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>> carley: a fox news alert, georgia grand jury charging former president trump and 18 others including rudy giuliani and mark meadows over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it is the allformer president's. todd piro trump has until next friday to surrender to authorities who say he will be booked and a mug shot will be released. the da is looking to start the
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trial within the next six months and that does not sit well with those on the right. >> i'm pissed, this is over and over again. this is disgraceful, we have never indicted former president and a leading candidate for president and this is joe biden and democrats weaponizing the justice system because they are afraid of the voters. this is disgraceful and it is abuse of power by angry democrats who decided the rule of law doesn't matter to them anymore. >> todd: brooke singman spoke with former president trump last night. >> brooke: i did speak with the former president and he says fourth indictment comes during a dark period for our country, but he won't let it stop him. president trump told me this politically inspired indictment,
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which could have been brought three years ago is smack dab in the middle of my political campaign, where i lead all republicans. trump was indicted last night along with 18 others, rudy giuliani, john eastman, sydney powell and mark meadows. the charges come after year long criminal investigation led by georgia state prosecutor over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. charges include violating the rico act, an act designed to take down mobsters. crimes committed by different people in support of common objective like overturning election. solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, among many other charges, including
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from previous indictment like false statement and filing false documents. >> the participant in association took various actions in georgia and elsewhere, to block the counting of the votes of the presidential electors who were certified as winners of the 2020 election. >> brooke: knowingly and willfully joined to change election result in his favor. trump's team telling americans to pay attention to how the indictment unfolded. >> the fact we have people standing by and leaks to press before i have seen the indictment, before the indictment come out is the problem we have at this moment. it is po litization and fani willis updated her campaign
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website, has anybody asked about that? >> they have until next friday to surrender. >> todd: brooke singman, thank you. bring in constitutional attorney mark smith. allen dershowitz say these were it is tactics used on democratic side to contest in florida finish one al gore. is challenging an election now illegal? trump did it and if so, i guess stacey abrams, governor of georgia in her mind, need to be indicted. what say you, mark? >> the constitution says we have right to petition the government if we have a grievance tlchl is
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no dispute donald trump and his legal team disputed who won the georgia electoral vote in 2020. that was legitimate fight they took to court, congress, state legislature and the government under the first amendment. when you read this indictment, you see, you say to yourself, looks like all they did was petition the government because they disagreed with what was going on and they lost in congress on january 6. all of a sudden, petitioning the government is a crime and criminal enterprise, what this indictment says. it is bewildering. >> carley: 19 defendants, 41 counts, all defendants being charged with racketeering. willis says it constitute criminal organization. can you explain what
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racketeering is and how the da is using it in this case? >> way you to think about racketeering and rico, multi person conspiracy to commit a crime. usually think like a drug ring where everyone is in the business of selling drugs at different levels. you have the drug lord and you have the people selling on the street. that is what this is designed for whachl they are saying here, president trump was the head of a criminal enterprise designed to overthrow the election in georgia in 2020, but it is the world's worst criminal conspiracy because he was telling everyone his plans, why he thought he had won, why he thought congress should do from his point of view in terms of auditing the review. every single step of the way he
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was saying what he was doing and that indictment has a lot of criminal language in it, it describes legal process they were fighting because they disagreed with what was going on with the election. they had right to petition the government and raise issues and they ultimately lost. they were able to argue it. >> using georgia rico is attempt to bring in as many defendants as possible to get some or all defendants to flip to ultimately get their number one target, donald trump, who is running in the 2024 presidential election in case you didn't know that. fani willis wants all the charges with all the defendants wrapped up in six months. i've heard from some, kash patel included, rico in georgia and federal world takes two to four years to prosecute a case and she wants this wrapped up in six
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months. in what fantasy world does she exist? >> total fantasy. rico case like this with number of defendants and the allegations will take years to process through the system. there will be moegsz to dismiss and there will be appeal and massive discovery. the government has spent twro to three years investigating this, they just handed us the indictment. now they need the same amount of time to do the investigation, they are starting from scratch. add that up and trial literally years from today, six months will not happen and i think she upons it. >> carley: fulton county posted the indictment before the grand jury started voting, county clerk's office is calling that a fictitious document, but never
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said why it was posted. they have to surrender by noon on friday, of 25th of august. there will be questions why the indictment was posted before the grand jury voted. >> todd: fani willis said she has no idea how the clerk's office works. presumably as da, you have filed something in the past. >> carley: mark, we appreciate you. california governor gavin newsom is trashing the parents rights group moms for liberty, calling the group far right and radical and accusing them of cheering on hitler in attempt to raise money. >> todd: one of the group's co-founders here to respond to the governor next.
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>> carley: california gavin newsom is bashing moms for liberty, the parents group fighting against wokeness, banning books, flooding school board with far right policy and cheering for hitler. i started this campaign to push back against radical republicans. >> todd: why is that in quotes? the co-founder of moms for liberty joins us now. what was your reaction when you saw that ad? saying you cheered for hitler? >> you know, i was shocked, but
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not surprised at the same time, gavin newsom declared war on parents during covid with massive lockdowns on children. fo forced va xing. no surprise he is attacking the parents group. >> carley: people in san francisco voted to recall three school board members for a lot of reasons, one was the overwhelming feeling the racial discussion is playing too big a part in everyday teachings. if parents are recalling school board members in deep blue san francisco, you understand what gavin newsom is doing here, pandoring to the leftist party. if voters think this should change, could this post hurt him? >> he is not playing smart, we know that 70% of american voters
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agree on issues, they are concerned about education in america and they know that inner pas have the right to direct upbringing of their children over bureaucracy and over government officials trying to make decisions on their behalf. this war on parents will not end well for him. >> todd: does gavin newsom believe parents should have a say in what their kids are taught and my guess is maybe he should, when newsom promotes everything other than learning basic subjects, how do schools in his state do, tina? i'm told not so well. >> not so well at all, you would think he would focus at home. half his children in his state cannot read on grade level. if you want to focus on hispanic children or black children, less than 20% can read on grade level
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and 12% of black children in california can read on grade level thachl is a crime against children. >> carley: in 2021 glenn youngkin won the virginia gubernatorial race after mcauliffe said parents shouldn't have a say in children's education. how much impact do you think this issue will play in the upcoming presidential elections? >> parental right is the number one domestic issue right now and will continue to be the number one domestic issue through the 2024 election. presidential candidates know that. five can'ts came to summit in philadelphia a month ago. we are holding a town hall in wisconsin and candidate will hear from parents. the candidates know, gavin newsom is out on some island in
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california living in la, laland, he needs to clean up before he attacks parental rights group. >> todd: thank you, texas governor greg abbott responding to an australian comment that we have too many red flags. i'm going to say it, there are too many american flags, they are on houses, cars, couch cushions, only country that does this, it is enough. pull back on it, stay humble. governor abbott responding with this, "go back to australia." native american group wants washington commanders to change back to redskins and the petition is gaining a lot of push. >> carley: they want to reclaim the redskins name.
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>> todd: a native american group wants the washington commanders to change their name back to the redskins. they ditched that name in 2020 after years of criticism. we want the team to revitalize its relationship with the community and rightfully change their name back to the redskins. you cannot erase history by eradicating the name redskins. the guardian association and u.s. marine join us now. why are you fighting to bring it back? >> there is a couplen ras.
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first of all, let me introduce myself, i am the tribe of oklahoma, billy dekeman, my adopted name. the redskins name, the myth it means bloody scalp is what we're trying to dispel, it is status symbol for elite warriors. only elite warriors could participate in the blood ceremony to go into battle. it says in the fight song, the imagery is the chief, a real person. they say you need to get rid of a mascot. we don't have a mascot, that is a real person. that was gifted to the n.f.l. by the blackfoot, that is one of
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the greatest warriors of all time. add to that, 100 years of history, our fight is to reinstate this. it was taken away without consulting us, without our approval. we're trying to get it back and we launched petition that has been overwhelming and become a tidal wave. >> todd: petition to change the name back has nearly 100,000 signatures. you were a marine in desert storm and somalia, the noegsz of warrior connotes a positive thought to you. we've been told that every single native american is offended by the name indian, warrior, redskins, what percentage of native americans you know are offended by the name redskins? >> several polls have been done,
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independent polls, all came back with the exact same result, 90% of natives are in approval and see it as a proud symbol and the ones that know who the chief is, it is even higher in those areas. after the two polls done in 2015, they tried to redo it one more time by offering people 40 words and a response orwhelmingly, pride came back, proud came back, strength came back. >> todd: billy, do you view this as another attempt by liberal white america to tell minority group like native americans how to think about their race, how to think there heritage? >> yes, sir, that exactly what we're trying to undo.
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there has been decades of this, in this day and age, there is still christopher columbus day in 2023. we are taken serious, our voice has not been heard and we are trying to fight that and correct what has been eradicated. >> todd: fascinating plight you are taking up issue curious to watch it and see where it goes. a lot of attention on redskins/commanders, thank you for your time. >> if i may, petition has gone so well, as you mentioned, we're going to break 100,000 today, started to help save the cleveland indians, if you go to our website, educate not
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eradicate. there is information there to jump on that petition, as well. >> todd: billy, thank you, our pleasure. week ago, president biden declared america would lead the world in manufacturing. >> president biden: where is it written that america can't lead the world again in manufacturing? we're going to do just that. >> todd: after that proclamation, hundreds of steel workers in ohio and new york were furloughed and the company announced they are moving to mexico to combat inflation. >> carley: how fighting leaving rust belt voters out to dry. he is next. my mental health was much better, but i struggled with uncontrollable movements called td, tardive dyskinesia. td can be caused by some mental health meds.
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the island that has endured so much. in lahaina, crews are searching for victims, 99 is confirmed dead and that number is expected to rise. in lahaina 2200 buildings or damaged or destroyed, a quarter of the area has been searched and identifying the dead has been difficult, only three of the 99 have been identified with fingerprints. people are being encouraged to give d.n.a. swabs. >> the spirit of oloha is real. if you want to make something sensational, make something sensational. i asked before we came in, do
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you have reports on looting? no. >> responding to criticism hawaiian electric will conduct an investigation, fema says there is no time line for a presidential visit because resources are focused on r recovery effort. the white house is defending the no comment from the president. >> mr. president, any comment on the -- >> will you talk about the hawaii response, mr. president? >> the national director for green new deal network saying biden and anyone running need to address it. back on maui, contaminants from the wildfire tainted the drinking water in the upcountry and in lahaina, water is unsafe to drink. >> carley: complication like
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that is last thing people in lahaina need right now. thank you for reporting, appreciate it. janice dean has the forecast. >> janice: so glad max is on the scene to bring information from the ground. we'll get rain in the area. i don't know if that will really impact some regions, we still have many fires burning across maui, including in lahaina, where max gordon is reporting. we have fires that are not 100% contained. wind gusts not as ferocious as they were. not getting into lahaina, where we have fire still burning, here is the forecast as we get a broader look for honolulu and the big island. we could see potential for significant rain in areas where we have drought situation,
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moderate to severe drought for the maui region. we need that moisture, but the winds were the biggest catalyst for fires. the precipitation departure, maui is only island really suffering from the extreme drought. it was a perfect storm of conditions that brought wildfires to the island. we are dealing with potential for warm temperatures for the recovery. temperatures hovering around 88 or 89 degrees and with humidity, it will feel warmer than that. watching the potential for another tropical storm in the area, the direct impact will not be as ferocious as the last hurricane, this is a weaker system. it will bring potential for some rain, which i'm sure is good news but this is the worst
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wildfire ever experienced in maui. >> carley: thank you so much, one week ago, president biden declared america would lead the world in manufacturing, but 500 steel work ares in ohio and western new york have been furloughed because the parent company of republic steel decided to move to a new state of the art facility in mexico. bernie moreno is running for senate in ohio and joins me now tlchl is a big push to get jobs back into the united states, but this steel mill says it is shutting down and moving to mexico because of inflation and environmental regulation. what is your reaction to the situation impacting people in ohio? >> another example of just horrible policy on behalf of washington, d.c. reality is, mexico bought republic steel many years ago,
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they gutted the company, took the cash and packed up the equipment and shipped to mexico and timed it to have taken the last resource out of ohio, and want to ship steel to the u.s. through freight. end of the day, this is why places like ohio have voted republican, we are tired of seeing foreign companies gut our industries. >> carley: such a sad situation, my grandfather moved from puerto rico to the u.s. to take a job in lo rain, ohio. a portion of that steel mill shut down and it was a devastating situation for families that it impacted. this is in canton, ohio, what will happen to the people that lost their jobs there? >> republic will step up.
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they have to step up and take care of the 300 families furloughed. they violated the warren acts, they shut down the steel mill incorrectly, they have possible long-term contamination. they have to make good with the people that were there and make sure they take care of the land. >> carley: president biden is visiting milwaukee one day before anniversary of the inflation reduction act. his approval on the economy are not good, it is the top issue facing the country, according to 44% of people. economic conditions are poor compared to 75% of those polled. the president is running on
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bidenomics, do you think he runs the risk of sounding out of touch if he continues to spout this message? >> he doesn't run the risk, he is out of touch. i am not sure who the 37% is. he is the worst president the united states has ever seen. he has ran this country into generationally high inflation by unleashing, unseen, unheard of spending, that is what we have to curtail. those are two drivers of inflation right now and it is all at the foot of joe biden. >> carley: you are running for ohio senate seat, certainly one to watch. thank you for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. >> carley: talk about being blind sided, football star michael oher, says he was never
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>> todd: the biden administration pushing ahead with $40 billion student loan bailout plan, 18th iteration, saying it will wipe clean debt of 800,000 borrowers. >> carley: how did they get around the supreme court? >> cheryl: president biden made it clear after the supreme court decision, they would find another way to forgive student loan. this is one way. the student loans getting basically cancelled because of the fact a michigan judge threw out lawsuit from cato institute. borrowers will have their loan,
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never got credit they earned and never saw forgiveness even after making payments for decades. cato institute and others say whether it is executive order or in this case through department of education, latest iteration of student loan forgiveness, this was unconstitutional. the biden administration acted quickly. >> todd: carley and i were bummed by this "the blind side" story. what can you tell us? >> cheryl: drama with the tuohy's and michael oher. he is saying that the conservativeship he signed, he says he was not aware what he was signing, he was over 18 at
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the time. seems they are arguing over money and the money made from the film. sean tuohy jr., i guess technically his brother, talked to barstool sports about the back and forth. >> if he said he learned that in february, that is hard to believe. i went back to look at family group text to see what was said and things back in 2021, if you give me this much, i won't go public with things. i don't know if that is true. >> cheryl: responding to petition filed by michael oher who is saying he was never tech technically adopted, they forced him into the conservativeship. michael was advised because he
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was over 18, legal action would have to be called conservatorship, but it was adoption. we think of brittney spears and conservatorship she found herself under. leigh anne tuohy, i saw awe quote, if she wants out, she wants out. they say they still love him. >> carley: so sad it turned out like this, there are details about why he was in the conservatorship, over 18 and you need today to play college football. they have their side and it will play out in court. >> cheryl: they are saying, we still love him. >> carley: that part is nice. 50 cent is saying told you so when comes to l.a. crime. >> cheryl: we had video of the nordstrom smash and grab in
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topenga, 50 cent posted on instagram, i told you l.a. is finished. they will have to lock the doors, shaking my head. this other store in san francisco, that is l.a. but in san francisco, gumps, famous store in san francisco. they have had it with san francisco and here is what the companies, today we prepare for 166th holiday season at 250 post street, downtown san francisco. we fear this may be our last because of profound erosion of the city. same story. crime, retail crime. we are going to get target earnings this week, last quarter they talked about retail theft and companies are having to put
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this in their earnings report how much they are losing because of retail theft. >> todd: i will join you on mornings with maria. >> cheryl: three hours, get ready. >> todd: priceless commentary on donald trump's fourth indictment that came down last night. if bad actors tell us every election is stolen and only way an election is trustworthy, if they come out on top, it wounds us as democracy. >> truth matters. >> todd: see what tomi lahren makes of that. >> carley: first what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> brian: we are trying to get there and important to get stacey abrams weigh in on that, another election denier. trump indicted last night, 18
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others along with him, sweeping racketeering case accusing former president and top aides of organizing criminal enterprise to reverse the 2020 election. interesting. jonathan turley and matt whitaker are lawyers and will speak to you about what this means for the former president of the united states, who is leading on the republican side and talk about the calendar for him. today marks two years since biden's withdrawal from afghanistan. at least 13 dead and countless wounded after the attack on kabul airport. we will talk to a family that is trying to get answers from administration that doesn't one to speak. and will cain is getting a look at the horrific wildfires, he'll
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>> todd: a georgia grand jury indicting former president donald trump and eight others including mark meadows and rudy giuliani. they are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 results. it is the president's fourth indictment as he seeks another term in the white house. >> this office will be submitting a proposed scheduling order within this week; however, that will totally be at the discretion of the judge. we do want to move this case along and so we will be asking for a proposed order that occurs a trial date within the next six months. >> outkick host tomi lahren joins us now. tomi, on the timing of all of us you just heard d.a. willis wants a trial date to take place over the next six months which does coincide with the presidential primaries. the former president is calling
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it election interference. what do you think? >> >> yeah, i mean, no kidding. wait two and a half years and then wait until primary season to indict the man 1, 2, 3 -- 4 times at this point. i mean to say this is not politically motivateside a pretty far stretch, even for those that are more liberal or democrat minded. i think it's pretty obvious what is going on here. and the american people need to understand that this is bigger than just donald trump. i have been saying it because i feel like half of this country doesn't feel like what is happening to the former president applies to them. they feel like they don't like the man. they feel like he is a billionaire, a man that is on the other side of the political aisle, then they are so they don't care what is happening to him. they need to understand that this is big herb than just donald trump. when the government and the judicial system is weaponized against individuals, whether they be a former president or an average everyday american, that is haunting. that is scary. and that has huge implications for this democracy that the
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republicans or the democrats talk about day in and day out that they want to protect. so, whether you like trump or not, this matters and this matters for every american. >> todd: 2024 g.o.p. candidates weighing in on this vivek ramaswamy says, quote: as someone who is running for president against trump i would volunteer to write the am my can you say briefer to the court myself. prosecutors should not be deciding u.s. presidential elections. asa hutchison over a year ago i said that donald trump's actions disqualified him from ever serving as president again. those words are even more true today. asa hutchison view not polling very well but the vivek ramaswamy view polling better. big picture on substance, can republicans ever question an election ever again without being indicted, having their lawyers indicted, having their conversations with their lawyers put out for the whole world to see? >> see, this is part of the problem here. it is completely valid for americans, republican or democrat, to talk about election
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integrity and voter fraud. now, whether it's enough to overturn an election, that's where there's a lot of discussion and debate. but to have the discussion and debate should be free and open to all americans, including a former president. so, this is chilling, the fact that now there are going to be some americans, whether political or not that will be afraid to talk about real issues of election integrity and voter fraud which should be open for debate. just as discussions on covid and vaccines they don't want us to discuss. this has big implications for the first amendment as well as the future of our country and democracy. it's important we set a precedent here that this cannot happen. >> want to squeeze this in here. here is hillary clinton's reaction to this georgia indictment. >> this is a terrible moment for our country to have a former president accused of these terribly important crimes. the only satisfaction may be
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that the system is working, that all of the efforts by donald trump, his allies and his enablers to try silence the truth, to try to undermine democracy have been brought into the light. >> carley: tomi? >> really nice to hear a brazen criminal like hillary clinton talk about fairness and the judicial system working. it's nice when you have it on your side isn't it, hillary clinton. donald trump famously said if it was working you would be in jail. >> carley: tomi, got to leave it there "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> steve: good tuesday morning to you. we begin with a fox news alert. a georgia grand jury has charged former president donald trump and 18 others including rudy giuliani and kanye west public cyst over alleged cyst-to-overturn the 2020 election over georgia. >> brian: trump's fourth indictment in five months as he s
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