understand james comer is going to subpoena biden family members. final of which have benefited from his business dealings with no discernible talent or search except for joe biden's access for being in the same job for 40 years. robby, thanks so much. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> brian: the second hour of "fox & friends" this friday starts right now. ♪ >> steve: it is 1:00 in the morning in hawaii. and we start this hour of "fox & friends" with a wildfire alert. at least 55 people now confirmed dead and wildfires still burning on the hawaii island of maui. >> nearly 1,000 customers are without power on the island making it difficult to communicate. that's complicating the search and rescue mission as well. >> fox weather correspondent max gorden still on the ground in maui. max?

good morning. we are 13 miles away from the town of lahaina. next to a road block. seeing heart breaking scenes of folks come out. pleading with officers, wanting to be let in because they lost their friends and family members residents aren't going to be let in for some time now. this is still an active search and rescue scene. they are still trying to get people out, busing people out of the evacuation zone this as the death toll unfortunately continues to climb. 55 people at least confirmed dead at this time. several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. none of them yet fully contained by officials here. yet unknown how they started. most destructive on maui's west side ripped through the community of lahaina driven by fierce winds high pressure to the north and hurricane dora as it passed hundreds of miles to the south. according to hawaii's governor the fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in lahaina and destroyed the town's ban i don't know tree the peaceful island

paradise once described as paradise now looks like a war zone. >> gas tanks exploded. >> the dogs are stuck in the house. >> we don't know if our house -- we don't know if our animals are alive or not. >> when you are trapped between fires, other things come feelings, especially if you are not with your own family or the devastation is what it is. the town is gone. the history is gone. >> is, teams have been coming in from across the country. the national guard is also on the ground to help. take a listen. the national guard has acti activated. national guard and 35 from the air national guard to assist with the hawaii wildfire response. >> making things even more difficult cell towers and phone lines have burned up on maui's west side. that's made communication very difficult.

a lot of people here don't know the fate of their friends and loved once. bark to you. >> that's exactly right. that's why there are still 1,000 people missing. max, thank you very much. >> sad. not only to lose everything. >> thank you. >> ainsley: thank you, max. they don't know if their animals are okay. >> steve: i know it. so he was just talking about how the cell phones were down you interviewed somebody a little while ago who said there were no alerts, no sirens before it. >> ainsley: she said they practiced with the tsunami alert once a month and they did not do that. >> steve: i know. kurt the cyberguy is joining us right now. and, kurt, because the cell towers were down. we have got a story this morning about a family of five that were in a white van in lahaina surrounded by flames. they couldn't get a cell phone call out but they had one of the new apple phones that actually has satellite technology and they were able to call for help, and people came and rescued t

them. >> it's true. remind us, how would i ever run out of a cell phone singal right in the middle of a town. this is that case. it makes us ask ourselves are we ready for a similar emergency? our s. our phone set up for that? if we are on our phone how would do we check where that is. >> important to get life settings on today. iphone emergency sos is what they used in hawaii it. works on iphone 8 and later. the emergency setup is make sure that you can call by pressing five times on the side or you hold the two side buttons of your phone and then after a few seconds, it will ask you if you want to make an emergency call. if you don't respond it will go and do that can't get through 911 text them. many people did that iphone 14 or later which this family of

five did in maui it's called sos via satellite. and those models and later that will name to you get connected where there is no cell phone towers to make that emergency call do that with the buttons on the side but also go into the settings and add your emergency contacts today. you do that through the health app. i will show you how to do that online. simply go in and turn on those location services for having the emergenciage sos active. you want to make sure that emergency calls and sos are turned on. show you how to do that online as well. >> brian: sometimes if you fall or are in a car accident. your watch or phone will go off and ask you if you are okay. is that the same service? >> it's similar. iphone 14 or apple watch more recent models, it will tap into that same emergency. that's crash detection. and so if you have fallen, that

also is part of that. and the accelerometer inside of it. other sensors will activate this emergency response. very invaluable tool to have in your lives. if you have an iphone, boy, have this stuff turned on. >> brian: you go to hawaii a lot. do you know that area? >> i do. that is such sweet spot, a magical, very important historic spot in hawaii and my heart breaks. not just in hawaii. i talked friends who are out there and at least, at least everybody knows somebody who has either gone -- has a family member that's gone through loss or they can't find at this moment. >> steve: indeed. you know, kurt, you have given us such good information to make sure you have got your location, essentially your mind my iphone feature on your location services and everything else. kurt has laid it all out. folks, go his website. it's cyberguy.com. and he explains exactly how you

can make sure that everything is on on your phone. so, chances of you being in a wildfire, slim, we hope. but nonetheless, these things can actually save your lives because it sounds like it saved a family lives. >> ainsley: if you are kidnapped can you call quietly if you are being held hostage. women worry about that. >> steve: some things people don't realize your phone can do. kurt. >> ainsley: pretty amazing. >> so true. >> brian: thanks, kurt. >> steve: cyberguy.com. check it out. >> brian: talk about 2024. we know five months into the iowa caucus. two weeks into the big debate and another debate in september. we're still waiting to see if everybody that's eligible is going to sign that form that says i will support the eventual nominee. donald trump said yesterday or the day before i'm not going to sign it because it's about four people in the race that i will not support. chris christie says i will not support donald trump but i will sign it because i don't think donald trump is going to live up

to. >> what does the republican party say. isn't it requirement in order to participate in the debate. >> brian: i don't know how long they can stay with it, if donald trump says in september i will go. but i'm not signing say stay home. >> i'm surprised that they actually did. this because knowing before he said i'm not going to support he said that four years or six years ago whenever he did. so. you can see who has actually checked the box. the big news this morning is tim scott is now the fourth republican to sign the pledge along with nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy and governor ron desantis. what's interesting is what's going on right now is a lot of the candidates -- all of the candidate for the most part are dropping by the iowa state fair and they are dropping by and they are sitting down with the governor. kim rendell who has been on this program a number of times. >> she has got a program, essentially where she interviews all of the candidates and there is some back and forth and.

>> ainsley: fire side chat. fair side chat they are calling it. >> steve: fair side chat. it's fun to watch. she obviously has fun doing it and she is very good at it. the only candidates who said not going to do it is donald trump owe is oven happy with her she wanted him to endorse him. all it's too early. >> ainsley: he endorsed her. he felt like for loyal. >> steve: when she was running. >> so now ron desantis super pac has a series of tv ads that are running in iowa and new hampshire talking about how the very popular republican governors in those states are being targeted by donald trump. talking a little bit about how kim rendell does not have -- reynolds does not have her support too early. calling governor sununu a nasty

guy and cuckoo in the ad it says this is not the way we wins a republicans the way we wins a republicans is to unite as republicans. >> ainsley: mike pence is in iowa he did not use his name. my former running mate and president. people were writing articles about that it was interesting he didn't use the name. iowans giving campaign donations of 200 and more. this is interesting. trump has 117 people in iowa that have given 200 or more. nikki haley 25. desantis 17, and pence 7 desantis has dropped nine points in iowa. tim scott has surged to third place now in iowa. trump at 43% in iowa. then desantis at 17% and then tim scott at 11%. >> brian: tim scott had a huge media purchase plus is he excellent on the stump. good face-to-face, good one-on-one. i'm surprised nikki haley hasn't gotten more traction because she has been on the ground. >> ainsley: she she has been

there a lot. >> brian: i think she has a lot of stock there and in new hampshire the president is dominating as well jones ernst coming up later. we will get what is happening in iowa with the military background and everything. i'm not sure that she is ready to endorse. maybe one of the biggest stories not getting thatch attention but should is senator joe manchin really having second thoughts it seems about the inflation reduction act. that seems to be where he really feels he was burned. he did not get what he wanted out of it. regardless of what you thought i felt as though he was duped thinking about not only running for president on the no labels ticket. is he thinking about getting out of his party. listen i haven't made any decisions. i want to make sure my voice is independent voice. when i'm speaking, i'm speaking of the good that the republicans do and the good the democrats continue to do for me i have to have peace of mind basically. the brand has become so bad. the d brand in r brand.

what's west virginia national brand. not democrats in west virginia. it's the democrats in washington or the washington policies of the democrats have you heard me say a million times. nighttime a washington democrat why note say i'm just going to be an independent. have you thought about that. >> absolutely. >> brian: losing big time to jim justice. i don't think it's an election he can win. that's one thing republicans feeling they can grab it from him. he does have to make a decision. if he runs just as a democrat. he is going to lose to the very popular governor. he has got to say to himself maybe this is the time to do it. if he jumps in the race, the conventional wisdom is it helps the republican nominee. >> steve: let's see what he does. meanwhile, we talk a lot about these electric vehicles. it would be great if they were super affordable and they worked great. but there is this thing called range anxiety. you get in the car and you immediately think okay, i have only got -- i have 100 miles on it. i can't go further than that here's a guy up in canada. he took a road trip and he

perfectly islets the problem with evs. fancy ford pickup truck. 150,000. >> ainsley: unveiled it on the show. >> steve: we did. it was beautiful. >> ainsley: first of all, he was complaining. he said this is the biggest scam of modern times. we are just telling you this if you are thinking about getting one of these. >> steve: range anxiety. >> ainsley: first he bottom it $115,000. then he said he had to install two chargers one at work and one at home. $10,000. then he had to upgrade his home's electric panel to deal with heavy chargers. $6,000. that's his first complaint. he packs up the kids. go on a road trip, what happens? >> steve: the problem was he didn't get very far. the road trip was 1400 miles. he was going to go to winnipeg to chicago. first fast charging station cost more than gas for the same trip. >> ainsley: took two hours to

charge it. >> steve: took two hours. he stopped some place else, the charger didn't work. went to another place, the charger didn't work. >> ainsley: running out of charge. >> steve: he looked the range walls 12 miles. he took it -- i think he towed it to a ford dealer and then got a gas powered truck and took it to chicago. came back, picked it up. and he is having buyer's remorse. >> ainsley: he had to rent a car. he had to rent his car to take his family on the trip. >> brian: i went out to the ford plant and actually test drove it. it's hands free drive it on its own. they brought us through and very impressive and very powerful but it's not hybrid. if you are going to have a problem with infrastructure. you have got to have a gas option. so, that's what they figured out in japan. that's what they figured out in south korea. right now they are having trouble selling these. i. >> ainsley: tell the folks at home if they don't know what hybrid is. >> brian: gas or electric. brian. >> ainsley: drive the first 50 miles electric and then switch. >> steve: we have hybrid. we bought it first week of this year.

i put gas in it one time. i'm currently averaging 125 miles per gallon because you plug it into the wall. and the first 50 miles of the day are all electric. and then, you know, i never drive more than 50 miles for the most part. >> ainsley: it works for your family but for taking a road trip like. this we took a road trip down to see peter and hillary and their baby a couple weeks ago, and we ran out of electricity and immediately turned over and suddenly i'm driving with my 50. that's the key right now. the hybrid works great. the evs, if you are not just driving around town, you're going to have a problem. >> brian: plugging in and electric bill going up. >> steve: my electric bill went up $12 a month. >> brian: the thing is, which is important. the unions don't like it. the unions basically they cut down the amount of people, it's a different skill set. and that's why the unions are slow to endorse joe biden

patriciaing evs hurting the car companies and workers. good luck with that the fact that we can't drill rare earth get all this stuff from china and the congo doesn't seem to be the most practical thing ever done. >> steve: we know one guy in canada who wishes he would have bought probably a hybrid. >> ainsley: he was in a fender bender and took it to the shop to get the part had to leave it there six months. >> brian: don't know what to do with the battery. >> ainsley: battery buy a new one $50,000. ains. >> brian: they wane in n. >> ainsley: did you just say little wayne. >> go back to rap roots. >> ainsley: drop it like it's hot. okay, carley is other there. she has some headlines for us. >> carley: i certainly do. we are going to start with this story here. potential subpoena looming over the bidens as house republicans continue digging into the first family's foreign business

dealings. this is always going to end with the bidens coming in front of the committee. i wish the media would ask the president what exactly did your family do to receive this $21 million that the house oversight committee has proven? we have their bank records, maria. bank records don't lie. >> carley: this after bank records reveal the biden family raked in tens of millions of dollars from foreign nations like russia and china. the supreme court has blocked a settlement with purdue pharma after the doj objected to a provision which protects the owners from any lawsuits. the settlement originally forced the flacker family to contribute $6 billion to fight the opioid epidemic but made them not legally liable for drugs, cause -- i'm sorry for deaths, rather, caused by drugs. the justices plan to hear arguments by the end of the year in the case. and the gig go roller coaster is

reopening in north carolina after a guest spotted a crack in its support beam. do you remember this story. the amusement park revealing the series 325 received a certificate of operation yesterday after passing multiple inspections. the coaster was closed down in june after an eagle eye guest noticed a crack and notified officials. reaches up to 95 peppers and has a peak 125 feet now back in operation. >> steve: thank goodness we had the guy on who spotted it it. look at that ains. >> carley: his eye doctor must be very impressed with him. speaking of impressive. look at this beautiful layout of some barbecue for brunch prepared from fox square by our friends the mclemore boys. guys, what do we have lehr? >> what you all have inside. [cheers] we got a lot going on here.

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here to react fox news senior strategic analyst retired four star general jack keane. general, your thoughts about the deal that is on the cusp of being culminated?

>> yeah, the iranians are doing this ever since the mullahs took over in iran in the early 1980s. the idea of using extortion to get hostages in exchange for ransom money is a business operation that they have been involved in. every time we give them the money, in exchange for that or another country does, it's obvious everybody knows what the answer is. it's an incentive for them just to keep doing it. i will say an administration official did calling me last night and say look it. these hostages are not in our hands. they are still in the iranian hands. the iranians are promoting this as a ransom deal for the american media. we cannot defend against that. and get to the specifics of the deal and how this money is going to be controlled and not get into the mullahs hands because we don't want to damage getting the citizens out of there. in principle, i completely disagree with money for hostages

for the obvious reason i just stated. hopefully at some point after they get our hands, the administration will be able to give us some details about how this money is going to be controlled and we'll be able to make some judgment ourselves at that point if this is any better than any of the other ones that have always been outrageous in terms of money for hostages. >> brian: right if they only give to the humanitarian aid instead of giving aid to their people they will use the aid that they were going to give to their people to buy more drones to give to russia to continue to harass ships in the persian gulf. their bad behavior gets rewarded. it's sad and they say this is the foundation to go back into some type of nuclear deal. does that concern you? >> oh, yeah. absolutely iranians from stepped up aggression ever since they took over. one, we reached out and appeased them. two, we stiffed the arabs and

the israelis what has happened our relationships deteriorated in the region china and russia began to exercise nor control. now, the administration seems to have recognized this because they are working now with saudi arabia. >> brian: right. >> and israel. in terms of achieving diplomatic relations. if that happens, that is a sea change. and will considerably strengthen the abraham accords, i have always maintained that even though china got involved in a deal with saudi arabia and the iranians, saudi arabia really wants to be under the security guarantee of the united states. >> brian: of course. >> not china. we certainly got to recognize that and got a relationship with them since world war ii. if we are moving in that direction. that's a positive thing. tthe facts will speak for themselves though here, brian. we are not just talking about intent. we are talking about results. >> brian: let's go over and take a look at what is happening with china. the president was at a fundraiser yesterday. here's the quote that emerged. china is a ticking time bomb.

they have got problems. that's not good because when bad folks have problems they do bad things. i don't want to hurt china but i'm watching. dolls it help, number one, calling the leader a dictator, which we know he is, but is that smart leadership and in making those comments smart leadership? is this the root the president should be taking? does that show a lack of discipline? the president has a tendency to make off the cuff remarks. we have been watching that for a number of years. that's the relates we are dealing with. usually that starts to get policed up by the staff. there is a fact here. china's committee is in serious jeopardy in a way that they haven't been for some time. it doesn't mean that they are going to tank. but the fact is they are struggling. and, listen the social come enact china has. china fears its own people more

than any adversary to include the united states. why is that? they have promised the chinese people 1.4 billion that they will have economic well-being. and by providing that economic well-being. the social compact is that they must submit to chinese communist control and do that willingly. that has been in existence since the chinese communist party took over back in the late 1940s. that is the social compact that this thing dissofltion, that will cause major problem for china. and one thing they fear is the people standing up against that are a genial. yes, could that provide an incentive even more so to conduct military operations down the line? that is a real danger and real possibility. >> brian: no one talks about that, not enough. china's economy is struggling. they cannot get people between 18 and 25. get them jobs. and they are now telling them to

start taking any job. and pressuring colleges to get people into jobs. u.s. goods though, this is kind of good news for us. imports into china fell 25% during the first six months. maybe some people are realizing that we're dealing with china is not good. general, thanks so much. >> yeah, great talking to you, brian, you all have great weekend. >> brian: speaking of the weekend come up saturday at 8:00. one nation, great roster of guests. jordan peterson part one of two parts. very funny jamie lissow. what does he have in common with my dog willow. we have rapper and podcaster ziewby, and of course the great karl robe who does not rap but might eventually. that is coming up maui in a crisis mode. deaths rise to 455 now. our own will cain was able to contact his family on the island. he joins us next with an update.

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complicating search and rescue efforts. the governor says at least 1,000 people have been reported missing as others rush to the airport to try to get off the island this who escape the fire more than 134 national guard men have deployed and president biden has declared a disaster declaration. the historic town of l lahaina s gone and none of the fires completely contained. i believe there are four. meteorologist adam klotz is here with the fox weather forecast. adam, the winds are dying down a little but, still, the fires are not fully contained yet. >> no, they are not contained but the conditions are improving a little bit to fight those fires. now, the winds up to 80, 85 miles per hour. here early this morning winds well calmer as you are looking at several of these spots down under 10 miles per hour. each the strongest winds, 12, 1. these are ultimately pick back up again. that's going to cause problems for firefighters, but nothing like we saw those really intense

winds. what are we talking about? this is the forecast taking you all the way in through the weekend. >> eventually winds up to 20, 3. again, these are much, much calmer conditions what really allowed those fires to get going. maui is the island that has not seen any rain. if you look across the island chain, pretty much all of them are above on the seasonal average of rain. maui is below average. rain ultimately is in the forecast here, steve. hopefully, some tonight but at least here in the next seven days we are expecting some showers. all of this is good news, of course. back over to you. >> steve: it is, indeed. all right. thank you very much. adam. this is striking close to home for weekend co-host will cain. he has friends and family on maui. and he joins us now with an update. will, you know, one of the things about this, everybody looks in, they think a beautiful vacation land. this maui, not far from lahaina is where your family has had a place, the kaine family has visited for decades i left there

two weeks ago. we go there every summer as a family. my brothers, sisters and extended family. extended family of people i'm not related to who i have known there for years and years. my mom is still there, yes. steve, there is no power in waste maui but she is safe. we have spoken to her. it's hard to get through. the cell service is down. it's really hard to relay how how isolated this paradise is. one highway in and out. if you cut off communication, you're really down to word of mouth. my mom and her husband are there. and they said they would go to the car. they have been going it the car and listening to the radio for updates. almost as though we thousands of miles away have more information two miles away from them than those so close a disaster. they are safe and the plan to evacuate them saturday, steve. >> steve: i have been reading that certain places in maui, around where your mom is in lahaina, grocery stores have nothing. restaurants, if they are still standing have nothing.

gas stations out of gas. it's a desperate situation. people think hawaii they think that is the most beautiful spots on earth and it was until about throw days ago. >> it still is. i will say that if you have ever watched the sun set between on the side of west maui it truly is paradise. what's been lost, steve, is of course an incall double human toll it's the lives. and that's the point amend the focus that number you shared a moment ago a thousand missing. my friend, ace mentioned i have extended friends and family. some of them moved there full time. gemini charter boats. he was on jesse watters all night long sirens, police and ambulance. there is still, i think, trying to count for people and find bodies. but what's also lost, steve, this isn't just, you know, your random generic tourist town. this is a town i have tried to relay it. very central to the american

story. you lahaina was the capitol of the kingdom of hawaii. it became the center point of american missionaries, building churches that are over 200 years old bringing the word of god hawaii. and then it became the global whaling center where drunk sailors would stumble into town into old bars every report that is all gone, steve. that's the part that's been lost. i don't know how we recover that story, that history, that identity. >> steve: that's right. lahaina just a series of small wooden buildings, the whole town. and it is for the most part all gone. will, a personal question but, you know, you are a news guy you are watching the news but your mom is there she has got to be terrified. >> will: yeah. you know, i think for those of us who are far away, we were almost more terrified than they were. it's interesting, everyone that i have spoken. to say i'm going to give you two fold. i feel like for some that are at

the center of a disaster. it's almost as though you hit a calm or you lose a little perspective because you are so deep and close to it. where those of us on the outside get some of these images they are not seeing. that being said. other of my friends who have ventured closer to lahaina have said war zone like a bomb has dropped. you know, it's she has been calm almost too calm. don't be the person on your roof in a hurricane. let's get out of there. it's not going to get better. there is no power. as you mentioned soon there will be no food. >> steve: and she is leaving soon, right? >> will: yes. tomorrow. she is leaving tomorrow. you know, i try to provide context. i will tell you one more quick note, steve. people talk about what started this nonnative grasses i have watched this over my life in hawaii decades. used to be the home to sugar cane or pineapple plantations largely left hawaii.

what's been left in its wake is nothing but dry, dry grass. i don't know what started. this but you could see how this area, lahaina, by the way in hawaii means relentless sun. you could see how this area, which is just no longer home to these crops, could get dried out and just becomes a you mentioned a tinderbox whether you have a town that is basically wood like lahaina. >> steve: will, you suggested people who would like to help, there is a go fund me page. go fund me.com/help the people of maui with, as you can see right there dashes between the words. >> >> will: yeah. i want to help and i am going to do my best to make sure this goes directly to local families and help guide. this these are my friends. >> the family of wayne dire the self-help author many live in hawaii and grew up with me. make sure it gets directly to people on the ground, local families who live there year around. we're going to do our best, steve, to help. >> steve: if you are keeping an

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and proud american anthem. and today chris lucas and preston burks join us from locash join us live. >> good morning. >> ainsley: thank you for coming. >> in thanks for having us. >> steve: you guys have come here a number of times. it's mainly for the barbecue, right? >> always for the barbecue. >> steve: who else has barbecue at midtown manhattan at 7:30. >> it's incredible. >> ainsley: y'all, we love your songs. i'm curious. we interview a lot of musicians. how do you decide what songs are you are going to release. when you read it, how do you know which one is going to be a hit. >> we can say everyone is going to be a hill. they are like babies. you don't want to treat either one different. but there are some just stand out and say okay, this is for locash when we were at truck tim mcyaw we thought this is going to be a locash smash we took it to the producer at that time. no, this is not. no one is ever going to cut. this tim took it all the way to number one you just don't know. >> steve: when tim mcgraw was

cutting your song, are you in the studio going, you know what, tim? i would do it this way? >> no. no. not at all. >> we were in mexico. >> i was drinking and celebrating. i was like cut that thing, tim. >> >> ainsley: how did the duo happen? >> back in 2002, i moved to nashville. chris was already there he was working at a place called the island horse saloon. i went. in we met each other. we became the emcee of all the concerts there we would introduce an act to the stage, we would go back stage and work on harmonies or write songs. it kind of just took off from there. we jumped in my jeep cherokeey put a u-haul trailer on the back and started doing concerts with. >> no air conditioning. >> steve: man, you need it this year. that's the unique thing about nashville is it seems like every joint is filled with musicians. >> it is. >> steve: front of the house, back of the house, cook being. >> ainsley: cooking, parking cars. so many people like you, lots of talent just haven't been discovered yet. >> yeah, just waiting for their opportunity in today's world,

it's really open for anyone and everything. everybody has aens that. even the cooks singers, that's such a great city. great town. and the talent there is unbelievable. >> we started in the back room of tootsies right there on broadway. >> what were you doing in the back room. >> it was crazy. you would pup up in the alley. unload all your band equipment and next things you will know open the doors and full of people. >> steve: patsies is the pink one. >> tootsies. >> i was thinking of patsies. >> and right behind it. >> that was the original. that's what everyone said go to tootsies. >> still. >> steve: you guys going to be ready? 11 minutes from right now. >> i think so. >> ainsley: performing your new song. our viewers are amazing. so go and download their music. they were so sweet toe fly up here to perform for our "fox & friends" viewers. go to your apple phones or wherever you download your music and download their new music.

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ains the cost of farmland rose over 7% this year. pricing many farmers out of the market, especially the new generation. and this comes as the u.s. deals with an aging farmer population, sparking worries over who will grow the nation's food supply in the future. joining us now is tennessee farmer and agriculture advocate stephanie nash. hey, stephanie. >> hey, thanks for having me. >> ainsley: you look great. tell us about your family. you are a fourth generation farmer; is that right? >> yes. i'm a fourth generation farmer. we moved out of california in 2013 and now we are here outside of nashville milking 1200 cow. >> ainsley: how does this effect you when you hear corn is growing up, so i beans growing up we produce 80 pierce of the world's so i beans. how is that going to effect you and your family?

>> well, just for the education of everyday americans, you know, we have lost 25% of farm land 1950. the cost to raise animals and livestock has gone up 28%. and, you know, we are seeing 2,000 acres a day being taken up by urban development, by residential areas. and it's really scary to see how much land we are taking away from our family farmers and ranchers. i believe if we do not stop this dangerous trend that we're not going to have the land to supply the american people. >> ainsley: i mean, stephanie, how do you survive when the prices are going up and you say cost is going up 28% for your family to have a farm. >> it's really hard. we have to make tough decisions every day. we have to look at the economy of agriculture. we have to look at washington, d.c. and the policies that they are missing. i believe that the usda is weak right now. you talk about next generation farms and programs. there is no way that they are going to be able to afford 5,

10, 35,000 an acre to be able to sustain a farm. and it's really sad to see that our nation, the average age of a farmer is 65. we're looking at 370 million acres that could be lost in the next 20 years if we do not start implementing programs for next generation farmers and our food security here in the united states. >> ainsley: yeah. well, thank you for what you do, stephanie. thanks for feeding america and much of the world. we appreciate you. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. have you probably been up for, what, five hours already. you grew up farming, too. thank you so much. we appreciate it, stephanie. god bless you. we are getting ready to rock the fox square. locash takes the stage after the break. ♪ ♪ hey all, so i just downloaded the experian app because i wanted to check my fico® score, but it does so much more. this thing shows you your fico® score, you can get your credit card recommendations,

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