isn't this about the whole criminal justice

system though how we treat victims vs. criminals? i was just in nassau yesterday talking with y'all d.a. and bail laws are impacting nassau as well. >> this is a whole new york city thing. new york stated thing. is this just a rallying call to do something about this madness? >> in new york state there has been atmosphere where criminals have more rights than victims. i think it's with leadership and our district attorney does a great job. but alvin bragg seems to care more about the criminals than the victims. >> brian: there were protesters of you, across the street yelling at you guys. they are siding with jordan neely who has been arrested 44 times. who was cited by eyewitnesses everybody felt threatened it seems on that subway train. what's your reaction? did you expect that or did you see some of the protests that were taking place right after the incident made public and were you expecting it? >> those protesters are professional agitators. they were just yelling the worst

kinds of things at those veterans who they went into the military to protect them. so, standing there with those veterans and them breaking out in the marine hymn is something i will never forget i will remember for the rest of my life. i'm always proud to stand with veterans of our country who served our country to protect us and protect our freedoms vs. professional agitators. >> brian: got it. >> lawrence: thanks, bruce. >> ainsley: thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> brian: bruce blakeman dozens of migrant kids flooding into chicago public schools without any of the health or school records that your kids need. the impact of the border crisis on every state. we'll look at it. >> ainsley: back to our top story. a glitchy start on twitter, not tripping up governor ron desantis' white house run. why our next guest says he understands entirely why the left fears desantis. ♪ ♪

whenever you're hungry, there's a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the subway app today. now that's a deal worth celebrating. man, what are you doing?! get it before it's gone on the subway app. ♪ from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated

against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. what if there was a community of like minded people ready to support you when you need it most? christian healthcare ministries is an organization with over 40 years of trusted care who understands the importance of family. a group that sees you for who you are regardless of your health history. offering affordable healthcare cost solutions that could save you up to 40% on your healthcare costs. learn more today at your chm dot org about healthcare that puts you in control. are you taking the right multi-vitamin? with new chapter, you get excellent quality, organic ingredients, and fermentation. fermentation? yes. feel the difference with 20 plus nutrients

your body can absorb. so you can do you. learn more at newchapter.com. we're here today to set the record straight about dupuytren's contracture. surgery is not your only treatment option. people may think their contracture has to be severe to be treated, but it doesn't. visit findahandspecialist.com today to get started.

wake up, achievers. you're making the most of every hour of your life. except the hours that you're sleeping. so why do we leave so much untapped potential on the table? this is a next level bed, for a next level you. my circadian rhythm is kicking your circadian rhythm's butt! it's not a competition. i know, but i'm still winning! so, it is a competition. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, special financing and free home delivery when you add any base. only at sleep number. - hiring is step one when it comes to our growth. we can't open a new shop or a new location without the right people in place. i couldn't keep up until i found ziprecruiter. ziprecruiter helps us get out there quickly and get us qualified candidates quickly. they sent us applicants that matched what i was looking for. i've hired for every role, entry-level technicians, service advisors, store managers. ziprecruiter helps me find all the right people, even the most difficult jobs to fill.

- [announcer] ziprecruiter, rated the number one hiring site. try it for free at ziprecruiter.com

we showed that we can and must revisize america. we need the courage to win and the strength to win. i'm ron desantis and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> brian: i thought it was desantis. taking to twitter last night to announce he is running for office in 2024. the announcement was messy and overshadowed by glitches. not his fault blame the billionaire elon musk. let's bring in guy benson, not a billionaire yet. guy, your thought about doing the twitter announcement audio only and the glitches that happened after. does it make him look bad? >> i'm working on it, brian. let me put it that way. this was a risk by the campaign

i think elon musk and that platform is intriguing. a way to circumvent the traditional media. the media hates elon musk and twitter these days that was a signal by desantis. they had a ton of interest, which was part of the issue, technically. but, ultimately, when you are the candidate trying to launch a campaign much anticipated and you can't speak for 20 minutes because it's so gl glitchy and p having false starts obviously that's not the first step that this campaign was looking for. what they will say is the interest was massive. the attention to that video that you just played a clip from has been very significant. 14 million views already and counting. million dollars raised in small donors online in the first hour of this campaign they might consider the risky choice they made or make sure that that twitter and that space was ready to handle that volume volume and

interest. >> brian: really good unscripted you saw that with trey gowdy. protesters show up. trump protesters show up at all his events. i witnessed it over in nassau county and he doesn't get unnerved by it. we saw "60 minutes" go after him with no success in fact he came outer on top. we look at the poll fox put out. trump substantial lid 53, 20, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy and tim scott. tim scott got into this too. what changes now, guy, now that he is officially. >> in now there is a sense for people marginally and soft trump supporters give a more substantial look to ron desantis. people who focus on the news and politics every day like you and me people have heard of him and know he is generally out there. bump that he is running, lots of

identify balls there. people might kick the tires especially in early states, brian. put the numbers up on the screen. donald trump is a clear frontrunner right now by a massive margin. this is if you want to think of yesterday as kind of the beginning of this republican campaign because trump has been attacking desantis for months, usually unanswered. if yesterday was in some ways the starting gun. trump has built himself a very significant advantage. there is no way this desantis can make all of that up overnight. is he not going to gain 20 points in the next month or something like that. what can he do, i think needs to do is start to show some momentum. nationally matters, obviously, in terms of perception. but that's a lagging indicator. what he needs to do is go down to iowa and new hampshire and really fight in those states and start to make gains there so there's a momentum story. and then build that momentum leading into next year. >> brian: right. absolutely. he has got enough money. he has more money than anybody else by a wide margin super pacs. i figured out the one reason why

everyone attacks him because he does better than joe biden than anybody else in the republican field. in the latest q. poll is he up by one. trump down by two. marginal of error, yes, but legitimate contender. at least i think the white house looks at it that way. guy benson, listen to you on the radio showed. >> today. i need to know more news so ashley strohmier has answered my request. >> ashley: the parents of bryan kohberger are being called to testify in front of a grand jury over a connection with a pennsylvania woman's mysterious death. danna smirts disappeared in 2022. her body was found this month just 30 miles from the kohberger family home where he was around. this development follows his arraignment hearing this week for the murders of four university of idaho students. kohberger remained silent during the hearing which in idaho means he pleaded not guilty set. due back in court october 2nd. the fallout from the border

crisis, chicago public schools are now allowing migrant children to enroll despite not having important documents like academic and health records and taxpayers are fed up with how the city is handling the influx of migrants earlier chicago mom calling it hypothetical. >> citizenship, vaccination records on almost annual basis. it's certainly inconsistent with what they're allowing for the migrant children. nobody is saying immigrants can't come here but where is the law? >> ashley: we reached out to chicago public schools for a statement and have not received a response. a cowboy from michigan manages to rope a run away # hundred pound steer on a busy freeway. watch this. stunning dash cam footage captured the moment that's gone viral. the cow managed to outrun handlers on horse book and four-wheelers but it was no match for ricky littlejohn the professional cow catcher who

will join us later this morning to share the tricks of the trade. i have got to tell you, brian, being from missouri i can't tell you how many cows and horses and things like that we have seen running on the highs like that it's nothing new in places like that. >> really? >> brian: you always always have to have a cowboy standing by on a horse? >> ashley: i don't know if you need a cowboy standing by. >> brian: like the worst movie set ever of a western thanks ashley. >> ashley: you're welcome. >> brian: tell you what is coming up next if chris would quiet down. >> chris: i'm sorry. >> makers now under investigation for collusion. a mom of two calling out the formula makers for depriving her babies of food for profit. the summer travel season is heating up as 42 million americans hit the rails roads and skies this holiday weekend. experts warn of chaos. ♪ ♪ maybe i'm just losing my mind ♪ but it feels

right

...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com

♪ believe it or not baby... at university of phoenix... you... you... you... you could earn your... master's... for under than 11 thousand! 11... yes! 11! master's degree for under 11k in less than a year. some things are too obvious to be a coincidence. earn your competency-based master's at university of phoenix.

after my car accident, wondnder whahatmy c cas. so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. youour cidedentase e woh than insurance offered? call the barnes firm now to find out. yoyou ght t beurprpris

i d d so my y quesononsw eouout hicacase.y y son, yoyou ght t beurprpris cacalledhehe bars s fi i d d soit was the best call eouout hii could've made. call the barnes firm and find out what your case all could be worth.uld've made. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ >> ainsley: baby formula still facing shortages across america as the ftc now launches an investigation into the company's bind the empty shelves for possibly colluding in the bidding for state contracts. while formula makers like abbott and necessarily are cooperating

with the investigation. 5.33 million households are still being impacted by the shortage. and to make matters worse. prices are up 8.8% from last year. one mom of two is calling out the formula makers of depriving her babies food for a profit. rachel deboer joins us now. >> good morning. >> i know in the beginning you were stocking up like a lot of moms were. what are you doing now? are you seeing a major shortage? >> so, when we had our infant on reguline we couldn't find it anymore. now that she is on the other one i think it went $55 to big can to 70. enfamil doesn't give us but $5 coupons and would he get four a month. >> so what is the biggest issue for moms? is it the price increase? >> i think it's both.

between not being able to find it and then it adds insult to injury that it is so much more expensive. at the end of the day all we want to do is feed our babies. >> ainsley: such a monopoly. you have to give them a certain type of formula especially if their little bodies are used to it. >> yeah. and, also, there is no off brand of either reguline or. it's not like we can use walmart, target. we are stuck with the one and at the mercy of whatever price hike they want to have. >> ainsley: i understand you were scammed. what happened? it. >> oh, geesh, so i'm in a lot of formula groups on on facebook it's so i can get formula and it

costs less these are reputable people but when i was first scrounging around to find her formula, somebody had sent me a picture of like hey, this is everything that i have and then when i sent the money for it, and then they had asked me again to pay for shipping, which, okay, that's fine, it was a good bit of formula beings and then i got blocked. so, thankfully, you live and learn. goods and services if you are getting any formula from somebody on facebook. and we were able to get the money back, but there's people out there that also add insult to injury of, you know, we can't find our formula but you are going to set us up to so hard.

it's been going on for years. enough is enough. >> yeah. exactly. it's just the price increase has been killing us and the lack of coupons and i have reached out to enfamil and they provided like one $30 voucher. and they won't give us any more. >> ainsley: rachel, i'm sorry. thank you so much. thanks for come on. check in with janice dean for fox weather forecast. janice, our children are old enough now where they don't need formula, can you imagine? >> janice: no. and thank you for paying attention to this story. it's important. you know what? let's have a look at what is happening in the weather because we have a memorial day holiday coming up. we want to make sure everybody is safe and sound because we have the potential for heavy rain in some areas. 51 here in new york city. abundant sunshine. looks like it's going to be that way for much of the holiday

weekend for the northeast. not the case for the mid-atlantic and the southeast because we have this area of low pressure that's been lingering. we also have the potential for storms over the plains texas to the dakotas. over the next several days this area of low pressure is going to just kind of hang out and bring those showers and thunderstorms. the potential for heavy rain not only there but for florida, the east coast, up towards the mid-atlantic as this low pressure system continues to creep up the coast. we have a flash flood risk as we head into the weekend. so this is not a good spot, unfortunately, for the carolinas up towards the mid-atlantic this weekend. there is your memorial day outlook for monday. again, 81 here in new york. we will take it because sometimes here in the northeast, it can be a wet memorial day holiday. this weekend looks pretty good. so, brian, i know you are excited about that. you will be barbecuing and, again, i probably won't get an invite. >> brian: do you know what? it might come but i still think it's going to rain because it rains every memorial day. i don't know if i can believe

you. >> janice: is that based on anything except your own gut? >> pretty much. that's all i got. i know you look at maps. and predictions. and the. >> that's all he has got. >> janice: brian's gut brought to you by. >> time for news by the numbers sponsored by novartis. first up 3.4 million passengers are expected to take flights this memorial day weekend. the tsa expects friday to be the busiest. a and this year's best airlines report is out. the points guy puts delta airlines in the number one spot and united, alaska, and american. sorry, jetblue. next, nearly two years. that's how long it's been since virgin galactic sent humans to space. that hiatus is set to end this morning. the space tourism company is sending a six-person crew on a final test flight launched from new mexico. the mission paves the way for a virgin galactics first commercial flight scheduled for next month.

and finally, 45. that's the number of michael jordan special car that will be used at sunday's nascar race in charlotte. tyler reddick will drive the sweet number 45 car decked without a logo on carolina base. that was his number when he first came back after come bang from baseball. i don't know what you are going to do with that information. coming up straight ahead though, small businesses hit hardest by high inflation and interest rates. plan to triple now limit his growth. now he says the administration can fix their mess next. ♪ entresto is the #1 heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema,

low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. the all-new ergo smart base from tempur-pedic automatically responds to snoring. so, no more hiding under your pillow. because this system actually detects snoring then adjusts to help reduce it. for a limited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. the future is here. we've been creating it for more than 100 years, putting the most advanced technology into people's hands. generation after generation. tool after tool. again and again. bringing you the broadest and most reliable network of service dealers. always moving forward. we lead. others follow.

if you have moderate to severe crohn's disease skyrizi is the first and only il-23 inhibitor that can deliver clinical remission and endoscopic improvement. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. liver problems may occur in crohn's disease. control of crohn's means everything to me. ask your gastroenterologist about skyrizi. ♪ control is everything to me ♪ learn how abbvie could help you save. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze driftin' on... ♪ [coughing] ♪ ...by, you know how i feel. ♪ if you're tired of staring down your copd,... ♪ it's a new dawn, ♪ ♪ it's a new day... ♪ ...stop settling. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good. ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power

with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy makes breathing easier for a full 24 hours, improves lung function, with three medicines in one inhaler, and helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. take a stand, and start a new day with trelegy. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy, and save at trelegy.com out here, you're a landowner, a gardener, a landscaper

and a hunter. that's why you need versatile, durable kubota equipment.

♪ >> lawrence: so president biden's inflation and fed rate increases hitting small business the hardest as companies with smaller payrolls are facing higher funding costs. one salt lake city business owner who initially planned to triple his employees is now forced to eliminate his company's debt in and is scalig back. tim mcconaughey is owner of izert inc. publishing joins us now. one of the things that i found positive just unbelievable, actually is this full screen that we have right here and it shows that the small businesses are getting hit the hardest. the big businesses, when it comes to the cash flow, they are

surviving. >> they really are, yeah. little, smaller businesses really are struggling with access to capital. if you take a look at where we have been with our interest rate at 4.65% to now 10.62% -- i'm sorry 5.62% to 10.62% in just a little over a year, it's been really tough for small businesses to deal with that kind of change in funding their growth. >> lawrence: tim, why is that? >> you know, it's costing more. and i think it's a multitude of factors. it's not just the inflation but it's the banking crisis that we're working through. it's inflation that we're also dealing with. so, small business owners are getting hit on multiple fronts, and that's becoming tougher for us to survive. >> lawrence: tim, a lot of the small businesses that i talk to tell me all the time they just can't hire people. what are you seeing? >> yeah. hiring is difficult.

we're really fortunate that we are able to hire and pay our people a really good wage to come and work with us. a little bit tougher but still doing okay in that realm. >> lawrence: tim, you had three things you feel like could help. you said number one help with access to capital, number two make it easier to contract with the federal government and three reauthorize the sba. >> yeah. that's exactly. you know, i think if you look at it to help the most amount of people, reauthorizing the sba is a real good thing to do. i think some of the other things like access to capital will become easier. if you look at izerd all digital company becomes difficult for us to get a loan with traditional sba methods because we don't have assets. we are asset profitable company so it makes it difficult.

>> lawrence: tim, we are praying for you guys. we know you are the engine of our economy and we need small businesses and it looks like the big business, although the climate is difficult for them. they have been able to deal with some of the hits. we cannot forget about our install business. tim, thank you so much for getting up and joining us. >> thank you very much. and i appreciate you chatting small business this morning. >> lawrence: you got it, brother. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> we showed that we can and must revitalize america. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> brian: and just like that he was. in we begin this hour with the florida governor ron desantis making it official. we all knew it was coming, launching his campaign for president. he just anno