>> ask them, they are going to tell you. what is it it's a slogan? ?we don't chase wins we chase excellence. >> brian: and they achieved it. >> absolutely they achieved. this they weren't taught for this. they deserve everything they got. >> brian: going to the mets. >> next saturday at city. >> brian: can you get there early? they are struggling this year. they need to win again. first champions from long island. >> ainsley: came back from hind. didn't the boys win last year. >> brian: they got there but they didn't win it all. the girls did. ladies, congratulations. >> ainsley: if you are planning on moving outdoors go to massapequa if you want your kids to play baseball or sorvel. >> brian: congratulations. >> ainsley: so proud of you all. >> brian: second hour of "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ ♪

>> steve: good morning, everybody. hour two of "fox & friends," 7:00 in the east on this thursday, august 17th, 2023. we start this hour with some brand new fox news polling that has just come out in the last 12 hours. most voters believe former president donald trump and hunter biden both did something illegal. and president biden himself isn't too far behind in bad polling despite repeatedlily saying he was never involved in his son's overseas business dealings as we have heard him say over and over to white house reporters like mark meredith who joirns us now from the white house, good morning, mark. >> steve, good morning to you. former president trump has spoken out about the multiple cases against him. he has criticized the judges, the prosecutors, each the pundits involved. now we know where he stands in the court of public opinion. the latest fox news polling released overnight asked voters what they think about the criminal case here in d.c. where trump was accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election. 53% of the people saying they

believe he did something illegal. 20% saying something wrong, not illegal. and 24% saying nothing seriously wrong. fox also asked voters what they think about the criminal case against first son hunter biden. 50% of registered voters say hunter did do something illegal. those numbers are up quite a bit from earlier this year when many of the details of the case remained undisclosed. it was still under investigation. voters also concerned about hunter's business deals impacting the president directly with 38% of voters believing the president did something illegal. the white house though has repeatedly said that the president did nothing improper. on wednesday, president biden kept his focus on the economy, marking the one year anniversary of the signing of the inflation reduction acts. he is fully embracing that relatively new name though for his economic policies. >> the financial times and the "wall street journal" initially called my plan bidenomics. i'm not sure they made it complimentary way at the time. [laughter]

but, guess what. [whispering] it's working. >> voters still have concerns about the economy from inflation to rising mortgage rate and stability of regional banks. former president trump still planning to campaign heavily going forward and poking fun at president biden's economic nickname. >> one of the most important issues in this campaign will be who can rescue our country from the burning wreckage of bidenomics which shall hence forth be defined as inflation, it submission and failure. >> safe bet that many of the republican candidates at next week's first presidential primary debate are going to talk a former president trump will show up in milwaukee or not. guys, back to you. mark 50% of the people who took part in fox news poll said they felt like hunter biden had done something illegally. and you asked the white house a week or so ago about whether or not the president would pardon

his son and they made it pretty clear they don't have to. >> steve, you are right. that was as we were waiting the details what was to come next. before the special counsel was announced last week. still going to be a lot of questions about what the criminal case against the first son is going to look like going forward. his legal team has made it clear even in the last few days they believe it's still possible that there won't be a trial even though there was just that filing that indicates a trial is going to happen because both sides were at impasse on sentencing. steve, ainsley and brian. the polling here will be very interesting to see whether or not it reflects anything with presidential primary. still rumblings we may see somebody else to jump into the race to challenge president biden. as to who that is going to be still a guessing game. >> steve: like magic 8 ball says ask again later. >> brian: mark, the weird thing is the president's son had a plea deal and admitted guilt. how can he keep saying my son did nothing wrong? >> well, and originally the plan

was for him to enter the guilty plea then did he enter a not guilty plea. on the record in the paperwork it is a not guilty plea at this point. and hunter's legal team has made it clear they felt this was going to be a raw deal or different deal than originally discussed. when it comes to the special counsel, brian, and you know, this after all we have seen this the last few years. we don't know how long this is going to drag on for. will this last all throughout 2024? will this be the october surprise that happens next year? anybody's guessing game. it's going to have an impact on pretty much every discussion going forward. as the polls show people are paying attention. >> ainsley: thank you so much, mark. mark mentioned milwaukee for the debate. that's whereby the debate is going to be. that's also where president biden was earlier in the week. he was touting bidenomics and how proud he is of it. but, if you look at some of the facts, and some of the headlines, it says the opposite. like fox business, the headline was inflation forcing americans to spend $709 more per month than two years ago. bank rate, mortgage rates hit

two decade high, abc says u.s. gas prices climbed to the highest level in nearly 10 months and in essence says credit card debt soars to $1 trillion for the first time in history. >> steve: think about where we were a year ago the ebbflation rate 9.1%. how is he ever going to get this down through all of these interest rate hikes through the federal reserve they have been able to bring it down. right now the inflation rate is 3.2%. unemployment is 3.5. that's pretty good. the administration has some pretty good numbersment but the problem is prices are high and people just don't feel like it's good. like the headline i just touched on, ainsley, where the average american family is paying more than $700 more per month than they did just two years ago, before joe biden. and so, you know, you add that

up, that's close to $10,000 per family more than we're paying. >> ainsley: we're paying $30 more per gal of gas last month. $1,083 more on mortgage payments. and gas prices in milwaukee where he was talking are up 40 cents a gallon. >> brian: core inflation has not moved down where inflation did drop in july. the big picture is the inflation is growing just not at the rate it was. so that 9% is still there. but it only grew by 3% on top of that. and when the president talks about the inflation reduction act, which he said was a lark and a reuse. no kidding. when he looked like this the public works spending is 13.6%. electric power projects he put 36% much the trillions on that. conservation and development 30%. look at what he has done with the infrastructure bill 550 billion over five years. this is just simply a subsidy act to push forward his agenda.

so we will see how we deal with instead of having a deficit annually at about 550 billion, it is now over a trillion and the president needs emergency spending wills to get through. this is the problem. if you want to spend endlessly and if the dollar doesn't matter, you could get your agenda through, especially if you mislabel it as inflation reduction act. >> steve: remember, it passed when inflation was 9%. everybody is like we have got do something. really and we said this before. it really is the get joe biden reelected bill. and that passed just a year ago. yesterday was the anniversary nonetheless when you look at it peel away the name it's a spending bill. when you are running for re-election you want to go to all the different parts of the country and say look how much we are spending on this. we are helping you by doing all of this. that is what he is doing. going to do it again today. >> brian: i think the way the republicans feel about it. thank you. because i will more than happy

to be running against bidenomics. with the republicans have not come up with a plan is, is dealing with abortion. and what they want to message and the pro-life message. whatever you think that is. that's why it wasn't a landslide and that issue not gone away. let's see what the republican candidates are going to do not against each other but when they're in the purple states. >> especially if they're governors and have strict policies on this. >> brian: like governor desantis. >> ainsley: six week bill. he voted on the six week bill and a lot of people upset by that some loved it. people pro-life obviously love it. but those are who were upset about it said that's not even enough time. usually you don't hear. >> steve: you don't know about it. >> ainsley: until 8 weeks. >> steve: coming up at the fox debate a week from today, you know that bret and martha are going to ask each of the candidates. >> ainsley: where it stands. >> steve: on abortion. it will be the perfect opportunity with tens of millions of people watching. and all to explain their

abortion. >> ainsley: the ones that have experience in government at a higher level can say that goes back to the states. if you were a governor, you have to answer to the policies you have enacted. >> brian: there is also simmering underneath will youngkin and kemp get in. a sense by the time the business debate comes up in september, the class of 2024 might get bigger on the republican side. >> steve: we bet a dollar somebody else would jump in after the first debate. so, let's see. all right. meanwhile, speaking of money, kids in the state of illinois can now sue their influencer parents if they are not given a share of profits made off of social media posts. parents take pictures of the kids. put it on sena snapchat and stuf like that they monetize. >> brian: fantastic. >> ainsley: parental rights. >> brian: going to be tension at thanksgiving. >> ainsley: 30-year-old going to be so mad at the parents. >> brian: mom, i'm cute i'm worth about $1,000.

need to see my percentage. >> todd: here's my bill, mom. a lot to break down here. a good morning to all three of you. illinois law requires kid influencers that word combined together. to be compensate said if they appear in 30 of online content created by their parents over a 30-day period. aimed at stopping exploitation of children. opens the door for those kids to sue their parents. this sass missouri parents can now be jailed if their kids aren't in school regularly. that thanks to litigation involving two mothers sentenced to jail time after their kids missed 15 days of school. that case now headed to the state supreme court handle play in kids lice. now this california governor gavin newsom claiming is he on the side of parents. watch. >> in america that supports local control and parental engagement like the state of california. no one comes close. it's written into our rules.

look at lcff local control funding formula. look at the l caprio says. what is the lcap process. >> californians are calling out newsom for changing his tune on parent's rights calling those raising concerns at school board meetings quote, extremists, just last month. >> we have the worst academic performance while we're spending more and more money. then parents find out that there is a political agenda in the classroom. they object to that. and the governor then bullies them. he calls them names, racist, homophobes, anti-lgbtq, white supremacists, extremists. every single measurement shows that parents are being marginalized in california. >> todd: guys, back to you. you are all parents. being a parent this day and age way different than when we were gross up. >> steve: sure we b put them through college and now they want money for the cute video.

>> brian: just like when the kids get the commercial. gerber's commercial you have to give them a percentage eventually. >> ainsley: put it in a college fund. >> steve: put it in a bank account. my wife did commercials when she was a little kid. >> ainsley: kind of funny because parents to pay for everything anyway. if the kids make a little bit of money, you are paying for college no matter what, usually. so, but what gets me are the kids who skip school. their parents go to jail. >> brian: by the way, everyone sued their parents once. meet you on rumble, mom. >> steve: email us. what do you think about this? email us at friends@foxnews.com. meanwhile 7:13 in the east. carley has news shocking on so many levels. >> carley: shocking steve, to say the least. the biden administration notifying the families of 9/11 victims that the mastermind behind the attack and four others could be spared the death penalty thanks go to a possible plea deal. in a letter obtained by the associated press, the administration wrote the family

saying, quote: the office of the chief prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements adding while no plea agreement, quote: has been finalized it may never be finalized. it is possible that a pta in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty. police arresting multiple people during a protest the newly open he and another protest were among those detained for civil disobedience. protesters are calling on officials to close the new tent city as it is expected to house an estimated 1,000 single adult males. many residents fear it will, quote: destroy their community. and did you hear about this? a bit of pop culture news here. britney spears husband sam files for divorce after 14 month of marriage. this according to page 6. spears' estranged husband

threatening to release, quote: extraordinarily embarrassing secrets about the pop star if she doesn't agree to renegotiate their prenup. i don't know if that's how it works. we still don't know how much he wants. but we do know the pop princess is worth a whopping $70 million. that's sad, guys. >> ainsley: didn't he say, carley i will tell all your secrets. >> carley: extraordinarily embarrassing secrets. >> ainsley: no. that's extortion. >> carley: that's wha what todds at aing this morning too and he is a lawyer. >> brian: we know a lot between documentary and instagram posts. >> ainsley: been married for 14 months and he thinks he deserved her $80 million that she worked her entire life for. >> carley: with the details we know now i side with britney spears. >> brian: would you continue to follow this story? >> carley: without question, brian, i'm always on it as you know. >> ainsley: she had a miscarriage with him, right? and they were trying again to get pregnant? was he the one she had the miscarriage with? >> brian: we're not sure. we don't know but she is back on

the market it looks like so let's see how that goes. michael lewis is the author of blind side. he started all this. i'm talking about the michael oher story and how the tuohys were able to find out about him, to a degree adopted him and brought him into their home. he spends considerable amount of time in the nfl with the panthers and ravens. had a pretty good career. won a super bowl. now the bitterness is happening in the middle of michael oher's book tour. now the story is he's upset that he -- he just found out that he was not adopt the did was a conservatorship. in 2011 in a book he rote he knew he was in a conservative shup in 2011. michael lewis knew the story from high school and said that it's a shame because michael oher was taken in by them. showed nothing but kindness for them and they got $350,000. and, if you don't like that, go march with the writers, that's what hollywood does. >> ainsley: who has 350,000?

>> brian: the family only got 350,000 for the movie. >> steve: from michael lewis. michael lewis wrote the book. it was based on the story and, remember, the story and for you folks who are just tuning in, let us show you a little bit of the movie blind side. it's all about this young man who has come from a challenging family circumstance. they are agreeing to bring him into their home so he can go college and ultimately to the nfl. here's a clip from blind side, first. >> he is your quarterback. you protect his blind side. when you look at him. you think of me, how you have my back. how you have his, okay? all right. umpa plawmp here is your tailback. you think how you would never let anything or anyone hurt him. do you understand me? all right. go back. got it? >> what about collins planned tuohy? >> fine they can be on the team, too. are you going to protect the

family, michael? >> yes, ma'am. >> brian: he doesn't like the way he was portrayed there. made him come off as if he was uneducated. already an all-american by the time that he went into the do youy's household. >> steve: the news is, on monday, he sued the family and he said you guys tricked me. i thought i was adopted. it was conservatorship. brian, you kind of touched on this, he, michael oher, wrote a book in 2011 called "i beat the odds." and in it he mentioned that the tuohys were conservators for him three times. so for him to now say hey, i just found out about it in february. that flies in the face of what he wrote in his book. >> ainsley: first of all, i think if a child wants to be adopted by a family they should be able to no matter how old they are if they are 20 or 25 and a family has raised them and they want to be adopted and take their name that should be allowed. it shouldn't be a conservatorship. i don't know the laws there. >> steve: in the story we told on tuesday is apparently the

lawyer said he is over 18. >> ainsley: is he over 18. you can't adopt somebody over 18. he could be a conservatorship which ties in with the britney spears thing that we heard about. >> ainsley: yes. you are right. michael, the guy played michael in the movie quinton aaron is the actor. he defended sandra bullock. now everyone is saying she should give back her oscar. and some people, i should say on social media are saying she should give back her oscar. she did a wonderful job in that movie. a beautiful performance. and. >> steve: it was great. >> ainsley: she won oscar for it. it has nothing to do if the story was right or wrong or she just did a great job. she deserves an oscar. >> brian: you are an idiot if you think sandra bullock should give up the oscar total moron. >> ainsley: that's how you feel, brian. >> brian: i watched the whole thing up close he is friends with the tuohys. they showered him with resources and love. suspicious them is breathtaking. the state of mind one has has to be -- has to be in to do that, i feel sad for michael oher.

>> steve: okay. so here's the actor who played michael oher in the moe defending sandra bullock don't take away her oscar. >> i wish they would just leave her alone and the last thing she needs is for internet trolls coming at her talking about take her oscar go. sit down. stay home. sit down. get a job. do you know what i mean? just like, stop. leave her alone, do you know what i mean? i'm a teddy bear. i like to think of myself as a teddy bear but if you mess the people i love i will become a grizzly bear. just saying. >> ainsley: just like that clip we showed. protecting his family. >> steve: absolutely right. let's see what happens. it seems like everyday now. by the way, we should point out now the family, through a lawyer, put out a statement they want to end the conservatorship and apparently the family has been estranged from michael oher for over a decade. >> ainsley: oh, really. >> steve: yeah. all right. more on this later. 7:20 now here in the east. and coming up, a young girl was

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>> ainsley: attention to all the elephants in the room. we are less than a week away from the republicans taking the stage for our first g.o.p. debate. >> brian: i like the way you said that. who is rising and who is falling and what do the power rankings mean and who is in front and who to keep an eye on. we know who is in front. so far donald trump with the bulk of the money. the bulk of the experience. and he has got the lead. in south carolina, new

hampshire, and iowa. the question is how strong is that lead with the other things that he has going on in his life, his legal life? >> ainsley: he leads 30 to 40 points in most of the national polls. look at his fundraising, brian, 54 million fundraiser first half of the year. and then higher than any other campaign, so, he has got a lot of money to spend on the ads and to be able to travel around state to state. >> brian: a lot goes to his legal fees and i think his supporters understand that next look who is on the rise. first off. we have ron desantis, he has been a solid number two. and he was a lot closer to trump before the legal cases started and the indictments started cascading down. he had to revamp, fire some people, reconfigure his staff a little. he thinks he? a good place right now. is he number two. >> ainsley: yeah. and then number three, according to the power ranchings, keep in mind the power rankings, the model is comprised three factors, polling averages, considers the election fundamentals like results of primaries and previous cycles

and number three the candidate's strength. that's why you see tim scott at number three and some of the fox news polls vivek ramaswamy in this position. but because these are power rankings tim scott. double dignity support in more than one state and grass root support. he is getting a lot of the small donors. where you have got desantis getting the multi million dollars donors, 53,000 plus in just unique donors. >> brian: in many cases you have a national poll and polling with a thousand people and then you have got the candidates away from the cameras walking from county to county, meeting people in diners and restaurants. so far ron desantis feels as though he is very strong tim scott. 40 of the 99 counties in iowa. is he making a big deal of iowa. the rest of the field looks like this. and they have got some people on the debate stage who have a lot at stake. i'm pretty confident, ainsley, that vivek ramaswamy. >> ainsley: i'm more and more excited to hear what he has to say in the debate. he is the only one who has not been on a debate stage in a presidential elections yet or a primary. he says that he is not overpreparing.

he says he is going into this knowing that this is just the beginning for him. so he says. it will be something of a warm-up for me. >> brian: everybody knows nikki haley. she has the domestic thing down as governor. >> ainsley: she is doing better than tim scott in south carolina right now. the governor. >> brian: get there and go and give a real run at donald trump there. that could give her the momentum to live to nevada and super tuesday. mike pence 80% of what he does is pro-trump. 20% that's anti-trump, i'm not sure that's going to work for him. how far does he bring that out and not get booed in milwaukee on wednesday? >> ainsley: and in the fox news poll, is he actually up. he went up 1 point. so did nikki haley. chris christie went up 2 points in the fox news poll. >> brian: doing well in new hampshire. >> ainsley: still in single digits. steve. >> brian: governor burgum bought his way on stage. he has a great resume. this is his chance to introduce himself. >> ainsley: people don't flow much about him. >> brian: governor of north dakota. self-made millionaire dare i say billionaire.

chris christie showed nuances instead of saying everything is anti-trump he said don't like the governor -- i don't like the fulton county indictment. and a lot of this stuff has been done already. this is about her ego. those are the type of things i think could put chris christie up there where i'm not just running toen anti-trump. >> ainsley: doing well in new hampshire. got desantis focusing on iowa who says he is going to go all 99 counties. >> brian: meanwhile, ainsley, i think that is a brief look the what we can be looking for over the next four or five days. >> going to change a lot over the course of the next year. fascinating and fun to talk about. something that we are gearing up for the debate is next week. okay. coming up, surrounded by desks, there is a miracle in maui. 60 wildfire survivors are rescued from a single house. we have a live report. >> brian: plus, this wild video happening on long island, new york. you got a suspect. waiving a loaded gun. [gasp] >> brian: this police officer says i think i'm going to swipe him.

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♪ >> brian: we are back with a fox weather wildfire alert. the number of dead in hawaii in maui ohio 111. more than 1,000 people are still missing at this hour. meanwhile, the president says he'll take a break from his upcoming vacation to go visit the devastated island. robert ray is live on the ground in maui with the latest. >> middle of the night in hawaii. a bit over a week since the deadly wildfires. 111 people have lost their lives. take a look at some of this video of lahaina on the west side of maui, just block after block. unfortunately, completely destroyed, 90% of the structure is gone. according to officials. you see some of this video too of cadaver dogs. over 40 of them on the ground as they are still searching for the remains of souls that have lost their lives over a week ago

historic deadly fires. president biden will visit this area on monday. here is what the house said to the public about that visit. >> today we announce that the president and the first lady will be traveling to hawaii on monday to meet with first responders, survivors, as well as federal, state, and local officials. i know when the president travels, is he going to be able to bring hope and he is going to speak with the governor and the state's first lady and talk to survivors and hear their stories and it's that level of hope that i think is really going to be a positive impact for this community. >> i can tell you right now they need a lot more than hope here. they need answers as to how these fires began. hawaii electric really needs to explain. they are taking a lot of questions right now. there is the idea that, perhaps, these electric poles fell down and fueled by the winds, and that just added the issue here on the ground. certainly. as the search continues for

human remains, what they need here is answers. and they need to find loved ones as we heard, 60 people that were missing were found in a structure just yesterday. there are still hundreds more missing and this is a very pride -- very proud island here of maui and they are looking forward to moving on but you have got to find the human remains before they can do that and have answers to why this began and why sirens didn't go off. those are the questions locals are asking on the ground. steve? >> steve: robert reporting 1:36 in the morning in maui. thanks a lot. new york city police officers being praised forever taking down a suspect waving a loaded pistol in the middle of a busy intersection. we warn you, this video graphic. watch -- hard to watch. >> ?

>> squealing tires] tires. [. >> drop the gun. drop the gun. >> yo. that's crazy. >> well, the suspect is in jail this morning and it's not the first time they were arrested twice in new york city back in june. but released shortly after. meanwhile in connecticut a terrifying moment as this career felon attacked a cop with a hammer once again we warn you, graphic video. >> stop! stop! stop! stop! [screaming? >> [. >> okay. >> steve: my goodness. we have the host of "crimecam 24/7" on fox nation and retired tulsa oklahoma police lieutenant sticks larkin, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so that first bit of video we showed is hard to watch.

apparently this person identifies as a male, according to the police, despite the suspect's appearance. and when you look at the waving the gun around, what do you make of the police officer clipping this person to neutralize them? >> listen, you have got a person who is obviously a threat to the public. you know, they have been waving a gun around, they have been pointing it motorists. firing rounds in the air. and an open air suspect is one of the most difficult things for us to contain. so you have to be ingenious and deadly force is deadly force whether we are using a rifle, a pistol or a 5,000-pound ford explorer to try to bring this thing to an end. you know, it's quick-thinking on the officer there to use vehicle to take this suspect down the way they did. >> steve: what do you make of the story we showed you where the police officer shots up in connecticut and the guy has got a hammer and she very calmly says, sir, put down the hammer, put down the hammer. and he never did. and instead, she calls for

backup, next thing you know that motivates him to start whacking her. she discharges her service revolver. i'm sure there's an investigation into that. but she did everything she could to de-escalate until the guy came at her. >> exactly. well listen, much like we talked about the individual here in new york city. this person has a rap sheet as well that is currently on probation, i believe, for robbery. has been arrested for previously attacking law enforcement. for previously attacking medical care professionals. and so just as you mentioned, shows up on the scene. has distance between herself and him and he advances toward her. one of the things going back to the police academy in 1997, i remember, we talk about what is called the 21-foot rule. somebody can close a distance within 21 feet and produce a weapon on an officer oftentimes before they can react to what's happening and pull their gun out to defend themselves. so, you know, the officer here

is very lucky. i think she was struck five times and treated for injuries. but she acted appropriately to the suspect's actions, once again. >> steve: absolutely. that kind of video is what you feature in your television show over on fox nation. it's called "crimecam 24/7". there are new episodes released every friday at 6:00 p.m. sean sticks larkin, sir. thank you very much for joining us live from oklahoma. >> always a pleasure, guys. >> steve: indeed. all right. be well. all right. coming up on this thursday, a ban on biological men in female sports will take effect in the state of north carolina. our next guest is a former high school volleyball player who suffered a concussion after a trans athlete spiked the ball in her face. her face. that's next on "fox & friends.". no one should suffer like that. i started cosentyx®. five years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx.

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suffered a concussion and neck injury when a transgender player spiked the ball during a game last fall. peyton mcnabb joins us now to tell us about it. good morning, peyton. >> hi, thank you so much for having me. >> ainsley: thanks for coming on. we have heard your story at least for the last year and we are so happy to have you on. tell us your story. what happened? >> about a year ago. i was severely injured by a volleyball game by opposing male on the opposing team. i suffered from long lasting effects including impaired vision, partial paralysis on right sight. memory loss and much more i'm slowly recovering but still in

the recovery process. >> ainsley: you were unable to play your final season, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> ainsley: all right. so how do you feel about what happened in the legislature in your you state in the state of north carolina? >> i am incredibly happy and filled with joy. i'm so thankful for the representatives and everyone that stood up for what's right and helped to get this over ribbon. rib overridden. great day tore north carolina and so thankful to be a small part of it. >> ainsley: you were telling our producers earlier this means a lot because of your little sister and cousin and teammates continuing to play. how did this effect you? were you planning on continuing to play the rest of the year? were you planning on using this as possibly a scholarship for a college? >> yeah. definitely. i definitely wanted to play my last year and there were students for scholarships to continue to play in college

which is what i would have liked to do. but due to the i was no longer able to get those opportunities. >> ainsley: whwhat's the reactin of your friends and your community and your parents? >> it's completely overwhelming in support. everyone thinks the same way i do. and especially the girls that i play with. i can speak for almost every single one of them that they did not want to go through that. and they are very thankful for what happened yesterday. >> we have interviewed some other individual athletes who have spoken out about it too they say this is about fairness. this is about just fairness. because they are causing injuries. like we have told your story so many times. what is the issue for you?

the safety firsthand but also the mental toll this puts on you. i have seen fear in my teammates' eyes before playing against this individual and that's something that's not fair and it's not just. and i'm very thankful that they are slowly becoming a stop to this issue. >> ainsley: okay. did you go to college, peyton? >> yes. >> looks like you are in a dorm room right now. i saw a bunk bed behind you are you able to play volleyball there. >> no. i'm just here for school. >> ainsley: how is it going so far? >> it's going good. i just moved. in so i'm getting the feel. >> ainsley: okay. all right. hard to tell your momma and daddy goodbye i'm sure. they are missing you. i know you are excited. thank you so much, payton. >> thank you for having me. >> ainsley: tropical storm hillary moving toward california. could be the first to make landfall since 1939. janice dean joins us with our

fox weather forecast. janice? >> janice: big story. almost a hurricane. you can see some of the thunderstorms now coming on the northwestern side of the storm. so i believe this will be a hurricane of the next advisory becoming a major hurricane in a very short period of time. so rapid intensification saturday to sunday and monday that's when we think we are going to have the impacts for southern california. 10 named tropical systems have came close to this. only two making landfall as tropical systems. and 8 of them as remnants or stayed offshore or made landfall in mexico. bottom line is a pretty rare event. especially to get an impact of a tropical landfall for southern california. here tropical storm models. and this is the center of circulation. there is a chance that this kind of hugs the offshore. and that means more population for southern california. and this is a very large system. it will be a huge deal for southern california because we are talking about 3 to 5 maybe isolated amounts of 8 to

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>> ainsley: entrepreneur chris can nic, the founder of smart cups just won $250,000 of gordon ramsey's personal money in a show called food stars and it's on fox. >> steve: that's right he won last night and he joins us on this wednesday morning. chris, good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me you won a quarter of a million dollars investment from gordon ramsey for your honor product. smart cups. i never heard about them until yesterday. these are cups that you have it's an empty cup and you printed the ingredients on the inside. >> ainsley: just flavors. >> steve: just add water. explain how it works. >> so smart cups deck nothing is a patented printed greenwood technology that enables

liquidless transportation of consumer products. we are able to print any ingredient. the technology was developed originally to be a delivery system for issue patients who suffered from disfacial i can't. i disorder to for proof of concept. gordon's investment i'm hoping to expand on all the applications we recently just surprised enterprise white label deal with a global put product company pet supplements in recyclable doggy and cat bowls. >> steve: it's brilliant. i just tasted it. >> ainsley: mine is a different favorite fruit punch. >> steve: mine is raspberry lemonade. the whole thing you came up with you figured a way it print stuff on anything. you could print on a candy bar. on a tortilla chip, on aluminum, anything, right? >> correct. it's kind of willy wonka's wallpaper.

we can make the nose berries taste like snozberrys in the cups. >> ainsley: if i make coffee there is a chance because our roads are so bumpy in new york city the coffee is going to end up on my lap. i would love to have these cups with coffee and get to work and poor the water in it we received a lot of feedback since we launched in 2018. we are going to address those comments in the future with our future application. so, for hot coffee, we will supply coffee lids with the product. add hot water. have your instant coffee and add your coffee lid to it. >> steve: chris, it is brilliant congratulations on your big show last night. >> ainsley: look forward to what you do next. >> thank you appreciate it. >> steve: 5 calories? >> ainsley: cheers.

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>> steve: 8:00 in new york city on this thursday, august 17th, 2023. we start this hour with all sorts of polls. the race for the white house starts now. brand new fox news polls came out last night revealing former president donald trump is dominating among republican presidential candidate, ahead of everybody else. >> ainsley: vivek ramaswamy and senator tim scott arin