behavior, you will see more of it. and it's not lost -- i don't think this is lost on the american voters, carley, when they see these things happening in democratic cities, there is a reason that crime typically is one of the top 2 or 3 issues for the voters. it's going to be one of the top issues next year in the 2024 elections. >> we heard aoc going into the commercial theories people need to eat, ned, this is all about stealing bread. to your point yoga pants do not feed you. 15 seconds. how responsible are social justice warriors for ultimately putting us in this position? >> 100 percent. this is absolutely the issues they have been pushing. these are the consequences. the question is are the american people fed up enough to actually vote these people out of office? >> carley: it's a sad state of affairs. ned, thank you for joining us this morning we appreciate it. "fox & friends" starts right now. have a great day, everybody.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brian: arresting library curators are having trouble waking up this morning that brass band is waking them up. they are the famed brass animals band. in case you haven't picked upped from the chyron at the bother live. we did not tape that this is songs without lyrics but it is jazz. >> steve: it's happy. come on get happy. >> brian: i think it's fantastic. also, they are wearing the

fetterman outfit the couple pet player wearing a hoodie. >> ainsley: go online been together since 2013. a bit of r and b, funk. >> steve: the reason they are up in front of ronald reagan's beast limousine is because pete hegseth is live at the reagan library in simi valley, california, and, pete, they have got reagan's car. they have got his plane. they have got his desk. and they've got you today. >> pete: they have got everything ronald reagan here. thank you to the brass animals. 3:00 in the morning here in california as you know. so it's nice and early. we have got the presidential motorcade behind us. you know, a chevy impala. this is what ronald reagan i believe he rode in that very limousine in 1981. that's one part of the shot. we will get back to them as well. thank you for vanna whiting that vehicle. the brass animals have got me covered. we are heading over -- you can't really see it right now.

if you look above us that's air force 1. you guys have been here before. it's really cool. there is a debate about how they got that thing in here in the first place. seven presidents flew on this air force one that's in the middle of this beautiful venue where the debate will be here tonight. we will give you a better glimpse of that later on in the morning. we will give you a sneak peek real quick. brian, this is me walking backwards. this is the best i can do. from an impala to air force one. there is a little bit of a peek. there is the debate stage down there. seven podiums. one less than last time. no asa hutchison. of course, no donald trump either. ron desantis in the middle and seven republican also be here tonight. dana perino, stuart varney will be moderating and we can't wait to have some great guest here tonight. the reagan national defense forum is here but this is a library. we will bring you more aspects of the wonderful 4 #th president of the united states ronald

arresting all morning long. >> bret: a bigger crowd than the one we had in debate one? >> no. debate one was the dress rehearsal for the rnc. you had 4,000 people on hand. i'm looking at the chairs upstairs and downstairs. probably 500, # hundred, maybe. 600 chris is telling me 600 people here. so smaller crowd. probably won't have the roars you will have before but. >> ainsley: millions will be watching. >> lawrence: right. millions. newsom is supposed to be there as well the governor of california. >> pete: yes, i have heard that we are going to try to get him i'm here for fox nation as well as "fox & friends." we are doing a preshow and post show. the rumor is he will be in the spin room. if we can get gavin newsom, maybe we will have a little spar before the debate. >> lawrence: is he good at that. >> pete: yeah. yeah a few questions. >> ainsley: he wants to see like what his competition could be like if he does get in the race?

>> pete: i thought you meant competition for hair tips. need to give hair tips i can. >> steve: you could give him some. >> pete: you know, is he sizing them up. checking out the field, no doubt. >> ainsley: it's his state. he wants to be there. starts at 9:00. our debate coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time dana and stuart flew out there so they will do great job. coverage at 8:30. >> steve: pete is going to have the coverage on fox nation pre and post show. >> ainsley: did i watch this. it was fun at the last debate. i had the fox nation app. on my phone and watching you. so during commercials you were talking and i would turn down the volume on my tv. >> pete: in the commercial break, ainsley. exactly right. me, will cain, rachel campos-duffy will be breaking down what's going on while you are watching commercials. >> steve: peter, thank you very much. >> lawrence: thanks, pete. >> steve: he will be with us all

morning live from the west coast. >> pete: thank you. >> steve: talk about what's going on coast to coast. without a doubt crime is going to be one of the topics of great interest. particularly when you look at the fact why are so many stores closing these days? maybe it's the fact that there has been so much retail loss, according to the national federation of retailers, nationwide retail theft have, as you can see, in 2022, they reached 112 billion. we're three quarters of t the wy through 2023. you got to figure that number is bigger particularly after scenes like we what we saw that started last night in center city philly. what are you seeing? >> lawrence: about a month ago i was out in front of whole foods and they did the same thing. we traveled to san francisco. it's been the same thing. seattle, as we have reported, new york city. brian, the interesting thing is that all of these companies have

these retail planners. and they have been losing money for a while. in the age of social justice and wokeness, a lot of activists pressured them to keep the store open even though they were losing all this money. decided to meet with the city leaders look, we are going to reinvest into these communities and now the rubber has meet the road. they are in the red so much, brian, that they can't keep these stores open. and, again, they have got a new chief here in philadelphia but it doesn't look like it's helping the citizens there. >> steve: what happened last night in philly. there is a back story to it. there was a demonstrations yesterday for a fellow by the name of eddy who was shot and killed by philly cops last month. yesterday in philly the judge dismissed all the charges against the officer who killed him and set off a wave of outrage. according to the acting commissioner down there he said the supporters had nothing to do with the unrest.

what we had was a bunch of criminal opportunist take advantage of a situation and try to destroy our city. it's disgusting, he says, our city can't afford this nonsense. it happened in exactly the same retail corridors as what happened back in 2020 after george floyd. >> ainsley: looters targeted apple store, the lululemon, the clothes littering the sidewalk. foot locker and merchandise on the floor. liquor stores and some pharmacies and some of these stores now have to clothes because of the crime it. used to be because of covid if you drive down first or second avenue of new york you see some businesses that are closed it. really makes you sawed. you pass by restaurants that closed didn't survive. now it's the crime. even target is closing what is it nine different stores, brian? >> brian: target closing nine different stores including one in new york city. >> ainsley: in harlem. >> brian: people going online. not really. these are smash and grabs. these are shoplifting.

lack of enforcement. this is the inability for your own private security that you hire out of your pocket to do actually do their job because they are going to get hit cvs has closed 900. >> steve: 900? >> brian: target stores closed in these major cities. they are not shy about it. you are not protecting the stores. why am i staying open? i don't need. this and you continue to look the other way. the question is as we saw that dallas mayor flip parties and say listen, i'm going to be a republican, how much more are the retailers, the citizens that work for a living, and working class communities going to take before they stand up and speak out. here is what target said. before making this decision closing our stores we invested evely in strategies to prevent and stop theft and organize retail crime in stores. people are benefiting from. this they seem so organized adding more security team members. guard services. comes out of the budget and implementing theft deterrent

tools across our business despite our efforts. unfortunately we continue to face fundamental challenges operating these stores safely and successfully. think about this. if you have a target in your neighborhood and it's close and walkable, then you have everything. target has everything needed. >> ainsley: look at that map, though. what do they all have in common? they are blue cities. >> brian: where are they mostly? on the west coast. guess who is the governor of the biggest state? the governor of the biggest state is louderring over the biggest crime spree of the country and signatures there with his gel on tell everybody follow me i'm the future. >> ainsley: look at that what if you went in a store and you go here in a store in new york some of them are locked up. look at that this is the entire aisle. >> lawrence: this is entire criminal enterprise they are selling all of this stuff on the black market. >> ainsley: where do you shop? >> lawrence: open up every single display.

>> brian: we used to have only that with razors. they used to just lock up razors now it's everything. oakland yesterday 100 businesses say we are not owning up because of crime. do you know what the mayor says? that's just show boating that's not helpful. not everyone can leave like the radars did. raiders did. can i have law and order what is it going to take to boomerang this back. lawrence lawrence they have to live with this. we talk about just target just being -- getting, you know, your home goods and all of that what about all the elderly people that need that pharmacy right there? they can't go pick that stuff up. their kids have to come down. >> brian: i was in new orleans. one of the things realized. senior community did not want to have to take the bus where crime is high and go into the city. he opened up convenience stores in the area for the elderly that were safe. that was five years ago. >> steve: i will say one thing

about what happened in philly last night. for a change police got involved and they started arresting people at the apple store 16th street and walnut. apparently as the cops were chasing the kids. freedom nangtly teenagers involved in this smash and grab or whatnot. the kids were dropping the iphones. and they were dropping piles of ipads. so, at least in philly the cops are saying hey we got to stop. this we are going to talk to the former vice chairman of target, a fellow by the name of gerald storch going to be coming up with us in 20 minutes to talk about just. this to your point, lawrence, about how you see the smash and grabs. you figure those people take the stuff home? no, they put it on the internet and sell it because it's easy. >> brian: police chief resigned a few weeks ago and now they have got a temporary police chief. who the heck wants that job? let's talk about 2024. >> ainsley: yesterday we mentioned joe biden. how far is he going to take this? will he be the nominee? it looks like he will right now.

we talked yesterday about this campaign the do not slip strategy. axios reported how he is getting new tennis shoes. >> steve: peter doocy showed us his shoes. >> ainsley: how is he working with a personal fitness trainer so he can learn how to balance better and the shorter stairs. he used to go up the steep stairs. now it looks like he does the smaller stairs on air force one. so yesterday, he was in detroit. he was talking to the uaw president and all the auto workers. he was there for that and he accidently had another slip. >> brian: on the baby stage 12 stairs. >> ainsley: he appears unbothered but watch this. >> steve: they goes. bobbles just a little bit. >> brian: they know one fall and is he done. literally his candidacy is done. he fell off his bike, we have seen him trip upthe stairs which i didn't think was possible he showed you if you believe in yourself can you do anything. then you saw he fell flat on his face at west point. this guy has arthritis.

obviously is he very old. he has had two aneurysms, physically he broke his foot right when he started his first term they say he hasn't fully recovered from that so now they are trying to do. this evidently the white house is angry. they did not want axios to get this story. they want to know who leaked it out, lawrence. >> lawrence: this is what axios had to sway a physical therapist biden boob doing exercise to improve his blengets he has been wearing tennis shoes more often to avoid slipping. entering the plane on a lower deck than before. >> steve: the white house says, look, this is an old story this from his. >> ainsley: so what he wears shoes? so what he works with a trainer. >> brian: why not use the emergency slide. that thing pops up every time. >> steve: press secretary said move over tan suit can confirm at potus is one of the millions of americans with sneakers.

>> brian: do you remember donald trump walked down after west point why is he going so slow? it's because -- we know this because we have dress shoes. i used to have them all the time. used to scuff them up because you slip like ice. that's what is so great about the pete hegseth white soled dress shoes because he allowed america to wear them again. ains if he fell that would not have been good. >> lawrence: i think everybody is concerned about the health of our president. >> ainsley: of course. >> lawrence: no one wants the president to fall and jury himself. ininjurehimself. the president of the united states can't keep it. part of his problem is he drags his feet. he doesn't pick up his feet. he is just all the time there is this skip to the low thing and again he has to be, this time, on the road a lot. is he not going to be able, brian, to do that basement

strategy that he did last time. >> brian: got a lot of surrogates. doing my job. >> steve: this whole falling down the steps things goes back to the 70s chevy chase made a career making fun of gerald ford falling downstairs. when people do that, it becomes a big story. when axios came out with the don't let him fall strategy that the white house was yesterday. everybody is trying to show him around. where are you going? the back story is yes, okay. so we saw him getting off the plane in detroit, right? well, at the white house, yesterday, because it was raining and because the grass was wet between the southport co-and marine one. they didn't want the president to slip on the grass because it was wet because the story had just come out they don't want him to slip. so what do they do? they motorcaded him. they wound out over an hour late because they didn't want people to see him slipping on the grass and then what happens?

he slipped going down the stairs. thank goodness he did not get hurt. >> lawrence: motorcade and stop traffic. >> steve: all those people tied up in traffic. >> ainsley: the lawn where we normally see the president walking he sent a car over that grass? >> steve: no, he got over a limo and joined to joint base andrews rather than walk 200 feet on the grass. >> ainsley: is that really the reason? >> steve: don't know. i was talking to our reporter down there and he said it's really unusual. you know, the weather was clear. could have choppered out but maybe because it was wet. >> brian: old fashioned political story is he showed up on tuesday when donald trump announced he is speaking tonight in michigan in detroit. he is like i have to quick it out there and look like a panic move with a handful of picketers and shows up and speaks arbitrarily for 15 minutes and says something that he could have texted over. >> lawrence: did you see the people's faces? outside of the leadership the people on the ground, sara carter had great report on hannity and you listen to the

folks. they just don't believe him. >> brian: because of the electric car push. every time you say i'm going for a electric car and subsidizes the building of the electric cars with the big manufacturers you are hurting them because the workforce's combustion engine, 40% less of the workforce to put an electric car together and the marketplace is not there, they are subsidizing the purchase and subsidizing the construction. that's what bothers them. >> steve: jeff flock is there and we are going to have a report coming from him shortly. >> ainsley: that's an issue. crime is a big issue. also the border. >> we will hear a lot about that tonight at the debate. come up abandoned down at the border. the moment cbp agents rescue a 2-year-old baby. >> steve: 2-month-old. >> ainsley: infant. latest heart wrenching skeen. >> brian: still missing 84,000 kids. don't worry about it. colin kaepernick wants to make a comeback in the nfl. we know exactly what he wants to do. yeah, he is doing it again. which team is he targeting this time around? we'll discuss it.

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north korea now saying it will expel the american soldier taken into custody after crossing into its territory in july. that's according to a north korean state news agency which did not clarify when and where this sergeant would be expelled. travis king entered because he was upset over inhumane treatment and discrimination with the u.s. army. king entered north korea willingly and without authorization. to another fox news alert. a manhunt is underway in maryland for a convicted sex offender wanted in the murder of a 26-year-old tech ceo in baltimore. the suspect was sentenced to 30 years for a first degree sex

offense but was released last fall by sorrows backed state's attorney. police warn is he armed and dangerous. his body was found partially clothed on the roof top of her apartment building early monday morning shortly after being reported missing and listen to this. a 2-month-old found abandoned yesterday by agents at a southern border rio grand. several with a stray dog illegally crossing into the u.s. yesterday. running past construction workers trying to reinstall a strungz of the steel barrier between tijuana, mexico and san diego. keep it here on "fox & friends." texas governor greg abbott will join us next hour to discuss this and much more as news breaks along the southern border. also, this former san francisco 49ers quarterback and social justice activist colin kaepernick is lobbying the new

york jets to give him another shot in the nfl. the 35-year-old reached out in light of aaron rodgers season ending injury. kaepernick writes i would love to offer you a risk free contingency plan. i'm sure of my ability to approve with an elite q.b. option. god forbid q.b. 1 goes down. no word yet from the response, but he hasn't played since the 2016 season. >> brian: i feel bad for him. he has nothing to do. he wants to be a practice team quarterback. it's unbelievable. >> lawrence: why do you feel sorry for him? >> brian: just reading the letter. looks like he has the most empty life in the world. >> lawrence: did a documentary with netted flicks calls a plantation. >> ainsley: brian did not know that. >> brian: okay. >> lawrence: i have no sympathy why would you want to go back? he can have that view. it's his view. why would you want to go back?

>> brian: he wants to be a practice player. he doesn't even. -- it's crazy. >> ainsley: can't he get a job coaching? >> lawrence: i don't think anyone wants the toxicity. >> ainsley: some people agree with him. some people think he is great. lawrence lawrence the nfl has a whole players union. have you seen the union comment on this? >> brian: he got a lot of money from the nfl. >> ainsley: even if they agree with his stance, they -- a lot of teams don't want to right. >> seven g.o.p. candidates gearing up for tonight's second primary debate. >> steve: before the debate they take the stage. we will hear our national anthem performed by mary mill bin. she has performed for four u.s. presidents. >> ainsley: head back out to

simi valley where pete hegseth is live with anthem singer mary mill bin. >> great to see all of you we are here with mary mill bin dancing it up for us here at 3:00 a.m. you will on the stage singing our nation's bee loved anthem. have you done it for so many presidents but what's it like on a big stage like. this great to see you, pete. united states to be here on "fox & friends." i will tell you it's such a great honor. we were talking a little bit before we started. the last time being at the reagan library i was a young staffer for president bush. and we were touring the library and now to be here to have this moments to sing in not only in front of america but one of the most important moments of our country as we look to the presidency. it's a great honor and i'm just pinching myself a little bit that we are here but a great honor. >> pete: i heard you warming up now this morning i know where

mary is. >> a lot to prepare for. >> pete: when you were a young staffer with george w. bush, you started singing at the christmas party that kind of took off. talk to us about the trajectory of your career singing for presidents at the big event. >> sure. thank you for asking. it's a very unique a lot of the artists and singers probably have their sights set going in and singing for a long time. mine was very different. it was very unorthodox. i was working as a young staffer for president bush and first lady laura bush and invited to sing for christmas parties and events at the white house. i would work by day and sing by night. it was very surreal. but, truly, it was the bushes that were so encouraging to my career, launched me into singing professionally that led me into broadway theater. that certainly brought me back into politics it was politics, washington, d.c. that became my bread and butter for singing.

i was fortunate early days singing the national anthem and america's patriotic music. became a love. those songs, they are the songs that anchor us. they're the songs defining moments that guide us. >> pete: that should unite us. >> that's right, pete. to say have a career almost close to 15 years of singing the national anthem, singing america's patriotic music, it's been a blessing. i have seen those moments how the anthem unifies us. how it takes away our differences and reminds us that we are all americans i hope to do that tonight. >> pete: do you know the time. >> 8:55 right before. >> pete: 8:55 eastern time. don't wait for 9:00. you don't want to miss it. mary, thank you so much for what you do and why you do it. it's an blessing to have you. >> it's an honor to be here. >> pete: you can catch my pre and post debate coverage tonight

at 8:30 p.m. eastern on fox nation. as we mentioned earlier, in the commercial breaks, we will being breaking it down for you, too. >> steve: i will be watching on my phone. thank you, pete. >> pete: thank you. >> steve: meanwhile, let's go back to our lead story today, theft and violence so bad in a number of liberal cities that the chain store target is closing nine stores. the retail giant saying, quote: we cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests and contributing to unsustainable business performance. former target vice chairman gerald storch joins us right now live. good morning. >> good morning. >> when you see images, dashing out to the parking lot with a bunch of stuff i see people getting in their cars. you see them getting in their cars, going home, and then putting it on the internet, don't you? >> oh, absolutely. you know, first of all, just makes you want to cry because we

have worked so hard to get stores into markets like this. every company i ever worked at. we worked so hard because it's good for the community to have stores that can offer products with great value in these environments. we know it's going to be touch but it's good for business and good for the community. what's going on right now though is an acceleration in crime. there was always crime. but it's gone through the roof for two reasons. the first is the internet. why is the internet a bad thing? usually it's a good thing? first of all, it helps all the gangs organize so they get together through social media and say show up here now and let's do it together. secondly, the marketplace on the internet are the ultimate fencing operation. it's like flea market on steroids for getting rid of the product, anything you steal, can you monetize it really fast on the internet. >> steve: we had another incident last night in philadelphia. there had been -- there had been a peaceful protest over the shooting of a man down there and then a judge apparently said we're not going to charge the

cops. but then acting commissioner. a bunch of criminal opportunists took advantage of the situation. next thing you know they are cleaning up the apple store. the foot locker, lululemon, stuff like that. jerry, don't the big online retailers, like amazon and others, don't they know what the stuff is stolen? >> well, sometimes they do. sometimes they don't. it's very complicated. shows a whole range of sophistication in this organized crime behind the biggest of the threats. people do locally just steal stuff, post it on the internet. get the money. sometimes it's many, many layers of distribution before it even gets anywhere near a market place. by the way, the last layer could be a legitimate business person who is buying this from some guy with a warehouse. you could say they should know it's stolen. i would know it's stolen if somebody is offering you stuff for cheaper than the vendor offering you for. they buy it there legitimate business people. last leg. it's tough to pin it down. that's what the problem is.

>> steve: we have got an estimate of how much stuff was stolen in the last year that we have got back-to-back losses. in 2021. 94 billion. in 2022 calendar year 112 billion. you have got to figure in 2023 that we are three quarters of the way through it's going to be a much bigger number. jerry, i'm going to give you this opportunity. this is a problem facing a lookout of people. i know you thought a lot about it. how do we fix it? >> look. ultimately, you know, we could -- we say we can land a man on the moon. we can't do. this we can get usama bin laden. we can't do this. ultimately, it comes down to, you know, really good police work. when i say police work, this is one thing retailers are behind. it's really national work. going after these organized crime rings and trying to tear them apart the way you used to do a mafia or someone like that. that's where the volume really lies. can you go after it and get it. >> steve: you have got to make sure that the people -- the bosses of the police are not in a soft on crime town.

>> the last thing i wanted to mention. first thing i said the internet why this is accelerating. the second all the changes that are happening prosecutors, and politicians. that have, you know, lowered the penalties for 'committing. this criminals are like anyone else. they are economic entities. when they do the math, it says can i do this and get away with it, i'm going to do it. >> steve: they do everyday, unfortunately. gerald storch former vice chair of target. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> steve: shocking video, the moment a jack in the box employee opens fire on a customer over an order of french fries. we're going to explain the tape as we roll it coming up. plus, homeowners are feeling the squeeze after the latest warning from the fed. the mortgage mayhem straight ahead. and seven candidates, three moderators, one channel is the second g.o.p. debate tonight. our live voter panel makes their picks coming up. but, first, live from the reagan library on the west coast, brass

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>> brian: seven g.o.p. candidates. three moderators, one channel. should i say more. the fox g.o.p. debate set for tonight fox business. south carolina republican voter. melissa is here a wisconsin republican voter and chris investor mows is a is here a florida independent voter. jenea', let's start with you. who has the most pressure of the seven on stage? g. >> i would say coming into the second presidential debate, i think since vivek soared in in just popularity after the first one, i think he is going to have to come strong if he wants to keep it n any way continue on this trend that he started. >> brian: he set the bar high for himself last time. he has to keep it there is he also heavily targeted.

let's go over for you, melissa. for you, who has the most pressure and what are you looking for tonight? >> i think ron desantis, actually, still has the most pressure, just knowing that donald trump is up in the polls. i think he needs to set himself apart from donald trump. and i'm really looking for him to talk about the economy education and border security are my top three issues. >> brian: you and the rest of the country i hope feels the same way. christopher, for you what was your take away from the first and what do you want tonight. >> i want ron to be more personal. i know ron great governor of florida. he needs to step it up on national stage. poll numbers are down. is he a great, great leader. i want to see him deliver tonight. >> brian: jane, for you, tim scott told us i was too polite. i was stopping after a minute i gave the 45 seconds. he thinks it hurt him. with voters they appreciate the

i think they appreciate in a way when you are fair and stay in the rules. do you think tim scott has to be a little more abrupt? >> i would have to agree. i would have to say if you are competing for the presidential position. you have to be assertive. you have to be dominant. i think that translates on the stage. and if you are not willing to show that you are the person that needs to be the one speaking, the one that has the ideas that need to be put forward, then you are not going to be able to win over voters who are you with right now? i think there is always room for persuasion and for someone to set themselves apart. i'm more in the ron desantis camp if someone comes out super strong with everything i want to hear i could definitely be persuaded to switch my vote. >> brian: donald trump with that 40, 50 point lead right now. people feel he needs to be on stage for the others to get him. do you believe the own only way

for donald trump to be caught is to see him on stage with the others he can engage with. does he need to be on that stage? >> we get to elect our president every four years, the fact that he is not participating and only doing interviews on his own is terrible. i would love to see him on there. show us what you got. show us why we should pick you. >> brian: even with a 40 point lead, do you play the wild card game if you win the division. >> hey, i hear what you are saying, but i know why he is not participating, but, you are still -- we want to pick the best. take your ego aside and show us what you have got. persuade, get it to 100 percent. >> brian: i want to talk about your life and sinead in particular. monthly average payments up to $2,661, increase of $1,000 sings the pandemic. we have interest rates now, if you want to get a home at 7%. meaning it's harder to sell and harder to buy. and, yet, bidenomics was told to be working all summer. you are shaking your head. how has life changed over the

last two and a half years for you? >> it's -- we're really starting to hurt through inflation, through just realizing that the price of things are so high. there's no way that you can save up to be a homeowner, i don't think my generation in any way are going to be homeowners. we will be renters because we will continue to pay this inflated price and no way we will be able to save for long term. >> brian: what's your bracket? i don't want to say your exact age. how old are you? >> i'm 21. senior in college. >> brian: over at clemson. and melissa, for you, you know, these numbers are just numbers. but bidenomics say the economy is growing. they say that unemployment is low, bidenomics is working. is that how you feel? i do not feel that way. i'm 41. so i'm in my mid 40's. i have owned my home for the last six years. we are fortunate that we were able to buy our home six years ago.

looking at the prices now in our neighborhood, i don't know that we would be able to do it. you know, i'm in the middle of my career. my husband is in the middle of his career. we have seen our discretionary income drop drastically. you know, so, yeah. we are paying our bills and we are saving but that saving is becoming less and less. so younger people, like jenea' who is 21. i feel bad for them in this economy because they are starting out their careers in such a tight economy that that discretionary income is getting less and less. and if you don't have the discretionary income, you're just taking on debt. >> brian: so, chris, when the president is not taking walking lessons, he tells us that the economy was flat on its back answered vaccinated all of us so he needs four more years. are you convinced? >> not at all, not at all. joe biden, the largest transfer of wealth in this country, in its history has occurred under his watch from the working class to the 1% bidenomics is a scam. and he is screwing 99% of the

american people. i make good money and i feel i'm getting squeezed big time. >> brian: guys, i appreciate you make good money but you still got up at 6:46 eastern time and helped out america with insight and i know your views are echoed in a lot of living rooms and bathrooms aren't country because people are gradually getting dressed while watching us. thanks guys, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> now let's go up to carley shimkus who often takes notes on my interviews. >> carley: it was phenomenal panel, brian. i give you a plus job for mod moderating it. more nurse to get. to say starting with this. a florida family is suing fast food chain over this wild encounter at drive-thru in houston. newly released security video of the 2021 incident shows a jack in the box worker shooting at a customer because of an argument over missing curly fries if you can believe it. the customer was reportedly with his pregnant wife and 6-year-old daughter when the worker started throwing ketchup. when he threw food back.

the worker pulled out a gun and fired several as the car sped away. my goodness. president biden joining united auto workers at the picket line yesterday becoming the first sitting president to do so. his message to striking workers, keep going. >> help the middle class. that's a fact. so let's keep going. you deserve what you earn. and have you earned a lot more than you are getting paid now. >> carley: the biden administration says it is not taking part in negotiations. meanwhile. former president trump is heading to michigan today to speak with union and nonunion auto workers as well. the cia is launching its very own version of chatgpt using artificial intelligence to calm the internet for clues in potential security threats. set to roll out to all 18 intel agencies. the cia's ai division director says quote we have gone from newspapers to radio and newspapers and television, to newspapers and cable television

to basic internet. to big data. and it just keeps going. we have to find the needle in the needle field. and lordy lordy, ben is 40. the wife of hgtv star ben napier wishing him a happy on social media highlighting his incredible weight loss of more than 60 pounds. erin napier posting this forget and writing have you worked so hard this year to rehab your shoulder and transform yourself in the process. the girls and i are so thankful for you. ben's wife preferencing the shoulder surgery he underwent early this year in order to, quote, sleep better on his lower -- on his back and lower his blood pressure. so happy birthday to him, brian, over to you. >> brian: fantastic. we will see if he puts a shirt on for the debate tonight. should be interesting. if i can carley, i like to check in with our senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. >> janice: yes. and i'm fully dressed. >> brian: thank you.

i owe you a favor. you owe me a favor? you owe me a lot of favors. at least the rain is gone here in the northeast, or most of the northeast anyway. we do have the potential for more rain in the forecast. let's take a look at it. max 17 my friends. it's coming. 51 right now. i don't see the sun but i trust this map that it will come out, 54 in new york right now. 60 in fargo. 74 in dallas. florida, not so sunny for you, my friends, for much of the workweek it is going to be heavy rain in pockets, not only today but through the weekend and then we also have the potential for showers and thunderstorms for parts of the ohio valley, the gulf coast, and the northwest. flash flood threat not only today but friday and the weekend with that frontal boundary just kind of lingering and we are still watching the tropics. there is phil leap. there are the computer models for felipe going there is next

named storm as it moves possibly toward the west. brian kilmeade, we should make t shirts that say hurry up and get dressed and on back love brian kilmeade. >> brian: or stay within yourself. let's see what you do. america is out of t-shirts. >> janice: brian kilmeade.com. >> brian: thank you very much. janice. countdown to another crisis, child care, financial aid on the verge of vanishing if congress does not act. how it could cost families billions. plus, texas governor greg abbott joins us live in studio before he goes to manhattan to meet and talk to everybody about the border security. he is battling biden. honey... nyquil severe honey. powerful cold and flu relief with a dreamy honey taste. nyquil honey,

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>> ainsley: more than 3 million american and parents risk losing child care ser services when fel funding expires this saturday. the cost of child care already crippling to so many families out there as it costs more than college tuition and more than half of the state's in our country. joining us now family values at work executive director josephine call penny and ashley proctor. mom of a 2-year-old son. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> ainsley: ashley, i will start with you. you love this day care that you have chosen for your son. tell us what it means to you and how the american rescue plan has really helped your family. >> yeah. so, i love the day care my son is in. when i was first made aware of the child care, what child care is facing and how it could come to an end, the first thing that i thought was what am i supposed to do because, without this, i

can't afford it. the day care he is in it feels like family. and i don't want to leave it. and i know he doesn't want to leave it, either. >> ainsley: i think that democrats, republicans, i mean, this is something that is not even negotiable. our children need care. they need a place to go that is a loving, wonderful, education environment for them to grow and learn while we are all working to pay our bills for our family. josephine, tell us about the american rescue plan. when did this start and how important is it? >> >> so the american rescue plan invested over $24 billion into the child care industry during the covid pandemic. and the reality is the child care industry was already suffering before the pandemic. it was already under invested in. many families could not afford child care that was rising at steady costs. many child care business owners could not afford to keep their doors open before the pandemic so the american rescue plan

injected $24 billion to support states and to support families in balancing the cost for families on child care and accessing access to quality affordable child care what we know, ainsley, these dollars are set to beings prior if congress doesn't act. putting many families, like ashley's in crisis. what's the hold up? why are they dragging this out? we have three more days until it expires. >> this is where members of congress need to hear from folks like ashley about what they are going to do if their child care expires. we know that many working families need child care work to even make it work. let alone for what the children need and we have to remember that child care providers are small business owners. i think members of congress need to hear from people like ashley and from her day care provider what it means to be a small business owner serving families and serving their communities.

the realities people forget that it's about families. it's not about politics. >> right. so, ashley, this is your chance. we have a lot of lawmakers that watch "fox & friends." what is your plea? what is your request? >> that they come out to the day care centers. see how it's benefiting them. see how the children are doing. go and speak to the families that have to pay for the child care. child care is expensive. >> ainsley: what happens if the funding runs out for your family? >> he might not be in at a care. i might have to change my schedule around at work to accommodate him. the day care has been great for him developmentally wise. he is going to suffer. is he going to suffer without seeing his best friends every day, seeing his teachers