when you hear liberal elites say like oh he is singing about small towns it's a white person. no it's not. every person of every color wants to be a community they care about i dig you on the small town thing. >> ainsley: always good to see you. the seconds hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> all roads point to joe biden. any reasonable american would see that. >> james comer says we are looking forward very much of hearing from devon archer. arch everywhere backed out of depositions three times. >> this going to rise to impeachment inquiry. >> one person sewing chaos -- >> texas governor greg abbott defying a justice order to remove buoys were in the river. >> we will take this lawsuit to the supreme court. >> the alabama woman who vanished for four days confessed to lying about being kidnapped. >> this is a single act done by herself. >> it's unclear if charges will

be filed at this time. >> the guy decided he want to be let go he punched me. >> lowe's has turned the corner they have rehired this woman. >> got a black eye after she tried stop some shoplifters. >> perfect job was that mine. >> today is hire a vet day. these are companies looking for people who want to work. >> we want to empower and honor our veterans. >> we should expect more from our veterans and find a career after military service. >> steve: good morning, everybody. 7:01 here in new york city. we start this 7:00 hour with this. house speaker kevin mccarthy is issuing a stark warning that the republican party's investigation into the biden family's overseas business dealings could lead to impeachment for joe biden. >> joey: we're now learning the american people may finally hear from u.s. attorney david weiss on how the doj handled the federal probe into the president's son. >> ainsley: gillian turner has the very latest for us.

gillian? >> gillian: good morning. major news out of the justice department. they are going to offer public testimony in front of congress from u.s. attorney david weiss. weiss being the official who oversaw, was really the key official into investigating hunter biden. take a look at what the doj says, quote: the justice department believes it's strongly in the public interest for the american people and for congress to hear directly from u.s. attorney weiss on these assertions and questions about his authority at a public hearing. two irs whistleblowers last week testified that weiss, despite his claim to have full authority over the probe, was sidelined by more senior officials seeking to protect hunter biden's father. yesterday the white house said the president has never been in business with his son hunter. a subtle messaging shift from many prior claims that he had never, quote: spoken to hunter biden about his foreign business. listen. >> i'm curious if the white house and the president still stand behind his comment that he has never been involved and has never even spoken to his son

about his business. >> so i have been asked this question a million times. the answer is not going to change. the answer remains the same. the president was never in business with his son. i just don't have anything else to add. >> none of this is cutting the mustard for house republicans. the speaker telling sean hannity last night he is now considering a major escalation. >> if you are sitting in our position today, we would know none of this if republicans had not taken the majority. we have only followed where the information has taken us. but hannity, this is rising to the of impeachment inquiry. >> next step the house oversight committee has locked in a deposition with devon archer, hunter biden one time very close associate e was also on the board of ukrainian gas company burisma and coming up tomorrow, hunter biden himself is going to appear in court for his first hearing. the doj has, as you guys know. previously announced that he will plead guilty to tax fraud. back to you guys.

>> steve: hey, gillian, great question to karine jean-pierre yesterday. >> gillian: thanks. >> steve: did you want to say hey thank you to the question i didn't ask you? >> gillian: did i try to follow up. she was not taking it. she went straight to abc after i asked that first question. >> steve: i bet. did any of the other reporters ask anything about hunter biden and stuff like that because i saw that peter baker from the "new york times" essentially quoted your quote. >> a lot of folks reported about it on social media after but nobody followed up with karine in that briefing yesterday. it was just us. >> steve: all right. well, good job. thank you very much for the live report. let's see what shakes loose tomorrow -- today, actually. >> ainsley: let's talk about democracy 2024. there are a lot of headlines this morning about joe biden. is he going to run? democrats sounding the alarm over embarrassing incidents he has had. for instance, there is one democrat that's in congress who namesly went to nbc. they are releasing the person's

name the number of text messages i got after the president fell, my phone was blowing up. people are like oh, this is bad. apparently the aides got together to talk about how to make sure this would never happen again there are talks that he is seen using the lower staircase to board air force one and extra large font on his teleprompter. >> it's one of those things i was speaking to someone yesterday her dad is 86 years old. he gets around. you wouldn't believe it. it's not being ageist to question these things. his age is probably factor but you want to sit there and go hey, county person leading this country that takes so much stamina every single day does he have it and is his age or health affecting that. i think that's a completely legitimate question. >> absolutely. and so, ainsley there you can see the long steps vs. the short

steps. msnbc did an analysis and ever since he fell down at the air force academy, and the white house staff says hey, we camouflaged that stand bag so it would blend in with the carpet. good job, your boss didn't see it. since then, they have said we have got minimize everything. we have got pull out all the stops. we have got to make sure between the have any other embarrassing things on camera. that's one of the reasons why he has a note card right there in the larger font. he still makes some mistakes. he con fueled ukraine with iraq. he confused rolling fork, mississippi with rolling stone. listen, it happens. but, nonetheless, if he is running for president, those kind of embarrassing gaffes are just plain embarrassing and they don't want to add to the pile of gaffes that we have already seen because there he was right there, didn't know which way to go. >> joey: this issue is does he know what is going on? does he have the cognitive

ability? is he getting confused? >> steve: does it take an easter bunny to show the president where to go? >> another issue specifically go with his judgment and character and what he wants to be publicly acknowledged or publicly talked about and that's his youngest granddaughter, hunter biden's youngest child. >> steve: somebody help him with his sweater, please. help him with his sweater. >> joey: listen, i'm not going to make fun of someone falling down 37 years old i fall every single day. maybe the reason we are falling is a little different. on something even more specific to his ability, his discernment. his character. what kind of decisions will he make? what lines will he draw in the sand? what will he back up? he talks about his family. he has always positioned himself as a candidate, a family man, a dedicated man. standing behind hunter even if you took all the corruption away he won't acknowledge his youngest granddaughter. we have, this is a headline from

"u.s.a. today." it says the biden or, i'm sorry, from "u.s.a. today" it says president biden won't acknowledge his youngest granddaughter it turns off some support errors. and i think that's pretty obvious. a lot of people look at their family as the most important thing in their life and there is a lot of grandparents out there who have fought really hard to have a relationship with their grandkids even if they their kids don't want them. to say that's what people at the lowest level of the economic chain are doing all the way up. whether you have someone like hunter who has the means and social embarrassment is already there what does he have to lose having a relationship with its had daughter what does the president of the united states have to lose acknowledge. >> ainsley: they won't let her use the last name. her grandfather is the president of the united states. don't you think he should acknowledge her. >> joey: only hunter can use last name to advance himself, i guess. >> ainsley: good point. every mother out there. anyone, i guess father, too. or any human being would say acknowledge this child. it's not this child's fault. the child is four years old.

grandparents. we have great memories with our grandparents. her grandfather is the president. don't you think he should acknowledge her? this is also a headline in town hall. the biden is not running narrative is picking up steam. him not run something picking up steam. it's happening before our eyes. he has talked about railroads built over oceans. he has collapsed during the air force academy's address. mumbling incoherent mess. all around terror in the oval office talking about the people who say there has been mental and verbal abuse in the oval office. his mental decline they talk about. and just stories that he has said and mixing up stories. stories that didn't actually -- weren't actually true and grumblings. >> yeah. exactly. here's the thing. at this stage of the game with the election just about a year -- less than a year and a half away, you would think that joe biden -- and he said he intends to run. and, yet, i believe we read a story last week in the "the washington post" that said there

are only four full-time biden campaign staff members. and they are definitely running the operation out of the west wing, which you got to wonder if that is a violation of the hatch act and also at the dnc. and the dnc is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. but, when you look at the amount of money and we have got a graphic during the second quarter, when barack obama was running for president tirntion he had already spent 11 million bucks. trump in 2019 had already spent about 11 million bucks, so far, in 2023, joe biden has only spent a million dollars. so, if he is running for president, what is he waiting for and i know that a lot of these stories, about you know, he is not running it's because they compare the biden administration to the obama-biden administration and what they did when they were in the white house. completely different. >> i guess you could pontificate it has to do with president trump waiting to see hot

potential frontrunner for the republican party if he will have legal troubles that stops that franklin county the matchup. i think they do feel good about president biden and president trump matchup. i don't think they feel good about president biden going against anyone else. is he in good enough health to do this job four more years? i think that's the real question that is fair to ask and not being judgmental of him or his age buff what we see in front of him. >> steve: absolutely age is an issue. >> ainsley: and former western diplomat that talked to nbc as well said physically he is quite frail. he falls off his bicycle or whatever. he doesn't have the stamina levels of obama or younger president. people worry about his physical frailties running from age 82 to 86. can he beat trump? we know he can beat trump because he did before they are thinking. but, on the republican side they are say going trump gets indicted some times either is he going to run. he will probably continue to run. is he getting so much support. if, for some reason, he can't

run or he doesn't run or the -- he runs out of steam because of all the indictments, which is actually helping him at this point. >> joey: it's not going to happen. >> ainsley: they have ron desantis or republicans like him. >> ainsley: glenn youngkin is doing well. >> steve: in virginia his approval rating is through the roof. and not just indictments, there could be more indictments for donald trump. so far between now and next summer he has four trials scheduled. these are trials that are going to happen still in october. >> ainsley: if he is thrown behind bars he can still run for president? >> joey: if entrepreneurship becomes the nominee, which i think he will then who on the democrats if not biden, well, r.f.k. jr. may be the fly in their ointment because is he picking up steam and is he going to be on a town hall with sean hannity i believe that's tonight, yeah. steve. >> ainsley: it is tonight 9:00. we will be watching for that with r.f.k.

meanwhile over the last couple weeks we have been telling you how the state of texas under the leadership of greg abbott they are upset about the fact that the federal government not enforcing our federal border with mexico they vin stalled a thousand feet of answer flightable buoy that has, so far, kept tens of thousands of people coming in. according to the state of texas. the administration is suing texas in federal court for that barrier. they call it a threat to public safety. here is a portion of the quote from the lawsuit. >> it says we allege that texas has flatted federal law poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents humanitarian concerns. the rivers and harbors act is clear in prohibiting the placement of any unauthorize barriers or obstructions in the

rio grande and other 1/2 navigae water. >> not hearing it. he calls this obscure. his quote responding to it him speaking responding to it. all back from more than 100 years ago that's not enough. >> it tells you all you need to know about the biden administration that the only lawsuit i'm aware of that they have brought against nibble concerning the border is a state that is trying to impede illegal immigration rather than using any laws that are on the books already stop illegal immigrants from crossing the border. the fact of the matter is they are using some obscure statute to stop us from those buoys. we believe we have the right to do so and we will take this lawsuit all the way to the united states supreme court. >> steve: part of that statute he is talking about says, according to the federal government, if they wanted to do

anything, they needed approval from the u.s. army corps of engineers which they did not get. >> ainsley: i have seen different pictures of these buoys some look like they have spikes on them. those orange ones you could float over them. >> joey: almost impossible to swim under them maybe they move. i'm not sure what it is. we interviewed someone on them they said it really have almost impossible to get under or over them. >> steve: they're effective. that's why texas wants to use them that's why the biden administration wants to deflate them. >> ainsley: the ones we just showed in that last picture they had barbed wire around them. >> joey: keep that security afloat. >> steve: indeed. 7:15 here in the east. carley joins us with the very latest on that story about potential mass murder. serial killer. >> carley: that's exactly right. new york corrections officials are pushing jailed sex workers with past run-ins with the gill imo beach serial killer. inmates actually recorded conversations with rex heuermann

while working as escorts. suffolk county d.a. ray tierney joined us earlier. >> we executed search warrants in a great number of places. now we have quote all this information. we have all this data. we are going to go through that and examine it and examine it forensically. we are going to continue to work the three charged cases and investigate all of the cases involving gilgo beach. heuermann was arrested earlier this month for the 2010 murders of three women on long island. he is the prime suspect in a fourth killing as well. the white house revealing when you can expect crackdowns on water heaters as the administration pushes aggressive green energy policies. >> when it comes to water heaters and it is -- it is -- it is proposed what has been put forward and if it is enacted, it would not take into effect until 2029. let's not forget that. >> carley: the water heater joining a long list of other home appliances facing potential increased regulations like gas stoves, washing machines and

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now admits to cops she made it up. earlier this month carley ruffle called 911 to report a child, a toddler on the side of the highway at night. then she disappeared, returning home 49 hours later claiming she had been abducted by a white man with orange hair. fox nation host nancy grace joins us right now. nancy, as soon as we heard about this story last week, it's like there is something about it that is so compelling. i mean, everybody would stolen in the middle of the night if there is a toddler by the road. but it just doesn't add up and as it turns out it didn't add up because it was made up. >> what a story. you're right. who wouldn't stop with a little boy wearing a diaper on the side of the interstate at night and risk their own life to try to save -- it was all a lie. and very quickly, i mean, within a few hours, people realized her story wasn't adding up. but, let me emphasize it's not

just a story. at the bottom of every police report that i have ever seen there is a sentence. there is a sentence that states i swear and attest under penalty of perjury all the information i have given is true. and when you sign that, you're giving a false statement under the law. all right. that is what happened here. aside from all the grief and pain, her family and her boyfriend suffered, police were out there. listen, i have been on plenty of searches, worked plenty of weekends. and to think that this was all a fabrication when there are real women and girls being kidnapped, being raped. being sex trafficked and we spent all that time trying to find carley? let me point out one other thing. she is being handled with kid gloves. does anybody remember the name sherri pa meany, or jussie smollett or jennifer wilbanks they all were arrested. they went to jail. they had to pay huge amounts of

restitution and fines for what they did. so far nothing with ms. carley. >> yeah. no kidding. let me ask you this. the larry said yeah, she made it up. the question is why? >> well, i think you can look at her tweets to get a good idea. i wrote one down that was particularly interesting. she wants someone though tell her "i love you." really? hundreds of thousands of dollars? one of my search experts says between 250,000 and $500,000 money used to find her. people have dob nate about $63,000 to find her. one donor, 25 grand. they are not getting that back over i want to be loved? really? >> steve: and there we had some of her google severance. >> my head is spinning around. 360. because she wants somebody to say i love you? ought these cops around her.

mom is crying. if in fact she did call from the red roof inn and her family goes over there. that means she called under an assumed name. not checked in under her name. she had the wherewithal to lie if that is, in fact, true. >> it is a crazy story. you have update on fox nation. it going to premier tomorrow left for dead. the case of madison brooks. that's a young woman in january she was last seen getting into car with a bunch of guys how does this turn out? >> madi brooks absolutely gorgeous inside and out just like her mother that i talked to in-depth in her special investigation they overserved her at the bar. reminds me a little bit of the natalee holloway situation. she gets into a car with people she doesn't know that well. she ends up being horribly sex assaulted they push her out on the hallway and she gets run over and killed i want felony

murder charges on those young men. that has not happened yet. >> steve: the case of madison brooks. nancy, thanks for joining us live. >> thank you for inviting me. >> you bet. still ahead on this tuesday, that lowe's employee who was fired from her job after trying to stop shoplifters has been rehired by lowe's. a live report on the positive reversal coming up. plus, parents of unborn babies may get massive tax credits under a new pro-life, pro-family republican push. this is personal to our next guest who says this elevates women. he will explain coming up next. ♪

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chasing down shoplifters at a location north of georgia. after senior management became aware of the incident and spoke to donna hans borough today we are reinstating her job and we are pleased that she has accepted the offer to return to lowe's. >> first and foremost. there is nothing more important upper upperlet than the safety of our office. people cannot. we continue to work with law enforcement to investigate and prosecute those who are responsible for this theft and violent attack. end quote. prior to her reinstatement. she was shocked to learn she had been fired after 13 years on the job saying quote they say if you see somebody stealing something out the door not to pursue or go out. i lost it. i basically lost all the training everything they tell you to do i just lost it. i didn't expect to get terminated maybe a reprimand. one suspect at large two others now facing criminal charges. ainsley, back to you. >> ainsley: all right.

thank you so much, todd. as abortion takes center stage democratic agenda. house republicans are preparing legislation to expand the child tax credit to babies who haven't been born yet. the new bill would expand the credit to a $3,500 cap for children 5 and under, including the unborn. and $4,500 for those who have children 6 to 17. parents must be employed to qualify. and our next guest has a close connection to the issue. after being given up for adoption and then adopting children of his own, radiance foundation co-founder ryan bomb burger joins us now with more. expanding it if you are a mom and pregnant can you write off, you get the tax credit. >> yeah. this exactly what women's empowerment looks like this. is in line with what the g.o.p. is all about.

all about affirming the humanity of every human being. the party that was created because it believed that we're all created equal. so this is just in line with their policies for a long time very pro-life and i'm all about just affirming pregnancy and motherhood. we wouldn't be here without it so it's a great american a great step. >> ainsley: this actually might encourage women to keep their children. >> yes. >> this is the whole thing about when the pro-abortion side always talks about well, there are all these difficulties, economic situations this is what the g.o.p. is doing pro-life organizations we are creating a tculture that comes around the mother support you not just during pregnancy but after pregnancy. steve. >> ainsley: really quickly we are having bad audio tell us about your family. >> i grew up in pennsylvania typical american family. 10 of us were adopted. i'm passionate about the alternatives to the violence of abortion. i'm a father of four.

two of my kiddos were also adopted and so i'm just really passionate about offering alternatives and empowering people to embrace life as a beautiful option. >> ainsley: any man who describes the wife as the love of his life after being married some years i'm sure you are a wonderful influence to those children. looks like you are a lot of fun. they are blessed to have you as a daddy. thanks. >> thank you. god bless. >> ainsley: you too. one of the most progressive time off bills in the country and small business owners in minnesota sounding the alarm. two of them are going to join u next. deserves another. ♪ get in. ♪ the future of chevy electric suvs has arrived. ♪ see barbie in theatres now. ♪

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♪ >> joey: it's one of the most progressive time off bills in the country. small business owners in minnesota can completely wipe them out. under the new legislation, part-time and even seasonal workers can qualify for at least

12 weeks paid time off to care for their own health or a broad range of loved ones for up to five months. the program will cost the state $1.5 billion and relies on weary tax paying business owners, including our next guest to fund it. jeralyn and pat sweeney are the co-owners of innovative building concepts in indianapolis. they join us now. thank you both for joining us and so i'm reading a little bit about what your concerns are and you say, listen, this may help a handful of employees but it could cause us to shut our doors put 22 full time employees out of a job. >> yes. that is correct. >> joey: tell me about that. tell me why that is such a burden on base like yours. >> number one, we have to, with the sick and paid time off, we have to accrue up to 48 hours every year for each employee

that we have, which will be an expensive to our financial statement. and make things very difficult. that's a lot of wages and 22 people we have that's a lot of wages to be accruing for if they don't use it. or they use it and it still cost you this money. >> joey: pat, i know y'all have started this business didn't take paychecks for a long time and invested everything you have in it. when they are talking about seasonal employees, do you all have part time or seasonal employees that also could qualify for. this no we do not. >> no. >> go ahead, pat. >> everybody is full-time. >> joey: i guess when i look at the reasons you could get this time off and jeralyn, i will send this time to you, adoption, military deployment of a family member. domestic abuse or stalking. i mean, it sounds like some of these are things or, you know, paternal leave, it seems like

some of these are reasonable reasons to need time off. how do you all handle it now with your business? >> right now, we -- i try to work with our employees, give them as much time as they need. we try to incorporate a generous pto policy to help with that, too. but now, if it's 20 weeks and they can say 12 weeks for one issue and back-to-back say 10 weeks for another. it's just crazy. >> joey: up to 20 weeks. clean-up is a long time especially what blows my time is part time or seasonal workers. when you look at state legislators. people created this law what should they know about owning a small business before they pass stuff like this? >> pat? >> i think that they should all, every one of them in office should own a business, a

successful business before they are elected into office. they will get educated real quick. >> joey: jeralyn what would you say to those state representatives that have pushed this law? >> oh my gosh. there are so many things i would like to say some of them are not fit for tv. but, yes, how do you expect a small business such as ours, we have 20 people, how do you expect us to pay for this? and have an employee, then pay an employee to come in and subbecause it could be up to five months. and then what then do we do? do you go temporary? do you go -- i mean, there is a million different roads but, then again, if it's going to be a tip employee, temporary agency is going to charge us for the cost that they incur and it's the same cost we are incurring.

so now we are paying double. >> joey: yeah. it's quite a burden to put on business owners. get confused corporations and small businesses. you all are hard-working americans and so are your employees and it sounds like you take pretty good care of them. thank you both for joining us. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you. >> joey: all right. we're going to toss now to carley shimkus another hard-working employee. >> carley: great job with that segment. great news to get to here. santa monica city council members attacked by homeless man earlier this month is defending his actions. phil brock says he was confronted after consulting a man who tore down fliers and harassed shoppers at open air mall. is he responding to the former mayor who argues brock should not have gotten involved. >> the idea that you don't do anything is wrong. we tell people if you see something, say something. i want people to report crimes. i want people to make those

citizens arrest. behind -- behind the police that are there and our public safety service. but we have to restore our city to a peaceful state. >> carley: the councilman believes california's drug crisis is fueling violent incidents. firefighters battling huge flames overnight in pittsburgh following multiple explosions at a power substation. it took crews hours to mobilize because the facility is located on a small island on the ohio river. fire officials forced to use ferry boats to get plant workers to safety. no injuries have been reported. power grid also not affected. a new survey revealing the average american plans to spend nearly $3,000 on a vacation. nearly half of the respondents say they are determined to travel this year with affordability being a major concern. and americans spend about four hours researching ways to stick to a budget. got to stick to that budget,

sometimes, joey, over to you. >> joey: we don't do a good job sticking to budgets on vacations. it's just tough. thanks, carley. we will check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast and there she is as perfect as she is. >> janice: you are the best. and it's national hire a veterans day today, joey. i know you know that well. we are going to talk to a couple of wonderful companies. let's take a look at your forecast across the country. the heat remains a huge story for millions. 100 million folks stretching from the south central plains up towards the northeast over the next couple of days and we could see the potential for stronger storms for parts of the north central plains and in towards the midwest and even the northeast could get some thunderstorms as well. and the monday soon season is starting to cook in for the midwest and that's bringing some of the temperatures down. national hire a veteran day today. we have some wonderful companies doing just that like our friend cammeron from r riveter.

we exist to hire military spouses and veterans we make bags to do so not the other way around. we provide mobile flexible income for military spouses as they move across the country in support of service members. all made in america. >> janice: i love it where can people get information. >> r. riveter.com. >> janice: we will talk to philip 84 lumber. >> we are the nation's largest building supply company. we are always looking to hire. especially looking to hire veterans. we appreciate the unique skill set they bring to the table. if you are a veteran and interested in applying, looking for a life-long career go to 84 lumber.com. also having a call center between 10 and 12. 724-228-1885. >> janice: okay. i'm going to go right over here. we have got kevin and brian and marshy. tell me about your company my friend. >> wounded warrior project. 20 year in existence.

we have programs that address the physical, mental and financial well-being of our nation's veterans and families. i'm here are representing the wounded warriors to work program. >> why is this important for you my friend. >> veterans may great csx railroaders. committed to hiring veterans. last year we hired 490 veterans. this is something very special. partnership with places like the wounded warrior project and providing opportunities to people like marshly to participate in certification programs. drone stinks programs. >> janice: how can people find out more? >> go out to csx website or wounded warriors and find out more. as a veteran myself opportunity these provide has been awesome. >> janice: thank you for your service, my friend. joey, you are one of my favorite service members you know that. thank you for your service and this is a wonderful day to support our veterans. >> joey: absolutely it is. all those businesses and drones, that's amazing. january jab love you, buddy.

>> joey: yemen. sound of freedom continues to soar at the box office. making over $125 million. this morning we have the artist justin jesso with a live performance of his single in the movie. first, carley has a big announcement. she has a brand new cookbook coming out and this morning she is making her tater to it casserole and i can smell it. it smells good ♪ i can't believe she's mine ♪ and now all i see is you with fresh eyes ♪ fresh eyes ♪ appreciation ♪ from dizziness, ear ringing, and even hearing loss. never miss a moment with lipo flavonoid.

♪ >> steve: you know, you have been watching us cook live here in the studio for years. now you can actually bring some of our favorite recipes from "fox & friends" into your kitchen. >> ainsley: "fox & friends first" co-host carley shimkus new cookbook called "cooking with friends" brings personal recipes and rec recipes from alx news personalities. >> joey: carley is here and going to share one of her recipes. >> carley: i'm excited to reveal the single most funnening i have had the opportunity to work on which is, of course, the official cooking with friends cookbook and cooking with friends is as you guys know by far one of our most popular segments because it's where all

your favorite anchors and reporters and guests let their hair down and they cook with us their favorite family meals. and, steve is right now enjoying some of my grandma's apple cake. >> steve: it's delicious. >> carley: this book is a compilation from all the recipes over the years plus a few special ones of my own shall i reveal some of the recipes in this book. your fried donuts. we have my tater to it casserole. joey your spaghetti squash and chicken meatballs. todd, best sunday gravy. ainsley your grilled flounder and momma's grits. steve, your five minute beignets which are incredible. recipes from martha mccallum, shannon bremen, bret baier to name a few. these are all of our most favorite fun family recipes. >> can we show the dismofer. >> carley: yes. >> ainsley: we had so much fun as a group with this photo

shoot. your baby was here brock was here. >> carley: we shot this while i was still on maternity leave i brought brock with me i was really nervous because he was about three month old. did he a good job. thank god we had folks watching him so we could shoot this cover. the back cover is fun. it was the weekend crew on it. let's get to the at a it ter to it casserole it's in the book. it's more like putting things together rather than cooking it's very impressive and delicious. so you start with tater tots and put them in the bottom of the casserole dish. par bake them put them in the often for six minutes and move over to breakfast sausage cook it about six minutes put some onions in it and wait until the onions are translucent and go over to a dozen eggs. >> you are going to beat those eggs? exactly a dozen. and then what you do, after they are all ready to go, you put.

>> joey: work this morning. >> carley: sausage mixture on top of the day ter tots. then you put the eggs in, so it is sort of like a sausage egg and cheese all in one with tater tots on the bottom you got two cups of cheese, put it on top. put it in the oven 425 for about 15, 20 minutes, that he is it. then you are done. sour cream on top and this is the finished product. >> so easy. >> joey: smells good. >> janice: can i dig in? >> absolutely, you sure can i just got say that this project came into my life at a perfect time because i just started to taking coo cooking really serioy new mom. steve one of the reasons i like to cook now is because of you and your cookbook. thank you for being an inspiration. >> ainsley: fox news books.com. >> carley: free order the book.

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