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on your television, scenes from the friday version of "fox & friends" where florida was rocking it out in the summer concert series. and it was at some point in the concert a family affair. almost everybody from the "fox & friends" family was on that stage. we were not. but it was todd piro, sean duffy, brian kilmeade -- [laughter] lawrence jones. is ainsley out there? rachel: carley, amazing. will: highlighted is sean duffy right there. rachel: i got to be part of this concert last year when florida came to "fox & friends," and it was such, i mean, it was explosive and fun. they had to bring him back. no one loves his job more than florida and his back-up dancers, who are amazing in and of themselves. so, yeah, that was fun.

and sean saying that, you know, we sent video to our kids, can and they were definitely, like, sean's a dad dancer. [laughter] doug doug embarrassed of his dancing but not of yours. rachel: well, they all saw that when i did it, there was a scene where florida got so into dancing with me that he almost slapped my you know what, and then he pulled his hand back, and that was probably good for everyone involved. [laughter] will: todd really gets into with it. i'm proud of him. rachel: yeah, todd knows all the words. yeah, it was awesome. will: douglas murray filling in for pete hegseth this weekend, and we're glad to have him with us. rachel: i would have liked to see you dance. will: we can do it. douglas: well, there's a challenge, yeah. [laughter] aye eaten chicken wings and doughnuts, next time i'll dance it off. rachel: all right. will: the biden administration having the trouble getting on the same page, joe biden's

bragged about the effects of bidenomics on the economy. meanwhile, kamala harris is sounding the alarm. watch. >> most americans are a $400 unexpected expense away from bankruptcy. >> they have more money in their pockets than they did before. [laughter] will: i love that clip as he looks there, confused at what she's saying. rachel: we had stephen moore on earlier. he said for all the of gaffes that kamala harris is famous for, this was the first time she told the truth. listen. >> you know what? kamala harris accidentally told the truth yesterday. people are strained. i believe that joe biden is the most financially reckless president in american history. and when you spend and borrow that much money, you're going toughen inflation. joe biden said, oh, prices are coming down. prices aren't coming down, it's just the inflation rate is lower now. since joe biden came into office, the average price of everything from bread to wheat, to buying your -- filling up your tank, to paying your rent

are, your utilities are up about 16. that's like paying a 16 # % sales tax on everything, and it's a tax on the middle class. douglas: yeah. you know, the interesting thing about this to me is whenever we talk about economics, talking trillions or billions of dollars, and actually that kamala harris chip reminds us of what an ordinary household in america is actually going through and how close an ordinary household can be to financial devastation. $400. it's a reminor of what the american people are -- reminored of what the american people are going true. these are not abstract numbers. for most people in this country, you know, their belts have been tightened, and they feel this stuff in their pocket, and they are perilously close all the time. and i wish as well as mentioning that was the case, this administration did more to alleviate the suffering the american people are going through. rachel: i think part of the problem is it wasn't very long ago that people were doing very well, will. it's not like they have to go

back 10, 15 years to remember what it felt like when times were good. will: you're talking about a compounding effect of really the worst decisions you can possibly make. you shut down the economy, you print a ton of money, you -- we literally issued checks, and then we went on a massive spending spree. then we went on this massive spending spree that they promised no end in sight to. it's going to have an inflationary effect, and it's to going to burn up savings. tim scott tweeted the same thing, yeah, it's called bidenomics, and it's a problem. again, the promise is to continue flooding the economy with money. in the form of student loan debt forgiveness or whatever it may be. rachel: and they were warned that this inflation would happen if they approved that second tranche of covid money which was totally unnecessary when they did that. they did it anyway despite, you know, really smart people saying this is what's going to happen. and, by the way, you don't have to be really smart to know that

if you keep printing and spending, you're going to get inflation. and is we're in it. doug doug and each time they do it, they always say, well, we've got a once in a generation problem. the thing is that once in a generation problem seems to come around roughly every six months these days, so that's a problem. will: new, stunning documents revealing the lengths to which the government went to pressure facebook and instagram into censoring americans for, quote-unquote, misinformation. top republicans claim in a facebook files release, this by congressman jim jordan, that they went as far as censoring true information about side effects to the vaccine. here's a screen shot shared by congressman jordan. he said the surgeon general wants us to remove true information about side effects if the user does not provide complete information about whether the side effect is rare and treatable. we do not recommend pursuing this practice. we could remove the content or

increase the demotion strength. rachel: yeah. will: you can see there what we have on the wall is various releases from the facebook files showing the government's pressure on those social media companies to censor what amounted to true information. rachel: right. and some are small thing -- it's not a small thing, this is people's health. there are still like 145 universities who are mandating that their students come back in the fall, to come back in the fall have to have, you know, a covid shot or booster. i mean, this misinformation affected people's health. we now know there's myocarditis, huge increase for young people. this is serious stuff. douglas: yeah. and look at other people, like the case of the pilots in this country. why are so many flights suffering? laying off pilots who didn't agree to vaccines -- rachel: same with nurses. douglas: absolutely. the thing that strikes me about this is anyone who actually thought they could decide all of the things that were allowed to be said e and all of the things

that can't be said is going to make mistakes. there is no human being on the planet so perfect or no group of people so perfect they can decide what we can know and read and tell other people about. and yet that did happen during the era of covid this particular. they really did decide we can decide what the american people and everyone around the world can say and read and hear. and they're going to make a mistakes, everyone would make mistakes. unfortunately, too few people take the obvious lesson which is the reason why we have a free market of ideas so so that people can freely experiment, listen, talk and hopefully get to the truth. but it seems some people don't believe in that -- will: no. they believe in a paternalistic view of society whereas we are children who need to be told what is true and deprive of information that they perceive to be false. and the problem is it's an ongoing enterprise, one that is in the present not just a story for the past, it's one for the future as well. as we know in the past this has

manipulated elections. this what are we allowed to know, could it happen again? here was our interview with michael shellenberger. >> i'm surprised by how extreme the censorship was and that the biden administration was so blatant not only about demanding the censorship of true stories of vaccine side effects, but also demanding the censorship of lab leak discussions around covid origin toes. facebook complied with it not just once, but increasingly over a series of months. first of all, the biden administration violated the first amendment. the supreme court is going to rule on that, i believe, sometime over the -- in the next several months. and it also shows that congress needs to rein in the biden administration, also rein in big tech which, frankly, is abusing its power. we need congress and the supreme court to take action. rachel: yeah. i mean, it is ongoing. by the way, there's a doctor who was one of the people coming out early saying we need ivermectin and vitamin d, kind of a

naturalist. people in his company have now had their bank accounts shut down by chase. so, like the kind of canadian truck driver style. so the need by certain people to control the information keeps going. no one's been held truly accountable for that. we have people who have been vaccine-injured, you know? there's just so much going on. it's just unbelievable that we haven't actually totally unpacked it all. doug doug and the really interesting thing is that people across the political aisle are realizing this. michael shellenberger's an old school democrat, he's a leftist, not a republican, and a growing coalition of people, i think, from across the aisle are realizing this kind of censorship is very, very sinister, and it ends up with things like that. it ends up with people being debanked and especially pushed down society for expressing a view. rachel: yeah. they actually, in the case of senator ron johnson when he put an alternative view out on, like, a senate hearing,

youtube actually took it off. i mean, they literally, you know, memory holed it, and -- douglas: with a senate hearing. rachel: with a u.s. senate hearing. wow. will: so america's crime crisis continues in san francisco. d.a. brooke jenkins, she dropped charges, quote, pending further investigation, existence a car-- against a carjacking pair accused of crashing a vehicle down the famous sanchez steps last saturday. now, this was despite those two being warned by cops to stay away with each -- from each other. look at that. they crashed their car -- see this happen -- down those steps. how do you drop charges penning investigation? -- pending investigation? this seems pretty -- whoa. look. rachel: wow. will: dang. rachel: well, the san francisco standards, san francisco court filings show jennifer bond was released from parole on march

2nd. she was banned from contacting kevin nelson as a condition of her release. well, i mean, i -- will: so they steal -- that right there, they carjacked that car, right? crashed it down those steps and no charges. douglas: none. still has to be looked into, we don't know enough. will: perfectly legal on the surface. gotta get deeper into the investigation here. rachel: i just have a lot of -- it seems so outrageous, and yet i have so little sympathy for these people from if these liberal cities who keep voting in these leaders, these d.a.s, who are not interested in public safety. douglas: i feel so sorry for the people stuck with policing and crime at this level, you know? nobody deserves this. nobody deserves to -- rachel: only -- but you deserve it if you vote for it. doug doug sure, if you vote for it. but people, actually, michael shellenberger who we justed had on wrote a whole book about san francisco, the way in which gavin new many ruined san

francisco, then ruined california, and now wants to roll out the same policies nationwide. we'll see if the country follows that path, hope not. rachel: he might get a chance to do that. will: what a platform. look how good california is. rachel: that's an ad right there. [laughter] douglas: he would be a great gift to the republican party if he runs. rachel: don't be so sure. he's very good looking. [laughter] accounts for something. will: five people shot in seattle during a youth community outreach event held in a supermarket parking lot. two gunmen who are still on the loose fired dozens of rounds into the crowd. four are in the hospital, two listed in critical condition. the motive is still unclear. and to a fox weather alert, severe storms rolling through the west including a tornado that tore through central iowa. that comes as hailstorms dropped so much ice in colorado reportedly that the temperature dropped suddenly to 39 degrees. check out this massive hailstorm

in nebraska spotted after an intense storm there. millions of people still facing heat warnings today as the summer heat wave shows few signs of letting up. do you guys know i had another branch drop in my backyard. rachel: why? will: my oak tree is just dropping branches. it's seemingly healthy. i don't know. it just keeps dropping branches. rachel: why is that in headline news? will: good point. [laughter] down load the fox weatherup app, the latest on these stories and more. the mega millions jackpot swelling to more than a billion dollars after no one claimed the grand prize in last night's drawing. that's tied with the fourth largest jackpot in history. 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 with a mega ball of 18. in case you won a smaller prize, the next drawing is tuesday at 8 p.m. and those are your headlines. rachel: douglas, what would you do if you won the jackpot9? what would you do with the money? doug doug i would tell no one.

rachel: really? douglas: yep. i would try very, very quietly to get away with it. rachel: so british of you. douglas: every time i see the results, i always see -- will: every i'm they see your yacht, they will know. [laughter] doug doug that will be a giveaway. the huge cars and the cavalcades, i know. people would mel a rat. rachel: will? will: i don't know, honestly. i've never done -- i have friends who have done if i won, this is where i'd go. i've never done that. i've never pretended, i don't know why -- rachel: my my dad is a faithful lot by winner, and -- lottery winner, and he's going to pay off all the kids' houses, going to give this much to his church, he's got it all planned out. douglas: now he's just got to get the numbers right. rachel: he does play. you can't win if you don't play, and he does. coming up, vivek ramaswamy chats with elon musk sounding the alarm on the disappearing american dream. boy, that's true. steve hilton agrees and he's

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♪ >> i am genuinely worried that that american dream will not exist for my two sons and their generation unless we do something about it. i did not expect to be running for president, but i sought a field, certainly on the republican side, forming where i saw a lot of people who were running from something. i didn't see anybody who was running to something. >> we should be proud to be american, and i certainly am. it feels like this weird, like, anti-or american self-destructive element especially in like, you know, the elite circles within the u.s. teaching it's bad to be an american. i'm, like, this is insane. douglas: that's vivek ramaswamy and elon musk discussing the next generation and the future of the american dream on

twitter's spaces. ramaswamy is the latest 2024 hopeful to join musk on the social platform as the gop candidate sees a spark in support ahead of the first republican debate which will be right here on fox next month. to join me to discuss this, i'm pleased to have fox news contributor steve hilton. steve, good morning. >> how you doing, douglas? great to see you. nothing like two people with a british accent telling the americans how to do it. douglas: exactly. tell me, what did you think the of last night's discussion? >> i thought they were completely right and actually, joking apart, i am an american now. and as an american, i look at what's happening to that key idea. i remember years ago back in the u.k. looking at america thinking that this is the greatest place in the world, that that's the place you want to go if you want to pursue exactly what they were talking about there, the american dream. i'm in california and and actually in california, in fact, the most exciting version of the

american dream, the california dream. that seems to have been completely under threat, destroyed in many cases. if you think about what the basics are that people want in their life, a good job that enables them to find their own home, to raise their family in a safe neighborhood. the idea of upward mobility, particularly, by the way, for immigrants to this country who come and join america in the right way, the legal immigrants that have been such an important part of the american story. i speak to them all the time in california, immigrants from mexico and and other places, and they say, look, we did it the right way. we work hard, we run a small business, but the taxes and the regulations mean that we can't operate properly. the chances of buying a house on a normal salary now here in california, that's basically impossible. and so on and on it goes. these attacks on those basics of the american dream, they're completely right. douglas: and ramaswamy's interesting, isn't he, because he speaks directly to that

dream. he peeks himself about his parents who came to america as immigrants and how he, you know, started off with not very much but ended up with a good household, ended up with a great education and ended up being a great business tart-up leader in this country. it's a terrific personal if story, isn't it? >> exactly. that's why i think he's really connecting with so many people, because he is making that exact argument. and actually when i think about, i mean, i've started companies in the u.k. and here in california. unbelievably, in california now it's harder. i found there was more bureaucracy, more red tape. it was just a nightmare. and that's why everyone in america needs to pay attention to california. as you were just discussing in relation to crime, but it's always these -- all these other policies as well. buying a house, the climate extremism that starts here in california, it's spreading across the country. that's one of the main reasons that housing is so expensive. the taxes and if so on on

businesses, the crime situation. that is part of the story. you want to be in a safe neighborhood. that's not going to happen if you've got this extremism that you get from the, what they call the criminal justice reform movement, these far-left, progressive t.a.s, that started here as well -- d.a.s. that's why, by the way, i started an organization called golden together specifically aimed at restoring the california dream. because what starts here in california ends up, when it's a bad thing, infecting the rest of the country. douglas: well, it's amazing to hear somebody like elon musk, you know, not a traditional right-winger, saying that he sees this whole thing as being the threat that it is, and it's terrific to hear vivek ramaswamy talking about the american dream and terrific to hear you talking about it and, indeed, living it. thank you so much, steve hilton. >> great to see you, douglas. doug doug coming up, a suspectedded bank robber gets trash instead of cash. we'll tell you more about that

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rachel: ftx cofounder sam bankman-fried has had his campaign finance charge dropped due to clerical errors between the u.s. and the bahamian government in order to honor his extradition terms. despite the pact that the foreman crypto mogul was one of america's biggest political donors, he still faces a long list of financial charges with a court date set in october. here to react, white collar advice cofounder justin papern ny. great to have you on. the campaign finance charge has been dropped.

how much of that do you think has to do with the fact that he was the biggest democrat donor? >> i don't think it does have a lot to do with it, but rather the u.s. attorney and the totality of what he expects to get bankman-fried in prison, it was easier to drop the charge. it only had a cap of 60 months, it and able -- enables him to focus on the larger scheme. i know it's good to get some small wins, and i'm sure his lawyers told him this is a good win, or but in the totality of what he is facing, it doesn't change much. rachel: so you think he's not going to actually get off in the end. what's he facing right now? what is his team going through, and what do you expect to be the outcome? >> they could potentially bury him underneath that prison if he's convicted. his lawyer should help him understand how his choices like witness tampering, not accepting responsibility, how it's exacerbating his struggles. they should help him understand what the u.s. alternative wants, which is convictions -- u.s.

attorney wants, which is convictions to look good on television, to advance his career, to let victims know he is doing his job. he's making it about himself, but guess what? nobody cares about sam bankman-fried. and until he begins to identify with victims and work, defendants should work instead of living in their mansions and outsourcing all of the work to lawyers. until he does that, he's going to continue to have a lot of struggles. the number one goal for defendants is simple, do not make matters worse. he has not embraced that concept. rachel: well, fair enough on that, but let's be real, a lot of people believe this whole thing was a way to around arer money -- to launder money and send money to democrat politicians. what do you think about that? >> based on what i've read, and there's a lot of truth to that. money laundering, you're trying to make dirty money look clean through complex schemes that make it are very difficult for the government to ferret out this fraud, and he has his right to go to trial, and we'll see what happens. but once the evidence comes out

and it gets, it's going to -- might be pretty clear that his choices are going to come back to bite him. and it's unfortunate he's not making decisions that could try to get him only, deny to -- on a path to not get 50 or 100 years in prison, but 10 is, 20. more prison reform coming, so while governor desantis wants to repeal the first step act, we believe more reform is coming. so he should make decisions that say, okay, if i get 10 or 20 yearses in prison, what does that mean? it's not like when i was serving my sentence 0 or 15 years ago without this reform. he could make decisions that could get him home earlier, he could build a new business, have a family. instead, he's going down the elizabeth holmes path of blaming, excusing, and i know because i served time in federal prison, most defendants come to regret that planning, and we cannot go back and undo it. rachel: yeah. i just think he's young and he has so many friends in powerful

places, and he probably still is believing they're going to come and save him because he did so much for them. but we shall see. really interesting speaking with you about this. you certainly have a very firsthand experience and knowledge on this, so thank you for joining us this morning. >> it's good to be back on fox, thank you. rachel: you got it. all right. that was justin paperny. up next, rick reichmuth is live from a hot air balloon festival. but first, nearly every single gop candidate taking the stage in iowa. larry elder was there. his fight against radical, far-left policies next. ♪ was to invest with vanguard for my retirement. the second best? stay healthy enough to enjoy it. so i started preparing physically and financially.

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♪ ♪ >> the 2024 election is our last shot to save america. >> we want education in this country, not indoctrination. >> we're all going to do our part to make sure that joe biden is never reelected as president. >> the need for school choice and the epidemic of fatherlessness, if i could put these issues front and center with along with a couple of others, then i feel i've given back to my if party and, more importantly, to my country. will: gop candidates, including my next guest, making their pitch to iowa voters at the key lincoln day dinner event. larry eller has come out swinging and looks to break out

of the crowded primary pack. he joins us now on the stage of the race. larry, it's great to have you with us. in that clip we just played of you, you said something about what you can accomplish here if not just for your campaign, but for the country. with a few key issues, you talked about fatherhood there. what is it, you know, in a field of 13, 14 candidates, the messages can sound repetitive at some point. but there's certainly a unique message that you have. what is it that sets you apart? >> well, no one's talking about some of the issues i'm talking about, will, and good morning from beautiful downtown des moines. no one's talking about what i call the epidemic of fatherlessness, 40% of all american kids enter the world without a father in the home, and once barack obama even cited these numbers. a kid raised without a dad is five times more likely to be poor and commit crime, mine times to drop out of school -- nine times more likely to drop out of school. the absolute disaster in education known as public

education where just a couple of american cities, 0% of the kids can do math at grade level. 53 public high schools in chicago, all located in the inner city, same thing, 0% of the kids can do math at grade level. yet the democrats, because they're one of the largest funders if not the largest funder is the teachers union, and they adamantly oppose school choice even as the elites like barack obama and joe biden and gavin newsom send their own kids to private school. and then there's this lie that that america's systemically racist that drives things line reparations, money to be given to people when were never slave owners to be given to people who were never slaves. it's also driving what's called the george floyd or the ferguson effect, it's getting people killed. cops are pulling back, they're demoralized. police departments are understaffed all over america, and as a result, there are thousands of what one data scientist says excess deaths, wouldn't be dead if the police

were doing their normal proproactive policing, and most of these are in the black and brown communities. a certain percentage of the gdp and a proposal that states can follow to enact commissions of retired judges and d.a.s to get rid of these soft on crime d.a.s that we have all over the country. will: larry, i hear you on education, i hear you on policing, and i hear you on d.a.s and the crime crisis. and you're offering solutions. i hair your concern over the fatherlessness epidemic in the united states, but what actually can be done to solve that particular issue? >> well, first of all, understand that government created the issue. in 1965 lyndon johnson lost his so-called war on poverty, 25% of the black kids entered the world without a father at home married to the mother. fast forward, it is 70%. we've incentivized women to marry the government and incentivized men to abandon their financial responsibility. these kids need mentors.

there are a lot of able-bodied people in my generation, the baby boomer generation, who are retired or about ready to retire. they're still vigorous, they've raised their kids, they've nurtured their grandkids, they should serve as mentors. also we ought to be able to direct our tax dollar dollars toward organizations including churches in our own neighborhoods that are doing this kind of mentoring, and we'll have much better results than the way the top-down government welfare programs are doing right now. i mentioned in my book as goes california, my mission to rescue the golden state and save the nation, it comes out the first week in september. my goals are modest. you can preorder it on amazon or barnes & noble. i outline exactly what's happened in california, the crime, the homelessness, the fact that people are leaving the state for the very first time. our budget is in shamblings, we have a $1.5 trillion unfunded pension liability. we've gone if from having a $100 billion surplus that gavin newsom bragged about to a $30 billion deficit because of the tax, spend, regulate

supermajority democrats we have in our assembly and state senate. all of this is outlined in my book. will: you can embrace that vision of as how goes california, so goes the nation. larry elder, always great to seek spoon to you. thanks for -- to speak to how you. thanks for being with us. >> thank you very much for having me. douglas: turning now to our headlines, and starting with this: governor greg abbott defending his decision to install floating barriers along the rio grande to reduce illegal crossings. >> i will do whatever i have to do to defend our state from the invasion of the mexican drug cartels and others who are trying to come into our country illegally, and i will protect our sovereignty. douglas: the department of justice filing a civil complaint against texas for deploying the barriers earlier this week saying that they did it would want federal authorization. rachel: clever use though, right? they look good.

douglas: and a suspected bank robber dropping into an unexpect trap when he fell into a blue recycling bin -- [laughter] to the bank's alarm and witnessed the crack putting himself in the can. as they approached -- will: oh, did you see his head drop in depeat? [laughter] douglas: he's now facing charges. and it's been called the biggest cover-up in history. ufo whistleblowers telling lawmakers this week that the u.s. has been in possession of non-human craft since the 1930s. one ufo expert who says he's had at least two sightings joined us earlier this morning. >> okay, great. we finally got somebody to sort of admit on the record that we have these craft, and we possibly have some sort of bodies. and he wouldn't say alien, but we've had them for 70 years now,

give or take, if not 100 years, and the question is what have we been doing with that technology for that period of time? if that's what i'd like to know. doug doug the head of the pentagon's newly formed ufo office i calls the whistleblower's claims insulting saying there is no evidence. and those are your headlines. will: well, if it's been covered up, how would there be evidence? this is a little bit of a big story, i think. rachel: really? i think it's a big distraction. will: it could be both. rachel: fair enough. will: let's check in with rick reichmuth live from the new jersey festival of ballooning. rick. rick: not only is it a fest sal of ballooning, they have all kinds of other activities like this one right here. i'm with the fearless floridas family. you are a thrill show -- >> we are. rick: this globe of death, i don't know if you can see it yet, you guys ride the bike around and and around. >> that's right. a 4-foot diameter $14-foot steel

cage. rick: any science talk makes me happy. this is your son over here, right? >> 20 years old. normally, he rides with his little sister who's 12. she's not out here right this moment. it's a little slippery still, so i'm going to take over for her. but anybody that comes out this weekend will get to see him and her -- she's the youngest globe rider today. rick: that sounds illegal to me. are you doing this of your own volition, or is your dad forcing you to do this? this is your chance, by the way, to get out of this -- [laughter] >> no, no. actually, t a family -- it's a family tradition of mine. i've known riding in the cage, so i love doing it. i love being part of the family, i love being here. i love the fairs and everything, the festivals. it's a blast, to me. rick: this is ten generations of your family that's been doing these kind of things? >> yeah. my kids are tenth generation performers, but they're third generation motorcycle daredevils, and you guys are

about to see exactly what it is that we're going to do. rick: we all grew up we -- with evel knievel. >> i don't know, the endings of his stunts were in the always the best. rick: that's also fair. they wanted me to be in the middle of this, and i was going to, but apparently the fox lawyers were asked and they said, no, i can't do that. so, all right, guys -- >> that door's heavy. rick: i made it out safe. this is the father and son flores family, and supposedly i was to be in the middle of this. rachel: i'm actually, i'm actually going to say maybe for once good on fox lawyers. [laughter] that was a really smart move. rick should not have been in the middle of that, at all. that is amazing. i don't know how they keep from running into each other.

will: yeah. rachel: and there was a little child who was going to do it earlier. will: so they keep changing their directions. i figured they'd plan it out if i go this way, we never run into each other. douglas: that's something about the name of globe of death that puts me off doing it -- [laughter] i can't put my finger on it. rachel: all right. well, we've got a big sunday show this weekend. shannon bream, tomi lahren and griff jenkins will join us life. plus, it's been a long, hot summer, so we're going to be cooling down with a water slide. douglas: but first, do any of these ships float your boat? from pontoons to speedboats, we'll help you set sail in style. next. ♪ she said, shut up and dance with me ♪ al, another aqua-aerobics scene. yup. most health insurance companies see us all the same:

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rachel: all right. we're back with a few quick headlines. he's a lot martyr than your average bear. -- smarter than your average bear. check out this big fella beating the heat with a scenic view of los angeles. the black bear climbed a wall and wandered you have off. a group of fishermen in florida having a close encounter with a pod of killer whales last

weekend off the florida keys. the fisherman who got it all on camera said the whales didn't seem concerned with them at all, calling the experience intimidating, humbling ask and epic. will: all right. well, it's the middle of her which means boating season is in full swing. douglas: so why is boating an affordable option for fun on the water? let's ask our next guest, boating owner carrie. carrie, hey, good morning. >> hi. how are you all? we need you to get onboard. get a feel for it. yeah. so we are in the middle of summer, we are seeing americans take to the water in record numbers, and one of those reasons is that boating has an affordable side, and that's really a misconception. pom -- some people think it's not affordable, but it is. i'm on the seadoo switch pontoon, and you guys are on the bayliner m17. they are retail for around

$22,000. will: oh, wow. >> a monthly payment of between $200-3000 depending on what you put down. that's if you're getting into ownership. but discover boating.com, you can also looked at all the ways to get on the water whether you're going to rent a boat or do a boat share club or all kinds of things like that. there are so many ways to get on the water. rachel: i didn't even know you could boat share. that's an interesting option. how do you decide whether you want a speedboat or a pontoon? what should you consider? >> so this pontoon is super cool because it's designed for the first-time boat buyer, and we've seen more than a million come aboard in the last three years. it drives like a seadoo, but it has the space of a pontoon, and pontoons can be used, certainly, on saltwater but also largely on lakes and things like that. the bayliner element, you have a 90-horsepower engine, both of these go around 30, 35 miles an

hour. look at all the spacious seating up front for friends and family. you're going to be able to tube on that, water ski and really just have a blast. douglas: let's assume, by the way, that i don't know how to drive this thing. how long would it take in enter take a seat. right? doesn't it suddenly feel like you're just easily behind the wheel in and this is the only boat on the market with brakes. >> okay, i need them. >> you need the brakes? rachel: you also need a boat license, douglas. will: i've never seen a pontoon toon like -- pontoon like that. it's short. >> yep, this is only 13 feet. and this is like building blocks. you can regone figure all the seating and have a really fun time. you look good behind -- will: she's a boater. >> i know you guys are are boaters. rachel: my kids love to water ski and do this stuff as well with the tube, so it's, it's such good, clean fun, isn't it, for the family? >> it is. and it's connective fun, a right

many you get on the water, you get away from it all, you really reconnect with friends and family in the best possible way. will: i can pull a tube behind this boat. can that pontoon -- i think of pontoons as floating parties. [laughter] so we can party on that thing, can we pull skiers and tube -- >> absolutely. absolutely. yeah, this is going to go 30-35 miles an hour. will: nice. >> absolutely hook that up and do -- rachel: you can party and just pull the kids. douglas: you can party on this boat, will, my boat. will: you can party on anything floating. >> this is your boat now. okay, good, our boat versus your boat. america votes. rachel: well, he's england voting. [laughter] you don't get a vote here. will: learn more at discoverboating.com. more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪ with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i'm getting into my groove.

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♪ will: there's an awesome shot of monmouth beach, new jersey, where if you're out there have in america today on this saturday, get on a boat like this one right here. we had a good time with douglas murray in today. thank you for being with us today. douglas: great to be with you and the whole crew. rachel: have you decided to buy the boat if you end up winning the lottery? dougs: we're in negotiation. will: go get on your boat. rachel: bye, everybody. mug. ♪ finish. ♪ ♪ neil: i think we're going to need a bigger boat, because the heat is on k if we're not just talking the weather as more than a 150 million americans await relief from the extreme temperatures. 2024 front-runners looking for relief as well from the growing legal drama that suddenly is popping up on both sides of the political spectrum, and we're on it with republican candidate chris christie who says as the charges continue piling up, he thinks that donald j. trum