>> david webb actually is the name of jason borne in the movie. a great -- >> that is a piece of trivia i learned today. from a very handsome young man who shall go unnamed a the this point but this has really been a phenomenal momentous broadcast and ushered with the words of the form or president in pennsylvania and we covered a lot of ground from teleprompters to iran and israel and that does it for us here at the big weekend show. we're going to see you back here tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern. for -- the big weekend show, but until then, we've got the hero of the university "one nation with brian kilmeade" it begins right now. take u ♪ ♪

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pete: well, it might be fall, but it feels like summer in our national anthem. rachel: it does. pete: photos continue to pour in, they are beautiful. and thanks for being here. it is october 6th, year of our lord, 2024, good to be back with you both here in studio. will: good morning. pete: good morning being. rachel: i'm going to get pumpkins today with the kids, so maybe i should take some photos -- pete: you could, submit them, e-mail them, friends@fox news -- rachel: i'll e-mail them to you and not to you, because you don't forward them to the producers. will: no, i don't do that for you. [laughter] or anyone. i like the sunrise, the beach, the campers. pete: great.

will: welcome back. welcome to the new studio, and tell us about butler, pennsylvania. pete: it was wonderful pop there. someone described it as a pilgrimage. i think that was true for a lot of people. you always see folks from the local area at trump rallies. there were definitely a poll of people regionally, but across the nation too. enthusiasm is real. the remembrance was real, and i think, you know, that area felt like there was something to be concluded. there were a lot of people who felt like, hey, this was something that needed to be finished, that needed to be done. rachel: look at that. i mean, that's incredible. that is an incredible crowd. will: the new york post entitled it braveheart. said 20,000 witnessed donald trump's triumphant return to butler, pennsylvania. it was an incredible crowd. it included the the likes of elon musk who joined donald trump on stage, and as pete suggested yesterday here on "fox & friends," donald trump began his speech with, as i was

saying. >> a very big thank you to pennsylvania. we love pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] a and as i was saying -- [cheers and applause] oh or, i love that. i love that chart. i love that graph. isn't it a beautiful thing? pete: yeah. someone i spoke to earlier in the morning suggested, he's just going to say as i was saying, and we said that a few times, he was probably saying -- planning on saying it anyway. it was a pick-up right to the graph. and the footprint was exactly the same. rachel: that's what i found interesting, yesterday, there was an intentional effort to the make sure things looked exactly as they did that day as a remembrance of what happened. speaking of remembrance, also

with donald trump, president donald trump was the family, the wife, daughter and family of corey comperatore. and, boy, this was a moving, moving moment. i want you to hear what donald trump had to say about that. we're going to talk about what happened right after the moment of silence. listen. >> corey comperatore was an incredible husband and father, a devout christian, a veteran and a proud former fire chief. few men volunteer to run into fires, but corey was one of those who did. he ran into fires. and when the sound of gunshots pierced the air on that july evening, corey leapt into the fire one more time. in his last seconds on this earth, he threw himself on top of his wife and daughters. [applause] he knew what was happening. he didn't want them hurt. [applause] and he gave his life to shield

their lives. every father and husband in america hopes that, if the time came, we would have what corey had, tremendous courage, tremendous guts, and he wanted to protect his family. and he did protect his family. rachel: you guys, he went on to say it's a force more powerful -- what corey did for his wife and daughter which was basically throw his body on top of them, right? jesus said there's no greater love, right, than to lay your life down. he said it's a force more powerful than any hatred and malice, because even in the darkest hours, it shines forth as a guide, and it guides us like nothing could guide us, it guides us like a candle in the night. and he dose on to say it is that spirit that corey had for his family, for his family, that's going to save america. there was a beautiful moment of silence. and then, boy, if you really want to get the catholic vote, play ave maria.

i have never seen anything like this in a political rally. he played, he had -- pete: performance. rachel: -- a performance by an amazing opera artist, and his a name was -- i'm trying to remember the name, maybe one of our producers can remember. anyway, it was amazing. let me get the name for you, guys. ask and he sang "ave maria," and the crowd was silent. pete: what was so interesting, they did it right at 6:11 which was the moment of the shooting. originally, we thought trump was speak at 5, they moved it the 5:45, he ended up speaking at 6, and right at 6:11, noted the moment, there was about 20 the seconds of silence and then into a say a maria -- rachel: christopher macchio was the performer. will: and also took time to the note those injured in the attack, not just corey comperatore, but others that day, some of whom are still

recovering in those injury withs. but he said none of this is going to stop this movement. >> from this day forward, we will always put america first. we'll take back and save the united states. november 5th, election day, will be the most important day in the history of our country. and together with the great people of pennsylvania, we will make america powerful again. [cheers and applause] we will make america wealthy again. [cheers and applause] we will make america healthy again. [cheers and applause] we will make america strong again! [cheers and applause] we will make america proud again. [cheers and applause] we will make america safe again, and we will make america great again! rachel: you mentioned that elon musk was there, and he sure was. donald trump said every day is a good day to be endorsed by elon

musk, which i thought was a great line too. [laughter] here's elon musk talking about what so many of us belief is the most -- believe is the most important issue of this election, which is censorship. listen. >> the true test of someone's character is how they behave under fire. [cheers and applause] and we had one president who couldn't climb a flight of stairs -- [laughter] and another who was fist pumping after getting shot. [cheers and applause] fight, fight, fight! i think it's the most important election of our lifetime. this is 40 no ordinary election. the other side wants to take away your freedom of speech. you must have if free speech. in order to have democracy. that's why it's the first amendment. and the second amendment is there to ensure that we have the first amendment. [cheers and applause] [laughter] president trump must win to

preserve the constitution. he must win to preserve democracy in america. if. pete: it was fascinating to the see those two on teenage together. that was basically every clip of what he said when he wasn't saying vote, vote, vote, register to vote, call everybody you know. he's a guy wearing a shirt that says occupy mars. [laughter] he says if you don't register, you don't vote -- rachel: did you see that on the ground? pete: oh, yes, yes. so throughout the process as you were walking through the line, there were people with clipboards, people with information saying have you registered, have you registered, so these are meant to be intentional voter registration drives as well. will: pretty remarkable, the guy standing on stage perhaps one of the most powerful endorsements available to be given,s he's been a lifelong democrat. i think this is the first election he would have ever voted republican. if.

rachel: yeah. prominent if democrat, will. on the other side you have two cheneys. will: uh-huh, that's right. rachel: weird election. will: yeah. pete: keep it weird, america. rachel: keep it weird. [laughter] all right. we'll move to a fox weather alert. hundreds of thousands to are still waking up in the dark if in parts of the south this morning after helene devastated the region. will: the storm claiming at least 232 lives across 7 statements as recovery efforts are -- states. >> reporter: rescue and recovery efforts continue in the southeast more than a week after the devastation of hurricane helene. the death toll now more than 230 people across at least a half dozen states. there were more than 300,000 people without power in south carolina, georgia and hardest hit north carolina where 92 rescue teams are deployed, and the city of asheville in buckham

county suffered extreme damage as you can see in this new video. the county receiving $12 million so far in fema-approved assistance. vice president kamala harris was in north carolina yesterday in charlotte meeting with local officials and families devastated by the hurricane. >> we are looking forward to working with our congressional partners so that we can get congress to also issue the resources that fema will need to be an active and if resourced federal partner with all of you on the ground at the state and local level. >> reporter: while harris pledged more federal support to the victims still suffering, she is facing some scrutiny for announcing 100 million emergency dollars to north carolina to repair interstate 40 while sending $157 million to lebanon for additional human thattarian assistance -- humanitarian assistance within a couple of hours on x. florida is bracing for another storm, possibly a category three hurricane, in the coming days,

guys. will: thank you, chanley. pete: that is staggering, when i saw that. hey, north carolina, you get $100 million. hey, lebanon, controlled by his that blah, here is your $-- hezbollah, here's your $157 million. where are our priorities? rachel: yeah. and, ukraine, we'll pay your pension. we're also supporting your small businesses. they're worried small businesses might be hurt in the ukraine at this moment. pete: but we're not worried about -- will: that is an ugly side by side on the same day, lebanon and north carolina. it's only surpassed by an each uglier -- even uglier observation by david axlerod. on a podcast he had this to say about the effect of hurricane helene and the damage and are destruction, devastation in north carolina on the election. >> those voters in asheville are, they're, you know, the kind of voters who will figure out a way to vote, you know?

they're upscale, kind of liberal voters. a bunch of these folks who had their homes and lives destroyed elsewhere in western north carolina in the mountains there are going to be as easy to wrangle for the trump campaign -- rachel: always thinking about those votes, right? meanwhile, donald trump says he's not worried about voters, he's worried about lives. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not thinking about voters right now, i'm thinking about lives. and, to be honest, it's much bigger than anything else. but we're thinking about lives. a lot of lives lost, a lot of people missing, and that's what i'd be focused on right now. will: i don't know about the truth behind what axlerod had to say, but it'd be a little bit like lbj in november of 1963. that's sad.

rachel: yeah. will: and also describing the asheville voters as upscale and those who are going to have to -- to have trouble getting out of the mountains to the vote. pete: you want to hear what people like him actually think, get them on a podcast where with they keep going. it's not a three-and-a-half if minute segment where they keep filling the time. clearly, the the rich liberals are going to be the able to vote, but not the rubes who can't get out of the mountains. they end up sharing what they are feeling which is why i'm always really nervous on the will cain show. [laughter] he tends to draw it out of you. in this case, really cynical politics. will: all right, a few additional headlines. police are searching for a suspect after a father was shot and killed in the parking lot of a california high school. while going to watch his son's

youth football game yesterday. coaches heard at least three gunshots while warming up. deputies found a man who had been shot inside a car, later confirmed he was a player's father. authorities are still investigating a possible motive. seattle approving a $20. if 76 minimum wage starting next year. it'll be the highest minimum wage in the country. both small and large businesses will have to implement the new wage. city lawmakers are also getting rid of a tip credit which allows small businesses to the pay employees a lower minimum wage of just $17 due to tips. the new wage goes into effect january 1st. to a wild college football saturday starting with an absolute stunner or in nashville. vanderbilt taking down top-ranked alabama yesterday, 40-35. if the school's first ever win over top five team. vanderbilt fans tore down the goalpost and walked it down

broadway in nashville -- [laughter] before throwing it in the cumberland river. pete: that's amazing. do we not have the footage from the street? rachel: what are those goalposts made of? that looks dangerous. is that dangerous? pete: they took it all the way downtown nashville. will: yes, it can be. rachel: it's not inflatable. pete: no. [laughter] rachel: it looks like it, the way it's coming down. will: washington took care of number 10 michigan 27-17, a rematch of last year's national title game. and if in a day of upsets, arkansas, in arkansas the razorbacks shocked number 4 tennessee with a late game rally. [cheers and applause] >> this is going to be the last play of the game. scrambles and is shoved out of bounds, no time left! arkansas posed the upset! will: arkansas beat the vols 19-14. you didn't like that?

pete: i was a asleep before there was a score on the board. you've got to throw that ball. will: yeah. rachel: look at that crowd, it looks like a trump rally. [laughter] will: and then there's the proses. fox has a full slate of nfl action today beginning at 1 p.m. eastern time, and those are your headlines. rachel: all right. well, former president trump is making this promise to pennsylvania voters as he makings his triumphant, heroes' return to butler, pennsylvania. >> we're going to unleash a manufacturing renaissance right here in pennsylvania. we're gonna frack, frack, frack. pete: pennsylvania congressman dan meuser was there for both butler rallies, and he joins us next.

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♪ >> we will begin a new era of soaring income, sky skyrocketing wealth, millions and millions of new jobs and a booming middle class. we're gonna boom like we've never boomed before. [cheers and applause] and we're going to unleash a manufacturing renaissance right here in pennsylvania including fracking like we've never fracked before. [cheers and applause] we're gonna frack, frack, frack. will: former president trump making his case to the pennsylvania voters as he

rallies thousands of supporters at a historic rally in butler, pennsylvania, less than three months after his first assassination attempt. pete: our next guest was at the rally yesterday and in july. pennsylvania gop congressman dan meuser joins us now. congressman, you were at both. give us a sense of what it was like to be there yesterday. >> well, great to be with you, pete, rachel, will. well, it was a lot of poignant moments, you know? there was a lot of feeling certainly of memories of july 13th. i had many that were there with me and others asking me what happened that day and where'd it come from, where were the shots, what did people do, where was the president and so forth. you know, so many moving moments. i mean, when the president even just flew in and did a couple offully-by -- fly-bys, that set the the stage that was already beginning with the great speakers we were having prior. the speakers were not the typical congressional, it was

poignant speeches from the nurses and the law enforcement and corey's family, corey comperatore's family who i sat with during the entirety of the president's presentation and speech. tremendous amount of patriotism, you know, resolve. it really was one of the -- an experience i will never forget. it was such a great day. i wish everybody was there to to experience such resolve and patriotism and tribute. tribute to, you know, you can't say enough for corey comperatore. the more you know about him and his family, i spoke with his daughters, his sister, his wife, i mean, just real, real sadness yet appreciation for the tribute that was being played -- paid. it was really something. rachel: yeah, tell me more about the family. i mean, i just, i can't imagine

what they've been through. you sat next to them. what was their reaction to what was happening, the way they were being honored and the way their loved one was being honored, corey? >> yeah. you know, they were listening, they would offer some of their feelingsings. again, i mentioned appreciation. you could sense that. but real deeped sadness at the same time. and they were listening intently. i mean, they were there for hours, right? if they were there until the very end. when after say maria with -- "ave maria" a came up, rachel, you mentioned that earlier, i mean, they were in tears. most people there were. it was quite moving, compelling, strong, you know, emotional. and i'll tell you what, president trump just handled it so well, so graciously, so, such dignity and poise and respect, you know in that's what yesterday was about. it was really about respect.

i mean, the president, bringing people together. he said he was going to come back, day of on july 13th he said to butler, i'm going to be back. he felt that obligation. many of us, probably including myself, didn't think it was a good idea. it was a great idea. it showed america returning, or right? rising up to the occasion. you get knocked down, you get back up and, boy, oh, boy, nothing was more symbol symbolic of that than on july 13th than when the president did get up, raised his first and those immortal, iconic words, fight, fight, fight. will: you heard the clip at the beginning of this segment, donald trump talking about the economy, specifically fracking in pam i'm curious, you're from the area, you know the importance to this election. what are you hearing from voters when it comes to not just this issue, but what they think and believe about his opponent, kamala harris? >> well, i'm very pleased that they're getting to to know kamala harris in the manner she is, and that's as of right now,

it's a big con. she's a phony. who she was before is who she's trying to makeover now in order to get. alexis: elected. -- to get elected. she stated many, many, many times, you've heard it just on the fracking issue, there are so many policies that are contrary to who she is today, but fracking in particular. literal lily 450-5000 jobs in pennsylvania, direct and indirect. she said she was going to ban it. we know they're going to to overtax and overregulate it to enormously minimize it. they've got, as i tend to say, a gas backwards policy plan for pennsylvania that -- natural gas, literally choosing russia over the united states of america. enriching these nations, enriching iran. you know very well how backwards and contrary and what -- how inverted this policy is. it runs contradictory to common

sense. enriching our adversaries while minimizing the economy of the united states of america and all the while we could do it more responsibly, you know, in the name of, what, climate change? i mean, absolute nonsense. rachel: yeah, there's no question about that. well, congressman, it was really great to have you here. we had pete there as well and everyone who seems to all agree that it was a moment they'll never forget. pete: thank you, sir. will: thank you, congressman. >> yeah. thank you all very much. rachel: you got it. pete: all right. well, tomorrow marks one year since hamas launched its deadly attack on israel and turmoil in the middle east shows no sign of slowing down. will: trey yingst has been on the ground in israel all year, and he joins us next.

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pete: well, tomorrow marks one year since hamas launched its assault, its attack against israel killing more than 1,000 and taking hundreds more hostage. now one year later the war shows little sign of slowing down with israel fighting a two-front war against hamas in the south and hezbollah in the north. fox news chief foreign correspondent trey yingst has been covering it all. he joins us live from israel this day, this anniversary coming up tomorrow has special meaning for you and, of course, everybody in israel. it's been a year. how has that renal, how has -- that region, that country been transformed? >> reporter: yeah, pete, you bring up a great point, and that's that the war continues and there really is no end in sight. just overnight the israelis were striking targets in the northern part of the gaza strip. today we understand there's a mass evacuation order for palestinian civilians, an indication that israel plans to go deeper into northern gaza again on the ground.

if there are now diplomatic efforts that are rising to the to the surface to try and end the conflict right now and, importantly, get the hostages that are still inside gaza out. and so one major thing that's changed is that now this is a multifront war, and israeli forces are not just operating on the ground inside gaza, but also on the ground in southern lebanon. so as the region marks the one-year anniversary of that horrific day tomorrow, there will certainly be ceremony ifses across israel, there will be moments of silence, but there will also be major questions about how the conflict is going to end and ultimately stop this cycle of violence that has led to the really the most unstable time across the middle east in recent decades and real questions about what comes next not only for the conflict inside gaza, but for the entire region. pete? pete: yeah, and what does, i know it's an unanswerable question, but do you get the sense that in lebanon it will only ramp up, that this is their moment the -- we're showing

video of sealing terror tunnels in hezbollah. this has been a serious problem for a long time. this moment israel says we're going to try to get the job done? >> reporter: yeah, it appears so. and, look, we thought for months that some sort of diplomatic solution between israel and hamas would give hezbollah an offramp because, remember, they got involved in this fight just a day after the october 7th massacre. and so all the reports indicated they'd be able to find a solution with gaza, get the hostages out, give hezbollah an offramp and, ultimately, the the region would go back to relative normal. but that hasn't happened. there was no diplomatic solution, and the situation in the north escalated to the point that israel hi forces went in on the ground. last week we were in southern lebanon9 with the israeli military as they were clearing these hezbollah positions, and this is not a limited raid. this is a ground invasion into southern lebanon with one key goal, to build a buffer zone between israel and lebanon and allow the israelis to return to

their homes in the northern part of this country. but this will take months. make no mistake, it will be months of fighting, and there are no diplomatic solutions in sight for that conflict either. and so things are only going to escalate from here, and there's this huge x factor of iran. the israelis likely to respond to that ballistic missile attack just this week. pete: sure. well, you've written the definitive account on that day that a changes everything called "black saturday." the book is already out, but you have a special tonight at 10 p.m. on the fox news channel titled "black saturday." 9 you and your team provide an unfiltered account of the war in gaza, i believe we have a small clip. let's show it. [background sounds] >> you can hear it, there are police officers calling for help. [inaudible conversations] [gunfire] >> you had no idea what was going on.

there's no playbook for this. >> reporter: we saw horrific things. you had to be careful not to trip over bodies, but we need to be live. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: get down, everyone. lay down flat. for the first time since the attack, i just cracked. pete: trey, i'm seeing footage even there i don't know that i've seen. >> reporter: absolutely. this new special is one of a kind, and it will take the viewer behind the scenes of what that dark day was like in those early days as the conflict unfolded. it has interviewed with people who survived, with dean, the international spokesman for the police who talks on behalf of these officers who ran into the fire to try and save their fellow citizens. it is a remarkable special because we back back through -- walk back through these communities that were directly impacted on the morning of october 7th, and we also have new images from inside gaza not

yet seen by the public. pete: we will be watching tonight at 10 p.m., and check out the booking "black saturday," by trey yingst. appreciate you, all the reporting you have done over the course of this year, great stuff. >> reporter: thank you. pete: you got it. kentucky students falling behind in all major test subjects, but a measure on the ballot could give parents more say in their egg. the push for school choice coming up next. ♪ go on and lose yourself again. ♪ as the southern wind -- like taking a long drive. just to throw a monster tailgate party at an away game. ♪ brisket anyone? ♪ do what's yet to be done. the new kia carnival turbo-hybrid. ♪

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rachel: we're back with a fox weather alert. florida is now bracing for a tropical storm milton to take aim at the gulf coast this week, set to become a category three hurricane. florida governor ron desantis is declaring a state of emergency yesterday for 35 counties ahead of its expected landfall on wednesday. we're going to turn now to our friend, chief meteorologist rick reichmuth, for our fox weather forecast. rick. rick: hi, rachel. and, by the way, we're going to not ab talk about the southern appalachians for a while, that does not mean that story goes away. there is so much need right now, but for a bit, our attention is going to turn across parts of florida. and this eventually could become a really big story fur us. this right here is milton. it's going to move off towards the east. this path is not typical for storms, but it is what this one's going to take, and there's

pretty high confidence we know it's going towards florida. exactly where, we're not sure at this point, but conditions are really favorable for strengthening of this storm in the short to medium term, getting to major hurricane status somewhere across the central florida coast. i will tell you, last week with helene this part of florida had incredible amounts of storm surge. the tampa area had record, at least from when they've had measurements to be able to keep these records in florida, but this tampa bay is one of the most susceptible areas in all of the country for storm surge flooding, and this storm has the chance to be a very dangerous one for that area. if you're in that place are, you need to be thinking about your plans immediately. will, we'll talk about that that a hot this morning. will: thank you, rick. according to kentucky education department's annual report card, less than half of the state's elementary cool students are proficient in reading, math, social studies and science with even lower numbers for middle

school and high school. those are troubling stats as the state is set to vote on a school choice amendment to the constitution. joining us now is the president of the bluegrass institute for public policy solutions, jim waters. jim, thanks for being with us. >> hey, good morning. will: talk about what's gone wrong. why are these scores like this in kentucky? >> you know what we're finding, in almost every other state in america they have lots of options for parents that they can choose a better educational fit for their child. we don't have that in kentucky. what we also have have are most other states outperforming us, and they don't have those low numbers that you just showed. so we believe that we need to empower parents to choose a better educational fit for their children, and and we believe from what we've seen across the country that that will also bring up those scores and cause public education to step up its game. we've seen this all across the country. you know, 34 years ago when kentucky passed its big kentucky

education reform act, the state of florida trailed us. their public education system actually performed more poorly than ours did in those key academic areas. today florida is near the temperature temperature top of the nation in its public education performance, kentucky has remained near the bottom. what's the major dangerous? florida has given its parents more and more choices through those years, either scholarships or vouchers or charter schools. a half a million students in florida are going to the a better school today because of school choice programs, and this amendment that's on the ballot would allow our legislators to move forward with some of those policies peer without an -- here without an ideological judge being able to stop it in court. will: i love the comparison to florida. i also hear you on the solution, it's more choice for parents. but let's back engineer for i one more moment. if the solution is more choice, what is it fixing? if i know the test scores, that's the symptom. but what went wrong in kentucky's attempts at raising

education up to this point? >> well, i think, again, when superintendents and bureaucrats and incomes and zip codes decide where children go to school, you don't get the fit. so when you have options, parents put their children in a school that works better for them, and those students get a better education. so -- and the other things are important too. it's important to feel safe, it's important to feel welcome in a school. but if that academic progress is not being made, then our education system is failing, and i think we are failing way too many of our students here. now, this doesn't mean that we can't have a strong public education system. in fact, that's what we wan to be see -- want to see. but the only thing we've seen across the country that causes that to happen is when we empower parents and when the system has to respond to what they want. will: right. well, the test scores are the obvious evidence. you've had the same education system for decades, and attempts

to bolster that haven't raised the scores, only competition, to your point in florida, has been the thing that drives everyone forward. >> and the dynamics of that create the change. and, by the way, we can have both and. it's not either or. it's not either public education or school choice, it's expanded opportunities for parents and families. will: well, that's the thing about competition, it raises everybody's game. >> a rising tide lifts all boats. will: all right, jim, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. will: pete, over to you. pete: got it. going to turn now to a few additional headlines starting with this, the entire chicago board of education is reportedly resigning after mayor brandon johnson threatened to fire the public schools' ceo during contract negotiations with the teachers' union. they're not resigning because chicago schools are terrible. local reports say board members were sick of johnson's pressure campaign to approve a high interest loan to plug a budget

gap. johnson's office says he will announce new appointees tomorrow: dysfunction everywhere in chicago. and actor keanu reeves making his professional racing debut in indianapolis -- is that him? spinning out in the grass after little more than halfway through the 45-minute race. the matrix actor was able to avoid a collision with other drivers and walked away unhurt. he finished in 25th place. but a month ago he was as high as 21st. he has a second race set for later today. if you're rich enough and and you're an actor, you can pay your way into any sort of -- i would like to do that. heart attacks are on the rise in seemingly healthy young people and trawl-processed foods making up -- ultra-processed foods making up a majority of people's diets. dr. nicole saphier joins us ford your weeklviy rx, next.

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>> -- and advocate for yourself because as you'll hear in my story, i was told by the emts who took me in the ambulance that this was a panic attack and this was a full-fledged heart

attack. rachel: wow. a 24-year-old on tiktok is urging her followers or to take caution as the rate of heart attacks increase, get this, 66 in young americans, even those who are seemingly slim and super fit. here to discuss this alarming new trend is dr. nicole saphier. so,ny dell, how long -- nicole, first of all, welcome. how long is this trend, you know, 66% increase, been going on? >> good morning, rachel. what we're talking about is mortality when it comes to heart attacks. a recent study out of jama cardiology that was put out by duke in 2024 add adds to the growing evidence showing us that, you know,, all of the headway that we made in surviving heart attacks and cardiowith vascular disease in the early 2000s, it's actually going in the wrong direction. are from about 2000-2010, we saw a decline in the morality when it came to heart attacks. since about 20 the 2 finish

2012, it's been slowly going up with a pretty sizable bump during covid and again this last year. why is that? it is because we have a very overweight population. we have a sedentary lifestyle. during covid we saw a lot of depression, stress, heavy drinking. it really is a lot of lifestyle factors. and even these young people, seemingly healthy, they're skinny, we have a lot of energy drinks and ultra-processed foods and a lot of just unhealthy things that we're putting into our bodies. in fact, one in five heart attacks are now in people under the age of 40. rachel: could any of this be attributed to the vaccine, the covid vaccine, since we did hear about heart-related issues that were associated with it, particularly with young men? >> certainly a good question. and while we did see a bump in myocarditis, inframission of parts of the heart -- inflammation with the covid vaccines, we also did see a rise

in heart attacks when people actually had covid because of increased clotting in the blood. so it is the not black and white, you can't just point to one thing. rachel: right. >> the bottom line is there are a lot of factors that's causing increased mortality when it comes to cardiovascular disease, and we have the make some changes. rachel: you talked about ultra-processed foods, and i want to thought about because if they're saying 67 of all -- 67% of all american children are experiencing, are having -- 60% of the diets of all ages and 67% of the diet of all american children is made up of ultra-processed food. that is a shocking number. >> yeah. honestly, i think it's underestimated. i think when it comes to kids alone if we were just to tease out the kids, it's probably over 70% ultra-processed foods. bottom line, rachel, you are what you eat. and here in the united states, we live the fast life. we like things quick and cheap, and that's kind of -- can we're

overinundated being really busy, and, unfortunately, the big food industry has made it easy and tempting for us to have these tasty, cheap but very unhealthy foods. so, listen, we're not all going to become nutritionists and live these organic lifestylesover night. it's baby -- lifestyles overnight. i am slowly trying to make my pantry healthy again. i invite anyone who wants to join me on social media, i'm going to do that. i'm going going the go into my pantry and remove some things. remove something each week, the why is processed, bleached flour, like potato chips. you've got to the start substituting with healthier alternatives. go to my social media, and i'll give you system of those -- some of those tips. rachel: start with bread. make your own. filled with processed -- 20,000 ingredients when it really should be about 5 and healthy. that's a good one. >> absolutely.

ray thank you, nicole -- rachel: thank you, nicole. more "fox & friends" coming up. [child giggling with delight] (♪) come on you two. dinner time. ♪ ooooh. ooooh. ♪

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