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undoubtedly been weakened. prigozhin announced his paramilitary fighters would pull back to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin later announced war lord could leave for belarus allegedly without penalty for his mercenaries taking hold of the critical russian city of rostov-on-don. >> they were going to dismantle pmc wagner. we came out on the 23rd of june to march for justice. in this time we did not 3eu8 a single drop of blood on of our fighters. now the moment has come when blood may still -- spill, that that's why understanding the responsibility, we are turning back our convoys and going back to field camps according to our plan. >> reporter: according to a spokesperson for secretary of state antony blinken, quote, support by the united states for ukraine will not change. the united states will stay in close coordination with ukraine as the situation develops. and russian officials offered

this, quote: we've warned the western countries against any hint of possible use of the domestic russian situation to achieve their russo-phobic goals. prigozhin's qualms had been building for months as he felt that his fighters, mostly prison recruits, weren't being supported with by the military leadership in russia as they waged war on ukraine alongside russian soldiers. so where where does vladimir putin go from here? former moscow cia station chief and fox news contributor dan hoffman weighed in. >> this is a dangerous time for him, and i can tell you from my experience in the intelligence community expect lessons we learned from the '91 failed coup against gorbachev or you know, we've got to have contingency planning. russia's hold on nuclear weapon, potential for a loose nuke if someone were to gain access to the nuclear weapons, there's a lot at stake now. whenever there's instability in russia, the world risks paying a

price for it. >> reporter: according to reports by by the washington and new york times, senior u.s. officials were actually briefed on wednesday that the wagner group was preparing to take action, the action we saw yesterday, but they kept silent on this. the reports say they predicted that putin would accuse the u.s. of orchestrating a coup. will, rachel, pete, back to you. will: thank you, alexandria. pete: we've been trying to figure out, you know, we now mow that u.s. intelligence had a sense was going on. you've got to believe putin had a sense of the dissatisfaction. i mean, head of the wagner group had been putting out mentions for months, and that's ooh part of what the retired brigadier general talk about earlier on show, how destabilized and uncertain is russia based on all this. watch. >> it could very well be him taking it to the ministry of defense and saying, hey, look, you're all corrupt, i can do this better than you. i am doing it better than you. but -- and let's not forget, he is a brutal slaughterer, and and

prigozhin is no better option than putin. i think lukashenko and putin got together and and said, hey, we've got a mini bear with lin wall -- berlin wall moment happening, we need to sort this out, and they snuffed it out pretty quickly. we have to ask ourselves the question while many are cheering on putin's dilemma, we've got to remember there are 3,000 nukes in russia, and a destabilized russia is a problematic place to be. rachel: yeah. and russia has moved some of their nukes to belarus where prigozhin actually now is in exile. for me, this whole situation we can't figure out what exactly has happened, who's behind it, what's going on. it's very confusing. but what it does do is bring the ukraine-russia war with which is really a u.s. proxy war into focus. and i think about not just the nukes that are, you know, 6,000 warheads that the russians have

both also, as i mentioned in belarus, but also the money going to ukraine. you saw antony blinken say we're not going to stop pouring that money in. i was told that, you know, ukraine, their fighters, we just need to fund them. they're right now third most military expenditures in the world. so number one, america. number two, russia -- i'm sorry, number two, china. and then ukraine. that's how much money we've given them, billions and billions of dollars. and so this is a chance for us to reassess is this worth it, should our people like antony blinken and joe biden be helping to bring this to a peaceful resolution so it's it's not so unstable. will: yeah, a school of thought that russia is destabilized and this is a moment of weakness for vladimir putin and even if prigozhin's mini-coup did not accomplish its goals, it may inspire others that want to stand up to putin. we do not know and what just

happened? what just happened in the last 24 hours? it very well could be that that was a coup thwarted, that it was a legitimate attempt to take over vladimir putin opinion. but as it was said yesterday, russia's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, you know, coated in a puzzle. who knows what just happened? it does seem awfully, to me, ad hoc and haphazard both how they got into this and huh they exited it. it just doesn't completely add up. pete: yeah, we're debating it too. is it really a disgruntled general who has been expressing i don't have the ammo, my men are being killed, i have tens of thousands being killed. the russian defense apparatus is very corrupt. they were supposed to modernize their military, then they went into ukraine and were thwarted. they weren't the big war machine putin was told they were. so if prigozhin's' on the front lines losing hundreds of men, maybe it was -- i don't know.

did he really think he was going to take has cow -- will: and does he really just think he can do the a 1890 # on the roadsome that's not the history of relationships with vladimir putin. pete: no, but if you're tight with vladimir putin -- you note he never took on putin, he was always taking on the ministry of defense, and it was always about the way the war was being waged. not, oh, get rid of vladimir putin. i don't know if he's still a friend or not -- rachel: not very long ago biden warned that the risk of nuclear armageddon is at its highest level in 60 years. i imagine that the more unstable russia becomes, the more that becomes true. and i just wonder if this is an acceptable risk for the american people and that the people running this war seeing all that's happening and all the intrigue and the mystery, as you said, that russia is. i just don't know. not onboard with that. pete: well, yesterday the commander in chief and hunter, they left the white house and went to camp david.

the president with grandchild in hand there -- rachel: one he approves of. pete: yeah, one he'll acknowledge. donald trump took the stage at the faith and freedom coalition where he told supporters, i'm being indicted for you. watch. >> joe biden has weaponized law enforcement to interfere in our elections, the greatest abuse of power that i've seen and that most of you have seen in the history of our country. it's a hoax. every time the radical left democrats, marxists, communists and fascists indict me, i consider it a great badge of courage. [applause] i'm being indicted for you, and i believe the you is more than 2200 million people -- 200 million people that love our country. they're out there and they love our country. [cheers and applause] will: yeah. newt gingrich told fox news, he wrote an op-ed on foxnews.com where he said hunter biden just did his part to help decide the 2024 election.

he said hunter biden's sweetheart plea deal and protection from are if typical punishment will likely become major assets for his father's most dangerous challenger. consider that the same department of justice that is treating joe biden's son with kid gloves is threatening his biggest political rival with potentially 4000 years of jail time. this stark contrast in the biden administration's selective use of the justice system will prove to be a astonishingly disruptive politically. pete: yeah. donald trump is on his best footing when he's talking about they want to come after you, i'm just standing in the way. they're indicting, i'm being indicted for you, this is us, you, us, not i. and when he talked about -- talks about that, people feel connected to the struggle that he's involve in and realize the indictments coming after him are indicative of a system slanted against those who believe a certain way. rachel: right. pete: and that's a pretty powerful statement certainly inside the primary right now. rachel: right. you were hosting jesse watters the other day, and we had this

discussion. the weaponization of our government in the hands of democrats and being used against not just donald trump, as you said, but against anybody. you look at the way right yachters were -- rioters were treated during george floyd versus the way they were treated under january 6th. you look at the way hunter biden is treated, you look at the way, you know, donald trump's sons are treated. you look at the way classified documents are treated by the justice department if donald trump does it, the way it's handled when, you know, barack obama, hillary clinton or joe biden. so there is a two-tiered justice system. people feel it, heir frightened by it, and they feel our democracy slipping away. another group of people that feel like the system has not worked for them, it's unfair, are lil' wayne and kodak black, two rappers who say they never got the deals that hunter got. listen. >> the disparity is so obnoxious that someone would get a

pretrial diversion program on a gun charge. you either don't file the charge or you give them what they deserve, and what they score is somewhere in the neighborhood of 24 months on that gun charge. so instead of getting that 24 month, instead of scoring that 24 months, he's officered -- offered a diversion program which none of my clients, i don't care if they're famous or not famous, i've never gotten that offer on any gun charge in my 26 years. will: that's bradford cohen, the attorney for kodak black and lil' wayne and many other clients who are not celebrities talking about the deal offered to hunter biden, not offered to others. and i said yesterday that's just on the gun charge. i think on the tax the evasion charges as well. ful. rachel: right. will: you know, we're talking about this story and i think appropriately so, that that it's about something much bigger, about, of course, the corruption of the media, of the intel agencies and the 51 spies who said it was russian disinformation, corruption of the doj and most importantly potential corruption in the oval

office, the white house of the united states of america. but with even on the most superficial level which is deal that hunter biden struck, you can see the disparity. pete: yeah. i didn't realize how unprecedented it truly was. it's either you charge him or you don't, but you don't charge him and then dismiss the consequences of that charge, which is exactly what happened to hunter biden. pete: do you know what a diversions program is? basically he's got to go to counseling instead of actually going to jail? i bet kodak black would like that deal. rachel: yeah. what do you think would happen to kobach -- kodak black or will cain or anybody if else if he did the things with his taxes? hunter deducted payments to orgy sex clubs on his taxes. he deducted prostitutes on his taxes. i mean, what? and, like, nothing is happening to him. and then money that he has is coming from foreign countries that are enemies of the united states while his father is the

vice president -- pete: and he was never registered as a foreign agent which you know you have to do. if you're doing the types of things he's doing with foreign governments, that that's a no-brainer. and i know plenty of people that have been lobbyists in washington, d.c. who kind of, like, straddle that line, well, i don't want to register. there's a point at which you're doing so much interaction with foreign governments, you have to edgester. rachel: you have to do that -- register. again, manafort, an ally of president trump, went to jail for the same thing and probably made a heck of a lot less money on the deal, a fraction of it. and there are shell companies all over the world that the bidens have getting money. it's not just china, it's not just ukraine, it's not just, you know, russia. they had deals in romania and god knows where -- pete: i think newt's right in his op-ed. rachel: i think so too. pete: it's not just trump is being indicted and that motivates republican base, it's the contrast of that indictment and the sweetheart --

will: what newt9 is suggesting is it's already enough. he's saying no matter where the investigation goes even if it reveals the potential influence-peddling scheme, even this is enough to show and be used on a debate stage -- pete: oh, for sure. rachel: but they thought by just vamping -- slapping hunter on the wrist they could go, see, hunter got some consequences, and that makes it okay this. pete: do you really want to go on a debate stage on the other side of donald trump defending this stuff where he can no longer with any credibility say i had no idea what my son's business dealings -- rachel: does this seal the deal for joe biden, meaning they're going to the push him off because this is just so bad? pete: i don't know. let's get susan rice or valerie jarrett on the plan -- rachel: they're working out details. pete: a few additional headlines starting with in this, at least four people are shot, two of them killed in an indianapolis

shooting oversight. a man and woman were pronounceed dead, the other two people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police are investigating what led up to the shooting --. and a bridge over the yellowstone river in montana collapsed yesterday sending a freight crane carrying -- train carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur into the water below. a local fire chief said he is hopeful the damage will be minimal. >> it's going to turn out to be a fairly stable incident. two cars that had some hazardous materials actually stayed out of the water, and heir in good shape. pete: while officials say there's no immediate danger to people in the area, they're canning them to conserve water for the time being. and in baseball, the los angeles angels score a franchise record 25 runs this their blowout win over colorado rockies. >> and this ball sent to deep

left by fletcher -- [cheers and applause] pete: the angels' superstar didn't even do most of the damage as mike trout and shohei ohtani -- will: boom. rachel: great job. pete: -- each had just one rbi. will: you know who he is, right? to tan? rachel: what's rbi? will: best player this in era. pete: i thought mike trout -- will: show hay pitches and hits. pete: oh, yeah, i know who he is. rachel: what's rbi? will: runs batted in. pete: and in the baseball world tour, the chicago cubs beat the st. louis card cardinals 9-1 in london playing at the home stadium of west ham united. they got a good soccer club, will? will: mid tier, yeah. pete: do you think baseball's

going to the catch on over there in the u.k.? will: nah, cricket's in the way. pete: they're going to try. [laughter] we don't have to talk about rbis -- rachel: now we have something so much more interesting. harry and meghan, by the way, they were kick off of their -- they've been, you know, they lost their spotify deal. pete: yeah, a big one. rachel: that's right. and now they are in trouble because, you know, what are they going to do now? so i guess details about all the failure of their companies are starting to come out. and apparently, they wanted to have taylor swift on, and taylor swift turned them down. i want to give you this quote from the "wall street journal" about what people who work with them said about them. they said the archwell company lacks direction and that its founders at times seem surprised by the work required to finish entertainment projects. pete: sounds right. [laughter] rachel: a little overwhelmed by work.

most potential niche intives, they said, follow a similar route. big idea but subpar execution. choosing the right kind of guesr swift a personal letter asking her to come on the podcast, and the pop star declined through a representative. will: they're saying the story's coming out that -- i don't know if it's both of them, but meghan, they did an interview that they would have interns ask the questions, and go back and she'd record the questions and dub them back in -- rachel: because she's too business and cool -- will: to actually conduct the interview? rachel: yeah. she can't be with the little people, she needs to have an intern do that for her, and she'll dub herself in. pete: and harry, you know, what level of planning or execution has he ever had to have? you're a royal, everything's take then care of for you, basically. let's interview taylor swift and the pope and oprah and vladimir

putin and -- rachel: on childhood trauma. that's what he wanted to -- pete: yeah. and then it turns out when they don't say yes, hay freeze, freak out and, well, they can't be, to your point, interview commoners, regular people. super, super famous people. rachel: right. you could get that from harry, but now meghan really has taken to the princess thing. here's the funny part, will, you have a podcast. if you're getting paid $20 the million to do a podcast, wouldn't you just do your podcast? pete: i think i'd do double the work. will: i'd do at least one a week. [laughter] rachel: yeah. so if spotify was, like, you know, these guys don't produce, we're going to take our money back. anyway. all right, well, coming up, it's been one year since the supreme court gave states the power back to rule on abortion. former planned parenthood clinic director abby johnson says this is all about changing the culture in america, and she's

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♪ rachel: pro-bay abortion and pro-life activists holding dueling rallies yesterday to mark one year since the supreme court's landmark decision to the overturn roe v. wade. vice president kamala harris sharing her, quote, outrage to the ruling which gave the states the the power to rule on abortion. >> day that the supreme court took the constitutional right from the women of america, i was outraged. in fact, the first person i called was my husband because i could just let it all out with him. [laughter] so going forward, let's not throw up our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. rachel: here to react, former planned parenthood clinic director abby with johnson. abby, good morning. yesterday joe biden said that this was, this anniversary was a dark day. today the kamala, we're hearing, says this evoke ises rage in her. what does this anniversary to you, someone who's actually seen

abortions and the toll it's taken on women and children? >> yeah. i mean, as someone who has had two abortions myself and now, you know, regrets them, as someone who has helped to facilitate over 2 2,000 abortions, as an abortion, a former abortion clinic director, i mean, to me, the anniversary of roe being thrown into the ash heap of history is a day of celebration and, certainly, a day of remembrance to the 63 million babies that were unhe isly killed by abortion -- unnecessarily killed by abortion. it's really a day of free come for so many other women that will not make that decision in the future because of dobbs. so, i mean -- i'm really thankful, of course, that roe was overturn. if. rachel: you know, abby, you are such an important advocate in the pro-life moment. --

movement. you also have an organization that helps women who are working in the abortion industry get out of the industry and find other lines of work that are more edifying and hopeful. and i look at all the things that you are doing and that we -- and that need to be done in the post-roe era, and one of them is in the culture. i think that's really where the work needs to be done. what is the movement doing? what are you doing to help make this a more pro-life culture as these decisions now go back to the states? >> yeah, sure, clail. so, of course -- rachel. like you mentioned, our organization is working to get abortion clinic workers out of the industry. and so far we've helped just over 650 workers leave the industry. one of the really cool things about them leaving is that when they leave, they want to expose the things that they've seen. so one of the things that we've been able to do is we've been able to work with state and

local officials to then close down the clinics where they once worked. so we've been able through these workers to shut down 32 abortion clinics. because of the information that they know, these facilities are filthy, they're dirty, they're not reporting statutory rape, they're not sterilizing the instruments that are being used from woman to woman, you know, they're not complying with regulations. so those are the things that these workers know. they are not resuscitating babies that are being born alive. they're literally drowning these babies in toy e lets. i mean, these are terrible things a that are happening inside these facilities. so these workers are coming out, and they're speaking these truths that are happening, these terrible things, and then they're coming forward with it, and we're actually shutting these facilities down. and i think another thing that the pro-life movement is really focusing on now is providing support to women who need it. we've been doing that for the past 50 years, but now the focus

has really shifted. and we're also doing that through my organization, love line. we're are if sliding rent, you know, car payments -- providing rent, car payments, transportation, health care, mig a woman needs, we have a crisis support line, they can call us anytime of day and we're able to provide the care that's needed and the case management that's needed so they don't find themselves in a crisis pregnancy again. rachel: yeah. 80% of women who have had abortions say what they wanted was more sport and not an abortion. -- more support. you're providing something really needed and beautiful. abby johnson, congratulations on the anniversary that you celebrated this weekend along with so many other pro-lifers in this important humanitarian issue of thank you. >> thank you, rachel. rachel: all right. coming up, a harvard scholar is accused of fabricating findings in a study about honesty. if the hard lesson on telling the truth. but first, celebrities and

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had the aneurysm, the long island hospital that i was dealing with, they did the whole procedure and everything. and then id had paid a visit to st. jude, and i tell people all the time what's great about that place, a place of hope. you know? and i became friends with one of the kids that was sick, and now is cancer-free, his name is tyler. we did a segment a couple years ago on him, anna kooiman and i did, and next year for the event i'm flying him and his family up for the event. pete: awesome. so you've raised over a million dollars over the years, and you've got a big event. >> we've got a who's who coming and it's all at castle, famous place out there on long island, and the golf is right there at cold spring country club. >>. pete: that's that fancy hat you're wearing. >> yeah, yeah. pete: you've got some buddies, you've long been involved in the entertainment and sports world. who are some of people who are

going to be there? >> kevin rahm, you've got a favorite of everybody from the show "the blacklist." and then, of course, my usual nfl buddies, michael strahan, justin tuck, and the list goes on and on. so you've got to be there to see what's going down and who's going to be there. pete: absolutely. and, you know, just -- st. jawed i's and the relationship -- st. jude and the partnership, you're changing not just one life, but so many more. enter you know what? it's important that ill -- i always say if you can share, share your resource, all your network. and i figure, look, i'm a single guy with no kids, these will be my kids. let's help them all survive, let's try to help them live, you know? let's find a cure. st. jude has an enormous reach. they're all over the world, and they need the money to make sure that they can help these families, because they cover all their bills, their stay.

i mean, it's an incredible, incredible operation that st. jude's has. pete: anybody that knows you, rich, knows you've got a heart the size of texas it is. you really do. for people and for helping people. and this golf classic is a great example of it. it's tomorrow. if people still wanted to go or give, where could they go? >> www.big daddies golf classic.com. and, you know, there's the golf, there's also a women's empowerment luncheon going on at the same time while men are golfing which was set up by the producer of this whole thing. she's the host of that. and then we have the gal the la, and -- gala, and for the first time we're having a sit-down dinner, and we have michael martuci who's a frank sinatra performer, him and a 16-piece orchestra are going to play. and we have another surprise that i can't let that one out --

pete: okay. >> but it'll be -- you better be there because -- pete: if you're in the area, you've got something on your calendar for tomorrow night. rich, you're the best. >> thank you, pete, appreciate it. pete: you got it. all right, still ahead, back to a fox news alert. russian mercenaries ending their march to moscow as new questions emerge about putin's grip on power, or is it a lack thereof? our next guest was born in ukraine, emigratedded to the united states, congresswoman victoria spartz reacts next. ngs 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. ahhh! icy hot pro starts working instantly. with two max-strength pain relievers, so you can rise from pain like a pro. icy hot pro.

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will: fox news alert, russian mercenaries ending their march towards moscow in a deal nowsing wagner chief e yevgeny prigozhin to exile in belarus. putin insisting there there will be no regime change as uncertainty remains for the people of russia, ukraine and across the globe. gop congresswoman victoria spartz was born in ukraine, and she joins us now. congresswoman, great to have you on the program. you just watched what happened over about an 18-hour period. looks like an attempted coup and then it looks like a complete reversal, a 180, although many have not seen yet prigozhin's whereabouts, it appears perhaps exiled to belarus. what do you know about what we just witnessed? >> well, thank you for having me. let's first understand that russia is a country which is ran by criminals, and putin cleverly

thought that he could be a puppetmaster. prigozhin's one of, you know, their gru generals, spy agency for russia. he said prigozhin would walk with you -- wagner group in '14, '15 and '16, but you can see that he's, you know, official intelligence sources and military work closely with these criminal groups, you know? so we need to understand that now russia has taken high are losses because they're dealing with organized military. and now they're dividing their power. and i think prigozhin had two reasons for what he was doing. he probably was doing extortions, he's tried to do the there putin is and put more of his people in charge of another clan, or it also could be a cover-up because, strangely enough, he went to belarus, not back to africa. we have to be watching what is he going to be doing there.

will: a cover-up for what? the exile to belarus and the fact that he feels, i guess, some level of confidence that he can remain alive after standing up to putin is an interesting note. it does lead to more questions. so what, what are you suggesting when you say cover-up? >> well, it could be cover-up for some military moves that russia could be doing, you know? it could be cover-up to make some changes in the power and also maybe, you know, he is going to be the country very close to russia, ukraine and nato and he's going to be still this control of very brutal fighters that are are real criminals. and they, you know, he has big forces in africa and no one knows what he's going to be doing this and never was told what his fighters in russia are going to be. but ultimately, there is a rift between in this criminal group and this fight for power because when they came and tried to take ukraine over, they thought it was going to be easy, but it

wasn't that easy because ukrainian military, you know, is fighting pretty bravely. will: so when you suggest perhaps a cover-up of some type of military movement or change in strategy, in that, in that i don't know if you're, if it's appropriate the characterize what you're doing as speculating or whether or not you have informed opinion you're sharing with us here. but in that situation are you suggesting that would be in concert with vladimir putin? >> well, it's possible in concert with him and people under him too because we need to understand too much power but in reality he's not as well informed, unfortunately, what's happening. he has a lot of people around him, and he lives in a bubble. and the situation on the eastern front is very difficult,? and i think we need to be watching. it's going to be very telling what is going to happen in the near future in russia, what is really happening. but with i always say, we always have to be vigilant and really pay attention because these people are brutal, they deal by

brutal rules, but you don't underestimate, you know, your enemy. will: right. >> and i think it's important to see what's happening there. will: let me follow up with one more question. there are reports u.s. intelligence knew this would happen at least with a couple of days' notice. i'm not sure on the exact timeline. the u.s. intelligence knew this was going to happen. did you, did you or anyone else you know in congress have any advance knowledge something like this could happen inside of russia? >> well, listen, you need to see that this event's been developing between him and russian minister of defense for a while. even a week ago or more he pretty much was already aggressive when they tried to force -- i think putin is afraid, you know, that he might have his people turn on him. so they were trying to force him to sign contracts with russian minister of defense because he -- [inaudible] so that was obviously something that existed. and we need to understand that he has, you know, putin put

criminals in kremlin. we have a criminals running russia. these criminals are brutal types. they do fighting with each other. so, obviously, but it's interesting how quiet he was, how really bold he was, calm. he was not really nervous -- will: right. >> you can see about that, he didn't look like someone who is doing a coup and is going to kill, so that's something we have to be watching because this is much more -- will: i'm sorry, congressman, i find this endless arely fascinating. just to clarify, because you're right, he was posting stuff on social media with, so we have the, the whole world has some idea about his mindset, at least his public mindset. when you're talking about in concert with vladimir putin or you're suggesting now in your latest answer, there's more to the story, are you sharing specialties, or is this informed analysis you have as a member of congress? >> well, listen, you know, i'm not going to get to tell as a

member of congress, and i don't try to yet, you know, would not share specific -- [inaudible] would do. so i'll be peck late. but speculate more than that on information that, you know, i actually can observe in russia happening a too. you know, i actually can read russian and pay attention and say,ing you know, what's happening there. so is i think i just always want to warn with careful because -- be careful because russians very sophisticated and do in hybrid wars and their group can be underestimated ask we have to be very careful. will: right. i appreciate you entertaining all those questions. thank you for your time. let's turn cochief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: severe weather and this heat that just won't break across parts of the south. take a look at weather maps, show you what's going on. temperatures already into the mid 80s down across parts of texas, all the way up and across parts of that mid mississippi

river valley. it's hot, humid, we're going to see some storms fire later on in the day todaying but this heat wave is 11 days in, and we probably, it looks like, have another at least 10 days of this. in fact, no real sign of any kind of break many these temperatureses. we've broken some all-time records across texas, and that's saying something because the month of june is definitely hot there. on sundayss, i like to show you the precipitation. the west coast calms down just a little bit, a few showers across northern plains, some beneficial rain across parts of nebraska. most of the moisture this coming week is going to be across much of the northeast. will, back to you inside. will: all right. thank you, rick. coming up, spoiler alert, democratic hopeful rfk jr. gaining steam on president biden. pete and i go off the wall on how history shows us outsiders can make quite an impact on presidential elections. plus, the moment a florida teen narrowly s capes a terrifying encounter with an

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rachel: a 13-year-old boy is speaking out after narrowly escaping the deadly jaws of an

alligator. will: he was swimming with friends in a local creek when he felt the gator grab. -- grasp tightly to his leg. pete: that luckily 13-year-old, gabriel, joins us now. we're glad you're alive to be with us on this segment this morning. first of all, did you know the area where you were swimming hadal gate orers? -- had alligators? >> i think i did, i think i just didn't think much of it, because they've never attacked us or anything. i didn't have that first thought this my mind. will: so grasp. ed is the word i've got to the follow up on, he grasped your leg. what does that mean? he bit down with his teeth? he held you in his mouth? >> yeah, he bit down with his teeth, and his jaw just stood there for a good couple of seconds. rachel: so my understanding, and you can tell me if i'm wrong about this, is when they grab you, they actually can pull you

under, and one of the ways they kill you is not just they bite you, they drown you. did you feel like something was pulling you you down under? did your friends know something was happening to you many. >> yeah. i felt him try to pull me down, but i was too close to the sand, and i, like, just grabbed on to the something close and tried to pull myself up before he could take me down that quick. pete: did you try to punch it or was with it just get away as fast as you can? and did you realize right away this is an alligator? >> yeah, because, like, i knew in there that anything, like, any bites that, like, hard and that much, it would -- i think i already knew what it was. all i thought was to just get away. and i hit it, like, probably like two or three times. but then after that i was, like, once he let go, i just sprinted out of the water. will: what are the extent of

your injuries? >> i have, like, i have, like, two big wounds and then i was, like, i had to to get a bunch of stitches. rachel: gabriel, what have you learned doctor -- from this? >> i think i've learned, just, don't intrude on them and don't mess with them because they own their territory kind of. [laughter] pete: it's a good lesson. i learned don't swim with alligators. rachel: and nature is powerful. pete: for sure. will: and good luck to all the other guys trying to top your story. [laughter] rachel: are you, like, a hero in your school now? >> well, most of my friends doesn't believe me at first, but then, like, once i got on news and stuff, then they started, like, believing me and they were the, like, holy cow -- will: any new nicknames? i gotta go -- >> not yet. will: it's coming.

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dermatologist-prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie could help you save. pete: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. the wagner chief who threatened to march all the way to moscow and open rebellion of russian president vladimir putin has backed down. rachel: belarus reportedly brokering the deal that will allow to go into exile and end that internal conflict for now. will: greg p is live in kyiv with the latest. greg? reporter: hi, folks it is the morning, the day after and it looks like we are back from the brink in russia but still th