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♪ will: good morning and welcome to fox and friends weekends. will cain, pete hegseth, rachel campos-duffy. good morning. pete: good morning. will: how was your week? rachel: america's back! [laughter] it's been a good week. the first amendment's back, the second amendment's back, i mean, everything. it's, like, it's i awesome. pete: yeah. rachel: all the flags were pete hegseth quality -- will: do you have a big nag? you do? pete: we put it in after you came to visit. will: bug pole? pete: big one.

rachel: like used car lot concern. pete: it's not camping world size, but -- will: how high? pete: 35, 40? pretty good. rachel: pete was consulted on the flag pole. pete: i was a flag pole consultant for the duffy home -- rachel: i wanted 30, and sean had a conversation with pete, and i lost that, and now it's 35 feet. and the neighbor's is 35 feet. pete: if i love it. will: well, it's a good week to fly your flag. we begin this morning with a fox news alert. president-elect donald trump winning nevada, putting him at over 300 electoral votes. he flipped the state he lost in 2020 and 2016. rachel: trump is edging closer to an absolute clean sweep of all a battle ground states. he currently holds a 6-point lead in arizona which is the only state that has not been called yet. meanwhile, jackie rosen has been reelected, fending off a close

challenge from combat veteran sam brown. pete: republicans are now in striking distance of a house majority as well with nearly two dozen races still close to call. the gop has 212 seats, it needs 6 more to keep the majority. if this happens, republicans will control the house, the the senate and the white house. yeah. my kids wake up every morning, dad, have they called arizona? have they called nevada yet? now i can say yes -- why can't arizona count votes? rachel: well, the governor used to be the secretary of state and, you know, they just can't get their crap out to, i guess. pete: clearly. rachel: listen, this is so amazing. think about the consultants who said you can't win with donald trump, he's too divisive. he's literally unified the country. this is the most multiracial, you've got lots of democrats and independents in this coalition. he's proved everyone wrong.

pete: we thought maybe on this day we would be, maybe we wouldn't be making the call, but we would be discussing about where this is going in some sort of a contested election. instead all three of us, or like the rest are of america, left stunned that pennsylvania was called and wisconsin was called, and it was over right there on election night. will: many said e had a ceiling. his ceiling was winning the popular vote in america. that's left democrats trying to figure out what's their future. pelosi laments biden's late exit in the lack of an open primary, inside the interview which was a podcast entitled the interview with "the new york times," had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race. the anticipation was if the president were the step aside, that there would be an open primary. kamala may have, i think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward, but we don't know that.

we live with what happens. because the president endorsed kamala harris immediately, that makes it almost impossible to have a primary at that time. if it had been much earlier, it would have been different. rachel: so that confirms the intrigue that we had talked about, right? they pushed joe biden out, and they wanted -- barack obama and nancy pelosi wanted to have this mini primary, but joe biden was so ticked off what they did, what he said was i'm going to the immediately endorse kamala, which made it impossible to have that primary and get who they really wanted to put forward. and all of thises has blown back on nancy. barack obama's trying to step away from it and saying it's not me. i've been loving, you guy, the social media attacks on george clooney -- [laughter] that's been really fun. people saying, yeah or, you know, you're -- pete: why, because he wait too long to say it or because he pushed joe out in. rachel: because he pushed joe out with barack obama. pete: if it was so bad that george clooney pushed him out,

what about this perspective from jon favreau? maybe he should have made the call a lot earlier. here's another take on joe. >> and he and the inner if circle, they refused to believe the polling, they refused to believe he was unpopular. and after the debate the biden people told us biden was still the strongest candidate. they were privately telling reporters at the time that kamala harris couldn't win. so they were shivving kamala harris to reporters while they told everyone else not a time for an open process, his vice president can't win, he's the strongest to win. then we find out that the bind campaign's own internal polling showed that donald trump was going to win 400 electoral votes. that's' what their own internal polling said. pete: so it's the george clooney's fault? if. rachel: there's finger pointing -- pete: there is. what this prevents is them actually having a postmortem for

what they've stood for over the past three and a half years. should have been a better candidate. they've got fundamental flaws as a left-wing movement that's overreached into this lunacy land, and instead, oh, if joe had not run, we'd have been fine. i think recognizing joe's inabilities and saying, oh, we're going to have a primary, he's going to be a one-term president, it would have made the most sense, but there were egos involved. will: that host is a former speech writer for barack obama p. the obama camp was all in with kamala harris at some point. but like rachel's saying, it's finger pointing going every which way. it's crossfire taking everyone out trying to figure out who's to to blame. i don't care who the candidate was going to be, they were going to get beat by donald trump. of i don't care if it was kamala harris, joe biden, an open primary. whoever that angel is that was going to save democrats, i don't think it existed. you were going to lose to donald

trump. rachel: i believe that too. but what's interesting is when you have a party like the democrat party has doing all these machinations and not if really -- i mean, the donald trump campaign9 and the reason why you're right about this, will, is because the donald trump -- everybody who was in positions of power, establishment, did not want donald trump. this was an entirely people-powered campaign and candidate. and the democrat party represents the exact opposite. pete: yeah. rachel: it was elites moving pieces. if you really think about it, guys, joe biden shouldn't have run in 2020. i mean, there were signs of his weakness then. they were moving things around and shivving bernie sanders and all kinds of stuff. that kind of stuff didn't happen on the republican side. the republican voters said we want donald trump. i don't care what the powerful people want, i don't care what the donors want. and they did that this in the primary. pete: they played games and they got beat.

another issue that highlighted the incompetency of biden was hurricane relief and fema's reaction, right in and joe biden was in charge but kamala harris was running, and there was an avoidance of wanting to talk about how significant the impact on so many communities based on two hurricanes. now according to the daily wire, this is a staggering story, fema that -- fema officials directed hurricane relief workers in florida to avoid certain homes that had trump signs in their launch okay? here's the report according to the -- lawn, okay? a fema supervisor told workers in a message to the avoid homes advertising trump as they canvas o identify -- lake placid, florida. internal messages viewed by the daily wire revealed. th marnie washington, relayed this message both verbally and in group chat multiple government employees told the daily wire.

so now hurricane relief also politicized. rachel: yeah. no question. and, by the way, there was already outrage that so many fema funds had been raided to give to illegal immigrants. and so, obviously, people are saying we've got to take the politics out of something as essential as emergency relief. i mean, this is insane. by the way, the fema spokesperson has a statement, fema helps all a survivors regardless of their political preference or aa filluation, and we are deeply disturbed by in this employee's actions. we've taken americas ore move the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to the prevent this from happening ever again. the employee had no authority and was given no derek from min to tell teams to avoid these homes, and we are reaching out to the people who may not -- who have not been reached as a result of this incident. will, i'm surprised that -- you see lots of agencies getting politicized. this is one you really wouldn't

expect. will: well, it's not just -- to me, my focus is less on fema and more on i would imagine this is the case on every government agency. and what it does is show the depthth of the cancer inside of our government. rachel: yeah. will: you have to root out politicization at the highest levels, for example, at the doj, but you have to understand there's a bureaucracy under every one of these state departments where you have, you know, foot soldiers who behave in the same manner as merrick garland. and in order to really reform the bureaucracy, i actually think you're going to need, like, elon musk walking through the halls of washington, d.c. with a sink in his hands. he's going to have to cut it down to the size you could drown it in a bathtub otherwise this is where we are now. pete: that, to me, is one of the most interesting things of how this will play out. elon musk fired 90% of twitter. doesn't work that way with government. you wish it could. rachel: well, you can't, you can though, pete. pete: you can, you just have to

do iten on certain process and be dedicated the to doing it -- rachel: the first thing you have to do is take out the unionization of federal employees is that they're fireable. pete: we did that at the v.a. when -- rachel: yeah. pete: at just the v.a., and they refused to use with it inside the v.a. so the government bureaucracy fights back, okay, we have this tool, but we're not going if to use it. it's the fight worth having. rachel: it is the most important fight -- will: i would be equally pessimistic just based upon our history9 and the size of this thing. the only thing that gives me some inspiration, well, two things. one, the involvement of elon musk, and the second, you see some model in around general teen that. whenst the -- around general mean that -- argentina. there is an example in argentina. rachel: and they have seen an increase in their inflation rates this in ap astound thing rate. is so these things can be turned around. the other thing donald trump said just this week, we're going

to move system of these agencies to to other states. that's a really amazing way to make sure that it's not just these really liberal, d.c. suburb kind of people that are, you know, populating the bureaucracy. get it out, decentralize, make sure that these agencies are representative of the people. i think that would help them to get them depoliticized. it's an amazing idea. pete: well, universities have lost their minds also a, predictably. this is the one story you could definitely predict was going to happen. there'd be safe spaces and cuddling and counseling -- rachel: cuddling,. [laughter] i love that. pete: for kids who can't handle the outcome of the election. a particularly concerning one coming out of the university of oregon. the greek life staffer was put on leave after saying this about trump supporters, i say this, and this is the statement she but if out -- will: he. pete: excuse me, he put out on instagram. i say in the most disrespectful way possible. i don't care if you're my

family, if you my if friend, if we've been friends our entire lives, you can literally go [bleep] yourself if you voted for donald trump. if you are sad about your groceries, get a better [bleep]ing paying job. do something because you are [bleep]ing stupid, and i hope you go jump off of an f-ing bridge. rachel: he needs a cuddle. will: i should probably apologize and correct myself if on presuming his proto nouns are he -- pete: that's true, how dare you with. i followed -- will: he does have a septum ring. you know, the bull ring? rachel: did he have that the in his nose? will: i think is. rachel: i missed that. can we go what back to that picture? will: yeah, this is the head -- rachel: oh, yeah, he did. [laughter] that's so observant. will: i like to be sensitive and, observe haven't. [laughter] i want to be respectful the larry even though he wants me to jump off a bridge.

rachel: his name is leonard -- will: oh, leonard? sorry, leo. rachel: he needs a few hugs and a couple days off. i think they're going to give him more than a few days off, apparently. i don't think he's being fired, or but i think he's under -- here's the statement from the university of oregon. as a public university with, we take our duties seriously to provide an environment that welchs diversity of thought and respect in alignment with our education. while we investigate, we are providing support for our concerned students and employees including resources and mental and emotional help. that's, that statement really encompasses everything that we're talking about here. and, by the way, why is this guy in charge of greek life? he seems totally disconnected from the do -- [laughter] fraternity environment. pete: amazing. yeah. there you go, university of oregon. what do you expect? i think there are probably a few trump supporters even at the university of oregon. rachel: i believe that. pete: they feel safe? st it's the dichotomy of all

these universities. rachel: or do hay want to be cuddled by this guy? [laughter] will: a few additional headlines. iran is denying involvement in a not the assassinate president-elect donald trump. it was outlined in newly-unsealed justice the department report. iran's revolutionary guard corps asked an iranian national living in new york city to carry out a murder for hire plot. investigators searched online accounts belonging to the suspects and uncovered images of firearms and and other weapons. the doj says iran offered $5090,000 as a payout, and it's believed the plot is in retaliation for the 2020 the trump-authorized drone strike that took out the shadow general, cast semisoleimani. to a fox wildfire alert, multiple wildfires spreading in new jersey, connecticut and new york as the region deals with bone dry conditions. right now a total of four wildfires are burning in the garden state.

in new york city, not spared. this brush fire flaring up in brooklyn's process prospect park. the flames spread to over 2 acres, but the fd dny got that one under control. meanwhile, in southern california several fires burning. firefighters starting to get the upper fire on a wildfire that has destroyed over 130 homes. do you smell smoke? rachel: of course, i smelled it this morning. i told you guys, i couldn't get out of my house. the cops had to come get me from my house because there was a barricade. there was a fire right by my house. it's been really dry, there hasn't been rain in a long time, so dangerous conditions. will: now to to college footballing action, ucla taking on iowa in los angeles, the hawkeyes getting on the board early. but the bruins' offense just too much to handle. >> receiver existence iowa's best cover man -- against iowa's west cover man. >> survives the hit! plunges ahead!

he scores! [cheers and applause] will: taken to the fourth quarter, tide up 17 apiece. ucla getting into field goal range with incredible run, and the bruins win 20-17. rachel: who's in the lightening blue? will: ucla. rachel: i like that color combination. will: i'm really glad -- i think it's a good look too. rachel: it's sharp. will: you commented on a sports story. today's big matchup between 20th-ranked colorado and texas tech is at 4 p.m., pregame coverage begins at 10 a.m. ian time on fox, and those are your headlines. pete: it's a brand new world. trump wins, everything changes. an analyst claiming harris lost because the media wasn't on her side. rachel: this is is bad. [laughter] pete: we have some proof otherwise. >> would you like to have a beer with me so i can tell people what that's like? [cheers and applause]

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claims vice president harris lost the election because the media wasn'ten on her side. >> maybe it's not so much democrats' policies or messaging or the words that they use specifically, but there is an entire right-wing media ecosystem that does not exist on the left, the center or main seem, and people are getting their information in very different ways now. will: they're all yes, yes, yes. here to react is president of district media group and a fellow at the independent women's forum, beverly hallberg. beverly, this is pretty amazing. it's reminiscent of the '90s. we don't control talk radio and, therefore, that's why we lose everything. isn't it the case they control every other form of media outside of fox news and podcasts? and talk radio? >> yeah. and absolutely. this is projection at its finest because the reality is, is that donald trump won this presidency in spite of a liberal media ecosystem that comprises of news

and sports and social media and hollywood. and i think as we look at this, we also have to combine that with the fact that they covered up for joe biden and his mental decline. they also did a complete rewrite of kamala harrising being somebody who was a very unpopular vp all of a sudden was a political superstar. so as you see this monday morning quarterbacking, these autopsies going on, the question i ask myself, is this purely just trying to deflect from the blame that they should take on themself or is it something more insidious? is this something because of their moral superiority, their arrogance where they can't even see the truth anymore because they're so grinded -- blinded. pete: yeah. the bogeyman was rush limbaugh, then it was fox news, and now it's going to be x and joe rogan. where does this critique go for them? hey, we have our own or we need to shut them down? what's their instinct? >> well, i think their instinct is going to be to to claim that they need to be shut down and,

of course, that's why they're so afraid of a donald trump presidency, because they don't think they're going to get the censorship they want. but they would go a long way if they did a little introtherespection and a realized one of the reasons joe rogan has been so popular is because he actually was curious, he would speak to anyone. even in the past week he had senator john fetterman on his show. he's not only interviewing republicans on his show. and if liberals got back to to asking questions, being curious, not running to knee-jerk name calling such as fascist and racist and misogynyst, i think they might actually see a little traction. but the the reality is i don't think they really want to connect with streeters, they don't -- voters, they don't want to know why a large swath of the american people from all demographics actually helped donald trump the win. i frankly think the american voter, the american people are tired of to left-leaning media because they know they've been gaslit and lied to for so many

years. rachel: joe probegan asked kamala harris to go on his show, and she refused. look at coverage. will is right, they not only control most of the media outside of podcasts, fox news and talk radio, but their coverage is overwhelmingly negative if on donald trump and so positive. and then you add to that, that they control the university system, so many pillars of culture, hollywood. and then they also control, or you know, they weaponized the government about donald trump. i can't imagine what this election would have looked like, beverly, if they had been fair on any of those things that i just mentioned. it's truly remarkable, what donald trump has overcome. it's an epic story, or actually. >> yeah. i think there's a big turning point in this country where even if you were called racist and garbage and, of course, this was the basket of deplorables from years ago, i do think the era of

covid are where americans were told that part of the reason we had pandemic, i think it's the name calling doesn't work. it's not a racist isn't a horrible thing, but people don't believe they're that because everybody's called that. these terms have lost their meaning. and i think another part of this is when you're told that the economy is fine, that inflation is transitory, not that bad, that president joe biden is running circles around his staff, that doesn't match with reality. they don't trust legacy media anymore. pete: joe up running circles around his staff. [laughter] beverly, thank you very much. will: thank you. >> thanks, guys. pete: trump's election interference case could also be dropped soon. the latest, next. (♪) voltaren... for long lasting arthritis pain relief. (♪)

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♪ will: special counsel jack smith is making moves to to drop donald trump's d.c. election interference case, asking the

judge to hit pause on the whole process with a new status report due no earlier than december 2nd. smith requesting that the court, quote, vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the government i'm to assess this unprecedented circumstance, meaning trump's historic election win. paul mauro, attorney, retired nypd inspector and fox news contributor, joins us now. paul, so outside of georgia and whatever's happening at state-level cases, this is the end, right? this is the end of most of the federal investigations. this is the end of jack smith. >> yeah. i mean, as lawyers we tend not to speak so unequivocally, but, yes, let's speak unequivocally. realistically, on 2, december, he's going to give an update which almost certainly is going to be a dismissalling of the cases because there's no point in letting it linger. first of all, he's asking for all of the deadlines to be dismissed which means that the case essentially goes into a frozen state.

he himself is leaving doj, and the boss that appointed him, merrick garland, is a lame duck as of 20, january. whatever transpires, donald trump will, of course, pardon himself were the case to survive, and i think that indignity is something they want to avoid. i expect the whole thing to go away before trump is inaugurated. will: there's been some conversation about forcing squawk smith to preserve all of the records of his investigation so that others can look in and see is, hey, what was motivating the doj, what was motivating jack smith. but in the past, that hasn't been the case in terms of records being kept, right? this is sort of -- if you want any accountability on whether or not this was a political prosecution, we need to make sure documents are preserved with jack smith. >> that's right, and you can make a motion if to do that, donald trump's lawyers can do that. and if, in fact, the records can disappear and at some point some sort of legal process is brought

against jack smith or others involved in this, the concept is called spoal -- spoal sawtion, and it means the missing evidence can be inferred against jack smith and those who might have gotten rid of some evidence. so it would behoove everybody involved here to make sure they preserve that evidence but, you know what? january 6th committee did not. when some of that the ed was asked to be looked at, all of a sudden it turns out that tapes and recordings were not preserved and, in fact, the chairman of that committee said we will under -- we were under no obligation. will: right. >> if that's not really accurate. that would have been a point of contention at appeal, in my opinion, if that case had gone forward. will: want to ask you about daniel penny really quickly. penny, of course, took down jordan neely in the subway system. he's being prosecuted for manslaughter. now witnesses are taking the stand, paul, if sharing what they felt on the train that day.

here's an example of a witness. i think -- they said, talking about jordan neely, i think this guy was on drugs, you know, because when he came in, he was unbelievably off the charts. he scared the living candidates out of everybody. daylights. i came back to thank mr. penny for what he had done in that worst scenario. it seems like this testimony, i would think, is sort of the mistake or -- make or broken what penny chose to do on the subway. >> let's recall, these are prosecution witnesses, and the most salient statements seem to favor daniel penny's version of events. in a nutshell, this is a balancing test, okay? he's charged with two crimes that import either are recklessness or negligence, and his defense will be justification. i wasn't reckless, i wasn't negligent, i kid what i did, i was justified in doing it. justify your actions, you have to demonstrate that your state of mind was with not reckless,

was not negligent, you know? if that you felt really threatened, and that was the level of that threat. well, in lieu of taking the stand, the best evidence that he's going to be able to present is what the witnesses felt. will: right. >> the other people in that car. in a a way, that's more compelling because they're not advocating for him. he'd be advocating for himself, but witnesses are just trying to tell you what hay saw. will: right. >> the inference here is if the jurors -- excuse me, the witnesses were terrified, so was daniel penny, it was a genuine threat and, in fact, his actions were justified. but the system failed because nobody believes that jordan mealy should have died. -- jordan neely should have died. will: paul mauro, thank you so much. new jersey moving to the right, exit looks like governor tonight so happy about trump's win for the president -- >> ifs if there is any attack on the garden state or on any of its communities from washington, i will fight back with every

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♪ rachel: new jersey governor phil murphy programsing to push back against trump's policies even though he only lost the state by just over 5 points. >> our commitment, again, is not to any person or party, but to the people of new jersey. and to the rule of law. and it is precisely for that

reason as we respect the peaceful transition of power that if there is any attack on the garden state or on any of its communities from washington, i will fight back with every fiber of my being. rachel: new jersey if sate the assembly minority leader john me microjoins us now. so great to have you with. just to give some context the our viewers who might not know how liberal the governor from emergency is, why don't you tell us. how liberal is he? >> he's, listen, he calls himself a progressive, or but he's way liberal. i believe it's come to the point where he's more liberal hand a lot of the democrats who live in new jersey, and it showed up -- [inaudible] frankly, you know, he has been part and parcel to the whole immigration problem, declaring us to be a state where we want

immigrants to come to, the illegal immigrants, and it's having an impact on everyday emergency januaries. rachel: yeah. i live in new mexico. there's a lot of parents -- in new jersey. there's a a lot of parents fleeing the public schools because of the curriculum that they engender, curriculum they've implemented into k-12, is i do know that. so new jersey was only lost by trump by 5 points. it's an astounding number. what is happening in the state of new jersey? explain. >> well, and if you think back in 2032 the 1 governor murphy concern and, by the way, i'm friends with the governor. as a person, host a nice guy, but his policies are out of step with new jersey. if you think back to to 20221, he only won the state by 3 percentage points. and had we had our act together to vote by mail and early voting, i believe he would have lost. the policies that are coming down from him are just to out of

step with new jerseyans. he made a comment if he wants to fight with the president, fight to the death, he said. and, frankly, he's out of accept with new jersey. we have to -- if they're not willing to step back and lock at policies that are coming down, i mean, my godness you mentioned yourself -- my god, schools, people are moving their children to private schools. stst, it's just awful. they had to pass a bill in new jersey, democrats passed a bill to create immunity from prosecution under -- laws for school librarians and librarians throughout the state that if we would show the same book to an underage child on the street corner, we'd be arrested and jailed. what does a this that tell you about what they're putting -- rachel: yeah. i want you to look at these numbers here just to give you an idea. there's new jersey, +11. these are numbers moving in the

are direction for trump. so these are fascinating numbers. by the way, john, i would say that it is the taxes in new jersey that are probably the biggest problem that he has. it's almost unlivable. really quick, last thoughts on that. >> well, listen, in seven years, seven budget cycles that he's been the governor can, the budget has gone up some 60% plus, $34 billion from when governor christie left to $56 billion today. we are absolutely overspending, overtaxing in new jersey. we're making it so difficult. and i think they really underestimate our ethnic populations in new jersey, particularly the hispanic population. a. rachel: yes. >> these are hard working people that want a good middle class life here or maybe aspire better. we hope everyone is, can aspire to the utmost. and they crushed that dream with high taxes, overregulation, mandates that we can't afford.

so hopefully they'll learn their lesson and next time there'll be a different outcome in the election. rachel: yeah. he better pay attention and wake up because new jersey is moving red. assemblyman dimaio, thank you for joining us today to. >> good to be here, rachel. rachel: you got it. pete -- pete: good stuff. ray interesting developments. [laughter] pete: a few additional headlines starting overseas. the city of amsterdam banning protests for three days following violent mob attacks on israeli soccer fans. the ugly scene plague out after a match yesterday. -- playing out. amsterdam's police chief is vowing to track down those responsible for the attacks. over 60 suspects were arrested yesterday, and 10 are still in custody. the attacks have been widely condemned by israeli and dutch officials as antisemitic inthoo. and a hot to cheer about on wall street as the weekends on a high note. the dow closing just under the 44,000 mark after are crossing

that threshold briefly during weed's session. the s&p 500 also capping off election week on a record high, and the nasdaq posting its fourth straight day of gains. finish investsers are hoping the post-election bull rally continues on hopes that president-elect donald trump can lower the corporate tax rate and cut red tape. and in washington vice president-elect j.d. vance giving his season's boy scout troop a tour of the u.s. capitol yesterday. here he is in the capitol rotunda holding one of his sons. vance says under the new administration they'll never stop fighting for americans, hair dreams and their future. their dreams and their future. and the future of hair children. and those are your headlines. big job, still a dad. gotta love it. all right. let's take -- turn now to chief meet -- meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: that's a lucky boy scout

troop. all right % all right, so i haven't been here for the past couple of weeks, and we still haven't had any rain along the east coast. we might get a little bit, but this high pressure across the east has been blocking everything from moving off towards the east. that also means the rain that's falling is getting stuck, and we're seeing some flooding problems across parts of the deep south. areas of louisiana today under the threat for severe flooding. we'll see it all the way up towards the mid mississippi river valley, maybe9 the to the west of nashville. down crass cross parts of louisiana -- across parts of louisiana, a level 4 out of 4. it's already starting here. so you've got to be watching this one really carefully. this will slightly move towards the east tomorrow but get ready for an all day long slog. 6-8 en. s of rain. pete, back to you. pete: a new movie tells the true stir of a 12-year-old's journey to survive in the wilderness by himself. the film's director and producer

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>> with's your brother? -- where's your brother? pete: it's the incredible true story of a 12-year-old boy who must fight to stay alive during his9-day adventure lost in the backwoods of maine. the producer of lost on a mountain in maine, dick boyle, and the film's director or, andrew, join us now. thank you both for being here. kick, first of all, how did can you come across this story? few true story of a 12-year-old boy surviving in the woods. talk to talking to us about it. >> it ties back to 1939. you showed the clips there are. he ended up writing a book about it. my if dad was the same age going through the tough times of the compression, the world war was about to begin.

his mother passed away, and in those tough times, he came across this book and pit inspired him to handle the problems he had in his life. go forward 30 years, he read it to me when i was a 10-year-old in allentown, pennsylvania, and from there it became a family story that i at some point decided in this story needed to be broader than maine. it needed to be a national story which led me to go into a whole new area which is to make a movie. and i rye thed the make it back in 1993. pete: andrew, how do you bring a story like this, a true story, to life? you say that survival movies can be a dime a dozen. why is this one different? >> well, there's something very aspiration at -- as aspirational about this story. we don't really make these movies anymore. this is a live action kids' movie, basically, for the whole family. and i thought the world needed

that now. we live in a cynical, noisy time, and i wanted manager that you could see that is about faith and community, family and the rhode island theism of the human concern triumph of the human spirit. and just, you know, i don't know, we need manager to cling on to, and i think it's something elemental about a boy surviving in the woods. pete: basic, good stories that inpyre us are too -- can inspire us are too few, you're exactly right. dick, where can people see this movie? >> you can see it in theaters throughout the country right now. you can hop on fandango and spout, and the book's available on amazon, so you can do the whole surround sound of having a book to be read at home and, obviously, watch the movie. and i would say the real breakthrough once i got the idea to do this was getting introduced to sylvester stallone. that changed the trajectory entirely. all of a sudden we could get the best casting director in

hollywood, get a great cast, identify a souper director like andrew here -- super director, and put together a crew. and, frankly, all the other elements this actually making a great movie, we had the the oversight of someone with stallone's background, and he loved the story because it was an underdog story of faith and family and grit and resilience. it was a perfect match -- pete:st the worth knowing, balboa productions put the. to looks like a quality film. gentlemen, dick and andrew, thank you for making this film, and i hope a lot of our viewers check it out. thank you both so much. >> thank you. pete: check that movie out. more "fox & friends" ahead.

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