>> hog wild in iowa right now is harley republicans showing off motorcycles and shake hands with likes of tim scott and biggest names that including mark pence showing his harley.

she will also be riding today, welcome to fox news live. i'm aishah hosni. griff: i'm griff jenkins. that looks like a lot of fun. mike pence, tim scott are in iowa state grounds with one notable person missing, donald trump. you're looking live at the pictures. tim scott doing retail politicking there unclear whether he has a lot of motorcycle skills but i suppose that the urging of ernst. >> we have barbecues, bikes, the

senator who we saw getting on the bike with leather vest. she's hanging out with me. how is the ride over? are you the ride was -- it was fantastic. veterans helping veterans organization and we have joined on the run by vice president mike pence. we had a blast. we will kick off with hog roast and wonderful guest speakers. >> how much does this mean ahead of presidential year. first caucus state ahead of republicans. what are you expected to hear today? >> i'm expected to hear that the 8 wonderful presidential hopefuls will talk about what inspired them to white house and what would make our country better. we've had two horrible years in the biden administration and we all know that all roads to 2024

come right through iowa and comes right here at the roast and side. >> what do you as an iowa voter, someone getting into this, hope and expect to hear from a candidate? >> i want to hear that they are going straight now to federal level of spending and really work with members of congress that want to scale back on federal government over regulation when it comes to our businesses. we want to hear more about domestic energy. we want to solve the southern border cr crisis and really important to me and many of us that support our veterans making sure that we have a strong viable military in order to push back against our greatest adversaries? >> where do you think iowa voters are now? is it the shopping phase? we have seen governor desantis

speak, president trump speak. are voters shopping right now? do you think their minds are made up? >> i think they are shopping. obviously they want to hear from these really great republican candidates and want to hear what the platforms are and want to know them as people, look in their eyes and know that they want to do the absolute best for our incredible nation and that's why it's so important that gatherings like this today are so very important to the iowa people. >> the former president is leading in the polls by a substantial margin. there's been discussion that perhaps this process is over and he's the anointed one for the 2024 nomination. do you think that's the case? >> not at all. again, you can see by the civil of enthusiasm here today that people are really interested in these other candidates and while president trump is a favorite out there across iowa, do i hear people say they do want to hear from other potential candidates.

so they're keeping an open mind and i'm really grateful that we are able to gather in this type of forum and hear from all of the hopefuls. >> did you make the pitch to the former president to come here. the notable absence that got here? >> i made the pitch to him but he gathers a lot of people on his own. he loves to do his own thing. he's the independent voice out there but we certainly want to provide a great gathering, space for all of the candidates and iowa voters are going to have the opportunity to hear from them and what is important to them and what will make them the best candidate as we move into the 2024 caucuses. >> senator joni irsnt thank you very much for joining us. she took the harley over here. i may have been in a rental honda but i can't confirm that. we will get into that later. [laughter] griff: well, listen, tell the senator thank you very much for coming on and i want her to take you for a ride. quickly, rich, let me follow up

because senator ernst is talking about candidates making the cases. you spoke to one of the hopefuls, tim scott, what did he have to say? >> we did speak with senator tim scott earlier and his message really has been a more positive one. you heard the top two candidates in the polls really go at each other. he's very much focused on economy and talking about how he wants to bring a positive message to the campaign trail, you know, he's got work to do as do many of the other candidates and we will hear his pitch later on as to what he has to say to voters in western part of the state in iowa. he's from south carolina, campaigning there as well and he continues to head out and try to make room. also you have united nations ambassador, the former un ambassador nikki haley trying to breakthrough as well. you heard senator ernst say it's pleat, you have several months before the iowa caucus and

republicans trying to get up, plenty of this time to play out. we will see, griff. griff: rich edison in des moines having all the fun in iowa. rich, thank you very much, aishah. aishah: defense secretary lloyd austin vowed that washington will stand up against coercion and bullying from china as president biden addresses the nation on the d d debt dealing. lucas: critics are wondering where is the evidence that united states will not stand up to bullying and coercion. >> we will support our allies and partners as they defend themselves against coercion and bullying. to be clear, we do not seek

conflict or confrontation but we will not flinch in the face of bullying or coercion. lucas: austin's reference perhaps reference that chinese spy craft floated across the u.s. on the week-long odyssey or perhaps chinese fighter jet that thumped u.s. plane in south china sea putting jet wash in front causing turbulence. now this morning, more tensions this time in the taiwan strait a pair of warships, beijing called provocative. a chinese warship cut a valve in the american destroyer. great interviewer with kansas senator marshal and criticized the biden administration about china policy. >> what they have seen america do run between tail between our legs in afghanistan, we sat

there and watched the chinese spy balloon come across all of our homes. we are allowing fentanyl to come into the country and kill 300 americans every day. we do not need to see words, we want to see actions. >> democratic congressman from massachusetts also weighed in. >> in des moines, iowa where republican presidential candidate will be faced with a choice whether they want to pursue the party of trump that's isolationist and kowtows to putin and want to pursue the water of reagan. lucas: perhaps he read peggy column. >> the stakes could not have been higher. if we had failed reaching an agreement on the budget there were extreme voices threatening to take america for the first time in our 247-year history and to default on our national debt. lucas: now republicans want to see the u.s. spend more in defense. they say the biden defense budget is cut me actor and

inflation speaking of tensions in high seas, the u.s. fleet is half the size it was during the cold war which is many lawmakers say is in right now with china, a new cold war. aishah: a lot more discussion on defense spending. lucas, thank you so much. griff: it's all eyes on the hawkeye state where you're looking live at ron desantis holding a baby. you think the man was holding a baby you bet he is otherwise he wouldn't be holding somebody else's child. we want to bring our political panel and go right to it with us today america first policy institute chief communications director mark latter and kevin walling, thank you for being here. there was evans and novak and now we have latter and walling.

rich edison was able to speak to senator tim scott, one of the 2024 hopefuls. here a little bit of what he had to say, take a listen. >> the optimistic positive message when i take it on the road, people are starving for optimism as long as it's anchored in conservatism and you have a backbone. the good news i have both. it's been good news for the american people and good on the campaign trail. griff: i'm in news, i'm starving for positive optimism but i'm not sure that's actually going to work so i start with you, mark, what do you think about the message, that tact? >> i think that's where they see this other path assuming that ron desantis, donald trump and ultimately chris christie are going to duke it out and that that's the path for someone else to have the same policies. they are all running on the same policies but doing it with the hope, the optimism that the

reagan that tim scott mentioned. you will hear the same thing from mike pence and many other candidates, the question is is it lagger energy and resonate enough with the maba base to get you over the hump. griff: we know the front runner, ron desantis the closest, kevin, he's hoot looking for the optimistic message. he's attacking everybody even renaming ada hutchison. i don't know what that is. >> i think this is going to be a mud fight among republicans, obviously you have ron desantis getting in the mud with donald trump calling him fauci's puppet pretty much in terms of managing covid from the white house. as the democrat i'm happy to take a backseat and let them go at it. obviously the iowa caucuses are in five months and i think that's going to be the story of that republican primary. it's just now nasty it's going to get and you will counter that with the president who i think will campaign on optimism stealing a little bit from tim

scott and really be adult in the room heading in 2024. griff: you mentioned iowa caucus in five months but wife the first republican debate at the end of august and it's unclear, rnc just putting out qualifications, the 1% polling, many will get past that, most of them get past the donor part but the big question is will donald trump show up? how important are the august debates between the republicans and how significant will it be if donald trump doesn't go? >> the voters deserve to hear from any of the candidates but i can also see from a political standpoint why donald trump may or may not participate. this is a one-person race according to the polls. let's the kids table duke it out and if one mounts a serious challenge to you, he may debate if he choses not to do rnc debates. griff: there's the numbers by the way. >> why are you going to share the stage with a bunch of people you're absolutely crutching in the polls.

ultimately you know the president, he likes to debate, i can see the case both ways whether he makes the decision to be there or not but ultimately all of the other candidates not named trump they have a mt. everest mountain to climb. griff: you guys on the democratic side are looking at the 30% lead by donald trump, you're cheering for it, you clearly want to take on donald trump and not someone like ron desantis or nikki haley or tim scott? >> what do you sigh in polls that donald trump has committed criminal acts, felonies, that's a good starting point in terms of taking a rematch from 2020. but i think also you're seeing the dnc, democratic surrogates like myself calling record leading candidates like ron desantis in the chance it is not donald trump, in the chance that republicans get wise and realize that they likely can't win again in 2024.

i hope they don't get wise because i like the rematch and i like the president standing and ability to counter what donald trump has done in four years and more conservative he has become in the last two week. griff: my quick retort, but can he keep from falling. we saw a terrible fall this week by president biden. it's not his first fall and reminded me of this famous moment with president ronald reagan running for reelection against walter man deferment l, watch this. >> i want you to know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign, i am not going exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> griff: simply say he's too hold, kevin. >> well, i love the comparison to ronald reagan because i think he went onto beat walter mandel

by 49 states. i think the president has said all of the time, watch me on the campaign trail and watch me in the speeches. he had a fall and got right back up. shaken 90 hands of the cadets and walked off marine one and made -- >> hit his head on his way out of the helicopter. you had jerry ford and bob doll falling off of stages. donald trump made a joke about going down the ramp slowly. the president was able to brush it off and most americans have moved on. >> it's not about his age. it's not about his age. it's about his results. if people were happy with the -- >> griff: you don't think age is part of the campaign. >> he's so unpopular because heist had such horrible results for the american people. if we had great economy, no war in ukraine, no southern border crisis, it wouldn't matter what

his age was, people would like him and he would be popular. he has horrible results and so they are looking for other reasons in addition to those results, that's why age is the factor. >> inflation cut in half. best job market in 60 years, wage is up. griff: but kevin -- >> inflation has come out and cut in half so far. gas prices on the way down heading into summer. griff: i feel passionate about this. i want this with congressman from massachusetts in the last hour and that is the white house clearly has stats on these jobs and inflation is it appears to be plateauing but that's a washington reality. main street's reality isn't feeling that. from coast to coast there's americans right now that are saying, i don't know what i'm going to do for the summer vacation this year. i don't know if i can afford it,

hell, i don't know if i can put burgers and hot dogs on the grill come fourth of july. >> that's why you saw democrats fighting so hard on negotiations. you saw republicans wanting to cut social security. i think as we get closer to november you're going to see that division that much clearer in terms of the election and we can frame those arguments, fight for those families and make the case. griff: i will give you the last word. >> americans want low prices and not food stamps. >> amen. griff: we will see it's the economy stupid reins true in 2024. great segment, thank you, gentlemen. appreciate your time. and tomorrow on fox news sunday shannon bream will have exclusive interviews with republican governor of iowa kim reynolds and senator from arkansas tom cotton. she will also sit down with democratic senator from west virginia joe manchin. check your local listings for time and channel and set your

dvr if you want to watch it later. on media buzz, howie kurtz will break down how the media is covering campaign 2024 in latest gop candidates to throw their hats into the ring. that's tomorrow 11:00 a.m. right here on the fox news channel. stay tuned. aishah: we will take a closer look at the new job's numbers out this week. how hot were they? and what do they mean for wall street as well as main street next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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event. increase of 339,000 jobs added to the economy here while the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%. and for more on these numbers, this job's report jonathan hoenig, pig hedge fund founding member, a lot of words, jonathan, joining us now. grateful to have you with us on this saturday. okay, for the average consumer sitting at home watching this, i know this was a big political win for the white house and the president. but this was a much hotter job's report than expected. so i'm thinking, what is jay powell thinking about this, where do rate goes from here? >> well, likely higher in fact. this was a real shocker, great to be with you and the viewers as well. 339,000 jobs created. this was a real shocker, leisure, a lot of jobs created there, health care as well and

oven employment rate interestingly enough went up, not to be expected, one to have reasons it's created from two different surveys, surveys individuals and the other businesses, so this is generally speaking good news for the economy and good news for viewers there are caveats and storm clouds on the horizon one which is planned layoffs. planned layoffs 4 times year over year. meta, microsoft, goldman sachs announcing layoffs and most worrisome despite the fact that people are working wages are not keeping up with inflation as mentioned in previous segment wages up 4.3% over year a inflation running at 4.9% and this is why americans aren't feeling it. working more and feeling less. aishah: let's put up the graphic, side by side wages versus inflation and that is a big problem for folks who are out there, you know, looking at

the job's report coming out and sounds really great on the outset but then when they have to go and pay their bills or buy their groceries as griff was talking about, you know, or getting ready for fourth of july celebrations, it really still hurts. >> actually, 60% of americans say they have been affected a lot by rising prices. we are seeing consumer debt, credit card debt at all-time high. 70% of americans say they are less off since joe biden has taken office. he has a lot of mixed signals. it's up about 10% this year. this is good, generally a good leading indicator but when you look underneath the hood all of the gain aishah is ten stocks, there's a boom in technology, there's a boom in ai but you take out 7 to 10 stocks and the overall market has been flat. good news on the job horizon but some worrisome clouds if you take a look back and see big

picture of the economy. aishah: can i ask you about the labor force participation rate. so we have the limited labor force. what does that tell you out of this report? >> more and more people staying out of the labor force, cheesing to stay out of the labor force. the gig economy is one element of that. aishah, there's systematic elements here within entitlement society and labor force prompting people not to go back to work. strain on the economy moving forward and strain not only on individuals but the nation's finances. despite the fact of debt deal you still have the nation's finances on a credit watch negative from one to have major rating agencies. positive news big picture but when you look at individual statistics worrisome signs about the country's economy, the country's credit and individuals plight as well when it comes to their own finances. aishah: when jobs come out oftentimes we hear by the way, you know, stay tuned because we

might see a revision and we have seen revisions of months past and we have this on a full screen graphic and you can see every single month it sort of changed, the numbers shook up and changed a little bit, went up and went down, what does that tell you? i know this was a very hot report, could we see -- anticipate a revision on this one too? >> you have to look at the long-term trend. good or bad, aishah. a lot of the figures get revised months later and have to look at big picture trend. inflation is coming down, still running historically quite hot and affecting not just people's eighties to purchase goods and services but homes as well. up near 7% again. aishah: i know. >> and although it sounds a little wonky the yield curve, the most inverted ever that has

been near 100% predictor of recession on the horizon and aishah, 60% of economists and 90% of ceo's are preparing for a recession in the months ahead. aishah: i'm trying to buy a house, middle of it, about the close and i'm thinking to myself was i foolish in getting myself into this because interest rates are through the roof and i'm glad i found a home and it's happening but, man, has it been painful. >> yeah. aishah: 30 seconds left here. the big next report is the cpi numbers, what do you expect? >> i expect it to be less but still running high. i think that's dangerous about inflation, aishah, is that although it's coming down as was mentioned, joe biden has taken victory laps for inflation coming down but it's still historically elevated. people are going into their debt and rating retirement.

so if you look at history is any guide in 1970's, the inflation that basically ended with reagan in early 80's, started ten years earlier. so i don't think we are simply out of the woods yet when it comes to the big picture, inflation that's wrecking the economy. aishah: jonathan hoenig thank you very much for joining us on this saturday. griff: spacex is delaying 28th commercial resupply mission. now the mission is said to carry research logistical supplies and necessities to the expedition 69 crew, crs28 will also resupply over 30 ongoing projects already aboard the iss. the launch originally scheduled for this afternoon now set to take place tomorrow. aishah: meanwhile tropical storm

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griff griff we want to take you back too des moines, iowa, the center of the political universe at this moment as more and more gop hopefuls are showing up and most will take the stage as jo different ernst ride. they'll be speaking to more than 200 peak at the event many road a motorcycle there. nikki haley. governor ron desantis is there along with his son mason who i did not identify properly and i apologize along with senator

joni ernst. we will be watching it and bring to you when they start speaking. aishah: arlene now tropical depression as it makes its way in gulf of mexico. adam: it might spoil plans because of the rain but as far as being serious storm, not a ton going on. arlene continues to weaken. all the rain towards the east. there are showers across florida keys, showers across portions of south florida. the movement will continue to weaken as it settles to cuba and turns back towards south florida but again this is only going to continue to weaken. the winds are going to die down more and more. not even a ton of rain with this but there is rain and if you live across south florida you

will notice it. you will see darker greens, maybe an inch or two. there's been plenty of shower activity. not all of the rain will be because of arlene but showers particularly further south you live. that's what's happening in florida, other spots feeling like summer. perhaps near record-breaking highs. i do want to leave you with this. a whole lot of warmth. 90-degrees in minneapolis. feeling like summer for a lot of folks. aishah: double you mean on the deodorant. >> good advice. aishah: thank you, adam. griff: border patrol arresting 5 armed cartel members as they cross into the u.s. this as federal and local officials confirming to fox and multiple times this week suspected cartel members armed

with rifles crossed into the rio grande valley, senior correspondent claudia has more details. claudia, frightening stuff. reporter: it really is scary, griff. the mexican drug cartel is known to be vicious and suspected members carrying weapons were spotted crossing over southern border last week more than once. take a look at the picture. you can see the back of individuals picks up on surveillance camera and spotted moving through brush and heavily armed but wasn't known if he was ever captured, however, these 5 were caught and arrested. take a look at this picture sent to fox from the texas department of public safety. these five men are suspected members of the northern east cartel and along with weapons, they had two minors with them, 15 and 16 year's old. we blurred their eyes out but these two were reportedly terrified. and it's believed they may have been part of recruitment effort. officials say the northeast cartel routinely kidnaps

teenagers and even kids threatening to kill them unless they help with their drug and human smuggling operations. texas border officials say that with the spike in illegal immigration, it's an all-out turf war between rival cartels fighting for highly profitable smuggling routes. >> the mexican drug cartels have become more emboldened, more powerful because of that because they are able to profit off of human smuggling w. that, now you're going to have more increase in cartel violence in mexico with rival cartels that are fighting each other for human smuggling and drug smuggling routes from mexico into the united states. >> the five men in custody will be questioned to gather intelligence about the cart eat and texas may also file weapons charges in this case if the federal government does not. griff. griff: that's right, texas does not hold back on prosecuting in the cases that they can. claudia cowan with the latest.

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aishah:ings this hard to watch. train crash in india killed more than 280 people, injured hundreds more in the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades. prime minister modi visited the site of the crash. he's due in washington next month. refer this is a tragic event. recovery efforts are now ongoing. there are no signs of any more survivors amid questions about how this horrific accident could have happened. it happened on friday evening in the state odisha and you can see the full horror of this accident. 3 trains collided and derailed, two were express passenger

services and one a goods train and thought to be stationery at the time and signal may have failed but we don't have more details on this. what you can see here overnight there were desperate scenes in the immediate aftermath of the collision. rescuers working through the wreckage forcing their way through damage carriages to help the injured, sadly so many of those people could not be saved. a little later we saw india's prime minister modi visiting the crash site. he met with rescue workers and he's pledged to modernize the country's rail system already. of course, in this country where 22 million people a day travel by train in india the small scale accidents are very common but nothing like this. but there is a real question about some of the outdated infrastructure which is really under pressure in india. mr. modi later went on to see the injured in hospital, he was offering his support to the victims at least 200 of the

injured are in a. >> serious condition. the prime minister has promised to help them and hold those responsible for the crash to account. and there will be a full investigation into what happened here but, of course, there are many families who are waiting and hoping for answers, back to you, aishah. aishah: kitty, we will watch the numbers and see if it gets worse because the prime minister is due in washington next month and the plans might change. kitty logan live for us, thank you. griff: meanwhile we will look back at world war ii's longest day, the storming of the beaches of normandy, 79 years ago this tuesday in one small virginia town young man who paid the ultimate sacrifice next.e ♪ ♪stay for adults with insomnia. and i'm glad i found it.

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>> they all got a little scared and then whenever the guy dropped us out we were away from where the rest of the group was and that was scary. griff: united states veteran wallace being shot down over france on d day 79 years ago.

largest naval and air operation in history. today turning point in world war ii. for more on the historical significance of this day april joins us now, foundation and museum in bedford, virginia. april, thank you for joining us. i want to just start by asking you, what's your thoughts as we approach the 79th anniversary of d day on tuesday? >> it's hard to -- thank you so much for having me. it's hard to believe that 79 years i've been here for over 20 at the national d day memorial and have met all of these veterans over the years and sadly we are approaching these anniversaries when we have so few left with us. there are only around 170 world war ii veterans still alive today and we anticipate over the next year losing over half of

them so to be able to talk to these veterans while we still can is so important to share their stories and make sure young people hear their stories, that means everything. griff: and the story of why your museum and foundation is in bedford, virginia is a story of the bedford boys and thought to be the worst per capita casualty of anybody. there were some 19 bedford boys in that invasion that were a part of company a, 116th regiment, 20th bedford boy died from company f that day, talk to me about that story for our viewers that may not know it. >> that's right. the highest per capita loss of any community in the nation because this was a national guard unit. this was the national guard unit that went in on the first wave of the assault on omaha beach on d day. they took the brunt of that early fire as they are coming in and sadly as you said 19 from

company a, one from company f were killed within minutes of the landing on omaha beach. it was something that this community never got over. they never recovered from this. it's something that we feel very deeply to this day which is why the efforts many years to place the nation's monuments to d day, this seemed like an appropriate place not only to remember bedford boys, it's to remember all those who took parton the momentous day that enabled us to secure and have the freedoms that we have today. over 4,415 americans and allies would lose their lives just on june the sixth alone and we commemorate that as well as those who lived to fight another day to preserve freedoms for us. griff: you're seeing on the screen amazing pictures from the d day memorial there in bedford. i had the honor and coming and interviewing you can greta on the 70th anniversary 9 years ago

and people still continue to come all year long. why is it important, april, that young people come to the memorial and learn about d day? >> it's such a pivotal part of our history. truly it was the most momentous event of the last century and now that we are losing our veterans it's so important that young people understand their stories, that they understand why d day is important today, why d day matters. dye d -- d day matters and there was so much that was lost in terms of those sacrifices but so much that was gained to be able to move through france, to get get to germany to put an end and to rebuild europe, you know, d day allowed us to move forward with eventually with the marshal plan, the rebuilding of europe, taking care of those pow's and

those that -- giving hope to people everywhere and i think d day is the legacy that we have to pass on that june 6th matters that we have to let young people know that we should never forget the sacrifices that were made on the beaches that day by land, air and sea and let's let our veterans know who are still with us that we are passing on their legacy, that this will not be forgotten. griff: they are, indeed, the greatest generation and those studying history, d day was going to be on june 5th, the weather was bad but it was the sixth, eisenhower telling the troops that would launch into that some so young, inexperienced that the world was, quote, watching, i think their legacy is secure. april, thank you very much for taking the time. i just ask you in the last 20 seconds i've got, what are you doing on tuesday there at the museum? >> we are actually going to have a number of world war ii veterans was, quite a few of

them over 100 year's old. we can't wait to honor them. we can't wait to tell some of their stories, we will have a lot of people from all over the country as we take special remembrance of that day and commemorate those veterans who were with us. it'll be spectacular. griff: april, thank you so much for the work that you do and good luck on tuesday, that's really remarkable to have the world war ii vets still with us to tell those stories. thank you very much. >> thank you. so. thank you. griff: you know, aishah, when i went there it's amazing to see the history and know the world could be very different had they not made the sacrifice that day. aishah: somebody about visiting it in person. i went there right before the pandemic hit and i was looking at pictures during the interview. something to see in person. griff: fox news live continues with eric and arthel i'm griff jenkins. aishah: and i'm aishah.

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arthel: buckle up with the summer campaign season is on right now were going to take a life look at iowa's roast and ride. i was governor kim ronald speaking now for this is hundred joni ernst annual event. this year nearly the entire gop presidential field will be th there. riding motorcycles, flipping pork, giving speeches and trying to woo potential voters. welcome to "fox news live" i am arthel neville hi eric. space bar white does that look