july 1st end of the week. mike, thank you very much for joining us live thank you so much good to see you again. >> steve: coming up on 7:00 new york city. second hour of "fox & friends" starts, yep, now. ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: we twin this hour with 2024, the battle for the g.o.p. nomination is on with former president donald trump maintaining his big lead in the new polls. it comes as a majority of voters express concerns about president biden's mental and physical health. >> brian: mark meredith is live at the white house. and nobody is questioning your mental or physical health, mark, just for the record. >> just my wife i think it's the only one ever questioned me on that. >> brian: have not had a chance to call her. she is not up yet. >> good morning to all three of you. we are 21 days from the next presidential election. a rematch between president biden and next president trump.

survey out showed trump 51% of support among the republican primary voters. governor ron desantis form other vice president mike pence in a distant third. >> incredible poll numbers are one of the main reasons the marxist left is weaponizing the criminal justice system to try and stop us. if i wasn't running or if i was doing badly in the polls, all of this investigation bull [bleep] would stop immediately. and i did nothing wrong. it's under the presidential records act. i did nothing wrong. >> today, governor desantis is expected to talk about one of trump's top issues, immigration. is he in texas, getting a firsthand look at the border. he has even released an ad called no excuses detailing how he would make immigration and border security a top priority. >> southern border. a record 2.7 million migrants cross the border. >> across the border. >> seeing unprecedented.

>> switching parties for president biden, he continues to dominate in the democratic primary polling even as surveys show voters are concerned with his abilities to do his job. nbc finding 68% of people have either major or moderate concerns with the president's mental and physical health. perhaps that's why robert f. kennedy jr., a democratic primary candidate tweeted out this video showing him performing pushups. he says he is getting ready for a debate with president biden. but, as of right now, there are no democratic primary debates on the horizon. one debate though appears to be settled he looks pretty ripped to be 69 years old. r.f.k. jr. cooking pushups trying to energize support. >> brian: is he using that frank thomas stuff that we always watch advertised? doug flutie uses it. frank thomas. >> i think that's ozempic at work. it is impressive. i couldn't do 10 of those right there like he did. >> steve: mark, do we have any

idea why he was appearing without a shirt? >> i mean, if you have got it you have got to flaunt it. >> ainsley: cheryl hines is no longer alone. >> i'm 36. i wouldn't want to take off my shirt on tv he is cooking it there. >> steve: let's see if he inspires a trend. >> ainsley: i like this. shows personality. married to cheryl hines the actress on curb your enthusiasm. they seem like they have fun together. >> steve: obviously is he in california. prior prior over oat gold's gym. >> ainsley: better to watch than biden. up. >> interesting contest to see the least. >> brian: do you have any other fitness. >> i did a peloton this weekend. no video, thank god. >> brian: next hour. >> ainsley: did i some of those pushups and i did wear a shirt. >> brian: that would have been a different story. >> brian: what does it mean for the country are we heading in the right direction? eight out of 10 of you say no.

20% believe we're heading in the wrong direction. this goes back to amy klobuchar saying look at everything the president has done. don't get sidetracked with the hunter biden stuff. obviously something is not getting through. you can say you added all these jobs but a lot of those jobs left because of the pandemic and you could say that you brought the country back but it was already in route to coming back. then can you say brought it out of the pandemic. but operation warp speed brought the vaccine forward. you kind of created more division in this country in my view by mandating it and causing different governors to run for the hills and other ones to comply. that further divided the country which brought us to the midterms and the roe v. wade decision that brings us where we're at today. >> ainsley: you live out on rhode island. it's pretty red out there. steve, you go to florida a lot. it's pretty red down there. i went to south carolina this weekend. every restaurant i went in they would stop us. they love fox news down south, obviously, we are so grateful. i love going home.

every restaurant that we would go to, they would stop us as we are walking through to our table and saying we're so worried about our country. our country is heading in the wrong direction. and when you look at that poll 74% say that. >> steve: what's interesting though. so 20% say we are heading in the right direction. i have no idea who those people are. >> ainsley: live here in new york. >> steve: maybe. the last time there was a number like that was in 1992 and 2008. and in both those times, the party in the white house lost control. so that's good news for the republicans. and while donald trump's lead in the primary polls is increasing according to more than half of republicans they would prefer another person to lead the party even though is he way out in front. half of them want somebody else. >> ainsley: why is he doing so well in the polls? >> steve: it's early. >> brian: even in the individual states as well. as we look who is leading and who is not, you brought this up.

far cry from 51. ron desantis was within 15 points back in may, it separates even more now. >> ainsley: tim scott 3%. is he such strong candidate. >> steve: remember, before the 2016 election at this point in the game, i think it was jeb bush was leading. >> ainsley: right. yes. >> steve: he was going to be the next president. what happened there it all changed. >> ainsley: when you clap. >> steve: all changed with the first debate. that is really going to be -- people are going to start -- when they see all the candidates on the stage and then they go shopping, who gave us the great -- the best answer? who on that stage would i like go out and have a beer with to your restaurant where everybody is saying what's going on? >> 11 people on the stage going to get one or two lines off. >> brian: i don't think trump is doing it.

>> ainsley: i hope he does too. >> brian: if it stands the way it stands right now i don't see him doing it. >> ainsley: we want to see him. not much difference for what the candidates stabbed for nothing means more to him on the border. on the border he did everything possible. ainsley: what will republicans look for. if their views are not that much different. > >> brian: talk about the court cases a democratic argue: that's where a lot of people think he is vulnerable. that's where democrats are going to go that's the question do you go for the court cases? if you go for the court cases and find a way to beat trump on legal issues. you are not going to bring his people. and if you lose his 35 to 42%

republicans you don't have debate. >> most of the times donald trump has been queried about polls he said i don't trust them ultimately that's his answer now. let's hope he does. you know the number one court case they will be talking about. >> ainsley: the one from new jersey we are about to talk about? >> steve: the one about roe v. wade. in this nbc poll, a red flag for republicans said that 61% of voters disapprove of the supreme court overruling roe v. wade. so that, obviously, because a number of conservative judges appointed by republican presidents were involved in craft flag ruling, that suggest that abortion is going to be a major liability for republicans republicansin. >> brian: unless they get a good message brian. >> ainsley: transitioning, the transgender issue. this next issue that we are about to talk about could end up going to the supreme court. this is happening in new jersey. >> steve: that's right. because it's also about schools. which glenn youngkin in the

commonwealth of virginia. about a year and a half ago, was very effective at it. >> ainsley: the attorney general of new jersey along with the governor are teaming up and suing three different school districts in new jersey because if a child wants to transition or change their gender or be identified as a different gender than they were born with. the parents have to be notified. >> brian: brian that seems totally natural, right? tell the parents your 12-year-old male wants to be a girl. >> ainsley: these leaders do not want that to happen. they want these children to be able to do it at school and parents don't have to find out about it. >> brian: keep the gles in your gym bag? >> ainsley: locker. >> steve: in new jersey all schools shall ensure that students be addressed by their preferred names and pronouns. be allowed to dress in accordance with their gender identity and parental consent is not required for the district to accept the student's asserted general identity. because that's from the state of new jersey, that's why the

attorney general for new jersey matt platkin said this. outing these students against their will poses serious mental health riske, threatens physical harm to students including risking increase suicide. decreases the likelihood students will seek support and shirks the district's obligation to seek a safe and supportive learning environment for all. lgbtq+ students in new jersey and elsewhere have died by suicide after being outed if you say i want to be a girl. it's obvious. it's not outing. >> brian: you are 100 percent right, ainsley. >> brian: got talk to the parents about it got to be on board. >> brian: they don't want you talking to your parents. here's the attorney for the marlboro school board we vehemently disagree with the attorney general's argument that it's somehow discriminatory or improper to notify a parent that their minor child is changing their gender. is our position that keeping parents in the dark about

important issues involving their children is counter intiive well established supreme court cases that some say constitutional trite control and direct the upbringing of their children. governor murphy considering this guy as presidential nominee if biden wasn't there he considers it. this guy is a train wreck. that's how he almost lost new jersey which is as blue as it can be one of the reasons why so many hispanics are leaving the democratic party who support idiocy like this because they're traditional in values and morals and extremely religious. see this, excuse me, white out my name. i'm no longer there. this is the type of thing if you are a democratic operative. you are apoplectic about. >> ainsley: not their responsibility to keep something from the parent. i have open communication in my

daughter. if she wants to go through something that personal. then she comes to me to talk to me about it. it's not up to the teachers. >> brian: keep her out of new jersey. >> ainsley: why do they think they can parent better than i can. >> brian: it's nuts. >> steve: all of our kids went to public schools in new jersey. >> ainsley: did they go to these school districts? >> steve: no did not. bergen county new jersey right across the george washington bridge. in new jersey, when they were going to school, my wife and i had to sign a form whether or not our kid could get a tylenol or an advil during school. >> ainsley: we have to do that, too. >> steve: parental responsibility. suddenly it's out the window. a mom in new jersey who was on "fox & friends" sunday, yesterday, talking a little bit about how the garden state has gone too far. >> we want trance transparency with the school. our children are safer when we know more about what is happening in school. why in the world would a.g. and murphy think it would be appropriate to hide any sort of information from parents. he thinks we are monsters, he

thinks we would torture our kids. >> we would never torture our kids. we were trying to get the masks off for two years because he tortures our kids. now that he is losing control of his school boards because we are getting people elected it getting our parents in to meet these kinds of changes. he is going to use the a.g. to make sure that we can't do these things. you know, he has waged war on parents and children for three years. >> got to leave go. some place where there is school choice. public schools want to make ridiculous rules, okay, i'm taking my $7,000 per kid, maybe more in new jersey and take it over to this school. and then people start realizing when you have to lay off teachers and the money and the tax dollars aren't going along to that brick and mortar school down the road instead going to the other place that charter school around the block, then people will realize it's not going to work. >> ainsley: they want to take everything away from us. they want to tell us how to raise our kids. talking about making wood oven pizza ovens now carbon emissions and taking away our straws.

taking away our big gulps and telling us how to live our lives and now taking control of our children. these are human beings. these are our childrens we carried them four tummies. we are raising them. you don't get to tell me how to raise my child. >> steve: couple counties in new jersey. only three so far that signed on to this approach where parents need to be involved. let's see if other school districts also say you know what? >> ainsley: actually scary. >> brian: stated of california doing this already they passed a law. by the way, just so you know we will talk about pizza in a moment. carley one way out of this pizza conundrum c chef boyardee. is he the best chef ever. he has his own can of pizza. >> carley: do you remember lunch beings? [italian music] love lunchable.

if you are a kid. >> brian: portions are great. >> ainsley: box. california crust under rated surprisesly delicious. >> steve: a lot of california crusts are made with flo flour. >> carley: i got more news to get to starting with a fox news alert. russian president vice president making his first comment since this weekend's mutiny against him in a statement on the kremlin's website. putin reportedly congratulates participants of an industrial forum. meanwhile russia's defense minister made a public appearance with troops in ukraine in an attempt to increase morale but secretary of state antony blinken said the cracks in putin's regime are real. >> rising storm of prigozhin inside of russia is something

people have seen over months now. direct challenges to the military leadership, powerful criticism of russia's conduct of aggression against ukraine and now questioning the very premises of the war. >> carley: blinken's remarks comes as biden questions support for ukraine and as president zelenskyy calls on russians to abandon the war. to say a fox weather alert. one person dead after a tornado tears through indiana. just look at that video right there. flattening buildings and knocking out power lines. look! look islamic right there [bleep] it's coming for you. >> carley: rescue crews are still searching for victims this morning. more than half a million residents across the ohio valley and southeast waking up without power after severe storms caused blackouts. to track stories like this download the app. on your connected tv device.

listen to this. interesting story here. a small island off the coast of finland is going phone-free this summer in an effort to get visitors to disconnect from their smart phones and enjoy the scenery. officials announcing the initiative last week saying the digital fasting only encouraged not mandatory. so vacationers will still be allowed to use their phones if necessary. i like this idea. i don't know if i could do it though. >> steve: yeah, let's see. it's a lot going on. no phone. because some people use your phone to take pictures. >> carley: yes, exactly. back to you. >> brian: i do think america should put down the phone. >> ainsley: america, collectively. >> steve: but that's not. >> brian: even though that's in finland. >> steve: thank you very much. >> brian: did you toss? >> carley: back to you. >> steve: speaking of chef boyardee. can i say my thought? the reason i was laughing because when i turned to you i know none of you guys are

listening and, steve, you are picked it up so well. >> steve: i have been on the couch a while. >> carley: you know how to handle it that was my fault. >> brian: we blame ourselves. >> steve: i blame chef boyardee. >> brian: underrated. leave our pizzeys alone. left using wood fired ovens because of carbon emissions. >> steve: still ahead kevin mccarthy and piers morgan join us live. first, save the date. the fifth annual patriot awards is back. fox nation is going to be hosting and it's going to be in nashville, tennessee on novembe. so put it on your calendar. >> steve: that's right. so many people have said hey, can you give us a heads up so we can get tickets? everything you need to know is at fox nation.com/patriot awards. >> ainsley: can you nominate someone, too. >> steve: fox nation.com patriot awards. join us in nashville as you look up. >> ainsley: brian knows all the bars. is he going to take us around.

where are we going first? >> brian: probably not going to show up at a show ♪

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is ♪ how will i know ♪ if he really had loves me ♪ i say a prayer ♪ with every heart beat ♪ i fall it love. >> steve: good morning, new york city. currently, we have, let me see, 70 degrees right now. a little morning fog here in the big apple. by the way, in new york city, there are about 100 pizzerias that either bake their pizza with coal or wood. >> ainsley: okay. >> steve: of course, back in the first pizzerias in new york city used coal because it was cheaper than wood. but, ultimately it takes more

oxygen, you know how things work. and so that is why new york city is cracking down on those coal fired or wood pizzerias because they have got to cut carbon emissions by 75%. too much smoke out in new york city as we just saw right there. now that's fog. >> steve: they have to pay $20,000 to get this air filtration system. >> steve: scrubber. >> ainsley: i don't know how you install that on an oven. >> brian: get someone. >> ainsley: pay thousands of dollars. these restaurants are already hurting after covid. they lost a lot of money during that period. and now they have to do this. >> brian: in fact, here it is from ted timbers. is he an example of what we have to go through. all new yorkers deserve to breathe healthy air. this is his school of thought. air and wood and coal fire storms harmful contributors air quality. developed with restaurants and environmental justice groups professional review emissions controls is feasible.

why don't you ask the pizza people number one what a huge expensive sitting aside to get rid of the old oven, put the new one. in the other thing about pizza in new york. it's the best in the world. people from italy come over here to study it and don't even know the language. they will come over here speaking italian and stare at ovens. take one of the great tourist attractions the things that make new york new york and decide we will have to stop that soon going to be electric pizza oven. >> ainsley: wondering if it would change the taste? >> brian: of course, no question. >> steve: that is not what the owner of pauly g. says. they will keep the same oven. it's just the exhaust system. he says oh, yeah, it's a big expense, it's not just the expense of having continue stalled the scrubbers and exhaust. it's the maintenance, i have got to pay somebody to go up there every couple weeks and hose it down and you know do the maintenance. so according to that guy, the

taste will be the same but it's ultimately an unfunded mandate. they have to spend all this money. the good fuss nor the pizzeria owners is they are talking about grandfather clausing it in whereas if you have got a wood or a coal fired pizza oven right now, going forward, you're going to be okay, but, going forward if you start a new one, you are going to have to have these scrubbers. >> brian: amazing to make this a priority. >> ainsley: requiring pizzerias with ovens installed prior to 2016. front cover. how important pizza is to us here in, no. new york city's war on pizza. now green beret -- brigade startle slice of city life. >> brian: and will not taste the same. >> ainsley: green brigade. >> brian: every city and state tries to copy this. they can't do it. >> steve: take that, italy. >> ainsley: coming up unintended consequences did hunter biden just help decide the 2024

election. next guest shares her take on if legal whoas president trump. >> brian: couldn't take the bleeping. >> steve: beeping. >> brian: a janitor keeping take the beeping freezer scientific work. >> ainsley: oh no. >> brian: i was thinking-b bleeping. yeah, yeah that's my husband... ,

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>> carley: back with headlines starting with. this one person in custody after what appears to be a grenade was spotted in austin, texas last night. a large police presence and road closures reported in the area after the incident. but the bomb squad determined the grenade was hallowed out and not a threat to the public. roads have since been reopened. illegal immigrants have been sleeping on the floor of the chicago police station for weeks criming they were treated better than than a government run facility. it continues to cripple the windy city. costing taxpayers more than $50 million in just one month. and this is not a good situation here. a college janitor is being accused of destroying decades of scientific research. valued at $1 million after shutting off a storage freezer over an annoying beeping noise.

polytechnic institute filing a lawsuit against the cleaner's firm accusing him of negligent behavior. the cleaner mistakenly believed he was turning on the electrical breakers to stop the sound when he it turned them off instead. a safety staff investigation determined the cleaner made an error in reading the electrical box and, quote: was just trying to help. that's a bad day at work, steve? >> >> steve: bothered by the beeping and when he disconnected it, there was probably some bleeping. just saying. >> carley: exactly. that's great. >> steve: thank you, carley. >> carley: you are welcome. >> steve: fallout continues over last week's news over first son hunter biden agreed to what many call a sweetheart deal avoiding any jail time for his legal troubles. >> but critics argue it could actually be a major asset to the trump campaign. former president himself making biden family controversies a theme in a campaign speech over the weekend. >> crooked joe sat in a room

while his son hunter messaged a chinese communist party official, quote: i'm sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. the biden corruption scandal is 100 times bigger than watergate. >> joining us right now to discuss is washington examiner op-ed editor cailee mcgee white. cailee, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: i think it's not just the former president. i think all the republicans are making -- drawing attention to the fact that seems like hunter got a good deal absolutely it does help trump specifically they are coming after you i'm just in the way. trump raised $6.6 million just for his campaign immediately after the doj announced its indictment against him recent

msnbc poll now at 51%. which is 29 points ahead of the runner-up ron desantis he keeps gaining ground no catch up from the desantis campaign. it goes to show that the voters recognize that the hunter biden sweetheart deal is a two tiered system of justice let me ask you in same poll can donald trump half say they would prefer a new leader much the party than donald trump. why is that? >> i think trump is a divisive figure. is he controversial. he does tend to exhaust a lot of people general sentiment among the republican primary field that they want a candidate they believe will attract independence, suburban women. the exact demographics trump failed to win in 2020 difficult to make that case when you have

government going after trump. gives him a strong and compelling message going forward general election of 2024, i read a number of stories i'm sure you did as well,. >> kayleigh: lee. try to get rid of junk fees, nuisance fees in some cases can be hundreds of dollars with airline change fees and stuff like that. mr. biden is going to go after that ultimately because they think that if he can put more money into the pocket of the average american. that's going to help him. >> right. this was a strategy back in the midterm election, too. remember his illegal student loan debt relief program which the entire point was to fill the pockets of young adults in an effort to compel them to vote for the democratic party. this is his strategy again and again i hope voters are wise enough to see through it this time. >> steve: let's see what

happens. kaylee, thank you for joining us from d.c. >> thank you. >> steve: the kremlin has released first statement since the rebellion in russia over the weekend claiming iran and qatar support vladimir putin. but where's putin? and what are the implications to the united states in that is coming up next. ♪ diabetes can serve up a lot of questions, like, "what is your glucose?" and "can you have more carbs?" before you decide... with the freestyle libre 2 system know your glucose level and where it's headed. no fingersticks needed. manage your diabetes with more confidence. and lower your a1c. the number one doctor prescribed cgm. freestyle libre 2. try it for free at freestylelibre.us

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mercenary force coming out and saying the war is dumb. it's been fought stupidly. ukraine is not a bunch of nazis and totally unnecessary. not good. they react by saying hey, wagner group. we are going to fold you back in to the regular russian army. at which point wagner said wait a second i'm not going to the regular army. they have already turned on each other giving out location and details to each other to ukrainians to wipe each other out. they decide they are going to take ross taf, a military depot site where the almost whole war run out of. took it without a shot. see the video welcome wagner's presence there. wagner decides well force including anti-aircraft weaponry and make our way towards moscow. nobody was blocking them. some choppers were mobilized and shot out of the sky, 40 dead, including about 6 to 9 pilots.

vladimir putin realizing power going to be threatened, addresses the nation and said, "says everyone else is going to be punished doesn't mention prigozhin by name which i find bizarre. then the belarus state decides they are going to get involved and broker a peace deal he stops 157 miles from moscow with nothing in his way. bell are a lewis says prigozhin is going to come live with us. the wagner group the people that want to sign on will go to the regular russian army. the rest are going to be punished? we will have to see. this is the route they strastled traveled. this is how far they got. in the how close they were and there was nothing standing in their way cheered by i leaves the insurrection was shut. not seen vladimir putin since saturday's address. evidently he ran. there he is to st. petersburg. so let's look at where we stand

right now with vladimir putin's russia. are they in serious danger? number one serious danger of losing the war. already supposed to be a counteroffensive. if you are in russia right now, you are a member of the military, are you convinced this is worth giving your life for? do you want to be part of 200,000 casualty numbers? message to the west, give us the long range missiles, atacms, the f-16 we need. you see how weak he actually is then you ask yourself what does it mean for china? not so mighty right now. let's expand on where we are and where we are going bret's bring in george b b. great to see you, george. your reaction to this series of

events? >> brian, no question this was the most danger that putin has been in since the start of his presidency over two decades ago could succeed and power in moscow. only way that could have happened is if significant parts of the russian military were intelligence services threw their support behind prigozhin. that didn't happen force the prigozhin to make a deal in this. bigger threat to putin is this would divert the russian military from the war in ukraine force to focus on internal security. ukraine take advantage and actually win the war. this deal, finding a quick resolution to this crisis is something that was absolutely essential to putin and he pulled that off this is going to cause

long-term daca to putin in russia. we will have so see what the long-term implications will be. >> bret: reports were they knew about turbulence between the two but did not an at this time pate this move. yet, it was very well planned. tanks on flatbeds moving up. they knew exactly where they were going. they were drefntly treated well. did they get cold feet? do you think overtures were made? russian military has no love for prigozhin or for wagner whatsoever. there was real personal rivalry there prigozhin was trying to steal the publicity for success on the battlefield in ukraine critical of the command for a long, long time. actually going back years there was, i think, very little

likelihood that significant elements of the russian military were going to back prigozhin. >> brian: yeah, looking now at where we are at. come out and said i talked to qatar and iran. on board. back me. why would we care about that? why would that be something important for him to tell the world? >> well, this is not a message to the world. >> this is a message to russians. putin is trying to say hey, look, i'm still important. i'm treated with respect in the world. and not just iran and cut tar. i think the chinese foreign ministry issued a statement yesterday afternoon backing stability in russia indicating that china regards russia as an important strategic partner. i think that chinese endorsement, more than anything was something putin vital to his role. >> brian: terrible in ukraine. huge mistake. is he paying economically. he is paying with prestige and

maybe with his power. going to be a fascinating couple weeks and maybe beyond. george beebe, thank you. >> thank you. >> brian: go up to carley for other breaking news. >> carley: i certainly do. a parking lot has been turned into homeless camp with 24/7 security. over 100 people live in the new taxpayer funded state sonoma county which is from the state's famous wine region. the homeless camp getting pushback from residents saying the monday should be allocated toward more permanent housing. attention all iphone users. your phone is tracking you wherever you go. a map on your apple device keeps an internal log of your whereabouts. this can be handy because it automatically generates things like directions home. or can help you where find where you parked your car. if you do not want to be tracked, kurt the cyberguy will show you how to disable it. and you could get paid to walk. ♪ i would walk 500 miles

♪ and i would i walk 500 more ♪ see that man ♪ walks a thousand miles or more >> carley: fitness company jim bird is hiring a chief step officer get paid 5,000 bucks to walk 10 steps day. that person will have one month to achieve set milestones and walk wherever they want. buff they have to post it a two-minute weakly progress on social media. that sounds like a lot of money to walk do the treadmill and do the weather while walking. i'm going to do this right now. i don't need a treadmill. i can walk in place. take a look at the maps shall we while i walk in place. got give me $10,000. there is the potential for showers and thunderstorms and severe weather for parts of the

plain states, the gulf coast up towards the rockies. we have a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for northern louisiana and a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 a.m. for this area. we could see hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and yef rainfall and then we have got a couple areas where we could see the potential for stronger storms, including the southeast, up toward the mid-atlantic and the northeast, very likely severe storms today, so keep that in mind. keep an eye to the sky. fox weather.com will have all of your latest details. heavy rain for some of these regions, we need the rain but might put damper on plans, and excessive heat, holy moly continues for texas, parts of arkansas and spreading into the southwest this week. it has just been relentless. this is the third week of extreme heat for these areas. so we will keep an eye on that as well. i think i'm tossing it back to brian. >> brian: absolutely, you are right. if it's that hot you want to take your shirt off and that's exactly what r.f.k. jr. did. a shirtless r.f.k. pumping iron and doing pushups to get in

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that's sinking. we patched it up. row this direction. some of them decided not to row so they are not here anymore. those that did they are going to reap the rewards. >> ainsley: coach, this is such a dream for you and for your players how did you do it. >> ainsley what we did was a lot of hard work, professionalism. we just went about it the right way. all we did was said we are going to put our head down and go to work every day. we get the opportunity to play skip holts, birmingham the defending champions of the usfl. so we have quite a task in front of us. it will be a rocking game. >> brian: holts got coach of the year this year, right? >> yes, he did. the best quarterback in the league, best head coach, best looking contemporary. what we're going to try to do is show up saturday night at the hall of fame stadium and put on a show. >> brian: you are quite a handsome man, can you get some of your fans to canton. can you get.

so mauller fans to canton so this mutual site will be tilted toward you guys. >> you know i played at cincinnati and coached at cleveland and coached with the steelers. we have a good fan base here in the triangle. we will have no problem getting our fans out. >> steve: good luck to you. ray horton, good luck thank you very much. >> appreciate seeing you guys, thank you. >> ainsley: congratulations. it's not an easy profession because you are ridiculed when you are down by the press and then when you are up, everyone loves you. >> brian: this is the second year the league. big success. meanwhile, coming up: >> ainsley: speaker of the house kevin mccarthy is he going to join us for the final hour of "fox & friends." "fox & friends." he is hereto m♪ .ow ♪ "fox & friends." he is hereto m♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ stay two nights and get

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