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♪ ♪ finish. rachel: it is the 9 rahm hour of "fox & friends" if weekend -- 9 a.m. hour. today, former president trump headaching his big return to the site of his first assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania. people have been lining up even a day early the get at spot in line. will: plus, the other big story we are following, survivors of helene, many still without power, say they feel forgotten by the government. the leadership of the biden-harris administration is under scrutiny as president biden reveals he'll have to to ask congress for more money after fema spent more than a billion dollars on migrants. the third hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. ♪ ♪ don't the stop -- don't stop thinking about tomorrow. ♪ don't stop, it'll soon be here

♪ [cheers and applause] will: good morning and welcome to "fox & friends" on this saturday morning, 9 a.m. on the east coast, and the crowd began to gather yesterday in butler, pennsylvania. some who have already spoken to pete hegseth this morning said they got in line at 11 p.m. last night. rachel: look at that. will: a rally later today, first time since donald trump survived the assassination attempt in july. rachel: absolutely. well, we just had a great segment outside fall festival. we -- i faced my own fears -- will: no, you didn't. rachel: well -- [laughter] i don't know if you saw that, pete, but the chicken coop arrived after a year of my husband and my kids begging for chickens. we diseased to get a coop -- decided to get a coop that would allow me to never have to deal with them, and so we got one from carolina coop, and they had it right out here.

and i know you were asking me about that coop last week, so you missed it, but you get to come to the house and check it out and see if you can get one on the hegseth farm. pete: will, i didn't have to the see it, i didn't see it, but if there were chickens anywhere nearby her, she's thrown into complete panic mode immediately, i know. will: that's exactly right. pete: you know who didn't? segway wise, remember on july 13th that crowd did not supply fly into panic mode even though donald trump was theory assassinated. and here we are in this line, will, i'm hearing estimates between 600-100,000 people -- 60-100,000, and if it were that am, it would not surprise me because you said11 p.m., it was actually 11 a.m. yesterday, and the line doesn't stop. this thing's snaking behind me. say hello -- [cheers and applause] rachel: unbelievable. pete: the doors haven't even opened yet, and the feeling is absolutely electric.

they felt like god was here on july 13th sparing donald trump by a miracle. every third person i talk to here was here on july13th. my other assignment, will, i'm now tracking california, idaho, arizona and k the as some of the places where people have traveled from for this rally in butler, pennsylvania. and, ma'am, you were here on july 13th as well. what's it like to be back? how symbolic is it for you? >> it's very emotional, and i am full of joy that i get to be a part of this. it's history. it's absolute history. and donald trump is going to win. pete: you were really close to him that way.. -- that day. >> i was three rows back from the front of the podium. i was right behind the brick man, and it wasser the fewing -- it was terrifying, but everybody remained calm.

and i just think that that shows what kind of people are here to remain calm, because they just knew what a they were here for. they were here for donald trump. pete: hey, thank you very much for for your time. we're glad you're back, and if we're honored here at fox and if friends to be back here note being a historic event where, you know, donald trump doesn't turn his head, he's not here. it's a whole different country, it's a whole different race. everything changes. thankfully, his life was spared and thousand here he's back -- i can see the flag, guys, we can't show you the stage because the sun sun is coming from that direction, but it looks nearly the exact same. they meant to the replicate it including some of the people you saw behind him on the podium will be in their statement spot, and you heard from the doctor who tried to perform cpr on corey comperatore, his entire family will be here, a lot of

luminary ifs. there's just a lot of love and appreciation that here we are a month after the election, donald trump's still running, they couldn't stop him, and the crowd has his back this morning in butler, pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] rachel: hey, pete, i'm curious, is the crowd -- it looks from what i can see is that the crowd will be even bigger than it was on that day in july, that fateful day. i mean, you're in a field. is there any limit to how many people can show up? what are the number estimations, what are you thinking? [laughter] pete: that's a good question. i don't know if there's a limit to the amount of people that could be in the field per se. i think the belief is that it can spill over as big and as wide as they want, and we'll have to to ask salina zito who's going to be can joining us what she knows. again, i've heard up to potentially 100,000 people. this has become a destination event. there are trump rallies and then there are mass if i, huge trump rallies -- massive, huge trump rallies. [applause] this is part of the crowd that

was here overnight. this is just the group overnight. as i look out it's an endless sea of people, and the cars are still coming as well. this is pennsylvania, guys, this is a key state. and what are people doing here? walking the crowd with -- have you registered the vote, are you registered to vote, so this is a get out the vote turnout effort too not just the a rally. will: well, you did have an incredible interview with dr. jim sweetland who worked on corey comperatore that day in july. he's there, corey's family is there, reports elon musk will be there later today. and karoline leavitt, trump's 2024 national press secretary, was on "fox & friends" saying this will be some of the message you hear today in butler, pennsylvania. >> president trump is going back to butler to honor the lives of the victims who were lost are, who were injured, to be with their families and the really just show the strength of these families who lost their loved

one, the family of corey, namely, and the other two gentleman men -- gentlemen on that day who were injured. i saw the lines behind pete, the fact that pennsylvanians are showing up at a place where president trump came within millimeters of losing his life shows the resiliency, the strength, the determination of the american people. and he will be there tonight with a message of unity, a message of strength talking about how we're going to save this great country. and, again, it was just two months ago where he took a bullet for democracy. rachel: yeah, no question about it. i mean, i'm just looking at the size of that crowd. pete, they came last night, poem lining up yesterday, and donald trump's not expected to speak until around 5 p.m. tonight. it's only 9:00 in the east coast. i'm just, i'm really kind of bowled over by the size of this crowd already. pete: oh, it's amazing. and it was cold last night too. we walked up, there were people

wrapped in sleeping bags and folding chairs along the street just to be to be at the front of the line to get an opportunity to to get in and be at the front of the stage to view history. think about it, yes, our media has tried to wormhole this event and pretend like it didn't happen, but less than three months ago the leading candidate for the republicans and a former president was nearly assassinated, saved only by the turn of a head and a miracle. and this, if you're a support per of his or an american, you recognize how significant that event was because the secret service director who was forced to resign, you know, another threat on his life. so these people take that very seriously. they don't take it for granted. sir, you've been here for a while, latinos for trump. why do you support trump? >> because he's going to be the greatest president to be. listen, because of the future of our children, because of the future of latinos and and what he's going to do to make the change for our borders, for our children, for school,

everything. trump is the man. if you ain't going to trump, i'm sorry to the tell you, you're going the wrong way. [laughter] [cheers and applause] pete: anybody -- hey, who's here on july 13th? july 13th? ma'am? all of you? again, i didn't stage this. you walk the line, there's people everywhere who were here on july 13th. ma'am, how does it feel to be back? >> i'm excited. i'm so excited. this is such a. monumental moment. i can't wait to see president trump. i was right behind the stage when it happened. it was scary, but we were troopers, we all stuck together, all the trump supports stuck together and, you know, and here we are. there's at lot of return people here, and i'm happy to be here. i'm excited. this is great. i'm so excited to be with my people -- [laughter] so, yeah, we're good. pete: lots of people here. [cheers and applause] hi, guys. i've been to the lot of trump rallies. there's trump rallies and and then there's this one. we'll continue to monitor the

crowd, but it's big. will: is that -- out of curiosity, pete, was that the agr building to your right in i know there's a lot of buildings around the fairgrounds there. is that the agr building? pete: no. the agr building is on the other side. but, again, we're not tar from the stage at all -- far from the stage at all. you start to realize all the buildings adjacent to the stage should have security and should be covered. will: right. pete: clearly, they will today. the agr building's on the other side. and it was, it's burned in your brain, seeing the approximate if similarity is incredible. rachel: i get the feeling from the way you're describing how easily viewable the dangers would have been that you, me and will could have probably set up a better perimeter and protection for the for the president than the secret service did that day. i tell you, i just love that you're there, pete. i love that we're getting the feel from the ground. as you said, you can't stage

that. and what i'm saying -- seeing belies everything what the media says about trump supporters. i see love, i see a multicultural alliance of americans standing for all the right issues. i mean, it's just incredible. will: would you also, pete, thank your cameraman for us for zooming out so that that we can see the crowd past your mullet duck tail pompadour? it's been difficult do at times, but i've managed to see past your hair on a few occasions. rachel: yeah, we have. pete: it's nothing but lo. nothing but love. this is in the field, we let it frommic -- [laughter] -- frolic. rachel: love for the mullet, i guess. pete: let it flow. how we doing? what's it like -- why you here today? >> to support president trump and make america great again, it's real simple. we love this country. we love the -- the people here, look around! these are our people, baby. pete: what's your name, sweetheart? >> carmen.

pete: is in your first rally in. >> yeah. rachel: oh, she's so cute. pete: well done, dad. thank you, ma'am. some cuties this in here, love it. will: we'll check in in a minute. rachel: thanks for ending with so much cuteness with that little girl. finish. will: thank you, pete. today vice president harris will survey hurricane damage in north carolina after former president trump toured damage yesterday. rachel: the tomorrow claiming at least 232 lives across 7 states. fox weather's brandy campbell is live in asheville, north carolina. brandy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. so we're bringing you just yet another image, live image, of the destruction we are seeing here. so directly behind me you can see some of the work that's being done the start that recovery process. you have propane cars, train cars, that are tippedded over on their side and other propane tanks that are in the area tossed around, and they're

trying to empty them, currently burning off the fuel. that could take a couple of days. but surrounding this is just a lot of destruction from the if water. so right now we're standing just above the swan noaa river, one of the main reasons we are seeing such devastation here. this river rose up to 26.1 feet last friday, so now you can see debris in the trees, there are cars in the river, there could be hazards in terms of the water quality, that's something they're working with the epa to to test. but as we continue to the pan right, you can see how this community has been devastated. there's some work already happening, but as you take a look around a, you can see there is a lot are to do. some of these buildings are completely crumbled to the ground ground. you are just seeing cinderblocks at this time. unfortunately, it has been a deadly storm. right now at least 232 people have been killed across the southeast, the most fatalities happening in this country, buckham county, with at least 72

people dead, and that number could go up. the good news is there are the good news stories, the stories of survival. we met one man, he was rescued from his roof with his family by two men on kayaks. this was his message to his rescuers. >> you know, there's not enough thanks and graciousness in the world that i could hope to bestow upon them. we owe our lives to to, my family's lives and a lot of other family's lives to those two gentlemen or that were able to get a kayak down to us. i mean, that was a saving grace for us. >> reporter: all right are. so they stepped out of their homes to do some life saving missions before first responders could get to those folks. thankfully, they were be there. but for now we're hearing from officials who say they just have to rebuild infrastructure to get water and power back on for over 100,000 people in buckham

county. but, again, i want to leaf you here with -- leave you here with this image behind me. we met one owner of a business who's picking up what they can. it's a very emotional moment for them, something that's hard for them to the even talk about at this time. and this, you know, the question is what will they do moving forward. they're building completely -- their building completely gone here in asheville. guys? will: it's going to be a long road forward, brandy. thank you so much. and we're still in, honestly, search and rescue phase. that's' still where we are. rachel: yeah. will: a lot of people pointing out, i mean, the main thing you're hearing is number of people who say i haven't seen fema, i haven't seen the federal government. but a lot of really good people who we've gotten to know, who i think many of you watching have gotten to know, a lot of veterans, a lot of special force, a lot of charity, a lot of churches step into the breach as they all always do. we spoke with congressman corey

mills, they're frying helicopters the -- flying helicopters in and getting to people. >> this is this is completely privately funded, these are private citizens that are helping out, and it's a shock, it's a shock to me, will, because i spent my whole life rescuing american citizens overseas in combat. and if we had minute if behind enemy lines -- somebody -- we would spare nothing, no expense, to go and get them, and it is a travesty there are not more folks helping out. why are there not truckloads of the army corps of engineers in there building roads and bridges? i mean, we are doing this, again, privately funded. americans help americans, which is incredibly inspiring, but it's also incredibly disappointing because we're letting our american brothers and sisters down. rachel: yeah. and also incredibly frustrating because we pay for our government to do this. i actually think when i look at this, i think about how lucky we

are that there are private citizens that have helicopters and trucks and equipment to do this. i'm also wondering, will, pete, you know, maybe this is a timeing you know, especially if donald trump ends up getting elected and we're rethinking the way government works, is it time for fema to be privatized in would things operate better if a private sector was in charge, if the private sector was in charge of this kind of rescue? we're seeing government being really flat-footed and slow to respond in so many ways, and, you know, lives are on the line. will: yeah. it's bloated -- pete: that's what government does, frat-footed and -- flat-footed and slow to respond and appropriated and focused on -- bloated and focused on the wrong priorities. the fact that foreign countries are getting billions and foreigners in our own country are getting thousands and yet citizens in north carolina are getting $750 and fema not showing up? that's what's resonating with people in 20216 with donald

trump, the forgotten men and women who feel like their government's spending money on stuff they don't care about, that doesn't affect their lives, and they're being told, figure it out. in the near term, like you pointed out, they are figuring it out with private support, churches, samaritan's purse, things like that, but this response is damning for the harris-biden administration. if they're not focused on it, we need to stay focused on it because of the amount of people lost that are still missing. this is basic stuff. if you can't do that, you don't deserve to run the can country. rachel: 100%. i love that donald trump said i'm thinking about lives. politically speaking, why kamala harris has not taken a lead. maybe she just doesn't know how. and that may be the point that you're bringing up here right now, pete. all right. we're going to turn now to your headlines. governor gavin gavin newsom from california awarding $131 million to 18 cities in the state to help clear homeless encampments. that includes los angeles which

will get over $11 million. this comes after newsom signed an executive order allowing states and local authorities to dismantle homeless encampments back in july. some parts of the country could get a rare chance to see the northern lights this weekend thanks to a solar flare. only stargazers from washington state, montana, wyoming and the dakotas and parts of the northeast hay be lucky enough to spot them. earlier this week the sun emitted the strongest solar flare in seven years. and those are your headlines. will: by the way, pete in butler, pennsylvania, today. coming up though, pete, patriot awards. those tickets about to go on sale. pete: yes. you guys are going to be there, december 5th. in new york. fox nation patriots awards. it's the sixth annual -- >> we love pete! pete: it's the sixth annual

patriot awards, and you can get your tickets right now. go to foxnation.com/patriotawards. get your tickets. i'm telling you, if you signed up early, you've already got an opportunity to buy a seat, a lot of them are going quick. check it out right now, fox nation. can't wait to do it. will: all right, thank you. the biden-harris administration under pressure while americans suffer in the aftermath of helene, and fema spends billions on migrants. we ask former acting dhs secretary chad wolf about that a next.

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♪ rachel: president biden warning that he'll have to ask congress for more money to respond to helene thanks to, quote, unforeseen costs. i think i know what those are, as homeland security says it does not have the funds to to see americans through the hurricane season. meanwhile, republicans are ripping fema for spending $1.4 billion to the address the needs of illegals instead of preparing for storm leaf. former acting -- relief. former acting dhs secretary chad wolf here to react. chad, it's great to have you on. i mean, this frustration is being felt by every american. what can you tell us about how money was raided from fema?

>> yeah. well, let me start off by just saying my heart goes out to the folks in north carolina, georgia and elsewhere impacted. look, i think what you see from this administration and dhs specifically is that they've taken their eye off the a ball,s and the ball being their primary mission of disaster relief. they have instituted a new grant program over the last couple of years that gives away billions of or dollars to migrants, to facilitate this crisis along the border. and so as you divert fema resources from that, you divert them from their primary mission which is disaster relief. but for the secretary to be on his way to north carolina to try to provide some reassurance to those impacted, to say that fema is out of money is just, it's -- i can't believe that that comment, that he would make that a comment because, one, that's not what you say to disaster survivors, two, it's not true. fema's got over $211 billion available -- 21 billion

available to them to help folks out. so it feels like another shift of responsibility. their trying to shift it back -- they're trying to shift it back to congress when it's their responsibility, this slow recovery, they've been behind the ball from day one, and i think it's an attack to shift responsibility. if. rachel: so, chad, are you telling me fema at this moment has $ $221 billion but they're saying we don't have enough money? >> that's exactly right. rachel: wow. >> in the c.c., the continuing resolution -- c.r -- congress gave fema access to $221 billioa relief fund, so i have no idea what the secretary means when he's out of money. now, he could be out of money come january or february, but that is not where we sit today the here in october where fema has all the funding they need to address the crisis if in north carolina, georgia, tennessee and elsewhere. rachel: you know, it's just such a slap in the face. i just saw secretary blinken

over the last day or two said, you know, he bragged about giving $157 million to lebanon. i just saw some videos of susan powers talking -- she's touring all the infrastructure projects she's, you know, we're paying for -- i'm sorry, samantha powers, she's touring all the infrastructure projects in ukraine. we're paying the pension funds of people in ukraine, and we can't help our own citizens. you talked about the primary mission of fema. how about the primary mission of the government, to serve our people. >> yeah, that's exactly right. america first, right in let's help americans first and foremost. and so when the vice president talks about $750 to help those folks in north carolina and elsewhere, it's just, it's completely tone deaf. it's tone deaf in the sense of -- you talked about it -- the millions of dollars you're giving overseas to other countries when, in fact, our country is now in distress and there's americans that are feeling this here at home. and to say that you're with out of money or you're only

providing $750 is terrible. rachel: chad, should fema be privatized? would that make things better? >> i don't know that that is the answer. i think this goes back to leadership. this comes back to making sure that you've got the leaders in the right place. fema was, obviously, operated very differently under president trump, and i was a part of that for a period of time, making sure that you predeploy assets and resources down there. and this is a variety of different things that could be done differently, so i think this comes down to end leadership, in my book. rachel: yeah. well, cold comfort for those in north carolina at this moment. so thank you so much, chad. really great having you on and getting your perspective. >> thank you. rachel: all right. of you may know him from wizards of waverly place. watch. >> i can't ask her, she's got no idea who i am. she's never even talked to maine i'm totally invisible to her. >> sorry, man, i didn't see you there. >> why would ya?

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millennial producers behind the scenes at "fox & friends" that are big fans of wizards of waverly place, and they can barely contain themselves. i'm excited to talk to you about monster summer. it's such a to throwback. you've got goonies vibes, sand lot vibes, just a family-friendly movie. >> thank you so much, man. you know, growing up my dad used to the take me to the movies all the time, and it's some of my favorite memories that i spent with him as a child. and i'm a parent now, and i'm, like, where are those movies? i remember i'd get my popcorn, my soda with my dad, we'd watch movies like e.e.t., the goonies, jurassic park, jaws, and there was a good time. there was no awkward car rides home, no political agendas in the films, it was just a good time with great themes and great values. and now that i'm a parent., i meal -- i feel like i have to be a forensic investigator with my

children's continue tent. i'm, like, where is just a good old, fun time that can be an event. and if that's kind of what impellinged this journey. i read the script, it reminded me of when i was a kid sitting with my dad -- will: why are there not -- >> people just want to have a good time. will: of course they do. why don't we get more of this? values, happy, fun, the whole family. why don't we have more of this? >> that's why i had to make this movie. we had to do it independently. let's find the script, put the team together, work with great actors. mel gbson gives the best performance, i think, in decades. he's impressivive in this film. and we made it ourself. it's out in theaters in this weekend, and i hope everyone will check it out. the opening weekend's really important, so if you want good old, wholesome, fun content with no agendas, you can just have a great time, get popcorn and enjoy, this is it. will: awesome. monitor summer, it's out now. david, by the way, is also

acting in a new movie called reagan, of course, you probably heard of that. and david plays a young ronald reagan. take a look. >> i was a lifeguard on a river. ♪ there's no turning back ♪ >> and i learned how to read the currents. not just the ones on the surface, but also the ones deep underneath the water. will: what was it like to play ray ganger david? >> -- david? >> it was incredibly. there's not a lot of footage on reagan from 16 til 30, so it was a blast to try to morph into dennis quaid which is funny because my wife's childhood crush is dennis quaid. it was a blast, man, it was awesome. will: i haven't seen ray ganger i plan to. i haven't yet seen monster summer, i plan to. they both look incredible.

thank you so much for telling us about monster summer. >> i appreciate you all, god bless. check out monitor summer, thank you. will: today former president trump returns to the site of his first assassination attempt this butler, pennsylvania, and pete is there right now. pete: no doubt, here with the crowd, here with david -- by the way, came from if new york. david, you've got a message. >> yes, the message for donald trump. 1974 was the year, my dad suffered a massive heart attack, we attended the same school as donald. my father knocked on my door and said he was paying for his three children's tuition. your family is a wonderful family. you get nothing but grief. i love you, fight, fight, fight! i love you, donald. the whole trump family are wonderful people. they had nothing but grief. they tried to throw the man in jail, they tried to kill him. don, i love you.

if it's at all possible, i would like to a shake your hand and thank you for what your father did for my family. you changed three children's lives. three children's lives. pete: thank you very much for sharing that. appreciate it. we got more of that, more "fox & friends" live from butler, pennsylvania, in just a moment. creates an incredible melody of power and possibility. but that energy needs to be reliable to have the same power. and affordable — to keep the melody. at home, on the road, on farms and fleets and even ports — propane and renewable propane lower carbon emissions while harnessing the full symphony of energy. learn more about safe, clean, reliable propane at propane dot com.

rick: welcome back to to "fox & friends." we're nine days out from when hush helene made landfall, and

we still have over half a million households without power. we haven't talked a lot about georgia. georgia also took a really big hit from this, and we still have about 50,000 households -- 150,000 households without power. southern appalachians, take a look at the forecast for the next 10 days, temps in the 70s and 80s, no rain in the forecast, which is great news. here is the bad part, rain is fine there, but across parts of the gulf we have a new developing system here, and all indications are we're going to be talking about a tropical storm, very likely a hurricane by the time we get towards the middle part of this week. national hurricane center giving this a 90% chance of developing somewhere right here across the central gulf. plenty of warm water right there, and our models are sewiny something significant. notice that rainfall up across parts of the panhandle, southern parts of florida not as much rain. this one, a big storm, we think, for central florida. if you're in tampa, sarasota,

name ifings, you could be looking at a hurricane sometime by the middle part of this week, so be alert. we have something big to be talking about here, we'll keep you abreast of all of this. over to you. rachel: thank you, rick. later today former president trump will be in butler, pennsylvania, in a triumphant return less than three months after thattempt on his life. will: our next guest was at that fateful july 13th rally where she planned to interview trump before the chaos broke out. rachel: pittsburgh-based columnist and washington examiner national political reporter salena zito joins pete in butler right now. pete? pete: that's right. thanks, guys. salena, great to see you. you just told me, i didn't know this, your family has been from butler county since the med 170s. -- mid. >> the one side of my family settled here in the 1750s.

pete: does the turnout surprise you at all in. >> not at all. i think we're going to see people that were there that day -- pete: you were there. >> i was here. i also think there's going to be an aspect of a pilgrimage. people feel really drawn to this because it was incredibly significant that happened, and it almost changed the course of the entire election. pete: for sure. and that's what a we've heard. new york, california, idaho, across the country coming here. how has the race changed, maybe specifically in pennsylvania since you know the pittsburgh area and pennsylvania so well, how has that day changed the trajectory of the race? >> so i think immediately there was a shift, then there was sort of a pause because there were so many things going on with president biden stepping back, vice president kamala harris stepping forward. but i think that trump, based on the interviews i've been doing in theth counties outside of the big cities, it has just been a growing support for him. and it's often not seen because

they're not in the large cities, you know? if pittsburgh, philadelphia, that's where you always sort of see all the reporting. but these are the counties that make the difference. the amount of people that show up in butler and beaver and luzern and erie and northampton counties, those are the counties you watch to see on election night to see a what the turnout is. they're the ones that will change this election cycle. people tend to forget that barack obama in 2008 won this state by almost 11 percentage points. that dropped town to under 5 percentage points -- down -- so there was already a rightward shift happening. as the sort of old new deal democrat, middle class democrat was sort of lobbed off of the democratic party and went towards the republican party a because the republican party -- in particular through trump -- started talking about things that were important to them,

community, dig any of work, things being made in america, and that's where you have seen that shift. pete: do you feel like you witnessed a miracle before your eyes? >> oh, absolutely. it was, it, you know, i have followed president trump, covered him for years. he never, ever looks -- first of all, he never has a chart, and he does ross perot and brings a chart out, right in but he also never turns away from the crowd. it's a very transaction aal relationship. they feed off of him, he feeds off of them. for whatever decision, reason he made, and i talked to him the next day afterwards, he turned to his head away from the crowd. had he not done that, that bullet would have went through his head so, yeah, it was definitely manager -- there was a higher power in that moment. and he and i talked about that the next day. he felt as though that he had -- this was a moment for him that god was in that presence, and he felt very blessed. if. pete: absolutely.

we're blessed to have you with us on the show today. ma'am, you were also there on july13th. why are you here today? >> because i have to finish what we started. i was 12 rows from stage, and the two gentlemen that were shot were 202 feet away from me. -- 20 the feet. i absolutely believe that god was with him and protected him in that moment. pete: well said. sir, or you were here also? >> yes, sir. pete: why are you here today? >> i wouldn't mismiss it. i mean, last time we sat here for hours and hours. you can see the size of the rallies, they're just -- they're incredible, no matter what think about else tries to tell you. five minutes into it, we watched donald trump go down and we're not going to see that today. i think they've gotten everything together, and we're just all praying for him today. we're -- if i may, i'd like to the send our love out to helen comperatore. we're here for donald trump, for her, we're here for all the a great patriots that were here last time.

and that's the best i can say for you. pete: you hear corey comperatore, you hear there was a miracle and we're going to finish what we started with the rally on july 13th, today on october 5th. [cheers and applause] we have more "fox & friends", and we'll finish what we started to this just a moment. ♪ if. ♪

rick: all morning long we've been celebrating the fall season with our "fox & friends" fall festival. rachel: that's right. our next guests are here to to show us that pumpkins don't only are to be the turned into jack-o'-lanterns, you can also turn them into delicious food that valentina has all over her face now. will: joining us is stew leonard jr. and chef rich with us this morning. all right, guy, what are we doing with pumpkins? >> first thing, to look for a great pumpkin is look for a great stem and lots of color. rachel: oh, really? okay. >> the second thing we've got to do that's important for coming down here at fox, we're thrilled to be down here, look, we have these nice coffee bags. we roast our own coffee -- rachel: who knew i made coffee? >> all those kids -- i know you don't look like this around the --

rachel: no, i don't with. takes a village, stew. >> we have rich here, he's been at stew's 30 years, and he started the bakery. tell us what you got. >> i've almost been working on this recipe for that long. it's a pumpkin bread. you can use canned pumpkin or a whole pumpkin hike this. it will give you about four cups of purée. easy to do, you can find recipes online. cut it, seed it, roast it. i prefer that. stew likes chunks. >> well, you know, my we've just cooked spaghetti squash last night, and it's really the same thing. it's like a squash in a way. rachel: sure. >> just put it in the oven and then you can scoop9 out the pieces. when you do that, you can mash it up. you can even buy purée, but i like it chunky. rachel: i do too, stew. >> don't you like chunks? >> we have a little butter. we use maple syrup. it asks for a pea spoon, but general -- teaspoon, but

generous. who's my helper here in. >> that's it. >> make sure at home when your mom tells you today -- not to to make a mess, but don't worry about it here. dump it right on top. here you go. rachel: okay, spread it on top. rick: make a mess. >> there you go. >> oh, look at that. you're going to help your mom doha that. -- do that so well. rachel: she's ther if nextist. -- perfectionist. >> brown sugar and cinnamon -- >> all flavors -- >> the messier the better, okay? [laughter] there you go. spread that right on top. rachel: you want to do that one, patrick? go for it. nice. will: did you do the same thing to these? >> these are all done already. rachel: i just had a bite. it's delicious. will: thank you. rachel: you know, until fall comes around, i forget how much i love fall food. >> that's what i love about being here today, is it kicks

off the fall season for me. this is the first time i wore an orange shirt all season. [laughter] hey, wait a minnesota, wait a minute. there's secret recipe for this, okay? in look at this, i'm going the pull it out of here. will: oh, there we go. hold it right there. rick: nicely done. thank you so much. will: get all of this at stew leonard's.com. more "fox & friends" coming up. ♪ i can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand ♪

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