>> new text messages appear to show hunter biden demanding $10 million annual pay. wait until you hear the twist. >> todd: a shocking scene in a florida courtroom. >> oh. >> todd: a convicted dbl murderer attacking his own attorney. wait until you hear how his

attorney responded. >> ashley: why vana whites lawyering up. my stars. watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. president biden heading to chicago to tout his record on the economy and what he's calling bidenommics. >> carley: doug luzader has more. >> douglas: the administration really leaning into an area that has been a weak spot, the economy. we will hear this term again and again, biden-omics. what is it? the white house released this statement moments ago. bi biden-omics, our economy has added 800,000 manufacturing jobs

and unleashed manufacturing and clean energy boom. >> we are just seeing the first impact of all the historic legislation that he was able to achieve in the first couple of years. now is the time with all those accomplishments, the president can take this message to the american people and say this is what biden-omics is. >> douglas: voters are not optimistic. 83% have a negative view of the economy, just 18% positive. republicans have been laser-focused on new hampshire. >> all of us here today are on mission to liberate our nation from a washington swamp destroying america for their own power. that is what they want, i guess. >> even if you are successful at draining it, next guy can refill it. break the swamp. >> this is our moment as

conservative movement to rise up and levelun. we're done running from something, start running to something. >> okay. a lot of time spent in new hampshire. here are states to watch for the 2024 general election. according to power rankings, nevada, arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania and some of them decided by less than one point last time around. the president's schedule is packed with campaign receptions, one in maryland last night, chicago tonight and new york on thursday. >> todd: doug luzader, thank you. former president donald trump reacting to leaked recording of him discussing highly confidential documents he had after leaving the white house. we did nothing wrong, this is a hoax like the russia, russia, russia deal and the fake dossier, it was a fake thchl is

just another hoax, it is called election interference more than anything else temperature is a disgrace. next question, everything is fine, we did nothing wrong and everybody knows it. >> todd: former president facing 37 felony charges. an attorney for the former president pointing out the timing of the audio leak. >> president trump was told he can't talk about any of the evidence. how is evidence being leaked the week hunter biden is getting misdemeanor charges for things he should be going to jail for. >> todd: what's app messages apeer to show hunter biden demanding $10 million from chinese energy venture promising the bidens are the best at appeasing their partners. >> brooke: house oversight committee is releasing the

what's app messages allegedly sent by hunter biden to an associate about $10 million. this move to $5 million is new to me and not acceptable. i can make $5 million salary at any law firm in america, if you think it is about money, it is not, the bidens are best i know at doing what the chairman wants from this partnership. the now missing chairman of the chinese energy company was tied to intelligence agency for the chinese communist party. messages released show hunter used his father to pressure an associate. that came from an irs whistleblower. the whistleblower said federal prosecutors blocked any questioning about president biden.

any other person likely would have served. certain investigative steps we were not allowed to take that could have led us to president biden. and you wanted to take them? >> we needed to take them. >> you were not allowed to take them? >> correct. >> brooke: miranda devine says she hopes america has whistleblowers back. >> exposed last week, they are too important, evidence is too important to be casually dismissed. joe biden doesn't wear. >> brooke: i spoke with daryl essa said who for months and months, the president and his spokespeople have been saying the president did not have business communication with his son hunter biden temperature switched a couple days ago to he was never in business with his

son. fox news digital exposing the white house fomitting hunter biden's name from the visitor log. the white house told fox news digital, it is not releasing names of personal guests. >> carley: thank you. there is this, "new york times" is confirming one of the irs whistleblower claims, buried in the 21st paragraph that david weiss was not calling the shots. weiss asked his office to review charges. a second former irs official

told house republicans same story, episode confirmed to times and the newspaper did not respond to comment, but reporting is out and confirming small portion of what was said, which is david weiss was doing his job. charges were for not paying taxes in 2014 and 2015. i guess he just wound up getting away with and david weiss hitting roadblocks along the way. the whistleblower is saying weiss wanted to be named special counsel and was denied. merrick garland is denying that happened fchl true, remember what kevin mccarthy said on "fox and friends" this week fchl it comes true what the irs whites saying, we will start impeachment inquiry on the attorney general. >> if you are not watching our

show and reading the "new york times," you did not get that, because "new york times" buried this whole thing. paragraph 21 underscores issue republicans are facing. this is tremendous potential scandal involving the president of the united states. if the majority of the country does not know about it, how much of a scandal is it when people go to the ballot box? it is incumbent on both sides to delve into this in congress and figure out what is happening. with that, religious freedom at forefront of major debate at one maryland school district and has parents taking to the streets to protest a controversial classroom policy. >> our choice. we will raise our children. we will raise our children.

>> carley: next guest is a mother whos she was not allowed inside yesterday's school board meeting because she was not on the invite list. she's sharing her story with us instead, don't miss it.

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severe storms expected in the great plains. authorities issuing storm watches for kansas, south dakota and texas. ceo of united airlines says the faa is partly to blame, saying they did not properly prepare for the storms. >> carley: bracing for smoke from the canada wildfires the next few days. senior meteorologist janice dean here with the fox weather forecast. here we go again. >> janice: i don't think it will be as bad as it was a few weeks ago. take a look at temperatures, warm air across the south today. heat advisory from the southwest to florida. potential for showers and thunderstorms, severe weather for the plain states today.

that red shaded area west of the chicago region, we could see hail, damaging wind, i isolated tornados. upper midwest to great lakes and northeast wednesday and thursday. look at this air quality. very unhealthy for milwaukee, just west of chicago, peoria, indianapolis, cleveland. people with respiratory problems are urged to stay inside. worst for wisconsin and indiana. unhealthy air as those wildfires continue to burn. i think there will be an issue all summer long. northeast, smoke in our area today through thursday. again, not as bad as a couple weeks ago, the sky was orange and ominous looking and still bad next couple of days.

heat alert for folks across south. temperatures soaring over 100 degrees. this is historic, they get hot in the summertime, august. this is so early and gone on for so long thachl is why it is concerning. >> carley: thank you for the update. hundreds of parents in mont domry, maryland are protesting prohibiting children out of topics discussing sexuality and gender. >> we demand -- we demand all -- >> our beliefs, our choice. we will raise our children.

>> carley: protest went on outside and parents debated in a school board meeting. >> introducing sexual preference at early age raises concern for parents. >> does inclusion and respect only apply to a specific group? it is is issue of religion, not hate. >> carley: a montgomery county mom says the event was invite only. she joins us with bethany man mandell, who did attend. this started because of the school board's no opt-out policy. dawn, what is that policy and what is the school board saying? >> my understanding is that parents used to have a choice in what their children could

participate in as far as curriculum and books and montgomery county recently has come out with blanket policy saying parents do not have that choice anymore. >> carley: their way or the highway and there are controversial books that touch on sexuality and gender and all subjects that some parents may feel uncomfortable with. bethany, you attended the rally yesterday. what are parents saying? how do you feel about this and how did the rally go? >> so what was really incredible was i was in the minority as far as ethnicity there. it was largely black and brown, a lot of christians. there was a number of muslim families there on a fast day. they had been fasting all day long in washington, d.c. heat in the pouring rain. the skies opened up in the middle of the rally.

it started with a thousand people. it was incredible and they were all there on message and as one of the speakers said, it wasn't partisan, we want a right to say what our kids are learning. >> carley: what are topics in the school district being taught that you are uncomfortable with? >> absolutely. some of the books were first, second, third grade read aloud book about gender ideology and sexuality. some of the parents who spoke in favor of banning the opt out said, i'm gay and a book didn't make me gay and no way if you shield them in this manner can operate in the outside world. and that is not what anyone is asserting. no one thinks our kids can turn

gay by reading a book. children are best learning about tricky subjects from their parents and their parents should have a right to determine how their kids are introduced to this. >> carley: dawn, you wanted to go to the meeting, but your question was rejected. why? >> it wasn't that it was rejected, mps sent out text message that said for safety reasons unless you were on invite list or had previously been approved to testify, they were not going to be letting people in and reminder you can tune in online, which isn't -- not everybody has internet access. county that preaches equity, there is not equity in that

situation and i'm a person that doesn't do well with virtual anything. i like to be there, be in person and be a part of it. i wasn't able to attend. >> carley: we did reach out from montgomery public schools, got no reply. in march they said students and families may not choose to opt out with material other than family unit instruction permitted by maryland law. teachers will not send is home letters to inform parents when inclusive books are read in the future. they have dug their heels in. a lot of parents want to get their voice out on the issue. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> several major decisions expected from supreme court with several hot button issue on the

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>> todd: supreme court decisions expected to tackle affirmative action, student loan debt and religious liberty. law attorney, mark smith, joins us. no better person to have on. start with affirmative action. are we about to see the end of affirmative action in college and universities? >> yes, i think we are.

there are two cases and i think it is pretty clear the united states supreme court will say it is unconstitutional under 14th amendment and violates civil rights laws. this has been a hot topic for many decades, the supreme court will step up and say mouthing the words diversity does not allow you to discriminate on the basis of race, what has been going on in college admissions. that is a huge decision we will see from the supreme court. >> carley: in the woke world, could you see the decision go beyond colleges and universitieses, where the woke left is trying to infuse equity. >> keep in mind, united states supreme court only handles 70

cases per year. when people enter colleges, discrimination will not be tolerated on race. i think that sends a message for the rest of society. when the supreme court speaks, america does listen. >> todd: student loan debt, i think the court strikes this down if the plaintiffs can establish standing. what say you? >> yeah, this really is a test about whether or not the barack obama statement that i can govern with just a pen and phone because i'm the president, whether or not that is true. you have joe biden say, i will wave hundreds of billions in student loan debt because i'm the president thchl is debate between power of congress of spending and federal budget and president of the united states. you are right, big question is whether or not the plaintiffs

sued challenging the student loan forgiveness program, whether they have standing. federal courts and supreme court are not athrised to make that case. if you don't have standing, it doesn't matter, court lack authority to weigh in. >> todd: ted cruz flagged that, he said watch out for standing, it could give joe biden a win. that should not happen. religious liberty involves one postal worker. it has major ramifications. i don't want to work on sundays, it goes against my religion. >> the supreme court continue to broaden scope of religious liberties. you can't establish religion and

you have the right to religious freedom. i think the supreme court has been working to do this, so i think we will continue to see broadening of religious freedom into the future and years to come and we'll probably see that later this week. >> todd: save the juicy stuff for the end. thanks for the preview. >> carley: big entertainment news, sony picture naming ryan seacrest new host of wheel of fortune after pat sajack said he would retire next year. co-host vana whites lawyering up. it is reported white hired an aggressive new lawyer to bump her pay after 18 years without a raise. she earns $3 million compared to sajack's $15 million with contract set to expire at end of

2024. i would take the dresses. >> todd: if not for seacrest and strahan, there would be more open jobs. >> carley: so good at what they do and they are noncontroversial, i like them both. good choice. >> todd: seacrest never won my's super bowl. >> carley: everyone is courting him. leave that there, hope the best for vana white and ryan seacrest. daniel perry will be arraigned today in choke hold death of jordan neely on a new york subway. >> todd: jonathan fahey is here to walk us through the charges right after this. jonathan fahey

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>> a convicted killer sucker punches his lawyer during a court appearance. whoa! >> are you okay? >> i'm fine. >> i used to box, i've taken better shots than that. >> two tackle joseph ziler, he was sentenced to death for the

murder of an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter. >> todd: jonathan fahey former federal prosecutor joins us now. this case is gripping. i want to get your take on it. what does you sense will happen here? >> jonathan: ultimately, i think and i hope a jury will see what is going on and acquit mr. daniel penny. if you look at this case and basised on my understanding, mr. penny was a good samaritan to protect himself and the people on the train from jordan neely, who has 40 prior arrests. he was acting irrationally and threatening people. there was public outcry. protesters, part of this

anti-police movement. the jury will see this for what it is. i believe it is politically motivated prosecution, which we have seen from bragg is not helping that people of new york city with this crime crisis that continue and nobody seems to be doing anything about it and citizen steps in to help people, he gets prosecuted. >> todd: donation for the legal defense fund is close to $3 million. are you expecting anything when they unseal the charges today that will convince you that the charges are just? >> i don't think we will. the charges are like boiler plate blanket charging a lot of state indictments have charging language. my guess is we won't see anything really different, but who knows, one thing about it being unsealed, we don't know.

i think the prosecution's case will be having to concede a bit mr. penny's intentions were okay to help people, but some point he had responsibility to stop the choke hold and that is where their case will rise and fall on. they have to concede the initial premise that jordan neely was dangerous, was putting people at risk and mr. penny's motivation was not bad. they will say he had a responsibility to stop at a point before mr. jordan neely's death. >> carley: several developments out of idaho, bryan kohberger is accused of stabbing the four beautiful college students. his lawyers are calling into question the d.n.a. that links him to the crime and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. is that the right way to go? >> jonathan: what i make about

the d.n.a., the defense attorney has to say something. my understanding, this case is quite strong. his d.n.a. was found on a knife sheath underneath the victim and the defense said he had no connection to the house, begging the question, why is his done on the knife sheath in the bed. they will try to question the manner it was collected. from doing d.n.a. cases, it fails, when the jury sees d.n.a. and the car there beforehand and cell phone records putting him at the scene, this makes this a strong circumstantial case. as far as death penalty, not surprising they are seeking it and did file a note irs showing aggravating factors, if you can show one of them, you can seek

the death penalties and they noticed multiple killings and p propensity to commit more murders. >> todd: we got to leave it there, thank you, we'll have more on this. >> carley: chalked full of information. >> todd: former -- deputies say he was swimming offshore in destine, florida and were caught in a riptide. jj watt posted, rest in peace, brother. and aaron rodgers says, we lost a great man. prayers to his family employing >> racing to new hampshire, contenders rally to make gains against former president trump.

>> todd: who has the edge? we will ask our panel of new hampshire voters next. ♪

>> carley: first primary state

in the nation, new hampshire, former president trump and ron desantis getting their word out. >> in florida we have a strong economy we lead the country in new business formation and have second lowest debt per capita and we paid billions in debt. when is last time the federal government paid down any debt? >> largest tax cuts and built greatest economy in the history of the world. >> carley: ceo of great new hampshire restaurant and rich gulla, president of local 1984 and allen is owner of georgia north side in concord, new hampshire and join me now. you are where all the action is. they say in new hampshire, the

people like to meet the candidates and shake hands. you met tim scott, chris christie and attended donald trump's town hall. who do you like best? >> thank you for having me. i love the way you are pronouncing concorde, new hampshire. it is perfect. >> thank you very much. >> senator tim scott, i was able to meet him up close and personal. incredible background. i don't see him as person that will challenge donald trump and that is the road to the white house, you will have to go through donald trump, no matter how you slice it. i had lunch with chris christie. very impressive, very smart and he's someone that is not afraid to take on donald trump straight on, which i think that is --

that is what has to be done. donald trump cost the election of republican seats in the house and senate and held on to the election was stolen. all he cares about is playing the blame game. he looks backward, he's not a leader. >> carley: he's a front-runner, you are looking to other candidates. >> carley: allen, we just heard from governor desantis and former president trump what they were saying yesterday about the economy in two rallies that were happening in your home state. you are a chef, a small business owner. i'm sure when the economic conversation comes up, you pay close attention. which message is resonating the most with you? >> first of all, thank you for having me, good morning. 100%, economy is my biggest concern. i am a small business owner and

i work in my own restaurant and during the last couple years, everything has changed. both candidates say what i want to hear. looking to hear more from both of them. ron desantis rests on florida, i feel like his national experience is lacking and trump, he cast a huge shadow, it will be hard for anyone to be heard over him. looking forward to see how things play out. >> carley: the race is young and there is more time to talk about the issues. rich, interesting polling just came out from new hampshire and it is not good news for governor desantis temperature shows trump on top with 47% and desantis at 19% and he's lost 10% support in recent months. why do you think that is? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me on this morning.

we're excited candidates are coming to new hampshire and participating in the primary. it is too early to pay attention to the polls. there is a lot of retail politicking that needs to happen in new hampshire, unique part about new hampshire, whether meeting candidates and sitting down one-on-one and having that frank conversation and discussion with the candidates. more of that needs to happen. >> carley: you are where all the action is getting all the attention. it is an important state. thank you for being on this morning. >> thank you. >> carley: all right. the irs whistleblower is going public with his allegations about the hunter biden investigation. >> certain investigative steps we were not allowed to take that

could have led to president biden. >> you wanted to take them? >> we needed to take them. >> you were not allowed to take them? >> that is correct. >> the reaction next. >> todd: steve doocy will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> steve: coming up on "fox and friends," bad news for the bidens, new what's app messages hunter bragging that his family is the best at making chinese executives happy, whatever that means. the dollar amount he asked for. polling shows trump and desantis as two republican front-runners. is there another republican who hasn't thrown his hat in the ring yet? i think the roll here gives it away. how youngkin could beat trump if he enters the race and today is

the day daniel perry will be arraigned, what the veteran is facing as criminal charges become unsealed, we'll see what is in there. our lineup, charlie rnaut and clay travis on busy wednesday morning. gas up your toaster, your coffee maker, we'll start exactly nine minutes from now on the channel you trust for morning news. carley and todd back in a couple. you are watching fox news channel. ! trouble booking the family vacay? come on. comfort has free hot breakfast for the whole fam. they have waffles! and splendid pools. cannonball! book direct at choicehotels.com.

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♪ >> todd: a doj inspector general investigation finds jeffrey epstein was able to commit suicide because of quote, numerous and serious failures by the bureau of prisons. excess of blankets, linens and clothes were discovered in epstein's cells. some ripped to ties intos. guards failed to check in on and

and officials left him without a cell mate. >> carley: whistleblower in the hunter biden probe speaking out publicly for the first time since revealing he was stopped investigating leads into the biden family. >> if this was any other person, they likely would have already served their sentence. there were certain investigative steps we weren't allowed to take that could have led us to pine. >>ened you a wanted to take them? >> we needed to take them. >> and you weren't allowed to take them? >> that's correct. >> missouri congressman mark alford joins us now. damning allegations by this whistleblower. so now, what questions do you have, do you want to have before people that are brought in front of you to try to get answers for the american people? >> todd and carley, good morning. we need to know exactly what went on. you know, this all came about three years ago when fox aired the bobulinski interview and it's all started to unravel after that, the yarns are being pulled on this sweater. it is totally unraveling for the

biden crime family, you know, this looks like it is tax fraud not just tax evasion but tax fraud. we need to make it very clear to the american people that strippers and sex club memberships are not legitimate tax deductions. they are not business expenses hunter biden took those as such. that is a crime. he is getting a sweetheart deal. we need to make sure that he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> carley: then you have these whatsapp messages, congressman, where he saying hunter's family is the best at making the chairman of a chinese energy firm happy. and asking for $10 million. we don't know what family members he is referring to. but he certainly did use the word family in there. how do you feel about this? >> well, he is starting to sound like the so sopranos, isn't he? this biden crime family is getting to look just like that, the soprano family. the big guy, which that term

came out during the bobulinski interview as well, the big guy is on the take. and he has compromised america. he is in the pockets of the communist chinese government. at the is a derek to our national security. and the quicker we can get to the bottom of this, the better for the average american people. the better for the survival of our nation. >> todd: congressman, does this all culminate with merrick garland and david weiss, the special prosecutor, testifying before you and your colleagues on capitol hill to determine which one is lying and if it's determined to be merrick garland, should he be impeached? >> definitely. merrick garland should be impeached if the evidence leads that direction. we need to make sure we do it the proper way. i'm sure he is still upset he is not a supreme court justice. i'm not saying that that has any play in his lack of really the tough prosecution that needs to happen in this place, or the sweetheart deal that he gave hunter biden, but we have got to get to the bottom of this. we need to make sure that there

is not a two-tiered justice system in the united states of america that is a danger to our survival as a nation. >> carley: there is also, fox news digital reporting that hunter biden was omitted from white house visitor logs, the white house is now i sag well, the white house doesn't have to include every single family member in these logs. but i guess critics would say, you know, it's interesting that hunter biden was omitted. could the first family possibly be hiding how much is he there and why he would be there in the first place? >> look, that's okay if the family members there doing just family business. but, in this family business in the crime -- biden crime family business, it is not just family, it is not just coming to see dad. we know that pine president bid denied peter does yes never talked to his son about the family business deals going on.

when, in fact, the secretary of defense coming out that he did. we need a clear presentation of these records. how many times did hunter biden go to the white house? what did he talk to his father about? was it about his compromise with china, the payouts that they were getting? or did it have something to do with ukraine? >> carley: congressman, thank you soching for waking up with us we appreciate it. >> todd: i want to let you know i would never leave you out of my visitor logs. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts now. >> i've never spoken to my son with about his overseas business dealings. >> new text message $10 million annual payout. >> promising the bidens are the best at apiecing their partners. >> gaslighting from the left. pretty typically. >> we did nothing wrong. >> trump reacting to the fallout plan to attack iran. >> if the indictment is true, i think it's reckless. this is desperate times and desperate measures. >> this is a whole hoax. >> this is our moment as a deserve movement. >> republican presidential