situation. >> brian: thank you very much. that's it for me. if you have not seen it, see me in the morning fox and friends. or pick up my new book in november >> president biden starting september with bigger spotlight on the migrant emergency he is presiding over and criticism coming from blue states and cities left out to dry by white house that is not answering calls for help. you are uch waing "fox and friends," i'm griff jenkins in for todd piro. hi, ashley. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. biden skipped a meeting with governor kathy hochul, who was at the white house and the

administration is struggling to explain why. >> the president has a lot on his plate. this is important, when you have the chief of staff and secretary of homeland security there meeting with the governor, that shows how important the president thought this meeting was. >> ashley: alexandria has more. >> alexandria: for the first time since president biden took office, family groups outnumbered single adults. last month 177,000 apprehensions, new one-month record for the administration and new york is among the state where emergency declarations have been put in place because new york city struggled to keep up with accommodations for

newcomers. alexandria ocasio-cortez points blame federally saying it is the administration's weakest issue, youn areaor policy dictated politics more than any other. southern border states have known. new york city mayor eric adams is demanding biden administration fast track work permits for migrants. >> we need the national government to stand up, this is not a new york city issue, this is a national issue. it must be resolved. we must expedite visas, it is common sense. >> alexandria: white house approach has been muted for quite sometime. republicans and democrats, too, criticism sounds like this. >> the president has done what he can from here, from the federal government and white

house to put forth and manage the border in a safe and humane way to respect dignity of every human. the president has done more to secure the border than anybody else, he really has. >> alexandria: chicago mayor is pushing for the administration to fast track work permits until federal support and immigration policy changes. guys. >> griff: alexandria hoff live in washington. thanks. i have to weigh in, as someone who spent a lot of time covering the border. you also have massachusetts calling in national guard to deal with it and the aoc quote and criticism is not insignificant. she goes on to say if we only think the immigration crisis as border issue and only understand border is southern border and

not jfk, that constitutes lack of administration. she is calling it a crisis, it has simply never been this unsecure at the border. we just had 7000 plus on tuesday, bill melugin tweeting that out. you saw yesterday in virgin island, border agents apprehended 26 migrants in the dr, coming from all over the globe. why? in unprecedented numbers. why? there is push and pull factor to migration. push is no jobs and poverty in the home country. they are caught, released and can get what they want and they are succeeding in record numbers because we are catching and releasing everybody to include

criminals we are apprehending. just yesterday the chief putting out three child sex offenders. it is a daily occurrence. they are pushing for a work permit, number one magnet pulling the 177,000 plus in the numbers put out, it is unsustainable, absolute disaster and the fact the president wouldn't meet with governor kathy hochul tells you about the priorities of the white house. >> ashley: you have been to the border and know what is going on there. i know what is going on in new york city. it is a mess. i don't live in the city, nor would i want to right now, when i drive home everyday, there is a line. you can't count the people there are so many, migrants who came here at american red cross looking for help.

it is sad to see that not only the biden administration let a man in and tossed him to the side. same time, mayor eric adams, this is sanctuary city, he should have been prepare for this. there is no cap on how many can get in. it is falling on new york city taxpayer in the city and state who come to work in the city. there is a state rep in albany trying to push legislation forward to get it revoked that this is a sanctuary city, it is putting strain on everybody. in the sound bite, before we move on to the next thing, adams saying this is not a new york city problem, this is a federal problem. this is a new york city problem, because biden administration is not stepping up to help right now. i have not seen it, i don't know if we're going to see it. it will be amazing if we see help from the biden administration on this know wo. you make good points and like i

said, this is affecting the american taxpayer now. these people came here because they want a better life, welcome to america, is all i got to say about that. not just border where biden is falling short, president defending response after the wildfire response in maui and his response to hurricane idalia. is he doing a good job? that is next. >> griff: and returning to the stage, that is coming up.

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every red span there across the florida coast, wrapping to the east coast and up and down the coast issue moderate rip current risk, that is dangerous for the beaches this weekend. pay attention to that. leave you with the forecast along the florida coast, big bend on the soggy side today. folks cleaning up, it is hot and soggy and they have lost winds, something to pay attention to. >> ashley: thank you. president biden is heading to his delaware beach house before visiting florida tomorrow to survey the damage from hurricane idalia. the president visited fema headquarters yesterday shutting down climate change skeptics. >> president biden: there are still deniers out there in terms of if climate change had anything to do with this. we need a hell of a lot more money to deal with emergency appropriations and all you are

taking care of. >> ashley: biden claims politics have not played part in the discussions. the president is set to return to his beach home for the rest of the holiday weekend. >> griff: the president has been forced to defend disaster response after the hurricane and the maui wildfires. here is what he's saying. >> president biden: how can we not respond to the needs? i'm confident there is talk friends up on the hill about the cost, we have to do it. this is united states of america. >> griff: remember when the president said he would visit east palestine after the environmental disaster? that was 183 days ago.

he has not visited there. rick, thank you for getting up early on this friday, we want to check in with folks like yourself on the ground and the situation there. if you can give president biden a grade on his response to natural disasters like in east palestine, what grade would you give him? >> good question, hard to give somebody a grade for a job he didn't start. he hasn't been here, hard to give him a grade. >> griff: look at his response to east palestine and with the wildfires and now hurricane idalia, how do you assess his leadership on this? >> either he's being lied to about our town or doesn't know what is going on. our waterways are contaminated. i don't have hope, we are

forgotten. there are chemicals through our creek beds, banks and the soil. you walk into the creek or poke into the bank and chemicals ooze out. there was a recent fkill two weekings ago, when they knocked a bridge down, chemicals released. we have that on film and all the fish died as a result of knocking that bridge down. >> griff: just two days ago, a fishkill, what is contamination status? explain for us what the situation is right now? >> that was two weeks ago. i've been filming the creeks. not much has changed here. everything is highly contaminated here, i don't know what is going on.

in terms of the response. >> griff: in terms of response, are you seeing federal shall ifs there working on thingings? are they engaged in contamination you are seeing? >> very quickly, one example, they knocked the bridge down to replace the bridge, i knew it was going to release chemicals, i was under the bridge the day before and chemicals were oozing out. it was such a massive release of chemicals, i filmed it, epa, denied it in the paper. i held the paper walking through the creek as chemicals and dead fish are at my feet. i am not sure if the government agencies are lying to us and probably the president, but there has been no federal help from the president on clean-up or assistant to residents who

may want to leave this place. >> griff: there is a hearing in 21 days in east palestine, what do you want the people at the hearing to know? >> i don't know anything about this hearing, i'd love to be there and show them my video and take whoever is doing this hearing down to the creek and show them. i want people to know across the world that maybe because we're such a small town, we're easy not to have the lime light and we're -- we don't get a lot of voice on media and thank you, fox, for having us. it is bad here and they are getting away with it. >> griff: rick, we are giving you voice. >> there is a facebook group if you want to see the news here. >> griff: rick tsai, thank you for speaking out, we will get

you the information on the hearing we understand set for september 22nd. off-duty police officer shot in the middle of the street after road rage incidents, we'll show you the shocking video. >> ashley: and 61% of american families are paying more and living paycheck to paycheck, but you wouldn't know that if you talk to the white house. >> inflation is easing, monthly inflation and labor market remain strong. >> ashley: mom of four is here to give the biden administration a dose of reality, next. we know you care. [music plays] but if this is all too real for you and your loved ones. ♪ make the call. because we care too. ♪

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>> ashley: 61% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck and federal reserve says inflation is on the rise. the white house thinks americans are earning more thanks to their policies.

>> you saw from the pce report, further evidence that inflation is easing, the same rate as last month. we want households to have breathing room and wages to keep going up. >> ashley: a mom of four joins me now. you heard karine jean-pierre at the white house a few moments ago, you have an open mic to the white house right now, how would you say the economy is doing? >> well, not too good, not for us over here. i mean, everything has gone up, our electric bill projected for next month is around $500. medical cost gone up, insurance premiums going up. if you come to an issue and you don't have money in your

reserve, you go get a loan. you need to repair your ac or do vehicle repairs. we are in a situation where our truck broke, if you think about it, insurance rates are so high, monthly notes are impossible and this is something typical for a lot ofern ms right now, having to worry about these things. >> ashley: you have a tire blow out and wonder where to get this money because there is nothing left over. new poll shows 50% of voters think the economy is worse under biden. when you talk about how hard it is to make ends meet, are you having a hard time paying for foods and bills or are you saying there is nothing left over? >> there is nothing left over at the end. we're able to make everything work. we are blessed. my husband works very hard.

if it means he puts in extra hours, he will. that is what ia lot of americans are doing. he can only do so much and he's spread thin. it is hard. >> ashley: he's spread thin and taking away from his family to make sure there is food on the table and gas in the car. here is a video of alexandria ocasio-cortez sharing this about inflation. see if you agree with it. watch. >> propaganda around inflation is so powerful we forget that corporations set prices for products. that is not some invisible monster, it is greedy shareholders. >> ashley: what is your reaction to that? >> how does she think it is propaganda? has she checked her electric

bill or looked at cost of groceries? if you get on her app, take a look and see the difference. i wonder what her budget is. it is not a worry inner had household. i'm wondering how people are so oblivious. >> ashley: oblivious to struggles a ton of americans are facing. i'd like to talk to the other 50% who don't think the economy is that bad right now. we appreciate your time. florida partners removing dozens of books deemed inappropriate from their -- resulting in his removal from the meeting. >> i will stop you -- >> my problem in the end, i

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entered the abortion clinic and used their body to block the doors. this is the face acts, it was signed into law by president clinton in 1994. the five individual s are being held in custody and could see decade of jail time and fines up to $350,000. including lauren handy, the lead defendant in the case. according to the group, instead of investigating deaths of fetuses, authorities went after handy. head of one pro-life organization is calling the trial a sham saying the

activists were targeted for their beliefs. >> this is a pro-abortion judge with an agenda who does not seem knowledgeable about federal law protecting children who are born alive after failed abortion attempts. >> they plan to appeal, adding this is out rage and one thing defendants agreed upon was to remain nonviolent. fbi director christopher wray testified 70% of abortion related attacks have been directed at pro-life pregnancy centers. ashley. >> ashley: as soon to be new mom, these stories, it is heartbreaking to see and hear this is happening. i almost cried during lauren's story there.

i don't know your thoughts. >> griff: yeah, listen, this resonates with pro-life americans across the country heading into an election cycle thchl is a very hot-button issue and the fact people would be targeted for their beliefs on this issue, it will be put further in the spotlight. >> ashley: and people have strong beliefs on both sides. to fox business alert. jobs report set to be released this morning. the number could be lowest gain since september of 2020. >> griff: cheryl casone has more. is this good for bidenomics? >> cheryl: i don't think so, it is reflection of bidenomics starting to falter. we will see likely today a slow down in number of jobs added in this country. this is august jobs report.

turn it around quick. today is september 1, estimate for unemployment rate 3%. now if you look at july, we added 187,000 jobs, lowest gain since september of 2020. look at jobs since march of 2022, there has been a steady decline and to be clear, wages are a big part of that report today. we're looking at wage growth. we expect wage growth to start slowing down. that is good if you are trying to clamp down on inflation, not good if you are an american worker. >> ashley: exactly. if trump decides to debate, that will take this criticism away from vivek ramaswamy, what do you think? >> cheryl: interesting to see if

the former president does decide to show up. next debate on is fox business on 27th with stuart varney and dana perino. the former president claimed he might join debates in the future. >> do you anticipate jumping into the debates? >> i might. it is possible. i like debating. i guess i won because of the debates, they have been good to me. i might. this moment, i'm leading by so much, it seems to be foolish to do it. >> cheryl: what is interesting, presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy is now setting the record straight. he's been attacked on multiple levels by other candidates because of his surge in polls. focus on this last debate was definitely on vivek ramaswamy, he took center stage there. now vivek ramaswamy is

responding to the criticism, watch. >> another lie i've been humored by is this position i'm anti-israel. that is false and reflects desperation, they need to attack me to raise funds. fact of the matter, our relationship with israel will be stronger by end of my first term than it were has been. >> cheryl: nikki haley, of course, was critical of the comments of vivek ramaswamy ahead of that response. a lot of back and forth between especially nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. again, they can all work that out on the debate stage on september 27. >> ashley: we want to see them all debate. a lot has changed since the last debate in 2019 and 2020. we want to see them talk about

it. thank you. >> ashley: turning back to a story we told you about yesterday. navy veteran brutally mugged while walking his dog in philadelphia. >> i did a year in the war zone in iraq, two years in ukraine, and would not have expected this to happen in my own neighborhood. >> will it take a murder for this to stop? >> griff: that veteran and his partner join us speaking out next.

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>> griff: retired navy officer who spent time in ukraine and iraq left with over 100 stitches after he was mugged while walking his dog in philadelphia. scott harris is the retired am navy officer employs he and his partner join us now. thank you for getting up, scott and joe. you set out to walk your dog, what happened? >> i was just like any evening, we had been out for the evening and came home 11:30 and we quickly run the dogs out for a potty break and straight back into the house.

saturday there was a raging party going on. they happen every month or two, it is people from outside the area that throw parties and they get out of control. i thought i would run him out quick and bring him back in and i don't remember anything after leaving the house. i woke up in the emergency room. >> griff: joe, where are you during all of this and how did scott get from being beaten ruthlessly to the medical care? >> well, we have another dog, a great dane that i took the other direction. i was out back with her. couple minutes went by and he was not back. i went out and saw three young ladies bringing him into the front stoop and he was all

bloody. i called 911, i knew he had facial injuries, there was so much blood, i didn't know if he was stabbed or shot, it was a scary situation. >> griff: how significant are the injuries now? clearly you are start -- >> pretty significant. the doctor in the emergency room said he stopped counting at 100 stitches, a lot are inside my mouth. yesterday i was able to open my mouth. i've got a long way to go. the biggest injury is the neurologist said i have a brain injury, some of the memory will never come back and will take a while before i can get all my faculties back. i'm doing okay. it is nice to be home. three days in the hospital not

f. >> griff: how did this happen? you are wearing a rock t-shirt, i've been over there. you are at a heightened sense of danger and you don't think of that when you walk your dog near your home. why did that happen and what is being done about it? >> i'm scratching my head, you don't expect this to happen a block from where you live. and i know there is a couple of detectives come over twice now trying to figure out who did it. i am more interested in seeing that park across the street policed. it is supposed close at dusk, if a party is going on, it should be shut down. this is not the first time we've had a pop-up party and i empathize with the police, their hands are tied.

they are told don't escalate or intervene if there is no violence going on. they are not resourced properly and i think their hands are tied a bit. if they would stop it when they start setting up, that is the time. when there is 200 people drinking, that is not the time to send five police officers in to break it up. the leadership in philadelphia could do better job resourcing them and not restricting what they can do. they are paid to do a job, let them do it. >> they could do a better job. hope they have heard you speak out. thank you. scott, we hope your injuries will heal soon and keep us posted if anyone can held accountable. thank you. meanwhile, president biden

marking two years since the botched afghanistan withdrawal by declaring it a job well done. no mention of the 13 killed service members or why he is commemorating 9/11 in alaska. joe concha is here next. >> ashley: here is brian kilmeade on what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> brian: finish strong in your last 12 minutes. biden administration has a solution for migrant mess in new york city. ready? you have a pen. send them to new jersey and have business people pay for their acommendations. congressman van drew represent the airport that could become immigrant shelter. and general jack keane will break down the latest on the war in ukraine. moscow been hit four straight days, largest attack since they invaded ukraine. and miranda devine on who is

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corvette, ha, and my cat. >> griff: those are just some of president biden's personal stories getting fact checked by "the washington post" which points out that biden has continued a tradition of embellishing his personal tales in ways that cannot be verified or are directly refuted by contemporary accounts. >> fox news contributor and columnist for the messenger joe concha joins us now. joe, what i really wish is when kessler, the chief fact-checker for "the washington post" would just say you know what? he is just a flat here, ashley g out the obvious, right in the framing here is generous, it's missing that key word. kessler says throughout his career biden's propensity to exaggerate or embellish tales about his wife truthfulness. what word is missing here lie or liar or observation paning it

two words. >> serious liar. lifetime liar. put this into context did you know that the "the washington post" fact-checking team during the trump administration led by glen ces ler wrote an entire book published by simon and shuster called donald trump and his assault on truth. the president's falsehoods, misleading claims and flat out lies. that's the name of the book. that's my question to glenn kessler, when is the look coming on joe biden, i wonder, will you use that same language because i have a feeling the answer is never. a day late, a dime short, on this fact-check. and it's just done in a way that's generous. let's put it that way. instead of calling the president for what he is his entire life and that is a liar. >> griff: joe, let me ask you about this. biden is patting himself on the back second anniversary of the afghanistan withdrawal. no mention of 13 service commence killed and then now we're learning that he will commemorate 9/11 flying back from vietnam with a fuel stop in

alaska. what do you make of it? >> it shows what we see from this president as far as his age is concerned, right? where 77% of americans think he shouldn't run for president again. so, instead of just coming back on 9/11 or readjusting your schedule, given all the lives that were lost that day in new york and pennsylvania and washington, he will commemorate it in alaska, which had had very little to nothing to do with 9/11. and it's amazing by the way that we have a president rhetorical twerkingly by the way doing an end zone dance two years later over his handling of that chaotic fatal withdrawal out of afghanistan. he didn't even have the courage to do a speech on it, or to speak about it in any capacity. instead his handlers wrote a statement for him. >> this is the same commander-in-chief that decided it was a good idea to allow the taliban to handle security out of kabul airport as far as getting americans out. things were so desperate that afghans literally clung to the

wings of planes honing to get out only to fall to their own deaths. things went south from this perspective from a polling perspective. this is where it happened two years ago where suddenly you saw joe biden's incompetence on full display. let's put this way. robert gates the defense secretary for the obama-biden administration said literally that joe biden has been wrong about every foreign policy decision he has ever made. that's robert gates saying that. and obviously, afghanistan is now at the top of that list in terms of those 13 service members that did not need to die that day two years ago. >> joe, my biggest question with that, at bare minimum, where is the sensitivity check for biden in this? these are soldiers. how hard is it just make aware that hey, you know what? this happened. my heart goes out to them and their families. what is the issue? what is wrong with him? >> and that's the thing. in this day and age of social media.

he could at least put out a video that takes about three minutes to put together, to honor these people, to talk to the families who lost their loved ones, instead it's a statement written by somebody else. and this is who this president is, right? we saw in maui just recently where he talks about how a small kitchen fire he claims nearly killed his wife, his cat, and took his precious corvette away from him. he tells this story to people that lost everything in a place where hundreds of people are still missing, including children. and he tries to equate it with a kitchen fire he had 20 years ago. this is who this president is. he makes it about himself and lies on a continuous basis. and there isn't that sensitivity that con somer and chief jean that we are told this president has that no other president has has ever had. give me break that's where we are at this point. let's end it on a happy note have a happy labor day weekend. it's going to be beautiful in the northeast.

i hope you are not working because i'm not. >> ashley: are you working monday, griff? >> griff: i am. i'm going to be on the couch in new york on labor day, "fox & friends." so get up. get your labor day plans ready you will fry tao to fill the seats. >> ashley: guys we are going to get off. good seeing you both. griff as always thank you so much. i will talk to you later. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> steve: live from 48th and sixth avenue on this, the first day of september, 2023, it is currently 60 degrees outside. it is a gorgeous first day of september and kind of th