♪ ♪ will: it's the 9 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with this, the trump administration's continuing to take shape including someone from this very couch. [laughter] if. rachel: and you will see him on that wall, i marco rubio was a tapped for secretary of state. so does lara trump want his senate seat? what she said last hour. interesting interview with will cain. joey: and it's big news for some, jake paul breaks iron mike tyson. aye russ is up early to concern ty russ is up early to break down last night's spectacle after mike tyson faces defeat. the final hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. ♪ ♪ i wanna fly like an eagle to the sea -- ♪ fly like an eagle, let my

spirit carry me ♪ rachel: good morning, everybody. it's 9:00 here in new york city. i'm here with will and joey jones is here. fly like an eagle. hey, guys, in honor of pete hegseth, let's do that -- will: pete hegseth memorial skyline game. rachel: secretary hegseth. will: this is why i didn't like the game request, because i don't know what that is -- joey: it looks -- or i'm going to the embarrass myself probably. it looks like two cities. where do you have two cities? the twin cities -- will: are they that close together? let's do it, joe by, let's go with minneapolis, st. paul. joe joe i like it. that's my guess too. houston, texas. will: i hate that, i'm done. rachel: he hates it when it's the texas and he gets it wrong. will: they've done it with san antonio -- joey: i talkedded you right into

that. partially responsible. will: oh, well. as you can see, the champion of the skyline game is not here -- joey: no. will: that's because he's up on the board over there. he's part of a trump administration cabinet that's beginning to take shape. of course, our very own pete hegseth nominated as secretary of defense. and the latest nomination would be the youngest press secretary in u.s. history at the age of 27. it is caroline left visit who has -- karoline leavitt. rachel: she previously served in the trump's first administration as the assistant press secretary to our own fox news and friend kayleigh mcenany back in 2022. she actually raunched -- we just learned this today, she had launched a campaign back in 2022 to run for congress. she won the reprimary but lost the general election. she's only 27 the years old. she's a new missouri i've seen the baby pictures. adorable. she's beautiful and she's smart, and i think she's a really great

choice. an example of how she keeps her cool, look at this clip from cnn with her sparring with casey hunt. watch. >> it takes someone five minutes to google jake tapper, donald trump to see that -- >> ma'am, we're going to stop this interview if you're going to keep attacking my colleagues. >> i'm stating -- >> i would like to talk about donald trump, who you work for. >> yes, i am stating -- and we -- >> -- have this conversation. >> i am stating facts that your colleagues have stated in the past -- >> okay. i'm sorry, guys, we're going to coming back out to the panel. thank you very much for your time. you are well only to come back at any point. rachel: that cnn host looks really ratifieded -- joey: she broke her down with a smile on her face. i think she'll do well. rachel: and, by the way, she's following up from binder, karine jean-pierre. i think it's only going to go up

from here. will: she's very well suited for the job. rachel: she's super. great choice. will: as is our former cohost, pete hegseth, who has been nominated to secretary of defense. so while we're incredibly happy for pete and think we should all be incredibly happy for america that this is a man who has the history, the medals, the deployments and the philosophy to be secretary of defense, we're also sad because we're going to miss our friend on the curvy couch. let's take a look back at some of our time with your nominee for secretary of defense. ♪ >> good morning to everybody, great to see you. [cheers and applause] if ♪ will: you and me having a joust on those inflate if -- rachel: no competition between these two. pete: nothing but love. i won't punch my friend in the face -- rachel: i've always known you guys are bffs.

rant to hold his hand? >> i'll hold his if he'll hold mine. i'm going the make the first touchdown of the super bowl right now. >> shake and bake. rachel: let's go, pete. [laughter] ♪ you call me crazy -- ♪ wherever you go, you will always know that the army goes rolling along. pete: in 2001 i joined the united states army -- what does that flag mean to you in. >> i serve this country. i know men who died, i've led this country. pete: i served in the military myself as well, and i have the same feelings as you. my wife and i brought all of our kids to the patriot awards the year. this republic we're talking

about, if we can keep it, will soon be theirs to keep. 3, 4 -- 9, 10! >> this is not yoga! pete: feeling real right about now. ♪ ♪ >> is headed to the hudson river to to swim with navy seals. >> how are you feeling after leg two? pete: better. ♪ pete: here we are just roughly 700 meters from the gaza border. israel just discovered terror tunnels up north. we're traveling with the prime minister. >> look, the only thing that gets hamas to release the hostages is continued military pressure. pete: that's five months where the war just sort of continued. in june of 2020, i was in washington, d.c. carrying a riot shield during some of the riots.

across the board really, t it's not just a blue state or red state phenomena. parents should be able to choose which one it is. breakfast with friends here with the people, not the pundits. we're here to the talk to the people this morning. the people share their ideas every morning as friends. republicans and across the isle as democrats. >> it's about a family shall values, it is about being a patriotic american. pete: the preamble of the constitution. we're glad you've been with us for all four hours. have a great saturday, everybody. will: so i think -- rachel: fun. will: -- we've had a lot of opportunity, and we're going to continue to talk about pete's qualifications for secretary of defense, but can we just take a moment to talk about him as cohost of "fox & friends" weekend? one of the things i've said this week, and joey's a great person to sit here in this insans because it applies to you as well, joey, is it's such a rare opportunity in life to be able to work with your friends people say to us all the time, your

chemistry is incredible. it's the exact same here as it is over there off camera. and puff been good, because the other thing you've highlighted is how generous pete has been as a host. this was his show when i joined, when you joined, and this takes, like, a generals processty and a confidence of i don't always have to be talking or i can help you, you know, when you flub, and, again, it's a rarity to have that generosity of spirit and the confidence to know it doesn't always have to be my moment. it takes for a very special situation here on "fox & friends" if weekend. rachel: yeah. when you do to this kind of a job, you need teem who are -- he was a leader on this show, as you know. we kind of felt like he was the o.g.. things came up, we deferred to pete in a lot of ways, but pete. peter: didn't take that as a i'm the boss. he's a true servant-leader. he was generous when i first started the show, boy, i was so nervous. i felt like i needed to hold -- he was like my emotional support

animal right here on the side of me, helping me out, never making me feel dumb because i messed something up, always trying to help me learn and get better. we all were better because of him, and i think that's the kind of leadership we need in any of those positions on the wall over there. somebody who leads because he wants the whole team to do well, and he really cared more about our show being great than he did about pete being great. will: right. rachel: and, boy, government could use that. joey: and this kind of pertains back to him being tapped, but somebody at fox before pete hegseth if you wanted to tune in on fox and get a military perspective on what was happening, it was probably going to be a retired general or a retired colonel, someone who'd been in for 30 years, had a war college's perspective which is not war fighter's perspective. and then in comes pete hegseth. and now you have someone, you saw in the clip there, going to where the fight is, bringing the story but also bringing a war fight per's perspective, someone who has boots on the ground.

but make no mistake, with all the education necessary to be a leader. and so i think what he brought to this fox news channel changed my life forever. it opened a door for me. and as someone who could have looked back and said, ah, here's another military guy, he's done nothing but open doors for me. and if that's what he's going to do as secretary of defense. he's going to the understand the the war fighter, first and foremost, and i believe he's going to help these generals and bureaucrats understand the war fighter and put their experience and their necessity for a mission first and foremost. rachel: i was reading an article once about donald trump, and they were saying that the moment the military the brass and all the intel and all the, basically, the military complex turned against him was that the generals were in talking to him about a war and something they needed to do, and he said i want, i want some enlisted guys in here. i want to hear it from their perspective. that's something i notice about pete. look, he's a captain, he's not a

general. but he always a cared about what the soldier actually felt, like, the enlisted guy. and i remember, my father is an e9, a real e9 unlike tim walz, a real e9 who served for 32 years -- joey: you got that right. rachel: concern and i remember when my dad came to the show to, you know, it was the anniversary of the air force. he got to use a knife or a big blade to cut the take.. -- the cake. pete was so kind to my dad and, actually, it wasn't -- he was respectful. he respected the fact that my father was a chief a master sergeant, because he understood what that means. and the thought that somebody with that perspective is going to be the in that position. and you talked earlier, and i'm talking a lot, but i gotta get it off my chest, you talked earlier about how pete was somebody who would take the idea of going to war seriously, that he's not a warmonger, he's serious about the need to fight when we need to to, but he's not going to get us in these lend's,

stupid -- endless, stupid wars, understanding who actually fights these wars is part of that. part of that. will: you know, i -- this week i've been, like, will, you're not going to be emotional on tv, you're not going to do that. and i'm not -- rachel: you are. [laughter] you've been emotional all week, will. will: you know, scott add answer, the cartoonist, said when you eat a burger on tv and as you said let grease drip down your chin, you can see that, like, scott adams said this guy's cone a great job of hiding his inte elect because he's not seen how smart pete is. i've tried to hide it in my humanity. st been harder this week. [laughter] what i'm getting at is we're all going to miss him a unthe -- rachel: we love you, pete. you hang in there. the bad guys who are going after you with, everyone concern can see right through, they're afraid of what you're going to do when you're actually nominated, when you're actually confirmed. joey: he'll be back on the couch and in the studio giving good

news on the military. i have full faith in that. will: turning now to your headlines. the daniel penny manslaughter trial will resume on monday morningal a medical examiner who conducted the autopsy appeared yesterday. former prosecutor katie cherkasky joined us earlier to react to this development. >> the defense is raising this issue because, of course, the question about the reasonableness of daniel penny's actions is at play here, and the idea that minute was under the influence of substances even if they were also being restrained could have played into whether his actions were more or less if reasonable. will: the 26-year-old former marine faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. now, a recount has been triggered in the pennsylvania senate race between democrat incumbent bob casey and republican dave mccormick. despite the ap already having called the race, the cost of the recount is estimated to cost taxpayers more than a million dollars as they recount up the 7 million ballot toes.

the bucks county commissioners, they are the openly defying pennsylvania's state law by voting to count ballots that do not have signatures that are required by law. the the rnc has filed two lawsuits to stop the ballots, these illegal ballots, these ballots from being counted there in pennsylvania. meanwhile, florida republicans are trying to figure out who will fill might be -- marco rubio's senate seat. we asked rnc can co-chair lara trump about the possibility of her taking that seat a little bit earlier this morning. >> i was so honored to be to co-chair of the rnc during this time. this really historic election. i think that, you know, what we did the at the rnc was part of the big win donald trump had. and if i am tapped to serve in another capacity, it truly would be my honor. will: governor ron desantis the would choose rubio's replacement but has not revealed who is at the top of his list. and finally, fox nation's

"the statements" -- saints" will be available on fox nation starting tomorrow directed by martin scorsese. >> do you believe you were sent by godded? >> yes. by god? >> yes. ♪ ♪ >> -- me baptized in the river jordan! ♪ ♪ >> i speak in the name of the one true god! will: we were just saying this looks really good. rachel: this looks really good. i love that this is going to be on fox nation. we're all called to be saints. will: you were just talking about each saint. each episode focuses on a different saint, the first on joan of arc. another four expected next

april. rachel: jay, mary magdalene, john the baptist, fascinating. interesting to take on -- will: yeah. with scorsese. rachel: yeah, none other. joey: the comparison is game of thrones-like. rachel: it has that feel. joey: i look forward to it. will: let's check in with adam klotz who's in colorado -- adam: okay, here we are -- will: get 'em ready, adam! if. adam: i got the energy going. you know,st it's loud, there's lots going on. i know you're probably wondering, why is there a ladder next to me? at the end of this hit, i'm going to the climb out on it and jump out into this crowd, and they're going to -- they're gonna get me. but in the meantime, the i've got a question. who is going to win today? >> obviously, theo woe walters! adam: is travis hunter the

hughesman? speaking of that that, is he the he'sman? >> yeah. -- heisman. adam: the most important question is, do the boys -- [inaudible] [cheers and applause] the boys got me. all right, let's do this. [cheers and applause] will: oh! he went down. did he land on his feet? we need to get the okay symbol. [laughter] adam's there, big noon kickoff for colorado versus utah on fox. oh, there he is. he's alive, he's good. [laughter] rachel: the college kids have him covered. jeff jee he's having too much fun. rachel: i know if. safety checks and inadequate

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rachel: an emotional first day in the trial of the illegal immigrant accused of murdering georgia nursing student, the beautiful laken riley, revealing the chilling details of her tragic death. chanley painter is here with the details. >> reporter: rachel, so far in the case prosecutors have called nine witnesses against the the man they say hunted down 222-year-old laken riley as she was out for a jog. watch. >> on february 22nd, jose ibarra put on a black hat, a hoodie-style jacket and some black kitchen-style, disposable gloves, and he went hunting for females on the university of georgia's campus. >> reporter: in opening statements prosecutors said the nursing student struggled with her killer for nearly 18 minutes before they say her murder left his fingerprint in her blood on her cell phone left at the

scene. the man accuse toed, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from venezuela, sat stoically as his defense taked the state's evidence in opening stakes -- attacked. >> the evidence in this case is very good that laken riley was murdered. but upon a closer look at the evidence that links mr. ibarra the that event,s it is lacking. if. >> reporter: prosecutors first witnesses were riley's three roommates who reported her missing that day and the trial, of course, picks back up on monday morning. rachel? rachel: thank you, chanley. so sad. well, rfk jr. is named trump's secretary for the department of health and human services which actually oversees the unaccompanied migrant children who come across our border. but reports hoe that the

biden-harris administration failed to protect these minors, vealing a lack of proper sponsor vetting and also courageous labor conditions. ing fox news contributor sara carter joins us now. sara, so great to have you on the show. you and i have both been following this story very closely. it really touches our hearts for good reason. the democrats fought against dna testing the make sure9 that the so-called sponsors who come to claim these children are actually relatives, who are they, is have they been vetted. virtually no vetting, and as a result, 300,000 of those children are unaccounted for. they're lost, as you to know, many into sex trafficking and child labor. so do you think that rfk jr. at the helm, somebody who clearly cares ab children, would make a difference? could he start a task force to rescue this? i know donald trump said he would. your thoughts. >> yeah, absolutely. i think that robert f. kennedy jr.'s goinged to do the an

incredible job at health and human services and oversees the office of refugee resettlement. it was within that office, rachel, that whistleblowers came forward to basically blow the lid off of what they said was the biden-harris, you know, sponsorship of trafficking. i mean, in the leading -- they've been the leading global sponsor of trafficking throughout the world using taxpayer collars to the tune of over $7 billion to traffic people into the united states. they knew it, they did nothing about it. at the time, you know, ms. marcos who is head of the office of refugee resettlement allowed this to happen because they never did follow-ups. "the new york times" did this incredible expo say where they show that -- expose where they show that children all across the united states, they had

located children working in poultry factories and poultry farms, in factuallies, things like products like cereals that we eat every day had children as young as 14 years old working in them. rachel, you and i have both covered this for a long time. i've spent over 20 years covering -- [audio difficulty] rachel: all right, we lost sara. we're going to come back to her because i'm going to play this clip. cnn actually interviewed concern this is very interesting. they interviewed an illegal migrant who'd been in our country for 20 years. this migrant had two children born here in the united states, so they're american citizens. and they asked him what he as an illegal immigrant with two children, american citizens, what he thought of donald trump and the fact that donald trump ran on mass deportation. very fascinating question. here's what happened. >> he plays in this park with his two u.s. citizen children ages 5 and 9 and stands by

donald trump. so you support donald trump because of the the economy. >> for the economy, yes. >> but you don't support the anti-immigrant rhetoric. >> i'm not support the immigrant action. >> do you support his mass deportations? >> no, it's not human. >> are you afraid that you could be deported in this maas depor a decision? >> i'm not afraid. i'm not afraid. democrats forget the promise when these guys are in the office. the latinos want a better nation. rachel: it's so fascinating. this man is saying i want a better future -- the interview guess on, i want a better future for my children, who are american citizens s and that is why he was voting for donald trump. and he's not afraid of the potential of deportation because he wants what's best for his children which he says is the economy. that was his number one issue. i find this fascinating because donald trump is clearly priortizing these deportations.

he's said he's going to begin with those who are criminals, gang members, and then he was going to move on to those who were brought in basically unvetted over the last four years. in this gentleman has been here for that 25 years. he seems to be very low on the totem pole. i'm not sure if he understands that directly, but it's an interesting, it's an interesting topic. i wonder if the trump administration might address -- maybe they can find him. we did for fox noticias, and we're going to interview him tomorrow. you can watch weekdays at 4 p.m. eastern on fox desp if ort everything s. you can also stream it on fox nation and withdrew talking about live. i'll be sure to bring some is excerpts from my interview with him and why he and so many other migrants, illegal migrants, believe that donald trump -- despite his toughness on the border and immigration -- still believes he's the right choice

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♪ >> we know for sure that bobby kennedy is a vaccine denier, and he is going to do great harm. >> there's no question, i consider her someone who is likely a russian asset. >> the secretary of defense nominee, peter hegseth, the fox news commentator, this is someone who, you know, is known to be a white spectrum if cyst, known to be an extremist. [laughter] joey: yeah. democrats and their media are on the attack going after president-elect trump's cab a net and stop top staff picks including outrageous claims against our very own pete

hegseth who is up for defense secretary. will: let's get reaction from sage steele, host of the sage steele show, and she joins now. >> hello. i am so glad to see you guys in person. rachel: so happy you're here. will: it's almost hard to the narrow the question because the attacks have been so broad, to vile. whether or not they're at pete or tulsi or rfk. is maybe the question is, and you and i and rachel, we've all worked in made ya and maybe even some of these institutions who are lobbing some of these takes. what do you make from their reaction from trump's nominations to his cabinet? >> disappointment but not surprised. rachel: yeah. >> you know? pretty classless. it's one thing to say i disdo agree and give valid reasons why, but to me, it's just completely personal. but, again, i'm not surprised. i think at the end of the day they have to understand what has led us to think about -- this point. it's been, what, 1 is 11 days since the election? the only reason we're in this

position is because of what they did and did not do over the last three and a half, four years. rachel: that's right. >> and so you knew if trump won -- and then, of course, he did by a margin that, did any of us can't that? i did not expect it to be merely as dominating as a it was. we know donald trump, and he's going to get his people in there mainly because he has to fix what they did and did the not do. and i actually love this because he's been very can kid. when he was on rogan, that was one of my favorite things, when asked what could i have done differently unlike kamala harris' answer, he said, you know what? i really don't think i did a good job maybe vetting everybody and waiting too long to fire people as well. and this time he's vetting, he's had a lot of time, several years, to think about who he would put many there, and if i love the picks. i say, let's go. rachel: yeah. like, rip out the roots, rip out the corruption. and you're so right, it's such a reaction, this mandate that he got. as you said, i expected him to win. i didn't know he'd win by that

much -- >> right. rachel: but it is a reaction to covid corruption, to all the things that we've seen, the censorship, the big tech censorship, all of stuff is part of it. and, you know, i didn't know all these years that i've been with pete hegseth on the couch that he was a white supremacist. [laughter] who would have known? >> i know. but, again, just so narrow-minded and idiotic for them to say that because, actually, that's one of the reasons why they lost the rex -- election -- rachel: yes! >> because of the hate, because of the name calling. i've been called a racist by these people and a misogynist. which i think is fascinating. rachel: me too. they actually said that i should be deportedded. >> i cannot -- the. [laughter] but that's one of the reasons why they lost the election, because it has has nothing to dt policies she sood for, but they sat there and called everybody names, names that were -- it was lies. i know a lot of these people, i've been around these people, there are no racists.

you can have a difference of opinion and not reor the so concern resort to that, and i think they're idiots at this point for continuing to do exactly what lost them this election. joey: i agree completely. from name-calling and picking fights to a bug fight last nigh- >> oh, my gosh. joey: yeah. the best transition i have. threw that out for you. rachel: good job, joey. joey: jake paul defeats mike tyson, and the reaction i've seen has been largely disappointment. one reaction was, basically, this is not good for boxing. what's your -- i presume you watched it. >> oh, i watched it, my dad and i at the hotel. thank you, dad, for having -- rachel: he's so proud, he's recording you on the iphone. i love it. [laughter] >> we were watching in the hotel room. and i, first of all, just the walk-up and jake comes in, and my dad's like, oh, good lord. no, here's the thing. to me, or service a lose-lose for jake paul -- will: really? >> because you lose and you've lost to a 58-year-old guy. and you win, well, you should have, it's a 58-year-old guy.

joey: that's what i tell people when they want to fight me. listen, i'm crippled, so you lose either way. [laughter] i'll stand there and try, but you're to going to lose either way. >> first of all, he got $40 million for fighting, mike tyson got $20 million. everybody's a winner. i thought it was fascinating because, yes, it's been 19 years since mike ty's last fight. however, he was still mike tyso- will: his name is still mike tyson, i'd be terrified. >> the question was, how much punch will he still have? to me, the question was about the legs more so. wisconsin i'll will right. >> first two rounds he looked quick, and i was, like, oh, hold on, jake. i think that was strategic to tire him out because nobody's 58-year-old legs are going to really last. and last thing, i thought it was so cool at the end of the fight when he bowed down, i mean -- will: jake did -- rachel: yeah. >> post-fight comments were so respectful. will: the only thing that gets

close to the intimidation of fighting mike tyson is interviewing mike tyson. did you ever interview him? >> no, thank you -- will: me either. this is one that would make me very nervous. >> well, because, first of all -- will: you don't know. >> you're, like, can you give me a little more? help me out here. you would with more afraid than me. i don't think he would come after me. you with, yes. will: the i don't know part of it, like, i don't know. >> it's iron mike. rachel: well, we absolutely love having you. sage and i have known each other for many, many years. he had two kids and by had three kids -- >> and now i have 3 and she has 16 -- rachel: exactly. something like that. you're awesome. we love having you many studio. will: check out the sage steele show. joey: thanks for joining us. will: more "fox & friends" next. we're taking the best fibers our farm can produce, spinning it at one location, weaving it, then finally into a cut and sewn product.

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♪ if. will: the new department of government efficiency led by elon musk and vivek ramaswamy is aiming to wipe out unnecessary government spending. here's some cuts that they could consider, check this out. over $500,000 from the national institutes of health awarded to russian labs to study cats walking on treadmills. how about $39 million to oversee dei efforts. or $50 million, i'm serious u to study monkeys, testing how they perform while on meth and injecting them with female hormones. $1.3 billion in checks sent by

the federal government to people who have already passed away, and $7 billion wasted on empty federal buildings. now doge is beginning to recruit. they issued this tweet saying in part, quote, we need super-high iq, small government revolutionaries willing to work 80 hours a week for unglamorous cost-cutting jobs. here to discuss is ceo with of the watchdog open the book, john hart. hey, john, thanks for being with us morning. let's talk about doge. we just walked over some of the, walked through some of the more ridiculous ways the federal government spends money, but what we really want to the know is can doge make significant percentage-wise cuts to getting a more efficient federal government. >> yeah, will, thanks for having me. the answer is, absolutely. you know, this is a brand new commission, but this is already a movement. the american people are demanding more control over their tax dollars and their own destiny, because every dollar saved in washington is a dream

realized somewhere in america. so what we've seen is for decades politicians have been expanding principal agencies, but doge is about expanding your agency and your ability to pursue the american dream on your terms. so what we've pointed out at open the books is we've built the biggest database of spending in history. we have 10 billion lines of code, and you can very quickly get to 2-300 billion through some of the things you just pointed out. we can go after duplication in the federal government, improper payments, if medicare fraud, getting rid of dei. we've done some great reports on that in the department of education and dhs. and once you do that, i i think what elon musk and vivek are beginning to point out are new efficient shes, ways to -- efficiencies, ways to use technology the take those much further. and once you win the trust of the american people with this bottom-up movement, you can begin to look at bigger ticket the items like entitlement spending that you really need to think about reforming to get at

$2 trillion. will: well, i want to share with the audience, you can look at the way federal government spending has grown since the 1960s up through today to, and it's beyond inflationary. it is exappropriationive. you know, vivek, for example, has talked about things like the number of federal employees obviously being inefficient and overbloated, but he's even talked about social security numbers, every other, odd and even, letting people go within the the federal government. and that's r -- whether that's the mechanism or not, the point is there needs to be significant cost-cutting, significant beyond just identifying the absurdities. can we scale this thing town to the efficiency. >> i think, absolutely. look, my former boss was on the simpson-bowles debt commission, and he was able to get rid of earmarks and actually help bring about the only spending cut in american history since the end of the korean war, and he didn't have elon musk, vivek or even a president that was supportive

with what we were doing 10 or 15 years ago. so when you have the american people at your back and elon musk turning the bully pulpit up to 11, they can go much farther than we thought we could ever go 10 or 15 years ago. and you have to think think of this,, this is not a demolition process, this is a restoration and renovation project. imagine buying an old home that's been updated, has bad insulation and was owned by a hoarder that had all the tough? people can relate to let's renovate it, let's bring back the original splendor of what this american idea and -- is, and that's what it's all about. will: musk's role is going to have to find some accountability or enforcement mechanism from members of congress who don't choose to walk down the path of efficiency. so we'll keep up with what he does on an ongoing basis. we appreciate you being with us this morning, john hart. >> thank you. will: let's turn to rick

reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick: look at this, no clouds anywhere again across the east coast. it's the going to change eventually. real quickly, be careful across parts of the most today. a really windy day, and hose fires we have burning, potential for those spreading and even more fires starting. this, however, is what is about to change our weather pattern and maybe break it down overall that we're dealing with. this is the beginning of the storm. by the time we get towards tomorrow, it becomes a rain maker across parts of the south. snow in towards the far northern plainses and by thursday to friday, all of this moisture gets out across parts of the east, and that's great news. look at this, this is starting tomorrow, maybe flooding concerns from places around texas, oklahoma and kansas. back to you. will: we go back out to boulder, colorado, for big noon kickoff. that's coming up next. ♪ -- a little bit better than it used to be. ♪ because i'm a live, live wire ♪

♪ ♪ joey: it's week 12 of the college football season, and we have utah facing colorado on fox. our very own fox news meteorologist adam klotz is lye in boulder, colorado, with lead college football analyst joel klatt with a preview of today's

game. guys, what's going on? adam: hey there, joey. yeah, we're out here for the game. this is your alma mater, this is my first time being here. these fans are incredible. how's it feel to be back here? >> it feels great to be back here. t not just that i plaided here, but e grew up south of boulder. i remember my very first college football game was in this stadium, i fell in love with the sport, and i've wanted to be involved ever since. i pinch myself if being able to be back here. and in particular, call such a meaningful game for this program. you know, this month has turned into something pretty special. adam: this has turned into a really big season for them, they may be outperforming. i've got a couple of questions. does travis hunter or have a good chance of winning the hisman, where's coach prime listing as far as coach of the year? give me your thoughts. >> i think travis right now would be the favorite to win the heisman trophy because everything he's doing is so unique.

he's a unicorn, a lot like shohei ohtani in major league baseball. the best defensive back in the country, he'll probably be a finalist for that award. the best wide receiver is given another award, he'll probably be a finalist for that award, so to be that good on both sides is increbled obviously -- incredible. and as far as coach sanders, dionne's done a remarkable job. the hard part he's going to have is indiana's undefeated, and he'll be on a very short risk for coach of the year. indiana a indiana i'm an indian- adam: i love indiana, any thoughts on texas and georgia as we allow back to the guys? >> georgia better win against tennessee the, or they're going to be out of playoff race. and, will, i'm sorry, but texas at number 3 in the country, who's really the best win that they have? vanderbilt? if. adam: tough words. we'll throw it back to you guys,

but they might be -- joey: throwing some heat there at the end. i agree though. travis hunter very special player. you guys need to watch the big noon kickoff live from boulder, colorado, at 10 a.m. eastern time on fox. that's just here in a few minutes. more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪ ♪ at harbor freight, we do business differently from the other guys. we design and test our own tools and sell them directly to you. no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices you'll love. still have symptoms from moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease after a tnf blocker like humira or remicade? put them in check with rinvoq. rinvoq works differently and it's a once-daily pill. when symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief with rinvoq. check. when flares tried to slow me down, i got lasting steroid-free remission with rinvoq.

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