video of himself eating the coconut sprinkled pizza to x pies on kamala for event. not first awkward run-in with a slice of pizzato. from 2014 when he did that ate pizzato with a fork and knife in staten island. side note, not a good idea to do that in staten island. as for the way de blasio takes his pizzato now italian americans, pies on is he talking about. social media outrage. some calling it disgusting. the most light comment is very, very disrespectful. again, let's drive this point home. the liberals accuse conservatives of being weird. this guy the head weirdo of the libs eating coconut pizzato. >> carley: thank you no thank you for that one. appreciate it. have a great day, everybody. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> todd: have a great weekend.

♪ >> ainsley: good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. here on the east coast. it's friday, september 6th. and this is "fox & friends." we start with a fox news alert. this morning the 14-year-old suspected georgia school shooter expected in court as his father is also arrested on the most severe charges ever filed against a parent of an alleged shooter. here is the exchange he had with a concerned officer last year. >> brian: plus, in a move that stunned the department of justice and prosecutors, hunter biden pleads guilty to nine tax charges but will the president pardon him? question mark? question mark? >> steve: is he going to pardon him just watch. lawrence is in the battle ground state of north carolina where ballots could be sent out as early as today. he is going to be talking to voters behind him who are ordering coffee. i'm telling you. hey, lawrence. >> ainsley: already. >> steve: "fox & friends" for

this friday starts right now. ♪ >> steve: our top story is a fox news alert. at 8:30 this morning the teenager accused of murdering two teachers and two students at his georgia high school is expected to make his first appearance before a judge. >> ainsley: this comes after his father is arrested and charged in connection with with the shooting rampage. >> brian: brooke singman has this story, brooke? >> the father of the suspected school shooter has been arrested and facing charges of his own this after telling investigators he purchased the gun used in the deadly shooting as a christmas present for his son in 2023 which was months after the teen was flagged for allegedly making an online threat to shoot up his middle school. georgia officers also spoke to the father when investigating that 2023 threat. listen. >> do you have weapons in the house? >> i do. >> are they accessible to him? >> they are. i mean, there's nothing loaded but they are down.

we actually do a lot of shooting and hunting. he shot first deer this year. >> 8 counts of cruelty to children. these are the most severe charges ever filed against the parent of an alleged school shooter these charges stem from allowing his son colt to possess a weapon. is a very difficult time as we know for students and parents and so many i know of students and parents here in this county and around this state are afraid public records show the mother has criminal record 2007 aggravated battery, criminal trespassing and possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl. four people were killed in the shooting this week. two students and two teachers and nine others were injured. the georgia bureau of

investigations announcing that police have made multiple arrest new york city additional threats made against schools across the state. guys? >> steve: brooke, thank you very much. >> brian: it's amazing. mom as questionable as the father's behavior that's why he has been charged. mom a huge drug problem. according to the neighbor, lauren vickers, there were nights when their mom would lock him out and his sister out ever the house and they would be banging on the back door just screaming mom, mom, mom, crying. it was absolutely devastating no. clean clothes. i'm not exaggerating. it was constant abuse. it was sad. so this was a time bomb of two children. >> ainsley: grandfather said he was a good kid but lived in environment that was hostile. his dad beat up on him oi'm not talking physical. screaming and horg he did the same thing to my daughter. aunts said he was begging for help for everybody around him. the adults around him failed. >> steve: surely. so the father has been charged in connection with this

essentially for smiling the weapon. they say apparently for christmas in 2023, that man bought his son an ar-15. after the cops come to your house and tal talk to your son making online threats. i know they dismissed them. i think a gun is probably not a good thing to buy somebody for christmas. >> nonetheless, we have gotten our hands on auto little bit of the sound where the sheriff goes to the house and talks to the father after online threats were made about a school shooting on the discord app., which is used by a lot of gamers. >> ainsley: this was in may before that christmas when he allegedly bought his is on the gun. >> steve: that's right. this is after the fbi tipped him off. the sheriff goes in. they have this conversation. >> he knows the seriousness of weapons and what they can do and how to use them and not use

them. so it's kind of a little bit of a shock. and whatever you all tell me if this is -- whatever or wherever this has come from this is no joke. like, it's no joke. >> we wouldn't be here if it wasn't. >> i know. i know. i'm telling you right now we talk about it quite a bit. all school shootings, things that happen. are you getting picked on at school? he is. he is getting picked on at school? is everything okay? that's why i keep going up there because you never really know. and i don't want anything to happen to him. so, yeah. >> brian: went on to say trying to get his son off video games and get out of the house. he said i want to get him into the outdoors. i was so proud of him after he shot his deer he had blood all over him. i was so proud of him just great day. you could see some traditional struggles that a parent would have with a kid being picked on in school, very few friends,

problematic mom with a drug problem in and out of jail and mom wanting to get him out of the house. >> ainsley: big deal when you shoot first deer put blood on his face. most people use these guns to go hunting or to protect their families in case someone broke into their house. something that we need to be reminded of, we need to remember these four victims. the 14-year-old young boy chaplain spoke i was outside of the school trying to comfort his mom. his mom got a message from nathan saying mom, i'm in the bathroom. she shows up at the school and can't find her son. so she talked to the chaplain and he said he talked to the detectives and the lieutenant and how many times did we do the sweep? do you know that the school is empty for sure? and it turns out that her son apparently was found in the bathroom and he was no longer breathing. and the chaplain said he loved life. he didn't have any issues with anyone. he did have a condition. he was autistic. but that didn't stop his glow.

the message she would like to have out there is what a great son she had. >> steve: one thing this school apparently had just started doing that week, this past week was essentially a panic button. a button you could press to alert everybody hey there is a problem. they think that probably saved lives. >> it's interesting that the father is being charged in this saw that in michigan. is this the new norm? >> brian: i absolutely love it. this has got to stop. also a little bit later we will talk about how j.d. vance was tarred with a headline from the associated press but since corrected. goes to show you the media never stops. seven minutes now after the hour. to another fox news alert. the white house revealing what the president biden plans to do as his son hunter faces up to 17 years behind bars. after pleading guilty to federal tax charges. >> ainsley: griff jenkins has all the details for us. griff? >> griff: good morning good mornings guys.

the president suspects son is facing significant time behind bars. hunter biden avoiding a second criminal trial after pleading guilty to all charges in his tax evasion case. they included three felonies and six misdemeanors. now, hunter, formerly admitting that he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 201 to 2019. now, facing up to 17 years in prison. and up to 1.3 million in fines, the white house still maintains the president will not pardon his son. >> i can say that it is still very much unknown to questions i have gotten about is the president going to pardon i don't have anything else. >> can you comment on whether or not a commutation would be on or off the table? >> that's also no. >> griff: hunter left the court holding hands with his wife issuing a statement why he pleaded guilty. i will not subject my family to more pain, more invasion to privacy and needless embarrassment for all i have put them through over the years, can

i spare them this. his high powered attorney abbe lowell praised his client's decision. >> hunter decided to enter his plea to protect those he loves from unnecessary hurt and cruel humiliation. this plea prevents that kind of show trial that would have not provided all the facts or served any real point in justice. >> griff: this comes after hunter was convicted earlier this year on three felony drug charges for lying about his drug addiction to purchase a gun. he is facing up to 25 years in prison for that case. now, hunter remains free today on bond. sentencing in this tax evasion case is set for december 16th. guys? >> steve: all right. griff, we thank you very much. now, when we hear abbe lowell say that hunter wanted to avoid the humiliation of a trial. he you saw exactly what it was three months ago in the delaware gun trial, which he also faces, you know, substantial time in

prison for that as well. apparently, hunter was worried that his daughter's naomi and mazi would be called to testify. and the prosecution knew that and that gave them a lot of leverage, they were not willing to make a deal. and early in the day, when it looked as if alley -- abbe lowell was going to try to pull -- ask for alford plea, that essentially is they say okay, there's enough evidence to convict but he's innocent on some charges. essentially the prosecution said we'll never go for that because we have got the goods on everything he did. >> ainsley: in this case you either have to -- you have to plead guilty if you didn't pay your taxes. because either you did or you didn't. there is an easy paper trail for that. >> steve: is he going to do not guilty. >> ainsley: why? either you pull out your tax returns? did you pay it or did you not? it's pretty simple. >> steve: because he says he was addicted to drugs and did a lot of dumb stuff and paid it back

and first time offender that's what they're going to say. >> ainsley: yeah. to everyone else who does pay their taxes on that jury they are not going to have sympathy for that he says he did pay it back including all penalties, free of drugs clean for five years and didn't want to put his family through that so he wanted to plead guilty. >> brian: it was a thorough investigation and james comer gave them a huge head start. of course you don't want your kids to testify against you. the calls you made in the middle of the night. i get it. that's sincere. obviously. but the other thing is, was not brought up. is forensically when you try to find out actually how much money he owes, you usually would say how much did he earn? and then when you find out how much he earned, to do that you are going to have to go to different money that's coming in from different countries. and then you see where is that money? and then you see it fanned out to 8-year-old grandchildren and maybe a former president who happens to be his dad, and that, i think, has as much to do with

his kids being forced to go out there and the humiliation of everything on the laptop, which i had no idea it was real until recently. i was really in the dark on that. >> steve: i read it somewhere. >> brian: forensically as we saw in congress as they reconstruct where all this money comes. there is millions of dollars that were given to him that is just gone. and i'm pr pretty sure the irs doesn't look kindly on that. >> ainsley: lawrence is down at a diner in north carolina. lawrence, joe biden is sticking to what he said over the summer. he is not going to pardon his son. >> lawrence: well, i guess time will tell will it be joe biden or kamala harris or will it be donald trump that says hey, i just want to unify the country, put this behind us. i'm just not buying the whole trying to protect family from embarrassment. i don't think going to be embarrassed about tax charges. embarrassed by all the stuff he put out there publicly with that laptop and things that he uploaded to the youtube channel.

so, i mean, there is plenty of stuff, text messages and everything that is already embarrassed the family. i'm not sure the tax charges is really the problem here. >> steve: yeah. lawrence, you are there in north carolina today because today is the day at noon they were supposed to start mailing out the absentee ballots; however, r.f.k. jr. has been suing and so he has got until noon to -- a judge does, noon to decide whether or not those ballots will go out with r.f.k. jr.'s name on it. so, right now you are the epicenter of political interest that's exactly right. there is for the election to proceed on as planned 12:00. if a judge doesn't step. in everything is going to be carried out as usual and north carolina will be one of the first states to start the ballot process, guys. >> brian: yeah, so it's going to be interesting. r.f.k. said no you have to stay

on the ballot. i would like to appeal it. the judge says okay we will wait a day. >> steve: until noon. >> brian: going to gain your appeal. he has to battle to get on the ballot cost him millions of dollars. $100 million to super pac to keep him off the ballot. then he endorses trump and now they are putting money on to keep him on the ballot. it is head spinning. but, let's take look root now at the early voting battleground states we are sitting at in north carolina. no doubt about it, guys, that has become a battleground state. some people in the northeast have moved down to north carolina for lower taxes and better climate and maybe nicer people if the northeast doesn't ruin it, so 1 pointed race in the latest polls. the number one issue remains the economy. >> ainsley: next one is going to be pennsylvania on the 1st. mail-in ballots will be sent out. 17th it's georgia with absentee ballots sent to military and overseas. september 19th is wisconsin. the absentee ballots will be sent. and september 26th michigan and

october 9th, arizona. in person early voting begins mail-in ballots will be sent. >> steve: indeed. so, today donald trump is going to have a press conference trump tower at noon. i got a feeling we are going to see some of that right here on the fox news channel. also, is he going to go talked to the fraternal order of police in north carolina where it is just a 1 point race as brian mentioned a moment ago. the former president was down on 42nd street yesterday. there it is right there. that is, by the way, the same margin that he beat joe biden by in 2020. it was just a one point race. and he would like to obviously win it as well. meanwhile, the former president speaking to a bunch of economic wizards and gurus from wall street jedediah down on 42nd street. and he promised something really interesting. he said essentially there is so much waste in government, music

told me an idea. let's be more efficient and i'm going to put him in charge of it. watch this. >> i am promising low taxes. low regulations, low energy costs. low interest rates. secure borders. low, low, low crime. and surging income for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed. my plan will rapidly defeat inflation. quickly bring down prices and reignite explosive economic growth. i will create a government efficiency tasked with conducting a meet financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms. we need to do it. can't go on the way we are now. and elon, because he is not very busy has agreed to head that task force. it will be interesting. if he has the time, he would be

a good one to do it but he has agreed to do it. >> brian: get the guy putting chips in people's heads. sending more satellites than anybody else and more rockets to the moon and electric car. have him do election integrity, lawrence -- excuse me not election integrity, election efficiency. >> lawrence: incredible the way is he able to talk about the economy. just look at the contrast of what he is talking about. his policy and going into the depth of the policy of, you know, what he wants to implement on a day-to-day basis for americans versus kamala harris who hasn't given us much detail on it. it's the number one issue by people in north carolina. when it comes to the economy and inflation. let's go talk with some of the people. it's up to you now. what do you think is the number one issue facing the country right now or north carolina? >> i would say safety. securing our borders is very important. criminals are not having

[inaudible] i would say safety. >> lawrence: what about you, sir, what would you say is the number one issue facing north carolina? >> law and order. we got to get back to law and order over this state and all over the country. >> lawrence: let's move a little bit, guys. hello, how are you all doing? what's your name? >> rhoda. >> lawrence: nice to meet you. what would you say? donald trump gave a big speech yesterday about the economy, what he is going to do versus kamala harris. what would you say is the number one issue facing the country right now? >> i think it's illegal immigration and freedom of speech. lawrence i'm hearing a lot of people here in north carolina talking about immigration. it's not a border state why are people so fired up about that issue? it's destroying our values. we have illegal migrants here. it's every state. it's not just border states. >> lawrence: this young lady said they are busing them in.

>> they are busing them in and putting them up in hotels. guys interesting enough even though it says economy and inflation is the number one issue. at love the folks talking about the number two issue which is the border, guys. >> steve: indeed. all right. lawrence, thank you very much. great to have you down in north carolina. he will be there throughout the morning. in the meantime, it's 20 minutes after 6:00. and carley joins us with some news we have been following for a week. >> carley: i certainly do. speaking of the border, guys. ice confirming for members of the violent tren de aragua gang arrested for a shooting in aurora, colorado, came into the u.s. illegal lit under the biden-harris administration. and emails reportedly reveal colorado officials were warned about the venezuelan street gang's alleged apartment takeover, but dismissed the claims. this comes as the denver law firm reports the consultant for the property management was, quote: so severely beaten and stomped by gang members that he

had to go to the hospital and gang members allegedly stabbed a whispering pines restaurant for refusing to pay rent to the gang. the man who lunged at a judge in las vegas back in january has now pleaded guilty to attempted murder. the pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but changed his tune hours after testimony from the victim. >> was so determined and so violent and so -- it was scary. i didn't think i was going to get out of there. >> reddin will be sentenced on november 7th. telegram ceo speaks out for the first time since his arrest in france last month. he took to the messaging platform to say he was surprised by his arrest, adding, quote: to charge a ceo with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach. now, he was detained last month.

french authorities say he allowed the platform to be used for criminal activity like drug trafficking. durov is vowing to improve the app. to address those issues going forward. the first nfl game of the regular season definitely delivered. the game coming down to the final play. first four trying to make magic happen. two feet down, yes! touchdown. what a play. >> right toe to the line, out of bounds, this is going to be reversed for incomplete pass. >> oh my goodness that's a toe. >> that's a toe says the announcer. ravens isaiah barely out of bounds on what could have been the game tying touchdown for the chiefs win 27-20. off the field taylor swift getting a whole lot of attention after the game. the pop star travis sell is i

responded holding hands, anticipation is tom brady's debut in the fox sports broadcasting he calls america's game of the week on sunday, the cowboys versus the browns. don't miss these other big nfl games all on fox, guys. nfl season is upon us. >> steve: and the chiefs started it in style. >> brian: by the way the 4:00 game is a fox game. real quick, did you see that britney mahomes. >> steve: taylor swift did not sit next to each other. >> brian: separate. we buried the lead. >> ainsley: britney supported donald trump headlines say that's the rumor. who is excited about tom brady sunday 4:00? >> brian: all i think about who color in football. >> steve: absolutely going to be great. we loved him when he is throwing the ball and now talking about it. check it out only get tom on fox. >> brian: he gets more hand some every year.

[laughter] >> brian: listen to you, am i right? >> ainsley: i think he has always been handsome. he looks the same to me. >> brian: i don't know how he does at the looks better now than 20. >> ainsley: true. >> brian: just saying. >> ainsley: faster, too. >> brian: everyone in the control room agrees. >> steve: and he works at fox. >> brian: right. full time. >> ainsley: you can tell him yourself. you get more hand some every year. >> brian: see you in human resources. >> steve: see him at the cafeteria. straight ahead have an interview with the lt. governor great commonwealth of virginia with searles after launching her bid to be the next governor. >> ainsley: charging parents over their role in school shooting the new norm? we have legal analysis, next. ♪ only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older.

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>> ainsley: why are learning that the father of the alleged shooter in georgia father bought the gun and used it in wednesday shooting bought the gun for his son. that father faces charges of manslaughter and second degree in connection with the killing. here to reacted former federal prosecutor francey hakes.

hey, francey, thanks for joining us. >> hey, ainsley. >> ainsley: timeline is this may of last year in 2023 before christmas authorities say they won't to the dad's house to veto online school shooting threat or several threats made online allegedly by the son. they go to investigate. they ask the dad if he had guns, yes we have guns, they are not put up. there aren't any bullets and we used them to go hunting. few months later, christmastime. authorities say that the dad bought that gun that his son allegedly used from the store a local store and gave it to his son as a christmas present. now the dad is facing these charges. is this going to be the new norm? >> it sure looks like it, ainsley. certainly the michigan case is the precursor for all of this. now, here in georgia, we have had negligent homicide especially as it relates to children and crimes against children for many years now. i'm not surprised that he is charged with these two counts of cruelty to children facilitated

second degree murder, if you will. and for that he is facing anywhere from 10 to 30 years in prison. on each count, and, remember, ainsley, while he said last year to investigators that there were no bullets in the gun, his son is not legally allowed to purchase bullets in this state or any other. no one under 18 can purchase ammunition in this country, so the father had to have not only supplied the gun. but also the ammunition. >> ainsley: what do you make of the child's background? it sounds like the neighbors are saying it was pretty bad. there were nights when the mom would lock him out and his sister out of the house. they would be banging on the back door and screaming mom, mom, mom, and crying. it was absolutely devastating no. clean clothes, i'm not exaggerating. it's a constant abuse. very sad. grandfather saying the dad was beating up on the son not physically and hollering and screaming at him. and the aunt is saying the child was begging for help. from everybody around him. and the adults around him failed him. >> well, it sounds like a sad and tragic situation all around.

but, and this may become relevant at sentencing, right? so why he did it or the fact that he has this tough background. might be relevant to a judge at sentencing. it's not relevant, however, to his guilt. and abuse is never an excuse. for committing a crime. and what most people don't know because tv portrays it always wrong is that children who are abused are no more likely to become abusive than the general population. it's something people think because defendants use abuse as an excuse all the time. i'm not saying it didn't happen here. but it's definitely not an excuse for the horror that this child inflicted on this state and the country on wednesday. >> ainsley: we want to also get your reaction on hunter biden pleading guilty. we thought he was going to plead not guilty to all nine counts in his federal tax case. but now facing a maximum of 17 years in prison and fine of up to $1.35 million, now, do you think he will actually spend time behind bars? do you think his dad will pardon

him or maybe kamala or donald trump? >> i think he will get pardoned. his dad will pardon him going out. i don't think there is any question about that. i don't think hunter biden is this brave selfless person is he trying to portray by pleading guilty to save his family. if that's what he wanted to do he could have done it years ago. he could have done it when the charges were lodged against him. he could have negotiated a plea with the government. he could have pled guilty during that ridiculously soft plea agreement that they offered him last year. and he backed out of. so, i think that he'll never see a day in jail. and i think that the timing of this was such that it protects his father in pardoning him after the election rather than before. >> ainsley: like brian said, won't allow them to open up the books to see where the money came from and where it went. thank you so much, francey for coming on. >> thanks, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are welcome. lakewood church pastor joel osteen coming up with his daughter.

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>> janice: good morning, everyone. take a look at the tropics. there is a lot going on. really not a lot going on. we don't expect any development imminently, we are watching this area across the gulf of mexico, that's bringing in a lot of tropical moisture along a frontal boundary and that means the potential for flooding. i have always said it doesn't take a name storm to cause a lot of problems. and that's what is going to happen we think for some of these gulf coast states, louisiana, alabama, toward the florida panhandle, that's

something we are going to have to watch even though we don't think it's going to get a name. flash flood risk, especially for the new orleans area here through the panhandle of florida. and there is your forecast today. we do have a cold front that's moving across the midwest and the great lakes. that's going to bring temperatures down but the main risk is going to be the flooding along the gulf coast and the heat is relentless along the west coast. the temperatures well above 100 degrees as we head to the weekend. all right, that's your "foxcast." over to you, steve, ainsley, brian. >> steve: all right, j.d., thank you very much. >> janice: you got it. >> steve: from the map it looked like it was dry today. early mailing ballots set to be mailed out today in that state. currently on hold as r.f.k. jr. has sued to remove his name from the ballot. >> ainsley: every last vote is going to matter in the tar heels state with the polls showing donald trump and kamala harris in a virtual tie. >> brian: lawrence jones is talking to voters in kitty hawk, north carolina to find out what they think. lawrence? >> lawrence: good morning, family. let's start with a show of hands to talk about early voting

versus election day voting. the former president and current people too early votes. let's see what voters say. who plans on early vetting this election cycle a show of hands? [cheers] >> who is going to vote election day? [cheers] >> should i do the candidates who is going to vote for r.f.k.? naunce. nawns. >> who is going to vote for joe biden? he is not on the ballot anymore. [laughter] who is going to vote for kamala harris? [boos] >> who is going to vote for donald trump? [cheers] >> the question is why? why do they plan on voting for donald trump. what's your name, ma'am? >> tha [inaudible] >> lawrence: what's the issue? >> my main issue is the economy and immigration. >> what has gone wrong? >> it's all falling apart. needs to be brought back

together and we need to bring this country back to the way it was. >> lawrence: thank you so much. i think a lot of people agree with you. go over and talk with other folks. i'm go to go to you, sir we are you supporting donald trump? i own a business and he knows how to business we need a business leader and not a politician. >> how was life for you four years ago? >> great. interest rates were down. stock markets were up. love it. >> lawrence: have things changed four years later? >> yesment exactly. why are you supporting the former president? >> he is the run that can get out of outside of this mess. >> anything kamala harris can do to convince to you vote for her? >> drop out. >> lawrence: like her boss, joe biden. okay. let's talk with you, sir. i met you earlier today. what's the number one issue you

feel is facing this country? >> i think the number one issue is voter integrity. north carolina just came out and said there is half a million people who are on their rolls who did not follow what would be the safe act or the hbo act. and we just got to get that cleaned up everywhere. not just here but all the other states. >> a lot of republican governors cleaning up the voters rolls. let's go across here real quick. let's keep moving. how are you doing? >> hi. >> what's your name? >> my name is marianne. >> lawrence: nice to meet you. >> lawrence, thank you for being here. >> lawrence: it's my pleasure to be here. tell me what do you feel like is the most pressing issue for americans? >> the economy. the cost of groceries. the cost of everything. food. i have had people in line in front of me at a grocery store putting stuff back it breaks my

heart. it's not the american way. >> lawrence: things were different under donald trump. >> definitely, yes, ma'am. >> lawrence: a pleasure to beat you. >> he is number one in my book. >> lawrence: hopefully can i number two. >> wonderful. thank you. >> lawrence: we are going to send it back to brian, steve and ainsley. say over to you. >> okay. >> lawrence: over to you brian, steve and ainsley. [laughter] >> brian: all right, lawrence. i will accept that toss. lovingly i will accept that toss. >> virginia switching to governor winsome earle-sears running for governor. >> brian: big announcement. don't move. ♪

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>> steve: fbi executed search warrants of allies of eric adams including new york city police department top police officer. todd piro is here with what's going on.

todd? >> todd: steve, this is a huge developing story. still unclear what federal agencies were looking for at the homes of high ranking members of mayor adams administration. this includes nypd commissioner. he had washed can a bon. school chancellor banks. sheena rife and deputy mayor public safety bill banks. agents seizing electronic devices, other officials had their phones subpoenaed. mayor adams is remaining tight lipped about all of it. >> i would love to engage in a good conversation around this. but it would just be irresponsible for me. you know, as a former law enforcement person. i know allowed to take their course, that is what i am doing. >> todd: this is just the latest inquiry into the mayor's close circle. last know. federal agents raided the home of top campaign fundraiser and adams is facing his own investigation over campaign fundraising. since november, federal prosecutors have been looking into whether his campaign accepted illegal donations from the turkish government.

the mayor has denied any wrongdoing, brian. >> brian: unbelievable. all going on in and around us. thanks so much, todd. governor winsome earle-sears has officially filed her paperwork to run for governor in 2025. given that governor youngkin can't serve two consecutive terms that's how virginia does it. a marine corps veteran who came to the u.s. just -- 6 years old from jamaica. she could be the nation's first black woman governor. joining us right now in our first exclusive interview since big announcement last night lt. governor win some easterly sears, winsome earle-sears. what makes you think you can take that next step when governor is done? >> i need to you come on down to virginia sand spend some money. our tourist season is still high and kicking and we have got a lot of economic development happening here. now, as for your question, look, we have got to win. we really have to win, because

the other side is willing to do all kinds of machinations and some gotcha stuff that's not going to help propel virginia forward. we have got to continue what the governor has started. governor youngkin has laid a great foundation. we have got to keep building on that. we have had corporate headquarters that have moved here, even from overseas. we have grown businesses here. we have been incubator for business. it's all about business because that's where the money comes from. so that we can have the beautiful things we like. the quality of life. the schools, the roads, the bridges, all of that i'm the one who can do that. >> brian: if success leaves clues, lt. governor had the big upset and beat terry mcauliffe. glenn youngkin. what did you learn from his campaign and from his governing that could help you? >> >> what with what we do know and remember i was elected 20 elect 250 yearsago.

incumbents father had the seat 11 years before that and three months to run and no money. 58% of democrats, 58 -- 62% black district. when you have the right ideas, and when you know the voters have given you a mandate to run, to move forward, then you have just got to press forward. you have hostile legislature's who want to stop you at every way. because they are thinking they are going to get a win. but the win is for the people. and so, you know, we have got to have economic development, which means how many jobs are you going to create? we need lower taxes which means when you come right down to it, how much does my hard earned money do i get to keep? or are you going to take everything from me? when it comes to safety and security, are you going to cause morale to be so low that we lose law enforcement, we lose department of corrections personnel or you are going to put legislation forward that

causes criminals to not go to jail. because you think that well, they need a third or fourth or fifth chance. >> brian: attorney general considered running. jason. you explained to him you are going to be running. what do you think if he challenges you for the nomination? >> well, we'll see what happens. but i'm moving forward. forward is the only way i know. and, look, we have got to do it now. we got to be able to talk about 24 and next year. because that's what leaders do. leaders get a basket of challenges that come before them and they have to be able to prioritize and they have to be able to make bold and decisive decisions. that's what i do. i have done that my whole life. i mean, you can't shirk from challenges and so, we're pushing forward. the democrats have had a whole year, a whole year to really campaign for their ideas. we're trying to make up ground. >> brian: spanberger with c.i. a

background. two rapid fire questions. number one, will the current governor endorse you and number two, you were kind of critical of president trump. you came out and said looks like people were ready to move on after 2022. how do you feel about both those men? >> well, first of all, you talk about abigail and yes, former cia. but i noticed in her announcement video, it wasn't the cia that she used. it was the silent drill team the marine corps silent drill team. i'm the marine. she is not. is she not proud of her c.i. a record? that's number one. number two, well, i don't know if the governor will endorse or not. we are pressing forward i'm always ready for a challenged. i never waited on whatever other people will do. but the governor and i have an excellent relationship. that's the only way i know. we ran as a team and we work as a team. and i support his ideas because, you know, we are republicans together. yes, sir.

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