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♪ this is the part [applause] >> ainsley: we decided to take this show out here on the fox square. the melting pot, awesome restaurant. they melt cheese. they put it in front of you and dip the breads and fruit and then they bring you the meat and cook your own food and then at the end they bring a big pot of chocolate sauce and roast marshmallows. >> steve: it's fantastic. we will talk to son-in-law of the folks at the melting pot. thanks for showing up today, folks. >> ainsley: thank you, everyone. >> steve: the cheese is particularly delicious not only a conglomeration of different cheeses and there is some herbs and stuff like that but the base is sam adams beer. >> ainsley: that beer terrorist. >> steve: this guy is going yeah, like that. >> brian: absolutely. >> steve: they are having beer cheese at 7:02. and it's delicious. just saying. >> brian: people should watch if they are going to be actually driving a motor vehicle today,

waving after a dip too much. >> steve: in new york city nobody drives. >> brian: that's true. also important to point out i had a chance to come back from italy for the last 10 days. >> ainsley: what did you think. >> brian: as much as i like italy and really appreciate. >> ainsley: it's nice to be back on u.s. soil. >> brian: nice to be back. >> ainsley: nice to use a normal plug than have to use an adapter. >> brian: i love the history but sometimes you want to update the hotels with the history like the ancient romans had different plugs we h i think we should adjust to the modern ones. >> steve: as we say in kansas from the wizard of oz no place like home. >> ainsley: with the kids. first time in italy. >> >> brian: first time since they were older. very last cab ride, he's italian, he is driving me. and he said do you like the doors? and i said yeah. he goes okay. do you mind if i play it?

i go sure. oh, yeah, but it's just the doors playing i sing. last cab ride we had our cab driver who recorded his own doors, jim morrison and he sang with himself in the cab drive. >> steve: car-oake. >> ainsley: can i see your wife going. >> brian: i couldn't believe it. and he loved himself. >> ainsley: i hoped you tipped him well. >> brian: all the tour guides we had that's the thing everyone is talking about the cab drive. >> ainsley: the parking. so windy. no way. i can't parallel park. >> steve: the problem is the streets are so narrow. >> steve: nevertheless the griswolds back in the united states. >> ainsley: did not take your rv. >> steve: we start this hour with a fox news alert. you saw it yesterday. former president trump will appear in court at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon after being indicted on four new federal criminal charges. >> brian: it does not come as a surprise to him.

he telephone graphed it. jack smith couldn't be more nervous in delivering it. this time as part of this investigation into the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. they loved this january 6th. >> ainsley: grady trumbull joins us from washington, d.c. >> good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. former president trump is facing four new felony charges in this indictment, his third criminal indictment. in the 45 page document. special counsel jack smith alleges the former president illegally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. attack on our nation's capitol january 6th, 2021 unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it's described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government. >> in posts on truth social and

in a statement from his campaign, former president trump is questioning the timing of the indictment. the day after devon archer's interview about the biden family's business dealings and while trump is leading in the polls for the g.o.p. presidential nomination. >> astounding document because, for the first time in american history, a former president is being prosecuted by a political opponent who wields the power of the criminal justice system for what he believed in, this is unprecedented, it effect not just donald trump, it effects every american who now realizes that the first amendment is under assault. >> and, steve, you just spoke with attorney and retired nypd detective paul mauro, he told you one of the biggest hurdles for prosecutors in case will to be prove what the former president was thinking when he made the claims that the election was stolen.

>> one of the things you really need in a case like this, you're going to need some good witnesses. you are going to need people who can come forward and say i saw this. he said this. and it's got to be backed up. so, in a situation like this, where they very clearly have an intent problem, you're always going to be facing the fact what was in donald trump's mind recommendation sure. exactly. >> what's the mens rea. that's the big hump to get over here. >> as you noted, we are expecting to see the former president appear in court once again tomorrow. this time it will be hear in washington around 4:00 in the afternoon. steve, ainsley, and brian? >> steve: it will be. grady, thank you very much. we should point out, there is -- when jack smith presented this evidence in his 4-5 page indictment yesterday, there is nothing that ties donald trump to what happened on january 6th. nothing that ties him to the people, the oath keepers, the proud boys, stuff like that. he was not charged with insurrection. this is all about him trying to overturn the outcome of the 2020

election. which he lost and ultimately it comes down to he knew that he had lost because he was told by a bunch of people you've lost, mr. president. but he kept repeating the lie and these conspiracy charges were -- are about how the people around him, six co-conspirator figured ways to keep that lie going. >> ainsley: here's the indictment. we have it right here. we have all read it. it's 45 pages on the very front page bottom paragraph it says that the defendant knew they were false. false claims. he said "i won the election" and this says that donald trump knew it was false. but, if you ask most people, if you ask really anyone this his circle, they will say he really believed he won the election. i don't know if they have something on him. i don't know if they have a conversation that he had with one of the staffers. >> steve: according to the indictment. they have people at the department of justice who said you lost. they got people at the white house who said. >> ainsley: they said. they said or he said. >> brian: you can't get inside his his.

>> steve: they told him you lost. the people at the campaign said you lost. and so they have got -- >> ainsley: they have to prove that he actually believed he lost. >> brian: and that's what is so strange. >> ainsley: you are allowed to question an election. hillary clinton did that nancy pelosi did that. >> brian: stacey abrams still thinks she is the governor of georgia. just to pro build on that point. what the indictment says. don't think for a second donald trump says that there is a lot of people that talk to donald trump regularly. he has never once stopped saying 2020 over and over again that he won that election. in fact, i think he told sean on this town hall you haven't been too great on that 2020 you won. maybe he kind of jumped down his throat because he believes he won. now, is there somebody out there that said that? okay. then you can point to another five people that said he swore to me up and down he won. you can say he listened to the wrong people, fine. lawyers, white house better than sidney powell and rudy giuliani? i'm sure by a wide margin.

do they have more of a logical conclusion from 2020, absolutely, to us. but if you are going to indict someone about what they did, and i think going back to original elliot our original guest said donald trump's biggest problem is the electors. >> the fake electors. >> he said that's the problem but about the other thing he says this is freedom of speech and we should indict everyone to wants to protest an election. i don't think hillary clinton admits she lost yet. >> ainsley: well, jonathan turley was on last night. and he said all this says when you read it, and this is true, is that trump is lying and he knew all along that he lost the election. that's what the indictment claims. >> steve: it's up to the prosecutors to prove intent and he knew it and he just lied. >> ainsley: he says what they're doing is just criminalizing disinformation or political speech. he said when is the price just too high to bag trump? >> brian: other thing that is so crazy we get the second half of the mar-a-lago indictment the day after hunter revelations and his deal falls apart.

>> and then we find out more revelations on devon archer and boom, jack smith has to. >> ainsley: take attention away from hunter? >> brian: to me, i didn't real memorize the january 6th report by congress led by liz cheney this seems exactly like it. you could have done this a long time ago. what's new about it i'm not sure. why jack smith the guy spends his free time at the hague, comes back here at the another major indictment and acts like first time on camera. why was he so nervous in delivering. this it seems like he was unsure of what he was saying. we back law enforcement what they had to deal with that day we get that it's like going after 9/11. we understand how brave the firefighters were. what does this have to do with other things that are involved in this indictment? that was just astounded that he sounded so much like a politician and somebody who just dislikes the guy rather than the guy who is indicting a guy. >> steve: see, i watched and it i thought it was very somber and sober.

it's a crazy time in our american history where this guy was saying, look, i have got the proof that the president of the united states. >> brian: i wouldn't say he was smiling. i'm just saying that he was nervous about his delivery and he went into rhetoric like an msnbc host or cnn host that he belonged on his 12 person panel. >> steve: it was a moment of historical significance to charge the former president. >> brian: should be good at it by now. >> ainsley: full of political opinion. people said it was sloppy, it was a joke. this is why many people think our country is heading in the wrong direction. according to this "new york times" poll, that question was asked, only 23 percent said right direction. 65 percent said wrong direction and 13 percent said don't know. >> brian: because everything we just talked about, i don't care where you stand on it, doesn't make our country better. we got real issues that we're in a better position to address than any other time in our history. we keep getting caught up with suing and trying and impeaching and indicting each other. and as a country we are sitting there watching all this happen,

the people we put in power seem to consistently let us down and fight with the other people that are in power. and what has been addressed in this country over the last 8 years? and tell me where the light is at the end of the tunnel because now republicans are looking to impeach biden. they are going to continue indict trump. and as a country, how do we profit from that? >> steve: well, there's a lot going on. and, ainsley, i think you are going to talk to many solve the folks. >> ainsley: i am i want to tell you about that poll when you look across the board the majority of every single age group, gender, race, people with or without college, people northeast, south, wyeth. >> cities, suburbs, rural areas catholics and those without religion 60% and above for most categories say this is the wrong direction for our country. more than 70% of southerners, rural areas and protestants and white people without college said wrong direction. >> steve: good news is the fact coming up a little more than a year from now, people are going to have a choice and they can

vote on a change in america. >> ainsley: let's go find out what the people think right or wrong direction. started with these hand some. right or wrong direction for our country? >> it's wrong. >> ainsley: it's wrong. >> why? >> things going on in our country it seems with the numbers you just cited seems everybody agrees we are going the wrong way. it's not just one side. i think if we can both agree on that, something has got to change. >> ainsley: what's your name. >> luciano. >> what do you think? >> what my brother just said. there is a lot of problems in this country and they are getting worse. seems like immigration, 9 economy, nothing is getting better. >> ainsley: we moving to italy? >> not a bad idea. >> ainsley: what do we do as a country. >> as a people we have to vote. that's what we can do. we have to just live our lives and do what we can individually to change it. >> ainsley: all right, sir, what's your name. >> mario. >> ainsley: my two grandfathers fought in the navy in world war ii. what would our grandparents

think about the change in our country. >> i don't think they would have words for it. be disappointed. >> ainsley: what's going on. how can we fix this problem? >> oi don't know. >> going to the polls and vote are you talking about how might vote for. >> no, i'm too young to vote as of right now. >> ainsley: how old are you? >> 16. >> ainsley: oh my gosh. you have two more years. thank you so much. i think we are out of time but going to talk to the folks throughout the morning show. carly is over there she has some headlines for us. >> carley: we are going to start with a fox news alert. ohio police say two people are being held hostage in a semitruck outside of dayton. they believe two suspects stole the truck from a gas station earlier this morning after leading officers on a chase when they were pulled over in a van. police are now in a standoff with the suspect. we are going to continue to monitor this situation. the jason rantz show obtaining a memo showing seattle's mayor demanded to see fewer white men and individuals with military

background and police recruitment material. said the mayor wanted to see more people of color and different genders. the memo was reportedly edited following complaints from the city's police department. the move follows the mayor's promise to diversify seattle ph.d. as part of his recruitment and retention plan announced last year. and the mega millions jackpot now jumping do get this $1.25 billion. after no one claimed the grand prize in last night's drawing. it is the fourth largest prize in mega millions history. last night's numbers were 8, 24, 30, 45, 61, and gold mega ball of 12. the next drawing is friday at 11:00 p.m. so we want to know what you guys would spend $1 million on. that is the question. >> ainsley: 1 billion. >> carley: 1 billion with a b. what would you spend if you had it. >> probably play tennis all day

and restore tennis as the rightful sport over pickleball. >> carley: fighting words. how do you feel about that. >> steve: them are fighting words. if i ha billion dollars i would buy you out. >> carley: it is war. what about you? >> oh, well, i would join him definitely. i probably would go back to italy and spend a lot more time there. >> carley: you could buy three, four five mansions in italy with that i understand could of money. >> i don't know what i would spend a billion dollars on guys. >> ainsley: you have to give 10% to the church. >> carley: tithe. >> steve: 100 percent for baby brock. >> brian: 10% for the big guy. >> carley: no my name isn't hunter biden i wouldn't do that somebody is going to get lucky. >> ainsley: what would you tell your family or friends. those who tell they have cousins that come out of the woodwork. >> carley: i wouldn't want to tell anybody. >> steve: who is all playing the lottery tonight? >> carley: let's do it.

>> ainsley: office thing. >> carley: yeah, yeah. scratch off tickets for everyone. >> steve: indeed, very nicely done. coming up on this wednesday, a major milestone in nuclear power. the first new reactor in nearly seven years started delivering power to georgia on monday. we're going to talk to charles payne about the benefits of atomic power coming up. >> ainsley: plus, the house china committee accusing two major u.s. financial institutions of profiting from investments that help the chinese military while pushing be a esg agenda back here at home. >> brian: congressman michael lawler on the corporate hypocrisy. he is coming our direction. ♪

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>> ainsley: this is a fox news alert. will former president trump due in d.c. court tomorrow to face charges on third indictment. >> brian: special counsel jack smith announcing four charges relating to january 6th. it happened yesterday. >> steve: mike waller joining us live. good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning. >> steve: have you guys as a caucus figured out how you are going to proceed with this? >> no. you know, obviously a lot of my colleagues have endorsed the former president. i have not. and, you know, i have said previously i think it's time to move in a different direction. obviously three indictments is certainly a challenge. we'll see what comes out of georgia. but, look, i have said repe repeatedly the former president lost in 2020 whether he believes it or not. >> steve: do you think he believes it.

>> i don't know what he believes. >> brian: you weren't in congress. >> i wasn't in congress. actually on january 6th i was in the first day of the state assembly. first republican to speak out against what happened at the capitol. it was wrong. and it never should have happened, period. >> ainsley: it's very bizarre because jack smith focused not on january 6th and we all thought when we heard january 6th, could be an indictment he was going to focus on blaming trump for that but, this actually just says it was election interference because you trump, he said he believes that trump knows he lost the election and he was lying to the american people. >> yeah. i don't know how you necessarily can conclude whether he knew. >> ainsley: how do you prove that? >> a lot of these court cases are going to, you know, wind through -- make their way through the court. we will see if it even comes to court to trial before the elections. i think there really is a challenge in this country right now. a lot of people do feel there are two tiers of justice.

hunter biden on the one hand is, you know, getting a sweetheart plea deal that then blows up in court because, well, it was a sweetheart plea deal that didn't make much sense. and obviously the former president getting indicted multiple times. so people feel there are two tiers of justice that the justice department has been weaponized real ghal our country. >> brian: change opinion trump was wrong, trump is wrong. reveals amongst your party. other thing you are working on is blackrock mci facing probes to figure out if some of their investments are helping china's military. what can you tell us about this? >> china is our greatest geopolitical foe, economically, militarily. i visited japan, korea and taiwan earlier this year as a member of the foreign affairs committee. and so our focus has been china. we set up this select committee earlier this year, bipartisan committee investigating the

competition between the united states and the chinese communist party. and it is disturbing to say the least that you have united states companies investing, you know, millions of dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars in china and supporting their efforts knowingly or unknowingly. >> what are you going to do. >> in the military. the select committee that mike gallagher is heading up with s. investigating it. we have passed a number of bills already this year with respect to china. the administration, as far as i'm concerned, has been weak when it comes to taking on the chinese communist party and president xi flying a spy balloon over the continental united states doing nothing about it. the president going so far as to say oh, he didn't know. what, are you kidding me? >> brian: of course he knew. we are also know they are looking to cut a deal giving opponent to mexicans. you have got to stop that in its tracks. >> the fentanyl crisis is real. i just introduced a bill that

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treasury secretary under former president donald trump. monday darks let's start with you. do you believe this is exactly what democrats want? not only do they want donald trump, the center of attention, they want to make sure he he's

an opponent and that's what these indictments are about. >> i think that's probably the calculation on the democratic side. >> brian: are they right to want that? >> that they know that there is going to be a huge rallying effect because we have already seen around former president trump by the republican base but also by independent disaffected democrats who voted for him in 2016 and 2020. so i would say to our democratic friends be careful what you wish for. donald trump is not your run of the mill standard politician or leader. is he a completely unique figure in american politics that drives tremendous emotional response from people, both, you know, hatred and love. so democrats who are playing this game thinking we want him to be the nominee because is he more easily beatable, be careful what you wish for. you are pla playing with fire. >> brian: siena poll, "new york times" poll, whatever you think of polls they show a trend and it's a dead heat. maybe he is up one or up two the

other smaller polls it doesn't matter. still a dead heat. >> i wonder if part of if is to drown trump's campaign in distraction and debt so he can't focus on campaigning. reporterrier this week that trump's campaign has had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight these legal battles. that's a serious handicap for his campaign. the most alarming part of this indictment is that democrats and jack smith are trying to use the criminal code to punish political behavior. the constitution is very clear that congress through our elected representatives has the sole responsibility of holding the executive to account. they have multiple opportunities to do this through various impeachments, through the january 6th congressional committee which, by the way, did not turn up anything in the way of criminal conduct. and so now they are trying to make up for this by using the criminal code. but criminal conduct is very specific. and it has to be applied specifically to narrow statutes that prosecutors have to provey

violated beyond a reasonable doubt. and here the facts just don't match the statute. >> when you talk about numbers, his joint fundraising committee reported raising $53 million, almost all of it has been spent on legal fees doug. and i don't think people are that upset anymore because they think that he is being unfairly targeted. >> said earlier going to distract donald trump. have you ever sat five minutes with the man he? can do five or six things all at one time and that's who he is. that's who he has always been. distraction. i think there is a bigger sort of background noise here. and that is not just that you are trying to tie. >> more than current background noise? >> more than the cards. when they come out. notice that jack smith in these indictments are coming at the same next day typically after a hunter biden episode. and so i think it's not just that they don't like donald trump, it's also that they are trying to deflect from the fact that they are having to answer hard questions now because joe biden was in the meetings. joe biden heard it and i'm sorry, all these people say they were talking about the weather.

it was not about the weather, folks. don't look at the shiny object testimony was about the fact that hunter biden had no experience in anything could pick up a phone and say dad, hi dad. >> basically indicting donald trump for joe biden's crimes. they have thrown the kitchen sink at donald trump for the last seven or eight years since he came down that escalator at trump tower. they tried to stop him and destroy him, why? because is he existential threat to the entire corrupt status quo and ruling class. they have got stop him. this is just the latest chapter of this. >> but i have never seen anybody survive what donald trump has survived, so, don't underestimate him. the guy is going to survive this as well. >> brian: one last real quick point what does the rest of the field do? they're all forced to comment not on what they want but what donald trump is facing. >> it's a difficult balance because obviously they are trying to unseat him for the primary candidacy. here's the thing. jack smith opened this pandora

box and it's not closing. g.o.p. candidates need to understand if they can do this to donald trump multiple times they will do it to the next republican candidate. all of their names are on the list at this point. >> they ought to be very concerned about something. you brought' the numbers a moment ago. hard reelect. vote for someone else. the hard reelect number seems to be going up for donald trump. if you were another candidate you say what am i doing wrong? >> brian: cailee, to your point the way they go after desantis viciously that shows you that's not going to stop whether trump wins or loses. fondue is all you. coming up next, bret baier woke up early or at least he said he was last night. is he coming up next. got to book somebody else quick. america's long-term credit rating downgraded for the second time ever. so glad we are a part of bidenomics. charles payne comes impeck calculatably dressed ready to go even though the show doesn't start for five more hours. he is crunching the numbers ♪ baby i can break you down ♪ so many ways to love you

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♪ [applause] >> steve: stir that pot of cheese. welcome back to "fox & friends" live from the streets of new york city. one of our stories this morning, a top credit rating agency called fitch, they have downgraded the u.s. credit rating from its highest score of aaa to double a plus. what does that mean for you and your money? the host of making money on charles on on on fox business charles payne joins us live. round of applause for charles payne. [applause] charles, what does this mean exactly they downgraded debt? >> high quality the easier it is to borrow money. it's sort of a report card on us. i will tell you what fitch said

because this is important. they point to a whole bunch of things at the top of the risk erosion of governance. erosion of governance. okay. seconds rising general government deficits. how often, how long have we talked about this? you know, for years we have talked about, you know, going off the fiscal cliff and all these sort of things and because it hadn't happened people started to assume it wouldn't happen. we printed up a whole lot of money. a lot of money that the economy did not need. so, this is a major, major problem. general government debt to continue to rise. we know that. we're up there now at levels we are past world war ii. we had an emergency world war ii. we raised a lot of money. we saved the world. right now, all we are doing buy votes or change our economic system from capitalism to something not capitalism. you know, so these are the main things that they are concerned about. the economy, they say, will slip into recession over the next sixth months. so he they're looking at really dire things here. here's the thing, steve, they warned -- they made a warning

that this was going to happen. and it did happen. >> steve: yeah, it did, indeed. meanwhile, you know, it seems like the government is cracking down on us, regarding green house gases and fuel economy and stuff like that. down in georgia. they have opened for the first time in something like seven years, a new atomic power plant. and the thing about atomic power is there is no environmental damage. of course you have to figure out what to do with the rods after they are spent. >> right. >> but that's it. >> just like you got to figure out with electric battery. have you ever seen them catch fire? another ship just sank because a couple electric cars caught fire. the hottest fires a ship on the ocean. second one. too many electric cars on it. they caught on fire. traditional fire fighting methods didn't work. as far as this nuclear power plant, no, it's not the first in seven years. it took seven years. it was 17 billion over budget because of all the red tape. all of the bureaucracy to try to stop from doing. this this is the dumbest thing in the world not to go after

nuclear power particularly if you want clean energy and clean environment. let me tell how is going after. i got a list of all the power plants under construction right now. all the nuclear power plants. >> steve: a bunch of them none in the united states. >> china, turkey, uae, bangladesh. china, china, china. india, russia. china china china china china. china is also building a coal power plant also every two weeks. they are brilliant. we are are going to be using coal for the next 50 to 100 years but they also want the alternative. they are doing the switch we talk about, they are doing it brilliantly. they are not rush dr.ing their citizens. they are not shaming anyone. they're not making middle class people buy cars they can't afford this is what is happening now. >> steve: how about charles payne? he is on fire this morning. we have got a live studio audience on the street. we have a couple of questions. gene, what's your question for charles? >> good morning, charles. >> good morning. >> i'm born and raised in the bronx. it's always been very difficult for small businesses to survive

in new york it's been even worse these past couple years. i wanted to ask your opinion. what can small businesses do, especially in new york, to survive especially amid this current inflation? >> it is so hard, man. what part of the bronx. >> alecton. >> i used to live right off fordham road. >> right on the other side of the park. >> charles: this is tough. there is a war against small businesses and profits. new york city is perhaps one of the worst. certainly in the top ten. most important thing is you have to make sure that you have funding. if you are a small business, you know you are taking a risk anyway. you are not going to have the certain amount. always seeking or looking. don't ever feel comfortable. other than that, you just got to kind of go for it. be ready to sacrifice and know there is a high level of large degree of failure particularly in a place like new york. but america loves small businesses because that's the backbone of our country. so i applaud you. thank you. >> steve: gene, very good question. right next to you al-has a

question as well. >> the cost of living for the american family seems to be going down as we speak. is the american dream still alive. >> man, that is a great question. not the cost of living. the quality of living. the cost of living has gone through the roof. credit card rates highest ever. auto loan rates at 7%. 16-year high. home prices the starter homes don't exist. and the ones that are out there, of the wall street and foreigners are buying them. it exists but it's slipping like crazy. if we don't step up and do something great. fitch warned us about this. i'm warning america right now the american dream is slipping quick if we don't stand up and doing something about it. >> steve: al and gene, thank you very much. make sure you watch charles on fox business 2:00 eastern each and every day. >> thanks a lot, steve. >> steve: coming up let's take a look at the weather outside. actually i could do it because we are outside together, janice.

>> janice: you could do because you used to do it. >> steve: i used to do it. >> janice: if you want to. >> steve: no, no. you are the professional. >> janice: i don't know about that but keep telling people that. take a look at the maps because it's a beautiful day in new york city. a beautiful day to be outside enjoying the melting pot. it is 65 right now here in the new york city area. low humidity, really wonderful, if you want to head outdoors for a little strohl or maybe lunch in the cafe outside. except if you live across the south where temperatures continue to soar with heat indices well over 100 degrees. it's been like this in texas for our friends in dallas for months now. we are just praying for those folks to get some relief. in the next few days and weeks, we are not going to get any relief. this area of high pressure lingers and look at phoenix. so we broke that record of 110 days or rather 110 degrees plus for many, many days straight. but we're going to go right back

to 114 and 115 as we get into the weekend. warmest jehiah julys in phoenix ever. number one right now. average of 102 degrees. we do have the potential for flash flooding across portions of the plains and ohio valley. we have some severe thunderstorm warnings in effect. so fox weather.com. we will keep you posted. download the app. for all of your latest weather details. all right, steve doocy, always welcome to do the weather any time for me. >> cheers to that and everybody here at the melting pot on 48th and sixth avenue has a glass of this stuff. it looks like wine but i'm told it is -- they said it was apple juice. it's actually wine. it's delicious. where walls i? coming up: dr. jordan peterson is going to join us outside with breakfast with friends on this wednesday morning. first, president trump indicted for a third time. the duffys have a lot to say about that. as you can see, they are live here at the melting pot, 48th and sixth.

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unprecedented indictment of a highly successful president and the leading candidate by far in both the republican party and the 2024 general election has a awoken the world to the corruption. scandal and failure that has taken place in the u.s. for the past three years. joining us now to react "fox & friends weekend" co-host rachel campos-duffy and fox news contributor and former wisconsin congressman sean duffy and an attorney, too. >> and also host of the bottom line on fox business 6:00 p.m. >> ainsley: forgot to add that, too. how do you have time for all of your children? what is your reaction to this donald trump first time responding since this third indictment? >> rachel: i think a lot of people are really impressed with the courage to do this. we have been nine, 10 years that sean was in congress as a family. i think we are pretty strong people. i don't know if weekend put up with this. i think a lot of people would

throw the towel in and give in to this corrupt system that he is talking about and, yet, is he still fighting and people are impressed with that and i also think, you know, he also said in another truth social message he said this persecution won't end with me. and i think that's what people are feeling. they are realizing that, you know, they are coming for us, too. anybody who dares to question, you know, election interference which we know happened just based on the hunter biden, the suppression of that story and calling it, you know, russian disinformation and everything they did to alter the election in that way is true. and we don't have to pretend. i mean, if you are a catholic, if you are a parent, the doj, the fbi, they are going after us, too. and this is really the most dangerous moment i have ever seen, you know, in my lifetime. my heart is really broken. >> ainsley: i think a lot of americans feel that way. the polls show in the "new york times" we are on the wrong track and more than 70% believe that

sean, your wife brings up an excellent point. why does anyone want to run for president. he is the number one candidate. many believe that's why they are indicting him they don't want him to win. has to pay all these lawyer fees. his family has been raked through the mud. he has been raked through the mud. is it worth it. >> most people would say it's not worth it to run as a republican for president okay as a democrat. i think when you break the norms, the standards and laws of the country. liberals right now think you are only breaking it for donald trump, the republicans. but when you break them you break them for everybody. and i think we new america after this. i want to talk about the indictment for a second. there is one part in here that says the conspiracy to defraud the united states by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to impair, obstruct or deceit a lawful government function. i read that donald trump. that's exactly what the fbi and the doj did to donald trump during russia collusion. they were leaking stories on a false investigation, a fake investigation on russia collusion trying to undo the will of the american people and

investigation. so they are claiming donald trump is doing exactly what they did themselves, which is why i think most people see this and are so outraged by the double standards at play and persecution of republicans by this administration. >> ainsley: that's what is scary. i would be terrified if i had to fight the fbi. >> rachel: could you imagine? >> ainsley: i would be terrified if i had to fight the doj. how does someone survive this? no, i cannot imagine. and it's sad. >> rachel: moms of liberty are fighting the doj and fbi. native americans go to latin mass are having churches implicated by the fbi. it's seeping out and happening towel of a us. >> ainsley: thanks for coming on. how are the babies everybody? good. >> makes us feel better eating fondue. >> ainsley: your kids would love that ains. >> rachel: the chocolate one i saw that. >> ainsley: children love fondue we love to dip. >> and drip. >> ainsley: dip and drip. coming up, "special report" anchor bret baier, we have

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