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♪ ♪ will: good morning and welcome to "fox & friends," yet another morning with your national than anthem and beautiful pictures. joey jones, rachel campos duffy, will cain. good morning. joey: are you in a good mood? will: i am, just a little tired. joey: from that game? will: yeah, it's weighing on me. some days you don't sleep much, and you have this weird energy -- joey: that was me yesterday. rachel: me to too. will: that was not me this morning. joey: you didn't take enough pre-workout. will: texas won last night if, and we'll see you next weekend in the sec championship. joey: i know.

friendship suspended for a few hours. will: texas-georgia next week -- rachel: a lot of texting next week -- joey: i gave him one of those horns up emojis the -- will: very nice, joey. joey: and texas won anyway. will: we're going to talk about that later, but during the day of college football, there was a big piece of political news that dropped. rachel: yeah. will: and that was that donald trump named kash patel to lead the fbi. now, this has been rumored, i think, for a week or two, and it was already some hyperventilating on the left because kash patel represents another disrupter added to the cabinet which ors rachel, you referred to earlier this week in conversation with me as shaping up to be the justice league. rachel: yeah. this is an incredible -- whenever i look at the wall, it's incredible to see some of faces up this -- up there.

and kash patel is making so many of the right people nervous and uncomfortable and unhappy that you've just got to believe this is the right guy for the job. by the way, they're trying to say he's not qualified. the guy's qualifications are more than enough to run this agency. here is a flashback to kash patel talking about the what he would do to hold the keep state accountable. watch. >> you need a 24/7 declassification office, whatever you want to call it, transparency, truth, whatever. i don't care. sits in the white house, reports directly to you, and you take incoming from the united states of america. i want j jfk, i want the 9/11 if files, i want this, i want that. all the fbi, can and this is a tool, this is something we didn't cover. what the deep state uses the most to cover up their corruption is an illegal application of the

classification system. rachel: the whole time he's talking, i'm like, yes. joey: he's unqualified because he doesn't have a house in georgetown and spends all his time virginia talking to the military industrial complex. his actual resumé is really good for someone to serve if in government. i think what makes them attack him the way they have is they're afraid for him to be in charge of the fbi. he's widely known as the author of the devin nuñes memo which was the beginning of what exposing what most republicans and certainly president trump believes was the fbi targeting president trump with the with the mostly bogus ukraine -- when i say mostly bogus, so much of what they put forward they didn't tell you how they got it, what it was for. they used the steele dossier, and so much of that provedded to be either outright false or malpractice in how they acquired it. this is andrew mccabe talking about it and trying to say that

kash patel's unqualified where, in fact, i think he's just afraid of him. >> it's a terrible development for the men and women of the fbi and also for the nation that depends on a highly functioning, professional, independent federal bureau of investigation. the fact that kash patel is profoundly unqualified for this job is not even, like, a matter for debate. so i think what we should really be thinking about right now is what does this signal in terms of donald trump's intent for the fbi. will: that that's the former director of the fbi, disgracedded former director -- rachel: yeah, exactly. will: he's one of the people as you mentioned, rachel, making all the right people upset. current fbi director chris wray, by the way, is scheduled to be on the federal payroll for another ten years. but he will either resign or be fired by donald trump.

rachel: well, he talks about declassifying. we sit on this couch all the time and talk about the loss of trust in our institutions and none -- if you're a conservativs more to mind than the fbi. they have just been so politicize ising. i look at kash patel, and i'm, like, would kash patel bring in agents and infiltrate catholic churchs? probably not. i'm okay with kash patel. because the the people that were in charge before were doing that. but this declass by case -- declass by case thing, do you believe kash patel actually, joey, will declassify, flesh 9/11, jfk, january 6th? >> i don't think so. i don't know why i don't think so, i just -- the government no no matter it's the good guys or the bad guys, people that get in government, they start to believe this narrative that a there's some things that aren't good for the public to know, and i believe that's where the majority of people have landed

on the 9/11 stuff. i don't think it's true, i don't agree with it, but i worry even president trump can't make that hawaii i know he'll want to, but there'll be other people -- rachel: kash patel has been attacked by this agency, by the fbi. he and devin nuñes. i don't know. i think he might. joey: this cabinet is unlike any other we've ever seen. they want to attack all these people for being unqualified or unserious because they know how to communicate, and if they're more in touch with regular americans than everyone exists almost solely inside that beltway. it's a scary thing for the deep tate, for inside the beltway, for government as usual, for the establishment. it is a scary thing for them. i think kash patel's a perfect example of that. i don't mean to be debbie downer. maybe they will release some of this stuff, but i think there's a lot of people that will wage their own fight against it, and it'll be a longer, lengthier process if it does that. will well, i think that's important. i think that rooting out the

corruption inside the if fbi that has showed a two-tiered justice system is something he has been definitely committed to, at least reto have theically, and now he's in changer. he has said -- in charge. hes has said these government gangsters that have perpetuated disinformation campaigns to rob us of the truth for years have to be fired. joey: yeah. will: he is now in charge. he has said he would close the hoover building on day one and turn it into a knew asylum for the deep -- i museum for the deep sate. [laughter] that is white a -- quite a statement, and it's why people are calling him, quote, dangerous. here is carb kash patel. >> well, look, my 16-plus years as a public defender, as a national security prosecutor, as a civilian in joint special operations command, taking out bag add daddy, returning hostages, serving as deputy director of national intelligence and last thing as chief of staff, the only thing i was beholden to was the constitution. i exposed the russiagate crimes

that so many committed, and we reported to congress those oversight matters. and those were taken up through them in the right course to the american people. so if anyone if has a complaint about that and wes my unwavering commitment to the constitution, i'm happy to talk to them about it. i'm especially happy to talk to the media about it. but you can look at my record, and those calling me a danger, let's just ask them for a proof, a piece of evidence that actually shows i've committed any constitutional violations or any ethical quandaries. will: like so many hinges when it comes to donald trump, what kash patel represents is a disrupter and not a danger to democracy, but a danger to bureaucracy. rachel: danger to their power and to the secrets they just don't want us to to know about. i love how he talks about how this overuse of classified information has been used to cover up what they have been doing to us. we need to know. we're in charge.

the government shouldn't be in charge of us, we're many charge of them. there should be very few things that are off limits for us to know because we reportedly own this government. i think the fact a the that kash patel started as a public defender, if he relies on those roots of his legal training, i think we're going to be in better shape is. joey: yeah. i think there's no question he has an incredibly diverse background, and he's certainly qualified. i think, ultimately, there are a lot of people that don't fall left or right, they fall deep state. and they truly believe -- maybe the it was it's without mall malice -- their role is to shield is people from what's really happening, from how they're getting things done because they believe we don't need to no that for whatever altruistic reason. but that's simply not true, and this cabinet, kash patel, they certainly don't believe that. they're going to fight hard, it's going to be messy and, you know what? the american people are going to

be none the better for it but, hopefully, at the end he gets most of these people confirmed. will: with the nomination of kash patel and so many others to the cabinet, kamala harris is seeing it as an opportunity to raise funds. [laughter] here's the e-mail that just went out. trump nominating maga loyalists left and right, there's nothing more important than making sure we can fight back and hold him accountable. that's to why we need you to step up, yes, today to. our records show you haven't pitched in to support our harris fight program yet. they've raised in the billions? and yet still remain something north of $20 million in debt. rachel: yeah. i mean, what the kamala campaign and really the democrat party in general is fighting right now is a lot of anger from donors, from bundlers who feel like they've been duped. the amount of money is staggering, and the loss is staggering considering how much

more kamala harris spent than donald trump, and people want answers. people are worried that a lot of money was misspent. we've talked on this couch about these concerts, paying oprah, a billionaire, a million dollars to to endorse her and have this, you know, fake town hall. here's james carville, you know, he can sometimes be a pretty honest broker talking about this campaign audit. listen. >> the resistance is going to have trouble raising money. these fundraisers are burnt. they're really pissed now. policy number one, yes, we're going to audit everything. we're going to audit the campaign, future follower, we're going to audit the dnc so people can know, i'm telling you, without complete transparency the campaign raised a billion and a half dollars, okay? we know that future followers, last we saw, was $900 million,

so we can assume they got to billion. that's $2.5 prescribing billion. -- freaking billion. do you have any idea where the money went? i promise you this, the amount of money and the amount of lobbyists that were involved in this campaign is staggering. joey: what he's explaining there is you have campaign finance laws that govern, so you can only raise so much money from individuals, entities for your actual campaign to pay for your travel and staff. that's almost $2022 billion. -- 2 billion there, and there's another almost billion in super pac, so when you collectively add this up, it's probably well over $2 billion that they raised and were spending trying to get kamala harris elected, and they ended up spending more money than they even raised, and on top of that you have this letter that reads like something you expect the irs to send you when you haven't paid your venmo if tax. our records show you haven't

paid your fair share, we're going to need you to to chip in for a campaign that has failed in every way possible. it's amazing to me. it truly shows you who they are and how they think. you owe your your dues to the tributes that -- i mean, they're wrong, right in everyone else is out here just working the fields. will: to what you said, rachel, people are upset. you know which people are upset? democrats. rachel: you had one of them on. that change went viral. joey: she was a fundraiser. will: and she was telling us democrats are mad, where did the money go, that's a hell of a lot of money, and you end up many debt. james carville's point, we're going to need to 5:ed audit -- audit you, dnc. rye. rachel: i see a theme going through our show, transparency. whether it's in government, in these campaigns -- will: whether it's in hhs, what we're eating, take, medicines, transparency. sunlight.

joey: the need for it is all of the distrust. that's really the root of this evil. will: on to a fox weather alert. millions get blasted with arctic air at dangerously cold temperature it is on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. but the faa saying there was a record number of flights this week. rachel: upstate new york also getting slammed as the northeast gets hit with its first real cold front of the season. joey: yeah. fox weather storm specialist mike seidell is outside buffalo, new york. he's in the elements as he always is. mike, what you got? >> reporter: good morning, rachel, joe by and will with. we have moved off of dunkirk to get back in the snow band. the big story is the buffalo bills-49ers game, and the bills' mafia will be are over there, they're probably there right now, shoveling the stadium out. it snowed yesterday hard from about lunchtime and ended earlier this morning, and based on the latest observation and what fell overnight in nearby hamburg where we were, about 20

inches, plus or minus, at the stadium they're going to have to shovel out. fore forecast tonight, rather cloudy, upper 20 thes, but the chance of snow is light and the winds will be on the light side. so is an ideal football night for bills fans. meanwhile, you can see the big piles of snow all over the place. they've had 332 the plus inches -- 32 through yesterday afternoon theyed -- they added 3-4 overnight. it started 7 a.m. friday, still goes til 7 a.m. monday. i don't think i've ever seen a lake effect know warning that goes for four days. some of these areas could pick up another 1-22 feet, and i-900 westbound, the new york state thruway, is open into pennsylvania except it's still closed to commercial traffic. big rigs, you're going of to have to wait it out for now. guys, back to you in new york. will: thank you, mike. it is the cold in america. i mean, everywhere, it is cold. joey: i love it.

i don't want it to be dangerous, but i like the cold weather. these legs make me run hot. [laughter] will: you got it. joey: it blows my mind that the arizona cardinals in one of the driest, sunniest places in the world have a roof for their stadium but buffalo can consistent,? will: right. rachel: can you imagine sitting -- the the whole time he showed that footage of the stadium i'm, like, who would go there? will: crazy people in buff with hoe are. joey: people who jump off tables on tailgates. will: okay. we're going to turn to your headlines. police charging a man with first-degree murder for the death of an illinois detective outside chicago friday. the suspect has a lengthy rap sheet. he's accused of firing at officers after they confronted him for responding to a call about a man leaving a bank. oak park, illinois, detective alan reddens died at the exchanging. he was 40 years old. six people were hurt after a

home explosion in southern missouri yesterday. all six were inside when that blast nearly leveled the house and left three victims in critical condition. fire officials say it all happened just before 3 a.m. the cause of the blast is being investigated. now to rivalry week as i suggested in college football. we'll start with the michigan wolverines upsetting number 32-ranked -- 32-ranked -- 2-ranked ohio state. >> do or die for ohio state, howard in trouble -- incomplete! ohio state turn it is it over on downs, and the michigan wolverines will shock the college football world! joey: wow. will: tempers flared when a michigan player tried to to plant the school's flag in the m.d. middle of the field. some players, after ohio state got upset at that act, and police intervened were pepper sprayed as they tried to break up that scene.

it was a bit of a trend. we saw a brawl at the end of north carolina-north carolina state. players came to blows as nc state beat north carolina in their home stadium. and if then florida crushed florida state 31-11. fsu, the same thing, gators trying to plant the flag on their field. no such -- i went to bed right after the game, so i didn't see any such hostilities, after texas beat texas a&m 17-7. as i said, the first time the rivalry's been played since 2011, and it pushes texas into the sec championship game against georgia. rachel: is that a touchdown if he lands on the side right there? joey: if the ball crosses the plane and hits the pylon, yes -- will: they reviewed it, touchdown. fox has a full slate with kickoffs beginning at 1 p.m. eastern time.

joey: i know it's not everyone's favorite topic, but on this football stuff, i just want to say, that's crazy. we've never had the end of a season with four or five brawls like that. will: arizona-arizona state, north carolina-north carolina, michigan-ohio state, florida-florida state, i think the i'm forgetting one. there was another one as well, i believe. all across football -- do it was the rivalry week. joey: and what i think is all of these players are getting paid outside of the university, and they all can go to another school anytime they want to, so the coaches don't have the opportunity to install discipline. so the era of the nick saban days are other. billy acres from my hometown, the i promise you, he wants discipline on his attention he just can't do it. rachel: all right. more "fox & friends" comingfi upzz. d who doesn't love a good throwback? ♪

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♪ rachel: more heartbreaking video showing the impact of the immigrant crisis as texas department of public safety rescues this time a 5-year-old girl who was smuggled across the border. watch this. [speaking spanish]

rachel: wow. texas dp if s spokesperson if lieutenant christopher oliveras joins us now. lieutenant, this just keeps happening. and no one's doing anything about it even right now as we're seeing these videos. >> it does, rachel. good morning. this past week alone i shared multiple videos, you know, of unaccompanied children coming across that border themselves. on sunday a 2-year-old, just thanksgiving morning a

10-year-old that was smugglinged by a -- smuggled by a criminal smuggler who was left behind and lost, and now this a 5-year-old little girl yesterday brought across the border by another criminal smuggler as you saw in that camera image, and one of the troopers with us able to locate the video, and if it wasn't for that trooper and our investors being in the right place at the right time, there's no telling where this child would have ended up. they were actually able to arrest the driver who had a previous history of human smuggling. these are the type of people we're dealing with, these are types of situations we're dealing with every single day. and i share these videos because i want the american people to to see and realize what we're dealing with as law enforcement e every single ca day when we're talking about children that have been a victim over the last four years. rachel: yeah. you're a law enforcement officer. i know you. you're a dad ooh. this is traumatizing for law enforcement to have to deal with. you spoke about that that

10-year-old little boy. i want to show this clip. go ahead. [speaking spanish] rachel: so this poor little boy was brought across by a car pell, by human traffickers, and they got tired of him. maybe he did something and he, you know, 10-year-old boy, that annoyed these evil cartel members, and they literally abandoned him in the desert here, in the cold because it gets cold at night now. >> right. a. rachel: if not for our law enforcement, he would still be there, and god knows what could have happened to him. the other part of the story, lieutenant, is if an american mom runs into the store to grab

a gallon of milk, she can get arrested. but our government is reuniting these children with people when claim to be their parents whether they are or not, we don't know because there's no dna testing, but we reunite them, and there's no consequences for the adult who just put them in the hands of a cartel to go through a dangerous journey where they probably got raped or abused in some way. help us understand this. >> you know, it doesn't, right? i just want to touch on that video real quick. that's so devastating to see that a video, and i think anybody, regardless if you have children or not and just have the compassion, can really resonate by seeing that video, that child crying and the fact that he was brought across the river from a criminal smuggler and left abandoned, that's something that happens every single day, unfortunately. and now, as you mentioned, the federal government have provided this incentive for families and legal guard guardians that's

facile9 tating, paying money to get these children across the border. it's become an incentive. and that's why we're seeing so many children come across that border every single day in the eagle pass area. that's the area that i'm from and that we patrol, and we're seeing more of these children come across. these children have been exposed the a criminal environment over the years. 9 that's why we see the exploitation, the forced labor trafficking, sex trafficking. you have over 300,000 children missing right now that the government can't account for. they're not responsible. they're not prioritizing the safety and security of these children, but it's law enforcement every single day on those front lines hearing these devastating, tragic stories from these children. and it needs to be, you know, it's unacceptable. we need to do something about it now and, hopefully, now with this new leadership and tom homan now as the border czar, he's made it clear he wants to to locate those 300,000 children and ensure the safety of children coming across the border and hold people

accountable for the actions that have exmoat ploited these children -- exploited these children. rachel: i want to thank you for showing people what is happening to these children. you've been amazing. i know your heart. we copray for a change in this policy as soon as possible. >> yes. rachel: and we don't believe those people who say their open border policy is for compassion, compassionate reasons. clearly, it is not. lieutenant the, thank you again. >> thank you or, rachel. appreciate it. rachel: you got it. closing arguments are set to begin this week in daniel penny's man slaughter trial. how the marine veteran's strength is inspiring his family. that's next. it's time to feed the dogs real food in the right amount.

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♪ joey: tomorrow morning closing arguments will begin in daniel penny's manslaughter arer trial here in new york city. the marine veteran's family telling the new york post, quote, we've seen danny be

strong throughout all of this. when this initially happened, there was a lot of attention and it's really scary and uncertain. it makes you want to reand hide, but his -- recede and hide, but his strengths has encouraged us. new york-based rile attorney rebecca rose woodland joins us. we were speaking just a few minutes ago a, closing arguments start tomorrow. my perception of this case was i don't know how they could convict him, but going back and reading this morning, it looks like a lot of witnesses brought in things that helped and hurt him, i think the main contingency being did he keep the chokehold too long. but we were talking about the actual cause of death. explain what you see there and how that might be part of of the defense's closing argument. >> i'm happy you brought it up because what i think is going to the happen is we're going to to see the prosecution paint this case as if this man, daniel penny, held the victim down for too long, too hard, knew what he was doing, he was reckless.

the defense is going to to show you in this case that he held concern he restrained the victim because the victim was under the influence of synthetic marijuana and many other drugs, had other issues including psychosis, held him, he was alive when the police arrived. he attempted to just restrain him. joey: yeah. >> that is it. we are not looking at a situation where there was intent if he is not charged with intent to kill, but even regular -- reckless are behavior. we're not seeing that, and i think that's what the defense will really, really try to tell the jury tomorrow in a clear way. this man wasn't reckless, he was just trying to help other subway passengers. joey: the witnesses for the trial, they did have the chief medical examiner's office, dr. cynthia harris, say that -- it was ruled a homicide with the cause of death being compression of neck, but then you have this

forensic pathologist who came out and said, no, these substances were found, and that could have caused the death. now moving forward the jury's going to have to figure this out. there was also the marine who said, hey, this is how we learn it, but he held it too long. what happens if he is found guilty? what's the next step after that? >> well, the next step after if he's found guilty, which i really hope a jury can see this is a politically-motivated case, but if he is found guilty, there'll be the sentencing phase like we've seen in other cases. we'll take some time, they'll return back to the courtroom and, you know, he's facing many years in jail -- yale -- swreel joel 15 years. >> right. but the judge has leeway, because this is a state case, and then we'll see appealing. -- appeals. i mean, immediately, the defense will appeal if it is a guilty verdict. joey: it's the sad jordan neely had to die, but it's even sadder that they would prosecute a

marine veteran. >> there was no intent to kill him, nor do i believe he was reckless. joey: thank you for joining us, and we'll see what happens tomorrow. the university of michigan is reportedly scrapping it massive dei program. what this means for the fight against woke. lowe's knows our deals let you give more, and get more too. shop now for big black friday deals on holiday decor and tools from our top brands. and rack up more points for you when you shop with my lowe's rewards. lowe's. your parents have given you some amazing gifts, but what about the inherited ones? celebrate them with ancestrydna, the simple test that shows your deep family roots, from your mom's side and your dad's side,

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early morning feels-like temperatures, 4 degrees in chicago, -8 in minneapolis, 12 in kansas city. all of that the cold air is running over relatively warm lake water, the great lakes picking up plenty of snow and dumping it as that air ultimately runs back over land. we've seen some really being snowfall totals, as much as 36, 40 inches in some areas. continuing to see winter weather alerts in michigan, ohio, new york, areas in pennsylvania all seeing some of this very heavy snow, system of those lakefront communities. otherwise you're dealing with cold temperatures. tomorrow morning, atlanta, as far south as that, temperatures climbing down into the to 20 thes. cold winter weather with, unfortunately, it is that time of the year, but it is the now moving and settling in. those are your weather headlines. will: did you get a haircut, adam? adam: no, we just do something different -- will: you're look sharp.

adam: appreciate that. will: maybe it's because you didn't say up late with students in boulder or confer. adam: that could be it. will: it is the largest and most expensive dei program in the country but not for long. the university of michigan may soon axe its dei program with a board of regents vote scheduled for this week. our next guest says funds should be going towards helping students regardless of race. university of michigan board of regents member sarah hubbard joins us now. thanks for being with us. this is quite, this is quite a specialty. -- potentiality, you're all elected there in michigan to be board of regents to be revisiting dei. that that's a big deal. of michigan as has one of the biggest programs, has prided itself in the past as being at the forefront of dei. if. >> yeah. we have a very large bureaucracy that's impacting our students and our faculty across the

board. we really are taking a critical look at the programs and the spending at the university of michigan right now and want to better understand what metrics are, what the results we are getting out of that because we're really not seeing the needle moving related to diversity of thought in particular on campus, let alone diversity in other ways. so i've been asking a lot of questions since i was first elected to this board and and really believe that we need to do something differently here or, you know, really be focusing on our programs that are good for everybody that have need but could get admitted to the university. will: you bring up diversity of thought and that's, i think, the ultimate goal. the stated goal of dei is actually to create diversity on the superficial service meaning like with race or but that hasn't worked're, from what i understand. you've been at a 5% black population at michigan, and it seems you've spent hundreds of millions of dollars, i believe, on this program. the only hinge that's been

accomplished is there's this huge tension on the campus of the university of michigan with complaints about, you know, racial grievances having skyrocketed. that seems to be what's been accomplished through dei at michigan. >> yeah. when i think about what we could have done with that money, how many students we could have covered their tuition because they had need and could get into the university, i really wish we could look at these things differently. we're also looking at getting rid of diversity statements which are a litmus test for our faculty and academics when they are applying for jobs and being considered for promotion. these diversity statements require them to talk about what have they done for dei lately and what do they plan to do, and they really limit the amount of effort and talk that can go into other kinds of programs unrelated to that,s other approaches. so there are a number of avenues we can take to attack this issue at the university, and we're taking a very close look at it. will: i want to ask you up one really quick question, but i want to make this clear to the

audience why this is such a big story. michigan has been at the forefront of dei every step of the way for decades, and you are an elected position. eight board of regents. i know that that a majority of them are democrat, so why in why democrats leading the university of michigan prior so committed to this idea are now revisiting dei? >> well, the board has been looking at this for a long time. you are right that we have had a leadership role in this area. but lately the scrutiny has just really increased, and we've had a number of other issues on campus related to protests and other kinds of upheaval. and it's really taken us, you know, given us a chance to take much closer scrutiny of this. will: this was written about, by the way, the rise in grievances, etc., has been written about in the "new york times." this is a big move in education here at michigan. sarah hubbard, thanks for being with us on "fox & friends". >> thanks for having me.

will: we reached out to the university of michigan for a statement the, and we did not hear back. coming up, out today a brand new episode of martin score crazy presents the saints. we'll check into that a next. lowe's knows when it comes to the holidays... everything has to be seamless. save on lg's first ever zero-clearance refrigerator that has near flush installation for the ultimate built-in look. don't miss our best deals of the season during black friday, in-store and online.

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us. >> absolutely. will: this is -- you know, rachel and i were hanging out earlier this week talking, and we were saying, you know, hollywood is so good at producing sequels and superhero movies. the bible and christianity represent some of the oldest stories in humanity, obviously successful as people keep returning to it, but it hasn't been mined for high production like we're seeing here with the saints. i would think a entrepreneur would look at this and go, hey, maybe we should source this material. >> absolutely. i mean, it's one of those situations where when people start actually reading the bible, they're like, oh, my gosh, there is more violence here than i thought, there is more disaster than i thought, more drama than i thought. there's more things than i thought. and i think that if there was anyone, again, even with an entrepreneurial mind, you'd think this is the an incredible -- you can't say original story, but it's the an incredible story -- [laughter] and it's one of those situations. why not tap into that? rachel: yeah. and the saints, i mean, the

lives of the saints, i mean, you and i have both catholic, it's such a big path of our religion and and our tradition, but all christians can take, you know, something from these stories because there's so much bravery, and there's so much humanity in these the stories. i love the production if value given of to these stories. what i'm fascinated with, father, is that we're seeing people drawn the spirituality, drawn to religious stories yet they say they're less religious. can you help us break down what that means? >> well, i think one of the main issue are there is -- [laughter] there's something in the human heart that longs for more. there's something in all of us that we realize this isn't everything that there is, that there's more than just this, that we're made for more. and yet at the same time i think there's also something in us that rejects the high call. i mean, if we go back to christianity, go back to catholicism, here's who says if

you want to be my disciple, deny your -- and follow after me. there's something inspiring and attractive and beautiful with, but it's also a intimidating. and i think that a sometimes that notion of being spiritual, not religious, give me the ability to, like, live out that thing in me that i know i'm made for more, but i'm also kind of maybe -- [laughter] avoiding the challenging part, the part that i says i have to do what i don't want to do sometimes. joey: father, we have just a little bit of time here. i've got a 15-year-old son, and he found his church. , joined his church, he's become a leader all on his own. i'm, i have not been going to church with him until he invited me, and now he got me back into church is basically what i'm saying. of he's 15 years old, but that a seems to be a trend. traditionally, again x and millennials moved away, but gen-z are moving towards. you've spent time with youth. what do you thinks it is the about this generation that's

bringing them back towards if not religion, spirituality and faith. >> in. >> i think it can be social media. i think that can be a great tool. another thing is social media in the sense that we are more divided than ever. we're more hungry for relationships than ever, and all of a sudden you have this community that says not in a manipulative way, but, actually, you're worth paying ages to, you're worth seeing and knowing, we want to hear from you, we want to actually be in relationship. and so it's not the end, but at least it's the start. and i think one of the reasons why wee -- we see this trend is because there's a lot of loneliness out there. you can say, no, actually, there's a name for your loan toliness, and his name is jesus. will: father schmidt, thank you so much. check out the saints on fox nation. we appreciate the discussion. rachel: thank you, father. will: more "fox & friends" coming up. t holiday deals. the best savings of the season are here, with doorbuster deals on our top brands

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